Mary Swain

Mary Smith

• Born 15 Nov 1648 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Died after 1707 after age 58 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Daughter of John Smith and Catherine (Morrill) Smith
• Sister of John Smith, Sarah Smith, Isaac Smith, Benjamin Smith, Francis Smith, Anne (Smith) Tuttle [half], Jemimah (Smith) Maverick [half] and Phoebe (Smith) Britnall [half]
• Wife of Jeremiah Swain — married 5 Nov 1664 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Mother of Jeremiah Swain, John Swain, John Swain, Benjamin Swain, John Swain, Mary Swain, Hephzibah (Swayne) Pearson, Sarah (Swain) Laughton and Elizabeth (Swayne) Bryant

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Origins

Seen as daughter of Francis Smith, of Watertown but Anderson’s Great Migration Project shows only two children for him, John and Benjamin. Mary (Smith) Swaim was their grand daughter, daughter of John Smith & his wife Catherine Morrill

Francis' will is dated 14 March 1650/1[1]. In it, Francis Smith mentions wife, though not by name, and sons John, Benjamin and granddaughter Mary Smith. He also left "To my kinsmen Henry and Benjamin Bulflower of the town, each £3. For fencing the burial lot, £3".[1]

Biography

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Smith-3327 created 25 Sep 2010 | Last modified 12 Apr 2023

Mary Smith was born on November 15, 1648, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts[1]. She was the daughter of John and Catherine (Morrill) Smith. Mary married Jeremiah Swain on November 5, 1664, in Reading[2]. They had 8 children:

1. Jeremiah
2. John
3. John
4. Benjamin
5. John
6. Mary
7. Hephzibah
8. Sarah

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Sources

• ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1912)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p.
• ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1912)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 444
• Ullmann, Helen S. The Pierponts of Roxbury, Massachusetts (Newbury Street Press, Boston, Mass., 2007) Page 25
• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26213110&pid...
• Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Dodd, Jordan. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Liahona Research)
• Two Mary Smiths and Two Jeremiah Swaynes in 17th cent NE. By Richard Spence July 24, 2010 at 02:07:56 In reply to: Re: Elizabeth Swayne Of Reading, Mass. Jean Schalck Kimball 7/18/10 http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/swayne/127/
• Hall, Kristin. FRANCIS SMITH: (late-1500s - 1649/50) - England; Watertown and Reading, Middlesex co., MA (First Generation - Smith Family), 2002. http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Smith/FrancisSmith1.html
• Swain, William Chester. Swain and Allied Families (Swain & Tate Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1896) Page 13: Says she is the dau. of Francis Smith.
• http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Smith/FrancisSmith1.html
  • 2. ????, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading,, [ReadGen], 111.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarke-4474
• Link: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paulrswan/Swain_Lineage.html