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83He arrived in America with his brother, Francis on the ship called the "Rebecca" IN 1635. 84Swain, William, moved to Branford in 1644, (Farmer.) The division in the church at Wethersfield where he first settled, had become so great that Mr. Swain determined on leaving the place and colony. He therefore purchased Branford, and at once commenced a settlement there. Mr. Abraham Pierson, then at Southampton, L. I., united with him with a part of his church and congregation in the settlement at Branford. Mr. Swain was afterwards a magistrate of the New Haven colony. ... [he] was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield. He was a member of the Court in the Connecticut colony in April, 1736-7-8, and continued a leading man while he remained at Wethersfield--assistant in 1644--deputy in 1641--a member of the first Court that tried the first offender--enached the first law--declared war against the Pequotts in 1637--was often a juror, deputy and magistrate. [BJ's note: I'm assuming that the number 7 in the year 1736 is a typo and a 6 was intended.] -------------------------------------------------- 85Inventory of the estate of William Swaine, Jr. of Hampton, taken by Robert Tuck, John Sanborn, Samuel Dalton and Wm. Marston, Nov. 10, 1657, amt. (symbol for pounds) 136.4.0' sworn to by Prudence Swaine, widow, April 12, 1658. Walt E. Smith states that he died at sea. Another source 86states he, "was lost at sea on a voyage from Hampton, New Hampshire to Boston, Mass. He did not go with his father, Richard to Nantucket. His descendants settled in and around Newburyport, Mass. -------------------------------------------------- Whittier wrote a poem about the above mentioned shipwreck. It's called "The Wreck of Rivermouth" and can be read by following this link http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/dow/chap2/RIVERMTH.HTM | ||||||||||||||||
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