The WEARE lineage here begins with Peter WEARE of Brockenborough, Wiltshire, England in the 1500s and then comes down to his granddaughter, Mary WEARE who was born in England and was married to John SWAIN in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Their descendants for many generations lived at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

Many thanks to Sonya Tilley and David L. Ray who both descend from the Swains of McNairy County, Tennessee, just as I do, for their assistance in finding out about the early Swains prior to William Swain and Rebecca Williamson, which I did not have. Both Sonya and David have Swain information on the Rootsweb Worldconnect Pages at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com. I suspect they got a lot of their information from Jeffrey D. Kemp who also descends from the Swains of McNairy County, Tennessee, and has worked on tracing the Swains back to the Carolinas and back to New England and to John SWAIN and his wife Mary WEARE.

Here is my WEARE lineage as far as I can determine:

1. Peter WEARE, b. Abt. 1583 Brockenborough, Wiltshire, England, d. 12 October 1653; md. bef. 1600 in England to Sarah
2. Nathaniel WEARE, b. Abt. 1600 in England, d. 1 March 1678/79 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA; md. Abt. 1628 England to Sarah, b. Abt. 1606 England, d. Abt 1682 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA
3. Mary WEARE, b. Abt. 1636 England, d. 1714 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA; md. 15 November 1660 Hampton Falls, NH to John SWAIN, b. 5 October 1633 Binfield Parish, Berkshire Co., England, d. 1717 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA
4. Joseph SWAIN, b. 17 July 1673 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA, d. 1 June 1766 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA; md. Abt. 1695 Salem, Essex Co., MA to Mary SIBLEY, b. 25 January 1670/71 Salem, Essex Co., MA
5. Caleb SWAIN, b. Abt. 1700 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA, d. 28 July 1785 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA; md. 7 December 1726 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA to Margaret PADDACK, b. abt 1701 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA, d. 26 May 1789 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA
6. Nathaniel SWAIN, b. 16 January 1727/28 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA, d. 4 April 1781 Guilford Co., NC; md. 4 December 1755 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA to Bethia MACY, b. 3 April 1733 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA
7. Joseph SWAIN, b. 5 September 1756 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA, d. May 1829 Guilford Co., NC; md. 29 November 1780 at New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford Co., NC to Jedidah MACY, b. 23 November 1759 Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA, d. ca. 1791 Guilford Co., NC
8. William W. SWAIN, Sr., b. 8 Oct. 1781 Guilford Co., SC, d. ca. 1871 McNairy Co., TN; md. ca. 1799 in Guilford Co., NC to Rebecca WILLIAMSON, b. Aug. 1782 Guilford Co., NC, d. ca. 1861 McNairy Co., TN
9. William W. SWAIN, b. 17 May 1800 Guilford Co., NC, d. 21 Oct. 1857 McNairy Co., TN; md. ca. 1821 to Rachel ANDERSON, b. 6 Feb. 1802 TN, d. 30 June 1876 in McNairy Co., TN
10. Allen Perry SWAIN, b. 22 Feb. 1822 TN, d. aft. 1860 McNairy Co., TN; md. ca. 1845 McNairy Co., TN to Harriett Ann SEWELL, b. 22 Jan. 1829 McNairy Co., TN, d. ca. 1860 McNairy Co., TN
11. Sarah Elizabeth SWAIN, b. 12 Oct. 1846 McNairy Co., TN, d. 12 May 1934 McNairy Co., TN; md. 17 Sept. 1867 McNairy Co., TN to William Henry PYRON, b. 8 Jan. 1846 McNairy Co., TN, d. 20 Sept. 1909 McNairy Co., TN (both buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN)
12. Docia Bell PYRON, b. 5 Oct. 1872 McNairy Co., TN, d. 1 Sept. 1944 Lyford, Willacy Co., TX (buried at Combes, TX); md. 28 Oct. 1894 McNairy Co., TN to James David HARRIS, b. 9 Jan. 1871 McNairy Co., TN, d. 22 Sept. 1938 Marlow, Stephens Co., OK (buried at Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, OK)
13. William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 Nov. 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO (both buried in the Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, CO) *These are my grandparents.

One other Swain-Weare researcher besides those mentioned in the introductory paragraphs is:

Reginald Swain's Family Tree Maker Page maintained by Reginald V "Reggie" Swain. (He lists descendants of Richard SWAIN, Sr., b. 1595, d. 1682 Nantucket Island, MA and his wife, Baselle.).

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