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    1. Re: Jane Godfrey Bunker [Swain/Swaine]
    2. K. McGee
    3. I've located two suggestions for Jane's 2nd husband: Research Materials; Leslie Hoag Hope >Marriage 2 Richard Swaine b: BEF. 26 SEP 1595 in Binfield, Berkshire, England >Married: 15 SEP 1658 in Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH >Children > Richard Swaine b: 13 JAN 1659/60 in Hampton,, NH and from Pamela's good find of a site: >Various, Societies; Genealogy; Massachusetts, Nantucket Historical >Association (NHA); Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record (Electronic; >), http://140.186.109.142/bgr/BGR-p/p110.htm#i7563, Nantucket Historical >Association, http://www.nha.org/. >" >Richard Swain Sen. (M) >b. 1601, d. 1682 > Richard Swain Sen. married an unknown person ; Richard, Sen. had two > sons by a former marriage. He was born in 1601; the 1st of Nantucket. He > married Jane Godfrey before 1633; His 2nd wife. They had one child, but > note at Vol. VI, p. 170 2 chn. are listed. Richard Swain Sen. died in > 1682; Written format was "Ap. 14-1682." > > Children of Richard Swain Sen.: >Richard Swain Jun. ( - 1708) >John Swain (1633 - 1715)." and for the son: >Various, Societies; Genealogy; Massachusetts, Nantucket Historical >Association (NHA); Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record (Electronic; >), http://140.186.109.142/bgr/BGR-p/p453.htm#i36303, Nantucket Historical >Association, http://www.nha.org/. >" >Richard Swain Jun. (M) >d. 1708 >Pedigree > Richard Swain Jun. resided; Settled at Cape May, N.J. He was born; > The oldest. He was the son of Richard Swain Sen.. Richard Swain Jun. died > in 1708." Information on the other surnames you mention can be found in Quaker/Friends' publications, some available either on line or on a CD - but they are not free. Hope this is helpful, K. McGee At 09:17 AM 9/21/2002 -0700, Bette Richards wrote: >Some of us have been discussing the wife of George Bunker who settled in >Nantucket with George's children <snip> >We would need to look for Swains as well as Jane had children with her >second husband Richard Swain. Also Coffins, Look(e)s, Colemans and Husseys >as George's daughters married men with those names. > >If anybody finds anything of interest please share it with us. Thanks. > >Bette <snip>

    09/21/2002 06:02:15
    1. RE: Jane Godfrey Bunker [Swain/Swaine]
    2. Bette Richards
    3. I've located two suggestions for Jane's 2nd husband: Research Materials; Leslie Hoag Hope >Marriage 2 Richard Swaine b: BEF. 26 SEP 1595 in Binfield, Berkshire, England With this marriage date it would be a good assumption that he was born in 1575. If he is the same one that married Jane Godfrey Bunker in 1658 or later, he would have been over 80 years old. This may have been Richard Swain's father who was also named Richard. Another Richard (see below) was born in 1601 and he allegedly married Jane Godfrey Bunker. A birthdate of 1601 makes more sense for Jane's husband but then George Bunker was born in 1621. There could have been still another generation of Swains here. >Married: 15 SEP 1658 in Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH This is interesting. I wonder if this (15 Sep 1658) is the date and place that Richard married Jane Godfrey Bunker as George Bunker died 26 May 1658. Quick marriage especially as Jane was not a poor widow needing someone to support her children. And it does not appear that Richard Swain needed to marry her for her money either. >Children > Richard Swaine b: 13 JAN 1659/60 in Hampton,, NH I would hope this is 1660 or this child was conceived before George died. To be born in Jan 1659, the child had to have been conceived about Mar 1658. George Bunker died 26 May 1658. If born Jan 1659, this child would have either been George's child or Jane was a naughty lady. Someone said that Jane Godfrey Bunker Swain died in childbirth and was the first white person buried on Nantucket. (I have seen no record to support this.) However, I do not have a date of death for her. If she died giving birth to a child born in 1659/1660, Richard Swain raised the Bunker children by himself. and from Pamela's good find of a site: >Various, Societies; Genealogy; Massachusetts, Nantucket Historical >Association (NHA); Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record (Electronic; >), http://140.186.109.142/bgr/BGR-p/p110.htm#i7563, Nantucket Historical >Association, http://www.nha.org/. >" >Richard Swain Sen. (M) >b. 1601, d. 1682 > Richard Swain Sen. married an unknown person ; Richard, Sen. had two > sons by a former marriage. He was born in 1601; the 1st of Nantucket. He > married Jane Godfrey before 1633; His 2nd wife. This cannot be correct as Jane married Richard after George Bunker died in 1658. They had one child, but > note at Vol. VI, p. 170 2 chn. are listed. Richard Swain Sen. died in > 1682; Written format was "Ap. 14-1682." > > Children of Richard Swain Sen.: >Richard Swain Jun. ( - 1708) >John Swain (1633 - 1715)." Richard Swain was said to have 2 children by a previous marriage when he married Jane. The above could have been those children. and for the son: >Various, Societies; Genealogy; Massachusetts, Nantucket Historical >Association (NHA); Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record (Electronic; >), http://140.186.109.142/bgr/BGR-p/p453.htm#i36303, Nantucket Historical >Association, http://www.nha.org/. >" >Richard Swain Jun. (M) >d. 1708 >Pedigree > Richard Swain Jun. resided; Settled at Cape May, N.J. He was born; > The oldest. He was the son of Richard Swain Sen.. Richard Swain Jun. died > in 1708." Information on the other surnames you mention can be found in Quaker/Friends' publications, some available either on line or on a CD - but they are not free. Thanks for the info and the website. Do you know of a website that has the New England Monthly and/or Yearly Meeting records? Or a CD? Hinshaw did not include those in his Quaker Genealogy and I have not been able to find a copy of the New England Quaker records. I'd buy those in a nanosecond if I could find them. Bette

    09/21/2002 09:14:15