I believe my Swain family had Quaker origins. I have looked, recently, in the Quaker Encyclopedia ( is that what it is called?). If I do not see someone's name there, does that mean he was never a Friend, left the Friends, or what? I believe his parents were- I think his parents were Ebenezer Swain and Lydia Ellis of Nantucket ( but this is yet to be proven). I am interested to know if their children were. One, hopefully, is my ggg grandfather, Shubael Swain, who moved from Nantucket to NYC, his brother, Valentine Swain, who moved to Cleveland, Ohio from NYC, and a sister, Sarah Ann Swain who married a former Quaker, Isaac Leggett ( brother of Abraham Leggett- who is in that book), in a Methodist Church in NYC. Also, according to some old records Ebenezers's son Shubael died at sea in 1808 while living in NYC? Would there be records of this in Quaker records? I am trying to prove that he did not die at sea, as this is the only family that his birth year, of 1777 fits. Can anyone help me with this information? Thank you- Sue .