'Swaine1'
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Families covered: Swaine of Bradford, Swaine of Fencroft, Swaine of Gomersall, Swaine of Leverington, Swaine of Wisbech (Wisbeache)
| (1) According to www.surnamedb.com, Swaine is one of the oldest recorded surnames, deriving from a Scandinavian "personal name Sven, Suen or Sveinn, a form of endearment translating literally as "boy"." (2) We are not aware of any connection between the families shown below. They share the page for our convenience. |
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| Thomas Swaine of Wisbech & Leverington (d 1639) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Swaine of Wisbech | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Robert Swaine of Leverington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire (d 1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1640) Mary Freeman (dau of William Freeman of London & Leigh) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Swaine of Leverington Hall (b 1645, d 1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Crosse (b 1652, dau of Thomas Crosse of Wisbech) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | son | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Spelman Swaine of Leverington Hall (d 1761) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | son presumed father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Daniel Swaine, later of Leverington Hall, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire (d after 1779, by 1785?) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | John Swaine of London, Fencroft & Leverington (d 1753) possibly one of the above unnamed sons? | ||||||||||||||
| VCH shows John of London & Fencroft (d 1753) as father of Spelman of Fencroft (d 1803) father of Walter & Spelman (RN). This is clearly the following line which comes from BLG1847 ('Swaine of Wisbeach). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Cross | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Spelman Swaine of Fencroft (d 29.10.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1766) Dorothy Robertson (dau of Walter Robertson of Lynn Regis) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Walter Swaine (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Coney of Walpole St. Peter's | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Jane Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Browne | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Louisa Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Whiting of London | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jeremiah Pilcher of London | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Spelman Swaine of Leverington then Wisbeach, last of Fencroft (b 01.01.1769, d 1848, Rear Admiral RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1806) Sophia Anne Le Grice (dau of Rev. Charles Le Grice of Bury St. Edmunds by Sophia) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sophia Day Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Whiting of Thorney Abbey | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Dorothea Robertson Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Saffery of Market Rasen | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Gregory Pears Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Frederick Le Grice of Great Gransden | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Henry Spelman (d unm), Walter-le-Grice (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Harriet Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Smythe "of the Custom House" | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Walter, 4 others (d unm?) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hepburn (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Elizabeth Swaine probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| The following connection was kindly brought to our attention by a contributor (CV, 19.07.16). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Rogers (keeper of the wardrobe to King James II) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Rogers (heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1738) Charles Parker of Burghberry Manor (b c1699, d 02.1777) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other son(s) (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Katherine Swaine probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1631) Edward Crosse of Wisbech (d before 11.06.1646) | |||||||||||||||
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| FMG (MS131) starts with 2 brothers, shown as sons of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Swaine | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Swaine of Bradford | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. _Haigh | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Rhodes (dau of Abraham Rhodes of Bradford (by Dorothy Priestley), m2. Japhet Lupton) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Samuel Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hannah Swaine (a 1823, dau of Joseph Swaine of Bradford) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - William (d young), Robert (a 1823) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Ramsbotham of Bradford | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Ramsbotham of Bradford had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Shipley of Leeds (m2. George Mosman) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Ramsbotham (d unm, surgeon) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Ramsbotham | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Mosman (d 1824) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Mary Swaine of Bradford (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Joseph Swaine of Bradford (clothier) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bathshua Hesketh (dau of Robert Hesketh of Platt by Hannah, dau of Joseph Sykes of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Swaine of Bradford (dsp 23.12.1812, banker) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hannah Priestley (b 13.04.1738, d 27.09.1806, dau of Nathaniel Priestley of North Owram) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Swaine of Halifax (banker) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Hardcastle | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Joseph Swaine of Gomersall (a 1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. either dau of Rowland Watson of Keighley or dau of Ellis of ?? near Keighley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Greenwood | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Edward Swaine of Gomersall (b 15.02.1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sykes of Gomersall | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue (a 1823) - Mary Anne (b 26.06.1791), Elizabeth (b 24.10.1794) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Edward Swaine of Newington, later in Weimar (a 1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Caroline Smidt of Weimar | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Johanne Christophe Swaine (b 18.01.1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. "A German Baroness" | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Robert Victor, Edward, William, Henry, Caroline | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Margaret Swaine (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Hannah Swaine (a 1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Swaine @@ above | |||||||||||||||
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| Probably connected to the above family was ... | |||||||||||||||
| William Swaine | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Abraham Swaine (2nd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Abraham (d 1732), John (d 1715) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Abraham Swaine (d 1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1700) Sarah Crabtree (dau of John Crabtree by Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Brooke of Dodworth (Elizabeth m2. Thomas Fell of Morton)) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Abraham (b 1705, d 1733), Mary (d unm), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Beatrix Swaine | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Field of Bradford | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Susan, Judith | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - William, Beatrix | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : VCH (Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, vol 4, 'Wisbech Hundred: Leverington')
(2) For middle section (originally uploaded 03.02.16 within SZmisc12) : FMG (vol 1, Swaine-Ramsbotham' (MS131, p297+) & 'Hesketh-Swaine' (MS130, p296))
(3) For lower section (originally uploaded 18.03.16 within SZmisc12) : FMG (vol 2, MS216, 'Field-Swaine', p514)
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