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Swain Family

The first that we find of the above name, were in Hampton in 1643.  Richard, Francis and Nicolas were then there.  The name was first spelled Swayne, later Swaine, and we have found it Swene.
Aug. 20, 1657, eight persons were drowned at sea.  Whittier, in a poem, gives an account of this, and the supposed [...]

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