Isaac Swain

  General Notes:

Scottish Irish(2 origins available)

Spelling variations include: Swan, Swann, Swanner, Swani, Swayne, Swein, Sweing and many more.

First found in in Lanarkshire, Scotland, from very early times.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Edgar Swan, who landed in Virginia in 1635; Frances Swan, who landed in the Barbados in 1670; John Swan, who landed in New Jersey in 1685; another John Swan, who landed in Virginia in and others.
Provided by Bonny McDaniel

  Research Notes:

1850 Bradford, Burlington, Pennsylvania Census

SWAIN, ISAAC
State: PA Year: 1820
County: Bedford County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: Burlington Township Page: 105
Database: PA 1820 Federal Census Index

Swain, Isaac View Image Online State: Pennsylvania Year: 1810 County: Chester Roll: M252_47 Township: West Fallowfield Page: 164 Image: 24
-10 -16 -26-45+45 -10 -16 -26-45+45
3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2

Isaac would be 38
Dorothy would be 30 (??)
Andrew would be 12 (??)

1830 -5-10-15-20-30-40 -5-10-15-20-30-40-50-60
Isaac Sr 0 0 0 0 2 1 \\\ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Isaac Jr 0 1 1 0 0 1 \\\ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Heber 0 0 0 0 1 0 \\\ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Reference: Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County, Pennsylvania 1770---1800 by Clement F. Heverly, V. I, 1913
Pg 267: Isaac Swain was one of the Connecticut emigrants who came to Sugar Creek and settled at West Burlington, 1792. A little later Bethuel Swain settled in East Burlington, next to James Braflit; he and his wife, Patty, in 1815 sold their land to John McKean and removed to other parts. Jacob Swain, evidently a son of Isaac, lived in West Burlington. Isaac cleared and improved a farm where he died March 29, 1853; his wife, Dorothy, died April 22, 1852. Other children of Isaac were: Isaac Jr. married Sophia Pratt; Dorothy married ----Pratt; Orphelia married -----Parkhurst; Phoebe married Joseph Pratt; Cynthia married Zepheniah Lane; Susanna married Alanson Bailey; Eber married Susan Murphy; Andrew M. married Mary Ann Brigham.
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Isaac married Dorthy. (Dorthy was born in 1778 in , , Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and died on 22 Apr 1852 in West Burlington, Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S.A..)