Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

3. John, perhaps s. of Stephen (1), by w. Mary, had Hannah, b. 26 Dec. 1700; Mary, b. 29 Mar. 1702; John, bap. 16 Ap. 1704.

Swan, John (otherwise written, Swann, Swaine and Swayne), m. Rebecca Palfrey 1 Jan. 1650-51; she d. 12 July 1654 and he m. Mary Pratt 2 Mar. 1655-6. His children were Ruth, b. I or 10 Mar. 1652; Gershom, b. 30 June 1654; Samuel, b. 3 Ap. or 1 May 1657, d. 19 or 20 June 1678; Mary, b. 2 May 1659; Elizabeth, b. 14 July 1661, m. Ezekiel Richardson of Woburn 27 July 1687; Lydia, b. 28 July 1663; John, b. 1 May 1665, resided in Woburn 1712; Hannah, b. 27 Feb. 1667; Ebenezer, b. 14 Nov. 1672. John the f. was brought up in the family of Thomas Bittlestone, who provided by his will 3 Nov. 1640 that his w. Elizabeth should be served five years by his boy John Swan, and should then pay him five pounds. He was a farmer and resided in Menot., where his posterity may now be found; he was a member of the Church, but for some fault was excommunicated 1684. It would seem he was not easily moved from his purposes whether good or bad; for in that day when excommunication was generally regarded as an effectual bar against salvation, he withstood the power of the Church more than twenty years; but at length when he had attained extreme old age he made his peace with the brethren and ‘was restored to communion’ 22 Dec. 1706. He d. 5 June 1708, a. 87, as inscribed on his gravestone; his w. Mary d. 11 Feb. 1702, a. 69.

2. Gershom, s. of John (1), m. Sarah Holden 20 Dec. 1677, and had Sarah, b. about 1679, d. unm. 25 Ap. 1699, a. 20; Rebecca, b. 24 Aug. 1681, d. young; John, b. 3 Oct. 1683; Ruth, b. 25 Dec. 1685, m. Theophilus Richardson of Woburn; Abigail, b. 12 Feb. 1686-7, m. John Richardson of Woburn 1 July 1714; Lydia, b. 10 Nov. 1689, m. William Mansur of Medf. 2 Feb. 1714-15; Rebecca, bap. 14 Aug. 1698, m. George Abbott 2 Feb. 1714-15; and perhaps others between 1689 and 1698. Gershom the f. res. at Menot. and d. 2 July 1708, a. 54; his w. Sarah survived.

3. Ebenezer, s. of John (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 29 Mar. 1699; Sarah, b. 26 Feb. 1700-1701, m. Ephraim Cook, 14 Dec. 1727; Ebenezer, b. 23 Mar. 1703-4; Mary, b. 4 Mar. 1706-7; Samuel, b. 5 Ap. 1711; William, b. 31 Jan. 1713-14, m. Ruth Polley 13 Ap. 1743. Ebenezer the f. res. at Menot., and d. 27 July 1740; his w. Elizabeth d. 20 Ap. 1748, a. 73.

4. John, s. of Gershom (2), by w. Elizabeth (who d. 21 Dec. 1723, a. 28), had John, bap. 12 Ap. and d. 11 June 1719; Timothy, b. 3 Aug. 1720; Elizabeth, b. 12 Oct. 1722, perhaps the same (called Mrs. Elizabeth), who d. 24 Jan. 1799, a. 76; and by 2d w. Elizabeth, Esther, b. 15 Mar. 1725-6, m. Zebadiah Richardson 19 Ap. 1759; John, bap. 4 Aug. 1728; Gershom, bap. 10 Aug. 1729, d. young; Susanna, b. 4 Oct. 1730, m. Joseph Parks, Jr., of Concord (pub. 3 Mar. 1753), or Samuel Watts of Woburn 4 Ap. 1757; William, b. 4 Sept. 1737, pub. to Lucy Robbins of Boston 15 Mar. 1759. John the f. had the homestead, and d. 31 Mar. 1752; his w. Elizabeth d. 28 Oct. 1780, a. 85.

5. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (3), by w. Bathsheba, had Peter, b. 6 Jan. 1728-9; Ebenezer, b. 18 Nov. 1730; Benjamin, b. 20 Ap. 1733; Joseph, b. 16 Feb. 1735-6; Bathsheba, b. 15 Feb. 1737-8, d. unm. 26 Aug. 1805; a daughter, b. 1739, d. 22 July 1740, a. eighteen months; Joshua, b. 28 June 1743, m. Sarah Cutter 20 July 1762; Mary, bap. 7 Ap. 1745, d. 1 Aug. 1747. Eben-Ezer the f. d. 23 Ap. 1752; his w. Bathsheba d. 31 Aug. 1793, a. 84.

6. Samuel, S. of Ebenezer (3), m. Sarah Patten, and had Samuel, bap. 5 Feb. 1737-8; Aaron, bap. 1 June 1740; George, bap. 20 June 1742, d. 26 May 1748; Sarah, bap. 10 Feb. 1744-5; Nathan, bap. 17 May 1747; George, posthumous, bap. 1750. Samuel the f. d. 19 June 1750, a. 39; his w. Sarah was prob. the same who m. Israel Hinds 20 Feb. 1755.

7. Timothy, s. of John (4), m. Sarah Crosby of Billerica (pub. 24 Sept. 1748); she d. 2 Ap. 1756, a. 26, and he m. Sarah Spring (pub. 23 Aug. 1765). His children were a daughter, b. 1749, d. 1 Jan. 1750, a. 9 mo.; Timothy, bap.