Marvin (Holmes) Swan

Family

Sources

1. R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Avery Family pp. 199-201: "2. Capt. James Avery, the only child of Christopher, was born in 1620 ... He m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1643, Joanna Greenslade, b. about 1622 ... He m. 2nd, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes, July 4, 1698 ... CHILDREN: 3 HANNAH, b. at Gloucester, Oct. 11, 1644, m. Ephraim Miner, June 20, 1666, (No. 15) that family." Matches hannah-avery-miner-bsb.

   R. A. Wheeler, "History of the Town of Stonington" (1900), Swan Family pp. 611-612: "Asa Swan (No. 25) and his brother John lived on adjoining farms in North Stonington ... He m. Marvin Holmes, sister of his brother William's wife, Nov. 19, 1740 (No. 27), that family. CHILDREN: 53 ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 8, 1741 ... 55 ASA, b. Sept. 12, 1747. 56 JABEZ, b. May 21, 1751, m. Mehitable Wheeler; he m. 2d, widow Lucy Wheeler." Matches jabez-swan-bsb: birth day 21 May 1751; 1st wife Mehitable Wheeler; 2nd wife Lucy Wheeler.

2. R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Avery Family pp. 199-201: "2. Capt. James Avery, the only child of Christopher, was born in 1620 ... He m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1643, Joanna Greenslade, b. about 1622 ... He m. 2nd, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes, July 4, 1698 ... CHILDREN: 3 HANNAH, b. at Gloucester, Oct. 11, 1644, m. Ephraim Miner, June 20, 1666, (No. 15) that family." Matches hannah-avery-miner-bsb.

   R. A. Wheeler, "History of the Town of Stonington" (1900), Swan Family pp. 611-612: "Asa Swan (No. 25) and his brother John lived on adjoining farms in North Stonington ... He m. Marvin Holmes, sister of his brother William's wife, Nov. 19, 1740 (No. 27), that family. CHILDREN: 53 ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 8, 1741 ... 55 ASA, b. Sept. 12, 1747. 56 JABEZ, b. May 21, 1751, m. Mehitable Wheeler; he m. 2d, widow Lucy Wheeler." Matches jabez-swan-bsb: birth day 21 May 1751; 1st wife Mehitable Wheeler; 2nd wife Lucy Wheeler.

3. R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Avery Family pp. 199-201: "2. Capt. James Avery, the only child of Christopher, was born in 1620 ... He m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1643, Joanna Greenslade, b. about 1622 ... He m. 2nd, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes, July 4, 1698 ... CHILDREN: 3 HANNAH, b. at Gloucester, Oct. 11, 1644, m. Ephraim Miner, June 20, 1666, (No. 15) that family." Matches hannah-avery-miner-bsb.

   Wheeler, History of Stonington (1900) Holmes Family pp. 435-436: Joshua Holmes (No. 4) of Westerly m. "Miss Fear Sturges of Yarmouth, Cape Cod" "Nov. 21, 1698. Miss Sturges was the daughter of Edward Sturges, who came ... to Charlestown, Mass., in 1634, and settled in Yarmouth ... CHILDREN: ... 23 THANKFUL, b. Nov. 12, 1708, m. William Swan (No. 23), that family ... 27 MARVIN, b. Nov. 17, 1717, m. Asa Swan (No. 25), that family." Matches: marriage to Asa Swan; Swan Family entry calls Marvin "sister of his brother William's wife" (Thankful Holmes).