tomy, where he died July 2, 1708, his wife Sarah surviving him. He was taxed in Charlestown in 1688. Children, born in Menotomy: 1. Sarah, born about 1679; died unmarried, April 25, 1699. 2. Rebecca, born August 24, 1681, died young. 3. John, born October 3, 1683; mentioned below. 4. Ruth, born December 25, 1685; married Theophilus Richardson, of Woburn, July 1, 1714. 5. Abigail, born February 12, 1686-87; married John Richardson, of Woburn. 6. Lydia, born November 10, 1689; married William Mansur, of Medford, February 2, 1714-15. 7. Rebecca, born 1698; married, February 2, 1714-15, George Abbot. Perhaps other children.

(III) John Swan, son of Gershom Swan (2), was born at Menotomy, Massachusetts, October 3, 1683. He inherited the homestead at Menotomy, being the only son. He died March 31, 1752. He married Elizabeth

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who died December 21, 1723, aged twenty-eight. He married second, May 25, 1725, Mary Cowdrey, of Reading, Massachusetts, who died October 28, 1780, aged eightyfive. Children, born at Menotomy: 1. John, baptized April 12, died June 11, 1719. Timothy, born August 3, 1720. 3. Elizabeth, born October 12, 1722. Children of second wife: 4. Esther, born March 15, 1725-26; married April 19, 1759, Zebadiah Richardson. 5. John, baptized August 4, 1728. 6. Gershom, baptized August 10, 1729, died young. 7. Susanna, born October 4, 1730; married Joseph Parks, Jr., of Concord (1753) or Samuel Watts, of Woburn, April 4, 1757. William, born September 4, 1737; published to Lucy Robbins, of Boston, March 15, 1759. (IV) John Swan, son of John Swan (3), was born in Cambridge, 1728, and baptized August 4, 1728; died at Cambridge, October 26, 1804. He was admitted to the precinct church at Menotomy, July 3, 1757, and was precinct collector in 1761. He married (published January 15, 1774) Mary Richardson, of Stoneham, who died September 18, 1826, aged eighty-two years. He was taxed from 1765 to 1773 in Charlestown. His will is dated 1800, proved December 22, 1804, devising to his first three sons. His farm was part of the original homestead. Children: 1. John, born January 10, 1775; mentioned below. Reuben, born March 27, 1778, baptized April 5, 1778; called "the Father of Charlestown;" married December 2, 1804, Ruth Teel; seven of their sons were school masters. 3. William, born March 21, 1781. 4. Molly, born November 10, 1783, died unmarried. 5.

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Stephen, born October 20, 1785, marketman; married Betsey Tucker. The foregoing were all baptized in the West Cambridge church.

(V) John Swan, son of John Swan (4), was born in West Cambridge, or Menotomy, Massachusetts, January 10, 1775, and baptized in the precinct church, January 14, 1776. He married (published October 12) 1816, Sarah Hall Mason, daughter of Benjamin. He died at West Cambridge, September 6, 1864, aged eighty-eight; his wife died October 17, 1866, aged seventy-three. He was educated in the public school at West Cambridge and at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of fourteen, while riding horseback, he was thrown, his foot being caught fast in the stirrup, and dragged for a long distance, injuring one leg so badly that it had to be amputated, and he had to use a crutch the rest of his life. When a young man he taught school at West Cambridge. He also learned the trade of shoemaking, and finally, in company with his brothers, took charge of his father's farm. In 1818 he bought a farm at Woburn, on Gardners' Row, formerly the Edward Gardner estate, and carried on farming there the rest of his life. Notwithstanding. his crippled condition he was a man of great industry, and contrived to do all his farm. work except plowing and mowing. He raised. large crops of peaches, for which he found a market in Lynn and Salem. He was well-todo, and lent money to a considerable extent. He was originally of the Unitarian belief, but later in life joined the Baptist church. He was very pious, and lived an exemplary Christian life. He was a Whig in politics, and held sundry town offices.

Children: 1. John, born August 25, 1817; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born May 18, 1819; died February 5, 1905; married September 18. 1845, Cyrus Butters, of Burlington, born February 5, 1823, died September 1, 1891; children: i. Sarah Mason Butters, born February 1, 1848, married, July 2, 1866, Edwin D. Bowers (child: Charles Edwin Bowers, born May 15, 1868, died March 31, 1892, married July 31, 1889, Amanda A. Pike) . Cyrus Edwin Butters, born October 15, 1852; died July 20, 1853: iii. Elmira Butters, born August 6, 1855, unmarried; iv. Frederick Swan Butters, born May 23, 1860. died November 24, 1879. 3. Charles, born March 8, 1821; died April, 1895; married first, Mary Richardson Parker, of Woburn, Massachusetts; children: i. Mary Ellen, born October 5, 1846, died April 29, 1872, married James H. Russell, of Arlington (children:

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George H. Russell, born May 27, 1866; James L. Russell, born May 29, 1869); ii. Lucy Rebecca, born May 7, 1848, died December II, 1863; iii. Charles Parker, born February 25, 1853; married October 30, 1895, Mary L. Gray, of Malden (children: Everett, born August 24, 1897; Emma Louise, born July 17, 1899; Harold Gray, born June 15, 1901); iv. Hannah Eliza, born March 20, 1859. Charles Swan married second, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Wells) Hines. 4. George, born March 16, 1823; married October 25, 1852, Sarah Elizabeth Marshall, of Middleborough, Massachusetts; children: i. George Elmore, born May 30, 1854; ii. Personaby Marshall, born July 23, 1857; iii. Lewis, born October 16, 1859; died July 23, 1862 (twin); iv. Elizabeth (twin), born and died October 16, 1859; v. Lizzie, born June 5, 1864; vi. Alvin, born August 11, 1866; vii. Minnie Daisy, born November 8, 1871; married July 2, 1898 (child, Winnie Beatrice). 5. Benjamin Mason, born March 20, 1825; died February 17, 1907; married November 26, 1850, Sarah Abbie Cloutman, of Charlestown, Massachusetts; children: i. George Edward, born. August 24, 1851, married September 5, 1894, Anna Young, of Dorchester; ii. Ellen Frances, born December 22, 1857, married July 3, 1882, Charles P. Hollis, of Boston (child, Louise Swan Hollis, born February 21, 1891); iii. Mary Louise, born June 14, 1862, married December 5, 1894, William M. Rawson. 6. Elmira, born January 18, 1828; married March 13, 1855, Samuel Hubbard Davis, of Woburn children: i. Elmira Davis, born November 25, 1856, married John S. Blank, of Winchester, Massachusetts (children: Flora and Emily Swan Blank (twins); Alice Elmira Blank, John S. Blank, Jr., Edith May Blank); ii. Reuben Davis, born July 10, 1859, married Annie McIntosh; iii. Samuel Everett Davis, born January 19, 1865, died October, 1871. 7. Claraman, died young. 8. Lucy Belknap died young. 9. Stephen, born June 20, 1838, married May 17, 1864, Susan Parker, of Reading, Massachusetts; children: i. Frank Howard, born August 21, 1865, married November 24, 1892, Annie Jane Matheson, of Westville, Nova Scotia (children: (children: Maud Elizabeth, born June 4, 1895; Lillian Parker, born November 28, 1898); ii. Myrtie Mertilla Hall, born August 9, 1867; married August 25, 1888. Leonard Everett Phipps, of Holliston, Massachusetts (children: Harry Ellsworth Phipps, born May 31, 1890: Eva Adelia Phipps, born March 13. 1894; Elmer Everett Phipps, born June 5, 1899).

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(VI) John Swan, son of John Swan (5), was born in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 25, 1817. When the family removed to Winchester (then Woburn) he was but an infant. He was educated in the public schools of Winchester and at Warren Academy. He worked on the farm, and learned the trade of shoemaker in his youth and followed this trade to the time of his marriage. One of his employers was S. S. Richardson. Finally he engaged in the manufacture of shoe stock soles, heels, stiffenings, etc., in the old button factory and at his home, selling his product to the shoe factories at Danvers and Lynn. 1876 he gave up business and devoted his attention to farming, having in 1865 bought the interests of the other heirs in the old homestead at Winchester, and he conducted the farm successfully and profitably to the time of his death, September 10, 1890. Mr. Swan was a faithful member of the Baptist church at Winchester, generous in his contributions to its needs and charities, of exemplary life. and character, and was universally respected and esteemed. He was in early life a Whig, but joined the Republican party at its organization. He served in the state militia.

He married, January 1, 1843, Sarah Jane Fiske, born October 23, 1825, daughter of Abijah and Ruth (Rhodes) Fiske, of East Saugus, Massachusetts. Her father was a shoemaker. Children: 1. John, born December 5, 1843; mentioned below. 2. Jane Etta Matilda, born December 23, 1845; married. September 28, 1868, Henry William Hight, of Winchester, who died March 25, 1901; children: i. Lillie Josephine Hight, born February 17, 1876, died November 25, 1876; ii. Henry Wadsworth Hight, born 1880, married October 4, 1904, Grace Higham (child, Grace Higham Hight, born July 25, 1906). 3. Sarah Caroline, born December 6, 1847, died June 27, 1849. 4. Lafayette, born April 11, 1851 married October 14, 1874, Lydia M. Brown, of Reedfield, Maine; children: i.Roswell Fiske, born April 3, 1875, married Catherine Wise, of Canton, Ohio; ii. Ella Mabel, born August 10 1876; iii. Florence Louise, born December 11, 1877; iv. Carrie Emeline, born July 18, 1882; v. Alfred Marshall, born July 10, 1886. 5. Ida Ruthena, born October 31, 1853, died August 6, 1854. 6. Lillie Josephine, born December 1, 1858; married November 14, 1883, William T. Henderson, born December 23, 1845, son of Robert and · Marion (Johnston) Henderson; children: i. Gladstone Winchester, born December 12, 1884 ii. Bismarck, born November 27, 1888;