Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Swain was born on 19 November 1807, in Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jonathan Swain, was 27 and her mother, Rachael Kinsey, was 28. She married William Allen Barton in 1827, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Holt, Missouri, United States in 1850 and California, United States in 1870. She died on 19 May 1883, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Mary Barker in household of William Barker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Ann Swain, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Mary Ann Payne Or Swain in entry for Mary C Curtis, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Swain, Swein (Old Norse Sveinn, Sven, from sveinn ‘lad’).
English: occupational name from Middle English swein ‘servant, attendant; boy, young man’ (Old Norse sveinn). The word could also denote a swineherd or a peasant in general. The name was thoroughly confused with Swan 1.
Irish: when not the English name, possibly an Anglicized form of Mac Suibhne; see McSwain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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