Swain family

Date: [ca 1980s]

From: Chisholm, Jocelyn Bell, 1928-2010 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6729-5

Description: Includes family tree of Swain family of Nantucket prepared by Nancy Foote, daughter of E H F Swain, May 1975; family tree of Swain and Bunker families of Nantucket prepared by Nancy Foote, Dec 1986; Bunker genealogy (Mayflower early settlers) showing descendants of Captain Eber Bunker, 1761-1836; family tree of Richard Swain (Swayne) 1595-1682 prepared by Nancy Foote, 1986; article re Captain Eber Bunker, 1979; letters to Jocelyn Chisholm from Nancy Foote, 1986 re Swain family; newspaper cutting of pioneer recipes; Swain family papers; serialised articles by Nancy Grant Adams, President of Nantucket Historical Association entitled `My sea-faring family' (Charles and Nancy Grant, and Captain George A Grant (1856-1942) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 19 Oct 1831-2 Aug 1835, 1976 (1984)

From: Chisholm, Jocelyn Bell, 1928-2010 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6729-4

Description: The Vigilant left London in Oct 1831, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and headed for Indonesia. Calls were made at Timor (Mar-Jun 1832) and Ternate (Jul-Aug). The Vigilant then sailed north to New Guinea, whaled in New Ireland waters (Sep-Dec) and continued to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand (21 Feb-23 Mar 1833). Subsequent calls were made at Tongatapu, Tonga (29 Jun-5 Jul), Tutuila, Samoa (10-12 Jul), Bay of Islands (14-30 Oct; 30 Jan-4 Feb 1834), Norfolk Island (20-21 Feb), Bay of Islands (31 Mar-30 Apr), `Eua, Tonga (30 -31 May), Vava'u, Tonga (15-22 Jun), Manu'a, Samoa (25-27 Juun, 7-11 Sep), Savai'i, Samoa (2-4 Sep), Sydney (19 Oct-24 Nov), Bay of Islands (28 Feb-18 Mar 1835). The Vigilant returned to England via Cape Horn on 2 Aug 1835. Additional notes re Vigilant and Swain compiled by Nancy Foote Relationship complexity - Typed transcript of PMB 976 (Micro-MS-Coll-08-0976) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (163 leaves). Physical Description: Ms

Date: 1874

By: Swain, William Henry, 1848-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-7265

Description: Typescripts and copies of the originals of letters from William Swain's brothers and sisters and grandparents in Kent, England, to him and his sister after they emigrated to New Zealand. The family, who worked the sailing barges around the Southern coast of England, relate family news, and the incidents and accidents of barge life. Source of title - Supplied William Swain emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 from Kent, England Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (Photocopies)