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Weare Surname Origin

Weare Lineage
Nathaniel Weare 1602-1680, father of Mary Weare 1633-1714

Mary Weare > John Swain Jr > William Swaine Sr > Hephzibah Swain > Mary Pinkham > Mary Worth > David Day > Phedora Alice Day > Lenore Inez Steger > Barbara Lou Tridle 

Weare Migration
Devon, England > Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

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Mary Weare, Bill's 8th Great-Grandmother
1633-1714
b. Devon, England
d. Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Founders Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

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Parents:
Nathaniel Weare
Sarah Swayne 1606-1682

Maternal Lineage:
Sarah Swayne 1606-1682

Spouse: John Swain Sr 1633-1717
Married: 1660
Children:

1. Mary Swain 1661-1714 
2. John Swain Jr 1664-1738
3. Stephen Swain 1666-1712
4. Sarah Swain 1670-1727
5. Joseph Swain 1673-1766 
6. Elizabeth Swain 1676-1760 
7. Benjamin Swain 1679-1757 
8. Hannah Swain 1681-1765 
9. Patience Swain 1685-1747 

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Nathaniel Weare, Bill's 9th Great-Grandfather
1602 - 1 March 1680

b. Devon, England

d. Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Cemetery TBD

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Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Sarah Swayne 1606-1682
Married: 1629
Children: 

1. Hester Weare 1629-1718
2. Nathaniel Weare 1631-1718
3. Mary Weare 1633-1714

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Bibliography 

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 1 December 2025.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123011980/mary-swain: accessed December 1, 2025), memorial page for Mary Weare Swain (1633–1714), Find a Grave Memorial ID 123011980, citing Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Rick Valentine (contributor 47475621).

---, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168646119/nathaniel-weare: accessed December 1, 2025), memorial page for Nathaniel Weare (1602–1 Mar 1680), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168646119; Maintained by Beensker (contributor 47625231).

Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org Accessed 1 December 2025.

Google. "AI Overview." Search term, "Weare Surname Origin." Google. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Weare+Surname+Origin  Accessed 1 December 2025.

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