tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post8045812158692340576..comments2023-08-06T06:05:52.377-07:00Comments on It's a long, long journey: April Genealogy PursuitsSue F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-1823071466102872592018-05-21T15:15:43.697-07:002018-05-21T15:15:43.697-07:00Thanks, that does give some prove. There is so muc...Thanks, that does give some prove. There is so much on the internet about the Lanier family. I have linked to some of the best information I found. This book:<br /><br />https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE993789&from=fhd<br /><br />traces the line of Laniers from France/ England down to Isham Lanier and Catharine Underwood. This family tree:<br /><br />https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lanier-269<br /><br />shows the whole Lanier family if you click on the "ancestors" tab. According to this the Lanier family was descended of John Flood. He was an early Jamestown settler, arriving in America in 1610. This would make both of us eligible to join the Jamestown Society- he is on their registry. Another claim from this site is that Sampson Lanier was the son of John Lanier, who fought in Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion. Also, shown here:<br /><br />https://www.jstor.org/stable/1914713?seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents<br /><br /> our potential ancestor, Elizabeth Washington Lanier was distantly related to George Washington. It is documented that the Washingtons were descended from English royalty. Countless articles come up if you search "George Washington Royal Ancestry" on google.<br /><br />Because there is so many notable people in the Lanier family, I would like to definitively prove Elizabeth Swain Hanauer was related to this branch. I am certain she is my ancestor. I'm still trying to sort out her death certificate. I have over a dozen other family members with these, and I have never seen them list the wrong parents before. I'm currently trying to see if John Louman Swain left a will, but I cannot find any evidence of that yet. I don't believe Valentine Hanauer and Elizabeth Swain Hanauers' marriage license lists any parents, but sometimes there is more than one so I will have to look into that too. Here is Isham Swain's biography:<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=XLZwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA563&lpg=PA563&dq=Isham+Swain&source=bl&ots=mltSI_IK4y&sig=_8aGdtkTlg5F3A0jrbWoqG8upSc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiksoeC6JfbAhUPEHwKHSFPB1MQ6AEwBHoECAEQPw#v=onepage&q=Isham%20Swain&f=false<br /><br />It makes no mention of his potential sister, Elizabeth, but she was dead by this time and it only listed his living siblings. I plan to keep looking for anything else I can find, and see if there is any potential for her to actually be the daughter of Isaac and Mary Swain. I apologize for writing all this, but I feel like there is so much information to sort through. Thanks for responding to my first comment.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113220424009638871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-44326004749375324862018-05-17T12:58:02.251-07:002018-05-17T12:58:02.251-07:00I found that their daughter (Elizabeth's siste...I found that their daughter (Elizabeth's sister), Mrs. Nancy Agnes (Swain) Waters had John Swain and Nancy Waters listed as parents on her death certificate, so that is one more piece of proof!Sue F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-44882015063172949382018-05-08T20:30:52.744-07:002018-05-08T20:30:52.744-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113220424009638871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-48837802461800733502018-05-08T20:12:27.141-07:002018-05-08T20:12:27.141-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113220424009638871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-84679635657401495652018-05-08T20:05:42.917-07:002018-05-08T20:05:42.917-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113220424009638871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861108893941915476.post-87949307431265523852018-05-08T19:58:43.916-07:002018-05-08T19:58:43.916-07:00I am also a descendant Valentine Hanauer and Eliza...I am also a descendant Valentine Hanauer and Elizabeth Swain. I had always thought that Elizabeth was the daughter of John Louman Swain and Nancy Waters, as this was confirmed by the 1850 Census. I am confused though, because her death certificate says her parents are Isaac and Mary, but I have found no evidence of this. Additionally in the 1880 Census her father is said to be born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Kentucky. This would confirm John and Nancy. Have you found any other stronger prices of evidence connecting John and Nancy to Elizabeth? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113220424009638871noreply@blogger.com