Francis had property in Exter and also Hampton, NH. He must have been engaged in the manufacture of hogshead staves because he was sued by Ralph Blaisdell for a debt in 1649, and by William Bartholomew in 1653 involving 4,000 staves. Abraham Perkins was a co-defendant in the suit. In 1650 he received staves from his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Boulter, for the Gilmans. In 1653 Francis Swain sued Thomas King for false reports about himself and Mary Cornish. They settled by agreeing to pay their own court charges and never to renew the suit. In 1654 he was bound to keep away from mary Cornish. Francis Swain was shown to have been in Charles Town during the winter of 1654/55 and he sold land in Hampton to Henry Green in 1655. It is said that he moved away after that but he is mentioned in 1662 in connection with Sarah Jones of Hampton. His name is on jury lists and it appears he died prior to March 1667. His wife, Martha, was the sole executor of his estate and no other heirs are mentioned. She and her second husband of Newton, Long Island, New York (now Middleborough) gave a power of attorney to Nathaniel Weare, another brother-in-law, on May 25, 1669. This might indicate that Francis Swain did not die in NY as stated.
