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You are a descendant of Francis?  Fantastic!!!
You are probably aware that Bill Forrest (The Descendants of Samuel Swain) stated that Francis died of typhoid on 22/2/1877 at Rangers Valley, near Tamworth, NSW, and there was no record that he had married.  I, too, have searched for a marriage record without success.
BUT Francis's mother, Patience, in her will makes provision for "Frances Sarah Swain daughter of my son the late Francis Swain."  I have searched without success for a New South Wales birth record for Frances Sarah.
So no, I haven't found any more details on the family in Gloucestershire, but if my enquiry has brought to light some information on Francis's line I'll be delighted.

I'm looking for the origins of a Graham family who emigrated to Australia in 1841.  I had been told that they came from Pettigo, but the Australian immigration documents say they were "natives of Meagher (or Mahera) Coolmoney, Fermanagh. 

I haven't been aber to locate any place with a name anything like this.  Does anyone know where it is (or was)?

Many thanks . . .

Verbs

Thanks for that suggestion Susan.  I tried the database, but all it told me was that Samuel was in gaol in 1831, which I already knew.

I suppose I'll just have to accept that all the rest of the family were good, upright, and self-supporting citizens.

Thanks again.

I'm looking for information on the SWAIN family of PAINSWICK before about 1800.  Samuel SWAIN was transported to Australia in 1833, and his wife Patience WRIGHT and family followed him in 1838.

Samuel was baptised in Painswick in 1806; his parents were Charles SWAIN and Leah KING. I have unconfirmed information that Charles was baptised in Painswick in 1771, and his parents were James SWAIN and Elizabeth IRELAND.

I'd really appreciate any confirmation of the information on Charles and James, and any information available on earlier generations.

I'm looking (without much hope now) for the origins of Angus Martin and his wife Margaret MacLeod.  They first come to light in Glasgow in the 1841 census. From information in this and the 1851 census it seems that Angus and Margaret were born in Skye, Angus in about 1806 and Margaret in about 1808.  Their first two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, also seem to have been born in Skye.

Angus and Margaret and most of their surviving family emigrated to Australia in 1854, assisted by the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society.  In the HIES records, Angus gave as his place of origin the Parish of Kilmuir, and from the estate of Lord MacDonald.

Family myth has it that Margaret's home was Dunvegan Castle, and that she was the daughter or other close relation of the MacLeod of MacLeod.  This was not correct (legitimately anyway).  She may have lived in Dunvegan in a more lowly capacity, or perhaps just lived in the general area of the castle.

Where do I go from here?