| 1739 | 5 Jun. He stood surety for the appearance of John Exenham, labourer, at the next Quarter Sessions to answer for an assault on his wife, Sarah (T). |
| 1740 | 10 Apr. John Swearingan of Temple, potter, petitioned for freedom (PF). |
| 1740 | 10 Apr. He became a free potter ‘by vote of the Common Council and a £10 fine’ (F, G, CCP). |
| 1741 | 4 Jul. ‘Mary, wife of John Swearingen, potter, St John’ buried (RB). |
| 1742 | He stood surety of £5 for William Price to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1743 | 26 May. A potter of Temple parish, he was granted a licence to marry Frances Ward, widow, of Henbury, Gloucestershire, at Henbury or Temple (M). |
Frances Ward was probably the widow of James Ward, potter.
| 1744 | He stood sureties of £5 each for John Weaver and Elinor Collins to keep alehouses in Temple parish (AKL). |
| Children: Wife Mary Mary, bapt 5 Oct 1738 (TPR), Hester, bapt 8 Apr 1741 (TPR) |