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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1630 - Bef 1708 (78 years)
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| Name |
Edward SWANN |
| Prefix |
Col |
| Born |
1630 |
Denton Court, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
LKB3-8FK |
| MilitaryService |
[1] |
| Colonel |
| Immigration |
Abt 1654 |
Maryland, British Colonial America [1] |
| Maryland |
| Name |
Edward SWANN [1] |
| Residence |
1662 |
Maryland [1] |
| founded "Eagleton" plantation |
| Occupation |
4 May 1663 |
Charles City, Virginia [1] |
| Constable and Coroner |
| Residence |
1664 |
Chestnut Point [1] |
| 200 acres |
| _UID |
5DA547D29FD34F7B8B820D7CE8A4A23F5AA4 |
| Died |
Bef 26 May 1708 |
Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America [1] |
| Person ID |
I10394 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
William SWANN, b. 10 Jul 1585, Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England , d. 28 Feb 1638, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 52 years) |
| Mother |
Judith GREEN, (Widow Austin), b. 5 Feb 1589, Ratcliffe, Stepney, England , d. Between 16 Mar 1634 and 1666, Swann's Point, Surry, Virginia (Age 45 years) |
| Alt. Marriage |
Abt 1612 |
Virginia, British Colonial America [2] |
| Married |
16 Apr 1612 |
Middlesex, England |
| Family ID |
F5107 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Susannah HEATH, b. Abt 1632, England , d. Aft 1676, Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America (Age ~ 45 years) |
| Married |
16 Jul 1644 |
Lea Marston, Warwickshire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Samuel SWANN, b. Abt 1642, Charles County, Maryland , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Susannah SWANN, b. 1662, St. Mary's, Maryland , d. 11 Feb 1739, Charles County, Maryland (Age 77 years) |
| | 3. James SWANN, Sr., b. 1668, Charles, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America , d. 19 Jun 1707, St. Mary's, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America (Age 39 years) |
| | 4. Thomas SWANN, b. Abt 1674, d. Between 15 Apr 1762 and 14 Sep 1763 (Age ~ 88 years) |
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| Last Modified |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Family ID |
F5106 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Charles County SWANN family. Edward SWANN was granted 1200 acres for EAGLESTON plantation in 1664. He married Susannah HEATH and had five recorded children. Early associated Charles County families are: AMERY, BEALL, BRISCOE, BURCH, COATES, COMPTON, COTRELL, COVINGTON, DENT, DYSON, HATCH, HOLLIDAY, HOWARD, KING, MADDOX, MAGRUDER, NAYLOR, NORRIS, SCOTT, SWANN, THORNE, TURNER, WILSON and many more.
Our Swann family begins with Edward Swann and Susannah Heath who emigrated (at different times) from England and settled in the mid-1600s in Charles County, Maryland. Edward is thought to have been born about 1630 and we are still researching to determine where.
Edward Swann arrived in Maryland before March 1653* and married Susannah Heath, possibly by 1658. It is usually thought that Edward was born before 1630 in Kent County, England. He died about 26 May 1708 at Eagleton, Charles County, Maryland. He married Susannah Heath daughter of William Heath b~1605 and Anne MNU (maiden name unknown)) about 1660 in Charles County, Maryland. Susannah was born in Jan 1629/30 in Surrey County, England and baptized 25 February 1630 at St. Thomas Parish Southwark, Surrey County. She died about 1693 at Eagleton Plantation, Charles County, Maryland. It has been claimed that there are no probate records for Edward Swan and that he died ~1678** in St. Mary's County, Maryland.(I think not.)
[Sources: (1) Maryland Prerogative Court, Inventories & Accounts, Liber 2, pp. 153, 156, and 202, and Liber 4, pp 256 and 524, and (2) Hall, Robert W., Early Landowners of Maryland, Volume 5: St. Mary's County, 1633-1710, p. 223.] However, a court record which follows proves otherwise.
*Edward first appeared in the Maryland court records in 1653 when he stood good for a debt incurred by Francis Posey of St. Mary's County. He was Constable in Charles County in 1663 and also Coroner. He was a Juror 1665-1666. Edward Swann shows in the 1696 AIS/GRS database in Maryland Colony.
**CC, May 3, 1742. The deposition of John Thorn, age about 45 years, who says that the place where he now stands, being on the point of a small hill near the dwelling house of William Thorn, decd, that the sd William Thorn told him, about 6 years ago (1736), that on this place, old Edward Swann told him {about 48 years ago) (1694) stood a bounded red oak, a bounded tree of old Thomas Stonestreet's land called Burch Den, and further says that the sd William Thorn, decd, told him, if it should ever come in dispute, he would prove it, and this deponent further says that Samuel Swann told him that his father, Edward Swann, showed the sd Thomas Stonstreet where to take up the sd land.
The first known record for Edward Swann indicates that he was in Maryland as early as 1653. In March 1653, Francis Posey sells to Edward Swann and mentions Walter Beane with witnesses John Hatch and Wm. Marshall*.
*A Wiliiam Marshall is shown 'Cavaliers and Pioneers' as transported in 1653 by Major John Weathrope to Charles City. Also a William Marshall as transported in 1643 by William Erwins to James City.
Susannah (Heath) Swann was christened 25 February 1630 at St. Thomas Parish in Surrey County, England. Her father is shown as William Heath (15 Dec 1605 ? 29 May 1652). At this time, it is thought that her mother was Hannah or Anne maiden name unknown who died in childbirth in 1646/47 and was buried 14 Feb 1646/47 at Southwark, St. Thomas Parish, Surrey County, England.
Edward and Susannah Swann raised 3 sons and a daughter. (see Descendant Report in Volume 2) I am descended from their son, James Swann, born about 1668 in Charles County, Maryland. When Edward died, James, the eldest son inherited Eagleton Plantation. Upon James' death, his wife, Judith Goldsmith Nyfinger Swann, would have had a dower right to a third of his estate. However, since she remarried to Samuel Williamson, Eagleton Plantation passed to James Swann's eldest son, Thomas Swann b.1692, my 5th great-grandfather.
Regarding the marriage of Edward Swann and Susannah Heath, no records have been identified. A message from Mary Klein may explain:
Phil,
As you know, early Maryland records are very hard to come by, especially early church records. The have been burned, lost, stolen and never recorded. Of course, ship captains were authorized to marry, as were other civil officers such as Justices. The organization in those early days was pretty loose, since survival was the main aim. If no clergyman or other official were available, couples often lived together as husband and wife until such time as they could be married officially. Of course land records often have more information than most other sources. And sometimes, as you well, know, there is no available documentation at all. Thanks for the attachments, and all the best in your ongoing gigantic project.
Mary
(May 2015)
Mary O. Klein | Archivist
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland 4 E. University Pkwy |Baltimore, MD 21218 |410-467-1399
The only documented children of Edward and Susannah Heath Swann:
Susannah b.~1662 CC, MD married Dr. Philip Briscoe in 1678
(Capt.) James b~1668 CC, MD married Judith Goldsmith 7 August 1688
Thomas Swann b~1674 SMC, MD marr. Catherine Burch 1698 PGC, MD
Samuel Swann b~1676 Eagleton marr. Ann Burch 1701 CC, MD
I suggest that you dismiss the suggestion of any other children; I have extremely good documentation. Contact me and read my previous messages to the former sponsor of this gravesite. phil swan
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Facts
Birth
Bef 1630 ? Dover, Kent, England
1630
(AGE)
Birth of Daughter Susannah Swann(1660? 1739)
1660 ? St Mary's, Maryland, USA
1660
30
Marriage
1662 ? Charles, Maryland, USA
Susannah Heath
(1635? 1693)
1662
32
Arrival
1662 ? Maryland, USA
1662
32
Birth of Son James Swann Sr(1664? 1707)
Abt. 1664 ? St Mary's, Maryland, USA
1664
34
Birth of Son Thomas Swann Sr(1674? 1764)
Abt. 1674 ? Eagleton Plantation, Charles, Maryland, USA
1674
44
Birth of Son Samuel A Swann(1676? 1743)
1676 ? Eagleton Plantation, Charles, Maryland, USA
1676
46
Birth of Son Edward Swann Jr(1680? 1711)
Bef. 1680 ? St Mary's, Maryland, USA
1680
50
Death of Wife Susannah Heath(1635? 1693)
Abt 1693 ? Swanns Point, Charles, Maryland, USA
1693
63
Residence
1696 ? Maryland, USA
1696
66
Death of Son James Swann Sr(1664? 1707)
Bef. 19 Jun 1707 ? St Mary's, Maryland, USA
1707
77
Death
26 May 1708 ? Swanns Point, Charles, Maryland, USA
Eagleton Plantation
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| Sources |
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Edward SWANN, person ID LJRQ-DFL. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Jan 2023), entry for William SWANN, person ID LR2W-9CT. (Reliability: 3).
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