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Thomas Swann Jr.
Thomas Swannn Jr. (ca.1650-1704) was a planter, militia officer and politician in the Colony of Virginia who represented first his native Surry County and later Nansemond County in the House of Burgesses. Early and family life Born to the widowed Mary Mansfield and her planter and politician husband Thomas Swann, he had an elder half-brother Samuel Swann who administered his father's estate with his stepmother. Career He was elected sheriff of Surry county in 1697. Surry County voters elected him as one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses in 1695, re-elected him in 1696 and again elected him in 1698.Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp.44, 46, 54, 57, 58, 62 Both times he won election to the House (but of course not when he won re-election), Swann succeeded his elder half brother Samuel Swann, who eventually moved to North Carolina. Personal life He married Elizabeth (Eliza), the daughter of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
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Samuel Swann (burgess)
Samuel Swann (May 11, 1653 - September 14, 1707) was a planter, militia officer and politician in the Colony of Virginia and the Colony of North Carolina. Early and family life Born at Swann's Point plantation to Sarah Codd, the second of five wives of prominent tavernkeeper, planter and politician Thomas Swann. He would have four half-siblings (three surviving til adulthood) by his father's fifth wife, the former Mary Edwards. Swann received a private education as befit his class. In 1673, he married Sara Drummond, daughter of William Drummond who became involved in Bacon's Rebellion three years later. Swann gave this man, her son in law, her power of attorney. He also handled his late father's estate together with his stepmother Mary Swann (who ultimately remarried Robert Randall), and rented a house from Rachel, the wife of William Sherwood, on behalf of the Governor's Council.McCartney p. 393 It is unclear when Sarah died, but Swann married his second wife, Elizabeth Lilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Nansemond County, Virginia
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House Of Burgesses Members
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1650s Births
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1704 Deaths
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17th-century American Planters
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People From Colonial Virginia
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Cumberland County, Virginia
Cumberland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,675. Its county seat is Cumberland. History Cumberland County was established in 1749 from Goochland County. The county is named for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, second son of King George II of Great Britain. Cumberland County was also home to the Fleming family, which included Judge John Fleming and his son Judge William Fleming. From 1749 until 1777, when the eastern portion was detached to form Powhatan County, Mosby Tavern served as the county courthouse. The tavern subsequently became known as "Old Cumberland Courthouse." In 1778 the narrow triangular area bordering the southern bank of the James River was annexed from Buckingham County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Adjacent counties *Goochland County – northeast * Powhatan County � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Swann (councillor)
Thomas Swann (May 1616-May 23, 1680) was a planter, tavernkeeper, militia officer and politician in the Colony of Virginia who sat in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and survived Bacon's Rebellion. Early life and education Born to early immigrant William Swann (1586-1638) and his first wife Judith (1589-1636), across the James River from Jamestown, Thomas received a private education appropriate to his class.McCartney p. 391 He was named to honor his knighted grandfather and uncle, both also named Thomas Swann, but who died in Southfleet in Kent County, England, and had another uncle named George Swann. Complicating matters, Sir Francis Swann of Denton in County Kent, England, also had a son William, but that man was a younger son, with eldest brother Edward Swann administering that nobleman's estate and bequests to sons Francis, Peter, John and William and daughters Ann, Dorothy and Elizabeth. His father was a royal revenue collector. Planter In 1635 Swann repaten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been established in 1619, became a bicameral institution. From 1642 to 1776, the House of Burgesses was an instrument of government alongside the royally-appointed colonial governor and the upper-house Council of State in the General House. When the Virginia colony declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain at the Fifth Virginia Convention in 1776 and became the independent Commonwealth of Virginia, the House of Burgesses became the House of Delegates, which continues to serve as the lower house of the General Assembly. Title ''Burgess'' originally referred to a freeman of a borough, a self-governing town or settlement in England. Early years The Colony of Virginia was founded by a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company, as a pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swann's Point Plantation Site
The Swann's Point Plantation Site is an archaeological site near the James River in Surry County, Virginia. The Swann's Point area, located west of the mouth of Gray Creek, has a rich historic of precolonial Native American occupation, as well as significant early colonial settlements. It was first granted to Richard Pace, whose warning famously saved the Jamestown Colony during the Indian Massacre of 1622. The Paces abandoned their settlement in 1624. Jamestown colonists traded at the tip of Swann's Point with the Native American. While Francis Chapman owned land there soon after the colony's establishment, by 1628 it was known as "Perryes Point" because occupied by "William Perry, Gent", Chapman's father-in-law and a member of the Governor's Council. In 1635, British emigrant and tax collector William Swann acquired a land patent for 1200 acres at Swann's Point. The plantation increased to 1650 acres by patents to his son Col. Thomas Swann in 1638 and 1655. After Bacon's R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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