Thomas Swann Jr.
Thomas Swann | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Burgesses for Nansemond County, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1703-1704 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Milner |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Sullivan |
| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for Surry County, Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1693-1699 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Swann |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Holt |
| In office 1679-April 1682 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Swann |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Allen II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1659 Swann's Point Plantation, Surry County, Colony of Virginia |
| Died | Nansemond County, Virginia |
| Spouse | Eliza Thompson |
| Children | Samuel Swann, Thomas Swann Jr. and three others |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Swann, Mary Mansfield |
| Relatives | Samuel Swann (burgess) (brother) |
| Occupation | tavernkeeper, militia officer, planter, politician |
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.[1][2]
Early and family life
[edit]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
[edit]He was elected sheriff of Surry county in 1697.[3] 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.[4] 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
[edit]He married Elizabeth (Eliza), the daughter of William Thompson of Nansemond county, and their eldest son Thompson Swann, became clerk of Cumberland County, serving from 1754 until 1781.[3]
Death and legacy
[edit]He died in 1704 or 1705.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 334.
- ^ McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.
- ^ a b c Tyler 1915
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp.44, 46, 54, 57, 58, 62