Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Francis Swanson

Male Abt 1664 - 1714  (~ 50 years)


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  • Name Francis Swanson 
    Birth Abt 1664  Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1714  Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22874  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father Francis Swanson,   b. Bef 1627   d. 6 Mar 1676, Calvert County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Isabel MNU Swanson,   b. Bef 1650   d. Aft 23 Jun 1677, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 28 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1670  Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Plummer,   b. Bef 1668, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1720, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1690  Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Susannah Swanson,   b. Abt 1684, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1764, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Mary Swanson,   b. Abt 1690, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1722, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Isabel Swanson,   b. Aft 1690, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     4. Margaret Swanson,   b. 1692, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1750, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F6930  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • White, Guy, Prince George's County, 3rd Aug., 1712; 15th Dec., 1712.
      To sons Guy, Samuel and Benjamin and their hrs., "Cool Spring Manor"' and personalty, equally., at 16 yrs of age.
      To son Francis and hrs., part of "Swanson's Lot,'' bought of Francis Swanson in N. branch Patuxent.
      To daus. Sarah and Eliza, personalty at 16 yrs. of age.
      To wife Eliza:, extx., residue of estate, real and personal, including dwelling-house. Should wife die during minority of child., Robert Tyler., together with William Richardson, of A. A. County, to have charge of children's estate.
      Test: John Evans, Samuel Griffith, Jr., Thomas Evans. 13. 474.
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      Maddox, Thomas, A. A. Co., 3rd Nov., 1686 ; 12th Aug., 1688
      To dau. Rachel, personalty.
      To wife Rachel, extx., plantation and all land.
      To sons Benjamin and Thomas, sd. lands.
      Test : Tobias Barrington, Francis Swanston, Jos. Tilley. 6. 6.

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      1696-1702 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber A, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Deed, 24 September 1700
      From: EDWARD BATTSON of Calvert County, gent.
      To: SAMUEL HOLDSWORTH of Calvert County, gent. Price: 4000 lbs. tobacco
      Property: All the 70 acre tract called "Yarmouth" in P. G. Co. on the south side of the Patuxent River on the western branch, bounding on a tract called "Bacon Hill," now in the possession of Maj. NINIAN BEALL and on "Mussellshell" late in the possession of FFRANCIS SWINSEN.
      Signature: E. BATTSON
      Wit.: WILLIAM BARTON, BENJ'A BERRY
      Ackn'd: "In open court," 24 September [1700] Recorded: (date not specified), Vol. A, Page 337
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      Francis Swanson of Calvert County, Maryland; Wife Susanna; tract Swanson's Lott; 14 Apr 1713. (PGLR F.254)
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      Charles County Circuit Court Liber C, Page 223; 13 Aug 1667;
      Indenture from William Boyden, planter, and Walter Peake, innholder of St. Mary's County; for 10,000# of tobacco; a parcel of land of 150 acres being part of a grant from Thomas Allanson, Gent., to Boyden; called DOGES NECK; bounded by the Potomac; /s/ William Boyden; wit. Fran. Swanson, Geo. Thompson, Jonathan Marler
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      1710-1717 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber F, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Folio 428 o Indenture, 10 Dec 1714
      From: James Ward, planter of Prince George's County, and Susannah his wife lately called Susannah Swanson
      To: George Wells, planter of Prince George's County
      For 2 pounds of tobacco James Ward and Susannah his wife acknowledged the right of George Wells to ownership of a parcel called Swansea's Lot Signed: James Ward (seal), Susannah Ward (seal) Witnessed: Richard Rose, William Housbin (mark)
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      Prince George's County, Maryland - Land Owners at Time PGCo Was Formed - 1696: Tract Name: SWANSTONS LOTT; Owner: Swanston, Francis: Orig County = V {Charles = C, Calvert = V}; Patent Date: Jul 17, 1670: Ref: Liber 12 f 593 : Map Location: W-11

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