Disputed Origins
Col. Edward Swann Is claimed as son of Col. William Swann, 1st Generation - Jamestown & Judith Swann
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I7716...
there is absolutely no evidence that Edward Swan of Maryland (d. ca 1707) is related to William Swan of Virginia (d. 1638)
I believe that Edward Swan of Maryland (d. ca 1707) is not related to William Swan of Virginia (d. 1638). I do believe you can identify William Swan of Virginia with a William Swan baptised at Shipbourne, Kent, in 1587. This family has no connection with the Swan family of Lydd/Wye/Nonington in Kent (from which comes Sir Francis Swann, d. 1622 - who had an eldest son, Edward Swann - still living in 1667 in England) or the Swan Family of Southfleet/Northfleet in Kent - of whom William Swan was knighted by Charles II in 1660.
Sir Francis Swann of Denton Court in Kent died in 1622 and did have an eldest son called Edward Swann. However there is clear evidence he was living in 1667 at the Charterhouse Hospital in London - and so cannot be the Edward Swan of Maryland, who was there by 1653/4.
I'm afraid too much internet and continued propagation of half-truths.
Brian P. Swann
Camberley, UK
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0054/g0000012.ht...
"William J Swann claimed that William Swan came to Jamestown in 1616. He also claimed that Edward Swan, James Swan and John Swan were other, younger sons of William and Judith Swan (Internet Website, California, 1997). Edward Swan, founder of the Swan of Maryland family, was alleged to have been born in 1630 at Denton Court and was "the great-grandson of Sir Francis Swann of Wye, Kent". He served in the Royalist Army of Charles I, and fled to Virginia with his brothers after the Cromwellian defeat. Some of this information is probably taken from Adventurers of Purse and Person. by Annie L. Jester, 1956."
Should we disconnect Edward from parents?
