Here's a little section from that book.... I really enjoyed it. I don't know about you, but working with dates and data all the time becomes tedious, and then something like this comes along and it gives a little glimpse into the actual background.... it's like "dessert" :-> Any way, once we decide if Moses should be John's father, I may add more from this page. Keep in mind that Charles was the son of John Swan and Elizabeth Evans Lucas....... ********* "Colonel Charles Swan, son of John Swan, was born in Maryland and early came with his father and the Van Meters to Greene county. He made the journey with the Van Meters, and one of them, Sarah, his future wife, then a girl of ten years, rode the entire distance on horseback with the party. An oath of allegiance to the state, by Henry Van Meter [father of Sarah], a warrant for one thousand acres of land to Charles Swan, on the payment of four hundred pounds; a receipt for one dollar subscription to the Pittsburgh Gazette, dated July 15, 1795, to Charles Swan; notification to Colonel Charles Swan, dated 1810, of the passage of an act granting two thousand dollars for Greensburg Academy at Carmichaels, provided that the Episcopal church, of which Colonel Swan was an active member, would allow the use of its church edifice, are all preserved in Greene county records. Colonel Charles Swan was a leading character in the county, and a man of wealth. He married Sarah Van Meter, with whom he made the journey to Green county in childhood. Robert, son of Colonel Charles and Sarah [Van Meter] Swan, died December 29. 1873. He married, in 1818, Susanna Gregg, who died in 1866, aged seventy-one years. Children Presley G., Sarah Ann, Charles H., Alford G., Ruth, William, Emily. Presley G., son of Robert and Susanna [Gregg] Swan, was born in March, 1821; died in 1891; he married Miranda Hibbs, of Redstone township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Children: Richard, married Catherine Boram, Jane Vioet, married Joseph N. Chalfant; John Hibbs, married Harriet Chalfant; Sarah [Sallie] Ann, married Joseph M. Campbell...." From Page 463 [Vol. II] of Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania Ed John W. Jordan and James Hadden New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912

This is what I have in my notes regarding this subject. I do not list parents for John Swan (1721 - (29 Dec 1799 per tombstone & Bible record) because I don't feel they have been adequately identified. I also found records of other parentage but I didn't even put them in my notes because the accompanying information and description seemed contradictory, confusing and not plausible. ---Per Annabelle Kemp; John Swan was Jr., his father being John Swan, Sr. and mother being Elizabeth (Green) Foster. Also that John, Jr.'s grandfather is Felix Swan who immigrated to MD. from Tyrone Co., Ireland in 1716. John Swan, Sr. married in MD. to Elizabeth Green-Foster in 1720. Elizabeth was the widow of John Foster and mother of four sons, John, Richard, Thomas, and Hugh Foster. Thomas Foster married Delilah Lucas, daughter of John(4), Wm(3), Chas(2), Thos(1). NOTE: this last sentence can hardly be correct. Delilah Lucas was born in 1789 to John & Rachel (Duvall) Lucas and the Thomas Foster that married her is given as born in 1780 in Ann Arundel Co., MD. to John & Elizabeth (Green) Foster yet John Foster is supposed to have died before 1721 unless I can't interpret what they are publishing. Several researchers, including Howard Leckey in "The Tenmile Country And Its Pioneer Families, page 169: John Swan, Sr. and Elizabeth (Green) Foster were the parents of John, Jr. (1721 - 1801) and Comfort (ca 1723 - ?). Researcher, Donald M. Frank, descendant of John & Elizabeth (Evans) Swan, lists John Swan b. ca. 1695 in Co. Tyrone, Ireland and died ca 1727, m. 24 January 1719/20 to Elizabeth Green in St. Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's Co., MD., as the father. He also lists the grandfather to be Felix Swan, b. ca. 1670 and died after 1716. He also lists a sister to John, Comfort Swan, b. 5 July 1725. NOTE: Mr. Frank has John Swan (1721) married to Elizabeth Evans. Some parts of these notes do not stand scrutiny while other parts are just plausible enough to perhaps be right. Don -------------------------------------------------- From: "Evans-Richard List Administrator" <listadministratorevans@earthlink.net> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:50 PM To: "Evans-Richard Mailing List" <EVANS-RICHARD@rootsweb.com> Subject: [EVANS-RICHARD] help with the Swans > Here's a little section from that book.... > I really enjoyed it. > I don't know about you, but working with dates and data all the time > becomes tedious, and then something like this comes along and it gives > a little glimpse into the actual background.... it's like "dessert" :-> > Any way, once we decide if Moses should be John's father, I may add more > from this page. Keep in mind that > Charles was the son of John Swan and Elizabeth Evans Lucas....... > ********* > "Colonel Charles Swan, son of John Swan, was born in Maryland and early > came with his father and the Van Meters to Greene county. He made the > journey with the Van Meters, and one of them, Sarah, his future wife, > then a girl of ten years, rode the entire distance on horseback with the > party. An oath of allegiance to the state, by Henry Van Meter [father of > Sarah], a warrant for one thousand acres of land to Charles Swan, on the > payment of four hundred pounds; a receipt for one dollar subscription to > the Pittsburgh Gazette, dated July 15, 1795, to Charles Swan; > notification to Colonel Charles Swan, dated 1810, of the passage of an > act granting two thousand dollars for Greensburg Academy at Carmichaels, > provided that the Episcopal church, of which Colonel Swan was an active > member, would allow the use of its church edifice, are all preserved in > Greene county records. Colonel Charles Swan was a leading character in > the county, and a man of wealth. He married Sarah Van Meter, with whom > he made the journey to Green county in childhood. > > Robert, son of Colonel Charles and Sarah [Van Meter] Swan, died December > 29. 1873. He married, in 1818, Susanna Gregg, who died in 1866, aged > seventy-one years. Children Presley G., Sarah Ann, Charles H., Alford > G., Ruth, William, Emily. > > Presley G., son of Robert and Susanna [Gregg] Swan, was born in March, > 1821; died in 1891; he married Miranda Hibbs, of Redstone township, > Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Children: Richard, married Catherine > Boram, Jane Vioet, married Joseph N. Chalfant; John Hibbs, married > Harriet Chalfant; Sarah [Sallie] Ann, married Joseph M. Campbell...." > > > From Page 463 [Vol. II] of Genealogical and Personal History of > Fayette County, Pennsylvania > Ed John W. Jordan and James Hadden New York: Lewis Historical > Publishing Company, 1912 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > EVANS-RICHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >