James Swan (1754 - 1830)

Biography
Col. James Swan was born in 1754 in Fifeshire, Scotland to William Swan ( - ), baptized on 25 Aug 1754 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland and died on 31 Jul 1830 in Paris, France. He married on 3 Oct 1776 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Hepzibah Clarke (1757 - 1825).

Occupation
He was a merchant and financier. He payed America's debt with France with his own money just after the American Revolutionary War.

Children

 * 1) Judge Joseph Swan (bet.1762/1812 - )
 * 2) Capt. William Swan (bet.1762/1812 - )
 * 3) Hepsibah Clarke Swan (1777 - 1833)
 * 4) Christina Keadie Swan (1778 - 1867)
 * 5) Sarah Webb Swan (1782 - 1851)
 * 6) James Keadie Swan (1783 - 1836)

Lineage
William Swan ( - )

m. Unknown Woman ( - )

Col. James Swan (1754 - 1830)

m. Hepzibah Clarke (1757 - 1925)

Christiana Keadie Swan (1779 - 1867)

m. John Turner Sargent (1769 - 1813)

Dr. Howard Sargent, M.D. (1810 - 1872)

m. Charlotte Cunningham (1817 - 1888)

Mary Sarah Sargent (1844 - 1908)

m. Alexander Malcolm Thomas (1809 - 1877)

Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868 - 1952)

m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1866 - 1951)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

m. Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b.1941)

Chevalier Quinn Josiah Crowninshield Bradlee, KJ (b.1982)

Google Books
Birth Death Immigration Occupation Military
 * Dictionary of American Biography Including Men of the Time, by Francis d. Drake, Published by Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Company, ps 886 & 887.
 * Dictionary of American Biography Including Men of the Time, by Francis d. Drake, Published by Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Company, ps. 886 & 887.
 * Dictionary of American Biography Including Men of the Time, by Francis d. Drake, Published by Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Company, ps. 886 & 887.
 * Dictionary of American Biography Including Men of the Time, by Francis d. Drake, Published by Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Company, ps. 886 & 887.
 * Dictionary of American Biography Including Men of the Time, by Francis d. Drake, Published by Boston: Houghton, Osgood & Company, ps. 886 & 887.

Internet
Birth Marriage Death Immigration Occupation House Genealogy
 * http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Descendants_of_James_Swan_(1754-1825)
 * http://ahistoryblog.com/2013/03/14/james-swan-1754-1831-a-corrupt-unprincipalled-rascal/
 * http://www.swansisland.org/swan.pdf
 * http://www.geni.com/people/James-Swan/6000000002497905169?through=6000000002497594784
 * http://prudencefish.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-true-tale-of-old-new-england.html
 * The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Biography
 * http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Descendants_of_James_Swan_(1754-1825)
 * http://ahistoryblog.com/2013/03/14/james-swan-1754-1831-a-corrupt-unprincipalled-rascal/
 * http://www.swansisland.org/swan.pdf
 * http://www.geni.com/people/James-Swan/6000000002497905169?through=6000000002497594784
 * http://prudencefish.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-true-tale-of-old-new-england.html
 * The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Biography
 * http://ahistoryblog.com/2013/03/14/james-swan-1754-1831-a-corrupt-unprincipalled-rascal/
 * http://www.swansisland.org/swan.pdf
 * http://www.geni.com/people/James-Swan/6000000002497905169?through=6000000002497594784
 * http://prudencefish.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-true-tale-of-old-new-england.html
 * The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Biography
 * http://www.swansisland.org/swan.pdf
 * http://prudencefish.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-true-tale-of-old-new-england.html
 * The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Biography
 * http://ahistoryblog.com/2013/03/14/james-swan-1754-1831-a-corrupt-unprincipalled-rascal/
 * http://www.swansisland.org/swan.pdf
 * http://www.geni.com/people/James-Swan/6000000002497905169?through=6000000002497594784
 * http://prudencefish.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-true-tale-of-old-new-england.html
 * The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Biography
 * The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Biography
 * http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Descendants_of_James_Swan_(1754-1825)
 * http://prudencefish.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-true-tale-of-old-new-england.html