Samuel Swann (or Swan)

Samuel Swannn (May 11, 1653 - September 14, 1707) was a planter, militia officer and politician in the Colony of Virginia and the Colony of North Carolina. Early and family life Born at Swann's Point plantation to Sarah Codd, the second of five wives of prominent tavernkeeper, planter and politician Thomas Swann. He would have four half-siblings (three surviving til adulthood) by his father's fifth wife, the former Mary Edwards. Swann received a private education as befit his class. In 1673, he married Sara Drummond, daughter of William Drummond who became involved in Bacon's Rebellion three years later. Swann gave this man, her son in law, her power of attorney. He also handled his late father's estate together with his stepmother Mary Swann (who ultimately remarried Robert Randall), and rented a house from Rachel, the wife of William Sherwood, on behalf of the Governor's Council. It is unclear when Sarah died, but Swann married his second wife, Elizabeth Lillington, after his move to North Carolina, where he later died.