

BIOGRAPHY: The Swann's were from Kent, England. William and his wife,Judith, came to Jamestown in 1616 and had a son Thomas, and then returned to England. William was a stockholder in the Virginia Company and was appointed  Royal Customs Collector of Virginia. The Swann's settled permanently in Virginia in 1635. William was granted land,across the James River from Jamestown, in Surry County. The land grant was in payment for his bringing 24 new people to the colony. He purchased a farm and renamed it Swann's Point. The land is now a wildlife preserve. William and Judith are buried there in the family graveyard.