Timothy
Swan
Born in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of William Swan
and Levina (Keyes) Swan
Husband of
Mary (Gay) Swan
— married
5 May 1784 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Father of
Mary Gay (Swan) Dana, Elizabeth Eager Swan, Betsey Lauretta Swan, George Washington Swan, Harriet Cushing (Swan) Dana, Emilla Cordelia Swan, Sally Colton Swan, Charlotte Keyes (Swan) Shedd, John Adams Swan, William Henry Swan, Ebenezer Gay Swan, William Cushing Swan and Lucy Aglivin Swan
Died
at age 84
in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jul 2017
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Biography
Timothy Swan is Notable.
Fifer Timothy Swan served with Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.
Timothy was born in 1758. He was the son of William Swan and Lavinia Keyes. He passed away in 1842.
Timothy Swan was an American hatter, merchant, poet, and composer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
In 1774, Swan enlisted in the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was here he learned to play fife under the tutelage of a British fifer.
He contributed psalm-tunes to compilations from 1783, and published his own New England Harmony in 1801.
He married Mary Gay in 1784 and settled in Suffield CT, later moving to Northfield MA.
After publishing the New England Harmony, Swan moved to Vermont, then to Northfield, Massachusetts.
Sources
- Wikipedia Article Timothy Swan
- Find A Grave: Memorial #65936140
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