Records of Samuel Swan on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Samuel Swan and the Swan Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Swan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Swan family tree.

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Some Famous People called Samuel Swan

Samuel Swan

Samuel Swan (1771, near Scotch Plains, New Jersey – August 24, 1844, Bound Brook, New Jersey), was a five-term U.S. Congressman and medical doctor.

After studying medicine, Swan began to practice in Bound Brook, from 1800 to 1806 and then moved to Somerville from 1806 to 1809. He was elected to U.S. House of Representatives for the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1831. He was an at-large representative for all but his second term, during which he represented the 2nd congressional district. He retired without seeking renomination. Although he did not formally represent a party when elected to the House, he was eventually affiliated with the Whig Party.

After his congressional career, he returned to practicing medicine.

Before going to Washington, he also served as sheriff of Somerset County for two years and county clerk for 12 years.

He is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Bound Brook.

Source: Samuel Swan, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Swan

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