Ann Swepson

Not a known child of Frances Orlando ‘Fanny’ Dandridge

Disputed origins

http://www.sadiesparks.com/rswepson.htm

Richard Swepson, Sr., was married twice. The only primary source information known to the authors of this page about the name of his wife before 1779 may be found in deed records and court orders. Extant court orders and deeds from Lunenburg & Mecklenburg counties between 1757 and 1774 show the given name of his wife as Jane. The maiden name of Mrs. Jane Swepson has been the subject of considerable speculation, and is often given as Dandridge or Jeffries. No documentation for either is known to US, but due to the names of the descendants, it is more likely her maiden name was Jeffries.

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jeffries-653

Jane Ann Jeffries was born about 1724 on her parents' plantation in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Thomas Jeffries, 1680–Deceased, and his wife Mary (Miskell) Jeffries, 1700-1741. They married about 1721 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia. Jane Ann was the 4th of the couple's 7 children, born between 1722 and 1735 and christened in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County (do not confuse with Richmond City!), Colonial Virginia. Her grandfather, Edward Jeffries, had been born in 1654 in Wiltshire, England, and had emigrated to Virginia as a young man.[1]

When she was just 16, Jane Ann Jeffries married Richard Swepson, Sr. (abt.1712-1788) on 14 June 1740, in King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia. The couple lived in King and Queen County until 1751 and had 9 children:

1. Lucy Swepson, 1740–1810
2. Mary Elizabeth Swepson, 1747–1825
3. Ann Dandridge Swepson, 1750–1822
4. Sarah Swepson, 1752–1811
5. Jane Swepson, 1754–1792
6. John Swepston, 1759–1853
7. Richard Swepson Jr., 1760–1812
8. Thomas Swepson, 1765–1819
9. Susanna Swepson, 1767–Deceased

Richard and Jane Ann Swepson and family first moved to what then Amelia County, Virginia, in the early 1750s. When Amelia was divided in 1753, Richard sold his land to his brother-in-law, Thomas Carleton, and moved to Lunenburg County (founded in 1745). He was on the Lunenburg and Church of England tax rolls there in the 1750s-1760. He then bought 531 acres of land from Samuel & Elizabeth Phelps in 1760. The Swepson plantation was placed in the newly-created Mecklenburg County when it was created in 1764-65. They lived near the center of the newly-formed county, on a major cross-roads and became a well-to-do tobacco planter there. Richard also became the owner/manager of the county's licensed tavern or "Ordinary" in 1761. [2]

Jane Ann (Jeffries) Swepson passed away at their Mecklenburg County, Virginia, plantation in 1777; she was about 52 years old. While her exact burial spot is not marked, it's believed she was the first burial at the small family cemetery on the Swepson land that was later deeded to her son-in-law, Alexander Boyd, husband of Ann Dandridge Swepson, b: 1750. It is now known as the Alexander Boyd Cemetery, Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA. Jane Ann's husband, Richard Swepson, Sr., was later buried there when he died in February 1788. [3] [2]

Origins

Mary Travers & Thomas Jeffries (d 1740) of North Farnham Parish were the parents of Margaret,(b.1722), Anne (b.1724), Thomas (b. ? ), Mary (b. ? ), Priscilla (b.1732), and Travers (b.1735).

References

1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I7846...
2. Details for Thomas Jeffries on FamilySearch; cites 7 sources https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDBY-N2M
3. ↑ Some Descendants of Richard Swepson http://www.sadiesparks.com/rswepson.htm
4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215034696/richard-swepson : accessed 15 November 2021), memorial page for Richard Swepson (1712–1788), Find A Grave: Memorial #215034696, citing Alexander Boyd Cemetery, Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46524250)