When James Swan was born on 31 August 1696, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, David Swan, was 26 and his mother, Isobel Mudie, was 18. He married Eupham Nicoll on 4 September 1718, in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 9 September 1763, at the age of 67.
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English: occupational name from Middle English swon(e), northern Middle English swan(e) ‘swineherd; peasant; male servant’ (Old English swān). Compare Swain 2, with which this name was thoroughly confused.
English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English swan, swon ‘swan’. In the Middle Ages, the swan was taken as a symbol of false pride, and, according to Chaucer, jealousy. Compare Kite , Nightingale , and Pye .
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Swan, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Sveinn. Compare Swain 1.
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