Ju­ly 23, 1758, Wor­ces­ter, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Ju­ly 23, 1842, North­field, Mass­a­chu­setts (died on his birth­day).

One of the early American psalmodists, Swan was of Scottish descent. He began to teach mu­sic at age seventeen. In 1801, while living in Sheffield, Mass­a­chu­setts, he published The New Eng­land Harmony. Af­ter publishing his book, he moved to Vermont, then to Northfield, Mass­a­chu­setts.

• Brown, p. 195
• Jones, p. 164

1. China
2. Montague
3. Poland
4. Pownal