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pardon even his remission of all my sins and offences and my body to the waste from which it first came. And also concerning all my worldly goods, which you have made me steward of here in this world and vale of misery.” Also, the trouble that William Quoy the husband of Ann Swan found himself in when he was called before the churchwardens in 1621. The charge was "William Quoy et uxor incoit ante nupt." Roughly translated as sex before wedlock, when one checks the date of their marriage and the birth of their first child, I’am afraid the evidence was damming. Thomas, the younger son inherited the farm and the remainder of the contents and stock which had not been left to his siblings. He was also the executor of his mothers will. Thomas married twice, his first bride was Joanna Webb and they were wed in Ashdon on the 25th of June 1615. The couple had three children but two died within a few months of their births. Joanna herself died after a very brief marriage in 1620.
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The location of the second marriage has so far proved elusive, as has the name of his bride. However, it is known that she bore Thomas five more children, and at least two of their sons survived to maturity and had children of their own. John the son of Thomas and John his grandson were to raise their families in Ashdon before some of the Swan Family decided to move to pastures new. Postscript. A will for William dated 1625 has now been found. It did not, however, reveal any further information on the family. On a more positive note it did substantiate facts which were already known.
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