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Persönliche Daten Samuel Swearingen 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1732 in Rock Creek, Montgomery, Maryland.
• Er ist verstorben im Jahr 1820 in Nr. Kendall, Hanover Twp, Beaver, PA, er war 88 Jahre alt.
• Ein Kind von John Swearingen und Mary Ray

Familie von Samuel Swearingen

Er ist verheiratet mit Catherine Condell (Cordell).

Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1767 in Nottingham Twp, Washington, PA, er war 35 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. William Swearingen  1766-1841
2. John Van Swearingen  1772-1846
3. Samuel Swearingen  1777-1807
4. Basil Swearingen  1782-1852 
5. Zachariah Swearingen  1786-1867

Notizen bei Samuel Swearingen

Charles A. Sweringen, a great-great grandson of Samuel and Catherine Condell Swearingen and a family historian shares the following genealogy and history surrounding the Swearingen Cemetery where Mrs. Colvin was laid to rest more than two hundred years ago.

It all started with Sarnuel, born about 1740 in Maryland. He was taxed in Nottingham Township, Washington County, in 1783. By the time of the 1790 census, he was in Hanover Township. My guess is that he was there by 1786.

The farm, which he called "'Me Home Place" contained some 393 acres. The warrant was issued March 24,1788. Another warrant, for some 339 acres, was issued to William Swearingen November 17,1788. William was Samuel's oldest son. He pulled up stakes and went to Fayette County; probably as a result of his sister's death at the hands of the Indians. Samuel took patent on this parcel, which he called "Difficulty," March 28, 1797. "The Home Place" was not patented until after Samuel's death. Three sons: John Van, Bazel and Zacariah then secured the patent.

Samuel's youngest child, Zacariah, was bom in 1786. The mother, Catherine Condell Swearingen, died in that year. We suspect that she died in childbirth. Zacariah was my great grandfather. He had five sons by a first marriage to Ruth Wilcoxon and six sons by a second marriage to Melinda Swearingen. Ruth's youngest, Zacariah, was my Grandfather. His son, Charles G. was my father and the only sibling to marry. Thus I am an only son and only grandson on the paternal side.

When John Van, Bazel and Zacariah split up "The Home Place, " John Van apparently held the part where Samuel had lived. His son, John Van, Jr., was next to live there; and his son, James Harvey ("Jim Van") lived there when I was a lad. The farm, in my time had 120 acres; and that is where the cemetery is located.

Bazel owned land adjacent and to the east and south. He accumulated much more than his portion of "The Home Place".

Quoted from : Family Register published December 1894;

"PREFACE.

"In the preparation of this edition of the Family Register I am indebted for information other than that pertaining to their respective families to Judge Basil S. Ramsey, of Plattsmouth, Neb.; to Mr. Eldred M. Swearingen, of Tuskeega, Ala.; to Mr. Archibald Means, of Peru, Ill.; to Miss Emma V. Mullan, of Washington, D. C.; and to Lieutenant James C. Cresap, of the United States Navy. Lieutenant Cresap furnished the information, gathered from the State archives at Annapolis, Md., showing that our first American ancestor was Thomas. To the late Mr. Henry B. Swearingen, of Circleville, 0H., belongs the credit for making it possible for this genealogy to be published. In 1841 he gathered of old men of the family name in Maryland and elsewhere information
sbowing the genealogical lines from Gerret down to many of his descendants.

"Most of the information concerning Gerret was obtained from "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York," published by authority of the legislature of' that State in ten large volumes from 1835 to 1877, the tenth volume being almost wholly devoted to "the Colony on the South River." Official records in Washington, D. C., and at several places in Maryland have afforded data.

"The orthography of the name as written by Gerret was 'van Sweringen.' The dropping of the prefix 'van' and the interpolation of the 'a' was probably done during the lifetime of Thomas. He grew up in an English-speaking community, and it was therefore as natural for him to insert the 'a' as it was for him to drop the 'van.' That he did drop the 'van' is shown by the fact that Van was a given name for one of his sons. 'Swearingen' has been the prevailing method of spelling the name to the present time. Of the few other changes that have been made some were from preference, others unintentional. H. H S.

"WASHINGTON, December, 1894."

Page 39 FOURTH BRANCH

Samuel, was born about 1732 and married Catherine Condell. Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War he settled in what is now Hanover township, Beaver county, Pa. His house was a stopping place for the Indian scouts. The farm that he settled on still belongs to his descendants. Issue: William, Mary, John Van, Thomas, Samuel, Basil, and Zachariah.

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