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18.MARY5 SWEARINGEN (JOHN4, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born Abt. August 29, 1720 in Queen Anne , Prince George or Montgomery County, Maryland, and died Abt. 1805 in Montgomery County, Maryland.She married AARON PRATHER 1757 in Montgomery County, Maryland.He was born 1739 in Prince George, Maryland, and died November 27, 1797.
Children of MARY SWEARINGEN and AARON PRATHER are:
i. | THOMAS6 PRATHER, b. Abt. 1762, Prince George, Maryland. | ||
ii. | ? PRATHER, b. Abt. 1766, Prince George, Maryland. | ||
iii. | BARUCH WILLIAM PRATHER, b. Abt. 1760, Frederick, Maryland. | ||
iv. | AARON PRATHER, b. Abt. 1757, Prince George, Maryland; d. 1816, Fayette, Pennsylvania. | ||
v. | AZARIAH PRATHER, b. Abt. 1763, Maryland; d. Abt. 1813, Louisianna. | ||
vi. | BASIL PRATHER, b. February 01, 1762, Rock Creek Par,., Prince George, Maryland; d. Bef. 1820. | ||
vii. | JOHN PRATHER, b. Abt. 1769, Mansfield, Richland. | ||
viii. | WILLIAM PRATHER, b. Abt. 1766, Maryland; d. 1832, Montgomery County, Maryland. | ||
ix. | ELEANOR PRATHER, b. Abt. 1773, Maryland. |
19.LYDIA5 SWEARINGEN (JOHN4, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born July 21, 1726 in Queen's Anne Par, Pr. George's Maryland, and died 1798 in Fauquier.She married CHARLES DAVIS.He was born 1710 in Prince Georges, Maryland, Colony, America, and died May 16, 1796 in Fauquier, Virginia.
More About LYDIA SWEARINGEN:
Fact 1: Buried at Frederick, Maryland
Children of LYDIA SWEARINGEN and CHARLES DAVIS are:
i. | LEVI6 DAVIS, b. January 15, 1753, Prince George, Maryland; d. January 17, 1836, Tenessee. | ||
ii. | ? DAVIS, b. Abt. 1743, Prince George, Maryland. | ||
iii. | WILLIAM DAVIS, b. 1749, Prince George, Maryland. | ||
iv. | CHARLES DAVIS, b. 1751, Prince George, Maryland. | ||
v. | RICHARD DAVIS, b. 1755, Prince George, Maryland. | ||
vi. | JOHN DAVIS, b. 1757, Prince George, Maryland. | ||
vii. | LYDIA DAVIS, b. Abt. 1745, Maryland. | ||
viii. | GRIFFITH DAVIS, b. 1747, Prince George, Maryland; d. Aft. May 16, 1796. | ||
ix. | WILLIAM DAVIS, b. Abt. 1755, Maryland. | ||
x. | RICHARD DAVIS, b. Abt. 1761, Maryland. | ||
xi. | LUCY DAVIS, b. 1745, Prince George, Maryland; d. Aft. 1829, Adair, Kentucky. | ||
xii. | CHARLES BURGESS DAVIS, b. May 27, 1753, St. John Piscatwy, Prince George's, Maryland. | ||
xiii. | JOHN VAN SWEARINGEN DAVIS, b. August 07, 1759, Prince George's Par.,Frederick, Maryland. |
20.ELIZABETH5 SWEARINGEN (JOHN4, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born 1716 in Queen's Anne Par, Pr. George's Maryland, and died 1796.She married SAMUEL BUTTS OR BULL August 01, 1734 in Queen Anne Parrish Register, Prince George, Maryland.He was born October 10, 1712 in Prince George, Maryland, and died September 06, 1786 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Children of ELIZABETH SWEARINGEN and SAMUEL BULL are:
i. | LYDIA6 BUTTS, b. 1740, Queen Anne Parrish Register, Prince George, Maryland; d. 1818. | ||
ii. | SAMUEL BUTTS, b. 1735, Queen Anne Parrish Register, Prince George, Maryland; d. 1783. |
21.THOMAS5 SWEARINGEN (THOMAS4, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born Abt. April 08, 1708 in Queen Anne , Prince George or "Sommerset" County, Maryland or Shepherdstown, WV, and died Abt. June 03, 1760 in Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia.He married (1) MARY MORGAN.He married (2) SARAH DOSSETT.She died December 23, 1799 in Berkley County, West Virginia.
Notes for THOMAS SWEARINGEN:
Thomas Swearingen was born in Maryland about 1717; emigrated with his father to Virginia about 1734, and settled near Shepherdstown on the Potamic River.
Issue: Thomas; Van; Andrew; Zacheus; Joseph; Benoni; Drusilla, married Col. Wm. Morgan; Sallie, married Thomas Turner; Elanor, married Issac Israel.
Source: Swearingen microfilm Independence Geaneology dept.
Children of THOMAS SWEARINGEN and SARAH DOSSETT are:
i. | THOMAS6 SWEARINGEN, b. December 14, 1735, Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia. | ||
57. | ii. | DRUSILLA SWEARINGEN, b. Bet. 1682 - 1704, Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia. | |
iii. | ANDREW SWEARINGEN, b. Bet. 1742 - 1752, Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, or Berkley County, Virginia; d. Abt. June 21, 1824, Washington County, Pennsylvania; m. ELIZABETH CHAPLIN. | ||
58. | iv. | VAN SWEARINGEN, b. Bet. 1742 - 1750, Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia or Berkley County, Virginia; d. December 02, 1793, Virginia. | |
v. | ZACHARIAH OR ZACHEUS SWEARINGEN. | ||
59. | vi. | JOSEPH SWEARINGEN, b. July 10, 1754, Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia; d. 1821, Washington County, Pennsylvania or Shepardstown, Virginia. | |
60. | vii. | BENONI SWEARINGEN, b. Bet. 1742 - 1756, Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia. | |
viii. | SARAH (SALLIE) SWEARINGEN, b. Shepardstown, Jefferson, West Virginia; m. THOMAS TURNER; b. 1742, Frederick County, Virginia; d. 1806, Jefferson County, Virginia. | ||
ix. | ELEANOR SWEARINGEN, m. ISSAC ISRAEL. |
22."KING VAN"5 SWEARINGEN (THOMAS4, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born May 22, 1719 in Queen Anne , Prince George or Sommerset County, Maryland, and died April 20, 1788 in Shephedstown, Berkley County, West" Virginia".He married (1) PRISCILLA METCALF.He married (2) SARAH SWEARINGEN June 18, 1743 in Shepherdstown, Virginia, daughter of VAN SWEARINGEN and ELIZABETH WALKER.She was born November 20, 1722 in Prince George County, Maryland, and died November 04, 1766.
Notes for "KING VAN" SWEARINGEN:
Van Swearingen was born in Maryland May 22, 1719; he emigrated with his father to Virginia about 1734, and settled near Shepherdstown, on the Potomac River. On the 19th of June, he married his first cousin Sarah, daughter of his uncle Van. Before the Revolutionary war he held the office of deputy-lieutenant of Berley County, Virginia, with the rank of colonel. As the King's deputy he was called "King Van". Some of the letters written to him by Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Governor Harrison, of Virginia, and other officials are now in the possession of Mr. Henry B. Swearingen, of Circleville, Ohio; also a bill of sale for some negroes from Jeremiah Crabb given in 1755. A letter writtne in 1768 by George Washington to Van, whereun the latter's support is solicted in the canvass that the former was then making as a candidate for the house of Burgesses, is now in the possession of Mr. Henry A. Thacher', of Chillicothe, Ohio. Van died April 20, 1788.
Issue: Josiah; Hezekiah; Thomas, died of consumption contracted as a soldier in the war of the revolution; Rebecca; Luranah, married William Bennett; Drusilla, married Thomas Ruthrford.
More About "KING VAN" SWEARINGEN:
Fact 1: Baptized St. Barnabas Church, Leland, Maryland
Fact 2: Military Service: Colonel Rev. war
Fact 3: Occupation: Deputy County Lieutenant
Child of "KING SWEARINGEN and PRISCILLA METCALF is:
61. | i. | PRISCILLA (VAN)6 SWEARINGEN, b. Abt. 1748, Maryland or South Carolina; d. Aft. 1832, Laurens County, South Carolina. |
Children of "KING SWEARINGEN and SARAH SWEARINGEN are:
62. | ii. | JOSIAH6 SWEARINGEN, b. March 28, 1744, Shepardstown, Virginia; d. August 09, 1795, Shepardstown,Virginia. | |
63. | iii. | HEZEKIAH SWEARINGEN, b. February 07, 1746/47, Shepardstown,Virginia; d. January 03, 1817. | |
iv. | THOMAS SWEARINGEN. | ||
v. | REBECCA SWEARINGEN, b. October 02, 1745; d. In infancy. | ||
vi. | LURANAH SWEARINGEN, m. WILLIAM BENNETT. | ||
vii. | DRUSILLA SWEARINGEN, b. October 29, 1750; d. 1819; m. THOMAS RUTHERFORD. | ||
viii. | PEGGY SWEARINGEN. |
23.LURANNAH5 VAN SWEARINGEN (THOMAS4SWEARINGEN, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born October 15, 1713 in Queen Anne , Prince George, Maryland, and died Bef. 1805 in Burke, North Carolina.She married EDWARD TEAGUE, son of WILLIAM TEAGUE and ISABELLE LOFTIN.He died in North Carolina.
Child of LURANNAH VAN SWEARINGEN and EDWARD TEAGUE is:
64. | i. | LURANNAH6 TEAGUE, b. 1762; d. Bet. 1791 - 1856. |
24.THOMAS5 SWEARINGEN (SAMUEL4, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born 1717 in Prince George, Maryland.He married (1) FRANCIS BETTIS.He married (2) MARY ? in Anson County, North Carolina.
Child of THOMAS SWEARINGEN and FRANCIS BETTIS is:
i. | JOSIAH6 SWEARINGEN, m. MARY SWERIGEN. |
Children of THOMAS SWEARINGEN and MARY ? are:
ii. | JOSIAH6 SWEARINGEN. | ||
iii. | VAN SWEARINGEN. | ||
iv. | JOHN SWEARINGEN. | ||
v. | SAMUEL SWEARINGEN. |
25.SAMUEL5 SWEARINGEN (SAMUEL4, THOMAS3VAN SWEARINGEN, GARRETT2VAN SWERINGEN, DAVID JANSE1SWIERINGH) was born Abt. 1720 in Prince George, Maryland, or Anson North Carolina, and died January 1819 in Lincoln, North Carolina.He married (1) ELANOR.He married (2) MARY BOLLING 1743 in Edgecombe, North Carolina.She was born 1722 in North Carolina, and died May 20, 1805.
Notes for SAMUEL SWEARINGEN:
Samuel Swearingen Junior came with his parents as a small lad to Bertie County, North Carolina in 1727.
On November 16, 1741, Samuel Swearingen Jr. received a deed of gift from his father Samuel Swearingen Sr. This deed of gift contained 200 acres of land which was located near John Stevens' Landing, joining a marsh ans was a slash part of his father's 640 acres.
On November 3, 1761, Samuel Swearingen Jr. received a patent for 617 acres of land in Edgecombe County, North Carolina from Lord Granville. This land was located on Autry's Creek at the mouth ofJohn's Branch adjoining William Woten and Benjamin Evans'
On June 21, 1762, Samuel Swearingen Jr. sold 308 acres of land to John Corbitfro 10 pounds. This land was located on Autry's Creek and John Brach adjoining said Swearingen, it being a part of the said Swearingen's survey of 617 acres.
On June 21, 1762, Samuel Swearingen Jr. deeded 100 acres of land to his son-in-law Samuel Williams 'for love and affection.' This land was located on the north bank of Autry's Creek adjoining said Swearingen, it being a part of the said Swearingen's survey of 617 acres.
On January 7, 1765, Samuel Swearingen Jr. deeded 50 acres of land to his son- iin-law Solomon Williams 'for the kind love'. This land was located on the Autry's Creek, Hurley's Branch and the Causeway Branch adjoining said Swearingen.
On October 22, Samuel Swearingen Jr. sold 159 acres of land to Thomas Wallis of Pitt Coounty, North Carolina for 55 pounds. This land was located on Autry's Creek at the mouth of Hurley's Branch adjoining John Corbutt and Samuel Williams, it being part of a deed he purchased from Lord Granville bearing a date November 3, 1761.
Circa 1765-66, Samuel Swearingen Jr. and his family migrated to Anson County, North Carolina from Edgecombe County, North Carolina. They settled in the area of Little River, a part of Great Peedee River in Anson County, North Carolina.
Circa 1768, Samuel Swearingen Jr. along with his two brothers, Thomas and Van Swearingen were members of the 'Regulators' in Anson County, North Carolina. The people in Anson County, North Carolina suffered from excessive taxes, dishonest officials and exobitant fees. The 'Regulators' sought vainly to obtain reforms. Then refused to pay taxes until they were sure that the money would be spent properly, public officials punished and interference with the county courts stopped. This was an open revolt between the people and the British Crown-perhaps the first real revolution in America started in North Carolina.
Before July 18, 1772, Samuel Swearingen Jr. bought 200 acres of land from William Mears. This land was located on the west side of Little River of Great Peedee River in Anson County, North Carolina.
On January 15, 1771 Samuel Swearingen Jr. and his wife Mary sold 100 acres of land to John Smith, Sandhill for 100 pounds. This land was located on the east side of Little River of Great peedee River in Anson County, North Carolina.
On July 18, 1772, Samuel Swearingen Jr. and his wife Mary sold 100 acres of lanf to David Smith. This land was located on the west side of Little River of Great Peedee River in Anson County, North Carolina.
Samuel Swearingen Jr. and his wife Mary were living in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He was mentioned several times in the land entries for said county.
Prior to 1790, Samuel Swearingen Jr. and his wife Mary migrated to Burke County, North Carolina. They were listed in 1790 census of Burke County, North Carolina...just one white male over 16 years of age and one white female-all ages.
Samuel Swearingen Jr. adn his wife Mary were listed in the 1800 Federal Census of Lincoln County, North Carolina. Both were in age bracket, over 45 years of ages, in the household.
Samuel Swearingen Jr. and his second wife Elanor were listed in the 1810 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina. There were one white female born 1800-10; one white male and one white female born before 1765 in household.
Samuel Swearingen Jr. left a will which was written on June 27, 1805 and probated January 1819. It is transcribed from the original hand-written will---now in the custody of North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.
'North Carolina) Lincoln County) 'In the name of God amen I Samuel Swearingen Sr. being in perfect Sound memory thanks be to god therefore I do make ordain and constitute this is my last will and Testament in manner and form following viz.
'first I bequeath my Soul into the hands og god almighty hoping to be saved by the merrits of Jesus Christ is for Body to be Buried in a Christian Burial at the description of my executors hereafter namedafter my Just depts paid
'Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth two Sillings
'Item I give to my daughter Mary two Shillings
'Item I give to my daughter Nancy two Shilling
'Item I give to my son Samuel two Shillings
'Item I give to my son John two Shillings
'Item I give to my son Van two Shillings
'Item I give to my two daughters Sarah and Patsy two Shillings piece
'Item I give to my son Cheek two Shillings
'Item I give to my daughter Anson two Shillings
'Item I likewise give to my beloved wife Elanor all the remainder of my estate both goods and Chatels intail forever
'I likewise construe and ordain my beloved wife Elanor my whole and Sole Executor of this my Last Will
'In witness my hand and Seal this twenty seventh of June 1805'
'Test William Whitworth Junior 'Samuel Swearingen senior(seal)' Her Mary X Whitworth Mark Thomas Graham Nancy Graham'
'State of North Carolina) Lincoln County) 'January Sessions 1819 'The written Will was proven in Open court by the Oath William Whitworth as suscribing Witness thereto & admitted to record 'Witness V. McBee, CC'
H.H. Swearingen lists children as: Eli, Van, John, Bowling, Henry, Frederick, Thomas, Richard Cheek.
Source: Smoky Mountain Clans Volume 2, 1983 Family Register of G.V.S.
Children of SAMUEL SWEARINGEN and MARY BOLLING are:
i. | ELIZABETH6 SWEARINGEN, b. 1744, Edgecombe, North Carolina. | ||
ii. | MARY SWEARINGEN, b. 1746, Edgecombe, North Carolina. | ||
iii. | NANCY SWEARINGEN, b. 1748, Edgecombe, North Carolina. | ||
65. | iv. | SAMUEL SWEARINGEN, b. 1750, Edgecombe, North Carolina. | |
66. | v. | JOHN SWEARINGEN, b. Bet. 1745 - 1750, Edgecombe, North Carolina or Edgefield District, South Carolina; d. Bet. 1800 - 1804, Montgomery County, Georgia. | |
67. | vi. | VAN SWEARINGEN, b. Abt. 1743, Edgecombe, North Carolina; d. January 22, 1808. | |
vii. | SARAH SWEARINGEN, b. 1756, Edgecombe, North Carolina. | ||
viii. | PATSY SWEARINGEN, b. 1758, Edgecombe, North Carolina. | ||
68. | ix. | RICHARD CHEEK SWEARINGEN, b. September 18, 1760, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; d. September 04, 1852, Somerset, Kentucky. | |
x. | ANSON SWEARINGEN, b. August 22, 1768, Anson, North Carolina; d. 1855; m. RICHARD WALKER. | ||
xi. | HENRY SWEARINGEN. | ||
69. | xii. | FREDERICK SWEARINGEN, b. 1758, Edgecombe, North Carolina; d. May 29, 1822, Dallas County, Alabama. | |
xiii. | BOLLING SWEARINGEN. | ||
xiv. | THOMAS SWEARINGEN, b. May 13, 1761; d. October 03, 1837; m. MARGARET BETTIS. | ||
xv. | ELI SWEARINGEN, b. 1741. |