Notes for Mary Nancy Bridges: The children of Nancy's parents are difficult to work out. Different family sources have different information. Some have two daughters named Nancy, one born in 1768 and another in 1789, which would be this one. Some information indicates that this second Nancy's name was Mary Nancy. However, one source has this Nancy and a sibling Mary with separate birth information and different husbands. Too many details are missing to be certain.
A genealogy of Descendants of William Bridges reports three separate sisters, with some information but not all the facts we would like. Nancy Bridges b 1768 is shown as the first child of James Bridges and Rebecca Hamrick, while Nancy Bridges born 1789 is the 6th child. This James Bridges is reported as the son of William Bridges, born about 1726 in Prince William County, Virginia. This James is thought to be the 5th son of William.
The Hamrick family data pages, however, reports the wife of this James Bridges to be Elizabeth Hamrick, which appears to be a different person, rather than the same Rebecca with a different or additional name. The Bridges genealogy does indicate some uncertainty as to whether the name of James' wife was Rebecca Hamrick.
The William Bridges genealogy reports that Nancy Bridges born in 1768 married Price Hamrick. The Bridges genealogy reports that the second Nancy born 1789 married Benjamin Hughes. Another source indicates she was Ben's second wife.The Hamrick information does not have a separate Nancy born 1789, but appears to show this birth date on another entry for Nancy who married Price Hamrick. The death date in both cases is 1830, the date given in the Bridges genealogy for the first Nancy born 1768.
The Bridges genealogy reports the third sister to be named Mary and married to William McSwain. This matches earlier information I had for Mary Nancy Bridges married to William McSwain. The Bridges genealogy has separate birth and death dates for their second Nancy and their Mary: Nancy born in 1789 and died 1875 and Mary born in 1892. This source has no death date for Mary.
If this is based on firm information, this indicates that earlier information giving the name of William McSwain's wife Mary Nancy should be modified to Mary. I have not found full information on all these people. Unfortunately, too many posted sources do not tell how they arrived at what they post. Thus I have not been able to definitely determine which source is reliable.
One of their sisters Salena W (also known as Frances or Frankie) Bridges married another McSwain named Thomas. This matches William's brother. Both were sons of William David McSwain and Judith Moore.
More About Mary Nancy Bridges and William McSwain: Marriage 1: 16 Apr 1811 Marriage 2: 16 Apr 1811, Rutherford, North Carolina.297
Children of Mary Nancy Bridges and William McSwain are:
Mary Nancy Bridges (b. 1789, d. date unknown)
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