Johannes "John" Swaim ^223,224,406

  General Notes:

Born in New York, went to Virginia, then to North Carolina.

SWAIM FAMILY: GENEALOGY OF, IN PART

Copied by Beatrice Glenn Swaim Lewis from the copy made by W. F. Crum for his cousin Charles Columbus Swaim, father of Beatrice Glenn Swaim Lewis, March 13, 1891.
Recopied by Joanne Lewis Nearman, Granddaughter of Beatrice Glenn Swaim Lewis, February 1, 1962.
Recopied by Charles Swaim Lewis, Son of Beatrice Glenn Swaim Lewis, October 28, 1981.
Computerized an updated by Linda Lewis Livingstone, Daughter of Charles Swaim Lewis, 1999.
Documents and Photographs added by Linda Lewis Livingstone, 2002.

HISTORY

There were three brothers by the name of Swaim in the colony of Swedes and Finns, who settled in Delaware and New Jersy in 1638. From this trio all the Swaims in the U.S. were descended. They so on spread over the line into Pennsylvania. About 1720, one of these, John, emigrated from Penns Land into North Carolina, where he reared four sons, John, Moses, William, and Michael. Of this first family of Swaims who were born in the old North State, John, who was born about 1745 and was married in 1767 to Miss Elizabeth Vicory, on Deep River, Randolph County, North Carolina, was the father of eleven children. ~ Charles Columbus Swaim

Our grandma's back in NC chewed tobacco and smoked pipes. Most were strict Baptitsts that felt every other religion wrong. A few were Quakers and the Swaims to begin with were Moravians. But when they went to VA and NC they married women of other faiths and let the women raise the family as they wanted. Some of the old grandpa's were just this side of wheeler-dealers when they wanted land. All our lines fought in the Revolutionary War for American Freedom. In the Civil War they fought on both sides [most on the Confederate side]. Every family opf them had at least one son or more that was a preacher. Only 2 were ordained preachers. We also had thru 1700 and 1800 several doctors, lawyers, and high level educators. One was a top professor at the college in Durham, NC. There was also a famous writer, a William Swaim. ggggg grandma Charity Teague was on of the best shots in the county with a squirrel gun. She also won several blue ribbons at church fairs for her cooking. ggggg grandmaElizabeth Vickrey killed a wild cat with a peggin [a wooden milk bucket] on her way to milk. ~ Barbara Trujillo [Barbara's gg grandmother told these stories to the family when they were in KS and many times they were snowed in. [Barbara Trujillo]

Johannes was responsible for footing the entire bill for building costs of the orginal Swaim's Baptist Church; Knobbs, NC [Knobbs, NC was originall called Fox Knobb][Barbara Trujillo]

Was called grandpa Hans which is short for Johannes, but in North Carolina they started to call him John.[Barbara Trujillo]

  Events

• He has conflicting birth information of 18 Oct 1719. ⁴¹⁶

• He owned property on 6 Aug 1759 in 640 Acres On Abbotts Creek. ⁴¹⁷

• He was baptised on 18 Oct 1719. ⁴¹⁸

Johannes married Charity Teague, daughter of William Abel Teague and Isabella Elizabeth Loftin, about 1744 in Frederick, Virginia.⁴⁰⁶ (Charity Teague was born on 11 Dec 1722 in Cecil, Maryland ⁴¹⁹ and died in Surry, North Carolina ⁴¹⁹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Reference Number:1932
Marriage Year: 1744
Marriage Location Code: VA
The gender of John Swaim is male.
Birth Year: 1719
Spouse: Charity Teague
Birth Year: 1722
Birth Location Code: MD


The original source document is located in the Yates Publication's archive.

Source Number: 853.000
Source Type: Electronic Database
Number of Pages: 1
Submitter Code: PC3


Swaim Family Bible Records: Notorized copy of the handwritten entries.