Person:Thomas Swearingen (6)

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Capt. Thomas Swearingen
b.8 Apr 1708 Prince George's County, Maryland
d.Bef 3 Jun 1760 Frederick County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1708
  1. Capt. Thomas Swearingen1708 - Bef 1760
  2. Samuel SwearingenAbt 1715 -
  3. John SwearingenAbt 1717 -
  4. Col. Van Swearingen1719 - 1788
  5. Margaret SwearingenAbt 1723 -
  6. Susan SwearingenAbt 1725 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Capt. Thomas Swearingen1708 - Bef 1760
  • W.  Sarah MorganAbt 1712 - 1783
m. 1734
  1. Thomas Swearingen, IV1735 - 1786
  2. Drusilla Swearingen1737 - 1788
  3. Andrew Swearingen1740 - 1793
  4. Van Swearengen1742 - 1793
  5. Zachariah SwearengenAbt 1748 - 1799
  6. Elenor SwearingenAbt 1751 - 1821
  7. Joseph Swearingen1754 - 1798
  8. Benoni Swearingen1756 - 1798
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Facts and Events
Name Capt. Thomas Swearingen
Gender Male
Birth[2] 8 Apr 1708 Prince George's County, Maryland
Marriage 1734 Prince Georges County, Marylandto Sarah Morgan
Death[1] Bef 3 Jun 1760 Frederick County, Virginia[Will Proven]
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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • H-181: Capt. Thomas Swearingen of Frederick County, 155 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. Guy Broadwater. On Potomack River adj. Swearingen's own land. 21 May 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 61].
  • H-747: Capt. Thomas Swearingen of Frederick County, 189 acres near Potomack River in said County. Surv. Mr. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Jonah Hedges, Peter Watkins, Maj. John Carlyle, on the Waggon Road from Westalls Gap to Watkins's Ferry. 25 Nov. 1756. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 91].
  • M-215: Capt. Thomas Swearingen of Frederick County has 222 acres in said County, part of Grant to Richard Polson. Josiah Jones and Joseph Mounts for 834 acres 3 Oct. 1734. Said 222 acres was sold by Polson to Thomas Swearingen dec'd who devised by will to said Capt. Thomas Swearingen his son, also 100 acres of said 834 acres was sold by Polson to Peter Liken who devised by will to his son Jacob Liken who sold to John Pearce and since purchased by said Thomas Swearingen the younger (Records of Frederick County Court). Resurveyed of Mr. Thomas Ruitherford shows 286 acres in said contiguous tracts & 38 acres ad. 324 acres to said Thomas Swearingen on Potomack River near Jones's Mill run, adj. Mr. Van Swearingen, Thomas Yorke. 6 Dec. 1763. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 154].
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Will Abstract

Swearengen, Thomss Will [written] 4 April 1760. [proven] 3 June 1760.
Wife: Sarah Swearengen to receive one negro girl.
Daughters: Drusilla Morgan, Sarah Seearengen, Eleanor Swearengen.
Sons: Thomas Swearengen - plantation; sons Andrew, Van, Zachariah, Joseph, Bernoni Swearengen - all to receive land.
Exrs: son Thomas Swearengen.
Wit: Van Swearengen, John Champion, Rachel Wilkins.
[Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Frederick County, Virginia, 1743-1800, by J. Estelle Stewart King, pg. 12].


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Records in Virginia

  • M-446: James Forman of Frederick County, 30 acres surplus in tract on Jones's Mill Run near Potomack River in said County, estimated at 200 acres, formerly part of 834 acres granted Richard Polson, Josiah Jones & Joseph Mounts from the King's Office 3 Oct. 1734. Josiah Jones bequeathed to his son John Jones who conveyed to said James Forman by Deed of Lease and Release 15 Aug. 1750 (Frederick County Court Records). Resurv. Thomas Rutherford. Grant for while 230 acres to said Froman adj. Thomas Swearingen, Thomas Rutherford, Van Swearingen, Isaac Morgan, Simeon Turner, Right Hon. Thomas Lord Fairfax. 22 Aug. 1765.[Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 167].
References
  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

    http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/70488599/person/48218196821

  2. ↑ .

    http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Sarah-Morgan/p135546

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