Johann Michael Swope (1726 - abt. 1792)

Born 14 Feb 1726 in Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Eva Barbara Sabina (Kuhn) Swope — married 1763 in York Township, York, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1792 at about age 65 in Alexandria, Virginia

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Biography

Johann Michael Schwab was born on 24 Feb 1725 in Germany, son of Johann George Schwab (1682 - 1782) and Anna Maria (Keydel) Schwab (~1702 - 1782),who immigrated with their children to Lancaster Pennsylvania, in 1727. ^[1]

He became Justice of the orphans court in York County, PA. Note: This may be in error. Check sources (Entrikin-5 07:15, 19 December 2023 (UTC)) Michael Swope married twice. His first wife is probably Anna Maria (Spengler) Swope (1725-) (sources needed to verify) He married 2nd in 1763 to Eva Barbara Kuhn in Yorktown,York.

Colonel Michael Swope of the Pennsylvania First Regiment Flying Battalion.^[2]

He organized and led the 1st (York) Regiment of the Pennsylvania Flying Camp, which was captured at Fourt Washington early in the Revolutionary War. According to Benjamin Franklin, his estranged son, the Loyalist Governor of New Jersey, was traded for Col. Swope in a prisoner exchange with the British, one for one. His luxurious York home was loaned to John Hancock when the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia, PA. Michael Swope moved to Alexandria Virginia after the Revolution, where he owned a wharf and chandlery and built the townhouse still standing at 210 Prince Street. He deeded his business and residence to his sons in 1786 and thereafter appears only in the records of the Alexandria dead-letter office. DAR records claim he died in 1792, but no local records confirm the place or date of his death. His remains were transported to Philadelphia, PA for burial in family crypt, in downtown Philadelphia, which was cleared in the mid 1800s, with all remains moves to another cemetery on what was then the outskirts of Philadelphia.^[3]

His brother was Benedict Swope (1730 - 1811).

Michael (~38) married Eva Kuhn (~19) (1744 - 1803) in 1763 in York Township, York, Pennsylvania.

Michael's daughter was Sarah Kuhn (Swope) Thompson (1770 - 1842).

Michael's child George Swope was baptised in 1773 in York, York, Pennsylvania.^[4]

After the Revolution Michael and his family moved to Alexandria, Virginia. George died in 1792 in Alexandria City, Virginia, USA aged ~67.

1727 Arrival

Name: Anna Maria Schwab

Arrival Year: 1727

Arrival Place: Pennsylvania

Family Members: Wife Anna Maria Keydel; Daughter Anna Maria; Daughter Anna Catharina; Son Johann Michael

Source Publication Code: 1031.8

Primary Immigrant: Schwab, Johann Georg^[5]

1792 Death

Col George Michael "Michael" Swope

Birth: Feb. 24, 1725, Germany

Death: 1792, Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA

Family links: Spouse: Eva Barbara Sabina Kuhn Swope (1744 - 1803)*

Burial: Unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.cynthiaswope.com/withinthevines/yostbk.html
2. ↑ Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DARPennsylvania First Regiment Flying Battalion. Vol 003. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Ancestry Image
3. ↑ Book: Swope, Gilbert Ernest, 1860-1899., History of the Swope family and their connections, 1678-1896 / comp. and ed. by Gilbert Ernest Swope
   Lancaster, Pa. : T. B. & H. B. Cochran, Printers, 1896; page: 369
   HathiTrust (accessed 19 December 2023)
4. ↑ Baptism of child George Swope: "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013"
   Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 700
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2451 #23650143 (accessed 19 December 2023)
   Michael Swope's child George Swope baptism in 1773 in York, York, Pennsylvania, USA.
5. ↑ Source Bibliography: BURGERT, ANNETTE KUNSELMAN. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, 16/19. Birdsboro, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society. Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau. 1983. 461p. Source Citation: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1727; Page Number: 335.

See also:

• Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania : Hamilton p: 529 by John W. Jordan; Genealogical Publishing Com, 2004
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MVT8-7SH
• Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 055. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Ancestry Image