Johannes Jost (Schwab) Swope (1704 - 1780)

Born 26 May 1704 in Leimen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Elizabeth (Graff) Schwab — married 25 May 1742 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Colony

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1780 at age 76 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Johannes Jost Schwob BIRTH 26 May 1704 Leimen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany DEATH 18 Dec 1780 (aged 76) Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Salem Evangelical Reformed Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #24440404 Has a photo of his gravestone.

John Swope 2 (Yost 1 ) was born May 26, 1704, in Leimen, a town of about 2,700 inhabitants, of which his grandfather was burgomaster, in the Duchy of Baden, Germany. He was baptized on the 28th day of the same month, as is here shown by a translation of his baptismal certificate from the German: "John Swope, son of Mr. Yost Swope, a citizen of the parish of Leimen, was baptized the 28th day of May, 1704. The sponsors were John Kitznüller and Dornlicker Müller of the Dornmüller (district) near the town of Wisloch. This is a correct copy from the church records of Leimen, near Heidelberg. J. G. Kirckmayer, Paster of Leimen. May 5, 1720."

In 1720 he emigrated with his father to America and settled in Upper Leacock township, Lancaster Co., Pa., on land purchased from the Provincial Government. This land was cleared, made tillable and divided into farms, which he bequeathed to his sons at his death. In addition to farming he was also engaged in the pottery business. He married first in 1725, Anna Dorothea Line, daughter of John Line, who died in 1740.

John Swope, in 1742, married, secondly, Elizabeth Grove (Groff or Greve).

This contract was signed by nineteen witnesses, many of them the ancestors of old Lancaster county families. The second wife of John Swope died Aug. 14, 1776. He survived her until Dec. 18, 1780, when he died. He was buried in the graveyard of the Old Hellers (Salem) Church, about a mile from his home, where repose five generations of the family.

From the provisions of his will he must have accumulated a considerable estate for those early days. The home plantation he bequeathed to his son, John Daniel, and it is still owned by his descendants. To his sons Jacob, Adam and Henry he gave each a farm. To his other children and grand-children he left various sums ranging from fifty to one hundred and twenty-five pounds each.

(listings appear for 10 children from his first wife and 9 more from his second).

Johannes was born in 1704. He passed away in 1780.

John was born in 1704. He passed away in 1780.

Johannes Schwab Christening 28 May 1704 Leimen, Heidelberg, Baden, Deutschland; Parent: Yost and Anna Catharina.^[1]

Marriage 'Johannes Schwab and Catharine Elisa Graeff 25 May 1742 Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.^[2]

Find A Grave Johannes Jost Schwob; BIRTH 26 May 1704 Leimen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; DEATH 18 Dec 1780 (aged 76) Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Parents: Yost Conrad Swope 1656–1735 and Anna Katherina Wolfhardt Schwab 1663–1720; Spouse: Catharina Elisabeth Grove Swope 1715–1776 (m. 1742).^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N52R-6H2 : 25 October 2021), Johannes Schwab, 1704.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24440404/johannes-jost-schwob: accessed 02 October 2023), memorial page for Johannes Jost Schwob (26 May 1704–18 Dec 1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24440404, citing Salem Evangelical Reformed Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Genealogy-Detective (contributor 47705006).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24440404/johannes-jost-schwob : accessed 14 February 2022), memorial page for Johannes Jost Schwob (26 May 1704–18 Dec 1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24440404, citing Salem Evangelical Reformed Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Genealogy-Detective (contributor 47705006) *History of the Swope Family and Their Connections. 1678-1896 Originally Compiled and Edited by Gilbert Ernest Swope. Lancaster, PA.: T.B. & H.B. Cochran, Printers. 1896. Page 30.
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History of the Swope Family and Their Connections, 1678 - 1896

1781 Will

John Schwob of Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Will Written: 22 January 1779

Will Proven: 15 January 1781

Names Sons: Jacob, Henry, Daniel, Adam, George, Conrad

Names Daughter: Juliana deceased, wife of Natz Tweeker

Names Daughter: not named wife of John Hook

Names Daughter: Catharine deceased, wife of Ludwig Shot

Names Daughter: Margaret wife of George Deal

Granddaughter: Juliana Schot (possible daughter of Catharine)

Granddaughter: Juliana (possible daughter of Margaret Deal)

Granddaguther: Catharine, daughter of George, wife of Kasper Balzer

Grandson: John Schaup, son of Peter Schaup

Pennsylvania Probate Records - Lancaster Volume D page 195 (actually found on page 417/555)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Schwab-142 created through the import of OBrien Family Tree.ged on Dec 14, 2011 by Jamie O'Brien.

Research Notes

FamilySearch Person: LH6N-MYW