Peter Swick Jr. (1786 - 1868)

Born 1786 in New Jersey

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Died 25 Jun 1868 at about age 82 in Dekalb County, Indiana

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Peter Swick, Jr. was born 1786 in New Jersey, and died June 25, 1868 in Dekalb Co., IN. He married Mary Hollar about 1810. She was born July 30, 1793 in Monmouth, New Jersey, and died August 09, 1863 in Dekalb Co., IN. They are buried in the Eddy Cemetery in Dekalb Co, Troy Twp, IN.

Peter and Mary were living in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1810 and 1820. By 1820 they had added three sons and two daughters to their family. Sometime after 1820 Peter Swick left Shamokin Township and was located in a different county for each census thereafter.

By 1863 Peter was in Dekalb County, Indiana where their elder daughter, Mary Robinett had been living since 1846. Mary died there August 9, 1863. Their daughter Rachel Swick Seurfoss wrote William and Mary Swick on August 13 of Mary's death as follows:

Dear brother and sister It is with pleasure that I seat my self down this evening to drop a few lines to you to inform you that we are all well at present hopeing these few lines may find you all enjoying the same blessings When they come to hand i wrote to you too months ago nearly and have got no answer yet and how with sorrow I must tell you that mother is dead she died the ninth day of this month a bout 6 oclock and was buried the 11th at 2(?) oclock last Saturday her and father went to Isaac Walterses [daughter, Catherine, and son-in-law] and went home a sunday before she started home she took a pain in her heart (?) and when she got home about 10 oclock she went to bed and at six oclock She died they had the Doctor but he just got there a few minutes before she died and father is verry poorly with a (diarea?) i am a fraid that he won't stand it long I wish you could come out soon and see us and him for if he don't get it stoped soon he cant stand it the rest is all well so no more at present but write soon as you get this letter and let us no wether you are coming or not Direct your letter to Ortie(?) Decalb Co. Ind so no more at present but still remain your truly friend. Swicks of Kosciusko County

Peter and Mary had the following children:

i. SAMUEL ELIJAH5 SWICK, b. 1811, Northumberland Co., PA; d. January 29, 1873, Delaware Co., OH.

ii. WILLIAM SWICK, b. December 24, 1812, Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA; d. December 09, 1897, Silver Lake, Kosciusko Co., IN.

iii. MARGARET SWICK, b. 1815, Northumberland Co., PA; d. 1849, Delaware Co., OH; m. ALLEN ROBINETTE, March 04, 1837, Holmes, OH; b. Northumberland Co., PA; d. Abt. 1850.

iv. AARON SWICK, b. April 17, 1817, Shamokin Twp, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; d. March 01, 1877.

v. MARY SWICK, b. May 19, 1819, Northumberland Co., PA; d. December 02, 1894, Dekalb Co., IN.

vi. HANNAH SWICK, b. 1823, Holmes Co., OH; m. JONAS GILMORE, December 12, 1839, Holmes Co., Ohio.

vii. RACHEL SWICK, b. 1826, Sugar Creek Twp., Stark Co., OH; d. 1863, Troy Twp., Dekalb Co., IN; m. ANDREW JACKSON SEURFOSS, January 01, 1856, Hancock Co., OH; b. 1836, Pickaway, OH.

viii. JOHN PETER SWICK, b. April 14, 1829, Sugar Creek Twp., Stark Co., OH; d. March 11, 1912, Major Co., OK.

ix. PETER SWICK, b. July 25, 1831, Stark Co., OH; d. 1860; m. HESTER ANN CHERRY, February 26, 1857, Hancock Co., OH; b. Abt. 1830, Ohio; d. Abt. 1860.

x. CATHERINE SWICK, b. Abt. 1835, Sugar Creek Twp., Stark Co., OH; m. ISAAC WALTERS, March 04, 1858, Hancock Co., OH.

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