Peterus Swick (abt. 1743 - aft. 1822)

Born about 18 Aug 1743 in Hunterdon, New Jersey

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1822 after about age 78 in Richland, Fairfield, Ohio

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lindsey Hakala [send private message]

Warning: Check the data. A father's death date should not be more than nine months before one of his children's birth dates.

ANSWER: Since there is no source for his date of death "1820" I will change it to AFTER the last son was born, 1822.

Research

• all 16 TREES on rootsweb.com agree on a couple of things-- He was married 2X= 1) Anna 2) Margaret... They all agree on one thing no SOURCES found to prove either or give the last names of either...They all have the same copy/paste for the names of the children.

1820 Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania

Name Peter Swick

Free White Males: 10-16=1 / 45+=1

Free White Females: 10-16=1 / 45+=1

So this could be our Peter and his wife with 2 teenagers living with them. It only tells us they are over 45 years of age................

Page 62

Citing this Record

Biography

Peter Swick, Sr. was born August 18, 1743^[1] in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey^{[citation needed]} and died ca. 1821 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

He married:

1. Margaret Unknown^{[citation needed]}
2. Anna Unknown in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Peter and Margaret had the following children:

1. ANNA SWICK, b. November 25, 1769, New Jersey.
2. MARTIN SWICK, b. 1776, New Jersey.
3. JOHN PETER SWICK, b. 1780, Virginia; d. 1839, Buckeye Lake, Licking Co., OH.
4. PETER SWICK, JR., b. 1786, New Jersey; d. June 25, 1868, Dekalb Co., IN.
5. JACOB RUSH SWICK, b. August 11, 1796, Northumberland, PA; d. July 19, 1877, Allen Co., OH.

Children's DATA

Michigan Deaths

Name Mary L. Halstead Find a Grave Memorial # 12844882

Event Date 14 Dec 1870

Event Place Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan

Age 82

Marital Status Widowed

Birth Year (Estimated) 1788

Birthplace New Jersey

Father's Name Peter Swick

Mother's Name Margaret Swick

Citing this Record

The following quoted material appears to be from typed abstracts from a book compiled or written by Rev. Jack Swick^{[citation needed]}:

"Peter Swick could not escape service in the Rev. War. NJ was the battleground for bloody conflicts such as the Battles of Trenton and Monmouth. As a consequence, many early records were destroyed. However, there are a few extant records pointing to service rendered by Peter Swick in the Rev. War.

The application of a nephew, John Swick (s/o Martin) for a Rev. War Pension dated 1837-1838, state he, John, was from Greenwish Twp., Essex Co NJ and that he served as a private from 1778 for 3y at the same time as his 'Uncle Peter Swick' who was a Lt. in the Army under Capt John Maxwell".

"On 07 Mar 1796, Peter Swick purchased 177 acres of land in Fishing Creek TWP., Northumberland CO, PA (the plot called Hopewell) from Herman Kline. On 15 Jul 1799, he purchased 282 acres in Shamokin Township (the plot known as Pamona) from George Miller."

Research Notes / Discrepancies

There were three locations given for his death on the original profiles:

• Somerset County, New Jersey
• Richland, Fairfield, Ohio
• Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

1. ↑ Was this his birth date or Christening date?

• "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3DB-N8X : 12 December 2014), Peter Swick in entry for Mary L. Halstead, 14 Dec 1870; citing p 98 rn 963, Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,449.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL5-X2N : accessed 23 March 2017), Peter Swick, Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 62, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 107; FHL microfilm 181,412.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.

• Judith Keen created WikiTree profile Swick-82 through the import of Will Keen Multi-national Family 2014_2013-09-30.ged on Sep 30, 2013.