Tunis S. Swick (1775 - 1815)

Born 8 Jul 1775 in Tewsbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey [uncertain]

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Died 14 Aug 1815 at age 40 in Ovid, Seneca County, New York, USA

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Biography

Cpt. Tunis Swick served in the Dobbs Regiment during the war of 1812 and was stationed at Fort Niagara.^[1]

Timeline

1775 Tunis is born on 8 July to Tunis and Rachel (Rose) Swick^[2] as person 6.56 on p. 5, presumably in either Ovid, Seneca County, New York or Tewsbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.^{[citation needed][3]}

Children with first wife Mary Howell ^[2] on p. 12:

1. David Swick b. 12 Dec 1796 m. Mary Sebring

1805 Tunis marries Charity Emmons^{[citation needed]}

1810 We find Tunis in Ovid, Seneca County, New York. His household is listed as follows:^[4]:

Males < 10 years: 1

Males 10 < 16 years: 1

Males 26 < 45 years: 1 ... This would be Tunis, who would be ~ 35 years old

Females < 10 years: 1

Females 16 < 26 years: 1 ... This would be Charity Emmons, who would be ~ 25 years old. They have been married for 5 years.

Children with second wife Charity Emmons ^[2] on p. 12:

1. John E Swick 21 Deb 1807 m. Susan Kelly
2. Mary Swick 27 Dec 1808 m. John Lefler
3. Minor M Swick 3 Nov 1811 m. Louisa LaTourette
4. Hermon Swick 11 Jul 1813

During the War of 1812, Captain Tunis Swick lead a Company of Rifleman formed in Ovid, New York and stationed at Fort Niagara.^{[citation needed]}

1815 Tunis passed away in 1815. He is buried in Abram Covert Farm Cemetery in Ovid, Seneca County, New York, USA.^[1]

Research Notes

The following was found on his father's profile, but the dates match this Tunis and not the father:

• 1793: Living in Essex County, New Jersey^[5]
• Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, DC

Other of their children from the rootsweb tree cited above: by 1st wife: David SWICK b: 12 DEC 1796 d: 1889 who m. Mary SEBRING b: 18 MAY 1798 by 2nd wife: Mary SWICK b: 27 DEC 1808 d: 1903 who m. John LEFLER b: 1809 d: 1900 Harmon SWICK b: 11 JUL 1813 m. Mary HOWELL b: 11 NOV 1770 d: 16 AUG 1800

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67248435/tunis-s-swick
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Descendants of some early settlers of the Trumansburg - Covert, N.Y. area : the Swick family, Swick, Harriet Jackson, 1895, Interlaken, New York : Interlaken Review, 1973 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/154846/?offset=&return=1#page=17&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=)
3. ↑ Sebring, Walter Wilson. Sebring Collections. (1975) Yearbook House, Inc.; Missouri; p. 443
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-5V4 : 1 December 2015), Tunis Swick, 1810.
5. ↑ New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the US

• Clarke, Robert Gordon. Teunis <Teunis> Swick. Early New Netherland Settlers (website) : accessed by J. Ricketts on 15 Aug 2016. No sources cited.

• Thomas, Lowell S. Tunis S. Swick. Mac/McPherson of PA, Ladd of Maine and Related Families (website). Rootsweb, Ancestry.com : accessed by J. Ricketts on 15 Aug 2016. No sources cited.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Swick-41 created through the import of Moody-Howell_2011-06-05.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Robert Moody.