Thomas Swearingen and Lizzie Riley

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Husband Thomas Swearingen ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1688 - Somerset Co, MD
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         Father: Thomas Swearingen (Abt 1665-1710) 1 2
         Mother: Jane [Unk] (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1712 1

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Wife Lizzie Riley ¹

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           Born: 1691 1
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Children

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1 M Thomas Swearingen ¹

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2 M Van Swearingen ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Swearingen

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He settled in 1734 on the Potomac near the present site of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where he remained until his death, and accumulated great wealth. He had two sons, Thomas and Van. From these that branch of the family became numerous, and has turned out many distinguished men, some of whom were gallant soldiers in the Revolutionary war, and officers high in military rank, intimate friends and advisers of Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, and stood high in the councils of the nation.

1 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 943.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 160.