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William Swaim

Also Known As: "Swain"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frederick County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Death: circa 1811 (56-73)
Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Swaim and Martha Swaim
Husband of Charity Swaim
Father of Marmaduke Swaim; Naomi Morgan; Betsy Swaim; William Jeremiah Swaim, I; Martha "Patsy" Fentress Beeson and 3 others
Brother of Michael Swaim; John Barent Swaim; Abraham Swaim; Rebecca Swaim; Silas Swaim and 5 others
Half brother of Elizabeth Nation; Anthony Swaim and John Swaim

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About William Swaim

William Swaim was born at of Frederick, Virginia Abt 1746. His parents were Michael Swaim and Martha Worthington. He married Charity Vickery . Charity Vickery was born at of Augusta, Virginia Abt 1752 daughter of Marmaduke Vickery and Elizabeth Nation .

They were the parents of 10 children:

  1. a. Marmaduke Swaim (b 2 Apr 1771, d 31 Aug 1828) was married August 25, 1798 to Sarah Fannon (b 18 Nov 1776).
  2. b. Naomi Swaim married February 5, 1800 (marriage bond date) to John Morgan.
  3. c. Michael Swaim (d 6 Jan 1830) married ~ 1804 to Christiana Stone
  4. d. William Jeremiah Swaim (b 1792, d Nov 1851) married Mary “Polly” Ann Weatherly (b ~1794). In 1850 William and Mary were living in Surrey County, North Carolina.
  5. e. Martha “Patsy” Swaim married May 18, 1814 (bond) to Richard Fentress.
  6. f. Charity Swaim married John Green.
  7. g. Moses Swaim (b ~1791) married ~1817 to Elizabeth Armfield.
  8. h. John Swaim (b 1792?, d 1874) never married.
  9. i. Massa Swaim (b 1794, d ~1891) married November 21, 1824 (bond) to James Polk.
  10. j. Elizabeth Swaim (d Oct 1829) never married.
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William Swaim's Timeline

1746
1746
Frederick County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1771
April 2, 1771
Orange County, North Carolina Colony, Colonial America
1773
1773
Orange, North Carolina, United States
1779
1779
1782
1782
North Carolina, United States
1783
1783
Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
1791
1791
Randolph County, North Carolina, United States
1794
1794
Rowan or Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
1811
1811
Age 65
Guilford County, North Carolina, United States