Capt. Richard Swan and Catharine Boggs

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Husband Capt. Richard Swan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Mar 1758 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1808 - Erie Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Moses Swan (1713-Abt 1785) 1 2 4
         Mother: Jean Barnett (1716-      ) 2 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Catharine Boggs ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Feb 1759 or 1762 - Donegal, Lancaster Co, PA 1 5
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           Died: Apr 1843 or Mar 1844 - Erie Co, PA 3 5
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Lydia Swan ^{5 6 7}

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           Born: 15 Sep 1789 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 5
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           Died: Apr 1867 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph F. McCreary (      -      ) 7 8
           Marr: 12 Sep 1811 9

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2 M William Boggs Swan ^{1 5}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1791 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Feb 1792 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M John Joseph Swan ^{1 5}

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           Born: 14 Mar 1793 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1878 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Eunice Ann White (      -      ) 5

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4 M William Swan ^{1 10}

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           Born: 25 Nov 1794 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1832
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Richard Swan ^{1 10}

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           Born: 4 Dec 1796 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1884
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Boal Sturgeon (1803-      ) 3 10
           Marr: 12 Jan 1826 3

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6 M Moses Swan ^{1 10}

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           Born: 9 Dec 1798 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jun 1833 - Galena, Jo Daviess Co, IL 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Virginia Bates (      -      ) 10

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7 M Andrew Cavet Swan ^{1 10}

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           Born: 20 Jul 1802 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Jul 1867 - Galena, Jo Daviess Co, IL 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Angeline Mitchell (      -      ) 10

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Richard Swan

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He was a soldier in Capt. Cowdin's company during the Revolutionary war, a Lieutenant in the whisky insurrection, then rose to the rank of Captain.

He came to Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and purchased 200 acres of land of the Penn Population Company in Fairview Township. Shortly afterward, he became manager of the Presque Isle Company's Mills, at the mouth of Walnut Creek. In October, 1801, he left Dauphin County in a four-horse wagon, crossing the mountains and arriving at McKeesport while it was still pleasant "Indian summer" weather. They were obliged, however, to winter at McKeesport on account of low water, reaching their destination in May, 1802. He sold his first property to John Kelso, buying 400 acres on the lake shore in West Mill Creek for $1,200, half of which was later bought by Hon. William L. Scott for $33,000.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 44.

2 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 155.

3 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 45.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 62.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 156.

6 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 44, 126.

7 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 621.

8 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 126.

9 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 126.

10 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 157.