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Alpheus SWAYZE

Male 1829 - 1892  (63 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alpheus SWAYZE was born on 22 Oct 1829 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey (son of Isreal SWAYZE and Mary Ann LOURANCE); died on 16 Nov 1892; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.

    Alpheus married Mary Ann SCHWANDER on 14 Jan 1857 in Newark, New Jersey. Mary was born on 29 Jan 1837 in New Jersey; died on 27 Jul 1913 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Isreal SWAYZE was born on 21 Feb 1803 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey (son of Caleb SWAYZE and Elsie KINNEY); died on 28 Jul 1888 in Trenton City, Mercer, New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.

    Isreal married Mary Ann LOURANCE. Mary was born on 10 Apr 1802 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 1 Jun 1874 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann LOURANCE was born on 10 Apr 1802 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 1 Jun 1874 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.

    Notes:

    Birth: Apr. 10, 1802
    Hope
    Warren County
    New Jersey, USA
    Death: Jun. 1, 1874
    Hope
    Warren County
    New Jersey, USA

    Mary Ann Lowrance was born 1802 in Hope, Warren County, NJ, the 4th of 11 known surviving children (6 boys/5 girls) born to Daniel Lowrance/Lawrence (1773-1837) and his wife, Sibelar Doty (1779-1845). The family surname originated in this country as Lorentz, but by her father's generation many in the family had anglicized the name to LAWRENCE, and she is found in public records as both LOWRANCE and LAWRENCE.

    She was the paternal grandchild of Sylvanus/Silvanus Lawrence (ca. 1736-1831) and Jemima Dickerson (1747-1832) of Flanders, Morris Co, NJ; and gr-grandchild of Daniel Lorentz/Lawrence (ca. 1713-1796) and Elizabeth Drake (1716-1754) of Peapack, Somerset Co, NJ. She is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Johannes Lorentz (1866-1745) of LaRochelle, France who lived in the Alsace Lorrane District of France/Germany and immigrated to this country with his wife, Anna Margaretha Heiliger,as part of the great Palantine migration from Europe. Three of Johannes Lorentz's sons removed to North Carolina where they were patriarch's of the Lawrence family that settled in Rowan County. On her mother's side, Mary Ann, was the maternal grandchild of Henry Clark Doty (ca. 1754-1798) and Mary Lorain Loree of Medham, Morris Co, NJ.

    Mary Ann was 21 years old when she married 20-year old Israel Swayze (b. 2/21/1803), son of Caleb Swayze & Elsie Kinney; a descendant of the Judge Samuel Swayze of Southold, Suffolk Co, Long Island who removed to Roxbury, Morris County in 1727. This line of Swayze's are descendants of John Swezey (1610-1706) of Dorsetshire, England who removed to Long Island about 1658, having originally settled in Salem, MA.

    Mary Ann & Israel lived in Hope, Warren County, where they would become parents to 8 known surviving children:

    * Jacob Lawrence Swayze (1824-1881)
    * Caleb Swayze (1825-1825)
    * Lydia "Lily" Swayze (1828-1871)
    * Alpheus Swayze (1829-1892)
    * Mary Ann Swayze (1831-1833)
    * James Henry Swayze (1837-1840)
    * Camilla A. Swayze (1840-1918)
    * Mineria "Minnie" C. Swayze (1842-1905)

    Her husband, Israel Swayze, was a well-to-do farmer, and prominent in the social, political and religious life surround the community of Hope. He served as Justice of the Peace (1837-1838).

    Mary Ann Lowrance Swayze died in 1874 at age 72. Her husband of 51 years survived her 14 years, passing in 1888 at age 85.

    The gravesites of Mary Ann's parents are unknown, and this researcher welcomes any information. Some of her siblings are buried nearby:

    * Eliza Ann Lawrence (1799-1849), wife of Samuel Pitney Dalrymple.
    * Jemima Doty Lawrence (1802-1832).
    * Julia Ann Lawrence (1808-1851), wife of William Youngs Trimmer.
    * Samuel Tyler Lawrence (1812-1887).

    Children:
    1. Jacob Laurence SWAYZE was born on 3 Mar 1824 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 8 Jun 1881; was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey.
    2. Lydia D. SWAYZE was born on 24 Dec 1828 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 7 Nov 1871 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.
    3. 1. Alpheus SWAYZE was born on 22 Oct 1829 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 16 Nov 1892; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    4. Camilla S. SWAYZE was born in Apr 1840 in Warren County, New Jersey; died on 22 May 1918; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer. New Jersey.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Caleb SWAYZE was born in 1756 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey (son of Israel SWAYZE and Elizabeth SEWARD); died on 4 Nov 1815.

    Caleb married Elsie KINNEY in 1793 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elsie KINNEY
    Children:
    1. Hiram SWAYZE was born on 8 Apr 1794; died on 4 Jul 1864 in Ontario.
    2. Henry S. SWAYZE was born on 19 Jul 1799; died on 20 Nov 1819.
    3. Sarah SWAYZE was born in 1801 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died in 1803.
    4. 2. Isreal SWAYZE was born on 21 Feb 1803 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 28 Jul 1888 in Trenton City, Mercer, New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    5. Jacob SWAYZE was born in 1805; died on 17 Apr 1838 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    6. James K. SWAYZE was born on 1 Feb 1807 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 15 May 1878; was buried in Moravian Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.
    7. Lydia SWAYZE was born in 1810; died in 1819.
    8. Caleb SWAYZE was born on 22 Jun 1812; died on 28 May 1894.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Israel SWAYZE was born on 16 Oct 1720 in Southold, Suffolk, New York (son of Samuel SWAYZE and Penelope HORTON); died on 27 Aug 1774 in New Jersey; was buried in Swayze Cemetery, Hope, Warren, New Jersey.

    Israel married Elizabeth SEWARD in 1744 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth SEWARD
    Children:
    1. 4. Caleb SWAYZE was born in 1756 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 4 Nov 1815.
    2. Penelope SWAYZE was born in 1761; was buried in 1777.
    3. Lydia SWAYZE was born on 10 Aug 1764; died on 5 Apr 1842.
    4. James SWAYZE was born about 1766 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died about 1850 in Ohio.
    5. Jacob SWAYZE was born on 14 Jun 1770 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey; died on 13 Jun 1809.
    6. Abigail SWAYZE was born in 1773 in Hope, Warren, New Jersey.