William David MCSWAIN3,5
17251,2,3 - 17801
Parents
Son of David MCSWAIN & Margaret Etta SERGEANT.
Life History
1725 |
Born in On the Open Sea (from Isle of Skye, Scotland).1,2,3 |
1748 |
Married Susanna HAMRICK in Orange County, North Carolina.12,13 |
1750 |
Birth of son John David MCSWAIN in Virginia.2,6 |
14th Jan 1756 |
Birth of daughter Priscilla MCSWAIN in Virginia.7 |
22nd Jul 1762 |
Birth of son William David MCSWAIN in Orange County, North Carolina.6,8,9 |
1766 |
Birth of son Benjamin MCSWAIN.10,11 |
1770 |
Birth of son Jonathan MCSWAIN.10,11 |
1772 |
Birth of daughter Elizabeth MCSWAIN.10,11 |
1774 |
Birth of son Charles MCSWAIN.10,11 |
1776 |
Birth of son James MCSWAIN.10,11 |
1780 |
Died in Rutherford County, North Carolina.1 |
Other facts
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Buried in McSwain Cemetery, Cleveland Co, NC.4 |
Notes
- It seems likely after I have reviewed and compared sources for severalmonths, that this William David is the same as some sources show forDavid. Birth dates vary, so the names get entered as separateindividuals sometimes. This William David shows up as David or asWilliam. I still show another child named David. This is likely thesame person as this, with a different reported (estimated) birth date,usually 1721, whereas a common estimated date for William David (orDavid) is 1725.
Douglas McSwain in his McSwain Genealogy(http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/s/Doug-Mcswain/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0001.html) seems to indicate that his entry for David is thesame as the other entry I have here from various other sources asWilliam David.
Most sources list the place of birth for this William David McSwain as"On the open sea, Isle of Skye, Scotland). It is not clear from thisif they mean he was born on a ship that happened to be out at seas atthat time, from its base in Skye, or if they mean on a ship that hadset sail for America from Skye. Likely the latter. But then it isnot logical to include Isle of Skye in the location for place ofbirth!
It appears to me that William David (William I, or William David Sr)was born on the ship taking his parents to North America. Variousevents find them in Pennsylvania, Virginia, then North Carolina.Sources differ on the birthplaces of some children.
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm-cgi?op=GET&db=*v133t0575&id=I1176
- 2. Ancestry Trees
- Lawson Family Tree
- 3. RootsWeb ID: I4695 -- William McSwain
- Name: Name:http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4695;;
- references top-level individual
- 4. Rutherford/Cleveland County, NC, Burial Information
- Name: Name: http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/cemm5.html;;
- 5. Marriage Records, Family Tree Maker Archive, Vol #403
- 6. RootsWeb ID: McSwain Skye to North Carolina
- Name: Name:http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4693;;
- references top-level individual
- 7. RootsWeb ID: McSwain Skye to North Carolina
- Name: Name:http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4693;;
- 8. Clemons Family Tree
- Name: Name:http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/l/e/Tenna-Clemons/tree1.html;;
- 9. World Family Tree Vol. 129
- Pedigree #809
- 10. World Family Tree Vol. 5
- Pedigree #791
- 11. RootsWeb ID: I4695 -- William David (I) McSwain
- Name: Name:http:/worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4734;;
- 12. RootsWeb ID: I4725 -- William David (II) McSwain
- Name: Name:http:/worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=prsjr&id=I4703;;
- 13. Cunard Genealogy
- http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=kcunard&lang=en;p=david;n=mcswain