SWEARINGEN FAMILY

Grandfathers Family	Grandmothers Family	Grandfathers Family	Grandmothers Family
Fathers Family		DE BARRETTE
GARRET AND BARBARAH SWEARINGEN

Family Group Sheet by Patrick T. Dolan May 9, 1999

Husband: Gerret VAN SWEARINGEN

Born: 1636 [1] Beemsterdam, Netherlands [2]

Married: abt 1659 [1]

Died: w pr 4 Feb 1698 [4] St Mary’s City MD [1]

Other wives: 2nd 1676 Mary Smith, 7 children [1]

Parents:

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Other information: Em to America as Supercargo of the “Prince Maurice,” a ship of the Dutch West Indian Co., embarking from Amsterdam 21 Dec 1656 for New Castle, DE [1]. He worked as a representative of the City of Amsterdam, which asserted claims over the area [1]. He became clerk, sheriff, Commissary General, and member of the Council of New Castle [1]. He was second in command of the city fort when the English invaded in 1664 [1]. They seized his estate in the invasion [1]. A Roman Catholic, he rem at this time to MD, and in 1667 settled in St. Mary’s City, purchasing 50 acres [1]. When the city was incorporated, he was one of the six aldermen [1]. Gerret van Swearigen and his wife nat April 1669 [1] He served as mayor of SMC [1]. Owned a large inn which served as private club for the legislature until the capital moved to Annapolis in 1695 [1].

Wife: Barbara DE BARRETTE

Born: Valenciennes FR [1]

Died: abt 1670 [1] St Mary’s City [1]

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Children:

1. Elizabeth: b aft 1659 New Castle DE [5]; m 1st John Evans 2nd Jacob Williams [1]; d 1736 [1]

2. Zacharias: b 1662 New Castle DE [1]; m bef 1697 Martha Divine [1]; d 1712 [1].

3. Thomas: b abt 1665 [3] prob Talbot Co MD [1]; m Jane-- [1]; w pr 19 Mar 1710 Pr George Co MD [3].

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Documentation:

[1] Nelson, Alice Jean.Virginia Lineages, Letters & Memories. 1984.
[2] Gerrett van Swearingen naturalization papers qtd in [1].
[3] Notes posted by Karel Whyte <klynbk@aol.com> on Swearingen Family Genealogy Forum.
[4] Draper, Elaine Swearingen. The Swearingen Family Jewels. Vol. I.

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