• Questions regarding Yost's identity beyond his name and birth in Germany are explained in Explanation and  info regarding Yost as presented both by G E Swope [1898] and Morse and McLachland [1972] , the primary sources of material regarding him

Link to The  Letter of Administration of Yost Swope's  estate granted to Johannes Swope, the existence of which caused Morse and McLachlan in 1972 to switch BACK Yost's birth year from the date on Yost's [reinterment]  grave to the date of the letter of administration, thus clouding for me the true identity of this Anna Katharina.Birth: 26 May 1704  Ýchr 28 May 1704 (Reformed Church)ÝLeimen, Baden, Germany³

• Baptismal Record for John SCHWAB [Transcribed from  Morse and McLachlan's The Swope Family Book of Remembrance]

• Naturalization Recordfor John SCHWAB
• American Residency and Occupation
• Notes for Research regarding possible Blood or Further Social Alliance with Hans Adam BENDER and Michael BEAR

       "The earliest record of the family in America that has been discovered appears on the Assessment Rolls of Conestoga Township,
       Chester County (now all that portion of Lancaster County west of Octorara Creek and north to the Conestoga Creek) for the years
       1724-1725. On this roll is the name of John Swoape." ^{44 p1292}

       G E Swope: "Wherever we have found anyone who has had a knowledge of Yost Swope [ed note, Johannes father] , there we have
       also found the tradition that he ,took up' 1,000 acres of land in Leacock township, Lancaster county, PA. This we are unable to prove,
       as no deeds have been found. Our conclusion, based on all the information we could gather, is that he did take up the land intending
       to pay for it on time, as was often done by the early settlers, but died before he had paid for it, and his interest passed to his
       daughters and was lost sight of in the change of name. His son John had already been provided for with 630 acres."^{45, p 27}

       Johannes is Found in 1771 tax lists for Penna, in Leacock County
              SWOBE, HENRY    103     LECCK   100  [acres]    1   [number of Horses]     0   [head of cattle]     0   [sheep]
              SWOBE, JACOB    104     LECCK   100 [acres]    2  [number of Horses]      2  [head of cattle]      0    [sheep]
              SWOBE, JNO       103     LECCK   200    [acres]   3  [number of Horses]      5   [head of cattle]     0   [sheep]⁴⁶

Burial: Old homestead. Reinterred, Old Hellers (Salem) Church Reformed Church, Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County, PA
First Marriage:  Anna Dorothea LINE^2,9,3

• Death: Upper Leacock Twp, Lancaster, in or before 1742
• Father: John LINE (LEIN) (LYNE) (d. 1746)
• Anna Dorothea [Line] Swope is mentioned in her father's will

Children of Johannes SCHWAB and Anna Dorothea LINE:

• John (Johannes) (1726-1755)
• George Michael (1727-1758)
• Elizabeth (1729-1762)
• Anna Barbara (1731-1810)
• Anna Maria (1734-1779)
• Anna Catharine (1733-<1780)
• Johann Conrad**(Conrad) (1736-1799)
• Margaret (Anna Margaret) (1738-1775)
• Anna Dorothea (1735-)
• Child with no record (1740-)
• Anna Dorothea (1740-1818)

Second Wife: Catharina "Elisabeth" GROVE (GROFF OR GREVE, GRAF, GRAEFF)^9,3[Ascendancy Unknown]

• Birth: 22 Oct 1715¹⁰
• Death: 14 Aug 1776
• Notes on Elizabeth GROVE
• Marriage Contract Johannes and Elizabeth Grove

Children: of Johannes SWOPE & Eliz GROVE - [Link Provides access to each child's data, including spouse  & progeny when known]

• Maria Juliana (1743-<1769)
• Jacob (John Jacob ) (1744-1811)
• Christiana (Died as Infant) (1745-1745)
• ìHenryî (Johann Heinrich) (1747-1808)
• Maria Sabina "Sabina"  (1748-1826)
• Susanna (Susanna Friedericka) (1750-1776)
• Daniel (Johann Daniel) (1751-1821)
• Anna Elizabeth (1753-1773)
• ìAdamî  John Adam (Johann Adam) (1756-1821)

Much of the information in these paragraphs is regurgitated in greater depth at the links highlighted below. It is synopsized below these links  to allow ease of navigation of this page.

• Yost Swope, why the two birth and death dates
• Yost as identified be G E Swope 1898
• Yost as identified by The Swope Family Book of Remembrance 1972
• Yost, a side by side comparison of the Sources and
• Yost, a side by side comparison of the children attributed to him in the two sources

The first source utlized is the G.E. Swope book published in 1898 entitled "The Swope Family 1696-1896".  Gilbert, itís writer, was limited by the time frame in which he worked, often did not source his material, and seems largely to have relied upon the communication to him of Swope family members. In 1972, a mother daughter team (Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan) produced the Swope Family Book of Remembrance in 300 limited editions copies and thus presented the 2nd tome of study of this line.  This Morse/McLachlan team  relied in America on courthouse records and church entries, and in Germany, because a fire had destroyed records in the government buildings , they rely largely on church records.  Their work is diligent in the extreme, and endeavors to connect Yost Schwab, the headwater ancestor identified by Gilbert Swope as ëson of a burgomeisterí  to wife and parentage. There were many Yost Swopes in that area of Germany,and their task was not easy.  Through the records they determined that our Yost was  Yost ì Schwaben su Duhren bei SInscheimî , that his wife  Anna Katarina  Surname Unknown (identified by G.E. Swope) was in fact Anna Katarina Wolfhardt prior to marriage, and they  further determined a name for Yostís  father (NOT a burgomeister, and they comment no record of a Swope burgomeister in Leimen is found). They mention that more than one Yost Swope from the area may have emmigrated with other members of his extended family but present this as a possibility they can not dispute or support.   To accomodate the marriage to Anna Katarina, now presumed Wolfhardt, Morse and McLachlan had to shift BACK Yost's  birth year to the 1650s from the later birth year on his gravestone, itself erected posthumously on the occasion of Yostís reinternment in the 19th century, and presumably including dates as informed by then living descendants and/or as found in the family bible which just prior to publication of G.E. Swopeís book burned in the home of its owner, but which, prior to that unfortunate event, Gilbert made reference to in his book.  Morse and McLachlan also moved BACK his death year to accomodate the settling of the  estate of Yost Swope, handled by Johannes Swope in 1727, and, as per Morse and McLachlan, representing the true death date of Yost, and the Johannes his son herein detailed.   Gilbert also referred to  the birth records of 4 children other than Johannes which similarly burned in the fire.  Of these other four it was written ìwe have birth records for them, but nothing more is known of themî. This comment did not exclude or comment upon the existence of other unknown children, but he states he believes these to be the children who accompanied Yost to America.
I assume the birth year for Yost  as presented by Gilbert Swope was obtained from the family bible, or , perhaps it is simply from the grave itself. As explained above,  the grave by that time was a 2nd grave, Yost having been reinterred in the later 19th century from his previous site in the orchard of the family homestead. The women writing the Remembrance book state the grave is incorrect.  There is no real problem with the birth date change in terms of our study, but  down,, deep in the ground, above the body to be moved  was found a slab that read "YS 1735" clearly stating his death year. This was discussed by G E Swope in his book, and is documented in newspaper accounts of the exciting event of his reinternment at the time of itís occurence. G E Swope leaves frustratingly little information on the contents of the now lost family bible, does not detail its contents, and refers to it only as an item he had apparantly utilized and/or knew through the holder the existence of. Despite my own stubborn refusal to accept all of this ascendancy without a little skeptisism, one thing remains clear. The Swopes accounted for in this part of the tree, and the collaterals involved are, if not direct, then likely relatives of ours through cousinship.

BECAUSE of my skeptisism as explained above  I have included two ascendancies for  Johannes:

• The first  ascendancy ascends to Yost Swope married Anna Katharina Surname Unknown, and  will show also the Father of Yost, said to be a burgomeister (again, No records of any Swope in that capacity has been found in Leimen and this seems soundly rebutted by Morse and McLachlin's work in Germany). Noone can refer to the original bible  as the bible and records that Gilbert Swope mentions as held at that time by a direct Yost decendant, unfortunately were destroyed by a fire at the home of their holder 3 years before publication of the book in 1898. This ascendancy, based on the work of Gilbert Swope,  shows Johannes with  the siblings identified by those items held by Swope descendants as I have described and maintains his wife as Anna Katharina UNKNOWN.

• The second ascendancy, arises to Yost Swope in marriage with the presitigious Wolfhardt name, and through her, to the houses of other Germans, all of whom were dealing with the 30 years war and /or itís aftermath.  In this scenario,   he ascends to a larger family identified through the work of Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan with the sources of their encompassing work included.³ It is through the work of Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlin and the lines they put forth that we gain kinship with Michael Swope of the Flying Brigade. They identify this patriot descending directly  from George, (the man they identify as Yostís Father) through either of two other sons   [George Albrecht or George]  and making Michael Swope a first cousin once removed to our Johannes.  In absence of that work, Michael Swope  is a lonesome collateral, marrying into the Spangler line to whom we Swopes are related, and he appears with only this identification in G E Swope's 1898 work.

G.E Swope informed in 1898 that Johannes  emigrated from Germany 1720 with his father, mother and four siblings, settling in Upper Leacock, township, Lancaster Co., Pa.⁵ Morse and McLachlin inform the exact area (Identified as Mill Creek ) ³ was on land purchased from the Provincial Government and inform  that this land was cleared, made tillable and divided into farms, which he bequeathed to his sons at his death.  In addition to farming he was also engaged in the pottery business.⁶
Morse and McLachlin further inform Johannes Schwab had 450 acres patented to him between 1733 and 1753. When he died, he willed 452 acres to his four sons: Jacob, Henry, Daniel, and Adam.⁷

Baptismal certificate translated from the German and as presented by Morse and McLachlan in The Swope Book of Remembrance:
 

ìJohn Swope, son of Mr. Yost Swope, a citizen of the parish of Leimen, was baptized the 28th day of May, 1704.  The sponsors were John Kitznuller and Dornlicker Muller of the Dornmuller (district) near the town of Wisloch.  This is a correct copy from the church record of Leimen, near Heidelberg.
J.G. Kirckmayer,
Paster of Leimen
May 5, 1720î⁴⁴

G.E Swope informed in 1898 that Johannes  emigrated from Germany 1720 with his father, mother and four siblings, settling in Upper Leacock, township, Lancaster Co., Pa.⁵ Morse and McLachlin inform the exact area (Identified as Mill Creek ) ³ was on land purchased from the Provincial Government. that This land was cleared, made tillable and divided into farms, which he bequeathed to his sons at his death.  In addition to farming he was also engaged in the pottery business.⁶ Morse and McLachlin further inform Johannes Schwab had 450 acres patented to him between 1733 and 1753. When he died, the Will of John SCHWAB   bequeathed 452 acres to his four sons: Jacob, Henry, Daniel, and Adam.⁷
 
 

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• The Hans Adam Bender Connection.
• John Swope was executor for Hans Adam Bender (died 1745) Still determining relationship between these two men, although a known relationship between great grandchildren exists. Hans Adam Bender is present on this tree as a collaterol at present, although we do have direct Bender lines. I continue to research him as a possible allied of our Direct Bender forebears.
• No connection between this Hans Adam Bender and our known Benders has yet been established.

• The Bear Connection
• John Swop is mentioned as guardian, along with Gabriel Carpenter, of  " Andrew Bear, Catherine Bear, and Margaret Bear, orphan children of Michael Bear, deceased."  This orphans court was held at Lancaster the 5th day of Febuary 1745/6 before David Jones, Conrad Weiser and Emmanuel Carpenter⁴
• I am not clear on the Bear Relationship to this John Swope and if it extended to blood, and I have not been able to identify these BEAR children [please note that BEAR sometimes presents in allied lines not only as BEAR, but as BAR, or BARR, or BAIR, all of which surnames are present on this tree]. Any assistance with their identification would be appreciated.

Johannes 2nd married Elizabeth GROVE  To that  Second Marriage ]

1.1 John (Johannes) SWOPE^5,3,10

• Spouse: Eve Margarethe RAMLER^14,10
• Birth: abt 1728, Of Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania³

• Anna Barbara (Died as Child) (1751-1755)
• Elisabeth (Died as Child) (1752-<1755)
• Maria Dorothea (Died as Child) (1754-1755)

Sources of information for this family group cited by³ for this family group  ^{[3=The Swope Book of Remembrance]}
1. Marr. rec. of Rev. Joh. Casper Stoever, *Notes & Queries*, 1896, by W.H. Egle.
2. Rec. of Hill Church, Quitapahila, Lebanon, PA, *Notes & Queries*, 1898, by W.H. Egle, p. 256.
3. Berks Co. Deed Bk. #6, p. 154,157,158.
4. Lancaster Co. Orphans Ct. Rec. 1754-1757, p. 60.

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1.2 George Michael SWOPE^5,14

George Michael SWOPE was Legal Representative of his deceased brother' John's daughter who died 6 months after her father:

ìOrphans Court held at Lancaster the 1st day of July 1756.Before Robert Thompson, Adam Simon uhn and Edward Shippen, Esquires, Justices George Sprecker and Eva Margaret his Wife, late Eva Margaret Swobe, Widow & Administratrators of JOHN SWOBE, deceased, Produced an Account whereby there appears a Ballance to be destributed to the Widow Eva Margaret, & a daughter aged about Six Months who also dyed about five Months after the said John Swobe. Ordered that the half of said infants share be paid to the mother and the other half to George Michael Swobe, eldest Uncle & Legal Representative of Said Infant.î¹³

• Birth: abt 1731, Of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

• George (~1750-<1777) [mentioned in his father's will]
• Catharine (Catharina) (1752-) [married Casper BALSER] [mentioned in her grandfather Swope's will, and her father's will]
• John (1756-) [Son identified by both Book of Remembrance and G E Swope. ]  [not mentioned in his father's will and likely predeceased him ].
• Regarding son John as Surgeon of Revolutionary War.  G E Swope in 1898 wrote "ìHe left two children, John and Catharine. His boy John is said to be Dr John Swope, a surgeon with the revolutionary war.î^{5 [}Sic : The son he left  is George. The remark regarding John as Surgeon appears to be one which G E Swope felt dubious, but did not want to dismiss.   Gilbert Swope did not identify the son George, but Book of Remembrance names all three children as here given. ]  My own reading of the Gilbert E Swope book is that this was ìsupposed to be the Rev Dr. who was a surgeon in the Revolutionî and that he did not believe the claim sufficiently evidenced, but did not want to discount the possibility. The Swope book of Remembrance only mentions him as John, and mentions no such family lore regarding him, although they do mention the revolutionary service of John's brother George. Swope Book of Remembrance says: ìAccording to George Michael Schwab's will, only two children survived him. Catharina and George. Gilbert Swope's book speaks of a son, John, who was tall and handsome and fought in the Revolutionary War, but this must have been the son, George. According to Lancaster County Deed Book R, page 465, George Schwab or Swope, died before March 1777 and was under twenty-one years of age at the time of his death.î³

Conversely, there may be a John SWOPE apart from this John with whom G E Swope is confused by the data given him. Please note that there is a Dr Swoope, Surgeon in the US navy,   who has precense elswhere in the Swope/Swoope lines and he is thus  identified as a greatuncle to Marie [swope] Covington in a letter to Edward Spangler, researcher of the Spangler lines . See Jacob Swope died 23 Apr 1832 and married to Mary McDowell, linkable in index of the tree from which these pages are derived,  the grandfather of Marie Swope Corrington as Marie identified him. She states her grandfather was brother of the Dr Swoope  Surgeon of the revolution.

 

 According to George Michael Schwab's will, only two children survived him. Catharina and George. Daughter Catharina is mentioned in her grandfather SWOPE's will:  ìAnd my Grand Daughter Catharina one Daughter of my Son George the Wife of Kasper Bolzer shall have Fifty Pounds out of my Estat for her Share and no more.î  See George Michael Swopeís father John SCHWAB's  will

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1.3 Elizabeth SWOPE^5,3

According to G E Swope she died unmarried. According to the Book of Remembrance, she married Schnebele

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1.4 Anna Barbara SWOPE^{5, 43}

• Birth: 1719, the Palatinate, Germany^{21, 43}
• Death: 11 Dec 1796, Lebanon Township (now Lebanon County)
• Father: Unknown GLONINGER

• George/John George (1754-1831) [married Mary /Maria  FUNCK (FUNK) died before dec 1822]
• Catarina (1756-1828) [married Peter ENSMINGER]
• John (Hon.) (1758-1836) [married Catherine ORTH 1767-1848]
• Philip (~1762-1825) [married Catharine WOLFF]
• Peter (1763-1835) [married 1st Elizabeth ZERMAN, 2nd Maria Eliza (Elizabeth) KELLER]
• Elizabeth (1769-1841) [married Dr. David B. MARSHALL]
• Barbara (1771-) [married Christian BEHM]
• Valentine (1776-1844)
• Several Unkn Dghters (as per G.E. Swope book. In fact, there are Probably no longer any ìUnknownî dtrs; GE Swope didnít know them, Swope book of Remembrance named several daughters G E neglected. As G E did not give a number to the Unknown dtrs, this entry is left here]

Notes on Anna Barbara SWOPE
She married the young man employed on the homestead by her father. They moved to Lebanon Township, now Lebanon County.  In early days their home was known as the Gloninger ëfortí. During the Indian wars it was used as a place of refuge by the inhabitants of the surrounding country from the Indians. Philip and Anna  had ìseveral daughters, of whom we have no recordî²⁰

ìAnna Barbara Swope(3) John(2), Yost(l) the fourth child of John and Anna Dorothea (Line) Swope, was born in the homestead in Upper Leacock Township Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 12 March 1731. Her father had employed on the farm a young man named Philip Gloninger, who won the affections of the daughter, Anna Barbara. He being an industrious and capable man, met with favor in the eyes of the father and married the daughter. Philip Gloninger was born in the Palatinate, Germany, and was one of the sufferers from the desolation of that fair country. He came to America at about twenty-eight years of age. After the marriage of Philip and Anna Barbara, they moved to Lebanon Township (now Lebanon County) where they lived until death. The old Gloninger home is still standing on the Quitapahilla Creek. In early days it was known as the Gloninger "Fort." During the Indian Wars, it was used as a place of refuge by the inhabitants of the surrounding country against the Indians. "It is a good specimen of the solid architecture of the early days, with its piked roof and original port holes for windovs, and serves as an interesting landmark because here the first Gloninger lived from whom has descended locally quite an illustrious family. (From Ancient and Historic Landmarks in the Lebanon Valley) George, son of Philip and Anna Barbara Gloninger, seems to have been the oldest and remained on the old homestead as farmer. Philip died 11 December 1796 and Anna Barbara, 23 September 1810. They are both buried in the graveyard of the Reformed Church at Lebanon, Pennsylvania."⁵
 

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1.5 Anna Maria SWOPE

• John (1759-) [mentioned in his grandfather Swope's will]
• George (1765-)
• Jacob (1772-)

ìShe is known to have thad three sonsî¹⁹
Her father John Swope's will mentions a son in law and grandson John SHAUP by name:
îAnd my Grand Son John Shaup shall have and receive the Fifty Pound Bond witch his Father Peter Schaup give to me in his Life-Time and no more but if the said John Schaup should die without Heirs, Then in such Case his Executers or Administrators are to pay the said Bond of Fifty Pounds to my Executors without interest to be devided to and amongst my other Children and Grand Children in Manner aforesaid. ì

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1.6 Anna Catharine SWOPE ⁵

• John (1759-)
• George (1765-)
• Jacob (1772-)
• Juliana [mentioned in her grandfather Swope's will]

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1.7 Johann Conrad (Conrad) SWOPE^22,7,23,24[More info on this entry is available through Link provided]

• Birth: 8 Jul 1737
• Death: 18 Apr 1812, Hanover Twnhip
• Father: Purportedly Johann Jacob HOCK (1694-<1766) [She is an unproven Daughter ]
• Mother: Purportedly Anna Margaretha Possibly Mueller (~1710-~1785)

Children: [detail on all children here is available through larger link to Johann Conrad (Conrad) SWOPE]

• Johann Jacob ìJacobî (1759-<)
• Anna Barbara (1761-)
• John  (Johann) (1763-1844)
• Henry [married Herr] (1767-1842)
• George (1774-1841)
• Adam (1778-1855)

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1.8 Margaret (Anna Margaret) SWOPE^31,32

• Her Father's  John SWOPE's  will mentions her and her children, but does not name or number them
• " And I also order and direct that my Grand Daughter Juliana shall have equal Share of my Estate whith my Grand Children of my Daughter Margrat, Wife of George Dial."

1.9 Anna Dorothea SWOPE^,3

G.E.did Not Include Her in his Swope Book of 1898

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1.10 Child with no record SWOPE ⁵

G. E. Swope, in The Swope Family records this child as unknown.  ìNo recordî ¹⁹  Perhaps it is the Dorothea born 1735 that is identified by Book of Remembrance that he did NOT identify.

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1.11 Anna Dorothea SWOPE³

Anna Dorothea SWOPE  must have met her future husband (The Rev) SCHWERDTFEGER when he was a pastor in York. Eventually, because of the hostile treatment he encountered for his loyalist activities, the family would remove from Albany to Canada, and her husband become a renown first Lutheran minister of what would become Ontario, and earn the name ìthe Saint of the St Lawrence Seawayî.
Parish records for her deceased husbandís church show her death entry: ìSchwerdfeger, Ann Dorothea, widow of Rev'd. John Samuel Schwerdfeger, died 10 May 1818, buried 12 May 1818, aged 78 yrs.î³⁹

Spouse: Samuel [Johann Samuel] (The Rev) SCHWERDTFEGER^14,37,40

• Birth: 4 Jun 1734, Burgbernheim, Bavaria, Germany³⁷
• Death: 1803/Oct 1798, Williamsburg, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada^41,42
• Father: Guenther Johann SCHWERDTFEGER (1702-1749)
• Mother: Juliana Maria KOCH

Children:

• Benjamin (1760-)
• Joh.Augustin (1761-)
• Daniel (1763-)
• Johan Frederich (1765-1849)
• Samuel (1769-)
• Ludwig (~1770-<1827)
• Jacob (1771-)
• Lina (1780-)
• Elizabetha (1780-)

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Sources For this Page [2nd Generation America SWOPE; Johannes SCHWAB married  Anna Dorothea LINE [LEIN or LYNE] and their Eleven children of Union.] :

1. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers, p 68, pp 27 et seq and Baptismal Cert [sites birth record in hands of descendants at time of publication].
2. ìJohn Leinís will, see same under John LINE/Lein, his entryî
3. Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. 1397 pp.  Unknown publisher. 300 limited editions., - Vol.II within page of pages from page 1299 to end
4. Orphans Docket for children of Michael Bear, The Penn Geneological Society, Volume XXIV, Genealogical Gleanings from Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, Page 22, Part of Genforum Library collection,  mentions John Swop as gaurdian.
5. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers, page 68.
6. Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. 1397 pp.  Unknown publisher. 300 limited editions., - Vol.1, p 1292.
7. Ibid. chapter 5.
8. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers, p 68, page 37.
9. Ibid. page 27.
10. Pennsylvania Geneological Magazine., from Genforum Library collection , URL below, Part of Volume XXIV, Genealogical Gleanings from Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County,Page 210. http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=008912&PN=210&SEC=Volume%20XXIV&CD=213.
11. Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. p,  1397
12. Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever  (all 1,429 marriages)
http://www.chm.davidson.edu/pagenweb/records/StoeverMarriages.txt
Included but not limited to entries
1740 05 27   Rameler, Catarina (Tulpe.)                Maurer, John Philipp
1755 02 13   Ramler, Anna Margaretha (Heidelberg)      Dieben, John (Hanover)
1749 03 14   Ramler, Eva Margar (Tulpe.)               Schwab, Johannes
1742 10 18   Ramler, Anna Maria (Tulpe.)               Umberger, Michael
1746 07 06   Ramler, Jacob                             Franck, Eva Margaretha (Tulpe.)

1743 04 05   Schwab, John Jost                         Bricker, Anna Marla (Earltown)
1749 03 14   Schwab, Johannes                          Ramler, Eva Margar (Tulpe.)
1755 05 28   Schwab, Eva Margaretha (Lebanon)          Sprecher, George (Lebanon)
1776 10 13   Schwab, Margaretha (Lebanon)              Kachel, Jno. Cunradt (Lebanon)
1739 10 16   Schwab,Anna Eva (Earltown)                Burkhardt, Paul Indicates he was dead By 1755 05 28 , the date of wfeís  remarriage to Sprecher.
13. Pennsylvania Geneological Magazine., from Genforum Library collection , URL below, Part of Volume XXIV, Genealogical Gleanings from Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, Page 210. [213]
14. Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. 1397 pp.  Unknown publisher. 300 limited editions., - Vol.II , within page of pages from page 1299 to end
15. Ibid. page 1360.
16. Misc. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever shows her twice and as Eva Margar, and as Eva Margar Ramler:
Schwab, Eva Margar. Ramler  Date:  Mar 14, 1749  Event:  Marriage Record ID:  281130 Relation:  Bride Location:  Tulpehocken, Berks Co., PA Church:  Misc. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever
Schwab, Eva Margar. Date:ÝÝMar 14, 1749 ÝÝÝÝ Event:ÝÝMarriage ÝÝÝÝRecord ID:ÝÝ278285 ÝÝÝÝRelation:ÝÝBride ÝÝÝÝLocation:ÝÝTulpehocken, Berks Co., PA ÝÝÝÝChurch:ÝÝPastoral Records of John Casper Stoeve
Schwab, Johannes Date:  Mar 14, 1749 Event:  Marriage Record ID:  278285 Relation:  Groom Location:  Tulpehocken, Berks Co., PA
Church:  Pastoral Records of John Casper Stoever
Tulpehocken, Berks Co., PA Mar 14, 1749 Misc. Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever.
17. Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever  (all 1,429 marriages)
http://www.chm.davidson.edu/pagenweb/records/StoeverMarriages.txt
Included but not limited to entries
1740 05 27   Rameler, Catarina (Tulpe.)                Maurer, John Philipp
1755 02 13   Ramler, Anna Margaretha (Heidelberg)      Dieben, John (Hanover)
1749 03 14   Ramler, Eva Margar (Tulpe.)               Schwab, Johannes
1742 10 18   Ramler, Anna Maria (Tulpe.)               Umberger, Michael
1746 07 06   Ramler, Jacob                             Franck, Eva Margaretha (Tulpe.)

1743 04 05   Schwab, John Jost                         Bricker, Anna Marla (Earltown)
1749 03 14   Schwab, Johannes                          Ramler, Eva Margar (Tulpe.)
1755 05 28   Schwab, Eva Margaretha (Lebanon)          Sprecher, George (Lebanon)
1776 10 13   Schwab, Margaretha (Lebanon)              Kachel, Jno. Cunradt (Lebanon)
1739 10 16   Schwab,Anna Eva (Earltown)                Burkhardt, Paul 1749 03 14 Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever.
18. ìChurch Records: Adams, Berks & Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania 1729-1881,î part of Genforum Library.
19. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers, p 68, page 38.
20. Ibid. page 46.
21. Ibid. page 45.
22. Ibid. page 68.
23. Church Records: Adams, Berks & Lancaster Counties,   Pennsylvania 1729-1881, From GenForum Library, appears as both Conrad Schwob and Conradt Schwobb.
24. ì1750 Census as found in Swope Book of Remembrance, detailed there.î
25. Will Abstract Conrad Swope.
SWOOPE, Conrad.  Hanover Township.
July 29, 1799    September 5, 1799
Executors:  George Charles and John Swoope.
Wife:  Gloria Swoope.
Children:  John, Henry, George and Adam.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/york/wills/willabstrp-s.txt
26. Church Records: Adams, Berks & Lancaster Counties,   Pennsylvania 1729-1881, From GenForum Library.
27. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers, 68, page 68 ëClara Shriver but states ìthere is some question as to her nameí.
28. Will Abstract Conrad Swope. [ Gloria Swoope, wife.]
SWOOPE, Conrad.  Hanover Township.
July 29, 1799    September 5, 1799
Executors:  George Charles and John Swoope.
Wife:  Gloria Swoope.
Children:  John, Henry, George and Adam.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/york/wills/willabstrp-s.txt
29. Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. 1397 pp.  Unknown publisher. 300 limited editions., - Vol.II ,  chapter 5. Given only as Maria Clara, no surname, although supposition she is the Hoke here given is provided in that source mentioning no proof is known to exist.
30. Church Records: Adams, Berks & Lancaster Counties,   Pennsylvania 1729-1881, From GenForum Library, Clara as mother, Maria Clara as sponsor.
31. "margaret" from Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers
32." anna Margaret." from  Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. 1397 pp.  Unknown publisher. 300 limited editions., - Vol.1 in page of pages from page 1299 to end
33. "Diehl" from Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers
34. "Dial" in John Leinís will, [ see same under John LINE/Lein.]
35. "January 4, 1739/40 in Upper Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." from CyberNet Denis Family History, largely unsourced Online Tree minus reference to correspondants for relevant branches. Site  mounted by Denis Graham, Main Web Page at CyberNetDenis   FAMILY HISTORY HOME BASE. URL http://www.kcnet.com/~denis/index.html
36. "4 Jan 1740  no place given." from Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. page 1397
37. CyberNet Denis Family History, largely unsourced Online Tree minus reference to correspondants for relevant branches. Site  mounted by Denis Graham, Main Web Page at CyberNetDenis   FAMILY HISTORY HOME BASE.
URL http://www.kcnet.com/~denis/index.html
38. "THEY SPOKE GERMAN" in the Lunenburgh District of Upper Canada 1774-1800.
Compilation of Reverend Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger's Records has been done by JOHANNES HELMUT MERZ (John H. Merz), author of "He Was A Hessian" and "Register of German Military Men who Remained in Canada 1783.
Details baptism, births, deaths in the parish founded by Samuel Schwerdfeger.
Includes "FAMiLiES" Vol. 12 No. 2 Ç Spring 1973 Ontario Genealogical Society (Bio on the Rev Schwerdtfeger with no info on his wife)
 URL http://www.flora.org/nancy/sdg/schwerdtfeger/about.html
This internet transcription of John Merz's document was done by the following volunteers who are members of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry discussion list at the Rootsweb genealogy site:
Kathy Staples
Cheryl Grice
Gord Adams
Marlene O'Neil
Eileen Walker
Olga Lewis
Trish Robertson
Nancy Shaver http://www.flora.org/nancy/sdg/schwerdtfeger/salzburry.html.
39. Ibid. from the website detailing her husbandís parishís baptisms, deaths, burials  URL http://www.flora.org/nancy/sdg/schwerdtfeger/salzburry.html.
40. Ibid.
41. Oct 1798  Williamsburg, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. from
CyberNet Denis Family History, largely unsourced Online Tree minus reference to correspondants for relevant branches. Site  mounted by Denis Graham, Main Web Page at CyberNetDenis   FAMILY HISTORY HOME BASE.
URL http://www.kcnet.com/~denis/index.html
42. "THEY SPOKE GERMAN" in the Lunenburgh District of Upper Canada 1774-1800.
Compilation of Reverend Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger's Records has been done by JOHANNES HELMUT MERZ (John H. Merz), author of "He Was A Hessian" and "Register of German Military Men who Remained in Canada 1783."
Details baptism, births, deaths in the parish founded by Samuel Schwerdfeger.
Includes "FAMiLiES" Vol. 12 No. 2 Ç Spring 1973 Ontario Genealogical Society (Bio on the Rev Schwerdtfeger with no info on his wife)
 URL http://www.flora.org/nancy/sdg/schwerdtfeger/about.html
This internet transcription of John Merz's document was done by the following volunteers who are members of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry discussion list at the Rootsweb genealogy site:
Kathy Staples
Cheryl Grice
Gord Adams
Marlene O'Neil
Eileen Walker
Olga Lewis
Trish Robertson
Nancy Shaver 1803.

43. Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. 1397 pp.  Unknown publisher. 300 limited editions., - Vol.II .
Sources of information for this family group cited by source:

• A. Rec. of Blaser Reformed Church Donegal twp., Lebanon Co., PA.
• B. Tombstones of 1st Reformed Church, Lebanon, PA.
• C. Lancaster Co. Deed Bk, K, p. 61. 144; Bk B, p. 133.
• D. History of Lancaster Co., PA with Biog. Sketches, by Franklin Evans & Samuel Ellis, 1883, p. 788.5. Will of Valentine Gloninger, Lebanon Co., Will Bk., C, p. 66.
• E. Will of Philip Gloninger, Jr., Lancaster Co., Will Bk., O, p. 365. Marr. rec. of 1st Reformed Church of Lancaster, PA.

45. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers

46.Found in 1771 tax lists for Penna, in Leacock , Lancaster Co., Pa.  The Penna Archives,  from the third series, Vol. 17. page two of online transcription.  From Web pages mounted by Helen S. Durbin & Susi C. Pentico entitled Our Family Histories on The Web.

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