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 Yost Swope as presented in 
The Swope Book of Remembrance
by Morse and McLachlan and 
published 1972, which disputes the 
data herein presented in terms of 
identification of his wife by Surname , 
the inclusion of whom caused Morse 
and McLachlan to change Yost's birth 
year , while they also were thus able 
to provide expanded children of Yost's 
marriage in the Book ofRemembrance.
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Descendancy for Yost Swope as presented by G E Swope 1898

[Son Johannes married twice and had children with both his spouses. He is the only one of five children with known progeny within the source here discussed. Johannes' descendancy utilizing multiple resources is fully available through link where he appears on this page]

G E Swope mentioned a family bible, birth records of five children,and provided the birthdate of 22 Feb 1678 Sinsheim, Duchy of Baden, Germany. He also mentioned a death date, and describes the slab found 7 feet below the ground and above Yost on the event of his reinternment [ along with locks of red  "Female Hair" which he states can be assumed to be Yost's wife's] ; The slab read Y.S. 1735 .  No birthdate was given on that original slab. The contemporaneous newspaper account  in " The Lancaster New Era" detailing the event of Yost's reinternment, and the second burial stone both provide birth and death dates consistent with G E Swope's notations, but can not be considered firm in any way, being a second burial plot, and being perhaps the source for G E Swope's notations of birth and death, in exclusion of, or perhaps substantiating the family bible he mentioned.
To further confuse matters, a Johannes Swope was executor of Yost's estate in 1727. Assuming that there were not two Johannes Swopes, or Two Yosts, then , this gives impetus to The Book of Remembrance assertions That Yost died in 1727, and Johannes was the son of the Yost Swope who died in that year.



 




 



 
 
 



Descendancy for Yost Swope as presented by G E Swope 1898 and detailing five children.
G E Swope used several sources for his line as presented.
They are fully presented at the Page discussing Yost Swope as per G E Swope
 

Unknown Burgor Or Burgomeister**Of Leimen SCHWAB  and Unknown Wife
| Yost SCHWAB*2
|   b. 22 Feb 1678, Sinsheim, Duchy of Baden, Germany [info assumedly from family bible, subsequently lost in firer]
|   d. 1735, Upper Leacock Twnshp, LancasterCo, Pa [slab above him on first burial, under 6 feet, stated "YS, 1735"
  G E Swope states he emmigrated 1720 with wife and five children [no records of other children unearthed by and none known to GE Swope]. No record of ship or date of entry and this remains the case today.
  Yost was   buried originally in family orchard...reinterred 1884 Heller's Church. Inscription on second stone erected 1884 are in agreement with G E Swope's dates , while G E Swope mentions a then existent family bible which may have been his source.  There exists the possibility he relied on the stone for his dates; His reference to the bible, and what exactly it held, are woefully incomplete beyond stating that the bible existed along with records of birth of 5 children. His wife was identified only by Christian name.
| & Anna Katharina [ Surname Unknown]
G E Swope mentions that with Yost on his reinternment was found a lock of female red hair. He presents as likely belonging to Anna Katharina.
 
 

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G. E. Swope wrote in ěThe Swope Familyî published in 1898, that  "We have the birth records of the five children of Yost Swope, but nothing more regarding them, except his son John.î He also mentions a family bible. He states these five children emmigrated from Germany 1720 with their  father,mother & four siblings. He makes no comment as to whether the birth records and family bible align , he in fact mentions the family bible only in passing.  He did not transcribe either the birth records or the bible.  It is unclear to me if he referred to the bible and birth records and viewed  them himself, or relied on information relevant from it from its [then] holder hoping to view them later and before publication.  He comments that he was informed of the loss by fire of all five birth records and the family bible in the home of the holder in 1895 and before publication.

| | Maria SCHWAB4
| |   b. 1698 4
| | Anna Christina SCHWAB4
| |   b. 1701 4
| | John Ulrich SCHWAB {See footnote  available through link}
| |   b. 1707 4
| | Anna Elizabeth SCHWAB6
| |   b. 1713 4
| | Johannes(John)** SCHWAB*7,8  [married twice-link to marriage with A. D. LINE]
| |   b. 26 May 1704  Ýchr 28 May 1704 (reformed ch)Ý, Leimen, Baden, Germany10, 1
| |   d. 18 Dec 1780, Bird In Hand, Lancaster Co, PA (Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster Co, PA )10, 1
| | & Anna Dorothea** LINE8,9,10  [1st wife]
| |   d. Upper Leacock Twp, Lancaster, in or before 1742
| |   m. 1725, Lancaster County, Penna
| | Johannes(John)** SCHWAB*7,8  [Married twice-link to marriage with Eliz GROVE]
| |   b. 26 May 1704  Ýchr 28 May 1704 (reformed ch)Ý, Leimen, Baden, Germany10, 1
| |   d. 18 Dec 1780, Bird In Hand, Lancaster Co, PA (Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster Co, PA]10, 1
| | & Elizabeth (Catharina Elisabeth) GROVE (GROFF OR GREVE, GRAF, GRAEFF)9,10 [second wife]
| |   b. 22 Oct 171511
| |   d. 14 Aug 1776
| |   m. 25 May 1742, Lancastar Co, Pa By Emanuel Carpenter, Justice Of The Peace In Lancaster Co.1,12
 

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Footnote regarding John Ulrich SCHWAB
G. E Swope gives  John Ulrich SCHWAB as one of 5 children found in birth records in hands of descendants in 1898. Unfortunately, the birth records and family bible burned shortly before publication. G. E. Swope remarks in ěThe Swope Familyî published in 1898 that John Ulrich SCHWAB emigrated from Germany 1720 with his father,mother & four siblings. He further states: ěWe have the birth records of the five children of Yost Swope, but nothing more regarding them, except his son John.î (John born May 28 1704...not John Ulrich...This John referenced as having more detail  is the Johannes SCHWAB who married first Anna Dorothea LINE and 2nd Eliz GROVE)
The Swope Family Book of Remembrance published 1972 and written by Morse and McLachlin shows a son Hans Ulrich born 1707 in Germany. They comment he possibly is present in records of Pennsylvania, but it appears his identity is not firm in the Americas.

Many online pedigrees (unsourced) inform of John Ulrich SWOPE, none of which provide documentation for the assertion that their John Ulrich Swope is THIS John Ulrich Swope.. However, I provide the information from those sites [plentiful on line in google search] again stating [NO ducumentation has risen to support any of the following as pertaining to the son of  Yost]
These pedigrees state that he assumed name of  Joseph (Yost in German) after his fatherís death and settled in Va,(now near Swope's Depot) afterwards claiming  lands west of the Appalachians, at Swopes Knobs near Wolf Creek WVA. John Ulrich (Joseph) is the 'Early Pioneer" who hid in a hollow poplar tree to avoid pursuit by indians. He built a log cabin and brought his wife and young family over from old Virginia. His son Michael was the first white-child born in that part of the 'new' Virginia.After many attacks, one of which resulted in the kidnapping of his young son, he bitterly hated the indians. He died from complications from a broken leg (... and poorly mended indian wound... ) as a result of being thrown from his horse. His Burial site is unknown .
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Sources for this page Yost Swope as presented by G E Swope 1898

1. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers, 68.
2. Ibid. page 26.
3. Ibid. page26  see notes.
4. Ibid. sites birth record in hands of descendants at time of publication.
5. Ibid. John Ulrich born 1707  sites birth record in hands of descendants at time of publication.
6. Ibid. Anna Elizabeth born 1713  sites birth record in hands of descendants at time of publication.
7. Ibid. pp 27 et seq and Baptismal Cert [sites birth record in hands of descendants at time of publication].
8. ěJohn Leinís will, [John LINE / LYNE / LEIN.î
9. Gilbert Ernest Swope, The Swope Family 1676-1896, T.B. & H.B Cochran, Publishers, 68, page 27.
10. Emily Swope Morse and Winifred Morse McLachlan, "The Swope Family Book of Remembrance", pub.1972. 1397 pp.  Unknown publisher. 300 limited editions., - Vol.1 from page 1299 to end
11. Ibid. ch 5.
12. Ibid. page 1288 (gives month/day).
13. Ibid. page 1288.