Susannah Hammack was born in Virginia, the daughter of Mary Martin and John Hammock. Her birth year is uncertain; a modern grave marker shows her dates as 1860-1855. The 1830 census for the family includes a female age 60-69, [1] The 1850 census gives her age as 104, clearly inaccurate.
[2] She was born before December, 1760 when her grandfather, Joseph Martin named her and her parents in his will:
"To my daughter Susannah Martin, 200 Acres on Rocky Creek, and if she die without heir to Susannah Chiles Hammack, daughter of John Hammack and Mary Hammack his wife. " [3]
Susannah's father had died by 1770 when her brother John, described as an orphan, was bound out as an apprentice. [4]
She married James Swinney about 1773. They were the parents of Mary, Ann, Rachel, Delilah, Elizabeth, Delina, William, James, Martin, and Vincent. [5]
Susannah's death date is uncertain. A modern grave marker lists it as 1855. [6]
Sources
↑ Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D6-Z68 : 5 October 2021), Susanna Lemming in household of Vincent Lemming, Monroe, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Will of Joseph Martin, 1760, probated 1762. Albemarle County, Virginia, Will Book 2, page 112. transcribed on Joseph's profile
↑ Indenture records state "INDENT. 23 June 1770 between Thos. Walker and Thomas Carr, Church Wardens of Fredericksville Par. and Danl. Farguson: by Order of Albemarle Court to bind as apprentice John Hammack, an Orphan, unto sd. Farguson to serve until age 21 years, sd. Farguson doth undertake to provide for sd. Apprentice as by law or Custom shall be thought reasonable and will teach or cause him to be taught to read and write and teach him the Trade of a Blacksmith,
↑ Will of James Swinney, Wills, Inventories, 1799-1969; West Virginia. Monroe County Court Monroe, West Virginia, Will Book, Vol 3-4, 1829-1849, p. 290
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41660506/susannah-chiles-sweeney: accessed 25 August 2022), memorial page for Susannah Chiles Hammock Sweeney (1760–1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41660506, citing Indian Mills Cemetery, Indian Mills, Summers County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Debbie (contributor 46911311).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susannah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susannah:
James Wiley, who married Annie Swinney, claims that the mo t her of Annie was an Indian named Wenomah, in 1795.
Source on above: A New River Heritage, Vol, I; William Sa n ders, 1991, p. 120.
Per James L. Gore, Susanna died between 1850 and 1860.
1850 Census, Monroe Co., West Virginia, dated the 13th o f S eptember lists the following household; Dwelling 371, p ag e 80:
Vincent Swinney, Male, age 50, born Virginia
Delilah Swinney, Female, age 45, SUSANNA, Female, age 104
F. Campbell, Male, age 7
Ann Hargo?, Female, age 12, Mulatto
!d. between 1850 and 1860 (James L. Gore). This must b e c orrect - see Vincent in 1850 census of Monroe County, V A.
Ancestor info. from Winifred Case.