Abraham Swango (abt. 1730 - abt. 1820)

Born about 1730 in Augsburg, Bayern, Germany

Husband of Ailsie (Pyle) Swango — married 24 Mar 1760 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware

Descendants

Died about 1820 at about age 90 in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

In 1760, Abraham married Ailsie Pyle in the Old Swedes Church in Wilmington, Delaware. Ailsie was born in Ireland and lived in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood at the time of her marriage to Abraham. In both Pennsylvania and Virginia, Abraham has Pyle neighbors. His wife, Alisie Pyle was a Quaker, as evidenced by some records in both PA and VA. She probably is the descendant of the Pyle family that came from England with William Penn. Abraham and Ailsie lived in Frederick County, Virginia after their marriage. In 1769 he signed the lease with George Washington for property in Frederick County. Virginia.^[1]

The lease called for building of buildings, clearing of land, setting fruit trees all according to a plan laid down by Washington. George Washington considered Germans as the finest of farmers and therefore he had a rather large number of them on his various land holdings throughout Virginia. Abraham migrated to Kentucky around 1785 with Ailsie and their four sons and three daughters. Samuel, Abraham and Ailsie's oldest son, stopped in the area of Red River, present Powell County, because of the excellent hunting. The remainder of the family, including their son James who we are descended from, moved on to near Lexington where they remained for two years. Then they migrated on to present Gallatin Cty, Kentucky where Abraham and Ailsie are both buried a short distance from Warsaw.^[2]

Name

Name: Abraham /Swango/^[3][4]

Birth

Birth Date: 1730

Place: Augsburg, , Bayern, Germany^[5][6]

Marriage

Husband: Abraham Swango

Wife: Ailsie Pyle

Marriage Date: 24 Mar 1760

Place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.^[7]

Revolutionary War Service

Abraham Swango performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Abraham Swango is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A111615.

Abraham Swango is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 300746
Rank: Private

Patriotic Service: he paid supply tax in 1783.^[8]

In the 1810 census Abe was in Gallatin, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States.^[9]

Death

After 1820 since he and Ailsie, his wife, were living alone in their own household in Gallatin County, Kentucky, when Abraham was in his eighties at the time of the 1820 U.S. Census.

Research Notes

Some of the children of Abraham listed here may actually belong to his son Samuel. His certain children may just be Samuel and Nancy. The Wolfe county source has some confusing information on the children of Abraham. The Wolfe source says he had 4 sons and 3 daughters. First son James, second son Samuel, and then it blurs things by talking about Samuel's children. Making it more confusing, Samuel has a son Abraham and the source does not distinguish these two people very well.

Sources

1. ↑ Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book Series, Volume 4, Deed Books 12, 13, 14, 1767-1771, by Ameila C. Gilreath, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, 2001, page 86.
2. ↑ The Swango Family in America, by Harley S. Little, The East Kentuckian, Vol. 5, No 1, Page 3, June 1969.; Biography of Green Berry Swango, Kentucky Biographies
3. ↑ Source: #S-764672772 Page: Source number: 21835.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=1188083&ti=0&indiv=try \par \par http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1188083&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Abraham Swango \par Birth Date: 1730 \par Birth Place: Ge
4. ↑ Source: #S-764672772 Page: Source number: 21835.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=1188083&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 Birth place: Ge Marriage date: 1760 Marriage place: DE APID: 1,7836::1188083
5. ↑ Source: #S-764672772 Page: Source number: 21835.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=1188083&ti=0&indiv=try \par \par http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1188083&ti=0&indiv=try Data: Text: Name: Abraham Swango \par Birth Date: 1730 \par Birth Place: Ge
6. ↑ Source: #S-764672772 Page: Source number: 21835.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=1188083&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 Birth place: Ge Marriage date: 1760 Marriage place: DE APID: 1,7836::1188083
7. ↑ Source: #S-764672772 Page: Source number: 21835.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY. Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 Birth place: Ge Marriage date: 1760 Marriage place: DE APID: 1,7836::1188083
8. ↑ DAR Patriot Index A111615
9. ↑ 1810 Census: "United States Census, 1810"
   citing Page: 191; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M252; Digital film/folder number: 005157063; FHL microfilm: 0181351; Image number: 206
   FamilySearch Record: XH2H-1HZ (accessed 12 October 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YYK-3VN5
   Abe Swango in Gallatin, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States.

• Virginia tax payers, 1782-87, other than those published by the United Stated Census Bureau by Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle; [1]

• Compiled by Wolfe County Woman’s Club Campton, Kentucky, Early and Modern History Wolfe County Kentucky, 1860-1957, Copyright 1957, 2019, Commonwealth Book Company, 2019. (Pages 223-234)

• Census Records
  • "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY1-SCSK?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-ZP4%3A1586986501%2C1586986936%2C1586984616 : 16 July 2015), Kentucky > Gallatin > Not Stated > image 19 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).