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Swain Parcel (abt. 1757 - abt. 1820)

Swain Parcel
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Biography

1776 Project
Corporal Swain Parcel served with 1st New Jersey Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Swain Parcel was born about 1757 in new Jersey. His mother was Rachel (Westcott) Parcel.[1] His father was either Nicholas or Thomas Parcel.[2]

Around 1778, he married Sara Bedford in Essex, New Jersey.[1]

During the American Revolution, he served on the field of battle, beginning around 1777. On 20 Jul 1781, he was promoted to Corporal and served in Colonel Mathias Ogden's 1st new Jersey Regiment, Continental Army.[3][4] He was allowed a pension for his service, No. S.34,466.[5]

Swain Parcell passed away about 1820 in Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey. The location of his grave is unknown.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 FamilySearch K8MG-1W7
  2. ↑ Some sources say Rachel was married twice: to Nicholas Parcel and to Thomas Parcel; other sources say she only had one spouse: Nickolas Thomas Parcel.
  3. ↑ Service Record of Swain Parcell
  4. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-GDJD : Thu Nov 09 00:21:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Swain Parcell, 1781.
  5. ↑ [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB392/rd/25224269 Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1800-1900., (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009), (From material provided courtesy of Fold3.com.)
  6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #239648471 CPL Swain Parcell
  • United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-GDJD : 20 February 2021), Swain Parcell, 1781; citing 1781, New Jersey, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,335.

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