Katherine (Van Swearingen) Prater (abt. 1689 - abt. 1737)

Born about 1689 in Maryland

Wife of John Prather — married 1703 in Maryland.

Descendants

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Biography

Katherine/Catherine was born in about 1683-1689 in Maryland, USA. ^{[citation needed]} She married John Prater, son of Jonathan Prather ( Prater I and Lyle Jane MacKay, in 1703 at Maryland. Catherine Swearingen died circa 1737 at Prince George, Md. She was sealed as a spouse of John Prater on 7 January 1999.^[1]

Several Swearingen Family research books that have been written indicate that there was no daughter named Katherine/Catherine^[2]

Research Notes

The sources being used to support this person as having the last name of Van Swearengin on Family Search, also indicate that she had children born in England. It is clear that her heritage and maiden name are a guess.

• Birth: Abbreviation: FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch   (http://new.familysearch.org) Paranthetical: Y Page: accessed 14 Nov 2011), entry for Garrett Van Sweringen, person ID KNQR-KHF. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3. Citing: Page: accessed 14 Nov 2011), entry for Garrett Van Sweringen, person ID KNQR-KHF. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 (accessed 31 December 2020)
• FamilySearch ID: L4QT-GHH.

Marriage record on Ancestry.com indicates she was married when she was 5 years old, clearly incorrect^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. This citation gives her as the wife of John Prather, but, does not address who her parents were.
2. ↑ Swearingen/Vansweringen and Related Families by Karel L. Whyte
3. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 for Katherine Swearingen and John Prather

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