Elizabeth (Peer) Swainey (abt. 1772 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1772 in New Jersey [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Swainey Sr. — married 12 Mar 1798 in Shenandoah Co, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1850 after about age 78 in Shenandoah County, Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth Peer was born about 1772, daughter of Philip Peer and grew up in the Cedar Creek Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia, She married Thomas Swayney (Swainey) in 1798 (his second wife) and lived in the Cedar Creek Valley her entire life. Elizabeth had one daughter before her marriage to Swayne and they had two daughters. She was age 78 and living with her oldest daughter, Elizabeth and son-in-law, John Orndorff, in 1850 but a death date has not been determined. Thomas Swainey died in 1824. The same chancery records list the following heirs of Thomas Swainey:

• Elizabeth (Peer) Swainey, widow and relict.
• Abner Swainey.
• Anna Reeves, late Anna Swainey.
• Thomas Swainey, Jr.
• Rachel, the wife of Jacob Cline, late Rachel Swainey.
• John Swainey.
• Margaret, the wife of William Orndorffe, late Margaret Swainey.
• Regina Swainey, an infant.
• Rachel Ann Swainey, daughter and heir-at-law of Joseph Swainey, dec'd, also an infant.

And children of Philip Peer and Lydia his wife, late Lydia Swainey:

• Rachel Peer
• Jacob Peer
• Jno Peer
• Nancy Peer, infant
• Elizabeth Peer, infant
• Rebeccah Peer, infant
• Henry Peer, infant
• Margaret Peer, infant
• Thomas Peer, infant

Sources

See also:

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• Vogt and Kethley, Virginia Historic Marriage Register: Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds, 1772-1850, Athens, GA (1983), p. 291.
• United States Census, 1850, Virginia, Shenandoah County, Dist. 58, p.146B, family #2043.