Rachel Bess (Swaim) Enyart (1749 - 1809)

Born 1749 in Rowan, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Enyart — married 15 Feb 1769 in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1809 at about age 60 in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Rachel (Swaim) Enyart was a North Carolina colonist.

Rachel was born in 1752. She passed away in 1809.

Rachel Bess Swaim, a daughter of Johannes Swaim and Charity Teague was born about 1749 in North Carolina.^[1] The Swaim surname was pronounced "swim," and is spelled that way in some records.^[2]

On 15 Feb 1769, she married Abraham Enyart (also spelled "Inniard") in Rowan County, North Carolina,^[3] and they made their home there. They had the following children:^[4][1]

1. Charity (1770-1845)
2. Mary (1772-1809)
3. Elizabeth (1773-1840)
4. Sarah, (1774-1836)
5. David A. (1776-1851)
6. Catherine (1778-1840)
7. Silas (1780-1849)
8. Rachael (1782-1809)
9. Abraham (1783-1859)
10. Isabelle (1787-1865)
11. Anne (1788-1828)

By 1800, the Enyerts had moved to Kentucky. Abraham is listed on the 1800 Kentucky Early Census for Madison County.^[5]

Rachel passed away on 6 Feb 1809 in Madison County, Kentucky. The location of her grave is unknown.^[6][1][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Life Sketch of Rachel Bess Swaim FamilySearch.org; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2. ↑ The Swaim Family (accessed 19 Dec 2020)
3. ↑ North Carolina Mariage IndexAncestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses.North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ancestry Family Tree (accessed 19 Dec 2020)
5. ↑ Ancestry Record 3549 #8671420 Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133126067/rachel-bess-enyart: accessed 04 September 2022), memorial page for Rachel Bess Swaim Enyart (1749–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #133126067, ; Maintained by DStephens (contributor 48479779) Burial Details Unknown.

• Peace, Richard Raymond. "Some Swaim Family History." In The Descendants of Silas Peace, 1775 to 1968: Including the following Families Related to the Peace Family Either by Blood or by Marriage: Johnson, Burton, Hedgecock, Payne, Newton, English, Swaim, Pope, McKaughan, edited by Barbara-Anne Steegmuller Johnson, P.210-p.220. [Rev. ed. Greensboro, N.C.: Arnold Copy Centers, 1978.
• Robbins Family Memoir with details of Swaim History

Second Generation

• Johannes Swaim, son of Willem Sweem and Mary Larzelere was born about Oct 1719 in Staten Island. He died in 1803 in Stokes Cty, NC. He married Charity Teague before 1745. Charity Teague, daughter of William Teague and Isabella Pennington was born on 11 Dec 1722 in Cecil Cty, MD. She died before 1801 in Surry Cty, NC.
• Notes for Johannes Swaim:
  • Owned land in Frederick Cty, Va. in 1750 ( now part of West Va.).
  • Migrated to Rowan county, N.C. about 1751.
  • Probably John found on 1790 census in Stokes Co., NC. living next door to son William.

Charity Teague and Johannes Swaim had the following children:

1. William Swaim was born on 27 Apr 1745 in Frederick Cty,Va.. He died in 1813 in Stokes Cty, N.C.. He married Nancy Ann Robbins on 27 Apr 1765 in Rowan Cty, N.C.. She was born about 1745. She died about 1822.
   • Notes for [[Swaim-304|William Swaim:
     • Family found on 1790 census at Stokes Co., NC. Next door is John Swim - probably his father.
     • His name also shown as William Swim on census.
2. Charity Swaim was born in 1747 in Va.. She married Thomas Turner. He was born in 1730 in Pennsylvania.
3. John Swaim was born on 26 Apr 1748 in Virginia. He died on 06 Jan 1827 in Randolph Cty, N. C.. He married Elizabeth Vickrey on 19 May 1767 in Randolph Cty, N. C.. She was born on 11 May 1750 in Augusta Cty, VA. She died on 23 Sep 1833 in Randolph Cty, N. C..
4. Rachel Bess Swaim was born in 1749. She died on 06 Feb 1809 in KY. She married Abraham Inniard on 15 Feb 1769 in Rowan Cty, NC. He was born in 1748 in Somerset, NJ. He died on 13 Apr 1809 in Richmond, Ky.
   • Notes for Abraham Inniard:
     • Spelling may be Enyeart.
5. Michael Swaim was born in 1752. He married Sarah Charity Teague. He married Elizabeth Grace Davis.
6. Solomon D. Swaim was born in 1756 in N. C. or Va.. He died in 1836. He married Unknown.
   • Notes for Solomon D. Swaim:
     • History of N. C. Baptists, by Paschall in Duke School of Divinity indicates Solomon D. Swaim was baptized and ordained by Rev. John Gano at Boone's Ford on 20 Mar 1776. He was ordained to preach at Swaim Knobs.
7. Moses Swaim was born about 1759 in Winston Salem, N.C.. He died about 1836 in Alabama. He married Catherine Hein on 11 Jun 1779 in Stokes Cty, N.C.. She was born in 1757 in NC. She died in Alabama ?.
   • Notes for Moses Swaim:
     • Named for Moses Teague, his uncle, Charity's brother.
     • Sold land in Surry, NC in 1826 and migrated then, possibly first to Tenn before Alabama.
8. Elizabeth Swaim was born in 1760. She married Abraham Transeau.
9. Cornelius Swaim was born about 1765.

Swaim Family Bible p1

Swaim Family Bible p2

Swaim Family Bible p3

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