Hans Ulrich Schwingle

1732 - 1809  (76 years)

• Name	Hans Ulrich Schwingle
  Birth	15 May 1732	Hulben, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1809	South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	South Canaan Bible Protestant Cemetery, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	Hans Ulrich Swingle was another German, who had settled in the western part of the township a year previous to [Hans] Curtis' arrival. Mr. Swingle married Polly, a daughter [sic, sister] of John Shaffer and had six sons and four daughters. The first settler in what is now South Canaan was Hans Ulrich Swingle, who emigrated from Germany prior to the Revolutionary War and settled in Orange County, N.Y. The name was pronounced "Zwingle" but was Americanized in the days of Hans Ulrich Swingle was pronounced and spelled Swingle. Hans Ulrich Swingle was drafted into the Colonial army, but did not serve as he was not a naturalized citizen. In 1783 he came to Wayne County, Pa., and in what is now South Canaan bouth four hundred acres of land in the midst of an unbroken wilderness. Not a tree had been cut, neither were there any roads to or from his posssessions. He at once erected a long house and began the work of improvement which he continued until his death which occurrred March 28, 1809. His wife, Mary Shaffer, bore him children... According to an item in The Wayne Independent in 1878, ... Hans Ulrich Swingle worked for two and half years in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to pay for the balance of his passage to America (Shaffer). It is probable that the first school regularly maintained in the township was that started by Jonathan Nickerson in a portion of Hans Ulrich Swingle's house in 1812... The Nickerson school was kept up for several months and had an attendance of about twenty pupils (Alfred Mathews, History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Penn. [1886]). The first religious meetings in the township were held at the house of Hans Swingle who was a Lutheran and conducted the services himself. Afterwards meetings were held at John Swingle's and others of the neighborhood. ... The Swingle family were all religiously inclined and prayer meetings were quite regularly kept up, until the first church, a German Reformed congregation was formed. The first members of the church were Joseph, Daniel, Mary and John Swingle and a few others. Afterwards, as it grew in strength its denominational preferences changed and it was finally merged into the Methodist Protestant Church..
  Person ID	I351	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Johann Ulrich Schwinkel,   b. 27 Oct 1706, Hulben, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany d. Abt 1775, Long Swamp, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anna Barbara Schell,   b. 07 Sep 1709, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany d. 08 Sep 1780, Hulben, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1730	Hulben, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
  Family ID	F4100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria Shaffer,   b. 1736, Hessen, Germany d. 1 Mar 1811, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1759	Orange Co., New York, USA
  Children	1. Christina Schwingle   2. Elizabeth Swingle,   b. 1760, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 1831, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years) + 3. John Swingle,   b. 1763, Montgomery, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 25 Dec 1831, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 68 years)   4. Jeramiah Swingle,   b. 1765, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Oct 1854, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 89 years)   5. Conrad Swingle,   b. 1769, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Apr 1849, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)   6. Catherine Swingle,   b. 6 May 1772, Germantown, Orange Co., New York, USA d. May 1836, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years)   7. Frederick Swingle,   b. 26 May 1779, Germantown, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 10 May 1860, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)   8. Henry Swingle,   b. 1 Feb 1785, Germantown, Orange Co., New York, USA d. 13 Sep 1851, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)   9. Mary Swingle,   b. 1787, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Jul 1839, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)   10. Jacob Swingle,   b. 1789, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Jul 1870, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F4099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 15 May 1732 - Hulben, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Marriage - 1759 - Orange Co., New York, USA Death - 28 Mar 1809 - South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA Burial - - South Canaan Bible Protestant Cemetery, South Canaan, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth