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Hans Ulrich Schwingle

Male 1732 - 1809  (76 years)

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  • Name Hans Ulrich Schwingle 
    Birth 15 May 1732  Hülben, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Mar 1809  South Canaan, Wayne County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial South Canaan Bible Protestant Cemetery, South Canaan, Wayne County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 26 May 2025 

    Father Johann Ulrich Schwinkel,   b. 27 Oct 1706, Hülben, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1775, Long Swamp, Berks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Anna Barbara Schell,   b. 07 Sep 1709, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Sep 1780, Hülben, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 21 Apr 1730  Hülben, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 May 1732 - Hülben, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1759 - Orange County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Mar 1809 - South Canaan, Wayne County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - South Canaan Bible Protestant Cemetery, South Canaan, Wayne County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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