SKYLARK'S SWAIM FAMILY HOMELAND PAGE

Name: Elias SWAIM
Gender: M
Birth: 25 MAR 1792 in NJ
Death: 10 SEP 1863 in Davis Co, Iowa. Buried in Heidlebaugh Cem, Davis Co, Ia
*Note: Elias Swaim is listed in the Iowa State Census Collection-1836-1925 in the location of Salt Creek. His birthplace is New Jersy. He was married.

Married Rachel FOSTER who was born: 12 NOV 1802 in Monroe Co., Ohio
Marrige date: 5 JUL 1820, Smith, Jefferson, Ohio

Children of Elias Swaim & Rachel Foster Swaim:

• John SWAIM born 31 MAY 1819 in Jefferson Co., Oh, died 30 APR 1908 in Money Cem., Davis Co., Ia. Married Deborah HALE 1 AUG 1843. She was born 1815, and died 4 JUL 1890. He married Gertrude COOK 21 MAR 1891.
• Mary SWAIM born 9 DEC 1822, and died in Hideabaugh Cem, Davis Co, Ia. She married Leander Payne, born 17 APR 1819, died 13 FEB 1854 is buried Hideabough Cem, Salt Creek Twp, Davis Co, Ia. Married Jacob HEIDLEBAUGH 18 MAR 1855. He was born 11 MAR 1802, died 9 OCT 1887.
• Sarah SWAIM Sarah SWAIM Hunt born: 12 NOV 1832 in Monroe Co., Oh
  Rachel Foster Swaim died: 26 October 1873

  Thomas Anderson HUNT was born in Preston Co; West Virginia on 27 July 1826., the son of Thomas Hunt & Barbara Fortney Hunt. Barbara Fortney Hunt was the daughter of Daniel Fortineux/Fortney. TA Hunt was the grandson of James HUNT born: 1789 Granville, North Carolina and Mary Ann Davys/DAVIES, was the daughter of Solomon Davis. Her father Solomon Davis, was the son of Richard Davis of Granville, NC, who died there in 1760.

  The children of Thomas Anderson Hunt & Sarah Swaim Hunt are as follows:

  • Martha Emilene Hunt born:
  • James Elias Hunt born;
  • John Wesley Hunt born;
  • Rachel E Hunt born;
  • William Chester Hunt born;
  • Minnie Hunt born;

  Thomas Hunt wife Sarah Swaim died at the old Hunt Place on Feb 6, 1881. Thomas A Hunt married Jurusha Brown-age 59 on June 10, 1895 at Van Buren, Iowa, and lived just 4 years or so after this marriage, dying on 4 OCT 1899 and is buried in Heidelbough Cemetery, Davis Co., Iowa. His mother is recorded as Polly Davey and his father as James Hunt.

  *James Hunt Family Notes: Based upon genealogical information supplied by work done by my father, Attorney Galen Hunt, the son of William Chester Hunt & Margaret Elizabeth Burger Hunt, our ancestor James Hunt was the son of James Hunt.

  James HUNT was born abt 1750 and married Jean Ayers in abt 1770-1774. They produced 5 children. Their daughter Mary Ayers Hunt was born 1789. James Hunt married Mary Davys/Davies on 22 Oct 1811 in Monongalia, WVA. The couple's 5 children are as follows:

  • James Findley Hunt
  • John Wesley Hunt-22 April 1813 and died 24 Apr 1895, Oklahoma
  • Matilda Hunt Towner-Wife of John Towner
  • James A Hunt
  • Thomas Anderson Hunt

  James Hunt died on 22 Dec 1844 Mary Ann Davies/Davys was born abt 1753 in Virginia

  The surname David is Hebrew, David, from dowd, to love, and is translated "Beloved." The etomology of the surname "Davis" originally derives from the surname David.

  King David,(c.1037 BC - 967 BC) reigned Judah c.1007 BC - 1005 BC. He was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel. He was the first person on record to have the name "David." David rose from the status of a poor shepherd to become the greatest leader of Israel, wittily defeating the terrifying giant Goliath, and composing poetry and psalms, the latter ones being traditionally presented in the Bible.

  Following the religious direction, the second historically known David is a 6th century saint from Wales.

  The Davys/Davies/David/Davis name in Wales: Among the most common Patronymic surnames found in Wales today are: David/Davies/Davis - from David or Daffydd DAVIES (British). Meaning: "Son of David" - Davies is the typical Welsh spelling. It means 'the son of David', from the Hebrew male given name meaning "beloved". The name is not recorded in any part of Britain before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and is regarded as being a 'Crusader' introduction.

  Coat of Arms: A red shield with a silver bend on which there is a black lion passant. Crest: A lion's head. Motto: Heb Dhuw heb ddym, Dhuw a digon. Motto Translated: Without God without anything, God is enough. Davies - Davis: Jewish Origins:

  Meanwhile public opinion in England had been prepared by the Puritan movement for a sympathetic treatment of any proposal by the Judaizing sects among the extremists of the Parliamentary party for the readmission of the Jews into England. Petitions favoring readmission had been presented to the army as early as 1649 by two Baptists of Amsterdam, Johanna Cartwright and her son Ebenezer ("The Petition of the Jews for the Repealing of the Act of Parliament for Their Banishment out of England"); and suggestions looking to that end were made by men of the type of Roger Williams, Hugh Peters, and by Independents generally. Many were moved in the same direction by mystical Messianic reasons; and their views attracted the enthusiasm of Menasseh Ben Israel, who in 1650 published his Hope of Israel, in which he advocated the return as a preliminary to the appearance of the Messiah.

  In the post Norman Invasion era, Jews in Britain came under persecution taking refuge under the cloak of Lombardism. The official control of financial and commercial operations was at the time lax, and little official difficulties would have been found by Jews masquerading as Lombards.

  An example is in 1421 one Job, an Italian apothacary and son of John being found in country, was forced to accept baptism before receiving naturalization. Jews entering under the appearance of being Catholics attended Mass but upheld Jewish traditions in their homes. Sephardim frequently posed as Huguenots who as Protestant refugees from the continent were allowed to be non-Anglican. In America, one repost is that in the early days all early Sabbath keeping pastors were once named Davis.

  Alana Campbell is married to Tom Campbell and lives in Washington state. Her webpage can be found here. Tom is a craftsman in natural stone. Read about his work. Alana Campbell is a descendant of the Hunt family through her father Attorney Galen Otto Hunt, paternal grandfather William Chester (WC) Hunt, grgrandfather Thomas Anderson Hunt, and James Hunt who married Mary Ann Davys/Davis/David.

  

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