An American Family History

Peter Swope was born about 1763.

He married Elizabeth Snyder.

Mary Swope (1788)
Sarah Swope (1790)
Henry Swope (1793)
Samuel Swope (1796)
Peter Swope, Jr (1799, married Patty Vandevender)
Elizabeth Swope (1801)
Joseph Swope (1803)
William Swope ((1804)
Elizabeth Swope (1807)

Peter settled 1791 Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania.

from History of the Swope Family and Their Connections, 1678-1896 edited by Gilbert Ernest Swope

There are two Swope families living in Huntingdon county, Pa., one spelling their name with two o's and the other with one. The ancestors of both families settled in that county in the last decade of the eighteenth century. The Swopes lived at Mapleton in 1782; in that year Michael Swope was born there, and afterwards moved to the vicinity of Dayton, O., where his descendants are still living. Michael had two other brothers; their descendants are still living in or about Mapleton.

The Swoope family of Huntingdon descended from Peter Swoope, who was a son of John Jacob Swoope, of Hellam township, York county, Pa. Peter was born April 1, 1763; died June 30, 1839. He was apprenticed to the hatting business, Aug. 17, 1773. He afterwards removed to Hagerstown, Md., where he married, July 5, 1784, Elizabeth Snyder, born Dec. 22, 1768; died July 21, 1851. He subsequently settled in Huntingdon, where his children, ten in number, were born. There he engaged in merchandising and the iron business, and accumulated a nice fortune. He was commissioned captain of the Huntingdon county militia by Governor Mifflin, Aug. 31, 1793. His children were:

i. John Swoope, b. July 21, 1786.
ii. Mary Swoope, b. Aug. 30, 1788.
iii. Sarah Swoope, b. June 21, 1790.
iv. Henry Swoope, b. Nov. 18, 1793.
v. Samuel Swoope, b. March 25, 1796.
vi. Peter Swoope, b. Jan. 7, 1799.
vii. Elizabeth Swoope, b. March 23, 1801.
viii. Joseph Swoope, b. March 23, 1803.

Lawrence Swope (1742-1794) and Ann (1746-1799) were born in Germany.

He is probably the Lawrence Swope who served in Jonathan Hager's company in the Frederick County, Maryland militia during the French and Indian War.

The family settled in Trough Creek Valley, Union Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania which was Bedford County, Dublin Township. They were there by 1773.

Catherine Swope (1767),
Elizabeth Swope (1769, married John Keyes),
Mary Swope (1770),
David Swope (1771, married Mary Cole),
John Swope (1773, married Temperance Stephens/Stevens),
Mary Swope (1773, married John Saylor),
Lawrence Swope, Jr. (1775, married Sarah Greenland),
Susannah Swope (1777, married Isaac Smart), and
Rachel Swope (1779).

Lawrence and Ann Swope died in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Lawrence is buried in Sheridan School House Cemetery, Trough Creek Valley.

David Swope was born about 1771.

He married Mary Cole.

David and Mary's children included:

Thomas Swope (1800, married Rebecca LaFevre),
Rachel Swope (1808, married John Lefever)
David Swope (1813-1837),
Mary Swope (1812, married Charles Myers),
Elizabeth Swope (1810) and
Louisa Swope (1809, married Charles Compton).

At first they lived in Huntingdon County, Pennyslvania, but moved to Fairfield County, Ohio in 1801.

David died in 1826 and Mary in 1857.

Fairfield County, Ohio