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- Swaim, Rachel (*1798 - ) - female
father: Swaim, Elihu (*1763 - )
mother: Mills, Sarah (*1767 - )
For information on her birth date see SQ p. 1704:
PARENTAGE OF RACHEL SWAIM WHO MARRIED JONATHAN SPARKS
In the QUARTERLY of December 1970 (Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Whole No. 72) wepublished (pp. 1355-1361) a record of the family of Jonathan Sparks whowas born about 1792. We believe that Jonathan was a son of John and Sarah(Shores) Sparks of Surry County, North Carolina. Jonathan Sparks wasmarried to Rachel Swaim in Surry County in 1817 (marriage bond datedNovember 26, 1817). The last record that we have of Jonathan Sparks isthe 1840 census, at which time he was living in Franklin County,Tennessee. It is believed that he died there. Mrs. Ted K. Clifton of FortWayne, Indiana, believes that Rachel was the
Rachel Swaim born August 15, 1802, to Quaker parents named Elihu andSarah (Mills) Swaim. This family came to Guilford County, North Carolina,about 1773 from Nantucket. There were also other Swaims who moved toFranklin County, Tennessee, as did Jonathan and Rachel (Swaim) Sparks.Mrs. Clifton's source for this information is the Hinshaw QuakerRecords."
For corrections regarding her parentage and date and place of birth,see SQ p. 1792:
CORRECTION--PARENTAGE OF RACHEL (SWAIM) SPARKS
In the QUARTERLY of December 1974 (Vol. XXII, No. 4, Whole No. 88, p.1704) we reported that
Rachel Swaim, who married Jonathan Sparks (he was born about 1792 inSurry County, North
Carolina) was probably the Rachel Swaim born on August 15, 1802, toQuaker parents. William
Perry Johnson, the Association's official historian-genealogist and anexpert on North Carolina
genealogy, tells us that we were mistaken. The Rachel who was born August15, 1802, was Rachel
SWAIN, daughter of Elihu and Sarah (Mills) SWAIN. Mr. Johnson has doneresearch on both the
Swaim and the Swain families of North Carolina and has found that,despite the similarity of the
spelling of the two names, they are very different families. As a result,he notes, they are often
confused, one with the other. The date of birth and the parentage ofRachel Swaim who married
Jonathan Sparks in Surry County, N.C., in 1817 (marriage bond datedNovember 26, 1817) remains
a mystery after all.
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spouse: Sparks, Jonathan
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