James Swayze
- Born: 1773, Knowlton, NJ
- Marriage (1): Rachael Bescherer on 8 Feb 1791 in Sussex County, NJ
- Died: 28 Aug 1845, Wyandot, OH Or Oakland City, MI at age 72
General Notes:
research of Rick Loughborough on Rootsweb Clyde Downing says James Swayze's family information is from the family Bible, a copy of which is located in the Sussex County Library at Newton, NJ, in the research papers of Frank S. Crawn. James and Rachel moved to Wyandot County, Ohio, about 1832. Notes by Marjorie Ann Souder Believed to have moved in 1832 to New York and in 1833 to Wyandot County,
research of Crandall Melia on Rootsweb: James and Rachel Swayze lived in or near Newark, New Jersey at a place called "Swayze's Corner" where Mr. Swayze was a well-known land holder and propietor of a hotel. (See New Jersey State Library and public records office in Trenton, N.J.) This James Swayze and Rachel are the great grand-parents of John Cameron Swayze
James married Rachael Bescherer, daughter of Abraham Bescherer and Susan Manning, on 8 Feb 1791 in Sussex County, NJ. (Rachael Bescherer was born about 1775 in Sussex Co. NJ and died on 20 Sep 1876 in Wyandot County, Ohio.)
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