First Generation:

(1) Johannes Swallow Sr. (c.1680 – 1749) & Agnes

I know little about this original Johannes and Agnes Swallow. With a name like Johannes, we can presume they were either German or Dutch. There is a record of March 25, 1737 when Johannes Swallow mortgaged 180 acres on “the road leading to Rarington,” which could be almost anywhere.1 A complicating factor is that his son Johannes Swallow, Jr. died the same year he did. Both men wrote wills a short time apart, Johannes Sr. on December 27, 1748 and Johannes Jr. on December 30th. Both were yeomen of Amwell.

Second Generation:

|     (2.1) Johannes Swallow Jr. (c.1710 – 1749) & Elizabeth
|     (2.2) Jacob Swallow (1720 – 1788) & Unknown Barnes
|     (2.3) Agnes Swallow (c.1725 – ) & Benjamin Johnson (c.1725 – )2

Third Generation:

|     (2.1) Johannes Swallow Jr. & Elizabeth
|     |     (3.1) Agnes Swallow (c.1740 – )
|     |     (3.2) Mary Swallow (c.1745 – )
|     |     (3.3) John Swallow (1749 – 1826) & Catharine Bowers (1749 – 1824)

|     (2.2) Jacob Swallow & Unknown Barnes
|     |     (3.1) Mary Swallow (1749 – c.1818) & William Taylor (c.1745 – 1807)
|     |     (3.2) Jacob Swallow (c.1750 – )
|     |     (3.3) James Swallow (1753 – 1804)
|     |     (3.4) Isaac Francis Swallow (1763 – 1841) & Aremina Vandolah (1762 – 1839)
|     |     (3.5) Benjamin Swallow (1764 – 1844)
|     |     |      m. 1) Unknown (c.1770 – bef. 1810)
|     |     |      m. 2) Susan Ent (c.1789 – 1844)
|     |     (3.6) Daniel Swallow (1767 – 1844) & Martha (1768 – 1839)

|     (2.3) Agnes Swallow & Benjamin Johnson
|     |     (3.1) Isaac Johnson (c.1745 – after1780) & Phoebe Severns (c.1750 – after 1784)3
|     |     (3.2) Jacob S. Johnson (1754 – 1846) & Sarah Garrison (1752 – 1853)
|     |     (3.3) Benjamin Johnson (c.1750 – )
|     |     (3.4) Mary Johnson (c.1750 – )

Fourth Generation:

|     (2.1) Johannes Swallow Jr. & Elizabeth
|     |     (3.3) John Swallow & Catharine Bowers
|     |     |     (4.1) Elizabeth (1770 – 1852)
|     |     |     (4.2) Philip Swallow (1772 – 1832) & Hannah Teeple (c.1775 – )
|     |     |     (4.3) Mary Swallow (1775 – )
|     |     |     (4.4) John Swallow (1778 – 1866)
|     |     |     (4.5) Nicholas Swallow (1780 – 1856) & Mary Bower (c.1780 – 1871)
|     |     |     (4.6) Jacob Swallow (1783 – 1863)
|     |     |     (4.7) Catharine Swallow (1786 – 1877)
|     |     |     (4.8) Anna Swallow (1790 – 1862) & Henry Lake (c.1790 – 1863)
|     |     |     (4.9) William Swallow (1794 – 1869)
|     |     |     |     |  m. 1) Else Rake (1798 – 1853)
|     |     |     |     |  m. 2) Margaret Ann Bryant (1830 – )

|     (2.2) Jacob Swallow & Unknown Barnes
|     |     (3.1) Mary Swallow & William Taylor
|     |     |     (4.1) Jacob Taylor (c.1770 – after 1827) & Susan Kugler (c.1795 – )
|     |     |     (4.2) Samuel A. Taylor (c.1770 – c.1809)
|     |     |     (4.3) Catherine Taylor (1778 – 1854) & Henry Vandolah (1766 – 1815)
|     |     |     (4.4) Mary Taylor (c.1783 – after 1815) & Daniel Wilson (c.1785 – after 1850)
|     |     |     (4.5) John Taylor (c.1784 – )
|     |     |     (4.6) Mahlon Taylor (c.1790 – ) & Jerusha Sine (c.1795 – )

|     |     (3.5) Benjamin Swallow* & 1) Unknown
|     |     |     (4.1) John E. Swallow (1796 – 1877) & Lenah Snyder (1796 – 1888)
|     |     (3.5) Benjamin Swallow & 2) Susan Ent
|     |     |     (4.2) Charles Rice Swallow (1812 – 1890) & Elizabeth Eliza Roberson (1818 – 1872)
|     |     |     (4.3) Eliza Case Swallow (1815 – 1906) & George Jackson Reading (1815 – 1885)
|     |     |     (4.4) Bartolette Swallow (c.1820 – 1853)
|     |     |     (4.5) Martha R. Swallow (1830 – 1914)
|     |     |     (4.6) William Swallow (c.1830 – )
|     |     |     (4.7) Tacy Swallow (1834 – 1859)

Fifth Generation:

|     (2.1) Johannes Swallow Jr. & Elizabeth
|     |     (3.3) John Swallow & Catharine Bowers
|     |     |     (4.2) Philip Swallow & Hannah Teeple
|     |     |     |     (5) Phillip Swallow (1794 – 1853)
|     |     |     (4.5) Nicholas Swallow & Mary Bower
|     |     |     |     (5.1) Sarah Swallow (1801 – 1879) & Mahlon Chamberlin (1801 – 1874)
|     |     |     |     (5.2) Elizabeth Swallow (c.1808 – ) & Samuel Housel (c.1800 – )
|     |     |     |     (5.3) Clarissa Swallow (c.1815 – 1893)
|     |     |     |     (5.4) Charlotte Swallow (1818 – 1906) & Daniel Moore Jr., Esq. (1815 – 1892)
|     |     |     |     (5.5) William Swallow (1820 – 1908)
|     |     |     |     |      m. 1) Mary Moore (~1822 – 1886)
|     |     |     |     |      m. 2) Amy Buchanan Rake (1839 – 1904)
|     |     |     |     (5.6) Enoch Swallow (1822 – 1868)
|     |     |     |     |      m. 1) Elizabeth (c.1836 – 1859)
|     |     |     |     |      m. 2) Hannah Elizabeth Higgins (1835 – 1912)
|     |     |     |     (5.7) Susan B. Swallow (1826 – 1884) & Joseph Hampton (1829 – 1900)

|     |     |     (4.8) Anna Swallow & Henry Lake
|     |     |     |     (5) Charles R. Lake (1814 – 1889) & Hannah Danberry (1814 – 1908)
|     |     |     |     (5) Jacob Lake (c.1815 – 1872) & Sarah Sweeney (1825 – 1911)
|     |     |     |     (5) Elizabeth Sarah Lake (c.1823 – 1880) & Garret D. Agin (1824 – 1894)
|     |     |     |     (5) Aaron W. Lake (1824 – 1902) & Mary Danberry (1837 – 1919)
|     |     |     |     (5) Nicholas Lake (1830 – 1892) & Deborah Danberry (1833 – 1883)
|     |     |     |     (5) William S. Lake (1818 – ) & Eleanor Leona Smith (c.1816 – )

|     |     |     (4.9) William Swallow & Else Rake
|     |     |     |     (5.1) boy Swallow (1815 – )
|     |     |     |     (5.2) Catharine E. Swallow (1816 – 1891) & John K. Buchanan (1813 – 1893)
|     |     |     |     (5.3) John R. Swallow Jr. (1821 – 1881) & Amy Aller (1820 – 1879)
|     |     |     |     (5.4) William B. Swallow (1824 – 1899) & Elizabeth Case (1827 – 1893)
|     |     |     |     (5.5) Lemuel Swallow (1831 – 1855) & Elizabeth Dockerty (1834 – 1862)

|     (2.2) Jacob Swallow & Unknown Barnes
|     |     (3.5) Benjamin Swallow & 1) Unknown
|     |     |     (4.1) John E. Swallow & Lenah Snyder
|     |     |     |     (5.1) Amanda Swallow (1818 – 1901) & Samuel Willson (1816 – 1889)
|     |     |     |     (5.2) Mary Ann Swallow (1823 – 1877)
|     |     |     |     (5.3) Amelia Amy Swallow (1824 – 1900) & Whitfield H. Tharp (~1815 – 1895)
|     |     |     |     (5.4) Sarah Swallow (1820 – 1847) & William Vanderbilt Godley (1817 – 1904)
|     |     |     |     (5.5) Susan Swallow (1831 – 1877) & Bateman Stout (1820 – 1896)
|     |     |     |     (5.6) John W. Swallow (1838 – 1911) & Margaret Anna Kathrine Gary (1843 – 1933)

|     |     (3.5) Benjamin Swallow & Susan Ent
|     |     |     (4.2) Charles Rice Swallow & Elizabeth Eliza Roberson
|     |     |     |     (5) Martha W. Swallow (1840 – 1875)
|     |     |     |     (5) Gershom L. Swallow (1842 – after 1890) & Deborah Van Horn
|     |     |     |     (5) Juliet R. Swallow (1844 – 1860)
|     |     |     |     (5) Francis Roberson Swallow (1846 – )
|     |     |     |     (5) Harriet H. Swallow (1848 – )
|     |     |     |     (5) Emily Swallow (1851 – )
|     |     |     |     (5) Hannah D. Swallow (1853 – ) & Albert Warton (c.1850 – )
|     |     |     |     (5) Charles W. Swallow (1855 – 1855)
|     |     |     |     (5) Samuel I. Swallow (1857 – 1860)
|     |     |     |     (5) unnamed Swallow (1859 – c.1860)
|     |     |     |     (5) William D. Swallow (1860 – 1861)
|     |     |     |     (5) Winfield Scott Swallow (1861 – )

|     |     |     (4.3) Eliza Case Swallow & George Jackson Reading
|     |     |     |     (5) Elisha Emley Reading (1839 – c.1840)
|     |     |     |     (5) Thomas Comly Reading (1841 – 1877) & Rachel Pursell Smith (1837 – 1886)
|     |     |     |     (5) Col. Richard Bennett Reading (1843 – 1909) & Sarah Jane Morris (1841 – 1912)
|     |     |     |     (5) Elisha Emley Reading (1844 – 1847)
|     |     |     |     (5) Bartolette Swallow Reading (1847 – ) & Ann M. Blanchard (c.1850 – )
|     |     |     |     (5) George Henry Reading (1852 – ) & Mary Ella Keys (1854 – )
|     |     |     |     (5) Capt. Horace Maynard Reading (1860 – ) & Rhoda Ann Quirk (1856 – 1936)

Sixth Generation:

|     (2.1) Johannes Swallow Jr. & Elizabeth
|     |     (3.3) John Swallow & Catharine Bowers
|     |     |     (4.5) Nicholas Swallow & Mary Bower
|     |     |     |     (5.1) Sarah Swallow & Mahlon Chamberlin
|     |     |     |     |     (6.1) David Martin Chamberlin (1825 – 1892)
|     |     |     |     |     (6.2) William Bishop Chamberlin (1833 – 1888) & Rachel Hopperch (1830 – 1905)

|     |     |     |     (5.4) Charlotte Swallow & Daniel Moore Jr., Esq.
|     |     |     |     |     (6.1) Mary S. Moore (c.1857 – 1931) & William W. Krewson (1856 – 1937)
|     |     |     |     |     (6.2) Sarah C. Moore (1857 – after 1900)

|     |     |     |     (5.5) William Swallow & 1) Mary Moore
|     |     |     |     |     (6.1) Anna M. Swallow (1851 – bef. 1920) & William Fisher Dilts (1850 – after 1930)
|     |     |     |     |     (6.2) Elizabeth Swallow (c.1854 – )

|     |     |     |     (5.7) Susan B. Swallow & Joseph Hampton
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary Swallow Hampton (c.1855 – after 1900) & Joseph P. Bond (1854 – 1880)

|     |     |     (4.9) William Swallow & Else Rake
|     |     |     |     (5.2) Catharine E. Swallow & John K. Buchanan
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Buchanan (1838 – c.1850)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) William S. Buchanan Sr. (1849 – 1918) & Catherine K. Deats (1849 – 1917)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mathias Buchanan (1854 – 1925) & Henriette Hight (1856 – 1933)

|     |     |     |     (5.4) William B. Swallow & Elizabeth Case
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Emma Jane Swallow (1850 – 1920)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary E. Swallow (1855 – 1934) & William M. Clayhance (1848 – 1925)

|     (2.2) Jacob Swallow & Unknown Barnes
|     |     (3.5) Benjamin Swallow & 1) Unknown
|     |     |     (4.1) John E. Swallow & Lenah Snyder
|     |     |     |     (5.1) Amanda Swallow & Samuel Willson
|     |     |     |     |     (6) George Wilson (1838 – 1906) & Achsah Gary (1838 – 1910)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Hannah Willson (c.1840 – )
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Lucretia Wilson (1842 – 1920) & Joseph D. Case (1841 – 1943)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Elizabeth Wilson (c.1844 – )
|     |     |     |     |     (6) John Willson (1847 – 1847)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Eleanor Willson (c.1850 – 1922) & Egbert Trimmer Bush (1848 – 1937)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Edward M. Willson (1852 – 1931) & Julia Sophia Suydam (1857 – 1944)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Samuel Wilson (c.1855 – )

|     |     |     |     (5.4) Sarah Swallow & William Vanderbilt Godley
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Edward Godley (1840 – 1841)

|     |     |     |     (5.6) John W. Swallow & Margaret Anna Kathrine Gary
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary E. Swallow (1867 – 1948) & Albert Schlapfer (1866 – 1949)

Footnotes:

  1. Hunterdon County Loan Office, 1733 No. 6 and No. 77, NJ State Archives.
  2. I am not at all certain about this couple; there is no good evidence for them.
  3. My only information comes from the will of Robert Barns, who left in his will of 1784 the residue of his estate to Phebe Johnson, wife of Isaac Johnson. Robert Barns died unmarried. His sister (unnamed) married Jacob Swallow, brother of Agnes, hence the relationship.