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Samuel Swackhammer Will - Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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Re: Samuel Swackhammer Will - Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Posted: 18 Aug 2006 10:07AM GMT
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I have some info on the Swackhamer / Swackhammer family dating back to 1538 Jakub Schwehheimer in Germany...
son Johannes Schwechheimer
son Amundus Schwechheimer
son Christopher Schwechheimer
son Daniel Schwechheimer
son Samuel Frederich... this is the one that settled in Morris Co., NJ married 3 times and had 25 children.... of which I have names of 17.... see article below also on his death...

Obituary - Swachhammer, Feb. 3, 1782. The Lord of our life made a hopeful blessed end to the long life and 6 weeks illness of our oldest member and father Samuel Swachhammer. He came in the year 1731 to this American wilderness, and in his life has experienced the truth of the words "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground" (Genesis III:19) for the Lord had blessed him quite specially with a very numerous family.
He thrice entered the state of Holy Matrimony, (and) begat 25 children. From these, before his end, 73 grandchildren were born, and from these in turn, 25 great-grandchildren, all of whom he looked after. The entire number of those produced from his blood was therefore 123 , of whom 18 preceded him into Eternity, and accordingly at his departure there were still 105 living. In the 82nd year of his useful life he surrendered his soul into the hands of his Heavenly Father, who must have made it in His mercy, for Jesus Christ's sake. The preacher preached at his house in the Valley before a large gathering, and his body, accompanied by a numerous company, was afterward borne to New Germantown (Oldwick) and was buried in our churchyard at Zions Church.
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