1. Mathias Sweesy b. bef 1782. Children: 2. i Mathias b. 21 Dec 1782. Second Generation 2. Mathias Sweesy b. 21 Dec 1782, NJ, occupation farmer, m. (1) Elizabeth Pounds, b. ?? ___ 1790, Ireland, (daughter of Isaac Pounds) d. 22 Sep 1850, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA, m. (2) Sarah _____, d. 15 Jul 1865, buried: N. Wilmington. Mathias died 2 Jul 1859, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. Church affiliation: Methodist. Children by Elizabeth Pounds: 3. i William b. 25 Mar 1811. ii Thomas Sweesy b. ?? ___ 1813, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. (1) Alice Forbes, (daughter of George Forbes and Sarah Haggerty) m. (2) Elizabeth King. iii Samuel Sweesy b. 1 Jan 1815, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. (1) 14 Mar 1843, Catherine Galloway, m. (2) 27 Aug 1851, Rebecca Stofer, m. (3) 28 ___ 1863, Susannah Ewing. iv Elizabeth Sweesy b. 5 mar 1818, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. (1) ?? ___ 1835, William Edeburn, b. ?? ___ 1812, d. ?? ___ 1848, m. (2) William McBride, b. ?? ___ 1812, d. ?? ___ 1892. Elizabeth died ?? ___ 1882, buried: Volant Cemetary, Volant, PA. v David Sweesy b. ?? ___ 1819, d. 1 Apr 1844, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. vi Mathias Sweesy b. 4 Feb 1820, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. Matilda Young. Mathias died 17 Aug 1878, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. vii Jefferson Sweesy b. 11 Dec 1821, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. ?? ___ 1844, Mary Ann Gundy, b. 5 Dec 1821, d. 29 Mar 1907. Jefferson died 7 May 1903, West Middlesex, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. viii George Sweesy b. Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. Martha _____. George died ?? ___ 1847, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. ix Isaac Sweesy b. 2 Aug 1825, m. Rebecca King. Isaac died ?? ___ 1896. Third Generation 3. William Sweesy b. 25 Mar 1811, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, occupation farmer, m. 19 Jan 1837, Elizabeth Forbes, b. 25 Mar 1819, Ireland, (daughter of George Forbes and Sarah Haggerty) occupation housewife, d. 31 Mar 1896, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. William died 25 Oct 1874, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. Religious affiliation: Methodist. Elizabeth: Religious affiliation: Methodist. Children: i Elenor Sweesy b. 12 Nov 1837, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 4 Jul 1863, Seth Teel, b. ?? ___ 1833. Elenor died 23 Nov 1872, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. No children. ii Elizabeth Sweesy b. 12 Jan 1839, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 3 Jul 1861, John Hutchisin, b. 29 Feb 1836, d. 6 Feb 1907. Elizabeth died 4 Aug 1928, New Castle, PA, buried: King's Chapel Cemetery, New Castle, PA. iii Mary Ann Sweesy b. 19 Aug 1840, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 28 Apr 1868, James Whiteford. Mary died 9 Jul 1875, buried: Erie, PA. No children. iv Thomas Jefferson Sweesy b. 20 Mar 1842, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, d. ?? Jul 1843. v Melissa Martha Sweesy b. 29 Dec 1844, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 4 Feb 1873, Joseph Stewart Allen, b. 16 May 1853, d. 15 Dec 1926. Melissa died 17 Dec 1917, buried: Haywood Cemetery, -1- West Middlesex, PA. 4. vi David William b. 9 Sep 1845. vii Sarah Alice Sweesy b. 19 Jul 1847, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 9 Sep 1891, Lewis Milton Swogger, b. 9 Apr 1852, d. 11 Nov 1921. Sarah died 29 Jul 1916, buried: Unity Church Cemetery, Greenfield, PA. No children. Lewis: No children. 5. viii Margaretta b. 21 Jun 1849. ix Anaxretta Sweesy b. 9 Mar 1851, m. ?? ___ 1878, Theodore Sylvester Minner, b. 9 Oct 1856, d. 13 Feb 1946. Anaxretta died 10 Apr 1922. x Susan Marilda Sweesy b. 6 Sep 1853, m. 6 Aug 1875, John Thomas Ayers, b. ?? ___ 1853, d. 28 Jun 1912. Susan died 4 Mar 1932. 6. xi George Mathias b. 18 Nov 1855. xii Frances Josephine Sweesy b. 23 Jun 1859, m. 24 Sep 1880, Thomas Leroy Forbes, b. ?? Jun 1857, d. 3 Apr 1937. Frances died 20 feb 1935. Fourth Generation 4. David William Sweesy b. 9 Sep 1845, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, occupation farmer, m. 5 May 1870, in Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, Emma Jane Canon, b. 8 Mar 1853, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, (daughter of Thomas M. Canon and Caroline Sowash) occupation housewife, d. 5 Dec 1922, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. David died 24 Nov 1922, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. Presbyterian. Emma: Presbyterian. Children: i Oliver Berton Sweesy b. 11 Apr 1871, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 20 Dec 1905, Dora Cook, b. 20 Jun 1877, d. 18 Nov 1937. Oliver died 18 Nov 1937, West Middlesex, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. ii Elsie Mae Sweesy b. 10 Mar 1873, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 9 Dec 1894, in Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, Harry T. Green, b. 23 Mar 1873, d. 8 Jun 1958. Elsie died 22 May 1946, R.D. New Castle, PA, buried: Castle View Cemetery, New Castle, PA. iii Eva Caroline Sweesy b. 26 Jun 1876, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 11 Dec 1895, in the bride's parents' home, Shenango, PA, Charles M. Mitchell, b. 16 May 1875, d. 9 Aug 1939. Eva died 9 Jan 1959, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA. iv Dora Frances Sweesy b. 10 Jan 1879, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 6 Sep 1905, in the bride's home, Shenango, PA, Varnum Noyes Elliott, b. ?? ___ 1876, d. 7 Dec 1941. Dora died 15 Sep 1958, Portland, OR, buried: Riverview Cemetery, Portland, OR. 7. v Samuel David b. 28 Oct 1883. vi Maude Elizabeth Sweesy b. 17 Jan 1887, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 24 Dec 1903, in the bride's home, Shenango, PA, Percy Williams, b. 18 Mar 1882, d. bef 1996. Maude died 28 May 1915, Akron, OH, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. 5. Margaretta Sweesy b. 21 Jun 1849, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 8 Apr 1868, William T. Grove, b. ?? Feb 1844. Margaretta died 29 Aug 1928. Children: i Elizabeth L. Grove b. ?? ___ 1868. ii Wilma M. Grove b. ?? ___ 1871. iii George S. Grove b. ?? ___ 1873. iv John S. Grove b. ?? ___ 1876. v Sarah E. Grove b. ?? ___ 1879. 6. George Mathias Sweesy b. 18 Nov 1855, m. (1) Julia S. Miller, b. ?? Jan 1860, m. (2) May L. _____. George died 24 Sep 1905. Children by Julia S. Miller: i Fred C. Sweesy b. ?? Jun 1882. -2- Fifth Generation 7. Samuel David Sweesy b. 28 Oct 1883, Shenango Township, Mercer Co, PA, m. 24 Aug 1907, in Youngstown, OH, Virginia Mae Risher, b. 1 Jul 1890, (daughter of Thomas Franklin Risher and Drusilla Mae Jones) d. 29 Feb 1968. Samuel died 15 Jun 1941, West Middlesex, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. Children: i Irene Drusilla Sweesy b. 11 Dec 1907, m. 12 Nov 1934, James Kilgore. Irene died 30 Apr 1935. No children. 8. ii Clifford Franklin b. 30 May 1910. iii Hilda Margarette Sweesy b. 5 Feb 1915, d. 16 Jan 1989. 9. iv William Bryon. 10. v Samuel Bernard b. 21 May 1924. vi Geraldine Virginia Sweesy m. David Lemuel Shaw, b. 31 Aug 1920, d. 10 Jun 1961. Geraldine died 13 Jan 1989. Cause of death was tuberculosis. No children. David: Cause of death was heart attack. 11. vii Milton Eugene. Sixth Generation 8. Clifford Franklin Sweesy b. 30 May 1910, West Middlesex, PA, occupation steel machinist foreman, m. 12 Jun 1935, in Free Meth. Church Parsonage, Sharon, PA, Edith Iola Snyder, b. 22 Mar 1916, Sharon, PA, (daughter of John Wesley Snyder, Jr. and Elizabeth Eckles McConnaughy). Clifford died 12 Jun 1973, Pittsburg, PA, buried: Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA. Edith: Rev. Ralph Rummel was responsible for introducing Edith and Bob Bell. Children: 12. i Gaye Irene b. 29 Apr 1937. 13. ii Clifford Mark b. 17 Dec 1944. 9. William Bryon Sweesy m. 23 Jul 1947, Marian Loretta Hawthorne, b. 13 Nov 1922. Children: i Douglas William Sweesy b. 9 Aug 1950. ii Randall Thomas Sweesy b. 16 Mar 1953, d. 28 Oct 1989. 14. iii Dixie Jill b. 01 Jun 1954. 15. iv Tracy Jean b. 21 Feb 1960. 10. Samuel Bernard Sweesy b. 21 May 1924, occupation US Army, m. (1) 8 Jan 1944, divorced 1946, Ruth Miller, m. (2) 5 Mar 1953, Mildred Mae Calvin, d. 15 Oct 1968. Samuel died cir 1968. No children with Ruth. Children by Mildred Mae Calvin: 16. i Thomas Howard b. 24 Aug 1950. 17. ii David Samuel b. 24 Aug 1950. iii Beth Ann Sweesy b. 16 Feb 1959, d. 16 feb 1959. Still born. 11. Milton Eugene Sweesy m. Virginia Weaver. Children: i Gregory Alan Sweesy b. 7 Aug 1961, m. 9 Feb 1985, Donna Roberta Altman, b. 29 Dec 1960. No children as of 1996. 18. ii Susan Jean b. 29 Nov 1964. Seventh Generation 12. Gaye Irene Sweesy b. 29 Apr 1937, Sharon, PA, occupation elementary school teacher, m. 26 Aug 1961, in Wesleyan Meth Church, West Middlesex, PA, Wayne Walter Mouritzen, b. 6 Mar 1938, Bay Ridge Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, (son of Walter Christian Mouritzen and Julia Mildred Bogan). Wayne: Born 5:10 pm. 7 lbs. 8 oz. Godmother was kathryn Madden. Godfather was Herbert Mouritzen. Walked on 15 July 1939. Children: i Donna Gaye Mouritzen b. 9 Jun 1968, Fort Bragg, NC, occupation -3- college instructor, m. 22 Jul 1995, in Pickens Presbyterian Church, Pickens, SC, Robert Elliott Simms, b. 11 Jan 1968, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, (son of Arthur Washington Simms, III and Joan Ellen Larmore) occupation grad. assistant @ Clemson. Education: Salutatorian Florida Christian H.S.; BS Math Education (1990) Bob Jones University, SC; MS Mathematical Sciences (1993) Clemson University, SC. Robert: Godparents: Joan & Richard Bennett. Education: BS Math and Physics (1991) Salisbury State University of MD; MS Mathematical Sciences (1993) Clemson University, SC; PhD candidate in Mathematical Sci. @ Clemson University. Eagle Scout Award, 30 Oct 1985. Blood type O negative. 13. Clifford Mark Sweesy b. 17 Dec 1944, Sharon, PA, m. separated, Patricia Williams, b. 15 Jul 1944, (daughter of Charles William Williams and Doris Claire Tanguay). Patricia: From West Middlesex County, PA. Children: i Trisha Lynn Sweesy b. 23 Oct 1974. ii Christy Lee Sweesy b. 15 May 1977. 14. Dixie Jill Sweesy b. 01 Jun 1954, m. 12 May 1984, William Keith Vasconi. Children: i James Bradon Vasconi b. 8 Sep 1986. 15. Tracy Jean Sweesy b. 21 Feb 1960, m. 24 May 1986, John Thomas Holoman. Children: i John Michael Holoman b. 18 Feb 1989. 16. Thomas Howard Sweesy b. 24 Aug 1950, m. Deborah Lucille Selby, b. 25 Mar 1950. Children: i Tamala marie Sweesy b. 11 Jul 1979. ii Jay Thomas Sweesy b. 25 Jun 1983. 17. David Samuel Sweesy b. 24 Aug 1950, m. Betty Ann Paquette. Children: i Jenna Elizabeth Sweesy b. 27 Jul 1985. 18. Susan Jean Sweesy b. 29 Nov 1964, m. 10 Aug 1985, Gerald Raymond Sackett, b. 29 Nov 1960. Children: i Ryan Andrew Sackett b. 10 Feb 1993. -4- Allen, Joseph Stewart . . . . 1, 2 Sweesy, Christy Lee . . . . . . . 4 Altman, Donna Roberta . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Clifford Franklin . . . . 3 Ayers, John Thomas . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Clifford Mark . . . . 3, 4 Bogan, Julia Mildred . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, David . . . . . . . . . . 1 Calvin, Mildred Mae . . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, David Samuel . . . . 3, 4 Canon, Emma Jane . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, David William . . . . . . 2 Canon, Thomas M. . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Dixie Jill . . . . . 3, 4 Cook, Dora . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Dora Frances . . . . . . 2 Edeburn, William . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Douglas William . . . . . 3 Elliott, Varnum Noyes . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Elenor . . . . . . . . . 1 Ewing, Susannah . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . 1 Forbes, Alice . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . 1 Forbes, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Elsie Mae . . . . . . . . 2 Forbes, George . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Eva Caroline . . . . . . 2 Forbes, Thomas Leroy . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Frances Josephine . . . . 2 Galloway, Catherine . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Fred C. . . . . . . . . . 2 Green, Harry T. . . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Gaye Irene . . . . . . . 3 Grove, Elizabeth L. . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, George . . . . . . . . . 1 Grove, George S. . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, George Mathias . . . . . 2 Grove, John S. . . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Geraldine Virginia . . . 3 Grove, Sarah E. . . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Gregory Alan . . . . . . 3 Grove, William T. . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Hilda Margarette . . . . 3 Grove, Wilma M. . . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Irene Drusilla . . . . . 3 Gundy, Mary Ann . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Isaac . . . . . . . . . . 1 Haggerty, Sarah . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Jay Thomas . . . . . . . 4 Hawthorne, Marian Loretta . . . . 3 Sweesy, Jefferson . . . . . . . . 1 Holoman, John Michael . . . . . . 4 Sweesy, Jenna Elizabeth . . . . . 4 Holoman, John Thomas . . . . . . 4 Sweesy, Margaretta . . . . . . . 2 Hutchisin, John . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Mary Ann . . . . . . . . 1 Jones, Drusilla Mae . . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Mathias . . . . . . . . . 1 Kilgore, James . . . . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Mathias . . . . . . . . . 1 King, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Mathias . . . . . . . . . 1 King, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Maude Elizabeth . . . . . 2 Larmore, Joan Ellen . . . . . . . 4 Sweesy, Melissa Martha . . . . . 1 McBride, William . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Milton Eugene . . . . . . 3 McConnaughy, Elizabeth Eckles . . 3 Sweesy, Oliver Berton . . . . . . 2 Miller, Julia S. . . . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Randall Thomas . . . . . 3 Miller, Ruth . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Samuel . . . . . . . . . 1 Minner, Theodore Sylvester . . . 2 Sweesy, Samuel Bernard . . . . . 3 Mitchell, Charles M. . . . . . . 2 Sweesy, Samuel David . . . . 2, 3 Mouritzen, Donna Gaye . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Sarah Alice . . . . . . . 2 Mouritzen, Walter Christian . . . 3 Sweesy, Susan Jean . . . . . 3, 4 Mouritzen, Wayne Walter . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Susan Marilda . . . . . . 2 Paquette, Betty Ann . . . . . . . 4 Sweesy, Tamala marie . . . . . . 4 Pounds, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Thomas . . . . . . . . . 1 Pounds, Isaac . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Thomas Howard . . . . 3, 4 Risher, Thomas Franklin . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Thomas Jefferson . . . . 1 Risher, Virginia Mae . . . . . . 3 Sweesy, Tracy Jean . . . . . 3, 4 Sackett, Gerald Raymond . . . . . 4 Sweesy, Trisha Lynn . . . . . . . 4 Sackett, Ryan Andrew . . . . . . 4 Sweesy, William . . . . . . . . . 1 Selby, Deborah Lucille . . . . . 4 Sweesy, William Bryon . . . . . . 3 Shaw, David Lemuel . . . . . . . 3 Swogger, Lewis Milton . . . . . . 2 Simms, Arthur Washington, III . . 4 Tanguay, Doris Claire . . . . . . 4 Simms, Robert Elliott . . . . . . 3 Teel, Seth . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Snyder, Edith Iola . . . . . . . 3 Vasconi, James Bradon . . . . . . 4 Snyder, John Wesley, Jr. . . . . 3 Vasconi, William Keith . . . . . 4 Sowash, Caroline . . . . . . . . 2 Weaver, Virginia . . . . . . . . 3 Stofer, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . 1 Whiteford, James . . . . . . . . 1 Sweesy, Anaxretta . . . . . . . . 2 Williams, Charles William . . . . 4 Sweesy, Beth Ann . . . . . . . . 3 Williams, Patricia . . . . . . . 4 Williams, Percy . . . . . . . . . 2 Young, Matilda . . . . . . . . . 1 _____, Martha . . . . . . . . . . 1 _____, May L. . . . . . . . . . . 2 _____, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . 1