Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Swepson was born on 1 January 1712, in Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Swepson Jr., was 27 and his mother, Dorothy Henry, was 27. He married Jane Ann Jeffries on 14 June 1740, in King and Queen, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 11 February 1788, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Alexander Boyd Cemetery, Boydton, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Swepson - birth: about 1710; Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
- Richard Swepson, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Richard Swepson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: see Swepstone .
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