When Moses Swingle was born in 1803, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Frederick John Swingle, was 24 and his mother, Susan Enslin, was 23. He married Mary Polly M Enslin about 1830. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1871, at the age of 68, and was buried in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Historical Boundaries: 1804: Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States 1852: South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English: probably a variant of Swinger with r/l substitution.
Possibly an Americanized form of German Zwingel, a topographic name from Middle High German zwingel ‘citadel’.
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