When Jonathan Swingle was born on 1 February 1813, in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Conrad Swingle, was 46 and his mother, Lucy Bunting, was 36. He married Phebe Coss about 1836, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 4 December 1888, in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in South Canaan, South Canaan Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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