Hopefully there will be someone who can connect to my SWOPE/SCHWAB lineage. The funny thing is in my own local genealogical society (EWGS - Spokane, WA) I have three cousins on this line. So there has to be many more out there.

Jost SCHWAB b.ca1656 was the s/o Georg SCHWAB b.ca 1610 and Margaretha ZIMMERMAN (m.ca 1630). Georg d. between 1681-1689 and Margaretha d. 27 Mar 1695 both in Sinsheim, Baden, GERMANY.

These family names go into the BURCKHARDT, RENZ, STREBEL, & HAAGI names.

Closer to home - the son of Jost SCHWAB was Joseph b. 1707 in Sinsheim and he migrated to America. WHEN? I do not have the name of the wife he married ca 1730 but he died ca 1756-57 while traveling from VA. The "tradition" says he was riding to check up on his property in Lancaster Co., PA and was thrown by his horse and died as result of this accident.
Sounds good - huh? That could certainly happen - but?

At any rate, I know Joseph had son Joseph b.11 Aug 1751 Augusta Co.,VA who m. a young Irish woman, Katherine SULLIVAN on 3 Apr 1774. They settled in Monroe Co., (W)VA and Joseph d. 2 Mar 1819, with burial in the WolfCreek Baptist Church Cemetery there.

I can go on and on but hope to have some dialog on this family.

I am interested in doing more in the way of researching my SWOPE lines, which were originally SCHWAB in Germany.

Hopefully there will be others who have an interest in this line as I get slightly frustrated and hate to keep whining about it.

The family was originally from the area of Sinsheim, Baden, Germany and I have Jost Schwab who died in January 1727.