THIRD GENERATION

3. Thomas SWINDLE was born in 1604 in North Hampton, Virginia. He died about 1669 in Rappanoch, Richmond Co., Virginia. from Richard Payne Spencer's research........................
..... Mormon records................
HIGH TIDES Historical Society editors vol. 8 no. 2 Hyde Co., NC. states that the first Swindell to arrive in the Virginia Colony, was Thomas Swinhow. In a muster taken 30 Jan. 1624, he is reported as having arrived on the "Diana" and living in the Maine of the Corporation of James City. In a circa 1626 listing of the Corporation of Charles City, Thomas (Swindle) Swinhow held 300 acres by patent. He was later in 1638, listed as 'kilt by Indians However, a Thomas Swindell was one of 78 people who arrived safely in Westmorland County, VA. in 1654. An indentured servant, he was transported by John Walton and John Baynal, VA. planters.
Research indicates that Thomas Swindell moved across the bay to North Hampton County on the Eastern shore of VA. He and a Daniel Swindell were related, possibly as Father and Son, and both are mentioned as tiltable in that county in 1666. Thomas Swindell had a son, John Swindell, who married the daughter of George Willis. Old North Hampton County, VA. records show that George Willis gave the couple a cow in 1668, a substantial gift for that time period.
A Thomas Swindell was one of 78 people who arrived safely in Westmorland County, VA. in 1654. An indentured servant, he was transported by John Walton and John Baynal, VA. planters.
1729 Thomas Swindell, Cooper, of Beaufort Precinct, Bath Co. N.C. purchased 100 acres on the north side of the Pamlico River from James Singleton........
Check out the Swindell of Cheshire County, England as there is a Hyde twp there containing several Swindells of similar names.......
He had over 300 acres by patent.
02/25/1660 Thomas Swindle was in Northhampton, Va and was granted 400 acres of land. (Virginia Land Records, p. 379)

(unknown) was born about 1610 in Rappanoch, Richmond Co., Virginia. She died about 1670 in Virginia. Thomas SWINDLE and (unknown) had the following children:

child+5 i. Timothy SWINDLE.
child+6 ii. John SWINDLE.
child7 iii. Daniel SWINDLE was born in 1648.

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