Mary Van Cleve

1787 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Mary Van Cleve
  Born	10 Feb 1787	Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Polly Van Cleve
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I2429	TangledRoots
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	John Van Cleve,   b. 16 May 1749, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, British Colonial America ,   d. 1 Jun 1791, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Northwest Territory, United States  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Catherine Benham,   b. 11 Oct 1756, Huntington, Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America ,   d. 6 Aug 1837, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1 Aug 1771	Monmouth County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F1244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John McClain,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1804
  	prob. Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F1249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Robert Swaynie,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Dec 1826	Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States   [2]
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F1250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Feb 1787 - Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States Married - 12 Dec 1826 - Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Aunt Polly, Mary Van Cleve Swaynie, daughter of John and Catharine Van Cleve, was born in Washington County, Penn., February 10, 1787. Why she is called Aunt Polly we do not know, but that is the name by which she is best know now. She was born five months before the Northwest Territory was formed; she is nine years older than Dayton, fifteen years older than the State of Ohio, and sixteen years older than Montgomery County. She, with her parents, landed at Losanteville the day the name was changed to Cincinnati; six later years, March, 1796, she left there in the pirogue with the party who came up the Miami River, landing at the head of St. Clair street, Dayton, April 1, 1796, and has livedin Dayton ever since. She attended school in 1799 and 1800, at the block-house that stood in Main street at the river bank, and can tell of events happening in every stage of the county's improved and substantial condition of to-day. She was married, to John McClain, in 1804, and by him had ten children, four of whom are still living; a daughter, Mrs. Jane Swaynie, who lives with her, and three sons, who have moved away from the county. Her husband died, and on December 12, 1826, she married Robert Swaynie; they had no children. Mrs. Swaynie has been a widow for many years; her residence is No. 247 Bainbridge street, Dayton, where, for the past twenty years or more, her relatives and friends have assembled to celebrate, with her, each recurring anniversary of her birth. Aunt Polly is in reasonably good health, although, of course, her mind is not so active as formerly. (Source: "The History of Montgomery County Ohio", a reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana. Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #450 (County and Family Histories: Ohio, 1780-1970). Original by W. H. Beers & County, Chicago, pg. 273)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2037] Book: The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, pg. 272, 273. Mary, born in Washington County, Penn., February 10, 1787. [S513] Ohio: Montgomery County, Probate Court, Marriage affadavits v. 1-5 1824-1834, 1848-1857. Robert Sweany and Mary VanCleve, 12 Dec 1826 (Affidavit, no minister listed)