Ancestry of
Taylor Swift

Singer and Songwriter

Lydia Hawkins

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Taylor Swift — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 33 
  • Father:
  • George Washington Hawkins 
  • Mother:
  • Avis Sheldon   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Dec 1818 
  • Birth Location:
  • Burlington, Otsego, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Feb 1894 
  • Death Location:
  • Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Edinboro Cemetery, Edinboro, Erie, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Julius Swift
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1840 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Hannah Rosette Swift

  Charles Julius Swift (Ahnentafel No:16 )

  Julius Dulles Swift

  Huldah Janet Swift

  Ceylon Swift

  • Notes: 

  • A letter from Lydia Swift to an unnamed sister mentions the death of her dear brother (brother-in-law?) who was “always a near brother to me.” The letter also mentions her son Ceylon, (sister?) Diana, and brothers Hopy and (George?) Washington. (Letter dated 22 APR 1875)

    A letter from Uriah Hawkins to his sister Lydia Hawkins Swift establishes their relationship. The letter was sent to inform Lydia about her brother John's death. (Letter dated 04 APR 1872)

• Sources for Lydia Hawkins

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A112023.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Erie County, 1850, Washington, Image 37 of 41.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Erie County, 1860, Washington, p. 137, Image 32 of 49.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Erie County, 1870, Washington, Image 32 of 49.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, PA, Erie County, 1880, Washington, E.D. 175, p. 5, Image 5 of 40.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/06/2014).
  • ⁷ Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952, Death certificate for daughter Hannah Rosette Swift.
  • ⁸ Ancestors of David Kipp Conover, Jr., Copy of Original Letter from Lydia Swift to Unnamed Sister, 22 APR 1875, (accessed 05/09/2014).
  • ⁹ Ancestors of David Kipp Conover, Jr., Transcription of Letter from Uriah Hawkins to sister Lydia Hawkins Swift, 04 APR 1872, (accessed 05/09/2014).
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 377.

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