Benjamin Swinburne of Holywell, Earsdon, Northumberland
BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, born about 1750, Pitman, married 5 June 1775 Ovingham, Northumberland ELIZABETH BROWN, born about 1750

Parents of:

  • RICHARD SWINBURNE, baptised 6 October 1776 Earsden, Northumberland

  • MATHEW SWINBURNE, baptised 26 September 1777 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, (possibly a Pitman living at Byker Hill in 1807, married 30 October 1804 Horton, Northumberland MARGARET RAMSHAW with children MATTHEW SWINBURN, baptised 24 November 1805 Horton by Blyth and THOMAS SWINBURN, born 25 March 1807 Byker Hill, Northumberland, see Thomas Swinburn of Byker Hill and Cowpen

  • BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, baptised 17 October 1779 Ovingham, Northumberland; possibly died (reg.Q3) 1862 Chester le Street (aged 83) (issue - see below)

  • ?ISABELLA SWINBURN, baptised 21 October 1781 Christ Church, Tynemoutha

  • JOHN SWINBURN, son of Benjamin Swinburn, Pitman, Willington, buried 11 April 1788 (Wallsend burial reg.)

  • ?ROBERT SWINBURN, born 4 June 1785, baptised 8 January 1790 Christ Church, Tynemouth, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Swinburna

  • JANE SWINBURNE, baptised 8 June 1788 Willington Quay, Wallsend, Northumberland, daughter of Benjamin Swinburn, Pitman and Elizabeth; she may have married 12 December 1814 Horton JAMES MILLER

  • STEPHEN SWINBURN, son of Benjamin Swinburn, Pitman, Willington, buried 19 February 1789 (Wallsend burial reg.)

  • ELIZABETH SWINBURNE, baptised 20 June 1790 Wallsend, Northumberland

  • MARGARET SWINBURNE, baptised 4 August 1793 Willington Quay, Wallsend, Northumberland, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Swinburn

  • WILLIAM SWINBURNE, baptised 1 January 1796 Wallsend, Northumberland

  • SARAH SWINBURNE, baptised 7 August 1796 Long Benton, Northumberland; she may have married 21 May 1819 Horton JOHN DOUGLAS

    Benjamin was possibly father of:

  • BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, born about 1810-1815 Northumberland, England, died about 1850/51 Northumberland (not in GRO indexes), married 30 May 1835 Bedlington, Northumberland MARY LATHEM (LEATHEM) born about 1819 Duddo, Northumberland, Mary was a widow aged 32 living at Blyth with her 6 children in 1851

  • ? ROBERT SWINBURNE, buried 9 March 1815 Cowpen, infant (NDFHS burials)

    Benjamin and Mary (Lathem) were parents of:

  • JAMES SWINBURNE, born about 1836 Bedlington, Northumberland, Coal Miner, on 1851 census with mother and 5 siblings at Blyth

  • ROBERT GEORGE (?LATHEM) SWINBURNE, born 1841 Wingate, Northumberland, Coal Miner, married (reg. Q3 Tynemouth) 1860 MARY, born about 1841 Seghill, Northumberland; they were living at 24 West End, Hartley Village, Earsdon at the 1871 census with their 3 eldest children then at Off Hamilton Road, Blantyre, Lanark, Scotland in 1881 with 4 children. (issue - see below)

  • BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, born 25 June 1844 Holywell, Earsden, Northumberland, (neither he nor his wife appear on the 1881 census), died about 1923 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, married 31 December 1864 Long Benton, Northumberland MARGARET CARR (daughter of Henry and Mary Ann CARR of Long Benton), born about 1844/45 Hazlerigg, Northumberland (issue - see below)

  • ELIZABETH SWINBURNE, born about 1846 Barness?, Scotland

  • MARY SWINBURNE, born about 1848 Gallowshields, Scotland

  • MATHEW SWINBURNE, born about January 1851 Dally, Scotland; 3 months old at 1851 census and mother was then a widow; Coal Miner; he is probably on the 1871 census, an unmarried boarder aged 20 with the Hays family at 5 Pit Row, Burradon, Earsdon, (his birthplace is given as Long Benton, Northumberland but there is no Matthew in the English GRO birth indexes at about this time); married (?Q3 1880 Gateshead) MARGARET, born about 1848 Scotland; they were living at Choppington Station, Bedlington, Northumberland at the 1881 census with son Benjamin; at the 1901 census they were at Weetslade, Northumberland with 2 children, Matthew was a Coal Miner Stoneman aged 50, Margaret aged 53 (issue - see below)

    Robert George and Mary were parents of:

  • THOMAS SWINBURNE, born 1862 Seghill (possibly reg. Q2 1864 Newcastle/Tyne or Q3 Tynemouth 1864), Coal Miner; with parents on 1871 census aged 9, and in 1881 aged 18 at Blantyre, Scotland; on 1901 census at 8 Medway Street, Hirst, Northumberland with wife and 6 children; married (probably c.1884/5 Scotland) JANET, born c.1865 Scotland (issue - see below)

  • BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, born about 1865 Broomhill (reg. Q1 Morpeth), Northumberland, Coal Miner; with parents, aged 6 at 1871 census and aged 16 in 1881

  • ELIZABETH SWINBURNE, born (reg. Q3 Tynemouth) 1870 Burradon, on 1871 census with parents aged 7 months and in 1881, a scholar aged 10

  • MARY SWINBURN, born (reg. Q2 Gateshead) 1873, baptised 14 May 1873 Heworth, Durham, died (reg. Q2 Gateshead) 1873

  • ROBERT GEORGE SWINBURNE, born (reg. Q3 Morpeth) 1874, England; a scholar aged 6 at 1881 census; possibly on the 1901 census aged 31 at Thornley, Durham

    Benjamin and Margaret (Carr) were parents of:

  • HENRY SWINBURNE, born 18 August 1866 Northumberland; (possibly on 1901 census at Elswick aged 32, born Bellingham, Northumberland); died 28 May 1939 Scotland

  • ?BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, born (reg. Q2 Tynemouth) 1870

  • JAMES SWINBURNE, born about 1868 (possibly reg. Q2 1872 Tynemouth)

  • JOHN SWINBURNE, born 24 October 1877 Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died 15 November 1932 Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, U.S.A, buried 17 November 1932 Scranton, married 30 March (or September?) 1898 Muirhall, Hamilton, Lanarkshire AGNES DOUGLAS (daughter of ALLAN DOUGLAS of Glassford, Lanarkshire and JANE CRAWFORD), born 23 December 1877 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, died 19 June 1953 Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, buried Hamilton, Lanarkshire (issue - see below)

  • MARGARET SWINBURNE, born about 1879

  • THOMAS SWINBURNE, born about 1881-3, Lanark, Scotland; died 23 March 1963 Scotland

    Matthew and Margaret were parents of:

  • BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, born Scotland 1880; on 1881 census with parents, aged 1; on 1901 census, a Coal Miner Putter aged 21, at Weetslade with parents

  • MARY SWINBURNE, born c.1888 Seghill, Northumberland; on 1901 census with parents, aged 13

    Thomas and Janet were parents of:

  • ROBERT G. SWINBURNE, born about 1885 Scotland; on 1901 census with parents, a Coal Miner Putter aged 16

  • HUGH STEWART SWINBURNE, born about 1886 Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland; on 1901 census with parents, a Coal Miner Driver aged 15; married (reg.Q2 Morpeth) 1910; enlisted Ashington, Private 13416 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action 14 August 1916 Arras, France (Arras Memorial, Pas de Calaise, Bay 2-3)

  • SARAH TODD SWINBURNE, born (reg.Q3 Tynemouth) 1888 Northumberland; on 1901 census with parents, aged 12

  • AGNES SWINBURNE, born about 1893 Northumberland; on 1901 census with parents, aged 8; Agnes S. Swinburne married (reg.Q3 Morpeth) 1912 PETER DOUGLAS

  • THOMAS TODD SWINBURNE, born (reg.Q3 Morpeth) 1897 Northumberland; on 1901 census with parents, aged 3; served in the army in WWI and contracted TB, he was pensioned out of the army and given about 9 months to live, he was sent to Wooley Sanitorium near Hexham, Northumberland where he met his 1st wife; married 1stly (reg.Q2 Morpeth) 1919 MARGARET SWINDLE, died soon after their marriage; Thomas married 2ndly (reg.Q3 Morpeth) 1921 JEMIMA EVANS; Thomas died in 1983 (6 children)

  • JANET STEWART SWINBURNE, born (reg.Q1 Morpeth) 1899 Northumberland; on 1901 census with parents, aged 2

    John and Agnes (Douglas) were parents of:

  • JANE CRAWFORD SWINBURNE, born 1 March 1899 Broomhouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died 13 October 1973 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, married about 1924 Hamilton THOMAS VANCE REARDON

  • BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, born 24 July 1900, Udston, Lanarkshire, died 13 October 1964 Motherwell, Lanarkshire, married 25 August 1923 Hamilton, Lanarkshire JANET HAMILTON NISBET, born about 1902 Scotland; they went to Ellis Island, New York, U.S.A. from Glasgow on the 'Cameronia' arriving on 24 November 1924 (issue - see below)

  • MARGARET CARR SWINBURNE, born 6 July 1902 Udston, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, died 14 and buried 17 November 1982 Price, Carbon, Utah, U.S.A., married 31 December 1926 Pitston, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. JAMES JARDINE (son of THOMAS JARDINE and MARGARET FRASER), born 7 May 1902 Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died 9 May 1945 Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah, U.S.A., buried 12 May 1945 Price, Carbon, Utah (issue)

  • AGNES DOUGLAS SWINBURNE, born 13 May 1904 Udston, Lanarkshire; she and sister Margaret were passengers on the 'Caledonia' which sailed from Glasgow to Ellis Island, New York, arriving on 18 June 1911, both listed as aged 18; she died 25 February 1982 Hamilton, Lanarkshire

  • ALLAN DOUGLAS SWINBURNE, born 12 July 1906 Udston, Lanarkshire, died 27 February 1962 Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.

  • ROBERT SWINBURNE, born 12 August 1908 Udston, Lanarkshire, died 14 and buried 17 May 1975 Price, Carbon, Utah, U.S.A., married 16 July 1929 Scranton, Lackawanna, PA, PEARL ELIZABETH HENRY, born 27 November 1910 Scranton, Lackawanna, PA, died 3 August 1963 Price, Carbon, Utah. Issue - see below.

  • JOHN SWINBURNE, born 13 July 1911 Udston, Lanarkshire, died 30 May 1949 Hamilton, Lanarkshire, married August 1933 Hamilton JANET BAIRD SMITH

  • HUGH DOUGLAS SWINBURNE, born 3 March 1913 Udston, died 10 November 1966 Hamilton

  • MARY LATHEM SWINBURNE, born 19 July 1916 Udston, Lanarkshire

    Robert and Pearl Elizabeth were parents of:

  • ELEANOR JEANETTE SWINBURNE, born 25 August 1930 Scranton, Lackawanna, PA, died 21 April 1996 Wellington, Carbon, Utah

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    Sources: Mrs. M. Henrie, Wellington, Utah, U.S.A.; I.G.I.; Joiner Marriage Index; Census returns; Wallsend baptism and burial register 1773-1812; Baptism Register St. Andrews, Brunswick Place, Newcastle; GRO indexes; a - Vital Records Index 2

    • Notes:
    The IGI lists Thomas Swinburn, son of John, baptised 11 April 1702 Earsdon by North Shields
    Another Thomas Todd Swinburne married (reg.Q2 Morpeth) 1907 - GRO
    Benjamin Swinburne m.31 Dec.1917 Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Elizabeth Kay

    Ellis Island Passengers lists:
    Passengers on the Cameronia, arriving Ellis Island 14 (or 24) November 1911:
    ELIZABETH SWINBURNE, age 36 (b.1875), married, British, res: Hamilton, Scotland
    ELIZABETH SWINBURNE, age 13 (b.1898), Scottish
    ANNA SWINBURNE, age 9 (b.1902), Scottish
    MARY SWINBURNE, age 9 (b.1902), Scottish
    JOHN SWINBURNE, age 7 (b.1904), Scottish
    MATTHEW SWINBURNE, age 5 (b.1906), Scottish
    JAMES SWINBURNE, age 3 (b.1908), Scottish
    BENJAMIN SWINBURNE, age 11 mo. (b.1910), Scottish

    See Swinburn of Earsdon by North Shields on the small family groups page, this family is probably related

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