Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John White SWIFT
John White Swift, b. Philadelphia, Jan. 30, 1749-50, graduated at Academy and College of Philadelphia, 1767, and received degree of A. M. at same institution in 1770; entered counting house of Thomas Wharton Jr., 1768; a merchant at Lisbon, 1771-4, and at Quebec, Canada. 1774-5; joined American army on approach of Gen. Montgomery, was wounded in the attack on Quebec, and was appointed Inspector of Accounts and Works at Montreal by Gen. Worster; resigned from army on declaration of independence, and became purser on the "Empress of China", first ship to enter port of Canton under American flag, in 1784; d. unm. in Bucks county, in 1818.
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