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In the early summer of 1806, the famous Virginian jurist, legal scholar and teacher, and politician -- Signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Constitutional Convention -- George Wythe was arsenic-poisoned by his great-nephew and ward George Wythe Sweney (spelled Swinney in the resulting legal case, spelled Sweeney by his family now). He did it apparently to pay off gambling debts. Wythe lived long enough to disinherit the wretch -- who apparently moved on to Tennessee and was killed in a brawl or in similar circustances -- but did not name the other great-nieces and -nephews who were to take most of his property. I am trying to ascertain his parentage. It is likely, but I do not have proof, that his parents were George Wythe Sweney Sr. and Jane Moore, and there was probably at least one sister, Anne Wythe Sweney, who in 1808 married attorney John Cary of Hampton and (according to F. Harrison, The Carys) had nine children. George Wythe Sweney Sr., in turn, was certainly the son of Charles Sweney (who is in David Swinney's excellent tree) and Anne Wythe (sister of George), both of Elizabeth City County, who married in 1744. They moved to Norfolk where her will is dated 1790. Jane Moore was the daughter of Augustine and Ann Sweney Moore, both of Elizabeth City County -- and who each name their daughter "Jane Sweney" in their wills, his dated 1793 and probated 1795, hers dated and probated in 1801. A thorough Moore genealogy actually uses George Wythe Sweney's middle name in mentioning the marriage to Jane Moore, but gives no further information about this GW Sweney, such as children, parentage, siblings, marriage date, birth or death date, or a will or distribution on the record. Does anyone have some proof or evidence for me, and/or more information on George Wythe Sweney Sr. and/or Jr., and/or Jane Moore Sweney?
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