From the records of the First German and English Congregation in Knowlton Township, Sussex County, New Jersey (Knowlton Township was in Warren County after 1824): BEGIN Catharina, daughter of Wilhelm Ruhl [sic] and Maria, his wife, born March 28, 1773, and baptized June 12, 1773. William, son of William Sweezy and Catharina, born January 12, 1796, and baptized February 14, 1796. Witnesses: William Kuhl and wife, Mary. Phoebe, daughter of William Sweezy and Catharine, born November 12, 1799. John Kuhl, son of William Sweezy and Catharine, born October, 1802, and baptized June 23, 1803. Elisabetha, daughter of William Sweezy and Catharina, born October 26, 1805, and baptized November 25. END From Clyde W. Downing on July 15, 2008: Barnabas Swayze (born on January 12, 1715) is the son of Samuel Swayze. Both Patrick Swayze, the movie star, and John Cameron Swayze, the famous TV newsman, are descendants of this line of Swayzes.