Roeloff Swartwout

Other Events:

• Baptism: 1 Jun 1634, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; Address:
  Oude Kerk
• Misc: 26 Dec 1660, New Netherland; partook of the first Lords Supper; Address:
  Old Dutch Church
• Occupation: 23 May 1661, Rennselaerswyck, New Netherlands; First Schout (sheriff) of Esopus (Ulster County)
• Immigration: 1663

Notes:

...Roeloff Swartwout was the son of Tomys and and Hendrickjen (Otsen) Swartwout. Roeloff was bom and baptized in Amsterdam, Holland. On August 13, 1657, in Beverswyck, New Netherland, he married Eva (Bradt) de Hooges, the widow of Antoni de Hooges, and the daughter of Albert Andriessen and Armetje Barentse (von Rottmers) Bradt.
...The book Ship Passenger Lists New York and New Jersey (1600-1825) on page 123 lists "Roeloff Swartwout, farmer (On his retum to New Netherland where he had previously resided.)" as a passenger "In Der Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow) and then continues with the names of three men who were "in the employ of Swartwout",
...Eva (Bradt) Swartwout died in Hurley, Ulster County, New York about the year 1689. On October 8, 1691, Roeloff Swartwout remarried Francijntje Andries, widow of Abraham Lubbertszen. He also outlived his second wife. On March 30, 1714, he made his will and died in Hurley in May 1715.

Immigration:
DE BONTE KOE (The Spotted Cow)

Sailed from Amsterdam 16 April 1663, arrived in New Amsterdam between 11 May 1663 and 17 August 1663
Captain Jan Bergen

De Bonte Koe means The Spotted Cow. While little is known of de Bonte Koe, it is surmised that the ship was 170 feet long, 49 feet in beam, and about 20 feet in depth, based on similar ships of the period (Historical Handbook, 1935). The above rendition of de Bonte Koe is from the Holland Society and was publshed in the January 1996 edition of the Van Voorhees Niewsbrief.

Roeloff married Eva Albertse on 13 Aug 1657 in Beverwyck, New Netherland. Eva (daughter of Albert Andriesz and Annetje Barents) was born in Jan 1632/3 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 8 Oct 1689 in Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in Oct 1689 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

Marriage Contract between Eva and her second husband Roeloff Swartwout.
—In the name of the Lord, Amen, be it known by the contents of this present instrument, that in the year 1657, on the 13th day of the month of August, appeared before Johannes La Montagne, in the service of the General Privileged West India Company, deputy at Fort Orange and village of Beverwyck, Roeloff Swartwout, in the presence of his father, Tomas Swartwout, on the ___, and Eva Albertsen (Bratt), wifow of the late Antony De Hooges, in the presence of Albert Andriessen (Bratt), her father of the other side, who in the following manner have convenanted this marriage contract, to wit, that for the honor of God the said Roeloff Swartwout and Eva Albertsen after the manner of the Reformed Religion respectively held by them shall marry; secondly, that the said married people shall contribute and bring together all their estates, personal and real, of whatsoever nature they may be to be used by them in common, according to the custom of Holland, except that the bride, Eva Albertse, in presence of the orphanmasters, recently chosen, to wit, Honorable Jan Verbeeck and Evert Wendels, reserves for her a hundred guilders, to wit, for Maricken, Anneken, Catrina, Johannes, and Eleonora De Hooges, for which sum of one hundred guilders for each child respectively mortgages her house and lot, lying here in the village of Beverwyck; it was also convenaned, by these presents, by the mutual consent of the aforewritten married people, that Barent Albertse (Bratt) and Teunis Slingerland, brother and brother-in-law of the said Eva Albertse, and uncle of said children, should be guardians of said children, to which the aforesaid orphanmasters have consented: which above written contract the respective parties promis to hold good, on pledge of their persons and estates, personal and real, present and future, the same submitting to all laws and judges.
—Done in Fort Orange, ut supra, in presence of Pieter Jacobsen and Johannes Provost, witness, for that purpose called.
Roeloff Swartwout
This is the mark of + Eva Albertse
Thomas Swrtwout
Albert Andriessen
Jan Verbeeck
Evert Wendel
Teunis Cornelissen
Johannes Provoost, witness
This is the mark of + Pieter Jacobsen
Acknowledged before me, La Montagne, Deputy at Fort Oarnge
Signed by Roelof Swartwout
(Source: Evjen, Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630-1674, p32-33 - Roeloff Swartwout and Eva Albertsen - marriage.)

1. Thomas Swartwout was born in 1660 in New Netherland; died on 3 Apr 1749 in Orange County, New York, British Colonial America.
2. Hendrickje Swartwout was born about 1660/1; died on 28 May 1699 in Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
3. Antoni Swartwout was born before 8 Jan 1662 in New Netherland.
4. Antoni Swartwout was born before 11 May 1664 in New Netherland; died in 1700 in Orange County, New York, British Colonial America.
5. Cornelia Swartwout was born before 13 Mar 1667 in Wiltwyck, Colony of New York, British Colonial America; died on 7 Jul 1714 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in Jul 1714 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
6. Rachel Swartwout was born on 10 Apr 1669 in Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America; died on 2 Oct 1726 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, Colony of New York, British Colonial America; was buried in Oct 1726 in Kingston, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
7. Eva Swartwout was born in in Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America; and died.
8. Barnardus Swartwout was born before 26 Apr 1673 in Kingston, New York Colony, British Colonial America; and died.

Roeloff married Francintje Andries on 22 Nov 1691 in Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey, British Colonial America. Francintje was born on 7 Sep 1638 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died in 1694 in Kingston, New York Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: New Amsterdam, Colony of New Netherland, Netherlands
• Occupation: Tobacco merchant in New Netherland and Amsterdam
• Baptism: 1 Jun 1607, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; Address:
  Oude Kerk
• Emigration: Mar 1652, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Notes:

Tomys Swartwout was one of the earliest importers of tobacco from New Netherland to Western and northern Europe, one of earliest settlers of New Netherland (present day United States), and a founder of Midwood (originally Midwout), Brooklyn, New York. He started a wholesale tobacco business in Amsterdam, joining his older brothers Wybrant and Herman, in 1629.

Swartwout and family left Amsterdam for New Netherland in March 1652. Swartwout, Jan Snedeker and Jan Stryker solicited from Director-General Peter Stuyvesant the right to settle together on the level reach of wild land (de vlacke bosch) or flat bush, adjacent to the outlying farms at Breukelen and Amersfoort. Through Swartwout's suggestion, the settlement was given the name of the village of Midwout. In April 1655, Stuyvesant and the Council of New Netherland appointed Swartwout a schepen (magistrate), to serve with Snedeker and Adriaen Hegeman as the Court of Midwout. Being one of the original settlers, Tomys Swartwout was granted letters-patent by the Council of New Netherland, Director-General Stuyvesant, and the Dutch West India Company of 116 acres on April 13, 1655.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomys_Swartwout

Tomys married Hendrickje Barents on 3 Jun 1631 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Hendrickje (daughter of Barent Otsen and Jacomyntje Jans) was born about 1 Jan 1611 in Holland, Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland; died after 1675 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

—It was Tomys Swartwout's good fortune to become acquainted with Hendrickjen, the amiable daughter of Barent Otsen, a prominent book-publisher of the city of Amsterdam. They became engaged shortly thereafter, and as required by law they subscribed their names for the publication of the banns of their intended marriage as is recorded on the tenth of May, 1631
—On June 3, 1631, Tomys Swartwout and Hendrickjen Otsen were married,
in the Nieuve-Kerk, by Domine Joannes Cornelius Silvius.

Other Events:

• Residence: 21 Sep 1616, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Notes:

His name in English, Ralph; written anciently in Dutch, Rolf; in the fifteenth century, Relof; in the seventeenth century, Rolef, Roleff, Roelef, Roeleff; and later Rolf and Roelof.

Rolef married Catryna Grebbers about 1605 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. Catryna was born about 1572 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; died after 1608 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Barent Otsz

Notes:

Barent Otsen was a prominent book publisher in Amsterdam.

Barent married Jacomyntje Jans. Jacomyntje (daughter of Living) was born in 1588 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died in in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]