Tryntje Swartwout

Other Events:

• Name: Catrijna Swartout
• Baptism: 15 Dec 1639, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; Address:
  Oude Kerk

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]

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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.

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• 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]