Roeloff Swartwout

Roeloff Swartwout

Male Bef 1634 - 1715  (> 80 years)

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  • Name Roeloff Swartwout  [1
    Born Bef 1 Jun 1634  Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 1 Jun 1634  Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Oude Kerk 
    Misc 26 Dec 1660  New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    partook of the first Lords Supper 
    Address:
    Old Dutch Church 
    Occupation 23 May 1661  Rennselaerswyck, New Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    First Schout (sheriff) of Esopus (Ulster County) 
    Immigration 1663 
    • 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.
    Died 30 May 1715  Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6313  TangledRoots
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2019 

    Father Tomys Swartwout,   b. 1607, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Oct 1679, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Hendrickje Barents,   b. Abt 1 Jan 1611, Holland, Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1675, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 65 years) 
    Married 3 Jun 1631  Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eva Albertse,   b. Jan 1632/3, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1689, Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 13 Aug 1657  Beverwyck, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7

    • 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.)
    Children 
     1. Thomas Swartwout,   b. 1660, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1749, Orange County, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Hendrickje Swartwout,   b. Abt 1660/1,   d. 28 May 1699, Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     3. Antoni Swartwout,   b. Bef 8 Jan 1662, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Antoni Swartwout,   b. Bef 11 May 1664, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1700, Orange County, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 35 years)
     5. Cornelia Swartwout,   b. Bef 13 Mar 1667, Wiltwyck, Colony of New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1714, Kingston, Ulster County, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 47 years)
     6. Rachel Swartwout,   b. 10 Apr 1669, Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1726, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, Colony of New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     7. Eva Swartwout,   b. Hurley, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Barnardus Swartwout,   b. Bef 26 Apr 1673, Kingston, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F2505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Francintje Andries,   b. 7 Sep 1638, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1694, Kingston, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1691  Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Address:
    Dutch Reformed Church 
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F2510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart