Brig. General Jacobus or Jacob Swartwout II

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Jacobus Swartwout II (born 5 November 1734 in Wiccopee, Fishkill, Dutchess County, Province of New York; died 16 February 1827 in Swartwoutville, Dutchess, New York) was an early American landowner, statesman, and military leader. Swartwout served as a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under General George Washington. He was a close ally of many key Founding Fathers of the United States, and a delegate to New York State's convention for ratification of the US Constitution.

Swartwout Chronicles

1734 , Swartwoutville - Wicopee, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A

130.Jacobus6 Swartwout (Jacobus5, Thomas4, Roeloff3, Tomys2, Rolef1) was born November 1734 in Wicopee, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A., and died January 23, 1827 in Swartwoutville, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.. He married Aaltje Brinckerhoff March 7, 1760 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A., daughter of Isaac Brinckerhoff and Sarah Rapalje. She was born September 23, 1740 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A., and died March 27, 1822.

Notes for Jacobus Swartwout: His property lie on both sides of the road. On the Northeast side laid came the main road from Hopewell and the Hudson river, on the Northwest side was a road from New Hackensack. On the road south of that came to be known as Swartwoutville.

First house built was that around 1760. Second house was era 1789 

More About Jacobus Swartwout:

Baptism: November 4, 1734

Burial: Swartwout Burial Grounds in Swartwoutville, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

Military service: Brig. General under George Washington - Revolutionary War

Probate: 1827

Will: October 23, 1823

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Name: Gen. Jacobus Swartwout

Sex: M

ALIA: Brig. /General/

Birth: 1734 in Wicopee, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

Death: 23 JAN 1827 in Swartwoutville, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

Military Service: Brig. General, Revolutionary War

Burial: Swartwout Burial Grounds in Swartwoutville, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

Will: 23 OCT 1823

Baptism: 2 FEB 1734 Fishkill Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

Probate: 1827

Event: Info-Reference Pg 151 Death, Marriages from Hudson, New York, Newspapers Vo. 1 & 2

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His property lie on both sides of in the road. On the Northeast side laid came the main road from Hopewell and the Hudson rive, on the Northwest side was a road from New Hackensack the road south of the came to be known as Swartwoutville.

First house built was that around 1760. Second house was era 1789

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On July 26, 1788, New York State Ratified the United States Constitution in the Dutchess County Courthouse in Poughkeepsie. This print is on the north wall of the Poughkeepsie Post Office. The mural was painted by Gerald Foster on canvas and was installed in 1938.

The summer of 1788 found the third Dutchess County Courthouse in the hamlet of Poughkeepsie as the setting for one of the most dramatic ideological struggles in state and national political history. From June 17 to July 26, the New York Ratification Convention met to debate our entry into the new republic proposed under the constitution drawn in Philadelphia the previous year. Proponents of ratification led by John Jay and Alexander Hamilton were in the minority. Anti-federalists led by Governor Clinton, comprised the majority of delegates. They opposed ratification based upon the absence of provisions that would guarantee personal freedoms and clarify states, rights. Failure to ratify could have brought down the fledgling nation, but of what good would have been our struggles, if liberty were to succumb? Foster's painting shows the moment following six weeks of protracted and difficult debate when the followers of Clinton and those of Hamilton were brought to accommodation by the diplomacy of Dutchess County delegate Melancthon Smith. In a close vote of 30 to 27, the convention voted to ratify in "full confidence" that its concerns would be dealt with promptly. The result was a stronger nation and the Bill of Rights. Shown from left to right are: Philip Van Cortlandt, Cornelius Schoonmaker, Peter Vrooman, John Haring, Israel Thompson, Robert R. Livingston, Melancthon Smith, Governor George Clinton, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Bancker, John Jay, James Clinton, Issac Roosevelt, John Sloos Hobart, Jacobus Swartwout, Peter Vandervoort, James Duane, Philip Livingston, John Lansing, Lewis Morris, Richard Morris, Dirck Wyncoop and Gozen Ryerss. The artist's rendition of the interior of the courthouse is based upon careful historical and architectural research of the period, reviewed closely by FDR. The painting was developed as a popular poster by the New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution for its 1988 celebration.

Information and picture from the Poughkeepsie Journal web site, permission has been requested.

____________________________ "The bold statesmanship of General Jacobus Swartwout, on of the original law-makers of the state of New York, who for eighteen successive years served six as an assemblyman and twelve as a senator, added no little luster to his prompt and early service in the war of the Revolution."

The Swartwout Chronicles http://www.swarthoutfamily.org/Genealogy/chronpref.html

__________________________ All the General's children dropped the "w" except Derick who replaced "w" with "h". Anyone know why? ... Perhaps to remove themselves from their father's notoriety?

Children of Jacobus Swartwout and Aaltje Brinckerhoff are:

317 Sarah7 Swartout, born December 23, 1760 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.; died July 18, 1793. She married Dr. Edward Huntting May 10, 1790 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.; born 1741 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.; died Aft. 1797 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

318 Derick Swarthout, born August 21, 1762 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A.; died April 24, 1852.

319 Gieltjen Swartout, born October 7, 1764 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A..

320 Lt. Isaac Swartout, born December 21, 1767 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A.; died March 9, 1834 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A.

321 Jacobus I. Swartout, born June 26, 1770 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A.; died January 16, 1846. He married Anna R. Seward February 19, 1801 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A.; born January 24, 1778; died March 30, 1868.

    More About Jacobus I. Swartout:

             Burial: Hopewell, New York, U.S.A.

    More About Anna R. Seward:

             Burial: Hopewell, New York, U.S.A.

322 Aaltie Swartout, born November 30, 1774 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A.; died August 2, 1839.

323 John Swartout, born January 11, 1782 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A.

Link to Chronicles: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o /e/Kathy-A-Hoeldke/BOOK-0001/0004-0009.html#CHILD130

____________________________ In the name of God, Amen, December 1, 1744. I, JACOBUS SWARTWOUT, of the Fish Kill in Duchess County, Gent. I leave to my wife during widowhood the use of all my real estate, but in case she marries she shall have the income of 1/2 my lands and one negro wench, and a bed and furniture. I leave to my son Thomas, œ60, or the choice of one of my negroes, for his birthright. All the rest of my estate I leave to my sons, Thomas, Cornelius, Adolphus, Samuel, and Jacobus. I leave to my daughters, Jacomintie and Catharine, œ25. Also legacies to my daughters Elizabeth and Janetie. I make my sons, Thomas and Cornelius, and Theodorus Van Wyck and John Brinckerhoff, executors.

Jacobus Swartwoud New York, Church Records, 1660-1954 Name: Jacobus Swartwoud Event Type: Baptism Event Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States Event Place (Original): Kingston, , New York, United States Baptism Date: 2 Feb 1735 Father's Name: Jacobus Swartwoud Mother's Name: Guilitje Nieuwkerk Certificate Number: 4437 New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBX-QCLM : 10 October 2019), Jacobus Swartwoud, ; citing Birth, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York.

Military Service: Brig. General, Revolutionary War

He married Aaltje Brinckerhoff on Feb. 20, 1760 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

Children: Sarah Swartwout b: 23 DEC 1760 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A. Derick Swartwout b: 21 AUG 1762 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A. Gieltjen Caty Swartwout b: 7 OCT 1764 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A. Isaac Swartwout b: 21 DEC 1767 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A. Jacobus I. Swartwout b: 26 JUN 1770 in Fishkill, New York, U.S.A. Aaltie Swartwout b: 30 NOV 1774 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A. John Swartwout b: 11 JAN 1782 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, U.S.A.

• Military service: Brig. General
• Military service: United States
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