Bernardus (Swartwout) Swartwood (1759 - 1843)

Born 27 Nov 1759 in New Jersey

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1843 at age 83 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Swartwout Name Study.

Bernardus Swartwout was born in 1759. He married Rymerich Van Etten (1751/1756-1816) on 5/24/1779 in the Minisink valley, Orange County, New York.^[1]

Bernardus Swartwout apparently married Rymerigh van Etten, but there is no known record of their marriage. There is a baptism record for one child from their marriage, daughter Knelia, born 22 Jun 1797 and baptized 27 August 1797 at Walpeck. Other children identified as theirs are Simeon Swartwood, who married Susannah Schoonover and had daughter Rimerick Swartwood, born 25 March 1813 and baptized 13 June 1813 at Walpeck, and John Swartwood, who married Mariah Miller and had daughter Rimareth Swartwood, born 11 December 1822, baptized 11 December 1826 at Walpack. ^[2][3] The unusual name Rymerigh, which has multiple spellings, is evidence of the family relationships.^[4]

Barnabus had military service during the American Revolutionary War. ^[5]

Barnabas Swartwood died in Pennsylvania on 21 March 1843 at age 87 and was buried on 11 Apr 1843 in Pennsylvania.^[5][6]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1797. Aug. 27. Bernardus Swartwout, Rymerig Van Etten. Knelia, b. 22 June 1797.^[7]

Research Notes

Find a Grave Memorial for John Van Etten Swartwood names him as father.

No records are identified here to support the claimed baptism on 27 November 1759. The Minisink church records do not include any baptisms or marriages to correspond with the dates shown here. If he was truly age 87 at his death in 1843, that suggests a birth in in 1756 (but there is no Minisink baptism record for him in 1756).

Sources

1. ↑ What evidence is there for these dates and places? Is there evidence to connect him to the identified parents?
2. ↑ Hatcher et al., page 37.
3. ↑ "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZV-VN1 : 12 December 2014), Rymerig Van Etten in entry for Knelia Swartwout, 22 Jun 1797; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 0599307 IT 3.
4. ↑ Hatcher et al.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Military: "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872"
   citing Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,319,387.
   FamilySearch Record: Q24Q-LX3C (accessed 11 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9WB-9G9P Image number 00271
   Name: Barnabus Swartwood; Military Service Date: 04 Mar 1831; Military Service Place: Pennsylvania, United States; Death Date: 21 Mar 1843; Event Place Sup: 7-vol G Revolutionary War pensioners; Event Place Year Range: 1815-1948.
6. ↑ Burial: "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
   citing Record number: 12;
   FamilySearch Record: Z2HQ-7WPZ (accessed 11 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSK3-C3ZK-C Image number 00031
7. ↑ "Church Register of the Walpeck Congregation," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 41 (1910). Page 88.

• Hatcher, Patricia Law, Henry B. Hoff and Robert W. Hull, "Reymerigh - An Unusual Given Name Ties Together the Norstrand Family", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol.139 (2008), pages 32-42.
• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZV-VNB : 12 December 2014), Bernardus Swartwout in entry for Knelia Swartwout, 22 Jun 1797; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 0599307 IT 3.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
• WikiTree profile Swartwout-163 created through the import of InitialWikiTree.GED on May 26, 2011 by Mark Swarthout. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.