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Jacobus Swartwout
Jacobus Swartwout II (born 5 November 1734 in Wicopee, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; died 16 February 1827 in Swartwoutville, Dutchess, New York) was an American landowner, statesman, and military leader, who 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. He was a delegate/signer to Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York and advocate for the Bill of Rights.〔(Avalon Project - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York; July 26, 1788 )〕
==Early life==
Jacobus Swartwout II was the son of Major Jacobus Swartwout (d.1749), great grandson of Roeloff Swartwout, and great great grandson of Tomys Swartwout.
Jacobus senior married Gieletjen "Jannetie" Nieuwkerk of Kingston, Ulster County, New York on October 5, 1714 in Old Dutch Church in Kingston. They had five sons and four daughters. Jacobus owned land at Maghaghkemeck (Port Jervis, Orange County), and was a Major in the light foot militia of Orange County under Col. Vincent Matthews from the 1730s to 1760.〔(Maj Jacobus Swartwout (1691 - 1749) - Find A Grave Memorial )〕〔(''An Index of Ancestors and Roll of Members of the Society of Colonial Wars'', General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.), 1922 )〕
In 1721 Jacobus Swartout purchased 306 acres of land from Madam Brett. The farm was situated south of the Fishkill Creek, about nine miles from the Hudson River,〔(Weise, Arthur James. ''The Swartout Chronicles'', Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Co., New York, 1899 )〕 in an area known as Wiccopee. Jacobus Swartwout II was born in Wiccopee, Fishkill, New York on 5 November 1734 and baptized at the Fishkill Dutch Reformed Church.
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