Swarthout

Swarthout, also spelled Swartwout and Swartout, is a surname of Dutch origins. All are descendants from same lineage.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Abraham Swartwout (1743–1799), Captain during American Revolutionary War, used coat to create first US Flag during battle
• Cornelius Swarthout - First patent for the waffle iron
• Egerton Swartwout, American architect Tracy and Swartwout
• Gladys Swarthout (1900–1969), American opera singer
• Glendon Swarthout (1918–1992), American author
• Jacobus Swartwout (1692–1749), NY Ulster County Militia Captain
• Jacobus Swartwout (1696–1756), NY Orange County Militia Major
• Jacobus Swartwout (1734–1827), Brigadier General in Revolutionary War, delegate to New York State US Federal Constitution Ratification
• Roeloff Swartwout, early American settler, founder of Ulster County, New York
• Tomys Swartwout, early American settler, founder of Midwood, Brooklyn, New York* Donald Swartwout, commended with Croix de Guerre medal by Marshal of France during WWI
• Bernardus Swartwout, founding member of Society of Cincinnati, Ensign NY 2nd Regiment Revolutionary War.
• Cornelius Swartwout, founding member of Society of Cincinnati, Captain Lieutenant New York Artillery Revolutionary War.
• Robert Swartwout, 9th Quartmaster General of the US Army, Brigadier General during War of 1812, merchant.
• Samuel Swartwout, close supporter of Andrew Jackson, Collector of Customs Port of New York, American soldier.
• Thomas Samuel Swartwout, early settler and landowner of Peenpack Wagheckemeck Patent, Mamakating precinct, Ulster County, New York precursor of the Town of Deerpark in Orange County, New York.
• David Swartout, golf instructor - coach