In brief

Born April 10, 1669, in Kingston, Ulster County, New Netherland. She married 1695 in Albany, New York. She died September 16, 1717 or 1727 or September/17, 1746 or about 1765.

Family

Children

  • Isaac Kip
    b. January 8, 1696
    m. Cornelia Lewis, January/June 7, 1720
    d. July 2, 1762
  • Roeloff Kip
    b. October 6/31, 1697
    m. Sarah/Zara Dumond/Dumont/Dumon, January/February 9, 1721
    d. 1785 in Rhinebeck, New York
  • Jacobus Kip
    b. April 10/November 24/26, 1699
    m. Klaartjen “Clara” van Wagenen, February 17, 1733
    d. 1747
  • Rachel Kip
    b. April 10/November 24/26, 1699
    m. Gerardus Lewis, February 16, 1720
  • Johannes Kipp · in this line
    b. April 14, 1702 · Kingston, New York
    m. Margriet van Etten, Abt. 1723
  • Catalyntie/Catelina Kip
    b. September 22, 1704 (other records: 1705)
    m. Wilhelmuus van Vredenburgh around 1726
  • Eva Kip
    b. April 7/15, 1707
    m. Gerrit van Wagenen, December 6/9/29, 1733
  • Maria Kip
    b. February 1709
    m. Jan van Benthuysen
    d. Abt. 1779
  • Abraham Kip
    b. January 22/24 (other records: 1714)
    m. Elsie Pruyn, April 20, 1744
    d. 1756

Siblings

  • Thomas Swartwout
    b. 1660 in Beverswyck (Albany), New Netherland
    m. Elizabeth Gardiner around 1682
    d. Abt. 1723 in Orange County, New York
  • Hendrica/Hendrickje Swartwout
    b. Abt. 1660
    m. Hubert/Huybert Lambertsen Brink, March 16, 1679
  • Anthony/Antoni Swartwout
    b. January 1662 in New Netherland
    d. abt. 1663
  • Cornelia Swartwout
    b. March 1667 in New Netherland
    m. Hendrick C. Schoonhoven
    d. Before 1714
  • Eva Swartwout
    b. 1671 in Hurley, Ulster County, New Netherland
    m. Jacob Dingman, October 9, 1698, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
  • Bernardus/Bernardus Swartwout
    b. April 26, 1673, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
    m. Rachael Schepmoes, May 19, 1700, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Life story

A Family Bible

Rachel Swartwout was born April 10, 1669, in Kingston, New York, daughter of Roeloff Swartwout and Eva Bradt, and married Jacob Kip in Albany in 1695. In 1739 she gave her son Roeloff a family Bible. Rachel died in the mid-eighteenth century, the exact year uncertain in the surviving records.

Sources (11)
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