When Gieletjen Swartwout was born in December 1757, in Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Swartwout, was 31 and her mother, Phebe Pudney, was 25. She married James Thurston about 1778, in Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Dutch: archaic variant of Swartwolt, from swart ‘black’ + wout ‘forest, wood’. The surname Swartwolt is very rare in the Netherlands and the variant Swartwout is no longer found there. In North America, the surname Swartwout may also be a Dutch translation of the German cognate Schwarzwald. Compare Swarthout , Swartout , and Swartwood .
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