SARAH SWARTWOUDT

A mistake was made during last Thanksgiving week: I omitted the story about our fifth great grandmother, "Sary" Swartwoudt, the spouse of William Custard. I must have been too busy being grateful for my big Thanksgiving dinner that week. I apologize about having to back track a little, but I would not want you to miss knowing about our Swartwoudt ancestry.

Sarah was born in 1735 in Upper Smithfield, Pennsylvania. She married William on the fifth day of August in 1754 at Machackeneck, Minisink Valley, Orange, New York.  Sarah and William and their fourteen children lived and farmed in this valley for a number of years.

Their children:
1755 Jane (our ancestor)
1756 Isaac
1762 Susannah
1762 Abraham
1768 Jacob
1771 Mary
1773 Margaret
1775 William, Jr.
1775 John
1777 Catherine
1780 Sarah
1782 Benjamin
1784 Rebecca
1790 Samuel

Sary lived to be 92 years old! She died in 1827 at Egypt Mills, Northampton, Pike, PA and is buried at the Stairville Cemetery in Egypt Mills.

Sources: Book: "Our Brokaw/Bragaw Heritage" by Mrs. Elsie Foster, page 49; Book: "Swartwout Chronicles", written in 1899, page 591; New Jersey marriage record on microfilm of Sarah's parents at familysearch.org;  Marriage of Swartwoudt/Custard, Film printout; Burial info from Searles and Prior File at www.gencircles.com