Grietje Margaret Decker was born in Raysester, Ulster, New York (now called Rochester, New York) on the 8th of March in 1696. She was christened on the 31st of March in 1700, at age 4. Her future husband, Bernardus Coobes Swartwout, was born the 31st of October in 1697 in Kingston, Ulster, New York. Grietje and Bernardus were married in Kingston on the 6th of October in 1720. Here is the list of their big family:
1722 Anthony in NY
1725 Lea in Rochester, NY
1726 Jacobus in Ulster City, NY
1728 Bernardus in NY
1730 Thomas in Peen Pack, NY
1732 Benjamin in Peen Pack, NY
1734 Jannetje in Peenpack, NY
1735 Sarah in Upper Smithfield, Pike, PA (our ancestor)
1736 Margaret in Peen Pack, Orange, New Jersey
1740 Elizabeth in Peenpack, Orange, NJ
1747 Maria in NJ
1749 Johannes in Lehman Twp., Northampton, PA
Grietje died in 1770 in Montague, New Jersey. Bernardus died in 1773 in Lehman Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
BERNARDUS COOBES SWARTWOUT
BORN: 31 Oct 1697 in Kingston, Ulster, NY
MARRIED: 6 Oct 1720 in Kingston, Ulster, NY
DIED: 1773 in Lehman Twp., Northampton, PA
GRIETJE MARGARET DECKER
BORN: 8 Mar 1696 in Raysester, Ulster, NY
DIED: 1770 in Montague, NY
SOURCES: Mrs. Elsie Foster, Compiler of "Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage" with additions made by Mr. H. Minot Pitman and the Brokaw Family Committee.
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