Swarthout

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

Notable people with the surname include:

• Gladys Swarthout (1900–1969), American opera singer
• Glendon Swarthout (1918–1992), American author
• Cornelius Swartwout, holder of first patent for the waffle iron
• David Swartout, golf instructor and coach
• Egerton Swartwout, American architect, Tracy and Swartwout
• 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
• Robert Swartwout, 9th quartermaster 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
• Tomys Swartwout, early American settler, founder of Midwood, Brooklyn, New York