title: Swarthout
text: # Swarthout
  
  Swarthout, also spelled Swartwout and Swartout, is a surname of Dutch origins. All are descendants from the same lineage.
  
  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
  