Thys BARENTSEN SWAIM

Birth:
Abt 1621
of Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
Death:
Nov 1682
Staten Island, Richmond, New York
Marriage:
Abt 1658
of Staten Island, Richmond, New York
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Passenger List of ship " St. Jan Baptist," 9 May 1661, extracted from pages 18
and 19 of the "Holland Society of New York, Year Book of 1902". Tys Barentsz,
from Leerdam, wife and three children, 15, 10 and 1 1/4 years old.

Death from Inventory of Tys Barntsen 2 Dec 1682, Swaim-Tysen book p. 21-24.
Forms of name Thys Barentze Van Leerdam, Tis Barns, Tyse Barnse, Tiss Barnson.
To America 9 May 1661 on ship Jan Baptista from Leerdam, Netherlands.  Fathers
name would have been Barent.

Book, "The Swaim-Tkysen Family of Staten Island, New York, New Jersey and
Southern States," by Mullane, Swaim and Johnson, 1984, at Randolph Public
Library, Asheboro, North Carolina.

    Thys or Tys is the Dutch spelling for Matthew or Matthias. By the 1706 census
of Staten Island, the British were requiring surnames. Theirs was written as
Swam. I am not sure when and why the name Swaim was chosen as the surname. Many
Dutch people used the form of patronymics, where the fathers first name becomes
the surname of the child.
Sytje CORNELIUS
Birth:
Abt 1640
of Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Anthoni TYSEN SWAIM
Chr:
16 Sep 1659
Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
Death:
2
Cornelius TYSEN SWAIM
Chr:
10 Aug 1661
Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   CHR:Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam.  Migrated from Staten Island after 12
Mar 1686
3
Elizabeth TYSEN SWAIM
Birth:
Abt 1665
of Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
Death:
1691/92
Staten Island, Richmond, New York
 
Marr:
 
4
Johannes TYSEN SWAIM
Birth:
Abt 1674
of Staten Island, Richmond, New York
Death:
Jannete LA FORGE 
Marr:
Abt 1700
of New York 
Notes:
                   On census of 1706.  Listed as a Freeholder on 19 Mar 1719/20 (NJMis p.47).
5
William TYSEN SWAIM
Birth:
Abt 1676
of Staten Island, Richmond, New York
Death:
Maria LARZELERE 
Marr:
Abt 1710
of Staten Island, Richmond, Ne 
Notes:
                   No Bapt. found.  Was member of militia in 1715 list.  Owned land at Freehold,
NJ, but never occupied it 20 May 1724 says late of Richmond Co., NY.  Went to
northern neck of VA first then Frederick Co, W. VA, the Shepherdtown,
Charlestown general area. Son  Matthias stayed in Morgan Co. & Berkeley Springs,
W. VA.  Sons Michael & John went to NC. Cornelius may have gone to Richmond,VA.
Most information comes from Swaim-Tysen book in Randolph Co, NC, p. 48, 50-51.
Thomas Higgins will of Hampshire Co, VA shows wife of Matthias Swaim.  Other
source is Evelyn G. Brooks, 124 Nelson Dr., Warrick, VA, 15 Nov 1960.
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Thys Barentsen Swaim - Sytje Cornelius

Thys Barentsen Swaim was born at of Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands Abt 1621.

He married Sytje Cornelius Abt 1658 at of Staten Island, Richmond, New York . Sytje Cornelius was born at of Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands Abt 1640 .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Anthoni Tysen Swaim christened 16 Sep 1659.
Cornelius Tysen Swaim christened 10 Aug 1661.
Elizabeth Tysen Swaim born Abt 1665.
Johannes Tysen Swaim born Abt 1674.
William Tysen Swaim born Abt 1676.

Thys Barentsen Swaim died Nov 1682 at Staten Island, Richmond, New York .