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Swartwout Surname Origin
(Origin Dutch) The same as the English Blackwood, from Zwart, black, and woud, a wood.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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'People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.' --Edmund Burk