Die Lun�, 10 ho. A. M., February 26, 1776.
    The Congress met pursuant to adjournment.

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    A return from Colonel Jacobus Swartout for Officers for a Company of Militia in Rombout Precinct, was read and filed.
    It thereby appears that the following Officers were chosen, agreeable to the Rules of Congress, to wit: Evert Wynkoop Swart, Captain; Robert Brett, First Lieutenant; Isaac Van Wyck, Second Lieutenant; and Abraham Schultz, Ensign.
    Ordered, that Commissions issue for these gentlemen.
    Colonel Swartout also enclosed a List of Officers chosen by their several Companies in his Regiment of Minutemen, agreeable to the Resolution of Congress, for whom he requested Commissions as soon as possible, to wit: For John Dorlon, Captain; Henry Wykoff, First Lieutenant; Robert Hill, Second Lieutenant; and Thomas Ostrander, Ensign.
    In another Company: James Weeks, Captain; Hugh Connor, First Lieutenant; James Cooper, Second Lieutenant; and Theodorus Brett, Ensign.
    In another Company: Comfort Luddington, Captain; Elijah Oakley, First Lieutenant; John Bready, Second Lieutenant; and Asa Berry, Ensign.
    All which returns were dated this day.

    Ordered, That Commissions issue for all those gentlemen, agreeably to their respective Ranks returned.

Source:

Force, Peter, American Archives: Consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters and other notices of publick affairs, the whole forming a documentary history of the origin and progress of the North American colonies; of the causes and accomplishment of the American revolution; and of the Constitution of government for the United States, to the final ratification thereof., 4th Series, M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, 1837-46, Volume 5, pp. 307-308

    Richard Wynkoop, in the 1904 edition of the Wynkoop Genealogy in the United States of America, has this to say about Evert Wynkoop Swart on page 29:

    34. Anne Wynkoop, (Evert 4, Cornelius 1,) baptized April 26, 1702: married, October 30, 1724, at Kingston, Johannes Swart, each described as born in "Kingstown." She is mentioned in the will of Evert [4], in 1746, as his daughter Antje. [Zwart = black.]
    Children of Johannes and Anne (Wynkoop) Swart:
116. Gertrude Swart: bp. Sept. 26, 1725, "Geertjen."
117. Cornelius Swart: bp. May 19, 1728: m. Molly Beekman.
118. Anna Maria Swart: bp. Dec. 10, 1732.
119. Evert Wynkoop Swart: bp. Mch. 23, 1735: m. Maria Persen, b. Nov. 1, 1729, d. Mch. 7, 1792, at Fishkill. ⁸⁷
120. Benjamin Swart: bp. Sept. 18, 1737.
121. Tobias Swart: bp. Jan. 13, 1740, "Tobyas."
122. Catrina Swart: bp. June 6, 1742.
123. Elizabeth Swart: bp. Apl. 14, 1745.

    ⁸⁷ Tombstone in the yard of the First Dutch Church, Fishkill.

    All my best,

    Chris