Swedish Colonial News, published by the Swedish Colonial Society. The Swedish Colonial Society, founded in 1909, is the oldest Swedish historical organization in the United States. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 06:36 PM, Cathy Berger wrote: > Debbie, would you please give us your source to this wonderful material. > Thanks. > > Cathy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:08 PM > Subject: [NewCastle] Mans Andersson/Mansson/Mounts and in-laws > > >> When the Kalmar Nyckel left Göteborg on its second voyage to New Sweden >> in October 1639, it had among its passengers Måns Andersson, probably >> accompanied by his wife and at least one small child, Brita. He had >> been >> hired as a laborer at a wage of 50 Dutch guilders per year. Arriving >> in >> New Sweden in April 1640, Måns Andersson continued to work as a laborer >> at this wage and, when a tobacco plantation was established at Upland >> in >> 1644, he was among those assigned to learn this type of farming. >> >> His first wife having died, Måns Andersson remarried about 1646 to a >> daughter of Christopher Rettel, a 1641 immigrant who returned to Sweden >> in 1648 with his 14-year-old son. While in America, Rettel’s wife died >> and his daughters had married. Måns and his new wife established their >> own farm, which they called “Silleryd” (meaning herring manor) in >> present Delaware County. In that year, he also left the employment of >> the New Sweden Company and became a freeman. He and another farmer paid >> 80 guilders apiece for an ox. Prohibited from trading with the Indians, >> Måns was forced to trade with the company store or Governor Printz’s >> private warehouse. Like most freemen, he fell into debt, which had >> reached almost 160 guilders by March 1648. Disillusioned and angry >> about >> Governor Printz’s harsh treatment of the freemen, Måns Andersson was >> one >> of the 22 freemen submitting a complaint to the governor on 27 July >> 1653, protesting his dictatorial rule and asking for more freedoms. The >> Governor branded this action as “mutiny,” threatened to bring the force >> of the law upon the signers and soon returned to Sweden. >> >> A number of the freemen decided that for their own safety they should >> flee New Sweden. Some went directly to Maryland. Måns Andersson chose >> to go to the new Dutch colony which had been established in 1651 at >> Fort >> Casimir (present New Castle, DE). Several other dissatisfied freemen >> had >> already settled just north of the fort at Swanwick (Swan Cove). Måns >> Andersson and his family joined them. >> >> He had hardly built his new log cabin when, to everyone’s surprise, the >> ship Eagle arrived in May 1654, bearing a new Governor (Johan Rising) >> and more Swedish and Finnish settlers. Rising captured Fort Casimir >> without firing a shot, renamed it Fort Trinity, and once again Måns >> Andersson was living under Swedish rule. Måns quickly discovered that >> the new governor took a more liberal and reasonable attitude toward the >> freemen. On 10 July 1654, Rising even offered to buy the buildings and >> cleared fields at “Silleryd,” an offer which Måns quickly accepted. His >> old farm was then rented by Rising to a new freeman, Nils Mattsson. >> For >> Måns Andersson, the return of Swedish rule was short-lived. >> >> In September 1655, Fort Casimir was recaptured by the Dutch and the >> mark >> of Måns Andersson was among those signing an oath of allegiance to >> Governor Stuyvesant. Måns Andersson remained a resident of Swanwick >> until 1661. His experience as a tobacco grower led to his being >> appointed inspector of tobacco in 1656. His young children attended >> the >> Dutch school in present New Castle. However, by 1661 conditions were no >> longer favorable for him. He owed 1561⁄2 guilders on a mortgage to the >> English trader Isaac Allerton, and residents of New Castle (then called >> New Amstel) were dying like flies because of new diseases introduced by >> newcomers from the Netherlands. It was time to move again. >> >> In 1661, Måns Andersson, his wife and six children were recorded as >> having emigrated to Maryland, and on 25 April 1662, a plantation was >> surveyed for him near the mouth of the Elk River on Sassafras Neck in >> Baltimore (now Cecil) County. This 150-acre plantation was named >> “Mountsfield.” While this new land was being prepared and a new house >> built, Måns temporarily took up residence at Christina on the >> Brandywine >> River, in partnership with Walraven Jansen de Vos (a former Dutch >> soldier married to a Swedish wife). Måns planted this land for four >> years and then sold his share to his former Swanwick neighbor, Dr. >> Tymen >> Stiddem, in 1665, and moved to “Mountsfield” in Maryland where he spent >> the balance of his life. Our last glimpse of Måns Andersson is a >> reference to him in the diary of a Dutch traveler, Jasper Danckaerts, >> who reported that on 4 December 1679, “towards evening we came to a >> Swede’s named Mouns, where we had to be put across a creek, where we >> spent the night with him, and were entirely welcome. He and his wife >> and >> some of his children spoke good Dutch and conversed with us about >> various matters concerning the country.” >> >> Not all of Måns Andersson’s children have been identified, but they >> appear to have included at least the following: >> (1). Brita Månsdotter, apparently born in Sweden by Måns’ first wife, >> was married at Fort Trinity in 1654 to the Swedish soldier Johan >> Gustafsson, progenitor of the Swedish Justis or Justice family. They >> moved from the New Castle area in 1656 and ultimately settled in >> Kingsessing on the west side of the Schuylkill River. After her >> husband’s death, she moved to New Castle County to reside with her >> daughter >> Annika. She died there in 1723. She had eleven children, as follows: >> 1. Gustaf Gustafsson (Justa Justis), born at Fort Trinity in 1655, >> married Anna Morton, daughter of Mårten Mårtensson, Sr., died in >> Kingsessing, February 1721/2. They had nine children. >> 2. Måns Gustafson/Mounce Justis, born in 1658, married Christina >> Andersdotter, daughter of Anders Svensson and his wife Anna, died on >> the >> Schuylkill in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia in 1749. They had >> eight children. >> 3. Carl Gustafson/Charles Justis, born in 1660, a tailor, married in >> 1703 Margaret, died in Kingsessing, by 10 Dec. 1718, when letters of >> administration on his estate were issued to his widow. They had six >> children. >> 4. Hans Gustafson/Hance Justis, born in 1662, married Maria, daughter >> of >> Olle Rawson and Brita Andersdotter and initially lived on his >> father-in-law’s plantation on Naaman’s Creek. In the early 1700s he >> moved to the head of the Northeast River in Cecil County, where he died >> after 1710. He had four sons and at least one daughter – Lydia, who in >> 1710 married Rev. Jonas Aurén, founder of St. Mary’s (Old >> Swedes’) Church in Northeast, Maryland. >> 5. Annika Gustafson/Anna Justis, born c. 1666, married [1] by 1690 >> Matthias Morton of Ridley township, Chester (now Delaware) County, son >> of Mårten Mårtensson, [2] between 1707 and 1712 the widower Jonas >> Walraven of New Castle County, [3] 15 June 1727, at Holy Trinity >> Church, >> the widower Charles Springer. She died in New Castle County. She had >> seven children, all by her first husband. >> 6. Johan Gustafson/John Justis, born c. 1668, married (name unknown), >> who died before 1697. He died in Philadelphia County, and was buried 3 >> Oct. 1716 at Christ Church, Philadelphia. One daughter. >> 7. Peter Gustafson/Peter Justis, born 1670, married by 1696, Brigitta, >> daughter of Olle and Lydia Swanson. He died at Kingsessing and was >> buried 30 Aug. 1699. He was survived by one son. His widow married >> Jacob >> Van Culin. >> 8. Jacob Gustafson/Justis, born 1673, died in Kingsessing, unmarried >> and >> without children, and was buried 30 August 1699 with his brother Peter. >> 9. Elisabeth Gustafson/Justis, born c. 1675, married. [1] before 1696, >> Matthias Peterson, son of Samuel Petersson and his wife Brita of New >> Castle County, DE, [2] 18 October 1720, the widower Edward Robinson. >> She >> was buried 23 Sept. 1730 at Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington. Three >> children, all by her first husband. >> 10. Sven Gustafson/Swan Justis, born 1677, married Catharina, daughter >> of Peter Petersson Yocum and Judith Jonasdotter [Nilsson]. He died in >> Kingsessing by 9 March 1722/3 when his will was proved. Five children. >> 11. Anders Gustafson/Andrew Justis, born 1681 in Delaware, married by >> 1704 Brita, daughter of Samuel Petersson and his wife Brita of New >> Castle County, died before 19 Aug. 1740, when his will was proved in >> Salem County, NJ. His wife had been buried at Holy Trinity Church on >> 27 >> June 1737. Four children. >> >> (2). Ingeborg Månsdotter, was born by estimation in 1647 in Delaware. >> After the move to Maryland, she married Hendrick Hendricksson, who had >> arrived in New Sweden on the Eagle in 1654 as a young soldier. In 1661 >> he moved to Maryland and in the following years had four tracts >> surveyed >> for him on Sassafras Neck, named “Hendricks,” “Hendrickson,” Hendricks >> Choice,” and finally, in 1679, “Hendricks Addition.” All adjoined or >> were close to “Mountsfield.” Hendrickson died in the 1680s and Ingeborg >> then married Cornelius Clements. Cornelius was the son of Anders >> Clementsson, who also first appeared in New Sweden records in 1654. He >> was a soldier at Fort Christina in 1655 and moved to Maryland by 1662 >> when a 400-acre plantation called “Clementson” was surveyed for him on >> Sassafras Neck, near “Mountsfield.” Andrew Clementsson died in 1687, >> and >> Cornelius, his third son, inherited 75 acres of his father’s lands. >> Cornelius Clements outlived his wife and died in 1715. By her two >> husbands, Ingeborg had three children: >> 1. Catharine Hendrickson, married by 1693 Thomas Severson, eldest son >> of Marcus Sigfridsson, a Finn who had arrived on the Delaware in 1656 >> on >> the 'Mercurius' and moved to Sassafras Neck by 1658 when “Marksfield,” >> 50 acres, was surveyed for him. Thomas and Catharine became owners of >> “Hendricks” and >> “Hendrickson,” and had seven children before Thomas Severson died in >> 1718. His wife survived him. >> 2. Christopher Hendrickson married by 1700 Mary Kelton [English]. He >> inherited 200 acres, his father’s “Hendricks Choice” and “Hendricks >> Addition,” and later acquired other lands in the area. He had five >> children and died in 1725. >> 3. Abraham Clements, baptized in August 1697, died unmarried in 1717. >> >> (3). Christopher Månsson, born c. 1652 in Delaware, became known in his >> adulthood as Christopher Mounts, or sometimes as Christopher Anderson. >> He married twice. His first wife (name unknown) was the eldest child of >> Casparus Herman and his first wife, Susanna Huyberts [both Dutch]. She >> died by 1695, when Christopher married Martha, the second wife and >> widow >> of Nicholas Dorrell. Christopher inherited his father’s “Mountsfield” >> plantation and also, by reason of his first marriage, had tenure of his >> first wife’s inheritance, 400 acres in “St. Johns Manor” on the west >> side of Elk River until her children reached adulthood. Christopher >> Mounts died intestate in 1710. His widow Martha died at “Mountsfield” >> in >> 1738 By his two marriages, Christopher Mounts had eight children: >> 1.Charles Mounts, who inherited 200 acres of “St. Johns Manor,” sold >> that land in 1712 and died unmarried in 1713. >> 2. Casparus Mounts, who also died unmarried in 1713. >> 3. Elizabeth Mounts, who married Andrew Rosenquist c. 1711. On 14 >> March 1714/5 they sold the other 200 acres of “St. Johns Manor.” >> 4. Sarah Mounts, born 7 April 1696, had one daughter, Martha, by her >> first husband, James Smithson, and married [2] Cornelius Tobey. >> 5. Mary Mounts, born 6 Sept. 1698, married John Beedle in 1716. >> 6. Ann Mounts, born 9 Jan. 1702/3, married Robert Mercer in 1727. >> 7. Martha Mounts, born 16 March 1704/5, married William Mercer, brother >> of Robert Mercer. >> 8. Christopher Mounts, born 18 October 1708, died unmarried in 1738. >> >> (4). Lars Månsson/Lawrence Mounts, born c. 1660 in Delaware, died by 2 >> August 1697 when his estate was inventoried in Cecil County, Maryland. >> His widow Sarah (parents unknown) administered his meager estate. If >> they had children, none has been identified. >> >> (5). Charles Månsson, better known during his lifetime as Charles >> Anderson, was born c. 1664 in Delaware. He married around 1700 (name >> of >> wife unknown) and established his home at first at the head of the >> Northeast River, close to Hans Justis and Andrew Friend, both also >> Swedes. By 1712, he was actively engaged in Indian trading with Andrew >> Friend. Around 1720, he moved to Monocacy Creek, near the Potomac >> River. >> As an Indian trader, he was called upon by the Maryland government in >> 1722 and 1725 to bring Shawnee chiefs from present Oldtown, Maryland, >> to >> his house for peace negotiations. In 1734 land was surveyed for him on >> the Potomac River in Frederick County, Virginia (now Berkeley County, >> WV). He turned this land over to his son, Joseph Mounts, and moved on >> to Oldtown, Maryland, where he lived for the reminder of his life. In >> 1740, at the age of 75, he signed an affidavit for use in the >> Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary dispute. He died shortly thereafter. Of >> Charles Anderson’s family, the only proven member was his son Joseph >> Mounts, who was born about 1700 and married Catharine Williams, by whom >> he had three sons (Providence, Joseph and William Mounts) who >> perpetuated the surname Mounts for succeeding generations. >> >> (6). Maria Månsdotter, born c. 1676, married Matthias Matthiason, only >> son and heir of Hendrick Matthiasson, a Finn, who had been sent to New >> Sweden in 1641 as punishment for a minor crime. In 1648, he was made a >> freeman and frequently used Freeman as a surname. He also signed the >> complaint against Governor Printz in 1653, but did not flee New Sweden. >> However, after marrying Elisabeth (parents not >> identified), he moved to the Sassafras River (MD) in 1658 and settled >> on >> a 100-acre plantation on Sassafras Neck called “Mathiason.” Upon his >> death in 1687, this was inherited by his son Matthias Matthiason. >> Matthias Matthiason, alias Freeman, operated an “ordinary” (inn) on >> his >> land, which became the first courthouse in Cecil County. In 1699 and >> 1700, he also traveled to Delaware and worked for two days helping to >> build Holy Trinity Church. He was suretor for Christopher Mounts, >> administrator of the estate of Nicholas Dorrell (Worrell?), and when >> Matthias died in 1702, Christopher Mounts was suretor for his sister >> Maria, executrix of Matthias’ estate. Maria married [2] Otho Othoson >> [Dutch] in 1704. She died after 1715. Her children, all by her first >> marriage, were: >> 1. Mary Matthiason, born 2 April 1690, married John Kämpe, son of Lars >> Pålsson Kämpe of New Sweden. In 1717 they moved to Gloucester County, >> New Jersey, to join John’s brother, Paul Kämpe, who had moved there a >> few years before. >> 2. Elisabeth Matthiasson, born c. 1694, not further traced. >> 3. Matthias Matthiasson, Jr., baptized 20 August 1699, inherited his >> father’s “Mathiason” plantation. He died in 1733 and his widow Mary >> died >> in 1740. They had four children, one of whom (Matthias Matthiasson III) >> became a mariner and was living in Biddeford, Devonshire, England, when >> he and his wife, Ann sold the last remnant of the home plantation in >> 1752. >> >> >> > >

Debbie, would you please give us your source to this wonderful material. Thanks. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: [NewCastle] Mans Andersson/Mansson/Mounts and in-laws > When the Kalmar Nyckel left Göteborg on its second voyage to New Sweden > in October 1639, it had among its passengers Måns Andersson, probably > accompanied by his wife and at least one small child, Brita. He had been > hired as a laborer at a wage of 50 Dutch guilders per year. Arriving in > New Sweden in April 1640, Måns Andersson continued to work as a laborer > at this wage and, when a tobacco plantation was established at Upland in > 1644, he was among those assigned to learn this type of farming. > > His first wife having died, Måns Andersson remarried about 1646 to a > daughter of Christopher Rettel, a 1641 immigrant who returned to Sweden > in 1648 with his 14-year-old son. While in America, Rettel’s wife died > and his daughters had married. Måns and his new wife established their > own farm, which they called “Silleryd” (meaning herring manor) in > present Delaware County. In that year, he also left the employment of > the New Sweden Company and became a freeman. He and another farmer paid > 80 guilders apiece for an ox. Prohibited from trading with the Indians, > Måns was forced to trade with the company store or Governor Printz’s > private warehouse. Like most freemen, he fell into debt, which had > reached almost 160 guilders by March 1648. Disillusioned and angry about > Governor Printz’s harsh treatment of the freemen, Måns Andersson was one > of the 22 freemen submitting a complaint to the governor on 27 July > 1653, protesting his dictatorial rule and asking for more freedoms. The > Governor branded this action as “mutiny,” threatened to bring the force > of the law upon the signers and soon returned to Sweden. > > A number of the freemen decided that for their own safety they should > flee New Sweden. Some went directly to Maryland. Måns Andersson chose > to go to the new Dutch colony which had been established in 1651 at Fort > Casimir (present New Castle, DE). Several other dissatisfied freemen had > already settled just north of the fort at Swanwick (Swan Cove). Måns > Andersson and his family joined them. > > He had hardly built his new log cabin when, to everyone’s surprise, the > ship Eagle arrived in May 1654, bearing a new Governor (Johan Rising) > and more Swedish and Finnish settlers. Rising captured Fort Casimir > without firing a shot, renamed it Fort Trinity, and once again Måns > Andersson was living under Swedish rule. Måns quickly discovered that > the new governor took a more liberal and reasonable attitude toward the > freemen. On 10 July 1654, Rising even offered to buy the buildings and > cleared fields at “Silleryd,” an offer which Måns quickly accepted. His > old farm was then rented by Rising to a new freeman, Nils Mattsson. For > Måns Andersson, the return of Swedish rule was short-lived. > > In September 1655, Fort Casimir was recaptured by the Dutch and the mark > of Måns Andersson was among those signing an oath of allegiance to > Governor Stuyvesant. Måns Andersson remained a resident of Swanwick > until 1661. His experience as a tobacco grower led to his being > appointed inspector of tobacco in 1656. His young children attended the > Dutch school in present New Castle. However, by 1661 conditions were no > longer favorable for him. He owed 1561⁄2 guilders on a mortgage to the > English trader Isaac Allerton, and residents of New Castle (then called > New Amstel) were dying like flies because of new diseases introduced by > newcomers from the Netherlands. It was time to move again. > > In 1661, Måns Andersson, his wife and six children were recorded as > having emigrated to Maryland, and on 25 April 1662, a plantation was > surveyed for him near the mouth of the Elk River on Sassafras Neck in > Baltimore (now Cecil) County. This 150-acre plantation was named > “Mountsfield.” While this new land was being prepared and a new house > built, Måns temporarily took up residence at Christina on the Brandywine > River, in partnership with Walraven Jansen de Vos (a former Dutch > soldier married to a Swedish wife). Måns planted this land for four > years and then sold his share to his former Swanwick neighbor, Dr. Tymen > Stiddem, in 1665, and moved to “Mountsfield” in Maryland where he spent > the balance of his life. Our last glimpse of Måns Andersson is a > reference to him in the diary of a Dutch traveler, Jasper Danckaerts, > who reported that on 4 December 1679, “towards evening we came to a > Swede’s named Mouns, where we had to be put across a creek, where we > spent the night with him, and were entirely welcome. He and his wife and > some of his children spoke good Dutch and conversed with us about > various matters concerning the country.” > > Not all of Måns Andersson’s children have been identified, but they > appear to have included at least the following: > (1). Brita Månsdotter, apparently born in Sweden by Måns’ first wife, > was married at Fort Trinity in 1654 to the Swedish soldier Johan > Gustafsson, progenitor of the Swedish Justis or Justice family. They > moved from the New Castle area in 1656 and ultimately settled in > Kingsessing on the west side of the Schuylkill River. After her > husband’s death, she moved to New Castle County to reside with her > daughter > Annika. She died there in 1723. She had eleven children, as follows: > 1. Gustaf Gustafsson (Justa Justis), born at Fort Trinity in 1655, > married Anna Morton, daughter of Mårten Mårtensson, Sr., died in > Kingsessing, February 1721/2. They had nine children. > 2. Måns Gustafson/Mounce Justis, born in 1658, married Christina > Andersdotter, daughter of Anders Svensson and his wife Anna, died on the > Schuylkill in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia in 1749. They had > eight children. > 3. Carl Gustafson/Charles Justis, born in 1660, a tailor, married in > 1703 Margaret, died in Kingsessing, by 10 Dec. 1718, when letters of > administration on his estate were issued to his widow. They had six > children. > 4. Hans Gustafson/Hance Justis, born in 1662, married Maria, daughter of > Olle Rawson and Brita Andersdotter and initially lived on his > father-in-law’s plantation on Naaman’s Creek. In the early 1700s he > moved to the head of the Northeast River in Cecil County, where he died > after 1710. He had four sons and at least one daughter – Lydia, who in > 1710 married Rev. Jonas Aurén, founder of St. Mary’s (Old > Swedes’) Church in Northeast, Maryland. > 5. Annika Gustafson/Anna Justis, born c. 1666, married [1] by 1690 > Matthias Morton of Ridley township, Chester (now Delaware) County, son > of Mårten Mårtensson, [2] between 1707 and 1712 the widower Jonas > Walraven of New Castle County, [3] 15 June 1727, at Holy Trinity Church, > the widower Charles Springer. She died in New Castle County. She had > seven children, all by her first husband. > 6. Johan Gustafson/John Justis, born c. 1668, married (name unknown), > who died before 1697. He died in Philadelphia County, and was buried 3 > Oct. 1716 at Christ Church, Philadelphia. One daughter. > 7. Peter Gustafson/Peter Justis, born 1670, married by 1696, Brigitta, > daughter of Olle and Lydia Swanson. He died at Kingsessing and was > buried 30 Aug. 1699. He was survived by one son. His widow married Jacob > Van Culin. > 8. Jacob Gustafson/Justis, born 1673, died in Kingsessing, unmarried and > without children, and was buried 30 August 1699 with his brother Peter. > 9. Elisabeth Gustafson/Justis, born c. 1675, married. [1] before 1696, > Matthias Peterson, son of Samuel Petersson and his wife Brita of New > Castle County, DE, [2] 18 October 1720, the widower Edward Robinson. She > was buried 23 Sept. 1730 at Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington. Three > children, all by her first husband. > 10. Sven Gustafson/Swan Justis, born 1677, married Catharina, daughter > of Peter Petersson Yocum and Judith Jonasdotter [Nilsson]. He died in > Kingsessing by 9 March 1722/3 when his will was proved. Five children. > 11. Anders Gustafson/Andrew Justis, born 1681 in Delaware, married by > 1704 Brita, daughter of Samuel Petersson and his wife Brita of New > Castle County, died before 19 Aug. 1740, when his will was proved in > Salem County, NJ. His wife had been buried at Holy Trinity Church on 27 > June 1737. Four children. > > (2). Ingeborg Månsdotter, was born by estimation in 1647 in Delaware. > After the move to Maryland, she married Hendrick Hendricksson, who had > arrived in New Sweden on the Eagle in 1654 as a young soldier. In 1661 > he moved to Maryland and in the following years had four tracts surveyed > for him on Sassafras Neck, named “Hendricks,” “Hendrickson,” Hendricks > Choice,” and finally, in 1679, “Hendricks Addition.” All adjoined or > were close to “Mountsfield.” Hendrickson died in the 1680s and Ingeborg > then married Cornelius Clements. Cornelius was the son of Anders > Clementsson, who also first appeared in New Sweden records in 1654. He > was a soldier at Fort Christina in 1655 and moved to Maryland by 1662 > when a 400-acre plantation called “Clementson” was surveyed for him on > Sassafras Neck, near “Mountsfield.” Andrew Clementsson died in 1687, and > Cornelius, his third son, inherited 75 acres of his father’s lands. > Cornelius Clements outlived his wife and died in 1715. By her two > husbands, Ingeborg had three children: > 1. Catharine Hendrickson, married by 1693 Thomas Severson, eldest son > of Marcus Sigfridsson, a Finn who had arrived on the Delaware in 1656 on > the 'Mercurius' and moved to Sassafras Neck by 1658 when “Marksfield,” > 50 acres, was surveyed for him. Thomas and Catharine became owners of > “Hendricks” and > “Hendrickson,” and had seven children before Thomas Severson died in > 1718. His wife survived him. > 2. Christopher Hendrickson married by 1700 Mary Kelton [English]. He > inherited 200 acres, his father’s “Hendricks Choice” and “Hendricks > Addition,” and later acquired other lands in the area. He had five > children and died in 1725. > 3. Abraham Clements, baptized in August 1697, died unmarried in 1717. > > (3). Christopher Månsson, born c. 1652 in Delaware, became known in his > adulthood as Christopher Mounts, or sometimes as Christopher Anderson. > He married twice. His first wife (name unknown) was the eldest child of > Casparus Herman and his first wife, Susanna Huyberts [both Dutch]. She > died by 1695, when Christopher married Martha, the second wife and widow > of Nicholas Dorrell. Christopher inherited his father’s “Mountsfield” > plantation and also, by reason of his first marriage, had tenure of his > first wife’s inheritance, 400 acres in “St. Johns Manor” on the west > side of Elk River until her children reached adulthood. Christopher > Mounts died intestate in 1710. His widow Martha died at “Mountsfield” in > 1738 By his two marriages, Christopher Mounts had eight children: > 1.Charles Mounts, who inherited 200 acres of “St. Johns Manor,” sold > that land in 1712 and died unmarried in 1713. > 2. Casparus Mounts, who also died unmarried in 1713. > 3. Elizabeth Mounts, who married Andrew Rosenquist c. 1711. On 14 > March 1714/5 they sold the other 200 acres of “St. Johns Manor.” > 4. Sarah Mounts, born 7 April 1696, had one daughter, Martha, by her > first husband, James Smithson, and married [2] Cornelius Tobey. > 5. Mary Mounts, born 6 Sept. 1698, married John Beedle in 1716. > 6. Ann Mounts, born 9 Jan. 1702/3, married Robert Mercer in 1727. > 7. Martha Mounts, born 16 March 1704/5, married William Mercer, brother > of Robert Mercer. > 8. Christopher Mounts, born 18 October 1708, died unmarried in 1738. > > (4). Lars Månsson/Lawrence Mounts, born c. 1660 in Delaware, died by 2 > August 1697 when his estate was inventoried in Cecil County, Maryland. > His widow Sarah (parents unknown) administered his meager estate. If > they had children, none has been identified. > > (5). Charles Månsson, better known during his lifetime as Charles > Anderson, was born c. 1664 in Delaware. He married around 1700 (name of > wife unknown) and established his home at first at the head of the > Northeast River, close to Hans Justis and Andrew Friend, both also > Swedes. By 1712, he was actively engaged in Indian trading with Andrew > Friend. Around 1720, he moved to Monocacy Creek, near the Potomac River. > As an Indian trader, he was called upon by the Maryland government in > 1722 and 1725 to bring Shawnee chiefs from present Oldtown, Maryland, to > his house for peace negotiations. In 1734 land was surveyed for him on > the Potomac River in Frederick County, Virginia (now Berkeley County, > WV). He turned this land over to his son, Joseph Mounts, and moved on > to Oldtown, Maryland, where he lived for the reminder of his life. In > 1740, at the age of 75, he signed an affidavit for use in the > Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary dispute. He died shortly thereafter. Of > Charles Anderson’s family, the only proven member was his son Joseph > Mounts, who was born about 1700 and married Catharine Williams, by whom > he had three sons (Providence, Joseph and William Mounts) who > perpetuated the surname Mounts for succeeding generations. > > (6). Maria Månsdotter, born c. 1676, married Matthias Matthiason, only > son and heir of Hendrick Matthiasson, a Finn, who had been sent to New > Sweden in 1641 as punishment for a minor crime. In 1648, he was made a > freeman and frequently used Freeman as a surname. He also signed the > complaint against Governor Printz in 1653, but did not flee New Sweden. > However, after marrying Elisabeth (parents not > identified), he moved to the Sassafras River (MD) in 1658 and settled on > a 100-acre plantation on Sassafras Neck called “Mathiason.” Upon his > death in 1687, this was inherited by his son Matthias Matthiason. > Matthias Matthiason, alias Freeman, operated an “ordinary” (inn) on his > land, which became the first courthouse in Cecil County. In 1699 and > 1700, he also traveled to Delaware and worked for two days helping to > build Holy Trinity Church. He was suretor for Christopher Mounts, > administrator of the estate of Nicholas Dorrell (Worrell?), and when > Matthias died in 1702, Christopher Mounts was suretor for his sister > Maria, executrix of Matthias’ estate. Maria married [2] Otho Othoson > [Dutch] in 1704. She died after 1715. Her children, all by her first > marriage, were: > 1. Mary Matthiason, born 2 April 1690, married John Kämpe, son of Lars > Pålsson Kämpe of New Sweden. In 1717 they moved to Gloucester County, > New Jersey, to join John’s brother, Paul Kämpe, who had moved there a > few years before. > 2. Elisabeth Matthiasson, born c. 1694, not further traced. > 3. Matthias Matthiasson, Jr., baptized 20 August 1699, inherited his > father’s “Mathiason” plantation. He died in 1733 and his widow Mary died > in 1740. They had four children, one of whom (Matthias Matthiasson III) > became a mariner and was living in Biddeford, Devonshire, England, when > he and his wife, Ann sold the last remnant of the home plantation in > 1752. > > >

Ericus Björk, born 13 January 1668, was a 29-year-old bachelor when he arrived in America in 1697 and became pastor of the Swedish congregation at Crane Hook, Delaware. Within two years he had inspired his congregation to build a new church at Christina (present Wilmington), which was consecrated in 1699. In 1702, at the age of 34, he married Christina Stalcop, then 16 years old. Their first home was a house on Red Clay Creek, on land owned by her father, Peter Stalcop. Finally, on 20 January 1710, his family moved into the “slowly-built, and now but little more than half-finished” parsonage next to the church. Two years later, in May 1712, the Björks received three new bachelor guests at the new parsonage. All had newly arrived from Sweden. They were Rev. Andreas Hesselius, 36, who had been sent to replace Björk at Holy Trinity Church; Rev. Abraham Lidenius, who was to be assistant minister; and Gustavus Hesselius, 30, already an accomplished portrait painter, with training in both Sweden and London, England. Gustavus Hesselius remained as a guest of the Björks for a “few weeks” before he moved on to Philadelphia to begin his American career as a painter. It seems likely that he made the portraits of Ericus and Christina now at the Nordic Museum during this period, while living with the Björk family. See Spring 2002 issue at: http://www.colonialswedes.org/Publications/SCNews.html In Philadelphia, he rented space in the heart of the city and launched his business. In a letter to his mother in Sweden, dated 26 June 1714, he wrote that his business was brisk because “there is no other portrait painter here.” After moving to Philadelphia, Gustavus Hesselius also made frequent trips to Christina to visit his brother Andreas. Undoubtedly he was present when his brother Andreas married Sarah Walraven at Holy Trinity Church on 3 May 1713. At that time, the Björk family vacated the parsonage and moved back to the house they had formerly occupied on Red Clay Creek. On 14 April 1714, Gustavus Hesselius was married to Lydia Gatchell, a native of Boston, at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia. Andreas Sandel, who had married Ericus Björk and Christina Stalcop at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) in 1702, was the minister. When Lydia became pregnant with their first child, the couple moved to Andreas Hesselius’s parsonage at Christina by 22 April 1716, when both took communion at Holy Trinity Church. The baby was born 28 July 1716 and baptized as Andreas Hesselius the next day. The Björk family started its journey from New Castle County to Sweden on 29 June 1714. On the same day, Andreas Hesselius wrote in the Holy Trinity church book that Björk “left his own and his beloved wife’s portraits.” It has been presumed that these portraits were a gift to the church. However, in retrospect, they seem to have been treated as a loan, with the expectation that some later Swedish pastor would bring them back to Sweden and return them to the Björks. Rev. Andreas Sandel returned to Sweden in 1719 and presided over Christina Stalcop’s funeral on 12 April 1720. Andreas Hesselius returned to Sweden in 1724. Subsequent to 1714, there was no mention of the two paintings in Holy Trinity Church records. When Israel Acrelius arrived in 1749, he asked for an inventory of church possessions at the time of the death of Peter Tranberg a year before. He was told “that what was left by him was of so little value that it was not worth while to require any account of it.” The American record thus establishes that (1) Gustavus Hesselius was the first and only portrait painter in the area during the period 1712-1714; (2) that he resided with the Björk family for a “few weeks” on his first arrival; and (3) that when the Björk family left in 1714, they left portraits of Ericus Björk and his wife Christina Stalcop under the care of Andreas Hesselius. That Gustavus was the creator of these portraits seems self-evident. There was no one else who could have made them.

When the Kalmar Nyckel left Göteborg on its second voyage to New Sweden in October 1639, it had among its passengers Måns Andersson, probably accompanied by his wife and at least one small child, Brita. He had been hired as a laborer at a wage of 50 Dutch guilders per year. Arriving in New Sweden in April 1640, Måns Andersson continued to work as a laborer at this wage and, when a tobacco plantation was established at Upland in 1644, he was among those assigned to learn this type of farming. His first wife having died, Måns Andersson remarried about 1646 to a daughter of Christopher Rettel, a 1641 immigrant who returned to Sweden in 1648 with his 14-year-old son. While in America, Rettel’s wife died and his daughters had married. Måns and his new wife established their own farm, which they called “Silleryd” (meaning herring manor) in present Delaware County. In that year, he also left the employment of the New Sweden Company and became a freeman. He and another farmer paid 80 guilders apiece for an ox. Prohibited from trading with the Indians, Måns was forced to trade with the company store or Governor Printz’s private warehouse. Like most freemen, he fell into debt, which had reached almost 160 guilders by March 1648. Disillusioned and angry about Governor Printz’s harsh treatment of the freemen, Måns Andersson was one of the 22 freemen submitting a complaint to the governor on 27 July 1653, protesting his dictatorial rule and asking for more freedoms. The Governor branded this action as “mutiny,” threatened to bring the force of the law upon the signers and soon returned to Sweden. A number of the freemen decided that for their own safety they should flee New Sweden. Some went directly to Maryland. Måns Andersson chose to go to the new Dutch colony which had been established in 1651 at Fort Casimir (present New Castle, DE). Several other dissatisfied freemen had already settled just north of the fort at Swanwick (Swan Cove). Måns Andersson and his family joined them. He had hardly built his new log cabin when, to everyone’s surprise, the ship Eagle arrived in May 1654, bearing a new Governor (Johan Rising) and more Swedish and Finnish settlers. Rising captured Fort Casimir without firing a shot, renamed it Fort Trinity, and once again Måns Andersson was living under Swedish rule. Måns quickly discovered that the new governor took a more liberal and reasonable attitude toward the freemen. On 10 July 1654, Rising even offered to buy the buildings and cleared fields at “Silleryd,” an offer which Måns quickly accepted. His old farm was then rented by Rising to a new freeman, Nils Mattsson. For Måns Andersson, the return of Swedish rule was short-lived. In September 1655, Fort Casimir was recaptured by the Dutch and the mark of Måns Andersson was among those signing an oath of allegiance to Governor Stuyvesant. Måns Andersson remained a resident of Swanwick until 1661. His experience as a tobacco grower led to his being appointed inspector of tobacco in 1656. His young children attended the Dutch school in present New Castle. However, by 1661 conditions were no longer favorable for him. He owed 1561⁄2 guilders on a mortgage to the English trader Isaac Allerton, and residents of New Castle (then called New Amstel) were dying like flies because of new diseases introduced by newcomers from the Netherlands. It was time to move again. In 1661, Måns Andersson, his wife and six children were recorded as having emigrated to Maryland, and on 25 April 1662, a plantation was surveyed for him near the mouth of the Elk River on Sassafras Neck in Baltimore (now Cecil) County. This 150-acre plantation was named “Mountsfield.” While this new land was being prepared and a new house built, Måns temporarily took up residence at Christina on the Brandywine River, in partnership with Walraven Jansen de Vos (a former Dutch soldier married to a Swedish wife). Måns planted this land for four years and then sold his share to his former Swanwick neighbor, Dr. Tymen Stiddem, in 1665, and moved to “Mountsfield” in Maryland where he spent the balance of his life. Our last glimpse of Måns Andersson is a reference to him in the diary of a Dutch traveler, Jasper Danckaerts, who reported that on 4 December 1679, “towards evening we came to a Swede’s named Mouns, where we had to be put across a creek, where we spent the night with him, and were entirely welcome. He and his wife and some of his children spoke good Dutch and conversed with us about various matters concerning the country.” Not all of Måns Andersson’s children have been identified, but they appear to have included at least the following: (1). Brita Månsdotter, apparently born in Sweden by Måns’ first wife, was married at Fort Trinity in 1654 to the Swedish soldier Johan Gustafsson, progenitor of the Swedish Justis or Justice family. They moved from the New Castle area in 1656 and ultimately settled in Kingsessing on the west side of the Schuylkill River. After her husband’s death, she moved to New Castle County to reside with her daughter Annika. She died there in 1723. She had eleven children, as follows: 1. Gustaf Gustafsson (Justa Justis), born at Fort Trinity in 1655, married Anna Morton, daughter of Mårten Mårtensson, Sr., died in Kingsessing, February 1721/2. They had nine children. 2. Måns Gustafson/Mounce Justis, born in 1658, married Christina Andersdotter, daughter of Anders Svensson and his wife Anna, died on the Schuylkill in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia in 1749. They had eight children. 3. Carl Gustafson/Charles Justis, born in 1660, a tailor, married in 1703 Margaret, died in Kingsessing, by 10 Dec. 1718, when letters of administration on his estate were issued to his widow. They had six children. 4. Hans Gustafson/Hance Justis, born in 1662, married Maria, daughter of Olle Rawson and Brita Andersdotter and initially lived on his father-in-law’s plantation on Naaman’s Creek. In the early 1700s he moved to the head of the Northeast River in Cecil County, where he died after 1710. He had four sons and at least one daughter – Lydia, who in 1710 married Rev. Jonas Aurén, founder of St. Mary’s (Old Swedes’) Church in Northeast, Maryland. 5. Annika Gustafson/Anna Justis, born c. 1666, married [1] by 1690 Matthias Morton of Ridley township, Chester (now Delaware) County, son of Mårten Mårtensson, [2] between 1707 and 1712 the widower Jonas Walraven of New Castle County, [3] 15 June 1727, at Holy Trinity Church, the widower Charles Springer. She died in New Castle County. She had seven children, all by her first husband. 6. Johan Gustafson/John Justis, born c. 1668, married (name unknown), who died before 1697. He died in Philadelphia County, and was buried 3 Oct. 1716 at Christ Church, Philadelphia. One daughter. 7. Peter Gustafson/Peter Justis, born 1670, married by 1696, Brigitta, daughter of Olle and Lydia Swanson. He died at Kingsessing and was buried 30 Aug. 1699. He was survived by one son. His widow married Jacob Van Culin. 8. Jacob Gustafson/Justis, born 1673, died in Kingsessing, unmarried and without children, and was buried 30 August 1699 with his brother Peter. 9. Elisabeth Gustafson/Justis, born c. 1675, married. [1] before 1696, Matthias Peterson, son of Samuel Petersson and his wife Brita of New Castle County, DE, [2] 18 October 1720, the widower Edward Robinson. She was buried 23 Sept. 1730 at Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington. Three children, all by her first husband. 10. Sven Gustafson/Swan Justis, born 1677, married Catharina, daughter of Peter Petersson Yocum and Judith Jonasdotter [Nilsson]. He died in Kingsessing by 9 March 1722/3 when his will was proved. Five children. 11. Anders Gustafson/Andrew Justis, born 1681 in Delaware, married by 1704 Brita, daughter of Samuel Petersson and his wife Brita of New Castle County, died before 19 Aug. 1740, when his will was proved in Salem County, NJ. His wife had been buried at Holy Trinity Church on 27 June 1737. Four children. (2). Ingeborg Månsdotter, was born by estimation in 1647 in Delaware. After the move to Maryland, she married Hendrick Hendricksson, who had arrived in New Sweden on the Eagle in 1654 as a young soldier. In 1661 he moved to Maryland and in the following years had four tracts surveyed for him on Sassafras Neck, named “Hendricks,” “Hendrickson,” Hendricks Choice,” and finally, in 1679, “Hendricks Addition.” All adjoined or were close to “Mountsfield.” Hendrickson died in the 1680s and Ingeborg then married Cornelius Clements. Cornelius was the son of Anders Clementsson, who also first appeared in New Sweden records in 1654. He was a soldier at Fort Christina in 1655 and moved to Maryland by 1662 when a 400-acre plantation called “Clementson” was surveyed for him on Sassafras Neck, near “Mountsfield.” Andrew Clementsson died in 1687, and Cornelius, his third son, inherited 75 acres of his father’s lands. Cornelius Clements outlived his wife and died in 1715. By her two husbands, Ingeborg had three children: 1. Catharine Hendrickson, married by 1693 Thomas Severson, eldest son of Marcus Sigfridsson, a Finn who had arrived on the Delaware in 1656 on the 'Mercurius' and moved to Sassafras Neck by 1658 when “Marksfield,” 50 acres, was surveyed for him. Thomas and Catharine became owners of “Hendricks” and “Hendrickson,” and had seven children before Thomas Severson died in 1718. His wife survived him. 2. Christopher Hendrickson married by 1700 Mary Kelton [English]. He inherited 200 acres, his father’s “Hendricks Choice” and “Hendricks Addition,” and later acquired other lands in the area. He had five children and died in 1725. 3. Abraham Clements, baptized in August 1697, died unmarried in 1717. (3). Christopher Månsson, born c. 1652 in Delaware, became known in his adulthood as Christopher Mounts, or sometimes as Christopher Anderson. He married twice. His first wife (name unknown) was the eldest child of Casparus Herman and his first wife, Susanna Huyberts [both Dutch]. She died by 1695, when Christopher married Martha, the second wife and widow of Nicholas Dorrell. Christopher inherited his father’s “Mountsfield” plantation and also, by reason of his first marriage, had tenure of his first wife’s inheritance, 400 acres in “St. Johns Manor” on the west side of Elk River until her children reached adulthood. Christopher Mounts died intestate in 1710. His widow Martha died at “Mountsfield” in 1738 By his two marriages, Christopher Mounts had eight children: 1.Charles Mounts, who inherited 200 acres of “St. Johns Manor,” sold that land in 1712 and died unmarried in 1713. 2. Casparus Mounts, who also died unmarried in 1713. 3. Elizabeth Mounts, who married Andrew Rosenquist c. 1711. On 14 March 1714/5 they sold the other 200 acres of “St. Johns Manor.” 4. Sarah Mounts, born 7 April 1696, had one daughter, Martha, by her first husband, James Smithson, and married [2] Cornelius Tobey. 5. Mary Mounts, born 6 Sept. 1698, married John Beedle in 1716. 6. Ann Mounts, born 9 Jan. 1702/3, married Robert Mercer in 1727. 7. Martha Mounts, born 16 March 1704/5, married William Mercer, brother of Robert Mercer. 8. Christopher Mounts, born 18 October 1708, died unmarried in 1738. (4). Lars Månsson/Lawrence Mounts, born c. 1660 in Delaware, died by 2 August 1697 when his estate was inventoried in Cecil County, Maryland. His widow Sarah (parents unknown) administered his meager estate. If they had children, none has been identified. (5). Charles Månsson, better known during his lifetime as Charles Anderson, was born c. 1664 in Delaware. He married around 1700 (name of wife unknown) and established his home at first at the head of the Northeast River, close to Hans Justis and Andrew Friend, both also Swedes. By 1712, he was actively engaged in Indian trading with Andrew Friend. Around 1720, he moved to Monocacy Creek, near the Potomac River. As an Indian trader, he was called upon by the Maryland government in 1722 and 1725 to bring Shawnee chiefs from present Oldtown, Maryland, to his house for peace negotiations. In 1734 land was surveyed for him on the Potomac River in Frederick County, Virginia (now Berkeley County, WV). He turned this land over to his son, Joseph Mounts, and moved on to Oldtown, Maryland, where he lived for the reminder of his life. In 1740, at the age of 75, he signed an affidavit for use in the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary dispute. He died shortly thereafter. Of Charles Anderson’s family, the only proven member was his son Joseph Mounts, who was born about 1700 and married Catharine Williams, by whom he had three sons (Providence, Joseph and William Mounts) who perpetuated the surname Mounts for succeeding generations. (6). Maria Månsdotter, born c. 1676, married Matthias Matthiason, only son and heir of Hendrick Matthiasson, a Finn, who had been sent to New Sweden in 1641 as punishment for a minor crime. In 1648, he was made a freeman and frequently used Freeman as a surname. He also signed the complaint against Governor Printz in 1653, but did not flee New Sweden. However, after marrying Elisabeth (parents not identified), he moved to the Sassafras River (MD) in 1658 and settled on a 100-acre plantation on Sassafras Neck called “Mathiason.” Upon his death in 1687, this was inherited by his son Matthias Matthiason. Matthias Matthiason, alias Freeman, operated an “ordinary” (inn) on his land, which became the first courthouse in Cecil County. In 1699 and 1700, he also traveled to Delaware and worked for two days helping to build Holy Trinity Church. He was suretor for Christopher Mounts, administrator of the estate of Nicholas Dorrell (Worrell?), and when Matthias died in 1702, Christopher Mounts was suretor for his sister Maria, executrix of Matthias’ estate. Maria married [2] Otho Othoson [Dutch] in 1704. She died after 1715. Her children, all by her first marriage, were: 1. Mary Matthiason, born 2 April 1690, married John Kämpe, son of Lars Pålsson Kämpe of New Sweden. In 1717 they moved to Gloucester County, New Jersey, to join John’s brother, Paul Kämpe, who had moved there a few years before. 2. Elisabeth Matthiasson, born c. 1694, not further traced. 3. Matthias Matthiasson, Jr., baptized 20 August 1699, inherited his father’s “Mathiason” plantation. He died in 1733 and his widow Mary died in 1740. They had four children, one of whom (Matthias Matthiasson III) became a mariner and was living in Biddeford, Devonshire, England, when he and his wife, Ann sold the last remnant of the home plantation in 1752.

Merion Meeting (PA) Burial Records. Transcribed from the Original Records of Miss Margaret Harvey , A.M. Genealogist and Writer, 1855-1912 1686          Margaret David of Merion was married to Hugh John Thomas of Mill Creek, (now in New Castle County,DE) 5th Mo. 16, 1686, and died soon after.  She was his second wife.          Hugh John Thomas of Merion and Margaret Davis of the same town at their public meeting place in said township of Merion, 5th Mo. 16, 1686.  Witnesses, Robert and Elizabeth David, William Edwards, Rowland Richards, Hugh Robert, Cadwallader Morgan and others.          Hugh John was an "Adventurer on the Ship Lyon", and a "First Purchaser." He is described as "of Nantleidiog, Penlyn, yeoman."          Jonne, or Jane Roberts, wife of Hugh Roberts, died at Merion, 7 Mo. 1, 1686, and was buried the 3 d. (Grand-dau. of Evan Robert Lewis.)  She was the daughter of Owen ap Evan and Gainor of Wales, and was born 1653-4.  Was married to Hugh Roberts 1672-3.  She was before marriage, called Joan or Jane Owen.  From Fron Goch.          Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Hugh and Jane, was born 12 Mo. 24, 1683. Birth recorded at Merion Meeting. Children of Hugh and Jonne Roberts were I. Robert (b.1673) m. (1.) Catharine Jones, (2.) Priscilla Johnes; II. Ellin (b.1675); III. Owen (b. 1677) m. Ann Bevan; IV. Edward (b. 1680) m. (1.) Susannah Painter,  (2.) Martha Hoskins, (3.) Martha Cox;  V. Wm. (b. 3 Mo. 26, 1682) d. 1697 in Pa.;  VI. Elizabeth (b. 12 Mo. 24, 1683.  Arrived on the "Ship Lyon".          Gwenllian James, wife of Howell, 11 Mo. 1686, buried last day.          Howell James was from Pontmoel, Monmouthshire. His certificate is dated 5 Mo. (July) 1684.  Settled in Radnor.  He was highly esteemed among the Friends.  In 1690, Howell James married Maudlin Kinsey, widow.  He had a son by his first wife, Gwenllian - a son named William James and a dau.          Howell James, a widower and Maudlin Kinsey, widow, both of Radnor in the Welch Tract, at David Price's house in said twp, 9 Mo. 20, 1690.          Gwen James, daughter of Howell and Gwen, was b. 9 Mo. 30, 1686.  Birth recorded at Merion Meeting.          The witnesses to the marriage of Howell James, widower, and Maudlin Kinsey, widow, were James, William, Thomas and Philip James;  John Kinsey, John Bevan and others.          Maudlin, or Magdalen Kinsey, was the widow of David Kinsey of Radnor, and early purchaser.  Their son, John Kinsey, in 1690, sold 300 acres of his father's purchase, to James James of Radnor.  See Penna. Archives, Second Series Vol. XIX p 406.          The name of Howell James appears on Dr. George Smith's "Map of Early Settlelments in Delaware County".  Howell James was located in Radnor toownship, near a branch of Darby Creek, and between Radnor Friends' Meeting and St. Davids episcopal Church.          On the same map are the names of James James and David Kinsey, located in Radnor, on branches of Darby Creek, near the "street Road";  David James near what is now Villa Nova.          Howell James afterwards removed to New Castle Co. (Now in Delaware.) 1687          Thomas John, buried 1 Mo. 22, 1687.  This was probably the infant son of Thomas Johns of Radnor and Lowry Johns, who were married 1 Mo. 13, 1686.  They had 8 children, 5 of whom died young.          Ann Jones, wife of Matthew, buried 8 Mo. 27, 1687.  Matthew Jones was an early settler in Radnor.  He purchased, Aug 1, 1682, a tract of land from John Bevan.  Matthew and David Jones purchased 250 acres, but David never came to this country.  David Jones had a daughter who married S. Buckley.  See Penna Archives, Third Series, Vol I p.6.          The name of Matthew Jones appears on Dr. George Smith's "Map of Early Settlements in Delaware County".  Matthew Jones was located in Radnor  township near what is now Wayne. 1688          John Jones and Katharine Jones, twin children of Rees John William, were born at Merion, 4 Mo. 6, 1688.  Katharine died in infancy.          John Owen, buried 6 Mo. 27, 1688.  John Owen, blacksmith.  Letters of adminstration granted to Owen Jones and Edward Jones, 6 day 11 Mo. 1688.  (Jan. 6. 1689.)          Catharine Meredith, wife of David, buried 7 Mo. 26, 1688.  David Meredith, from Llanbister, Radnorshire, Wales, came to Radnor, Pa. 1683, with wife Katharine; children, Richard, Mary, John, Meredith, Sarah.  Katharine died 1688.  In 1690, David married Mary Jones, widow, of Upper Providence.  They probably had no children.  David suffered religious persecution in Wales.          "A First Purchaser". David meredith of Radnor in the Welsh Tract, widower, and mary Jones of Upper Providence Chester Co. at the house of Thomas Minshall, said Co. 3 Mo. 21, 1690.  Upper Providence, Chester Co. is now in Delaware Co.  Witnesses, Thomas and Peter Jones, Richard Moore, Stephen Evans, David Morris and others.          The name of David Meredith is on Dr. George Smith's "Map of Early Settlements in Delaware County."  David Meredith was located near what is now Villa Nova.          Jane Jones, buried 8 Mo. 24, 1688.  Jane John Morgan, alias Jane Roberts of Haverford, Leaves her whole estate to friend John Roberts of Marrion. Witnesses, William Howell and Blanche Sharpus.  Declared 7 Mo. 25, 1688.  Non-Cupative will.          The name of William Sharpus is on Dr. George Smith's Map.  william Sharpus was located in Haverford, on the borders of Lower Merion, near what is now Ardmore.

Of all the early records of Holy Trinity Church, none were set down more faithfully or with greater exactness than the communicant rolls. Whether a few persons or many gathered in the church to partake of the Lord's Supper, whether the pastor journeyed for three miles or thirty to administer Communication to the sick, the entry in the church book was made, in almost every instance with promptness and care. In this present work, names are spelled exactly as they appear in the manuscript, with the addition, in brackets, of letters added to complete an abbreviation form. Where either given name or surname was omitted by the original writer, it has been supplied, if possible, from the other records. Names which would not readily suggest their present-day counterparts, as "Errson" (Erickson), have been identified. In all cases such added letters or names have been enclosed in brackets. Periods have been used to separate individual names and family groups in entries which were written as continuous lists, with commas or no punctuation at all between names. Footnotes have been added to supply background material. Communicants in the year 1713 [Second Book, p. 24](1) May 25. Peter Andersson. [William] Maslander's wife, Helekin. Maria Stalcop. 31. Anders Mink[,] Grels' [son](2) Eric Errson {Ericsson, Erikson] and his wife, Anna. Joran Lietken [Litien] and his wife, Kerstin.(3) Old Mrs. Annika(4) and her daughter Kerstin. Brita Clemens [Clementson, Clements].(5) Thomas Jons' [Jones'] wife, Anna.(6) (1) A shortened form of of the original heading " Anteckning uppa Herrans Nattwards Communicanter i Christina Forsamiling Ao. 1713. [A Record of Lord's Supper Communicants in Christina Congregation in the year 1713.] Records for this and several succeeding years are in the handwriting of Andreas Hesselius who, with his assistant, Abraham Lidenius, had assumed full charge of the congregation on the first Sunday in May, 1713. The beloved Eric Biork was at this time preparing to return home to Sweden, with his family, although their actual departure did not take place until June 29, 1714. (2) The Mink [Minck] family lived "over the river", that is, in West Jersey. Cf. Salem County, New Jersey, deed and probate records. (3) Amandus Johnson observes that the name Joran was also written "Jurgen" on early lists of Swedish settlers. (Johnson, The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664 [Philadelphia 1911] II, 699.) George Lynam, a member of the Christina congregation, was baptized Joran. (Records of Holy Trinity Church, Second Book, pp. 66, 253). (4) This is almost certainly Annika, "Clement's daughter", widow of Lasse (Laurence) Olla's son, Tussey, of Verdritige Hook, who died Aug. 3, 1684. (New Castle County Wills, Miscellaneous, Book 1, p. 370.) Verdritige Hook (also called Vertrede Hook, Trinity Hook, Three Tree Hook) was an 827-1/2 acre tract of land, bounded by the Delaware and Christina rivers, Brandywine Creek, and the several courses of Shellpot Creek. In 1688 the hook was re-surveyed and divided "into five several plantations, according to the distinct settlements of the present inhabitants thereof", and a map in New Castle County Survey Book A, p. 532, shows "Annake Lawson's" land adjoining that of Jacob Clementson. A copy of this map may been seen in the Gilbert Cope Collection, Vol. 82, p. 174 (Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania). Ct. New Castle County Deeds, Book W-1, p. 318. A son of Laurence and Annika Tussey, who signed his name "Jacob Lawson", removed to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before Nov. 20, 1749. Ct. New Castle County Deeds, Books Q-1, p. 596; N-1, 485; S-1. p. 91. (5) Widow of Jacob Clementson of Verdritige Hook, who died about June 17, 1698. Ct. New Castle County Wills, Book B-1, p. 74. (6) Thomas John "and old man" is listed as a communicant in 1734. Other entries refer to him as Thomas Jonsson and Thomas Jones (frequently spelled "Jons" as in this instance). That he was in fact Thomas Jones of Brandywine Hundred is evident . Ct. New Castle County Deeds, Books B-1, p. 57; E-1, 316; H-1. p. 150. In other deeds made in 1703, Henry, Olla and Stephen Toarson (Tussey), sons of Olla, Olla's son Toarson of Verdritige Hook, who died in 1687, refer to Thomas Jones as their "father-in-law"; that is, step-father; their mother Anna must therefore have been Thomas Jones' wife. These deeds name Olla Toarson's children Henry, John, Margaret, Matthias, Olla and Stephen. Records of the administration of "Oalla Toorsson's " estate, New Castle County Wills, Book A-1, p. 86, refer to his widow Anna, his son Henry and his son-in-law Benjamin Stedham.

Merion Meeting (PA) Burial Records. Transcribed from the Original Records of Miss Margaret Harvey , A.M. Genealogist and Writer, 1855-1912 1685 Robert Owen and Jane his wife, late of Dobyfevre, near Dolgelly, in Merionethshire, died at an advanced age in Merion, Pa. and were interred within a few days of each other in 5th Mo. 1685. Jane Owen was the daughter of the celebrated antiquary, Robert Vaughn, of Hengwrt, in Wales. Robert and Jane Owen had nine sons: 1 Robert, who remained in Wales. 2. Dr. Griffith Owen, of Philadelphia. 3. Rowland. 4. Edward, of New Castle Co. Del. 5. Lewis, of New Castle Co. Del. 6. Humphrey. 7. Owen - and two others - one was Evan; * (Here scratched out "the other John", apparently by the author). They were direct descendants of Lewis Owen, of North Wales. Dr. Griffith Owen was a member of Provincial Council, Commissioner of Property, and Mayor of Philadelphia. One of the earliest medical practitioners. He married Sarah. Rebekah Owen, daughter of Griffith and Sarah, was born at Merion, 2 Mo. 19, 1687. Birth recorded. She Married Isaac Minshall, son of Thomas Minshall and his wife Margaret, from Stoke, County Palatine, England, who settled in Nether Providence, Chester Co. 1682. (Now Del. Co.) Sarah Owen, another daughter of Dr. Griffith Owen, married Jacob Minshall, another son of Thomas and Margaret Minshall. Dr. Griffith Owen died 1717. He had a son Evan, an early medical practitioner in Philadelphia. Sons John and Edward; dau. Jane who married Jonathan Coppock. Elizabeth Owen (daughter of Robert and Rebecca [The name Jane scratched out, changed to Rebecca, apparently by the author]) ( See under Rebecca.) married David Evans, of Philadelphia, "gentleman", who made his will, Sept 27 1745. Mentions his wife Elizabeth; brother-in-law, John Owen of Chester Co.; daughters susanna and Margaret, "whom I had by a former wife", and their six children; four children by his present wife; - Evan, Rebecca, Sidney, Sarah. Overseers and guardians, Evan Jones of Merion, son of Thos. dec'd; Owen Jones, of Phila. and John Owen. Evan Evans (son of Elizabeth, mentioned above) was the father of David Evans "joiner" who lived on Arch Street, bet. 6th and 7th. Sarah Evans (dau. of David and Elizabeth) made her will July 14, 1762. Calls herself, "spinster". Proved De. 21, 1762. Mentions sister Sydney Howell, wife of Joseph; children of brother Evan, dec'd sidney and Rebecca. Joseph Howell, Philadelphia "tanner", son of Jacob and Sarah, of New Garden, Chester Co. - and Sydney Evans, daughter of David were married 4 Mo. 26, 1684. Robert and Jane Owen came on the "Ship Vine", which reached Philadelphia, 7 Mo. 17, 1684 The will of Griffith Owen, Physician, is recorded in Philadelphia. Signed Jan. 3, 1717, Proved Jan 6 1717. Mentions wife Sarah. Children Edward; Griffith; John; Sarah, (wife of Jacob Jonathan Coppock); Ann (wife of John Whitpaine.) Son-in-law, William Sanders. Daughter-in-law, Mary ( wife of Samuel Marriot)) Executor, son John. witnesses, Robert Roberts, George Shirro, Thomas Jones. Arrived in the "Vine" of Liverpoole, 7 Mo 17, 1684, at Philadelphia, from Doly Serre near Dolgules in Merionethshire; Robert Owen, Jeane, his wife, and Lewis, their sone; one Serv't Boy named Edward Edwards and 4 Serv't maids, named Lowry Edwards, Maargaret Edwards, Ann Owen and Hannah Watt. David David, son of Robert, died 5 Mo. 3, 1685 (born 3 Mo. 4, 1685). Son of Robert and Elizabeth. Birth recorded at Merion Meeting. Elizabeth David, wife of Thomas, died 8 Mo. 12, 1685. Thomas Davie was an early purchaser. About 1682-3, he located in Upper Merion. A "First Purchaser". Ann Rinalt, died 8 Mo. 15, 1685.

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Gail Steckel, NET" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri Dec 27, 2002 10:52:07 PM US/Eastern > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Battle of Brandywine > > P.s. The Brandywine Battlefield has been preserved and is a lovely > place to > visit! Anyone who treks to Chester Co. should take an afternoon to > stroll > the Battlefield and visit the headquarters there - a lovely old stone > house. > The Battlefield is a great place for an afternoon picnic. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandra Ferguson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 9:13 PM > Subject: [PaOldC] Battle of Brandywine > > >> These recollections are by Phebe Mendanhall Thomas, who was born in >> 1770 > and >> died in 1875, at 104 years, 6 MOs and 12 days...pretty amazing in >> itself! >> "My first recollections of the War were of the Battle of >> Brandywine. > We >> heard the guns all day and Mother would say whenever we heard a great > volley >> of noise, "Dear me, what are they doing?": But they let us know what >> they >> had been doing in the evening. Father said it was a great battle >> near, he >> could only judge where, by the directions of the sound. >> In the evening a great company of American soldiers came. Father >> told >> us to shut up the front of the house and come back to the kitchen. >> They >> came flocking into the yard, and sat down on the cider press, trough >> and >> benches, and every place thy could find. They seemed so tired. Father > said >> "bring bread and cheese and cut for them." They were so hungry. >> Margaret. Stephen's wife, came running in with her 2 children. > Stephen >> was away off at the other end of the place and knew nothing of it. As >> it >> happened both houses, ours and Stephen's, had baked that day, and we >> cut > up >> all the bread and cheese we had. I know, I got no supper and they had >> to >> bake brean on the iron. >> Then after a bit a Captain came on his horse. He was wounded and >> had >> his servant and a Doctor. He wanted to stay all night. Father didn't > want >> him to stay, for he told him he expected the English would be along in >> the >> morning, and would tear us all to pieces, but they didn't mind that. >> They > >> took oll hie horse, brought him in and they staid. The girls brought >> hima >> bed, and he laid there in the common house and the Doctor staid with >> him. >> the servant slept in the barn. They all got their suppers too. >> Next morning the wounded man was too bad to get on his horse. They > got >> the horse there, and the girls helped to life him, but he coudn't get >> on. >> Father didn't want him there when the English came. As the wounded man > was >> laying there, Adam came running in and said "The Red-Coats are coming? > The >> Red-Coats are coming?" The poor sick man raised up and called for >> mercy. >> The Doctor hid under the porch, but is was only one of the neighbors >> that >> had a reddish-brown coat. >> Mother and Father sat up all the night and about daybreak Father >> went >> out to the barn to see if the servant was still there. He found him > snoring >> away. He touched him with his foot and said "What, out here still?" >> The >> man jumped up and rubbed his eyes, and then put off for the Black >> Horse, >> where the soldiers had gone the night before )note; the Black Horse >> was a >> tavern located at Edgmong Great Road from Chester). >> Finding that the Captain couldn't ride (he had a bullet in his >> thigh), >> Father geared up a great black horse we had, a noble fellow, to the >> carriage, and they took him to the Black Horse. Oh! How clad I was to > see >> father come home. He had just put the horse away, when the English >> came, >> sure enough, but they didn't come to the house. >> We were so afraid while Father was away, but he wasn't gone >> long. I >> remember when I say him coming I couldn't think what made the gears all >> white, but it was the foam. It was 10 miles to the Black Horse, and >> back >> and he driven very fast. Well, as I said, he just got the horse put >> away, >> when we saw the Red-Coats coming. One big officer came to ask if there > was >> any way of avoiding bit hill. They had the poorest little horses to >> pull >> their big guns, they couldn't pull them up the big hill by the barn. > Father >> went to show them that they shouldn't go on the grain. He went out >> there >> without his had, and he told the officer he wanted to go to the house >> to > get >> his had, and besides he'd left no one at the house, but women and > children, >> and that he'd heard their men sometimes behaved very badly. The >> officer >> turned to a man behind him and said "Go guard the gentleman's house." >> The >> man came galloping up, and that frightened us, for we thought they were > all >> coming, and Father was away. However,he galloped up to the gate, and > there >> he stopped. >> While he was there,a woman came with a can, and tried to get in at >> the >> gate. He refused to let her come in, but she was a right soldier, and > would >> push in. so he struck her a right blow with his sword. Mother ran out >> and >> said "don't hurt her, maybe she wants something." sure enough she >> wanted >> milk, so Lizzie took some out and filled her can. We couldn't tell >> what > the >> man could mean sitting there on his horse, saying nothing. However, >> after > a >> bit Father came, and then he rode away. >> We heard the guns the day of the battle of Germantown. Father was > sure >> there must be a battle somewhere and he thought maybe after night he >> could >> see the light, so he went up to the garret window, our house was very > high, >> but he couldn't see anything. Mother went with him, and then I didn't > want >> to be left behind, so I followed. Oh? I was afraid. I was only 7 >> years > old >> then. >> The Americans took 2 of Stephen's horses, to do some hauling at > Chester, >> and wanted him to go along to drive them, but he wouldn't go. I >> remember >> Mother and B'tha would often say "I wonder how Godfrey's getting >> along?" > He >> was gone a good many days, it might be 2 weeks, when I saw him away at >> the >> meadow, across the mill, I cried out, "There comes Godfrey!" They said > "No, >> it can't be him, because he hasn't got the horses." I knew him. So >> they >> all ran out into the yard to see him, and when he came he was so sad. >> He >> had done the hauling for the Americans, and was coming home when the > English >> met a mile or so from home, down by the church, and took the horses >> from >> him. Oh? How he did swear, and called them all the bad names...He >> could > do >> that, for he was a big rough fellow. After the War when they were > settling >> up, the English offered to pay Stephen for them, but he wouldn't take >> the >> money, so it went into the Treasury to school poor Children. >> They took Father's find horse for a fine. They had heavy fines >> laid > on >> everybody to support the War. Friends wouldn't pay these fines, so >> they >> took what they wanted, and they took the finest horse. They wouldn't >> take >> the old mare. >> I remember B'tha getting on the black horse to ride over to Thomas >> Speakman's and as she was most to the Cross Roads she saw some soldiers >> coming. She didn't know whether they were American or English, but she >> turned in a great hurry and came home full tilt. >> I remember I was out on the horse block, and saw her coming. I >> told >> Mother. "There comes B'tha" "Why, no? she said, "She's not coming back >> already. But she ran out, ann sure enough there she was. Mother said > "Why >> Bthy, what's thee doing back so soon?" and she said "I met some >> soldiers >> coming and I was afraid they'd take my horse." So, she'd missed her > visit. >> In the time of the War and afterward the Collectors use to come to >> get >> the tax. Friends wouldn't pay, so they took cows, and anything they >> pleased. I remember 2 came there one day. Father was away. Mother >> and > the >> girls were away behind the house washing, and there was no one there >> but > me. >> they took down the big candlestick first. They would always take that > down, >> but never carried it away with them. Then they went to the closet >> under > the >> steps. Father had told Mother and us, if the Collectors came while he >> was >> away, not to let them take anything that was John Gest's; he was a boy > that >> Father was Guardian for, and he had the best of his goods at out house. >> Well, they went to the closet. I was sitting in the big arm chair. >> John >> Gess' pewter was away back in the closet. I called to them "Don't take > John >> Gess' pewter!" They shut the door in a hurry and went to the cupboard > with >> the glass doors where the china, silver spoons and glass were kept, and > took >> our big silver spoons. I remember one of them putting a spoon to his >> lips >> and saying, "You could get a good mouthful with this." >> They would take beds, looking-glasses, bureaus and anything at >> all. I >> remember one night, Adam and B'thy and I were coming home from school, >> and >> we met 2 men, one carrying a big looking glass under his arm. Adam >> called >> out to them, "That's our big looking-glass!" Billy said, "Hush, hush!" >> "No, I won't hush. It is our big looking glass." The men laughted. >> However, we ran home, and there sure enough was out big looking glass > gone. >> All that winter, after the Battle of Brandywine, the Americans had >> what >> they called Light Horsemen riding about. They always carried a sword. > They >> would sometimes come to our house to get lodging. They would come and >> get >> Good food and a night's sleep, and their horse fed. One night, one of > them >> came, Father took the candle to light him to bed, and asked which room >> he >> should take him to, but he mis-gook the room. Lizzie had made up a >> good > bed >> for him, but Father took him into a room where there was nothing but a > rug >> on the bed. He went off without his breakfast. They wondered about >> that, >> for they'd always staid for breakfast. But, after a while, Lizzie >> went it >> make her bed and came down laughing, and said "No wonder he went >> without > his >> breakfast, for he made his bed first." they laughed at her about it, >> but >> when they found the mistake that had been made they supposed that he >> was >> offended about his bed....But Father said, "Well, anyhow, a good >> feather >> bed, and a rug is better than sleeping in camp." >> Father didn't farm the place, Stephen farmed it for him, but Father > had >> to pay the fines, as he owned it. We had 2 cows af first, but they >> took >> them. Then he bought more, once or twice, by they took them, too, so >> at >> last he borrowed old Tommy Messer ( supposed to be Mercer). they >> didn't >> take her. They didn't come into the houses while they could get >> anything >> out of doors, but after they had taken the big horse and the cows, they >> wouldn't take the old mare, and came into the house and took besides >> the >> looking glass and spoons, a big feather bed. I remember them pulling >> off >> the clothes, taking a sheet and tying the bed up in it. They always > looked >> at the big brass candlestick Grandfather bro't from England with him >> but >> they never took it. Adam took it at the appraisement after Father's > death. >> He took it to town with him and I don't know what became of it. >> Several years after all this, I saw Washington. I was living at >> Darby >> then, with my brother in law John Humphrey. Washington was on his way >> to >> Phila. to take his seat as President. They'd built him a house >> there. I >> could see him as plainly, even his features. He was a bulky man, had a > long >> nose and a short upper lip. I afterward saw a sign at a tavern on the > West >> Chester road, with his picture painted on it, and I knew it as soon >> as I > saw >> it from its likeness to him. >> It was on first day afternoon we saw a company of Light Horseman >> going >> thru Darby on their way to meet him. I was at Hannah Sharpless', she > spoke >> to me at meeting and asked me to come over there that afternoon. We >> were >> all sitting there in the little room. close by the pavement, and we >> heard > a >> great tramping out in the road, and there came a great company of men >> with >> their horses prancing. It seemed as tho they couldn't make them prance >> enough. They stopped at the tavern there, and told where they were >> going > to >> meet Washington - that he was coming next morning. It flew all over >> town > at >> once. I believe it was at Hook they were to meet him. And the next > morning >> he did come. >> The girl and I were in the wash-house, washing, and John Humphrey >> came >> in and said "Now girls if you want to see Washington, he's coming". >> Well, >> we got a good sight of him as he went thru Darby." >> >> >> >> >> ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== >> please visit our webpage, full of area photos and helpful URLs >> http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/oldchestercounty/ >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> records, > go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > please visit our webpage, full of area photos and helpful URLs > http://www.angelfire.com/wv2/oldchestercounty > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

From the PA-OLD-CHESTER list: These recollections are by Phebe Mendanhall Thomas, who was born in 1770 and died in 1875, at 104 years, 6 MOs and 12 days...pretty amazing in itself! "My first recollections of the War were of the Battle of Brandywine. We heard the guns all day and Mother would say whenever we heard a great volley of noise, "Dear me, what are they doing?": But they let us know what they had been doing in the evening. Father said it was a great battle near, he could only judge where, by the directions of the sound. In the evening a great company of American soldiers came. Father told us to shut up the front of the house and come back to the kitchen. They came flocking into the yard, and sat down on the cider press, trough and benches, and every place thy could find. They seemed so tired. Father said "bring bread and cheese and cut for them." They were so hungry. Margaret, Stephen's wife, came running in with her 2 children. Stephen was away off at the other end of the place and knew nothing of it. As it happened both houses, ours and Stephen's, had baked that day, and we cut up all the bread and cheese we had. I know, I got no supper and they had to bake bread on the iron. Then after a bit a Captain came on his horse. He was wounded and had his servant and a Doctor. He wanted to stay all night. Father didn't want him to stay, for he told him he expected the English would be along in the morning, and would tear us all to pieces, but they didn't mind that. They took hold his horse, brought him in and they staid. The girls brought him a bed, and he laid there in the common house and the Doctor staid with him, the servant slept in the barn. They all got their suppers too. Next morning the wounded man was too bad to get on his horse. They got the horse there, and the girls helped to lift him, but he coudn't get on. Father didn't want him there when the English came. As the wounded man was laying there, Adam came running in and said "The Red-Coats are coming! The Red-Coats are coming!" The poor sick man raised up and called for mercy. The Doctor hid under the porch, but it [the Redcoats] was only one of the neighbors that had a reddish-brown coat. Mother and Father sat up all the night and about daybreak Father went out to the barn to see if the servant was still there. He found him snoring away. He touched him with his foot and said "What, out here still?" The man jumped up and rubbed his eyes, and then put off for the Black Horse, where the soldiers had gone the night before (the Black Horse was a tavern located at Edgmont Great Road from Chester). Finding that the Captain couldn't ride (he had a bullet in his thigh), Father geared up a great black horse we had, a noble fellow, to the carriage, and they took him to the Black Horse. Oh! How glad I was to see father come home. He had just put the horse away, when the English came, sure enough, but they didn't come to the house. We were so afraid while Father was away, but he wasn't gone long. I remember when I saw him coming I couldn't think what made the gears all white, but it was the foam. It was 10 miles to the Black Horse, and back and he driven very fast. Well, as I said, he just got the horse put away, when we saw the Red-Coats coming. One big officer came to ask if there was any way of avoiding big hill. They had the poorest little horses to pull their big guns, they couldn't pull them up the big hill by the barn. Father went to show them that they shouldn't go on the grain. He went out there without his hat, and he told the officer he wanted to go to the house to get his hat, and besides he'd left no one at the house, but women and children, and that he'd heard their men sometimes behaved very badly. The officer turned to a man behind him and said "Go guard the gentleman's house." The man came galloping up, and that frightened us, for we thought they were all coming, and Father was away. However,he galloped up to the gate, and there he stopped. While he was there, a woman came with a can, and tried to get in at the gate. He refused to let her come in, but she was a right soldier, and would push in. so he struck her a right blow with his sword. Mother ran out and said "don't hurt her, maybe she wants something." sure enough she wanted milk, so Lizzie took some out and filled her can. We couldn't tell what the man could mean sitting there on his horse, saying nothing. However, after a bit Father came, and then he rode away. We heard the guns the day of the battle of Germantown. Father was sure there must be a battle somewhere and he thought maybe after night he could see the light, so he went up to the garret window, our house was very high, but he couldn't see anything. Mother went with him, and then I didn't want to be left behind, so I followed. Oh! I was afraid. I was only 7 years old then. The Americans took 2 of Stephen's horses, to do some hauling at Chester, and wanted him to go along to drive them, but he wouldn't go. I remember Mother and B'tha would often say "I wonder how Godfrey's getting along?" He was gone a good many days, it might be 2 weeks, when I saw him away at the meadow, across the mill, I cried out, "There comes Godfrey!" They said "No, it can't be him, because he hasn't got the horses." I knew him. So they all ran out into the yard to see him, and when he came he was so sad. He had done the hauling for the Americans, and was coming home when the English met a mile or so from home, down by the church, and took the horses from him. Oh? How he did swear, and called them all the bad names...He could do that, for he was a big rough fellow. After the War when they were settling up, the English offered to pay Stephen for them, but he wouldn't take the money, so it went into the Treasury to school poor Children. They took Father's fine horse for a fine. They had heavy fines laid on everybody to support the War. Friends wouldn't pay these fines, so they took what they wanted, and they took the finest horse. They wouldn't take the old mare. I remember B'tha getting on the black horse to ride over to Thomas Speakman's and as she was most to the Cross Roads she saw some soldiers coming. She didn't know whether they were American or English, but she turned in a great hurry and came home full tilt. I remember I was out on the horse block, and saw her coming. I told Mother. "There comes B'tha" "Why, no" she said, "She's not coming back already. But she ran out, ann sure enough there she was. Mother said "Why B'thy, what's thee doing back so soon?" and she said "I met some soldiers coming and I was afraid they'd take my horse." So, she'd missed her visit. In the time of the War and afterward the Collectors use to come to get the tax. Friends wouldn't pay, so they took cows, and anything they pleased. I remember 2 came there one day. Father was away. Mother and the girls were away behind the house washing, and there was no one there but me. They took down the big candlestick first. They would always take that down, but never carried it away with them. Then they went to the closet under the steps. Father had told Mother and us, if the Collectors came while he was away, not to let them take anything that was John Gest's; he was a boy that Father was Guardian for, and he had the best of his goods at out house. Well, they went to the closet. I was sitting in the big arm chair. John Gest' pewter was away back in the closet. I called to them "Don't take John Gest' pewter!" They shut the door in a hurry and went to the cupboard with the glass doors where the china, silver spoons and glass were kept, and took our big silver spoons. I remember one of them putting a spoon to his lips and saying, "You could get a good mouthful with this." They would take beds, looking-glasses, bureaus and anything at all. I remember one night, Adam and B'thy and I were coming home from school, and we met 2 men, one carrying a big looking glass under his arm. Adam called out to them, "That's our big looking-glass!" Billy said, "Hush, hush!" "No, I won't hush. It is our big looking glass." The men laughted. However, we ran home, and there sure enough was our big looking glass gone. All that winter, after the Battle of Brandywine, the Americans had what they called Light Horsemen riding about. They always carried a sword. They would sometimes come to our house to get lodging. They would come and get Good food and a night's sleep, and their horse fed. One night, one of them came, Father took the candle to light him to bed, and asked which room he should take him to, but he mis-took the room. Lizzie had made up a good bed for him, but Father took him into a room where there was nothing but a rug on the bed. He went off without his breakfast. They wondered about that, for they'd always staid for breakfast. But, after a while, Lizzie went it make her bed and came down laughing, and said "No wonder he went without his breakfast, for he made his bed first." they laughed at her about it, but when they found the mistake that had been made they supposed that he was offended about his bed....But Father said, "Well, anyhow, a good feather bed, and a rug is better than sleeping in camp." Father didn't farm the place, Stephen farmed it for him, but Father had to pay the fines, as he owned it. We had 2 cows af first, but they took them. Then he bought more, once or twice, by they took them, too, so at last he borrowed old Tommy Messer (supposed to be Mercer). They didn't take her. They didn't come into the houses while they could get anything out of doors, but after they had taken the big horse and the cows, they wouldn't take the old mare, and came into the house and took besides the looking glass and spoons, a big feather bed. I remember them pulling off the clothes, taking a sheet and tying the bed up in it. They always looked at the big brass candlestick Grandfather bro't from England with him but they never took it. Adam took it at the appraisement after Father's death. He took it to town with him and I don't know what became of it. Several years after all this, I saw Washington. I was living at Darby then, with my brother-in-law John Humphrey. Washington was on his way to Phila. to take his seat as President. They'd built him a house there. I could see him as plainly, even his features. He was a bulky man, had a long nose and a short upper lip. I afterward saw a sign at a tavern on the West Chester road, with his picture painted on it, and I knew it as soon as I saw it from its likeness to him. It was on first day afternoon we saw a company of Light Horseman going thru Darby on their way to meet him. I was at Hannah Sharpless', she spoke to me at meeting and asked me to come over there that afternoon. We were all sitting there in the little room. close by the pavement, and we heard a great tramping out in the road, and there came a great company of men with their horses prancing. It seemed as tho they couldn't make them prance enough. They stopped at the tavern there, and told where they were going to meet Washington - that he was coming next morning. It flew all over town at once. I believe it was at Hook they were to meet him. And the next morning he did come. The girl and I were in the wash-house, washing, and John Humphrey came in and said "Now girls if you want to see Washington, he's coming". Well, we got a good sight of him as he went thru Darby."

I sent in a question about Mary Ann Newlin. I keep checking and it has not been published. Can you tell me if I missed it? [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 8:00 PM Subject: DENEWCAS-D Digest V02 #214

Dear Friends in DE., PA. or even NJ. I am searching for information on the Knights of Pyhtias or for a photo of my mother's first husband: SAMUEL EDWARD COLE who was Chancellor-Commander in July 1907 the Osceola Lodge in Newark, DE. Lodge #5 was the last surviving lodge in DE. and became attached to the state of PENNA. when the Domain of Delaware surrendered its charter. It is still in existence and is being administered by the Grand Sec'y. of Penna. He is Donald H. Grant at 25 S. Morton Ave., in Morton, PA. Anyone who can provide me with a photo of my mom's first husband will be a friend for life and I will gladly pay for any costs involved. Mr Cole died in Newark, DE. in 1940 and is buried in Pleasant Hill MD., Methodist Cemetery. Thank you. Peter McCue [email protected] Dec. 27, 2002

My entire Abrams family is in Cecil co, MD from abt 1760. In my search for parents I researched the Abrams of PA, DE and MD. Write me when you have a specific question to ask. I have too mcuh to send ALL. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > Yes, Any information you may have on the Abrams may come in handy later. Do you > have any that were either in the Delaware or Maryland area? Thank you. > Linda > > Cathy Berger wrote: > > > For when you need it. William Abrams was from the Radnor Abrams of PA. I > > have more information if needed. > > > > Cathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 6:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > > > > > Well, wouldn't you know it. I had the paper in front of me yesterday but > > > can't locate it this minute. My gggggrandfather James Garretson was > > married to > > > her and I found in going thru yesterday's papers that her sister was > > Sarah, but > > > don't remember who she was married to. Someone did email me some info on > > the > > > Abrams from the New Castle Church records last year. It gives marriages > > as > > > William Abraham & wife Maria had child, Joseph b 2/18/1716; Joseph married > > to > > > Margaret Farrys 1744 and their children Mary, Agnes and Sara. Also > > marriages: > > > David Lewis and Agnes Abrahams 9/9/1766; Joseph Garrison and Sara Abrams > > > 1/1776 and my James and Mary Abrams 4/1770; Benjamin Rothwell adn Margret > > > Abrams 1/1773. I am thinking that my James and Joseph are possible > > brothers, > > > but the only information I have on James is his birthdate and who 3 of his > > > children. He is my brickwall and any help would be appreicated. > > > Linda > > > > > > Cathy Berger wrote: > > > > > > > I'm interested in your Mary Abrams. Do you have anything on her family? > > I > > > > have done a lot of research in PA and DE and MD. > > > > > > > > Cathy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:49 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > > > > > > > > > To Joy and Jeannie - I too have Garretson's in my line from Delaware. > > I > > > > am > > > > > looking for anyone that can add to my lineage. In Delaware my > > > > > gggggrandfather was James Garretson b 1745 and married Mary Abrams. > > They > > > > > had 3 children that I know of. There is also a Henry Garretson down > > the > > > > > line. Would like to correspond with both of you to compare notes. > > Thank > > > > > you. > > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > > ~Jeannie Morris wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ON > > > > > > > > > > > > Joy, > > > > > > I don't have a listing of wills, but I do have Garretson's on my > > > > > > husband's side. I have that Mary Elizabeth Garretson (b 1838, d > > 1939) > > > > > > married Davis B. Meeser (b 1834, d 1914). They would be my > > husband's > > > > > > great grandparents. Is this the same Mary Garretson that is your > > > > > > gggrandmother? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~Jeannie > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > Saw the above name mentioned on recent posting. If someone on the > > list > > > > > > has a > > > > > > listing of wills, I would appreciate a lookup of Henry Garretson. > > His > > > > > > daughter, Mary Garretson is my gggrandmother. Also, I saw that an > > > > > > Ambrose > > > > > > Baker was a witness to a will, I amy have a connection to him. > > These > > > > > > names > > > > > > were in a reference and I am not sure who sent the original posting. > > > > > > > > > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Yes, Any information you may have on the Abrams may come in handy later. Do you have any that were either in the Delaware or Maryland area? Thank you. Linda Cathy Berger wrote: > For when you need it. William Abrams was from the Radnor Abrams of PA. I > have more information if needed. > > Cathy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 6:28 PM > Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > > > Well, wouldn't you know it. I had the paper in front of me yesterday but > > can't locate it this minute. My gggggrandfather James Garretson was > married to > > her and I found in going thru yesterday's papers that her sister was > Sarah, but > > don't remember who she was married to. Someone did email me some info on > the > > Abrams from the New Castle Church records last year. It gives marriages > as > > William Abraham & wife Maria had child, Joseph b 2/18/1716; Joseph married > to > > Margaret Farrys 1744 and their children Mary, Agnes and Sara. Also > marriages: > > David Lewis and Agnes Abrahams 9/9/1766; Joseph Garrison and Sara Abrams > > 1/1776 and my James and Mary Abrams 4/1770; Benjamin Rothwell adn Margret > > Abrams 1/1773. I am thinking that my James and Joseph are possible > brothers, > > but the only information I have on James is his birthdate and who 3 of his > > children. He is my brickwall and any help would be appreicated. > > Linda > > > > Cathy Berger wrote: > > > > > I'm interested in your Mary Abrams. Do you have anything on her family? > I > > > have done a lot of research in PA and DE and MD. > > > > > > Cathy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:49 PM > > > Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > > > > > > > To Joy and Jeannie - I too have Garretson's in my line from Delaware. > I > > > am > > > > looking for anyone that can add to my lineage. In Delaware my > > > > gggggrandfather was James Garretson b 1745 and married Mary Abrams. > They > > > > had 3 children that I know of. There is also a Henry Garretson down > the > > > > line. Would like to correspond with both of you to compare notes. > Thank > > > > you. > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > ~Jeannie Morris wrote: > > > > > > > > > ON > > > > > > > > > > Joy, > > > > > I don't have a listing of wills, but I do have Garretson's on my > > > > > husband's side. I have that Mary Elizabeth Garretson (b 1838, d > 1939) > > > > > married Davis B. Meeser (b 1834, d 1914). They would be my > husband's > > > > > great grandparents. Is this the same Mary Garretson that is your > > > > > gggrandmother? > > > > > > > > > > ~Jeannie > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > Saw the above name mentioned on recent posting. If someone on the > list > > > > > has a > > > > > listing of wills, I would appreciate a lookup of Henry Garretson. > His > > > > > daughter, Mary Garretson is my gggrandmother. Also, I saw that an > > > > > Ambrose > > > > > Baker was a witness to a will, I amy have a connection to him. > These > > > > > names > > > > > were in a reference and I am not sure who sent the original posting. > > > > > > > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

From the PA-OLD-CHESTER list: On December 25, 1864, J. C. Williams, 14th Vermont Infantry: "This is Christmas, and my mind wanders back to that home made lonesome by my absence, while far away from the peace and quietude of civil life to undergo the hardships of camp, and may be the battlefield. I think of the many lives that are endangered, and hope that the time will soon come when peace, with its innumerable blessings, shall once more restore our country to happiness and prosperity." In a letter to his sister Anna Simpson, Tally Simpson wrote: Dec. 25th My dear sister, "This is Christmas Day. The sun shines feeble through a thin cloud, the air is mild and pleasant, a gentle breeze is making music through the leaves of the lofty pines that stand near our bivouac. All is quiet and still and that very stillness recalls some sad and painful thoughts. The day, one year ago, how many thousand families, gay and joyous, celebrating Merry Christmas, drinking health to absent members of their family and sending upon the wings of love and affection long, deep, and sincere wishes for their safe return to the loving ones at home, but today are clad in the deepest mourning in memory to some lost and loved member of their circle..." "When will this war end? Will another Christmas roll around and find us all wintering in camp? Oh! That peace may soon be restored to our young but dearly beloved country and that we may all meet again in happiness."

I know there are first intention papers and another set as well. During the last half of the 1800s what can I expect to find in each? I found a copy of a document that gives the name and date, and renounces any allegiance to any foreign power, but little else. I was hoping to find more information i.e. date of entry into this country, port of entry, port of embarkation etc. Any help on this would be appreciated. Carlos Ruth -----Original Message----- From: Debbie [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NewCastle] DE Naturalization Records SOME DE Naturalizations: http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/collections/natrlzndb/ ______________________________

For when you need it. William Abrams was from the Radnor Abrams of PA. I have more information if needed. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > Well, wouldn't you know it. I had the paper in front of me yesterday but > can't locate it this minute. My gggggrandfather James Garretson was married to > her and I found in going thru yesterday's papers that her sister was Sarah, but > don't remember who she was married to. Someone did email me some info on the > Abrams from the New Castle Church records last year. It gives marriages as > William Abraham & wife Maria had child, Joseph b 2/18/1716; Joseph married to > Margaret Farrys 1744 and their children Mary, Agnes and Sara. Also marriages: > David Lewis and Agnes Abrahams 9/9/1766; Joseph Garrison and Sara Abrams > 1/1776 and my James and Mary Abrams 4/1770; Benjamin Rothwell adn Margret > Abrams 1/1773. I am thinking that my James and Joseph are possible brothers, > but the only information I have on James is his birthdate and who 3 of his > children. He is my brickwall and any help would be appreicated. > Linda > > Cathy Berger wrote: > > > I'm interested in your Mary Abrams. Do you have anything on her family? I > > have done a lot of research in PA and DE and MD. > > > > Cathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > > > > > To Joy and Jeannie - I too have Garretson's in my line from Delaware. I > > am > > > looking for anyone that can add to my lineage. In Delaware my > > > gggggrandfather was James Garretson b 1745 and married Mary Abrams. They > > > had 3 children that I know of. There is also a Henry Garretson down the > > > line. Would like to correspond with both of you to compare notes. Thank > > > you. > > > Linda > > > > > > ~Jeannie Morris wrote: > > > > > > > ON > > > > > > > > Joy, > > > > I don't have a listing of wills, but I do have Garretson's on my > > > > husband's side. I have that Mary Elizabeth Garretson (b 1838, d 1939) > > > > married Davis B. Meeser (b 1834, d 1914). They would be my husband's > > > > great grandparents. Is this the same Mary Garretson that is your > > > > gggrandmother? > > > > > > > > ~Jeannie > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Saw the above name mentioned on recent posting. If someone on the list > > > > has a > > > > listing of wills, I would appreciate a lookup of Henry Garretson. His > > > > daughter, Mary Garretson is my gggrandmother. Also, I saw that an > > > > Ambrose > > > > Baker was a witness to a will, I amy have a connection to him. These > > > > names > > > > were in a reference and I am not sure who sent the original posting. > > > > > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > >

SOME DE Naturalizations: http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/collections/natrlzndb/

Well, wouldn't you know it. I had the paper in front of me yesterday but can't locate it this minute. My gggggrandfather James Garretson was married to her and I found in going thru yesterday's papers that her sister was Sarah, but don't remember who she was married to. Someone did email me some info on the Abrams from the New Castle Church records last year. It gives marriages as William Abraham & wife Maria had child, Joseph b 2/18/1716; Joseph married to Margaret Farrys 1744 and their children Mary, Agnes and Sara. Also marriages: David Lewis and Agnes Abrahams 9/9/1766; Joseph Garrison and Sara Abrams 1/1776 and my James and Mary Abrams 4/1770; Benjamin Rothwell adn Margret Abrams 1/1773. I am thinking that my James and Joseph are possible brothers, but the only information I have on James is his birthdate and who 3 of his children. He is my brickwall and any help would be appreicated. Linda Cathy Berger wrote: > I'm interested in your Mary Abrams. Do you have anything on her family? I > have done a lot of research in PA and DE and MD. > > Cathy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:49 PM > Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > > > To Joy and Jeannie - I too have Garretson's in my line from Delaware. I > am > > looking for anyone that can add to my lineage. In Delaware my > > gggggrandfather was James Garretson b 1745 and married Mary Abrams. They > > had 3 children that I know of. There is also a Henry Garretson down the > > line. Would like to correspond with both of you to compare notes. Thank > > you. > > Linda > > > > ~Jeannie Morris wrote: > > > > > ON > > > > > > Joy, > > > I don't have a listing of wills, but I do have Garretson's on my > > > husband's side. I have that Mary Elizabeth Garretson (b 1838, d 1939) > > > married Davis B. Meeser (b 1834, d 1914). They would be my husband's > > > great grandparents. Is this the same Mary Garretson that is your > > > gggrandmother? > > > > > > ~Jeannie > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > Saw the above name mentioned on recent posting. If someone on the list > > > has a > > > listing of wills, I would appreciate a lookup of Henry Garretson. His > > > daughter, Mary Garretson is my gggrandmother. Also, I saw that an > > > Ambrose > > > Baker was a witness to a will, I amy have a connection to him. These > > > names > > > were in a reference and I am not sure who sent the original posting. > > > > > > Joy > > > > > >

I'm interested in your Mary Abrams. Do you have anything on her family? I have done a lot of research in PA and DE and MD. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Harney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [NewCastle] Henry Garretson > To Joy and Jeannie - I too have Garretson's in my line from Delaware. I am > looking for anyone that can add to my lineage. In Delaware my > gggggrandfather was James Garretson b 1745 and married Mary Abrams. They > had 3 children that I know of. There is also a Henry Garretson down the > line. Would like to correspond with both of you to compare notes. Thank > you. > Linda > > ~Jeannie Morris wrote: > > > ON > > > > Joy, > > I don't have a listing of wills, but I do have Garretson's on my > > husband's side. I have that Mary Elizabeth Garretson (b 1838, d 1939) > > married Davis B. Meeser (b 1834, d 1914). They would be my husband's > > great grandparents. Is this the same Mary Garretson that is your > > gggrandmother? > > > > ~Jeannie > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > Saw the above name mentioned on recent posting. If someone on the list > > has a > > listing of wills, I would appreciate a lookup of Henry Garretson. His > > daughter, Mary Garretson is my gggrandmother. Also, I saw that an > > Ambrose > > Baker was a witness to a will, I amy have a connection to him. These > > names > > were in a reference and I am not sure who sent the original posting. > > > > Joy > > >

How do I unsubscribe from this list? Carol Caldwell Judy Ardine wrote: > Wow! What a wealth of info in just ONE digest from DENEWCAS-L mailing > list! > > THANK YOU, Debbie <[email protected]> !!!! > > You had said: > Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church was established in 1704. The > Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts sent, in > 1705, Rev. George Ross as its first minister. Pew holders in 1728 were: > > Richard Halliwell, Joseph Wood, John Strand, Samuel Kirk, Thomas > Dakeyne (Dekyne), John Land, Peter Jaquett, Cornelius Kettle, Richard > Grafton, William Read, Samuel Lowman, Yeates & Custis, Zophar Eaton, > John Wallace, Thomas Gassel, Richard Reynolds, Peter Hance, James > Sykes and John Cann. > > Well, guess what I have: > > Francis SMITH settled in Kennet twp, Chester cnty, PA c 1685, having > sent his future son in law, Robert EYRE over to settle his land for > him. Robert EYRE settled in Bethel twp, Chester (now Delaware) cnty, > PA c 1682. He md: Ann SMITH, dtr of the above Francis SMITH. > > Another of Francis SMITH's dtrs, Sarah SMITH, md: Henry PEIRCE, who > had been bound to Francis SMITH by his mother, and came to PA with > Francis SMITH in 1685. 5 of their children were bapt: at St Paul's PE > in Chester, PA, founded in 1704. > > Henry and Sarah (nee Smith) PEIRCE's dtr, Sarah PEIRCE, md: Richard > REYNOLDS 05 Jun 1729 at Old Swedes in Wilmington. > > Yet another dtr of Francis SMITH, Alice SMITH, md: 1st William > VANDEVERE and 2nd 08 Jan 1719/20 Samuel KIRK at Old Swedes in > Wilmington. Alice d: w/o issue. > > And then, of course, there was your JAQUETTE post w/all that delicious > information!! > > Richard HALLEWELL/HALLIWELL md: Elizabeth GARRETSON, the dtr of Henry > GARRETSON who we believe was a brother to Jean Paul Garretson Van Der > Hoff, one of the original GARRETSONs in New Castle cnty, DE. We > believe Jean Paul dropped the Van Der Hoff and just went by Jean Paul > GARRETSON. > > Thank you again, ever so much, Debbie!!! I've forwarded the info you > sent on to John Jacket, Faith Keahey and Joanne who is researching the > John PRICE families of the PA/DE area. > > > >