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. > > >

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. >> >> >> > >