I just passed this on to Hans Ling in Sweden, as this is his direct line.I'm not sure if he is on this list. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: [NewCastle] Marriage, Eric Biork and Christina Stalcop, Old Swedes, 1702 > Herr Eric Biork and Christina Stalcop, daughter of Peter Stalcop, were > married on Oct. 6, 1702 by Andreas Sandel, who had come from Sweden not > long before to succeed his friend Andreas Rudman as pastor at Wicaco > (Philadelphia). From Sandel's diary: > > "1702, July the 15th. Came Mag. Biork, with his intended bride, to Mag. > Rudman [at Wicaco]. I did come there too. > > the 16th. Again I walked from Passajung (Passyunk) to Mag. Rudman in > order again to pay my respects to Mag. Biorks [sic] [and] Mag. Rudman, > and I did then escort his sweetheart to show her the town, as she had > not seen it before. > > Sept. the 20th. Under a heavy rain, I went down to Christina [Old > Swedes, Wilmington, DE] to say the banns for Mag. Biork and his > sweetheart, Stina Stallkapp, who afterwards were joined in marriage Oct. > 6th. I was very ill in the intervening time...so it was with the very > greatest ado I was able to marry them." > > Biork himself wrote to the Swedish Resident in London, a letter > preserved in the Swedish Royal Archives, to tell of his marriage: > > "Especially is my situation much changed in that a good man's child of > my congregation, now in her sixteenth year, Kristina Stallcop by name, > has, by her modest ways and unusual proficiency in all things, at length > bound my heart unto herself, although she, because of her shyness toward > me and my office, did for a time politely decline, but all the more > pleased me thereby." >