Claus Jenson, Johnson, etc., of Germantown was not a Swede. He was a German and an early settler of Germantown. The Swedes settled some miles South of Germantown before Germantown was fonded. Gene Stackhouse, Germantown Historical Society. --- Sandra Ferguson <ferg@ntelos.net> wrote: > In 1693, there was an inhabitant of New Sweden > whose name was Matts > DeVoss, who had been born in Sweden and was still > living in '93. According > to THE 1693 CENSUS OF SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE, by > Craig, Devoss/DeVos/DeFoss > were other names for Johansson, which also was > Jansen. This earlier > Matthias Mattsson de Foss was a blacksmith who > arrived in New Sweden with > his brother Anders Mattsson in 1754....there was > also another Matthias > Mattsson in the colony, so tracing each Matthias is > difficult. . > I checked the CD of wills and there are no > Jansen/Jansan/JansonJamsen > wills recorded in Chester Co, and no mentions of the > surname in the wills of > others. > The will for Claus Jamsen is as > follows.....Phil Co. > JAMSEN, CLAUS. Germantown.Executor: Son Claus, sole > heir.Witnesses: January > Dooden, Dirck Jansen and Francis Daniel Pastorius. > (There is no date > given, but it is found between 2 1711 will probates > and is definitely pre > 1726.) > > > Sandra > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - > Release Date: 9/15/2006 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > Gene Stackhouse: Beer drinking doesn't do half the harm as love-making. -- Anonymous __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com