Of course.....if someone was living in New Sweden in 1693, he could hardly have arrived in 1754! Sandra Do you mean 1654? New Sweden didn't exist in 1754. "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. This earlier Matthias Mattsson de Foss was a blacksmith who arrived in New Sweden with his brother Anders Mattsson in 1754" -- 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