Swedish Colonial News

Volume 1, Number 10 Fall, 1994

GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE HISTORIC SITES

Recently I had the opportunity to rep­ The John Hans Steelman House At Elkton, MD resent our Society at the Conference of Swedish America in Minneapolis, MNheld Falling To Ruins by the Swedish Council of America on May 13 and 14 at the American Swedish Insti­ tute, the former Turnblad Mansion,and the perfect settingfor a memorable evening of

Swedish culture, food and entertainment. / We were served a fineherring dinner in the 4 ·r Sillbord style followed by music of Swed­ ish fiddlers. I enjoyed the evening with Erik Tornquist, former SC S Governor, and his wife Linnea, daughter of Carl and Alice Lindborg. The following day I attended a series of interesting workshops including "Using Libraries for Swedish Genealogical Re­ search" and "The Genuine Swedish SmOrgAsbord". The highlight of the weekend was the Great Swedish Heritage Awards Dinner. This year's recipient was Richard E. Oldenburg, Director of the Museum of TM John HansSteelman House withtM originalfront door facing west towardsLittle Elk Creek. TM door has Modem Artin NYC and the Swede of the beenfilled in because offlooding from tM river. Year Award was presented to HAkan Hagegard, the famed Swedish lyric bari­ John Hans Steelman (1655-1749), the tract at the "Head of Elk" on Little Elk tone. Ambassador Henrik Liljegren gave eldest son of Hans MAnssonand Ella Stille, Creek. Here he launched a 50-year career the concluding remarks. was born on his father's Aronameck plan­ as an Indian trader and Indian interpreter I compared notes with several members tation(West Philadelphia) and moved with thatearned him the distinction of being the of the Swedish Colonial Society who were his parentsin the 1670s to the north side of foremost Indian trader of his times on the present-Robert andVicki Peterson, Paul Pennsauken Creek in Burlington County, frontiers of northern Maryland and Penn­ and BettyCornell, and Ann Barton Brown, NJ. In 1687 he moved toRedClayCreekin sylvania. three Directorof the American SwedishHistoric New Castle County, DE wherehe married In 1697, new ministers sent by Maria, fill Musewn.We allagreed the conference was daughterof John Andersson Stalcop. Sweden to the empty pulpits of the had firstrate. By 1693 he moved to "Sahakitko" Swedish churcheson the Delaware,arr ived (now known as Elkton) in Cecil County, in America in theChesapeake Bay and

John C. Cameron � Maryland, where he acquired a 200-acre ContifllU!d on page 3 2 Swedish Colonial News

FOREFATHERS

the jurisdiction of the "Swedish Nation," possibly more. later known as theUpland Court He suc­ 4. Christiern HanssonSteelman fol­ Hans Mansson and ceededSven Skute as captain of the militia lowed his brother John to New Castle His Steelman Family and servedas spokesmanfor settlers in his Cowity. By 1708 he was the second hus­ area who in 1660 successfully opposed band of Mary Cann, a Quaker, widow of Stuyvesant's plan for them to move to a James Claypoole, Jr. Thereafter, until at single, fortifiedvillage. His1 100-acreplan­ least 173 7, Christi em was an active Hans MAnsson chose to go to New tation fronted on the Schuylkill between communicant at Holy Trinity Church. Sweden with alacrity. His alternative was present Woodlands Cemetery and about Children, if any, areWlknown. death by hanging. 60th Streetand extended westward as far as 5. James Hansson Steelman married In the autumn of 1640a yowigtrooper Cobb's Creek. Susannah Toy by 1690. In 1695 he ac­ called Hans MAnsson from Hanaskede, In the mid-1670s, Hans MAnsson also quired lands atGreat Egg Harborin the area Skaraborg/an, Sweden, enteredthe Crown's becamethe first white settler on Pe1U1sauken of present Atlantic City. He died in 1734, V garden at the monastery in amhem "and Creek in present Burlington Cowity. He survived by six sons and two daughters. there ruined 6 of the best apple trees and 2 moved permanently to this site by 1681 6. Peter Hansson Steelman, born c. of the best cherry trees in order to obtain when he sold his Aronameck plantation to 1674, married Gertrude Keen, daughter of material for some mane combs." At his his stepson, Peter PeterssonY ocwn. Hans Hans Keen, c. 1695. He, too, acquired sentencing on 31May 1641 he was given returned to Pennsylvania on occasion. On lands in the Atlantic City area, where he the choice of being sent to New Sweden 25 June 1684, at the request of William died after 1737, survived by five sons and withhis wife and children or of going to the Penn, Hans MAnsson, aged ''72 years or two known daughters. gallows. thereabouts," joined Peter Cock, 74, and 7. Charles Hansson Steelman, born Born about 1612, HansMAnsson was Peter Rambo, 72, in signing an affidavit 1679, married Anna, daughter of Anthony not yet 30 yearsold when he departedfrom relating facts designed to show that Lord Nilsson, c. 1702. He died six years later at GOteborg on either the Kalmar Nyckel or Baltimore recognized the right of New Senamensing in Burlington County, NJ, the Charitas in July 1641. It is probable Sweden to occupy landson the Delaware. survived by one son and two daughters, all that his wife and children accompanied Hans MAnsson died at Senamensing, of whom moved to New Castle County. has him, although no laterreference to them Burlington County, about 1691. In the 8. Eric HanssonSteelman, born1681, been found. Arriving in New Sweden in following year his property was taxed to married Brigitta [parents not identified] at November, Hans served for least five "Widow Hance." and acquired land in Gloucester County, yearsas a convict laborer beforegaining his By 1693 HansMAnsson's widow and NJ, from Gustaf Lock in 1715. He died of freedom. He then settled on a tract of land his six sons (known as Hansson, or son of smallpox in 1731, survived by two sons and on the west side of the Delaware knownas Hans) adopted the surname of Steelman, four daughters. AronameckwithPeter Jochimsson, a former undoubtedly derived fromher maiden name It is not wilikely that Ella Stille, who Swedish soldier who married Ella Stille, of Stille. Old Ella Steelman, born in Swe­ was bearing children for almost 30 years daughter of Olaf Stille. den, was buried in Gloucester County, NJ, (1652-1681) had additionaldaughters who In 1653 Hans MAnsson joined Peter 22 Jan. 1718 at the age of 83. have not been identified 20 Jochimsson and other freemen in sign­ Ella's knownchildren, all but the first ing a petition to Governor Printz raising two born to Hans MAnsson, were: Dr. Peter S. Craig "'E> objections to the harshness of his rule. 1. PeterPete�n Yocum, 1652,born Printz labeled the petition a "mutiny" and who married Judith Jonasdotter, daughter then abruptly returned to Sweden. When of Jonas Nilsson of Kingsessing, in 1676 NOTE: Governor Risingarrived in 1654 toassume and had ten children, seven of them sons, command, bothHans andPeter joined other at before his death Aronameck in 1702. Dr. Peter Craig's book, The 1693 freemen in pledging their allegiance. Peter ElizabethPetersdotter,born 2. 1654, Census of the Swedes on the Dela­ Jochimsson then agreed to go to New who married John Ogle, an English soldier. ware may be ordered for $37.50 plus Amsterdam todeliver a letterof friendship They residedon WhiteClay Creek in New $2.50 postage and handling from: fromRising to GovernorStuyvesant and to Castle County and had two sons before SAG Publications bring back the Dutch governor's reply. Ogle's death in 1684. She died in the early P.O. Box 32790 However, Peter became ill in Manhattan 1690s. WinterPark, FL 32790 and died there in the summer of 1654, John Han�n Steelman, 3. born If autographed copies are desired, leavingthe young widow Ella andtheir two 1655, moved to New Castle Cowity by your order and check should be infant children, Peter and Eliz.abeth. Hans Maria, 1687 and married daughter of John directed to: MAnsson, then 42, married Ella Stille, then Andersson Stalcop. Moving to Cecil Dr. Peter S. Craig 20, and started his second family. MD, County, by 1693 he becamean Indian 3406 Macomb Street NW Hans MAnsson became a respected trader and died in presentAdams County, Washington, DC 20016 ' leaderof the up-river Swedes livingwithin PA, in 1749. He had at least two sons, Swedish Colonial News 3

ConJiniudfrom page 1 visited the property in the spring and found were ushered to Sahakitko to be met by that the roofhad fallen in and that all of the JolmHans Steelmanand his Swedish neigh­ interior was now exposed to the elements. bors. One of these Swedish ministers, The propertywhere the house stands is still 1H Ericus BjOrk, would later marry Steelman's owned by descendantsof the Hollingsworth niece, Christina Petersdotter Stalcop, in family. 17<.Yl. The stone house on Little Elk Creek mark with This is John Hans Steclman's special John Hans Steelman provided over one remained Steelman's primary home until which he signed importantdocumenu. In Swedish it is bomiirlce. Thisis from half of the capital necessary for the con­ the 1720s when he moved westward to called Steclman's signature in 1737. struction of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) followhis principal customers,the Indians. anIndian deed signed Church, through loans of £320. When he In 1737 he was one of the signers of the forgavea loan for£100, he was promised a infamous ''Walking Purchase" treaty be­ burial spot within the church - an offer tweenPennsylvania and the DelawareIndi­ BOOK REVIEWS that was never exercised. ans. In 1740, he testified on the Penn The impressive new Swedish church family's behalf in its dispute with Lord on the ChristinaRiver probably motivated Baltimore on the boundary betweenPenn­ Steelman to replicate the building on his sylvania and Maryland. John Hans The 1693 Census of own property at Sahakitko. Hiring the Steelman died in 1749, at the age of 94, in the Swedes on the Delaware sameSwedish craftsmen who had worked Lancaster (now Adams) County, PA. The on Holy Trinity (blacksmith Matthias saleof his property after his death netted by Dr. Peter S. Craig MatthiassonDeFossand carpenter Hendrick only £23. He never collected on his £220 "While W eslager has tended to present a JOransson Snickare), Steelman's stone loan to Holy Trinity Church. Most of that more general view of the early Swedish, mansion was built around1700 andbecame money was exhausted in the early 1700s Dutch,and English settlementsof the Dela­ afavored placeforSteelman,asMaryland's under court orders in orderto pay Steelman's wareValley and Gehring has concentrated "Interpreter-in-Chief," to negotiate peace creditors, includingthe two Swedish crafts­ on editing the manuscript collections at treaties with the Indians. men who had helped to build his stone Albany, New Yorlc, relating to these settle­ Through the initiative of Dr. Richard house on Little Elk Creek. ments, Craig has focused his attention on H. Hulan, folklorist of Arlington, VA, the Dr. Peter S. Craig ""E> the Swedish settlers themselves. In this imposing stone structureat Elk Landingon extraordinarybook he provides for the first Little Elk Creek was listed on the National time an accurate transcription of the 1693 NOTE: Register of Historic Places by the National census. But Craig is not content with mere­ Park Service ten years ago. Dr. Craig ly transcribing the census; through pain­ There are no plans to save the build­ assistedin providing historical documenta­ staking and assiduous research,utilizing an ing at this time. If you have a special tion. On the National Register it is listed as astonishingarray of sources in both America interest in thisbuilding and would "Old Stone House, Elk Landing," as the like and Sweden, he has crafted biographical to do something about it ,please contact reviewing committeedeemed the evidence sketches of the 195 heads of households Peter Craig. "insufficient" to prove that the house was listed and has reconstructedthe households built in the period of Steelman's ownership themselves. At the same time, he demol­ of the land. ishes many of the absurd claims and egre­ In 1735 the property wasacquired by gious errors made by generations of care- - - ______-- the Hollingsworth family,which later added ..------AN _T______C cil_C u -. - ----. less researchers. JO HN H S S E ELMAN H ous E e o nty M D the top floorand operated the property as a FirstFloor & , later "Craig hasprovided plan Porches stain are additions. tavern. The Hollingsworth family itself an immense service to lived in a newer 18th centuryhouse built to historians and genealo­ the northeast of the Steelman house. gists alike and has dem­ The "Old Stone House" as it appeared onstrated,at a timewhen in 1984 is shown by the photograph accom­ family reconstruction is panying this article. The house measures immensely popular but 28 x 36 feet and features three cornerfire­ often carelessly done, places on the main floor. The basement, Porch � thatmeticulous research level with the bottomof the slope, wasused should be the rule, not for storage of furs and other goods. The the exception. Craighas formerfront door and basementdoors have also included twoexcel­ been closed up by stone through the years lent maps that he com­ as a defense against periodic floodwaters missioned for this project." fromLittle Elk Creek. Porch Craig W. Dorie, The house has been unoccupied for 0 PennsylvaniaMagazine several decades. Dr.Hulan reports that he of History & Biography 4 Swedish Colonial News

here," said Cynthia. EDUCATION ited his home, Gunillaberg, and his final Priorto the visit the studentswere intro­ resting place in Bottnaryd. Who could say duced totheir young hostsby computer and if he heard them as they tapped upon the sent letters and photos back and forth over floor above his grave or tried to quickly the summer. catch a glimpse of his ghost passingthrough The two Swedish coordinators were the halls of his mansion. teachers from Talavidskolen, Monika No, it is not so! For the children know Ljunggren and Lena Winald-Moller who his body may lay beneath theseboards, but have been "on-line" with Tom Jones and hisheart and soul have returnedto America. his studentssince 1990. Both Talavid orga­ On those warm and misty mornings on the nizers visited Upper Pittsgrovein June 1993 banks of the Delaware they can still hear his for the 350th Anniversary celebration of roar and see his boat with flag unfurled as GovernorPrintz' s arrival-"Kids Celebrate". he makes sailfor Fort Elfsborg and adven­ Contacts were set up through the New ture. Sweden Project,the school-to-school com­ Tom Jones.AssistanJ Vice Principal puter exchange program sponsored by our Upper Pittsgrove School, SalemCounty, NJ Swedish Colonial Society of Philadelphia. StacyMayMw,Mrs.AulsonandMrdaughl�rSophia. Fast friendships have been made, a PHOTO:BETH UNNF.RSON-DALY larger view of the world has begun, chil­ dren have been informed and inspired and New Jersey Students the Swedish students count the days until Visit Sweden they can visit America. BethLinnerson-Daly"

At the end of August, long before most Americanschools had begun, 16 teenagers from Upper Pittsgrove School in Salem County, New Jerseywere attendingschool in Sweden. It was part of an exchange begunby computer in theirclassroom. The students were chaperoned by Tom Jones, their SocialStudies teacher, and fourother Brian Clark withhis Swedish hosts,Mateus Inlander adults. andhis father.PHOTO: BETH LINNERSON-DALY They stayed in the homes of students and teachers at their sister school­

Talavidskolen. Their itinerary was jam­ MonikaLjwiggrcn, TomJones andLena Winald­ Swedish Teachers and packed. In addition to attending classes in Mollcr, coordinators for the trip. the Jt5nkt5pingschools they spent two days PHOTO: BETH LINNERSON-DALY Students Visit N. J. School in Stockholm and one in Gothenburg. For the second consecutive year The At a barbequeheld on the last night of Samuel Mickle School (formerly named their stay the US youngsters enthusiasti­ American Kids The East Greenwich School)in Mickleton, cally discussed their eventful trip. Brian NJ, was privileged to host five Swedish Clark, 13, considerd the trip a great learn­ and the Governor teachers and five of their students from ing experience. "Sweden was completely Bamarpsskolan, in Jt5nkOping, Sweden. different than I expected." he said. " I This visit was an extension of the on-going thought it might be something like Disney Old Johan Printz would surely have New Sweden Project begun in 1990 con­ World-sort of a tourist attraction but its smiled on this group of Americans in necting Bamarpsskolan and the Samuel more homelike. More likeNew Jersey." Jl5nkt5pingthis swnmer. Over the past few Mickle School through computer link. StacyMayhew said, "It's a lot nicer than years they and their friends at the Upper The studentsstayed with localfamilies I expected,a lot different. It's cleaner,pret­ Pittsgrove Schoolin Salem Countyin south­ during their eight day visit. The Swedish tier, the people are a lot nicer. I was sur­ ern New Jersey had been studying about guests shared their culture through a slide prised at how beautiful it was. I love it Governor Printz and the New Sweden presentation,songs,folkdancingandsports. here." Colony. It was especiallyappropriate since During the week they traveledto New York Both Jennifer Comely and her twin sis­ the land on which they now live was once City, Washington, D.C., Lancaster, PA, ter Cynthia were struck by the beauty of governed by "Big Belly" himself. and the Jersey shore. Of particular local Stockholmand loved the adventureswim­ The tales of Johan Printzand the New interest to the teachers was the Nothnagle ming pools but they were not taken with the Sweden Colony were not forgotten as the Cabin in Gibbstown, NJ and the Old Swedish breakfasts. "They eat different sixteen young middle school children vis- Continued oo page 5 Swedish Colonial News 5

Swedes Church in Swedesboro,NJ. OBITUARY Wes' death comes as a particular loss The Swedish guests wanted to under­ to this writer. For the past dozen years he stand American school life better, so the has been my mentor and best critic, and I Swedish children attendedclasses with their Dr. C. A. Weslager Dies At owe him especial gratitude forwriting the American student hosts, and their teachers The Age Of85 forewordto my 1993 book,The 1693 Cen­ observed and participatedin Language Arts, sus of the Swedes on the Delaware, which Special Education, Science, Physical Edu­ Dr. Clinton Albert Weslager, noted his­ he reviewed and critiqued in manuscript. cation and Artclasses. torian of the early Swedish settlements on Dr. Peter S. Craig + During the stayfriendships in the two the Delaware and an Honorary Councillor schools deepened relationships that have of the Swedish Colonial Society, aged 85, been four years in the making. The many died of a pulmonary embolism August 5, NEW FOREFATHER participants continue to reap the rewards 1994, at ChristianaHospital near his retire­ MEMBERS that come from a better understanding of ment home in Newark, Delaware. each other'sculture, In his writing career that spanned 50 Puyallup, Wash­ The Swedish teachers' trip was funded Eldon A. Angelo, years, C. A. Weslager, as he was known to ington, descended .from Israel Akesson by the Swedish Institute in Stockholm. his readers, wrote 15 major booksand over Helm via his son Akenus Helm and the 100 pamphlets and articles on history and latter's daughter Deborah who married Elaine Myers.Linda Turk andKeith Webb, archaeology, especially on topics relating Benjamin Angelo. Teachers, The Samuel Mickle School Gloucester County, NJ to the Delaware River Valley. Raised in Pittsburgh,"Wes" (as he was Daniel M. Brown, Collings Lakes, known to his friendsand colleagues)gradu­ NJ, descended fromMatts Hansson via his son Peter Mattsson of Gloucester County, ated from the University of Pittsburgh in NJ. In Me moriam -1993-1994 1933. After more than 30 years with the DuPont Company, he tookearly retirement James R. Yocom, Tacoma, Wash., in 1968 in order to devote full time to his descended from Peter Jocbimsson via The following is a listing of the deaths of interests in history. He later taught Dela­ Peter Petersson Yocum and Andrew valued SCS members during the past ware history at Wesley College and the Yocum. ( year. It sadly includes a number of long­ University of Delaware before joining the standing Forefather Members as well: Widener University faculty, from which he Raymond Michael Borland, Colora, retired in 1983. Maryland, descended from Johan Greis­ (alias Jan Cornelius) via his son Mrs. Martha Helms Bates, Weslager ' s first book,Delaware'sFor­ son John Wallingford, PA gotten Folk, about the Nanticoke Indians, Archer and Jacob Archer. descended from Israel Akesson Helm was published in 1943. This wasfollowed Member since 1937, Age 99 Lawrence Mattson, Macedon, NY, by Delaware's Buried Past (1944) and descended from Matts Hansson via his Mrs. Jane Bester Delaware's Forgotten River (1947), both son Peter Mattsson of Gloucester County, Sun City, Arizona of which touched upon earlySwedish settle­ descended from Rev. Lars Carlsson Lock NJ. ment in New Castle County. The Member since 1936, Age 82 Richardsons ofDelaware (1957) devoted Herbert R. Rambo, Berlin, NJ, des­ its opening chapter to the settlement of cended from Peter Gunnarsson Rambo Edmund D. Curtis, Jr. AndersAndersson the Finn and his associ­ via his son John Rambo of Gloucester Ardencroft, DE Member since 1975 ates on Little Mill Creek. Dutch Explorers, County, NJ. Traders and Settlers in the Delaware Valley Paul J. Boisen, Jr. (1961) and The English on the Delaware, James A. Friend, Edison, NJ, des­ FL cended fromNils Larsson Friinde via his Naples, 1610-1682 (1967) provideduseful compan­ Member since 1983 son John Friend. ions to Dr. Amandus Johnson's 1911 clas­ sic, Swedish Settlements on the Delaware. C. L. Koebel Walter Albert Muller, Camarillo, MI The Log Cabin in America Grosse Pointe Shores, Weslager's California, descended from Jurgen Keen Member since 1946 (1969) is the definitive work establishing via his son Hans Keen. that the Swedes and Finns introduced the Mrs. Irene Lewis log cabin to America His last three books, Paoli, PA Denis Higginbotham, Mobile, Ala­ descended from The Swedes andDutch atNewCastle (1987), bama, descended from Olof Stille via his Peter Gunnarson Rambo New Sweden on the Delaware (1988) andA son Andrew Stille and Jacob Stille. ( Member since 1926 Man and His Ship: Peter Minuit and the Age 105, our oldest member. Kalmar Nyckel (1989), firmly established David E. West, Peoria, Illinois, de­ scended fromPeter Gunnarsson Rambo Dr. Weslager as the foremost historian of (Obituary in next issue) via his son Peter Rambo of Philadelphia his time on the Swedish settlers ofthe Dela­ County. Continued on page 6 ware Valley in the 17th century. 6 Swedish Colonial News

In Memoriam(Continuedfrompage 5) Past Events 1994

John Morton April JO Media, PA FOREFATHERS' LUNCHEON, held descended fromMArten MArtensson jointly with the Delaware Swedish Member since 1975, Age 77 Colonial Society (see details on page 7). Joseph S. Rambo Philadelphia, PA April 24 descended from CONSUL GENERAL OF SWEDEN, PeterGunnarsson Rambo Honorable Dag Ahlander and his family Member since 1965 visited historic Swedish sites in the Mrs. Mary G. Roehling Delaware Valley region (see details on Trenton,NJ page 7). descended fromJohan Scoggin, Member since 1938, Age 89 April 30 (Obituary in next issue) TWO LECTURES were delivered by James A. Sutton Dr.Peter S. Craig to the Mid-Atlantic Bryn Mawr, PA Gennanic Society in Jessup, Maryland. descended from PeterJochimsson "The Antient Sweeds on the Delaware" Governor Caf11/lron chats wiJh Esther Member since 1965, Age 81 ChilstromMeixner, auJhor o/The Governor's and "Relations Between the Swedish Daughter al the DuPont CounJryClub. Robert R. Van Gulick and Gennan churches in the Middle PHOTO: LENA CARLSSON Newtown, PA Colonies in the 18th Century." Katarina Sheronas, representatives of descended from Peter Claesen Wyckoff Upper Darby Township and the SCS. Member since 1968, Age 67 May26-27 THEPENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP Dr. C. A. Weslager August 18-30 Newark, DE IDSTORICAL SOCIETY in Penns TWENTY SEVEN 1EACHERS visited Honorary Member, Age 85 Grove, Salem County, NJ held a Swedish schools in Jl)nkOping as partof (See obituary on page 5) meetingfocused on infonnation on the the Hands Across the Water Educational 17th-century Swedish settlements in Exchange. Beth Linnerson-Daly, educa­ Fred W. Yocum, Sr. Salem County given by Dr. Craig. Aldan, PA tion coordinator for the SCS, was the descended fromPeter J ochimsson Interest was high on his new book and delegation leader. several local historians were delighted Member since 1980, Age 67 September18 to get autographed copies. "17th CENTURY MILL SI1ES OF THE On the followingday John Warner, ANTIENT SWEEDS" was Dr. Peter S. Upcoming Events fonner commissioner of the New Craig's address, sponsored by the Mills St. Lucia's Festival & Dinner Sweden Commemorative Commission, Project, at the annual meeting of the American Swedish HistoricalMusewn gave Dr. Craig a personally-guided tour American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia, PA to several historic sites in Swedesboro Friday, Dec. 2nd & Saturday, Dec. 3rd Philadelphia. including "Stratton Hall," built on the

Julmlddag Fishing Place plantation of Olaf Dalbo, September20 Swedish Colonial Society one of the founders of the log church at THE DELAWARE GENEALOGICAL The Merion Cricket Club Raccoon(now knownas Swedesboro). Haverford, PA SOCIETY in Wilmington, DE invited Dr. Swtday, Dec.4th, Reception 11 :30, Dinner 12:30 July 10 Craig to speak. The discussion centered on the four-state NewJersey-Pennsylva­ Swedish Colonial Christmas AN SCS OFFICERS AND COUNCIL nia-Delaware-Maryland area during the Cumberland County HistoricalSociety RETREAT was held at Clifford Greenwich NJ 17th century. Holgren's lovely historic home in Bryn Swtday Dec. 4th, 12 noon andS pm Mawr. Plans forthe coming yearas October4 & 6 Holiday Ethnic Festival well as long-range plans were on the THE AMERICAN SWEDISH IDSTORI­ Nothnagle Cabin agenda. Gibbstown, NJ CAL MUSEUM had a program for a Swtday, Dec.4th, 2 pmto 4 pm July 24 week long Elder Hostel study tripcalled "Before William Penn" at which talks St. Lucia's Day Ceremony The LOWER SWEDISH CABINwas were given by Dr. Peter S. Craig and Trinity Church, Parish Hall the site of a tree planting ceremony Swedesboro, NJ John Cameron, this society's current dedicated to Carl Lindborg. Guests of Swtday, Dec.11th, 6 pm governor. honor were Alice Lindborg and Swedish Colonial News 7

The last stop of the day was the PA, near the Culin and Morton properties. ( Sonsul General Hendrickson House on the grounds of If you were unable to jointhe group on and Historic Sites Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington, thismost interestingtour, you might follow Delaware. This house, known as the their path some quiet Sunday morning and "Old Swedes House," originally stood on pay homage to those settlerswho have gone On Sunday, April 24th, 1994, the the east side of Crum Creek inEddystone, before. SCS hosted special visitors, Consul General Dag Ahlander and his family, introducing them to the early Swedish landmarks which still remain of New Sweden along the Delaware River. Ambassador Liljegren deliven his Twenty-six other SCS members also address to the combined memben of Swedish Colonial Societies. On his joined the party including the Executive left is the Johan Printz familyCoat of Director of IKEA, Goran Carstedt and his Arms. The banner was made for the wife. 1993 celebration byJean Roll, direct The tour began at Gloria Dei (Old descendant of PeterGunanson Rambo Four generations of her family Swedes') Church, the oldest church in attended the June 11th ceremony. Pennsylvania, founded in 1677 by the PHOTO: LENA CARLSSON Swedish/Finnish settlers. Reverend David Rivers led the morning service. After the worship service the group traveled to Delaware County, an area rich in many Swedish historical sites. The first stop was the Lower Swedish Cabin on Creek Road in Upper Darby, lovingly restored and maintained by Friends of the Ambassador Liljegren, Mn Liljegren, John Cameron, our Governor, and Swedish Cabin. ( Connie Metcalf, Governorof the Del­ Morton The next site was the aware Swedish Colonial Society. Homestead in Prospect Park. Mayor PHOTO: LENA CARLSSON Donald Cook greeted the party at this famous property. The cabin is said to have been built in the 17th century by MArten MArtenson, ancestor of John Morton, one of Pennsylvania's signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A short distance away in Essington, they gathered at Governor Printz Park on the banks of the Delaware-the site of the first permanent settlement in present Forefather's Luncheon Pennsylvania, then called New Gothenberg. Printzhof, the governor's The following officers were elected for mansion, was constructed on Tinicum The Swedish Colonial Society in 1994-95: Island in 1643, some four decades before conjunction with the Delaware Swedish John C. Cameron, Governor William Penn arrived.The group lunched Colonial Society held their annual John W. Widtfeldt, Sr. Deputy at at the neighboring Corinthian Yacht meeting and luncheon the DuPont Governor Club. Country Club, Wilmington, on April Mrs. George C. McFarland, Jr. The group then journeyed on to 10th. Deputy Governor Chester, the second oldest settlement in Tablall L. Hillman, Treasurer Pennsylvania, originally named Upland The guests of Honor were His Doris Ryall, Recording Secretary by the Swedes. The group visited the Old Excellency Swedish Ambassador to the Wallace F. Richter, Registrar Swedish Burial Ground at Third Street United States and Mrs.Henrik Gordon L. Keen, Jr., Counselor a and the Avenue of the States. John Lilejegren. In the morning, worship John Ramee, Color Guard Morton (1724-1777) and Isaac Culin service was held at the Holy Trinity (Old Lena Carlsson, Events Chairman (1750-1826), descendants of the early Swedes) Church. A wreath laying Rev. David B. Rivers, Secretary settlers, are buried there. Culin is an ceremony was attended by members of Rev. Reed Brinkman, Chaplain at ancestor of our present Governor,John the oranizations "The Rocks" in Fort Peter S. Craig, Historian Cameron. Christina Park. Beth Linnerson-Daly, Education 8 Swedish Colonial News

MEMBERS The Swedish Colonial Society LIFE MEMBERS applauds these efforts and would like to Karin ElizabethM. Tunenez again publicly thank the KalmarNyckel Elizabeth, NJ Foundation for the use of "The Little Karin Lindberg Mejia Elizabeth.NJ Key" for the Kids Celebrate ceremonies Richard A. Gnospelius in 1993. BrynMawr, PA Beth Linnerson-Da/y + Denis Prieur Higginbotham New York, NY New Members The Swedish Colonial Society

Eldon L. Angelo Membership Application Fee: Puyallup, WA Mr. & Mrs. ErnestE. Bareuther, Jr., CONGRATULATIONS Vincentown,NJ Individual $20.00 Raymond Michael Borland The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Colora,MD Family $30.00 recently announced it soon will begin David W. Cottrell construction of the Kalmar Nyckel TomsRiver, NJ Life: $300.00 Dorothea Bedinger Clymer replica of the 115-foot man-of-war Place111ia, CA Organization: $30.00 which brought Peter Minuit to the Rocks" RobertT. Healey, Jr. in 1638, leading to the establishment of Medford, NJ Thomas J. Jones the New Sweden Colony. Name: ______Elmer,NJ This long-awaited moment has been Dr. SusanMackey Kallis Address: ______made possible by a $100,000 grant from Havertown,PA the General Assembly of the Delaware Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Kirchhoff, Jr. Glen Mills,PA State Governmentwhich brings the first Judy Peterson Larsen Phone:------building phase goal of raising $250,000 Dagmar,MI near to completion. J. Gabriel Neville Ford, The shipbuilder, Allen Rawl of Parker PA SWEDISH COLONIAL Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Riehle Bradshaw, MD, will work with student CliftonPark, NY NEWS and volunteer labor as well as skilled Peter M. Sheronas Publications Committee artisans. They hope to finish this first Ardnwre,PA Mazy Jane Smith phase building of the keel, stem and DrexelHill, PA Beth Linnerson-Daly, Editor stem by spring 1995. The second phase, Sarah Tarpine Smith, Family the addition of the ribs and planking, will Elmer, NI continue into the next year. D.widWest Barbara Almquist John Cameron Peoria, IL Anyone interested in contributing to Peter S. Craig Brian Daly this exciting project eitherfinancially or Alice Lindborg JohnRamee HONORARY MEMBER through volunteer laborshould contact JeanRoll David Rivers Mr. & Mrs 01.;ran Carstedt Peggy Tigue Fillos at the Kalmar Nyckel Benkt Wennberg John Widtfeldt Wayne,PA Foundation in Wilmington, DE. Budget Printing, Princeton, NJ (302)429-SHIP.

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