1671 Census of the Delaware
Peter Stebbins Craig, J.D.
Fellow, American Society of Genealogasts Fellow, Genealogacal Society of Pennsylvania
Published by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
1305 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19 107
Monograph Series no. 4 Conte
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Partl: Wharton'sCensus ...... Upland Court Jurisdictic,: Sankhickans Island i C Copyright 0 1999 by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, 3406 Macomb St., N.W., Matinicum (now Burli :I Washington, D.C. 20016 Shackamaxon ...... Wicaco ...... Moyamensing ...... Passyunk ...... ' Printed in the United States of America Aronameck ...... Kingsessing ...... Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 99-75853 Cock's Island ...... Boon's Island ...... ISBN NO. 1-887099-10-7 Carkoens Hook ...... Calcon Hook ...... Ammansland ...... Tinicum Island ...... Upland ...... Prin tztorp ...... Marcus Kill ...... Marcus Hook ...... Except as provided under the United States Copyright Act of 1978, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any Part 2: New Castle CourtJurisdlsu The Bought ...... means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author, Peter S. Craig. Verdrietige Hook I Bc-c Skilpot Kill ...... Christina ...... The Soldiers' Tract ... Deer Point ...... The Old Minquas Plan Bread & Cheese Island Con tents
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Part 1: Wharton's Census ...... 1 . Upland Court Jurisdiction ...... 11 . . Sankhickans Island & Chiepiessing ...... 12 iesyrs Craig. 3406 Macomb St., N.W., Matinicum (now Burlington) Island ...... 12 Shackamaxon ...... 13 Wicaco ...... I3 Moyamensing ...... 14 Passyunk ...... 15 Aronameck ...... 18 Kingsessing ...... 21 Cock's Island ...... 22 Boon's Island ...... 23 Carkoens Hook ...... 23 Calcon Hook ...... 25 Ammansland ...... 28 Tinicum Island ...... 29 Upland ...... 31 Prin tztorp ...... 33 Marcus Kill ...... 33 Marcus Hook ...... 34 d 5~:~sCopnight Act of 1978. no part
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I-tnbuted . in any form or by any Part 2: New Castle Court Jurisdiction ...... 36 me -.L r\ -[ern . ~tithoutthe prior written The Bought ...... 36 rc 2 Verdrietige Hook (Bochten) ...... 37 Skilpot Kill ...... 38 Christina ...... 39 The Soldiers' Tract ...... 41 Deer Point ...... 42 The Old Minquas Plantation ...... 42 Bread & Cheese Island ...... 42 Swart Nutten Island ...... 44 Feren Hook ...... 45 Long Hook ...... 46 Mill Torp ...... 47 Turkey Island ...... 48 Crane Hook ...... 48 Paerden Hook ...... 50 Swanyck ...... 53 his book is designed to assist histori New Castle ...... 57 Tdaunting task of identifying Europf West New Jersey Residents ...... 72 prior to the Quaker "invasion" that be,g~n Wiltbanck's Whorekill Census ...... 73 and culminated with William Penn's 23 The task has been daunting because fe Name Index ...... 83 for the Swedes, Finns and Dutch ~hoion of the residents on the South kl-er a , < became outnumbered in 1682 by the -6 Maps & Illustrations the British Isles. The first permanent settlement ot 3 Reproduction of portion of first page of census ...... 4 the founding of New Sweden at Fort D 1693 Service Area of Swedish Log Church at Wicaco ...... 11 that spread northward to the Schu1lk.J 1693 Service Area of Swedish Log Church at Crane Hook ...... 54 Castle) by 1655. In that year, Sew 51. rd and remained under Dutch rule 11::~: : the river to the forces of the Duke i'i\->! first English census in 1671, it renlLzfi governed out of FortJames on \larLzc New York Governor Francis Lcl: c:r;r hen he ordered the census in 1ri; l - ro or taxes. Nevertheless, the resuldna suucting the European settlemene '1 r. 2 the river had been under English rit : resided there. They were limited rr. ?t joined by a handful of settlers fi-or. 1.r.z (South Philadelphia) and another recently arrived at the Whorehll LC--* Otherwise, from Burlington Irlar. 7 zs Swedish or Dutch spealung. The 5:.c his book is designed to assist historians and genealogists in the rather Tdaunting task of identifying European settlers on the Delaware River prior to the Quaker "invasion" that began with John Fenwick's group in 1675 and culminated with William Penn's 23 ships in 1681-1682. The task has been daunting because few records have survived in America for the Swedes, Finns and Dutch who constituted the overwhelming majority of the residents on the South River (as they called the Delaware) until they became outnumbered in 1682 by the continuing flood of emigrants from the British Isles. The first permanent settlement of the South River began in 1638 with f 1: -5...... 4 the founding of New Sweden at Fort Christina (now Wilmington), a colony cz ;. 1 -4.- ---- ... -- .CdCO ...... 11 that spread northward to the Schuylkill and southward to Sand Hook (New CI-.-. --L... -.:- r-..-- ,r.c Hook ...... 54 Castle) by 1655. In that year, New Sweden surrendered to New Netherland and remained under Dutch rule until 1664, when the Dutch surrendered the river to the forces of the Duke ofYork. Thereafter, up to the time of the first English census in 1671, it remained a part of the Colony of New York, governed out of Fort James on Manhattan Island. New York Governor Francis Lovelace had only short-term goals in mind when he ordered the census in 1671 - to increase the collection of "quit rents" or taxes. Nevertheless, the resulting census serves as an important key in recon- structing the European settlements on the Delaware in this period. Although the river had been under English rule for seven years, very few Englishmen resided there. They were limited to the remnants of the 1664 invading force, joined by a handful of settlers from Long Island who had settled at Passyunk (South Philadelphia) and another handful of settlers from Maryland who had recently anived at the Whorekill (Lewes, Delaware). Othenvise, from Burlington Island to the Delaware Bay, the area was entirely Swedish or Dutch speaking. The Swedes and the Finns (who also came from Sweden) predominated north of New Castle, while the Dutch predominated in New Castle and the Whorekill. The Englishman Walter Wharton, who took the census from Burlington Island to New Castle, had difficulty understanding Swedish and Dutch. Interpreting some of his entries has been a challenge. Helmanus Wiltbanck, a resident of the Whorekill, was familiar with Dutch and did a somewhat betterjob in his community. vii Another problem with the census - a problem common to the entire pe- riod, 1638-1682 - is the fact that few of the Swedes, Finns and Dutch had surnames. Most of them stayed with the patronymic naming system which pre- vailed in their native countries. Thus, Eskil Larsson's son Bartil was known as Bartil Eskilsson and the latter's son Anders was known as Anders Bartilsson, which became modified to Andrew Bartleson in the hands of English scribes. 1671 Census of tht Nicknames were also common. Thus, Gerrit Jansen, the Dutch blacksmith at New Castle, was also known as Gemt de Smit (his occupation) and Gerrit van Beck (his place of origin). In the patronymic tradition, however, his sons were by Dr. Peter Stebbin known as Gemtsen (later Garretson). Similarly, among the Swedes, Finns and Dutch, women kept their maiden names throughout their life. Thus, the Dutch woman Sarah Neering was mong the NewYork Hisrorid twice married. She was still called Sarah Neering in the will of her second A Archives in Albany, Seli I-,:rk. husband, Foppe Jansen Outhout. A Swedish orphan named Christina Olles- erable interest to historians and g+r dotter was known by that name throughout her life, surviving two husbands, of the Delaware. The documszr 8 the Dutch soldier 6Valraven Jansen de Vos and the Swedish barber-surgeon Sicolls, then Secretary of Go\-err: w Timen Stiddem. Inhabitants of the Delaware" an( c Under the influence of English custom, most of the Swedes, Finns and households from Matinicum BUT^ Dutch had adopted surnames by the end of the 17th century. Sometimes Castle on the south.' the patronymic formed the basis for the surname (e.g.,Mirtensson to Mor- The document was filed aftsr 2 il ton, Gustafsson to Justice, Jochimsson to Yocurn). Sometimes the surname St.Jones, and Duck creeks in pr- was invented, such as Lingiker, meaning "long field" in Swedish, which first interpreted as relating ~a (7~ became Anglicized to Longacre. Thus,John Morton (17241777), signer of published by Berthold Ferncf;; In the Declaration of Independence, traced his ancestry back to Mirten Histo? of the State of Neu I%&. \ :,:lu: Msrtensson, the Finn, who arrived in New Sweden in 1654, and James Bar- continuation of the same l65lI1 ccn ton Longacre (17941869), Chief Engraver at the U.S. Mint, 18441869, tion was then reprinted, in gar'?:a traced his paternal line back to Peter Andersson, a Swede who arrived in Shes, Volume 7, at pages 161:+'2 ? New Sweden in 1640. genealogists alike usuall!. inteyrsrc The author has been working on this 1671 census project for over a decade. The results were first published in the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine in its 1998 issues. The present book now republishes those two 'Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, F.GG ?I;-\?. articles with minor, typographical corrections and a name index. It is hoped logical Society of Pennsvl~ania.i; 2 rc--+? that the book will help other researchers interested in the pioneer European of the first settlers of the Delar,-rlrr '3.-zl.~. . .bong his many books and arucler rr- rw settlers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and West New Jersey. :I .immica, 1641-1 772 (1986).and I--./ :< ..'.-5 He is currently working on a nerk- b:.,:; Dr. Peter S. Craig serially by the Swedish AmPn'ro~?G-.?:..:,? Project, designed to translate 3fiC Washington, D.C., August 1999 Swedes) Church in Philadelph~a. ' The census is oficially deslp.a:e- r;- S ri-- r :,hiem common to the entire pe- I k- r f r-.~Siedes. Finns and Dutch had &i :.:--r nimic naming system which pre- a- -:*I i^l---- .:on's son Bartil was known as -a~'==rs kno~\nas Anders Bartilsson, k--t-+:3 In the hands of English scribes. 1671 Census of the Delaware: Part 1 a. d2-r: Imsen. the Dutch blacksmith at r t't Srric his occupation) and Genit van xr z:rr~c rndition, however, his sons were by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, FASG, FGSP* mr ;-< Dutch. women kept their maiden :- r. orphan named Christina Olles- erable interest to historians and genealogists-the first English census r L: 5er life. suniving two husbands, of the Delaware. The document is endorsed, in the hand of Matthias dt '.-I; 2nd the Swedish barber-surgeon Nicolls, then Secretary of Governor Francis Lovelace, as "A list of the Inhabitants of the Delaware" and dated 1671. It names 165 heads of c:irr -. most of the Swedes, Finns and households from Matinicum (Burlington) Island on the north to New !ie tz 5 rhe 17th century. Sometimes Castle on the south.' r. lri- :- I' - zr?.ame e.g.,Mirtensson to Mor- The document was filed after a 1680 census of inhabitants on Cedar, ar r r l-~~~cumI. Sometimes the surname St.Jones, and Duck creeks in present Delaware and, for this reason, was wz--r--.: -!on% field" in Swedish, which first interpreted as relating to that year. It was first transcribed and . . '2 r.--.r\lorton (1724-1 777), signer of published by Berthold Fernow in Documents Relating to the Colonial -- - - -'I?- his ancestry back to Mirten Histo9 of the State of New York, volume 12, at pages 646-48 (1877), as a xi \-c;+ S:*-eden in 1654, and James Bar- continuation of the same 1680 census. Fernow's misleading transcrip- ks-<-er at the U.S. Mint, 18441869, tion was then reprinted, in garbled form, in Pennsylvania Archives, 2d r--lr-derszon, a Swede who arrived in Series, Volume 7, at pages 860-62 (1878). Subsequently, historians and genealogists alike usually interpreted the 1671 census as applying to the P i~i>1671 census project for over a knee in the Pennsjlvania Genealogical c~.-T.: .%oL now republishes those two *Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, FASG, FGSP, a Fellow and board member of the Genea- -7 c. --7r .. - - .#ni and a name index. It is hoped logical Society of Pennsylvania, is a retired Washington lawyer specializing in the study ~cr~.rrcrs>ted in the pioneer European of the first settlers of the Delaware Valley, 1638-1655, and their colonial descendants. Among his many books and articles are The Yocums ofAronameck (1983), The Stilk Family ~k 'b,ieic Yew Jersey. in America, 1641-1772 (1986), and The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware (1993). He is currently working on a new book, New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1664, being published Dr. Peter S. Craig serially by the Swedish American. Genealogist, and is editor of the Gloria Dei Records Project, designed to translate and publish the colonial records of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church in Philadelphia. ' The census is officially designated as New York Historical Manuscripts, 21:104/105. I - .- . - L - - . . .i.: r.:.mmon to the en tire pe- -. - c,: --.=--- .-- .- .-rcie Finns and Dutch had p---I--a-.- . .- -.-.L.minq"- nJtem which pre- jL -5%: is;r~n B&l as known as &> LF.IO-.,~ .hders Birtilsson, kr r 1: kt :ln& of English scribes. 1671 Census of the Delaware: Part I k-.: '~:*i-1. -heDutch blachmith at .<--- .-.;.- sicupadon I and Gerrit van r: r =&;i"Yon. ho~ie~-er.his sons were by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, FASG, FCSP* .- . EZ -1.21~3xmmen kept their maiden ic El-rrk. :%omanSarah Neering was mong the NewYork Historical Manuscripts at the NewYork State & \-eer.2z in the ~iillof her second A Archives in Albany, New York, is a two-page manuscript of consid- er;L r r=km named Christina Olles- erable interest to historians and genealogists-the first English census S~ _- r.=-.. ..:... e. sunixing n\.o husbands, of the Delaware. The document is endorsed, in the hand of Matthias l-,-.z-i-~. . -. - -.c ~iedsh- barber-surgeon Nicolls, then Secretary of Governor Francis Lovelace, as "A list of the Inhabitants of the Delaware" and dated 1671. It names 165 heads of a: z- r= I i: c.f r_I..eST\-edes. Finns and households from Matinicum (Burlington) Island on the north to New . .. --. r- 1 r r 15 . In cencuq-. Sometimes Castle on the south.' e s ---LT~ e g . \lartensson to Mor- The document was filed after a 1680 census of inhabitants on Cedar, .- T,I -, -,-~-- - 5:'rr.edmer. the surname St.Jones, and Duck creeks in present Delaware and, for this reason, was - . .- nx:r -1 I rr ::~LC in Swedish, which first interpreted as relating to that year. It was first transcribed and p;f-T- .t,f ---- .. - .. .. I-3-1 ::Ti. signer of published by Berthold Fernow in Documents Relating to the Colonial . ~ =re= rli :-,:csin- back to hfLrten Histoq ofthe State of New York, volume 12, at pages 646-48 (1877), as a h~_\--if er :x 1554. and James Bar- continuation of the same 1680 census. Fernow's misleading transcrip- pTt::: -':.- L- 5. \lint. 18441869, tion was then reprinted, in garbled form, in Pen,nsylvania Archives, 2d e~.S;, ede ~ihoarrived in Series, Volume 7, at pages 860-62 (1878). Subsequently, historians and genealogists alike usually interpreted the 1671 census as applying to the :<-I - ;-<,.< eE .--..- pro-iecc for over a r 5 :r 2 + 5;-;-: i-. .'r /; ri in Ger~ealo~ical e3 -.I.: .i r I,:, ~epublishesthose two *Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, FASG, FGSP, a Fellow and board member of the Genea- I r i L-. ;1 z3m.e index. It is hoped logical Society of Pennsylvania, is a retired Washington lawyer specializing in the study ?.--=-- ~-:--..- of the first settlers of the Delaware Valley, 1638-1675, and their colonial descendants. - .. .- . .- . .. - ... r_~.rpioneer European \,-;;- \-;- - - -. . Among his many books and articles are The Yocum of Aronarneck (1983), The StilleFamily -. . ~ - * S.'T7. in America, 1641-1 772 (1986), and The 1693 Cens'us of the Swedes on !he Delaware (1993). He is currently working on a new book, Nrnu Sweden Settlers, 1638-1664, being published Dr. Peter S. Craig serially by the Swedish American Genealogist, and is editor of the Gloria Dei Records Project, designed to translate and publish the colonial records of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church in Philadelphia. The census is officially designated as NewYork Historical Manuscripts, 31:104/105. 2 1671 Censw of the Delaware year 1680.~In 1977, Dr. Charles T. Gehring provided a new transcription Delaware was quite limited. leading ro of this 1671 census which, for the first time, properly attached the cor- specifically stated that this requirenf rect year to this document.' Dr. Gehring kindly provided the author and about ela aware."' By lb7l ir 5,;~' with a photocopy of this 1671 document which has been used as the the Delaware were still avoiding See, for example, Emrts B. Greene and Virginia D. Harrington, American Po,bulation Befoe the Federal Censur of 1790, 121 (Columbia University Press, 1932); Gregory B. Keen, The Descendants ofJiiran Kyn of New Srueda, 12 (Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, ' .\l.HH\.l, General Entries. 1 :27s 1913); Marshall J. Becker, "Pre-Penn Settlements of the Delaware Valley," Pansylvania -' 27-H.\J, Delaruare Papms: En:;: i +. 1' Genealogzcal Magazine 32 (1982):227, 229. The first author to question this 1680 date was -Cap[. Carr relates of the Des~rc;.i 71 Jeannette Eckman, who suggested the date "about 1675-78." Crane Hook on the Delaware ;: .wuiminy k Bomboys Hook. :c .X ILD: (Newark, Del.: Delaware Swedish Colonial Society, 1958), 29. A more accurate estimate 2-e one Slr. Jones. llr. \\harton. Llr l'.-:-& \\,as supplied by Ruth L. Springer, who concluded that "the roll could have been taken as i-.5some of them about their Setlcrr.c:.:- f early as 1671, but not later than 1674."John Morton in Contemporaq Records (Harrisburg: ::xi = P-ISd]. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1967), 4. ' .aherr Cook LIyerr. llbltt~I:?.;_:- : I .Yew lbrk Histacal Manuscripts: Delaware Papers (English Period) (Baltimore: Genealogi- i:i:cr\- of Dela~\.are,19331. 1G16 :kcrrx-:e: cal Publishing Co., 1977), 305-10 [hereafter cited as NYHM, Delaware Papers: English]. .\I-H.\l. GeneralEnlne~.1:4'74. ' .\YHlLf, Delaware Papers: English, 7-9. .\lH.\l. Delai~tarePaptn: Engfi.5,;- 1 1.1 Wharton's Census 3 Delaware was quite limited, leading to a new decree on 1July 1669 which specifically stated that this requirement applied to all "inhabitants in and about ela aware."^ By 1671 it was apparent that many residents of the Delaware were still avoiding this requirement. A census was neces- sary if the recalcitrants were to be identified. a -:if:r-:.-.\-:t< c:;?. ren& en- The census, apparently taken in late April or early May 1671, was ------:-. -- -..--- rs: +.f:.ILcrrrnr on the made by Walter Wharton. The census is in his handwriting. He was a IJ 2: J!:xz::.-z. 3z:::zzcon 1 Is- newcomer to the Delaware, first mentioned in a letter dated 13 March . k-.. . - ;- \-- - . :. -- -.-.: -- . r ,-->-c. :.?L! settlers 1670/1 to Captain John Carr, Governor Lovelace's chief officer on the . . IZ:.-.~Z :-L--F.IXT:IT.. inren-ening Delaware, from Robert Jones of Virginia, reporting that he and two - I 't:~- rf I r.zr.r: 6cc-lrnent is associates, George Whale and Walter Wharton, were interested in jz-;;.z------. -. settling new land south of New Castle. Both Whale and Wharton were - . . - . .. - - -- .-t.:rh pages, - .- -- -- :e~.:-.f~5 7--. :. --- 121-23. and then en route to New Castle with surveys of the land which interested . -. - >c : r ;- er rz:: r I xczrs: page has them.%arr personally appeared before the Governor's council at Fort -a James, 15 April 1671, and secured approval to negotiate with Jones, . . q;.-e: I::.:. ~rrrtzr~.:tnn-docu- Whale, and Whart~n.~That Walter Wharton, a competent surveyor, ------r-: -,- - - -+.- - soon volunteered his services is apparent from the fact that on 17June -. - - . . ._ - ..? - ~ebellion,~ . . TL-;:. LT-z --=-=---- 1671 Lovelace formally named him Surveyor General of the Duke of . ortill - . *, York's lands on the k--,sL-.< 5:-.-. :fc8z >clok and ela aware.' Indeed, in taking the census, Wharton appears to have been author- ..-. -. ~ 7--- ized to issue patents to landowners, as court records show a number of =-__ .. - _- i-=.&e Duke of h :-:cr r: Fort Tames on patents issued, bearing the date of 1 May 1671, many of which were never recorded in NewYork. On 14June 1671 Governor Lovelace issued w: '-2-~\=j :ram land . . a blanket order that grants "now presented by Captain Carr and Mr. WL-~I : I : -=-f: xe:\ Xeiherland ,- Wharton have patents for confirmation, upon the same terms and r:: -:rz; L. zersons hold- - -.- .. .. conditions as the rest of the planters in Delaware ~iver."" rr- 5 zr: 1.. .zr,---.c'-csrs ~chohad ------A comparable census was made at the Whorekill (Lewes, Delaware), LI.~.._ A :t+~.<~r",sefrom he 8 May 1671, by Helmanus wiltbanck.l0 Wiltbanck's census showed - .. 1 FL - . -- .-. &. ..- .. -z.:z? Pcp%lation - - . . -- -*;- - --=.. - (--F-T-,. -- .-: , -.->: -::- L..L5 .. B. ~een, - .. ?'L:z~I L >-el:. Cc::zn:d Socie~, NYHM, General Entries, 1:278 - - --.. --a -- - -- .- - - 6._"L_ -- --;. LF.. pz.;y?l;*ania NYHM, DDrlnrvam Papers: English, 20. . -.. 7 :-- ,------.. . =- . . - ... -.> -~Y.Idate as "Capt. Carr relates of the Desire of many Families to come &settle below New Castle -- . - -- . -:.: - : :=-.r -7 raze :-, :;iDt;iau.are at Apoquiminy & Bomboys Hook, to be Consider'd of. The most eminent among them .-~. r,- rr,- -'? I .= ::t r:,xTie -timate are one Mr. Jones, Mr. Wharton, Mr. Whale. A Letter is Ordered to be wiritten to Treat r- --->. -..= -. - . . .- 1: -= kz;e :ken uken as with some of them about their Settlement." Pennsylvania Archives, 2d ser., 5:623 [hereafter cited as PASd] . 'Albert Cook Myers, Walter Wharfon's Land Sum9 Register (Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1955), 14-16 [hereafter cited as Wtalton]. 9 NYHM, General Entries, 1:424. 'O WHM,Delaware Papers: English, 100. . .',> *:; l. ---, .J-, ,, fl ': ': .,,>j. ,-,;1j ::, :,: :;i:. \->,-.:--- ~-:~ - I-- - purrrlsI:v.7--.------i--.. -~OI~d~~5\,~----~ .- -. 115 :nu s1ap1;r~U.VC~-N .- .----. :-Tau agJO q~ca?.I- 5: ------.- .- . - ->YFI msuas ay :ic -2:--- - - - - L::.:: ..T~luasajd 1 .aulr 3:: : -- - -; >m. aJolaq aperrr -7a.r -.:I -- - . -- .-.a-.. \7ay3Elq U!ql!\\ 32!.:-: T ~ - --.>-la? qs!q.\ii sSunsr[ .;.:-'--~ -.- - 2.3 swua3 S!~I11uneanx --- - - .-.*. - - - .-anl~ceIlO, se pals![ s: 1=----. --- - 22~2n3-palre3 s! ~OOHT-:-' . .:i?Y??Ty 'UOSSITd 2110 ':----- rrn pagal uayo pue .'::I- - - -..- . .-.--:? - -2 2y1 y1p1JE!I!ZU~J ua7.r:1 r --.:---2,:s a-? ~IOJ.J .snsuas s!q a??-.:: - .---;- :- T.~F $mans alqe2~ru ue a:-- - \.- *:- :lax3 .[map s!q olu! o? : - -- - -. . Z 757313-x IUOJJ SP1Oy3SllOT.:--.------>. . . _,L ,,-, uyejx 01 Su!Suolaq K.- - . ------.- - ~t -yo @lo] E 'qxa u! uaJF.-:-- .- 2~ :.J Dloqasnoq JO spray u>..-- Wharton S Census 5 eleven heads of household at the Whorekill and listed the adults and children in each, a total of 47 persons, plus seven persons there on boats belonging to Martin Cregier and Pieter Alrichs. The census for the households from New Castle to the north, listed by Wharton, did not go into this detail. Except in New Castle itself, all of the residences were on navigable streams and it is likely that Wharton traveled by boat to make his census. From the spelling he used, it is apparent that he was not then familiar with the residents, particularly the Swedes, Finns, and Dutch, and often relied on neighbors' reports to fill out his census. Thus, Olle Pilsson, klockare (parish clerk) of the Swedish church at Crane Hook is called "Clocker Olla," while Olle Clementsson, a shoe- maker, is listed as "Olla Shoemaker." In recreating this census below, I show first a transcription of the original listings (which generally agrees with Dr. Gehring's). Letters appearing within brackets are taken from Fernow's 1877 transcription, which was made before the 1911 fire at the New York State Capitol. On the same line, I present my interpretation of the entry and the number assigned by the census taker. After the listing, each of the neighbor- hoods and each of the heads of household is discussed, in numerical order. Known settlers not specifically mentioned by Wharton are also noted. TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION -No. Matinicum [Isla] nd Matinicum Island Peter Aldricx Pieter Alrichs 1 Shackamaxon Lass Cock Lars Petersson Cock Wicka Coe Wicaco Swan Swansa Sven Svensson Olla Swansa Olof Svensson Andrew Swansa Anders Svensson Moy Mansy Moyamensing Y Bancks Anders Bengtsson 6 llen Olof Stille 7 derson Lars Andersson Collinus 8 - Molickka Eric Pilsson Mullica 9 Passayrnunt Passyunk -bert Ashman Robert Ashman Thomas Jacobson Thomas Jeacox 1671 Censw of the Delaware TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION No. TR-\SSCRIPTION T RLX Caleb Carman Caleb Carman 12 Q?la Slouboe C):?{S. . William Duncke Dunk Williamson 13 ' 7hn Gilsaw 11: r~? \I-.--? John Ashman John Ashman 14 \fathias Mattison . --- Thomas Flayle Thomas Flewellyn 15 \Itrun Martinson \Ikr:e Francis Waker Francis Walker 16 -:cob- T Clementson 1~::i Frederick Andrews Frederick Anderson 17 ;.,endrick Tauta Hir.3 Peter Ramboe Peter Gunnarsson Rambo 18 Tinnacum Aronameck \k..lndre\v Carr Hance Mansa Hans Minsson Andrews Inkhorn Anders Jonsson Ekoren L1.pland John Boulsa John Bowles/Boelsen 5:cls Lausa John Eustace Johan Gustafsson/Justis 5:clds- 1Iathiasson Mathias Holsten Matthias Classon Holstein :-.sm Benes Kincesse Kingsessing -zmce. 7- L-rian Jonas Neildson Jonas Nilsson - nan Keen Peter Andrews Peter Andersson -~~csSanderline -Sneer Jonas Nilsson \I: Lausa the Minister --+eth Dalbo Elisabeth Dalbo, widow Princes Dorp -Cock Peter Larsson Cock --- - zoc Popagay ---- 0t to Otto Ernest Cock 3 trtr Sieldson -Bone Anders Svensson Bonde/Boon hlarquesse Kill -ons Hook Carkoens Hook -zegdricke . SIassan [And] rews Trumpeter Anders Andersson Homman - ZLIS E~istason [ I-ass] Collman Lars Andersson Coleman * I hn Wendrickson [01]la Francis Olof Fransson [ Bent] Salloon Bengt Johansson Salung \larquess Hook [Andr] ews Salloon Anders Johansson Salung 11)::s Sieldson [.Math]ias Matson Matthias Matthiasson de Vos 1313- - Rausa [Hend]rick Collman Hendrick Andersson Coleman z;..ie Hopman i;?.~rclesJanson Callcons Hook Calcon Hook 2- .-;,i-il Corhold Isreall Helme Israel Akesson Helm Hendrick Jacobson Hendrick Jacobsson Olla Kooko Olof Ollesson Kuckow John Minsterman John Minsterman Trcdredens HOO* Hance Peterson Hans Petersson \bihacl Rongell Ammersland Ammansland 1713 Tocrsen Henrick Johnson Hendrick Johansson -\[?: Seildon :-',f-dAcl;e Seildson Bartill Eschillson Bartil Eskilsson Wharton's Census -so. TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION No. 12 Olla Slouhoe Olof Slubey 45 13 John Gilsaw Johan Grelsson 46 14 Mathias Mattison Matthias Matthiasson 47 13 Martin Martinson MHrten MHrtensson 48 16 Jacob Clementson Jacob Clementsson 49 Hendrick Tauta Hendrick Torton 5 0 Tinnacum Tinicum Island Mr. Andrew Carr Andrew Carr Lk--+.: :- Hance Walter Hans Walter *r:-..-- -- . ...~-.. ..- L-, I,' .c2 - Upland Upland b:-'.-:c+ s:.c;+e: Niels Lausa Nils Larsson Frande/Friend .;-:'.. -- ;. cr - ..-. -. Nields Mathiasson Nils Mattsson 1- -255 1 --. Eusta Benes Gustaf Danielsson Hance Urian Hans Georgen Urian Keen Jiirgen Keen c------. . - .. James Sanderline James Sandelands \--LC5 1 7. Mr. Lausa the Minister Lars Carlsson Lock, minister . - .. -,,L;.; . -- -.. b. .'_ _.,I -- -. Princes Dorp Prin tztorp L .-- 'IL :.:i :. -. Ufroe Popagay Armegot Printz Papegoja :-I< r.5: Peter Nieldson Peter Nilsson Lyckan i*crrs I x 31.26s Boon Marquesse Kill Marcus Kill Hendricke Massan Hendrick Mattsson Umus Eustason Jons Gustafsson/Justis John Hendrickson Johan Hendricksson Marquess Hook Marcus Hook Olla Nieldson Olof Nilsson Gastenberg Olla Rausa Olof Rawson 7-*. * -:--... Hance Hopman Hans Hopman/Hoffman A:. 1.-_.>-t. n Coleman Chareles Janson Carl Jonsson Powell Corhold Pi1 Larsson Corvhorn The Bought Michael Nilsson Lyckan Tredredens Hoock Verdrietige Hook Michael Rongell [see above] Olla Toersen Olof Ollesson Thorsson [Ma] thas Neildon Matthias Nilsson Hendricke Neildson Hendrick Nilsson TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION HR-\NSCRIPTION TRLK Neilds Neilson Nils Nilssori Tnhn Tison Skill Pott Kill Skilpot Kill Tohn Clauson Tohm Andrews Mattson Anders Mattsson b'illiam his [blank] \t-: c -a Hans Petersen Hans Peterson, Holsteiner 76 Christeene Christina Andrews urinson Anders Joransson 77 Cran [e Hook] C -2 Jacob Vander Veere* Jacob van der Veer 78 \Ions Pou[lsen] ZPP 2 James Mett Jons Andersson, smith 79 Hendricke - Hc7.l John Stalcopp Johan Andersson Stalcop 80 Qrtle the [Finn] Bi? 1 -Anderson [deleted] Anders Andersson Vinam 81 ?ella Park- Pel- I Mr. Teeman Timen Stiddem, barber-surgeon 82 -Ericke] Mats- Enc h Deer Point Deer Point -- Andrews the Finn Anders Andersson the Finn 83 .+kell Finn Seneca Brewer Sinnick Broer 84 &s Eskellson Vald Raven Walraven Jansen de Vos 85 Smaul Peterson - :,hn Skrick Bread & Cheese Island Bread & Cheese Island 17113 Toersin Tho.Jackobson Thomas Jacobsson 86 5-mon the Finn Thomas Snelling Thomas Snelling 87 \fathias the Finn Clocker Olla Olof PHlsson, klockare 88 Exert the Finn Swartnuten Island Swart Nutten Island rden Hook Tho. Wolleston Thomas Wollaston 89 Bran- Bone Backer Dr. James Crawford 90 deJohnson Garet Otta Gerrit Otto 91 -7Dewhit Harman Otta Harman Otto 92 lildow Bowmer [crossed off? Feren Hook Feren Hook iilddow Sericks John Ericks -Iohan Ericksson Rl~buloph Peter Wooley* Peter Ollesson 94 Hance Hanceson Paules Lawson Pi1 Larsson 95 .&ntt Johnson Paules Poulson Pi1 PHlsson Mink 96 Hmce Miller Mathias Johnson Matthias Jonsson Hutt 97 - I hn Hulke Henrick Lawsa Hendrick Larsson Corvhorn 98 -5;s; Long Hooke Long Hook -- - . - .'El an Johnson 51) Olla Shoemaker Olof Clementsson, shoemaker 99 -5hIthias Esclesen \f2:3 Urin Boathman Joran Joransson Bitsman 100 i --3 Peterson L-: zz John Kett i Jean Paul Jaquet 101 I.: .-+,I+- - !la Toersin cb: Laurence or his son Lars Cornelisson Vinam 102 -Iizr]ret Sanderson C-Ac~-~ j -----A - nce Blocke Mill Dorpe 2-5 Mill Torp . - H Peter Clauson Peter Classon I Wharton 's Census --- -- A-i A - 12% -NO. TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION No. -. hLS.: I-. 74 John Tison + 104 John Clauson Johan Classon, paerde cooper 105 William his [blank] William Rainbow ? 106 Turkey Island Mins PAlsson Cran [e Hook] Crane Hook Mons Pou [lsen] [see above] Hendricke -- Hendrick Andersson Bartle the [Finn] Bartil Hendricksson Parker Pella Park- Pelle Hendricksson Parker [Ericke] Mats- Eric Mattsson - ? r :I 1 Eskil Andersson m :::?s: 7. TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION No. [Poullis Douxen Paulus Duxon 136 i.y;&,:t> Uoh] n Barneson Jan Barentsen/Barnes 137 d F.d,-~sCOUNTY [Nelw Castle New Castle - *-.. --s- I]oh]n Carr Captain John Carr 138 .- -, [Gill bart Dericke Gysbert Dircksen 139 _ - _- .* Y [Abr]aham the Cooper Abraham Pietersen Enloes 140 [Michi]11 Berrown Machial Barron 141 ~-7 pf++,. 142 --c? ,,\ [.E,dmund] Cantwell Edmund Cantwell -----:A,,,Nor4 - i [Peter?] Crab Widow Gertruyd Crabbe 143 -2; - [Derick Alberts] Dirck Albertsen 144 FHIL~DELPHI.~ -U [Marten] Rosamond Marten Roseman, cleinsmil 145 ,--uh'TY [Math] ias Linburgge Matthys van Linborgh 146 - [De] ricke Johnson Hendrick Jansen van Jever 147 5-- [Isa] cke Time Isaac Tayne L'Pierre 148 \ t [Borr] ent Eeegbouson Baren Egge 149 -\, 2-5- xr-4 .% 1-4 [Math] ias De Ringe Matthias de Ring 150 [Tho.] Snerling Thomas Snelling 151 [Fop] Oudhout +L: z.6 Foppe Jansen Outhout 152 /s3.=--< Uohn] Erskin John Arskin 153 -- [Marti] n Garetsin Marten Gerritsen 154 %--En +- James afford Dr. James Crawford 155 5 --.q William Thom William Tom 156 ------, - - - - - / -:rr William --ckler William Sinclair 157 -d Cornelius Winehard Cornelis Wynhart 158 - - / ; John Martinson Jan Martensen 159 i -?1 Garrett Smith Gerrit Jansen van Beck, smith 160 CHESTER ;cu~~~ Barnet Egbertson Barent Egbertsen 161 ._ ,gmr..-- Anna Peterson marryed Annetje Pieters van Couwenhoven ,-w w to Andrees married to Anders Stille 162 -.- Hance Bones Hans Bones 163 ;,%/---4, - / Evert Gerets Evert Gerritsen 164 _-, --.. ,ye--- Peter Alricks Pieter Alrichs 165 / A .-' - --sz_I -- -I!-' ,- Notes: -L-,. Material in brackets borrowed from Fernow's 19th century transcrip- tion; present document is illegible in these spots due to fire damage. -. 693- sr.:--.k-ts ri Z*3 * Name written in margin; placed according to contemporary land h.. r..z,.,: rAz?'2:5 32 records. -1: -1: '1 ', \- -So. '~LX: 136 - 3 > L: .* zx-- , .-,.,-: 7; $ v:i : 145 -. =: -.-.:.I r:.z 146 k-L-~.- .-.-.. .-.-. cxer 147 - - J. - rf - ::f zs 148 --A 55- 149 . - c= -<:.: I50 \rL --- - .- - .-. .- 151 .-.-- , .,- .-. - -. .. . - .. - . . .. . 152 -k:. 153 *-- . . . -<=- - .. . 154 - . . 4 --z-s%: 1 7 z 155 X r- 156 sTL:L~- 157 . '------a~.._. . 158 CT*i;-- -.. 159 t.e: ::z 3t;k. smith 160 wx~2 f :. 161 f.~__:t rj ;;:. C'm:rt;r\-enho~-en - .. --, -"-: =-<>-. 'e 162 ,- -.< A. A. - 163 --- ~- --.--:.. 164 . ~ v--< 165 .~. -- . . r...... i - :: centun- transcrip- 5: i <_:? :o fir-e damage. . - - - - .- - . . .. - . 1693 Service Area of the Swedish Log Church at MTicaco L . . .1...; . . L8_ll.Lemp~ra~~ land Showing Place Names Used in This Book New Castle Cou.rtJurisdiction 39 drd 5:s wife -hnaHenricks- Hans Peterson (#76), a Holsteiner born in 1631, was a soldier with h-hrcr .Xnna. He died at the Dutch forces which vanquished New Sweden in September 1655. He remained on the Delaware and was married to Anna, Swedish. On son =;31 and Nils Nilsson 14 November 1668, Governor Nicolls confirmed to him the other half ietl.had arrived in New of Wild ~0ok.I~He also was the operator of a gristmill on Skilpot Kill, . - . r - 636 and were the origi- patented 18 May 1662 by Governor Stuyvesant toJohan Stalcop (#80), NI:11~'1:2iSilsson moved to Lucas Petersson (#132) and Hans Block (#135).IbIn 1671 Hans Peter- nrz ?zughter of Matthias son's household included his wife Anna and sons Carl, Peter and Paul. . .. n;rz T,; sons Matthias and Hans Peterson died in 1720, survived by sons Peter and Israel Peterson Err, irrong in Swedish] and daughters Magdalena and ~n~e1kie.l~ . . ~z r ir.cre he died in 1683, -* - Christina 3; - z'rxr: Ericksson (#93)." 3 Sc <:ed about 1688, sur- Christina was the neck of land between the Brandywine and Christina >c ---!. I, chiten used the alias Kill, the area first settled by New Sweden in 1638 and now fully encom- passed by the city of Wilmington. Wharton's survey began with two households which were actually on the north side of the Brandywine. Anders Joransson (#77), called Andrews Urinson by Wharton, then 1-r: <:?:,ge Hook, M%arton owned the tract immediately to the west of Wild Hook and was named :L-LZ 1z:o the Brandwne as abutting landowner in a patent for a 157 acre addition to Hans Pe- wk.1 ir ~!emouth, on the terson's lands on 5 November 1675." On 27 September 1672, Anders Ic-I.. ::z83:an Hook], jointly Joransson purchased part of the Deer Point plantation owned by Sin- 1 I I=T..Ls nick Broer (#84). In 1671 he and his wife Sophia had three sons, I 11 hlrn bv Governor Christiern, Joran and Jons Andersson. Two additional sons, Eric and d z S\;--.IS~ieden in 1654.12 Peter Andersson, were born before Anders Joransson's death in 1675. F -i-.!fridotter. widow of His widow married Broer Sinnicksson (see #84) .I9 'er-2 .; I :a Hans Pe tersson Jacob van der Veer (#78) owned what was described as an island r zho 1\25 brother of "lying beyond Christeen kill" when granted a patent, 25 March 1669.~' m !3 1 1, ho died in Bal- The island was on the north side of the Brandywine, once known as Timber Island, the former residence ofJohan Rising, governor of New Sweden, 1654-1655. Sgt. Jacob van der Veer came from Manhattan to l5 New York Patents, 3: 140; 1719 affidavit of Hans Peterson, Chew Papers, HSP, Ms 2050, Box 22. 16 Quoted in Delaware History, 6:32. l7 1693 Census, 115-17, 137. Is New York Land Papers, 3623 (56) ; WHM,Delaware Papers: English, 106. l9 1693 Ccensus, 97-98. 107, 131. 20 ~ew~orkPatents, 4: 180. 40 1671 Censlts ofthe Delaware the Delaware before 1661 with his Swedish wife, Catharina Johansdot- Timen Stiddem (#S2 . i.3 ter. He was first stationed at Fort Altena (former Fort Christina). After colony, was the son of a 5~3 his discharge he moved to New Amstel befor-e going to the Brandywine. colony in 1640. In 1671 k:s E By 1671 he had four sons, William, Cornelius,Johan and Jacob van der Adam and Benedict Stsdhm Veer. The father died in the winter of 1698-1699, survived by his four and ~a~dalena.'~-lsa rcr-i! sons and several daughters." ent dated 3 May 167l.'-~i_?: Jijns Andersson (#79), living on the south side of Brandywine Creek, vived by his third \+ife.Ck.rs~ a blacksmith, must have been described to Wharton as "Jons Smed" de Vos (#85).28 (Jons the smith). He recorded the name as James Mett. Jons Andersson Tb arrived in New Sweden in 1654. His wife was named Maria. He died in West of Christina. or. 3 %- 1678, bequeathing his entire estate to his son-in-law, Samuel Petersson westward to Anders the F:I (#I 15).'2 1 October 1669 to four Er q Johan Andersson Stalcop (#80) from Sodermanland County, Swe- John Cousins and Jan BQWT den, arrived in New Sweden as a hired farm hand in 1641 and was later velop the propert\.. .ill io~.:c promoted to a gunner, causing him to select the surname Stilkofta New Castle or nearb>-.Jan I [steel jacket in Swedish], Under Dutch rule, he assembled the lands Boyer, one of the oriqinal e surrounding Fort Christina between the Brandywine and Christina his Swedish ~ife.~"anB,:.\-er creeks. In 1671 he lived there with his wife Christina, daughter of Carl Castle, which was sold by, his Johansson (#68), sons Anders, Carl, Johan, Peter and Jonas and three Helena and their husba~dzo daughters. All were still living when Johan Andersson Stalcop died c. ried Jan Boyer's sisterJorl~.,.t 1685.~~ of John Marshall, and Lqs 91 Anders Andersson (#81) was crossed of[ by Wharton, apparently be- dersson (see #83) .32 Roberr S cause he had already moved to Crane Hook. He was mentioned as a a resident of Calvert Coun3- neighbor in van der Veer's 1669 patent and was called Anders Brain- Cousins also went to Ylan-iu winde [Drannvin, brandy in Swedish] when he sold his land to Robert Jones in 1670.~~Born in Sweden, Anders Andersson was commonly known as Anders Vinam by the Swedes and died in 1719 in Penn's Neck, Salem County, survived by his wife Anna, daughter ofJoran Joransson Bitsman (#loo).25 26 1693 Census, 92-95: Pztcr 5 ( (Spring 1999): 2. 27 New castle Coun y dee& -4.-: 21 1693 Census, 112-15. '' 1693 Census, 93. " 1693 Census, 96-97; Nao Ywk Colonial Documents, 12:339. "New~orkpatents, 3:152. 30 Rising? Journal, 161. 16:. 23 1693 Cenrus, 88,90-91. 24 3' New Castle Couny deeG. (>I See Robert Jones' patent of 6 June 1670. NewYork Patents, 3:158. Robert Jones was 32 NCR, 1:398.Josyn was later :ic not residing there in 1671. On 13 March 1670/1 he sent a letter from Virginia to Captain Carr, asking for land in association with George Whale. NYHM, Delaruare Papers: English, Semple, the third of her four !I.>'= 20. 33 Maryland Land Patenti. ;: 34 Maryland Land Patenti. '; 7 5 3 25 1693 Censm. 148. New Castle Court Jurisdiction 4 1 &-!I i\ife. Catharina Johansdot- Timen Stiddem (#82), former barber surgeon for the New Sweden A f-lrmer Fort Christina). After colony, was the son of a burgher in Gothenburg and first settled in the &: .Ire going to the Brandywine. colony in 1640. In 1671 his family included sons Lulof, Lucas, Erasmus, r.c::cs. Johan and Jacob van der Adam and Benedict Stedham and daughters Ingeborg, Elisabeth, Maria - - I;--1 699. survived by his four and ~a~dalena.~%sa result of this census, he received a Lovelace pat- ent dated 3 May 16'71.27Timen Stiddem died at Christina in 1686, sur- crl;r:-. side of Brandywine Creek, vived by his third wife, Christina Ollesdotter, widow of Walraven Jansen .28 K= 2.1 I\harton as "Jons Smed" de Vos (#85) is 2s it111e1 llett.Jons Andersson The Soldiers' Tract i= -.*-IL[\named Maria. He died in West of Christina, on the north side of Christina Creek, extending s r,r-rn-hi\-.Samuel Petersson westward to Anders the Finn's Creek was a tract of land patented 1 October 1669 to four English soldiers, Robert Scott, John Marshall, ;c-5': itrmanland County, Swe- John Cousins and Jan ~o~er.~"~1671 nothing had been done to de- k- ?.lr.d in 1641 and was later velop the property. All four owners were bachelors, living at the fort in :I 5f:s;r [he surname StHlkofta New Castle or nearby. Jan Boyer was the son of Alexander (Sander) -- -. -. -:.. a.k xs assembled the lands Boyer, one of the original residents of Fort Casimir (New Castle), and --L. Szzcix-\\ine and Christina . -. . his Swedish wife.30 an Boyer later acquired a lot on the Strand in New -1 --z._ - 1- :r.srina. daughter of Carl Castle, which was sold by his three daughters Elisabeth, Catharina and I.Y. 'erer and Jonas and three Helena and their husbands on 20 June 1708.~'JohnMarshall soon mar- r.5:: .4rdsrsson Stalcop died c. riedJan Boyer's sisterJosyn, but had died by 1675 when Josyn, the widow of John Marshall, and the other three men sold the tract to Justa An- d ctF?: \\harton, apparently be- dersson (see #83) .32 Robert Scott left Delaware with John Carr and was t =Ir, He was mentioned as a a resident of Calvert County when granted head rights in 1673.~~John s.tr. 5 :\-a5 called Anders Brain- Cousins also went to Maryland with Captain John Carr in 1673.~~ rt!cz !.< sold his land to Robert sr €7; .indei-sson was commonly . .. a,:= ,z:sd in 1719 in Penn's Neck, m L +uc~hter of Joran Joransson '"693 Census, 92-95; Peter S. Craig, "Timen Stiddem," Swedish Colonial Nerus, 1/5 (Spring 1992): 2. 27 New Castle County deeds, A-1:18-19; not recorded in New York. 1693 Cmu,93. '"ew~ork Patents, 3:152. 30 Rising's Journal, 161, 167. New Castle County deeds, G-1265. ;em'C: -L Patents, 3:158. RobertJones was " 1 r? e3ta letter from Virginia to Captain 32 NCR, 1:398.Josyn was later identified as Jan Boyer's sister when married to William c ::l-LC..\7HAI, Delaware Papms: English, Semple, the third of her four husbands. NCR, 1247. 33 Maryland Land Patents, 17:614. 34 ~arylandLand Patents, 17:522; NCR, 1:62. 1671 Census of the Delawnre Deer Point ThomasJacobsson =Sf# Continuing westward along the north side of Christina Creek, Whar- his family. In It571 h:i h ton came to a 900-acre plantation patented 1 September 1669 to Anders Christiern Thomassor.. .i ii Andersson the Finn, Sinnick Broer and Walraven Jansen de ~0s.~~ Thomas Jacobsson dice 2.x Anders Andersson the Finn (#83) was sent to New Sweden with his Thomas Snelling =i- family for punishment in 1643. A few years prior to 1669 he had moved Castle (see #151!. n-as 2: ll from Upland Creek to this new location. He and his wife Christina lived out in 1672.~' here with their adlilt sons, Justa and Johan Andersson. Anders the Finn Olof PPlsson (tS5 . 'r. :-T conveyed his property to these sons, 1 September 1673.~~ the Swedish church at Czr,, Sinnick Broer (#84), a Finn, arrived in New Sweden under Dutch wife Christina, a small icr 7; rule, probably in 1656, and in 1671 was residing at Deer Point with sons Pilsson. Olof later mc,: e.3 a Anders, Broer- and Johan Sinnicksson and a daughter married to a Hol- slirvived by sons Paul. (3' -4 steiner, Hendrick Jacobs, who later took the surname Falkenberg. Sin- Christina and Xlaria." Th r nick Broer died in 1672.~' a Finn from Varnlland hrr Walraven Jansen de Vos (#85) was granted his discharge as a Dutch Thomas Jacobsson I =ih :; soldier in 1660. In 1671 he was married to Christina Ollesdotter, Swed- near Uplarld Creek in i fit i. ish, and had at least five children, including sons Gisbert, Jonas and In the vicinity of Brc;'rl ; (perhaps) Hendrick, all of whom used Walraven as their surname. granted patents for :::-,I rz Walraven Jansen de Vos died at Deer Point in 1681, survived by his widow However. fron-: i\I?i Christina, later wife of Timen Stiddem, his sons and daughters Aeltje, 1671. One of these trzc .;. ;..-,>i Maria, Anna and ~hristina.~~ Jansen, who had been 2 5 ::'5 The Old Minquas Plantation in 1675 when he \\-asi:-. r -.,: ; This tract, lying to the west of Deer Point, had been patented to located next to Sit-art X..:::cn George Whale and George Moore, 1 January 1667/8, but had not yet Jacob, died here in 1 t35 1. sx been settled by 1671. In 1673, the patent was held by Harman Jansen sons Hendrick and Pacl Ck Sybrants (see #122). Peter PQlsson (see =SS . :*~:?! mouth of White Clax- Creek. Bread 8c Cheese Island This island, located at thejunction of Christina River with White Clay Creek, was the farthest settlement from the Delaware. Here patents had been granted to Thomas Jacobsson, Olof PAlsson and Thomas Snelling, "O 1693Cen~uc,38. 1024 3 August 1668 and 1 October 1669.~" 41 New Castle Counw dst5 I-: 1693Census, 1OLj. 11:-L? li 43Johnson, Sz~~edi~h.iir;:<.--<- :: -i "~ew~ork Patents. 3: 147. 44~eepatent to Hans B:.r-i 1 36 1693 Census,100, 109-10. i\'ollaston, John Ogle. Jar. Fc:=:c 37 1693 Census, 98-99, 14647; Hendrick Jacobs and othcr adult heirs of Sinnick New York Patents. 3133: ;xf :r 5 Broerjoined in a deed selling Broer's land, 12 October 1672. New Castle County deeds, (marked canceled). I-1:29-30. "PA2d. 5,441; .\7X.\I. Lh-.z. :-,I " 1693 Census,90-91, "NCR, 1:160. 163. 44-11Lc.c=. P 39 New York Patents, 3:135, 153. Nm Castle Court Jurisdiction 43 Pt ThomasJacobsson (#86),a Finn from Varmland, arrived in 1656 with his family. In 1671 his household included sons Peter, Olle and h :ds of Christina Creek, Whar- :re< 1 September 1669 to Anders Christiern Thomasson. A fourth son had been kidnapped by Indians. 3 li-zlra\-enJansen de ~0s.~" Thomas Jacobsson died about 1680.~' Thomas Snelling (#87), a former English soldier residing in New ;LT tr.[ to Sew Sweden with his =-i 2nor to 1669 he had moved Castle (see #151), was an absentee owner of part of the tract and sold I F_;2nd his wife Christina lived out in 1672.~' ?zr .t~dersson.Anders the Finn Olof Passon (#88), born in Sweden, was the bell-ringer (klockare) of Sr :ember 1673.~" the Swedish church at Crane Hook. In 1671 his household included his a ::. Ssi\-Sweden under Dutch wife Christina, a small son Paul and his brothers Gustaf, Bengt and Peter rti:1!3y- at Deer Point with sons PHlsson. Olof later moved to Feren Hook, where he died about 1695, . . E 1 1 'cauqhter- married to a Hol- survived by sons Paul, Olof and Peter Paulson and daughters Brita, >k i:t 51-irname Falkenberg. Sin- Christina and aria.^' The PHlsson brothers were sons of PHI Persson, a Finn from Varmland who came to America on the same ship as Fr.r-i his discharge as a Dutch ThomasJacobsson (#86) in 1656 with his wife and family and who lived 3 :I 1, --.-..nstina Ollesdotter, Swed- near Upland Creek in 1663.~~ *. -, .. - . - - sons Gisbert, Jonas and In the vicinity of Bread and Cheese Island, Governor Nicolls had ed iv,-,:r~l.enas their surname. granted patents for two tracts in August 1668 to residents of New k.1::. :?il. survived by his widow However, from Wharton's census, neither one was occupied in L. k:i irns and daughters Aeltje, 1671. One of these tracts would soon be owned and developed by Jacob Jansen, who had been a soldier at Fort Amstel in 1660 and was an ensign I Rmration in 1675 when he was shown as owner of the tract of Hans Bones (#163) er Fr .rt had been patented to located next to Swart Nutten ~sland.~~~acobn an sen, also known as Swart h-l,zr. 1667 8, but had not yet Jacob, died here in 1681, survived by his wife Elisabeth Hendricks, her r ::..t- held b\ Harman Jansen sons Hendrick and Paul Gerritsen and his own daughter Geizie, wife of Peter PHlsson (see #88), who jointly inherited the 200-acre tract at the mouth of White Clay reek.^" r: bland - -. 3 4. ::r:ina River with White Clay - -- ze~l~.i.rc;li-e. Here patents had -- ~. n: r z-ss::,n and Thomas Snelling, 40 1693 Census, 58, 102-4. 41 New Castle County deeds, I-1:29-30. 42 1693 Census, 1045, 125-26, 128-29. 43 ~ohnson,.Sw~dish Settlements, 725; NYHM,Delarual-e Papers: Dutch, 320. 44~eepatent to Hans Bones, 1 August 1668, New York Patents, 3:132; to Thomas Wollaston, John Ogle, Jan Hendricksen and Harman Jansen [Sybrants], 1 August 1668, K:-5 :r-l other adult heirs of Sinnick New York Patents, 3:133; and to Hans Block, 3 August 1668, New York Patents, 3:136 %--. -. :er ;7,1. 1 - Sen, Castle County deeds, (marked canceled). '"~2d, 5,441; NYHM, Delawar~Papers:English,88,91; Wharton, 3E-37; NCR, 1:466-67. '"cR, 1:160, 163, 494; Logan Papers, HSP, 16:30. 1671 Census of the Delaware Swart Nutten Island Swart Nutten [black walnut] Island, on the south side of Christina Feren Hook, meanin: a River, was Wharton's next stop as he began his downstream journey. 1663 by Swedes and Fin:+ ; Nicolls had issued a patent 19 January 1667,'s to four men who still Oslo), Norway, and .lm+:trt owned the tract in 1671.~~ Johan Ericksson I =G3 :3, Thomas Wollaston (#89) had been with the British forces under patent, 24 March 1b65 =' Robert Carr which captured the New Amstel colony in 1664. He was still ' dalena and daughter-. E-:r L single in 1671 and probably living in New Castle at the time. By 1680 he where he died in 1ti$ 1. sun:i had married and by his wife Martha had two daughters. Thomas Wol- and ~atharina.~' laston died at White Clay Creek in 1705, survived by four sons, Thomas, William, Richard and Jeremiah ~ollaston.~~ Peter Ollesson (44 rc._l from Uppland Prolincr. 5..c Dr. James Crawford (#go), here called "Bone Backer" by Wharton, rule by way of Noncay anlc 4 was also an absentee landlord living in New Castle (see #155). The name on Christina Creek un dl of his tenant was not given by Wharton. there in 1691, sunil-ed b\-.j Gerrit Otto (#91) from the Netherlands, came to the New Amstel daughters Brita, Gertrude 4 colony in 1661. His household in 1671 included three sons, Otto, Pa Larsson (#93 I alx-ret: Walraven and Jan Otto. By 1678 he remarried Geertie, widow of An- lived here with his ~\ife\!% dries Hudden and Cornelis Jorisen. Gerrit Otto served as ajustice on thias Larsson and dau~T.:~r the New Castle Court from 1676 to 1682 and died in 1684.~~ 1692.~" Harman Otto (#92) accompanied his brother to America in 1661. PA1 PIlsson Mink I -";6 a This census is the last mention of his name. He apparently died without was born in Sweden an- :a issue shortly thereafter.50 Penn's Neck where he d:cd Between Swart Nutten Island and Feren Hook, on the south side of Olle (William) ink.^' Christina Creek, Nicolls had also granted a patent on 1January 1667/8 Matthias Jonsson Hun * to John Arskin, Thomas Brown and Marten err its en.^' Wharton re- the others," moved in f,! cords nobody living at this location in his census. Arskin and Gerritsen in 1671 were residents of New Castle. Thomas Brown, an Englishman who had married a Dutch wife and was one of the original residents of Fort ~asimir,'~was probably dead by May 1671. 33 Johnson, Swedish fi 54 - - New York Patents. 3:; 4: "~ew~orkPatents, 3:12l. "" 1693 Census, 113. 36 48~'illof Ralph Hutchinson, 16 February 1679/80, New Castle wills, k63; administra- - - NewYork Pateno. 3:i42 tion of Thomas U'ollaston estate, New Castle wills, B:99-100, 11%14; Herbert Standing, "' 1693 Census, 1. 1 3.:':- i "Q~~akersin Delaware," Delaware Hirtq, 20:137. Peterson, Albert Cook \[\-ex-: c r ::*: 49 ela aware ~istq,8:311; PA2d, 19:lO; NCR, 1:3, 250, 299; 2:12,37,91-92,94, 109, 124, Pa. 58 172. NelvYork Pateno. 3.144 59 "Delaware Histmy, 8:311. His name did not appear in New Castle court records, which 1693 Census, 12~Q29 sulvive from the year 1676. "sew ~orkPatenu. 3: i 43 5' New York Patents. 3:118. " 1693 Census, 111. 52 NYHM, Delaware Papers: Dutch, passim.; Rxing's Journal, 161, 167. 62 New York Patents. 3:143 Nau Castle CourtJurisdiction 45 Lsland Feren Hook . ~r.the south side of Christina Feren Hook, meaning Pine Hook, appears to have been settled in bean his downstream journey. . - -- 1663 by Swedes and Finns arriving from Sweden via Christiania (now v -99, 8 to four men who still Oslo), Norway, and Amsterdam in the time of d'~inojossa.~~ Johan Ericksson (#93) had his ownership confirmed by an English I -;'h the British forces under patent, 24 March 1668/9.~~In 1671 his family included his wife Mag- m-:cl colony in 1664. He was still dalena and daughters. He later moved to Penn's Neck, Salem County, m- Cstle at the time. By 1680 he where he died in 1681, survived by four daughters, Brita, Walborg, Anna ~d 7,-o daughters. Thomas Wol- and ~atharina.~~ ;. sunix-edbv four sons, Thomas, I. Peter Ollesson (#94) received his patent on the same day.5% Finn LDT. from Uppland Province, Sweden, he arrived in New Amstel under Dutch k6 -Bone Backer" by Wharton, rule by way of Norway and Amsterdam with a wife and family and lived ir-..-Castle (see #155). The name on Christina Creek until 1676 when he moved to Penn's Neck. He died 1. there in 1691, survived by sons Olle, Lasse and Hendrick Petersson and k-- #f~..:ct; 1, 53 ~ohnson,Swedish Settlements, 65652, 667. 54 New York Patents, 3: 141. 55 1693 Census, 143. 5 %. %ex, Gstle wills, A63; administra- 56 New York Patents, 3: 142. h. 5 I.-!C)O. 113-14; Herbert Standing, 57 1693 Census, 8681, 13940; abstract of 1740 affidavit by eldest son, William (Olle) Peterson, Albert Cook Myers collection, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, 3 2.LW: ?12, 37,91-92,94, 109, 124, Pa. 5s New York Patents, 3: 144. 59 1693 Census, 128-29. az-1.7 Sew Castle court records, which "~ew~ork Patents, 3:143. " 1693 Census, 144. 6" New York Patents, 3:143. 46 1671 Census ofthe Delaware survived by sons Olle, Hendrick, Michael, Eric and Eskil Johnson and 1 "or his son." Lars soor, TI! four daughters." where he died by 16;*h 1. <,yr' Hendrick Larsson (#98), named erroneously as Hendrick Claesen in I Lars Corneliuson ali~\-:r,a his 1669 patent,"was the brother of Pi1 Larsson of Marcus Hook (#68) by 1671.7' and also occasionally called Corvhorn [sausage horn in Swedish]. He I moved to Verdrietige Hook by 1677 and had one known son, Lars Hen- dricksson .65 Mill Torp, knot\-n ai -22 settled by C1aesJohan-s.r x 1 Long Hook died by the time the Er.:::s Immediately downstream from Feren Hook and opposite Christina On 5 November ItjAcl. ~itr.ll was an area known as Long Hook. Classon (#103)." Petsr 5; Olof Clementsson (#99), brother ofJacob Clementsson (#49), was a Swaentie and sons Peter ;t .( shoemaker and so named by Wharton. Born in Sweden, he laterjoined Wharton's entn of -Jc.f 7 his brother at Verdrietige Hook where he died without issue about If there was a John Tiicln c .- 1683." discovered reference tc~h. .d Joran Joransson Bitsman (#loo), a Finn from Varmland, came to Johan Classon (+lo3 . -e New Sweden in 1656 as a bachelor and died at Long Hook in 1690, Paerde Cooper [horse mrk survived by his wife Brita and childrenJoran, Hendrick, Anna and Elisa- then to Neshamin~.Creek. .* beth." Nicolls' confirmatory patents to Olof Clementsson and Jijran Derrick and John Joh ...r ; 1~9 Joransson, 24 March 1668/9, erroneously named their land as being on Gertrude, Elisabeth and Cai Feren Hook and also gave Olof the wrong atronymic. It was corrected been born by 1671 ." tig by a later patent dated 3 November 1669. Christiern Classon. n.r: Itr Jean Paul Jaquet (#101),named John Kett by Wharton, received con- a third brother occup~tr;-- ! firmation for his land from Nicolls on 26 March 1669." Of French moved to Tacony by 16:- ' extraction, he served as Stuyvesant's vice-governor on the Delaware, Wharton's entry. -1i::::;il 1655-1657, and then moved to Long Hook, where he died in 1685. He erence to William Rainboy was survived by three sons, Peter, John and ~aul~a~uet.~' Sybrants on the latter's (3ld Lars Cornelisson Vinam (#102), also known as Lasse Wayman, was half of that tract by its ,:,:*T named as a neighbor of Peter Classon (#103) in Classon's 1669 patent. October 1685 when adrrln Wharton had difficulty understanding Lars' patronymic, hearing it as granted to John 1\-ilkins,:.r. '9693 Census, 148-49. 64 New York Patents, 3: 142. 65 1693 Census, 132-33. i I 1693 Censlu, 149-5l:l. " I693 Census, 110- 1 1. ;'New York Patents. 3::33 " 1693 Census, 130-31. i3 1693 Censw, 122. m~ew~orkPatents, 3:141, 144, 156. 74 -- 1693 Census, 34-35. 69 New York Patents, 4:183. '" 1693 Cmlu, 32. 70 Ruth L. Springer, Delaruare Histmy, 6233-37 (1955); New York Colonial Documents, 76 1 --, , NCR, 1:160, 17.333: Sc.-Ci 12117, 219; NCR, 294, 105, 109, 112. New Castle Couno 5,iXi. .; f.5 Nm Castle CourtJurisdiction 47 at:. Eric and Eskil Johnson and "or his son." Lars soon moved to Christina and then to Penn's Neck where he died by 1686, survived by his wife Brita and sons Michael and o~eouslxas Hendrick Claesen in Lars Corneliuson alias Vinam [later Vining], both of whom were born 1 LLrsson of Marcus Hook (#68) by 1671." :.~:i>age horn in Swedish]. He Mill Torp i ?ad one known son, Lars Hen- Mill Torp, known as "Claes' land" in New Sweden records, was first settled by Claes Johansson who arrived in the colony in 1638, but had di died by the time the English gained control of the Delaware in 1664. r. Hook and opposite Christina On 5 November 1669, Nicolls confirmed his tract to his eldest son, Peter Classon (#103) .72 Peter died at Mill Torp b 1682, survived by his wife Jtcclh Clementsson (#49),was a Swaentie and sons Peter ancl Jacob Classon.T3 E15m in Sweden, he laterjoined Wharton's entry of "John Tison" as #lo4 has not yet been identified. x F.e died without issue about If there was a John Tison orJan Thysen on the Delaware, this is the only discovered reference to him. Fl.2 trom Varmland, came to Johan Classon (#105), Peter's younger brother, also known as Johan nc died at Long Hook in 1690, Paerde Cooper [horse trader in Dutch], later moved to Passyunk and 6nn.Hendrick, Anna and Elisa- then to Neshaminy Creek, where he died c. 1685, survived by sons Clas, .c. O:c:lf Clementsson and Joran Derrick and John Johnson and daughters Anna, Hasin, Henrietta, 5:: rsmed their land as being on Gertrude, Elisabeth and Catharina. At least four of these children had 4r.i ?atronymic. It was corrected been born by 1671.'" - - 3"' -'- Christiern Classon, not otherwise listed in this census, may have been R i.e tr hv \\'harton, received con- a third brother occupyin Mill Torp. He was single in 1671, but had n 26 \larch 1669." Of French moved to Tacony by 1677.$5 &. e3nvernor on the Delaware, Wharton's entry, "William his [blank]" (#106) appears to be a ref- k ~lr.\\-here he died in 1685. He erence to William Rainbow, who later worked for Harman Jansen =-ti~aul ~a~uet.~' Sybrants on the latter's Old Minquas Plantation and was deeded one- c hc,iin as Lasse Wayman, was half of that tract by its owner on 2 December 1679.~%e died by 21 -7 -- *-> in Classon's 1669 patent. October 1685 when administration of William Rainbow's estate was Lrs' patronymic, hearing it as granted to John Wilkinson, who had married Rainbow's widow.77 1693 Census, 149-50. "New York Patents, 3:155. '3 1693 Cemus, 122. 74 1693 Census, 54-55. j5 1693 Cemus, 52. ,,- -577 : : -Val~York Cohlal Documents, '6~~~,1:160, 177, 353; New Castle County deeds, A-1:47. 77 New Castle County wills, A:68. 48 1671 Census of the Delaware Turkey Island ~arker.**His widow her XL Turkey Island, combined by Wharton with Crane Hook, was at the Sweden soldier Cons~nri: mouth of the Christina, immediately downstream from Mill Torp. It was Germany, and had fox 11 also called Mons Poulson's Island after its owner. Maria and Augustine C.c.r.sc Mbs Pdsson (#107), a Finn born in Sweden in 1610, arrived with Eric Mattsson (#I11 . 3 his wife and young children in 1654. By 1671 his first wife had died and 1656. Prior to moving :i Cr he had remarried Elisabeth Pilsdotter and had additional children by Creek named Eric >la;>so her. He died at Verdrietige Hook in 1682 survived by two children by survived by his I\-ife .k-za his first marriage (Pi1 Minsson and Margaret Minsdotter) and two sons and Eric Ericksson. The ;\;& by his second marriage (Peter and Johan inss son) .78 who was probably a re:'.iGt . .i Wharton's entn for =1 .2 Crane Hook left blank. The person. i- 3 In 1662, Alexander d'Hinojossa, Governor of New Amstel, invited Anders Andersson \inam a discontented Finns, living north of Christina Creek within the jurisdic- from Christina. tion of the Upland Court, to move to Crane Hook to set up their own Eskil Andersson i P 11 3 3 quasi-independent ~ettlement.~"number of families agreed. and was still living in 16 42. Hendrick Andersson (#108), a Finnish blacksmith, arrived in New dren.*" Sweden in 1654. He died c. 1694 at Crane Hook, survived by his wife Lars Eskilsson (#I14 . .u; Margaret, a son Jacob Hendricksson and a daughter ~lisabeth.~' the house of his brother \h Bartil Hendricksson (#log) alias Bartil Parker, born in Sweden, Samuel Petersson = l I 5 . moved by 1661 to the Sassafras River in Maryland, where he patented a New Sweden in 1634. In :-7- tract called "None So Good in Finland." He sold this tract in 1669 to plantation ofJohan -1nce5n join his brother Peter at Crane Hook. He returned to Cecil County, by his wife BritaJonsdo~rcr. Maryland, in 1674 to acquire "Indian Range," dying in 1682, survived era1 daughter^.^' by his wife Margaret and sons Matthias, Hendrick and Bartholomew Johan Mattsson Skrilra * endr ricks on." 1654. He died at Crane Hrr Peter Hendricksson (#110) alias Pelle Parker, born in Sweden, thias, Johan, Thomas and 76 moved to Wild Hook about 1674 to share that tract with Hans Peters- of Matson and Skrilia ax.? r son. He died there in 1684, survived by his wife Christina and eight Lars Ollesson Thorsson children, including sons Hendrick and Matthias Petersson alias to New Sweden with his f:+ dotter, sister ofJacob C;c~e 7s 1693 Census, 11 7-19. 79 WHM,Delaware Papers: Dutch, 283; Jeannette Eckman, Craw Hook on the Delaware, 28 R21693~ensus,102, 113. 12- (1957). s3 1693 Census, 101-2. 1693 Cmw,122-23. 84 1693 Census, 133-34. " Maryland Land Patents, 4:552; 7:216; Robert Barnes, Baltime County Land Records, 1693 Census, 134. 1665-1687, 11; Cecil County deeds, 129-30; will of Bartholomew Hendrickson, Septem- NYHM, Delaware Papm: E r+s ber 1682, Box H, folder 64, Hall of Records, Annapolis; Cecil County Orphans Court " 1693 Cen~m,95-97, Bonds, 42; Cecil County Inventories, 1:7-8. 1693 Cmw,125. New Castle Court Jurisdiction 49 ad parker.$*His widow then married Conrad Constantine. son of the New In 1.1th Crane Hook, was at the Sweden soldier Constantinus Gronberg from Mark Brandenburg, wt-rream from Mill Torp. It was Germany, and had four additional children, Constantine, Christina, i~ r.i\-ner. Maria and Augustine on st an tine.^^ n S;,eden in 1610, arrived with Eric Mattsson (#1ll), a Finn from Varmland, Sweden. arrived in !f T! his first wife had died and 1656. Prior to moving to Crane Hook, he lived on a branch of Skilpot arc had additional children by Creek named Eric Mattsson's Run after him. He died before 1677, - - ~2 snm\ed by two children by survived by his wife Anna and five children, including sons AMatthias Fare[ Slansdotter) and two sons and Eric Ericksson. The widow Anna then married Hendrick Lemmens, LL \Ix~sson).58 who was probably a resident in the area in 1671.~~ Wharton's entry for #I12 is missing from the document or else was left blank. The person, if any, named is not known. It was probably +re.Tor of New Amstel, invited Anders Andersson Vinam (#81) who had recently moved to Crane Hook 6-73 Creek within the jurisdic- from Christina. 1~r.eHook to set up their own Eskil Andersson (#113),a Finn born in Sweden, had arrived by 1657 .hsr ot families agreed. and was still living in 1693. It is unknown if he married or had chil- Gk '?lacksmith, arrived in New dren.85 zsHook, survived by his wife Lars Eskilsson (#114), was murdered by William Sinclair (#157) at d ,daughter ~lisabeth." the house of his brother Matthias Eskilsson (#131), 9 March 1671/2.~' 2-2: Parker, born in Sweden, Samuel Petersson (#115),a Finn from Varmland, Sweden, arrived in \127!and. where he patented a New Sweden in 1654. In 1674 he acquired a 1/4 interest in the Christina L- He sold this tract in 1669 to plantation ofJohan Andersson Stalcop (#SO). He died in 1689, survived i! e re turned to Cecil County, by his wife Brita onsdotter, sons Matthias and Peter Peterson and sev- +:bee." d!ing in 1682, survived eral daughters.' ? r fiendrick and Bartholomew Johan Mattsson Skrika (#116) arrived in New Sweden as a soldier in 1654. He died at Crane Hook about 1691 survived by four sons (Mat- 'c r Parker, born in Sweden, thias, Johan, Thomas and Joran, who alternated between the surname rr.: rhat tract with Hans Peters- of Matson and Skrika) and two daughters (Anna and Maria) ." >\ +.IS 1%-ifeChristina and eight Lars Ollesson Thorsson (#117), son of Olof Thorsson (#133),came LT.d \la tthias Petersson alias to New Sweden with his father in 1640 and married Annika Clements- dotter, sister of Jacob Clementsson (#49) and Olle Clementsson (#99). E r +-:zn CramHook on the Delawa~e,28 1693 Census, 102, 115, 127. 83 1693 Census, 101-2. 84 1693 Census, 133-34. r %~.ei. Baltimure County Land Records, 85 1693 Census, 134. x %-1qolomew Hendrickson, Septem- NSHM, Delawa~ePapers: English, 34-38. G?L LT Cecil County Orphans Court 87 1693 Census, 95-97. '"693 Census, 125. 50 1671 Cmsm of the Delaware By 1675 he had moved to Verdrietige Hook, where he died in 1684. He 1679/80 when he souzt: rr; was survived by his wife, three sons (Matthias, Lars and Jacob Tussey) munition.""~tis likelv 2-12;34 and at least two daughters (Margaret and ~llen).8" from the Sybrants fami:: la Simon Johansson (#1la), a Finn, arrived in New Sweden as a soldier men, Germany, had bee: :n in 1654. In 1683 he moved with his wife Anna to the Head of Elk in Cecil 1655 when he signed ~$e:a County, Maryland, where he died after 1700, survived by sons Simon, Hendrick Jansen Syb-brant Biirtil and Johan Johnson and at least one daughter, ~ar~aret." which had been patentee :I.i Matthias Bartilsson (#119), a Finn, and his neighbor Simon Johansson The father being decease < r? secured a Lovelace patent for their land, 29 July 1669." Matthias moved of household. Also calie,5 3 to Finn's Point in Penn's Neck by the close of 1671. He died about 1680, ried Carin, widow ofJ6r~n "1693 Census, 150-51. He is there also named father of Olle Thorsson of Penn's Neck, 'a New York Patents. 3: 14h. which is incorrect. Olle was the son of Olof Ollesson Thorsson (#71). "NCR, 1:180,402, 40&;-1*:. 4;;. " 1693 Census, 127-28. loo New Castle Coun ? !\i!li. -1-4 " NewYork Patents, 4:191. lo' New Castle Coun? wi!lr. 5 ST '' 1693 Census, 152-53. '''New Castle Coun? deeG %: '3 1693 Census, 152-54. Io3 NCR, 1:32-33. '4 1693 Census, 137-38. Io4 Castle County wills. .k51 'h.R. Dunlap, Dutch and Swedish Place-Names in Delaware, 16, 39, 46-48, 54. 'O%CR, 1:58, 159, 235-5; Z 12. Nm Castb Court Jurisdiction 3 1 :c~trlk.\$-here he died in 1684. He 1679/80 when he sought pay for his services caring for arms and am- a:vAias. Lars and Jacob Tussey) munition."" is likely that he was rentingland at Paerden Hook in 1671 IC Ellen).8" from the Sybrants family. Jan Sybrantsen, alias Jan Eckhoff. from Bre- ired in Sew Sweden as a soldier men, Germany, had been in the New Castle area as early as 1 October .%-.na to the Head of Elk in Cecil 1655 when he signed the oath of allegiance to the ~utch." - - - L 1.rr:l. survived by sons Simon, Hendrick Jansen Sybrants (#122) occupied land at Paerden Hook me daughter, ~ar~aret.~' which had been patented to his father,Jan Sybrantsen, 26 March 1668.i' d his neighbor Simon Johansson The father being deceased by 167 1, Hendrick Jansen was listed as head :"July 1669." Matthias moved of household. Also called Hendrick Jansen van Bremen, he later mar- M cc,f 1671. He died about 1680, ried Carin, widow of Jijran Johansson (#130) .99 Also living on the tract cr md five da~~h~ers.~' were other children of Jan Sybrantsen, including Harman Jansen Sy- 71 ;,ere three other Finns not brants, who wrote his will at Paerden Hook on 1 A ril 1684 naming his Bon \r-ho had been fined in the wife Bilchy and daughters Annika and Catharina;"'Sybrant Jamen, who cr Staffan Joransson (who had died at Swanwyck in 1695;"" j an an sen Sybrants, who sold his share of n . '.I and his brother-in-law Lars his father's land in 1687;lo2and Tryntie Jans, who was still a minor in 1676.''" s. cxme to New Sweden in 1641 Pieter de Witt (#123), Dutch, remained a resident of Paerden Hook L-..,[hen was later joined by his until his death in 1683. His wife Annetje also dying soon thereafter, Exer: died by 1683 when his son administration was granted to John Jaquet (see #101) who had married his eldest daughter. Peter's will of 26 September 1683 also named a son Teunis de witt.lo4 PO% Eremyntie, widow of Jurian Siericks (#124) from Holstein, resided rr ng the west bank of the Dela- here with their sons John and Jurian Siericks and daughters (including 51 3re accurately, they were two Grietje). Upon her death, their land was sold to William Tom (#156), > )r!es' hook in Dutch] was the who never paid for it.lo5 K creek], the southern bound- Roelof Anderson (#125), his wife Hilitje Pieters, her brother Adam I- Hook. the boundary between Pietersen and her sister Elisabeth Pieters shared a plantation with their mother, who was murdered by Indians later in the year. By August 1671, n+ r.ame entered by Wharton as Roelof Anderson had moved with John Siericks (see #124), and Adam CILZ:~no patent has been found 2c 2 isteran soldier in February "NCR, 1:385. 95 NYHM, Delau~arePapers: Dutch, 47. L%--;- -.-.- of Olle Thorsson of Penn's Neck, New York Patents, 3:146. Kr Anorson(#71). "NCR, 1:180, 402, 40a10, 414; 2166. '''New Castle County wills, A:74, 93. lo' New Castle County wills, B:37-38. '02 ~ewCastle County deeds, B-1:34-35. 103 NCR, 1:32-33. Io4 Castle County wills, A:64. lo5 NCR, 1:58, 159, 255-57; 2: 12, 33. 52 1671 Censw of the Delaware Pietersen to Appoquinimink Creek, where Roelof died childless about \\'alker. Wybregh died 17. It 1695. His widow married Isaac ~i~oreau.'O' dricks in the 1671 cens~s1.2 Hans Hanson (#126), a miller, was living at Paerden Hook as early as patent of 25 March 166'3 dm 1666 when he was listed as a neighbor ofArentJansen (#127).Hejoined and Jan ~ulcke.' the exodus to Appoquinimink Creek where he received a patent, 26 Jan Hulk (#I29 1 remnr;t February 1671/2. He died in 1696, survived by sons Peter, Hans, Joseph \\-hen he testified tha: :Ye and Henry Hanson and a daughter ~nn.lo7 formerly belonged to Jzr f The tract occupied by Arent Jansen Vandenburgh (#127) had been patented by d'~inojossato ~ndir~Mattsson (#'75),20 September 1664, Swanwyck, meaning S;x-r.7 when the tract was described as being bound by Jan Eckhoff on the in 1633 by a group oi 5:cci northeast and by Gerrit Sandersen on the southwest.108On 6 June 1666 the protection of Stui7-e lo6~ewYork Patents, 3:181, New Castle County deeds, A-1:23, 184-85; C-1:lll-14; K-1:263; PA2d, 19:221-22; Philadelphia wills, B:279 #105. ,.> -.'sCR 1:23>37. 252. 'r.%& 107 DelawareHistoly, 6:36; New Castle County deeds, A-1 :26-27; New Castle Countywills, ::4 1 5 1 B:62-65; Baldwin Ma~dl,Hans Hanson ofRed Lyon Hundred (Princeton, NJ, 1978). ..-Selr-York Paten~. : - -'SCR 2:166. lo' Delaruare Hirtmy, 635-36. .. . 'O%elaruare Hirtmy, 6:36-37, 39. . ." SelcYork Paten=. 3:: I. formerly belonged to Jan's father, Jan sybrants.'15 Fandenburgh (#127) had been Swanwyck sslsn , =73),20 September 1664, Swanwyck, meaning Swan Cove in Swedish, had been settled initially b-sund by Jan Eckhoff on the in 1653 by a group of Swedes who fled the New Sweden colony for le s$suth\\-e~t.'~~~n6 June 1666 the protection of Stuyvesant's colony centered at Fort Casimir (New Lye. then described as being Castle). Other Swedes moved into the area after Governor Rising e xi11er. -4 confirming deed was captured Fort Casimir in 1654. ,n's ;\!do\\-: 12June 1673.I0%n Joran Johansson (#130) received a patent from Governor Nicolls, oiC ihs Paerden Hook tract to 3 August 1668, confirming his tract, originally granted by d'Hinojossa, nt-f-.:rd interest in the lands at located between Jan Landemaker's hook (#129) and Matthias Eskilsson k-r~zJohnsonincluded a codi- (#131).A second patent for the same tract was issued by Lovelace, dated .k csrte to Holy Trinity Church 24 March 1668/9.11"ijran Johansson had arrived in New Sweden in t. 3xriara ~ames."' 1654 as a freeman. He died before 1677 when his widow Carin was -.-.cs erroneously named Hans married to Hendrick Jansen Sybrants (#122), who was accused of de- r L; cd adjacent to Arent Jansen spoiling the lands. The land was thereafter sold to Pieter de Witt (#123) hml;CI-eek. He was already in to payJoran's orphan children, Hendrick,Jijran, Anna and Elisabeth.'" t .isued his patent, 14 August Matthias Eskilsson (#131) was a freeman in the New Sweden colony + I\-\-breghJans, born in Dith- as early as 1654.'18 His prior grant from dlHinojossa was confirmed by R -nmonial contract with Jan Governor Nicolls, 3 August 1668, adjoining ~ijran~ohansson.""n April r he protection of the interests 1672 he appeared in court as a prosecution witness in the murder of !xnetje. Xgnietje, Paul and his brother Lars Eskilsson (#114) by William Sinclair (#157).I2' He r.:n 1678, she married John died before 4 September 1677 when his orphan sons Symon Matthias- son, 17,and Johan Matthiasson, 14, were placed under the guardianship - . . .-a -=:-.>. .\-1:23, 18445; G1:lll-1% Fz::: 113 % .:-1 ?f-27: ServCastle Countywills, NCR, 1:255-57, 282; New Castle County wills, B:68. -7 'I4 New York Patents, 4:181. R,-- A--..- . .I Pnnceton, NJ, 1978). 11.5 NCR, 2: 166. l6 New York Patents, 3:136; 4:179. k-15 rrrent of 17 November 1679 at "'1693 Census, 131; UCR, 180,402,409,414. - IL-c.- - - - -.:. Historical Society of Pennsyl- '18~onghand Von Elswick accounts, 16541655, New Sweden archives, hksarkivet, Stockholm. 'I9 New York Patents, 3:137. lZ0NYHM, Delawa~ePapers: English, 37. r-z-.lS JO luap!saJ e SEM aH ga:':jx ST uo Xu0103 laisuy 5.; I= I UasJapuES J!.X.Iat) + 2'3 uqor uyde3JO api 1q\ ajpi ayl '((jg~#)73018 ""i'-il pue (LII#) UoSSIoq;L 2 SUOS "?S![a aJ!M S!Y Lq EL :~I~IO'q31na ayl Xq pailon '8: '8: ?2 10" pey (gsg1 pun01e # --- -.-%*. srq ql!~uapaMS MaN ~-.-,-.lJ0-- - - gG 'Sll!l!1qEd q03~r a-,-. ,181 n3ell OM] s'uoss1a3ad 11,. Ale1 u! ijas~arMaN 103 xzapues 1111a3ijqlsa~qlnos a>; rro punoq 'lse11 s!y JOJ r- 5s UOSSJO~L3010 zzI. (la~e31epqpue ir >ps!~qy>pue Iapqe3 sue^ a .o-~o[.suosdals OMI ijq paAp 3 iZl13d j.iaule3 MOU) lU!Od 3 +,I'JI SUWPUI ayl uroq spue[ ;I 5 uo '101 s,ua33ey3~103 FC 5 'jaurelqo osle uosslalad ~i,'1-i jo lop!^ aql pa!11em E: : of Olof Thorsson (#133) and Mary Block (#133). The same sons and their sister Margaret sued Peter Matthiasson, the eldest son. in lG3 to recover their share of their father's lands."' Lucas Petersson (#132) from Oland, Sweden, came to Sew S~ieden in 1641.Around 1653 he fled the colonyand moved to Dutch-controlled Fort Casimir. On 4 June 1658,Jacob Alrichs, Governor of Sen--1mstel. granted him a patent for land north of Olof Thorsson (#133).Haling married the widow of Johan Thorsson Schaggen, also Swedish, Lucas Petersson also obtained a patent from Jacob Alrichs in Februan 1639 for Schaggen's lot. On 30 December 1671 Lucas Petersson purchased lands from the Indians in WestJersey that would later be known as Lucas Point (now Carneys Point, Salem County). He died there by 1686, sur- vived by two stepsons (Jonasand Johan Scoggin),five sons (Peter, Lucas, Hans, Gabriel and Christiern Peterson) and two daughters (Elisabeth and Margaret) .Iz2 OIof Thorsson (#133) was granted a Nicolls patent on 28 May 1669 for his tract, bound on the northeast by Lucas Peterson and on the southwest by Gerrit ~andersen.'~~~iththe departure of Lucas Petersson for New Jersey in late 1671, Olof Thorsson established a church on Petersson's two tracts to the northeast and granted the same to pastor Jacob Fabritius, 23 October 1672.'~~Olof Thorsson had been sent to New Sweden with his wife and family in 1641 for punishment and, around 1653, had moved to the area south of the Christina River con- trolled by the Dutch. Olof Thorsson died at Swanwyck in 1678, survived by his wife Elisa, sons Olof Ollesson Thorsson (#71) and Lars Ollesson Thorsson (#117) and three identified daughters: Mary, wife of Hans Block (#135), the wife of Matthias Eskilsson (#131), and Petronella, the wife of Captain John Carr (#138) .I2" Gerrit Sandersen (#134) from Tiel, Netherlands, sailed to the New Amstel colony on 13 November 1661 with his wife and four children. He was a resident of Swanwyck by 8 January 1663 when d'Hinojossa lZ1 NCR, 1:124; 229, 39-40. Syrnon and Johan also went hy the name of Eskilsson and Cock. Craig, "New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1664," Srdedish Ammican Genealogist, 16238-39 (1996); 1693 Census, 142-43, 145, 151. F Ck-zchnt Crane Hook New York Patents, 4: 186. '.r z-.:iBook lZ4 ~elarua~e~ist~, 6:38-39. '2kCraig, "New Sweden Settlers," Swedish A-can Genealogist, 16:244 (1996). 56 1671 Census of the Delaware granted a patent to Hans Block (#115) for the tract adjoining his.12%n 1656, which identified Lars E 25 March 1669 Governor Nicolls confirmed to Sandersen two tracts, one west.13"he name of Paul= 1 located between Jan Hulk and Aren tJansen (occupied in 1671 by Barent census. His predecessor Hendricksen, #129), and the other (his home plantation) bound by Christina about 1637 and ke Olof Thorsson (#133) and Hans Block (#135).'~~ err it sold the upper Jan Barentsen (#I37 c.;cl tract to Jan Barentsen (#137),3 Febuary 16'74/5.'~~~edied before 1677 merly owned by the S~~ecc'u when Peter Matthiasson, son of Matthias Eskilsson (#131), and his wife acquired by Anthonv Bvx: 1 Metje (apparent daughter of Gerrit Sandersen) had become owners of August 1664 and then sold :r c his home plantation.12%nother daughter, name unknown, was the first ofJohn Barnes dated 1-7 S r.xe wife of Adam Pietersen (see #125) .I3' named his widow Engelyt :I Hans Block (#135), born in 1616, was a gunner stationed at Fort widow married James Hailaw Amstel by January 1660. He soon assembled considerable property north of the fort. First it was the tract of Timen Stiddem (#82). Then, New Castle, formerlx-in 4 on 20 April 1660 Barbara Tomas, widow of Leendert Classon, conveyed vesant in 1651, as Fort Tri->xi to gunner Hans Block the tract located between Timen Stiddem (then 1655, and as New ;\mstsl a:u the property of Hans Block) and the property of Mins ~ndersson.'~' 1657, was renamed Se:i CLM Both were embraced in a patent issued by d'Hinojossa, on 1 January As laid out in 1671. Xc;.- 4 1663 for 105 acres bound on the southwest by Paulus Duxon and on the deep, most of them cor.z:r:r northeast by Gerrit ~andersen.'~~Further adjoining lands to the west Strand or riverfront from <~c were granted by dlHinojossa, 18 September 1664, and purchased by to the place where the a:< kc Block from Anthony Bryant, 27 May 1665.'~~When Block's land was of town. About halfi\-av2: I rs confirmed by an English patent, 25 March 1668, Gerrit Sandersen and (now Harmony Street . esrcr Paulus Duxon were still adjoining Hans Block died in landholder^.'^^ road, generally knoxsn as CM 1676, survived by his wife Mary and one daughter, ~arbara.'~~ (now Delaware Avenue . cs:r Paulus Duxon (#136) and his wife Alice received a patent from Gov- woods. Between this -tree: ;" ernor Nicolls, 1 August 1668, for a tract previously owned by Mins An- known as the Mart or \Itrke dersson. The patent tracked Mins Andersson's survey of 11 November or path, known as Beax-er ST by lots, but few of these :itre there were theoretical sx=es I Iz6 ela aware Histmy, 8:31l, 5:32. known as Otter Street r.,:,r Iz5 New York Patents, 4:181. Street), but they \ 4 =l?i, .I2' Gerrit sold the upper Jan Barentsen (#137) occupied the lowest tract on S~can\\~-ck.for- i !5T+ s."'H~ died before 1677 merly owned by the Swede Lars ~jur.'~~~heland in question had been = E-,..-ulsson (#131), and his wife acquired by Anthony Bryant who first rented it to Jan Barentsen on 24 3dsrsen I had become owners of August 1664 and then sold it outright on 10 September 1668.19The ~\i11 ter. name unknown. was the first ofJohn Barnes dated 12 November 1683 and proved 11Januay 1683 4 named his widow Engeltje and daughters Engeltje and Branitje. The 3 wnner stationed at Fort widow married James Hallyday, 1 September 1684.140 . . se-~.~.edconsiderable property New Castle oi Timen Stiddem (#82). Then, New Castle, formerly known as Fort Casimir when founded by Stuy- v r i Eeendert Classon, conveyed vesant in 1651, as Fort Trinity when captured by the Swedes in 1654- i kt;\-een Timen Stiddem (then 1655, and as New Amstel after it was sold to the City of Amsterdam in pr: ?err\- of MQns~ndersson.'~' 1657, was renamed New Castle when taken by the English in 1664. d ?: d'Hinojossa, on 1 January As laid out in 1671, New Castle consisted of a row of lots, 300 feet ier5:- Paulus Duxon and on the deep, most of them containing one or two houses, extending along the ficr-"~sloinlng ' ' lands to the west Strand or riverfront from the old fort and magazine northeast of town err.-:zr 1664, and purchased by ifre Cn~nn-deeds, B-1:20%11. I4O~ewCastle wills, A:66; NCR, 291; New Castle deeds, A-1:81-82. 58 1671 Census of the Delaware Northeast of Hart Street were two other theoretical streets, Land No residents were recordc Street (behind the riverfront lots) and Minquas Street (extending from adjoining the fort on the ic.ua the Mart to the northeast parallel to Land Street). The only develop- lace patent dated 1 Siav !$TI - ments on these two streets were at the intersections with Hart Street, a vacant lot, 105 x 30111 TS~:.r where Captain John Carr owned Gerrit Van Sweringen's former "great liams Neering (see #l i 2 .r z i house" on a lot 60 feet wide and 233 feet deep southeast of Land Street was another empty lor. cai 2-1 and also a double lot, 120 feet wide and 300 feet deep between Land ented to Dirck Alber~er.=I. and Minquas Street, on which stood the "Statsherberg" [city tavern] .141 Hendrick Williams. '3 J;?P.,:LT Wharton began his New Castle census here, with the household of tract as being bound o.. 7 .f . 3 Captain Carr (#138). He then went to the fort and systematically fol- Gysbert Dircksen I =! 32 '-. lowed the Strand, recording the head of each household (#139-158). ice of New Amstel ~cher,rr r Then, he followed the loop along Gerrit Smith's street and Beaver Street -1 3c (#159-162) to Hart Street, picked up two more isolated houses on the stated that he was born in :kc- s fringe of town (#163-164) and then added Peter Alrichs' home plan ta- on 14 August 16'78 ~sher. tion (#165) on the river southwest of town. Along the way, he handed of Bommell, widow of Re\-* out patents where the landowner did not possess one, including a num- nuncupative will, prox-ed ! D ber of patents for empty lots. daughters: Susanna. bcnm trr Captain John Carr (#138), the chief political and military officer on born by his second. Thc c:fc the Delaware, acquired from Anthony Bryant about 100 acres on the de Ring (see #I50 I .:" north side of the fort, extending to Swanwyck, for which he received a Abraham Enloes , =l r . ! patent from Governor Nicolls on 8January 1667/8.'4'~lso,another 150 cooper by Wharton. Hc :*= acres of meadow and marsh land near the fort, formerly owned by d'Hi- Duisburg, Netherlands. hi nojossa, 1 January 1667/8.'4"ohn Carr and his brothers Andrew Carr with his wife and childrcr r3 (#51) and Patrick Carr had been part of Robert Carr's invading force Enloes acquired land tz Sr in 1664. Around 1665 John Carr had married Petronella, Swedish, the County where, on 22 .-1;r.l - daughter of Olof Thorsson (#133). When the Dutch recaptured New "Abraham's Delight.--' Lrl Castle in 16'73,John Carr fled with his family to Cecil County, Maryland, Xlbertsen (#144j.-Ibrz.,h~~ I where he died early in 1676, survived by his wife and four children and Penn's Neck. ~shersk:s (Richard, Elizabeth, Mary and Petronella). His widow married George Oldfield of Cecil County by June 1676 and quitclaimed her interest in the "great house" in New Castle to Matthias Vandcrheyden, 18 August 14" New Castle Counn dcc* 'r: 1697.'~~ '46~ew~orkPatents. 3::s \F- '" Delaware Hzsto?. .71:1:43 I4%cR, 2:28-32. In 16:: Czr-2- 14' Both properties were sold at auction to John Moll, 12June 1675, and confirmed by Reynier Rqniersen Ian der C,:e:s~ a deed by John Carr's widow, 10 April 1676. NCR, 1:63,379-80; New Castle County deeds, and still owned land there. H:r ckL3 A-1:39--10. uith his wvido\\. to Sew Ckde 14'~ewyorkPatents, 2254. '4"homas -1.Enloe. Tkc Ei:e 14'~ew~orkPatents, 3:114. >,are Hktory, 20388. In 16;:. kx ::I< 144~a~ylandLand Patents, 17:552; Cecil County wills, 1:T; New Castle County deeds, Hendrick Enloes, an uncle. .:i E1:179. Ii0\\harton, 71-73. New Castb Coourl Jurisdiction 59 x?er heoretical streets, Land No residents were recorded by Wharton at the fort or the magazine .br.r,aas Street (extending from adjoining the fort on the southwest. Southwest of the magazine, a Love- ar,c 5ueeti. The only develop- lace patent dated 1 May 1671 was issued to Jacob van der Veer (#78) for i~rcrsectionswith Hart Street, a vacant lot, 105 x 300 feet, which van der Veer sold to Hendrick Wil- \-an Sweringen's former "great liams Neering (see #152) on 29 January 1676/7.'4%outhwest of this lot c deep southeast of Land Street was another empty lot, of the same dimensions, which had been pat- d ~~III?feet deep between Land ;.- < ented to Dirck Albertsen (#144), 11 August 1670. This was also sold to -- AL herberg" [city tavern] .I4' Hendrick Williams, 2January 1676/7.'4"hese transactions identify the s ..ere. x\ith the household of . - tract as being bound on the southwest by Gysbert Dircksen's fence. LC.+ xrlrt and systematically fol- >t5;ih household (#139-158). Gysbert Dircksen (#139) from "Ophemer" was a corporal in the sen. Srr:-l?'s street and Beaver Street ice of New Amstel when it surrendered to the English in 1664.14' He stated that he was born in "Hop Emert" and was widower ofAnnetieJans IT-rr,c;rr isolated houses on the ktf Peter .\lrichs' home planta- on 14 August 1678 when he married Cattalyntie Gerrits, born in the city trr .qong the way, he handed of Bommell, widow of Reynier Reyniersen van der Coelen. Dircksen's ,P rssess one. including a num- nuncupative will, proved 3 December 1682, named his wife and three daughters: Susanna, born by his first marriage, and Anna and Aeltie, x ::xczl and military officer on born by his second. The eldest daughter was then married to Aemelius Br.:_r.: about 100 acres on the de Ring (see #I 50) .I4* o;--. Abraham Enloes (#140) is the person described as Abraham the - :k.- -- for r\.hich he received a fi _ -r., ~.'~'~llso,another 150 cooper by Wharton. He was a son of Peter Enloes, a silversmith, from g ic r:. formerly owned by d'Hi- Duisburg, Netherlands, who sailed from Amsterdam to New Amstel ar!b his brothers Andrew Carr with his wife and children in 1657 and died there by 1663,'"~braham If Xc-hsrt Carr's invading force Enloes acquired land at St. Augustine's Creek in lower New Castle IDC.?~~Petronella, Swedish, the County where, on 22 April 1676, Wharton surveyed his tract called a , ;kc Dutch recaptured New "Abraham's ~eli~ht."'"~ater, having married the daughter of Dirck a I- 1,: Cecil County, Maryland, Albertsen (#144),Abraham Enloes operated a ferry between New Castle b,.-:1:+ rilfe and four children and Penn's Neck, where his wife had inherited one-half of a 469-acre 2 Xi; iiidorr married George r: 7-:::claimed her interest in t:rr 1-.lnderheyden, 18 August '45 ~ewCastle County deeds, A-1:8. '"~ew~orkPatents, 3:164; New Castle Countydeeds, A-1:6. 14' Delarua~eHistmy, L'O:93. I" NCR, 2:28-32. In 1671, Cattalyntie Gerrits lived in Kingston, N.Y., with her husband K I .. 1 I Txne 1675, and confirmed by Reynier Reyniersen van der Coelen, who had previously been a resident of New Amstel I -+-+':I: %el\-Castle County deeds, +! and still owned land there. His children ReynierJr., Zacharias, Soetje and Lucretia moved with his widow to New Castle. '49~homasA. Enloe, The Enloe Papers, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore; Dela- ware History, 20:88. In 1671, his brother Anthony Pietersen Enloes lived at the Whorekill. 1 i5 :-T:%el\- Castle County deeds, Hendrick Enloes, an uncle, had moved to Maryland before 1671. 150 Wharton, 71-73. 60 1671 Census of the Delaware plantation which Albertsen had acquired by 1669.151Abraham Enloes acquire land from the 1nd:m was buried 11 February 1720 at the Swedes' church in Penn's Neck, made this his home until h;i where his son Peter Enloes was a member.'52 de Haes' widow made a purr3 Machial Barron (#141), deputy sheriff, his wife Gertruyd and her sons On 27 July 1656 she mamec. ; Reynier and Abraham van Hyst lived on a lot which Gertruyd's prior October 1656 Governor 5:-L\- husband, Reynier van Hyst, had purchased from Lucas Dircksen van cobs, widow of Roelof de Hz- Berg for 900 guilders. Because van Hyst had not paid the widow of Lucas In 1671 she was living on - in Dircksen, who had remarried pastorJacob Fabritius, Governor Lovelace at the corner of Hart Surer had ordered Carr to foreclose on the property, 13 April 1670. A new Roelofsen de Haes, baptizci :I patent for the lot, dated 1 May 1671, was issued to Captain John Carr. daughter Marritje de Haci. i <, After Carr's departure, the tract was acquired at a sheriff's sale by Justa Edmund Cantwell li~ingncs.: ( Andersson (see #83), who sold it to John Williams Neering (see #152) Dirck Albertsen (#I 44 . Iw for 2,400 guilders, 7April1678.l~~~achialBarron and his family moved 1671 was a justice on the Se r to Salem County, where he acquired considerable lands for himself and New Castle. His residence ra his two stepsons. He died in Penn's Neck about 1689.'~~ Widow Crabbe. Dirck =\lberrw Edmund Cantwell (#142), one of the English soldiers arriving in He died in 1676, naminc C+ 1664, was named High Sheriff in place of William Tom in August Haes executors and guardia 1672.'~~Cantwell married Maritje de Haes (see #143), and had an active Cornelis Dircksen and .-\?,rh political career until his death in December 1683. He was survived by the guardians for all a his wife and three children, Richard, Johanna and ~lizabeth.'~%islot On 17 September 1693. sr kc4 was bound by Machial Barron on the northeast and Captain Carr and of Albertsen's New Castie 1.1,s widow Crabbe on the southwest. Marten Roseman is1-15 2. Widow Gertruyd Crabbe (#143) had been a resident of New Castle Dutch, was a resident of Fc,:: G since its founding as Fort Casimir in 1651. On 19 April 1643 at New Swedes in 1654.'"~fter :ks D Amsterdam, Gertruyd Jacobs of Emmenes, widow of Gerrit Jansen of Roseman's name appeared In Emmenes, married Roelof Jansen de Haes of Norway. They resided in Manhattan until 1651 when Roelof de Haes joined with Stuyvesant to 157John 0.Evjen, Scandinai,!;-. -*-TI= lis, 1916); NYCD, 1:596, 599: Jz:: 5 I" Allrg, 21:610,644; Thomas Shourds, Histmy ofFawick's Colony, 504-5 (Bridgetownn Stockholm, Sweden. 158 NYHM. Delaware Papers: DL:.:< C.7 NJ, 1876). 159 Baptisms; New York Dutch Ci;-:: : Recordz ofthe Swedish Lutheran Churcha at Raccoon and Pans Neck, 326 (Elizabeth NJ, 1938). I6O Delaware History, 20:'i6; .\2.h:.!. ,; I" WHM,GmGaeTntbes, 1:331; New Castle County deeds, A-1:43-44. I" On 15 October 1662, their &-2 154~aptism,Nm York Dutch Church, 60; NCR, 1:36, 161, 336, 387-89; NJA,21:6, 550, on Manhattan. Baptism, i'inu I>& fir; 588239,644. Sergeant Reynier van Hyst had arrived in New Amstel in 1657 with Governor lG2NCR,1:43,97. Jacob Alrichs. NYHM, Delaware Papers: Dutch, 363. I" NCR, '2199. '55~~,GmeralEntbes, 1:501, 556. '64~~~,2214. 15' Craig W. Horle et al., Lawmaking and Legislators inPennsylvania, 1250-54 (Philadel- On 5July and 9 October 163,\I; phia, 1991). from the New Sweden cornmissan. ]r:r Nm Castle CouflJurisdiction 61 ed bv 1669.151 Abraham Enloes acquire land from the Indians and to help establish Fort Casimir. He liedes' church in Penn's Neck, made this his home until his death, prior to 5 July 1654, when Roelof 7.) wr:-- de Haes' widow made a purchase from the New Sweden c~rnmissary.'~~ f. his wife Gertruyd and her sons On 27 July 1656 she married, a third time, Dr. Jacob Crabbe, and on 58 tn 2 lot which Gertruyd's prior October 1656 Governor Stuyvesant belatedly issued to Geertruydt Ja- =sd from Lucas Dircksen van cobs, widow of Roelof de Haes, patents for two lots near Fort ~asimir."~ hdnot paid the widow of Lucas In 1671 she was living on a small lot southeast of Carr's "great house" ~b Fabritius, Governor Lovelace at the corner of Hart Street and the Strand with her son Johannes Jrcr?srty. 13 April 1670. A new Roelofsen de Haes, baptized in New Amsterdam 4 December 1644. Her issued to Captain John Carr. daughter Marritje de Haes, baptized 13 May 1646, was then married to [~iedat a sheriffs sale by Justa Edmund Cantwell living next door (#142).15' JI [I-illiams Neering (see #152) Dirck Albertsen (#144), Dutch, was in New Amstel by 1658 and in Barron and his family moved 1671 was a justice on the New Castle court.'"~e owned several lots in widsrable lands for himself and New Castle. His residence was on the Strand at Hart Street, opposite :krSout 1~89.l~~ Widow Crabbe. Dirck Albertsen's wife was named Pietertje ~arents.'" ae English soldiers arriving in He died in 1676, naming Captain Edmund Cantwell and Johannes de re .:.f i\-illiam Tom in August Haes executors and guardians of his children.'" On 17 June 1690 E ssc=143),and had an active Cornelis Dircksen and Abraham Enloes (#140) signed a release to nker 1633. He was survived by the guardians for all claims against the estate of Dirck ~1bertsen.l~~ hrna and ~lizabeth.'~%islot On 17 September 1695, as heirs of Dirck Albertsen, they sold the last or5east and Captain Carr and of Albertsen's New Castle lots.1ti4 Marten Roseman (#145), sometimes known as Marten Cleinsmit, bren a resident of New Castle Dutch, was a resident of Fort Casimir when that fort was captured by the f i. On 19 April 1643 at New Swedes in 1654.IG5fter the Dutch regained the fort in 1655, Marten mu. widow of Gerrit Jansen of Roseman's name appeared in Fort Casimir and New Amstel records, E.cff Sonvay. They resided in he- joined with Stuyvesant to '"john 0.Ejen, Scandinavian Immigrants toNm Yurk, 1630-1674,61-64 (Minneapo- lis, 1916); NYW, 1:596, 599; Jacob Jungh's 1654 commissary records, Riksarkivet, iF~--::i> Colony, 504-5 (Bridgetownn Stockholm, Sweden. 15' NYHM. Delaware Papers: Dutch, 67-68; NYHM, Dutch Land Papers, 86. -,--.- . :- i Pq m Seck, 326 (Elizabeth NJ, 150 Baptisms; New YDTK Dutch Church, 18,20. 160 Delaruare History, 20:76; NYHM, General Entries, 23, 106. 5;7 fttck. .I-1:4344. '" On 15 October 1662, their daughter Hillegond was baptized in the Dutch church 5 :?:. SJb. 387-89; NJA, 21:6, 550, on Manhattan. Baptisms, NmYorh Dutch Church, 66. = Y 5%.hstel in 1657 with Governor NCR, 1:43, 97. NCR, 2199. '64~~~,2:214. E I- ?c~?lr'ania,1:250-54 (Philadel- On 5 July and 9 October 1654, Marten Roseman was recorded as making purchases from the New Sweden commissary. JacobJungh accounts, Riksarkivet, Stockholm. 62 1671 Census of the Delaware 1656-1662.l"~is wife at the time was named ~rietje.'"~~1664 Marten English as a justice of the cc-L had married Christina, daughter of Olof Stille (#7) and, under the name colls granted him a patent for of Marten Cleinsmit, he received from d'Hinojossa a patent for New Amstel Governor Jacob i Moyamensing with Olof Stille and others.'" He soon returned to New the New Castle court. Or. 25 Castle where he went into partnership with Dirck Albertsen and built a former lot to Cornelis Jorisrn. house on part of Albertsen's lot. In 1671, he was a magistrate on the he was granted denizarior. In court.'" On 14 June 1675, Marten Roseman and his wife Christina sold in Virginia, the widow ooi Sai their lot on the Strand, bound on the northeast by Hart street.l7' Rose- He died as Hesrh-j man's will of 28 November 1676, proved 6June 1677, named Pieter Alrichs 1690/1, survived by t\io si.nr. andJohannes de Haes executors and guardians for his minor children. On Isaac Tayne (# 1 48 I . a1 -81) '-1 17 June 1690, Cornelis Dircksen (son of Dirck Albertsen, #144), having the alias L'Pierre [the s[onc apparently married Marten's daughter, signed a release for all claims retaking Fort Casimir in i ri: against Marten Roseman's estate.171 by ~tu~vesant.'~'Isaac T31 w Matthys van Linborgh (#146) witnessed an affidavit in New Amstel, residents of New Xmstel a:w 22 June 1662.'~~~e died before 1676 when his widow Aeltie (daughter Jersey (now Salem Counr. of Walraven Jansen de Vos, #85) was married to Justa Andersson (son on a lot on the Strand ic:~ of Anders the Finn, #83).Justa became stepfather to Matthys' two sons, neighbor, Barent Epge =I? Jan Matthysen and Sybrant Matthysen, who later adopted the surname 1677, survived by three ;kill Valk, meaning hawk in ~utch.'~~~heplacement of van Linborgh in the Jean Desjardins) and El:rzb census shows that he occupied a "small house and slip of ground on the father's property in Se;\- Ck Strand" adjoining Dirck Albertsen which Jan Boyer bought of Moses de Barent Egge (#I49 I x\zs q Gann in 1678.'~~ under the name of Bex~rd Hendrick Jansen van Jever (#147) from Oldenburg acquired land Strand bound on the ner5za near Hellgate, Long Island, in 1656, but was a resident of New Amstel the Dutch church.""ki- cer by 1662. On 1 October 1664 he signed an oath of allegiance to the Margaret, his daughter ar.2 x Coelen, Jr., sold his lot :c Tb>h '66 NYHM, Dutch Land Papm, 88; NYHM, Delaware Papers: Dutch, 56, 58, 82-83, 250, 175NYHM,Dutch Land PC;- 53 253-54. Delaware Papers: English. 3. '67 art en and Grietje Cleijnsmit's daughter Barbertje was baptized in Manhattan, 18 17%ewYork paten^. -2:-252 March 1657. Baptisms; New York Dutch Church, 45. 175 NYHM, Delaware Pap-. E7-z' '" PA~B,19:353-54. Confirmation of the fact that Roseman and Cleinsmit (tool maker in Dutch) were the same person is to be found by the presence of landmarks at 17' Archives of Mayland. j:S?-?,. E Moyamensing which were still known as Hollanders Creek and Rosamond Creek in 1702. liY~arnes, Baltimore Co~i.;?Fc-3 Ibid. of thMalyland Lepslnturr. '2:452-?? '" NYHM, Delatuare Papers: English 50. '"~eannette Echan. -Lfe .kr 170 ~ewCastle County deeds, W-1:520-21. 4:271. ''I Baptisms, Nm 170rk Du:c< lC!;-r 17' NCR, 2199. "'NCR, 1:81, 102, 14EL31. 1% 2 17' NYHM, Delaware Papers: Dutch, 285. 4:156. '73 NCR, 1:34, 226-30, 403, 440-41; 27, 37, 97; PA2d, 19:718 Is3~ewYork Patents. Ii4 NCR, 1:266. '" Recital, New Castle Coun:. ce New Castle Court Jurisdiction 63 3 ~rietje.'"~~y1664 Martell English as a justice of the court.'75On 8 January 1667/8 Governor Ni- le =- , and, under the name colls granted him a patent for his lot on the Strand, formerly owned by ~'Hinojossaa patent for New Amstel Governor Jacob ~lrichs.""n 1671 he was still a justice on ' He soon returned to New the New Castle court. On 28 November 1671 he sold. Jacob Alrichs' DL-ck Albertsen and built a former lot to cornelis~orisen.'~~~e also owned land in Maryland, where ht 1s- a magistrate on the he was granted denization in 1668 and married Elizabeth Carter, born I =d his i\ife Christina sold in Virginia, the widow of Nathaniel Utie of Spesutia Island, Baltimore les: hl- Hart tree t.I7O Rose- He died as Henry Johnson in Baltimore County, 18January . --- 12 -7, , . named Pieter Alrichs 1690/1, survived by two sons, Joseph and ~enry~ohnson.'~" :,:lr his minor children. On Isaac Tayne (#148), also spelled Taine, Tine, Tyne, Teyn, who had rch Aihertsen, #144), having the alias L'Pierre [the stone in French], was with the Dutch forces pz'f a release for all claims retaking Fort Casimir in 1655 and was promised a house and lot there by ~tu~vesant.'~~Isaac Tayne and his wife Sara Rosen soon became : 2--.~idaiit in New Amstel, residents of New Amstel and in 1666 he also acquired land in West 2 ?.s ~%~do~vXel tie (daughter Jersey (now Salem County) from the ~ndians."~In 1671 he resided ic; :1- Justa Xndersson (son on a lot on the Strand identified in the 1669 patent issued to his pserto llatthys' two sons, neighbor, Barent Egge (#149). Isaac Tayne died in New Castle in o :r:c: adopted the surname 1677, survived by three children, Isaac Tayne Jr., Mary (wife of Dr. -21lt~~:.3f ran Linborgh in the Jean Desjardins) and Elizabeth (wife of Jan Bisk) who divided their LW txd sl~pof ground on the father's property in New Castle and west ~ersey."* ar. 3 cr bought of Moses de Barent Egge (#149) was granted an English patent on 28 May 1669, under the name of Bernard Eken, for his house and garden on the r. Oldenburg acquired land Strand bound on the northeast by Isaac Tayne and on the southwest by kaa t resident of New Amstel the Dutch ~hurch.'~~~hiscensus is the last record of Barent Egge alive. a,-!~~13th of allegiance to the Margaret, his daughter and sole heir, with her husband Reynier van der Coelen,Jr., sold his lot to John Cann in l690.la4 r ?-r--; Dutch, 56, 58, 8-3, 250, 155 NYHM, Dutrh Land Papers, 83; NYHM, Delaware Papers: Dutch, 281, 287; MM, Uelaware Papers: English, 3. Tf:,:_i b~ptizedin Manhattan, 18 ""ew~ork Patents, 2:252. 155 KI-rl7-m and Cleinsmit (tool maker NE%IM, Delaware Papers: Engluh, 50; PAZd, 19:410. xc presence of lar~dmarksat '" Arch~~esof.lalyland, 5:35-36; Barnes, Baltimore County Families, 365. -.. 159 2 r;:. ~?dRosnmond Creek in 1702. Barnes, Baltimore County Families, 365; Edward C. Paperlluse, Biographical Dictionaq ofthe Molyland Legrslature, 2492-93 (Baltimore, 1985). ""~eannette Eckman, "Lfe Among the Early Dutch at New Castle," Delaroare History, 4:271. lR' Baptism, New York Dutch Church, 65; NJA, 21:2,4; 11116-17. '"NCR, 1:81, 102, 149-50,264,268-69, 312,393-94. IR3NewYork Patents, 4:186. l"~~cital,New Castle County deeds, C1:95. 64 1671 Censw of the Delaware Matthias de Ring (#150) and his brother Aemilius de Ring lived where he had purchased land southwest of the Dutch church on land which had been patented to Sarah Neering, who had pre their father Nicolaes de Ring by d'Hinojossa in 1664. Nicolaes had ar- Hendrick Williams Seerin?. F rived in New Amstel by 1659.1s5Aemilius de Ring married Susannah, least two daughters. One k daughter of Gysbert Dircksen (#139) and by his will of 17 March 1692 (see #125), and the other Sar had three surviving children, Nicolaus, Lucretia and Gysbert de in^."" of #71). Foppe Outhour died Matthias de Ring, born about 1643, clerk and reader at the Dutch widow died in New Castle :n 1 church, apparently never married and died in 1695.18' John Arskin (# 153 I I\-=;i a Thomas Snelling (#151), a former English soldier under Captain English took New Castle ir! 1f Carr, was discharged in 1669. At the time of the census he occupied a Jonas Arskin, 16 years old. II : lot and tavern on the Strand originally belonging to Foppe Jansen 1669, bounded on the eas:. tat! Outhout (#152), who sold to Jacob van der Veer (#78) who sold to on the west by his partner. Y Snelling. By 1677, when Snelling's lot was owned by Justa Andersson he moved with his partner n. 8 (son of Anders the Finn, #83), the patent had been lost.1s8In the mean- tina River between S~\arr>q time, on 12 October 1672, Snelling had sold his holding at Bread and been patented 1Januan- 1 +T, Cheese Island (#87) to Justa Andersson in exchange for a new planta- on a canoe trip to Xe\i Cad tion on Appoquinimink creek.l8"ne1ling died 10 October 1691, four children to sunive hir.' survived by a daughter ~ary.'~' Marten Gemtsen I =! 54 . 1 Foppe Jansen Outhout (#152), Dutch, born about 1631, was quarter- owner with Arskin of the C3r master during Stuyvesant's expedition to recapture Fort Casimir. Upon in January 1667/8. He drrl-nn return of the Dutch ships to Manhattan, he completed his duties there October 1680. His wife 1\25 Cl and returned to the Delaware as a permanent resident. By 1660, he son Collinus (#8) and hcr h operated a tavern in New Amstel (see #151) and was ajustice of the court administrators of his eria:e - in 1664 when he signed the oath of allegiance to the ~n~1ish.l"In 1671 and Marten, moved to \l~r.~.= he was still a justice in New Castle and continued in this capacity until Dr. James Crawford =:liS 1680 although he had moved his principal residence to Penn's Neck, received substantial land r?; town house adjoining &c hc Georges Creek, 1'7 Febru2r.- ls5~C~,271; NYHM, DelawarePapers: Dutch, 135, 142. Their uncle, Hans Jacob de Ring four children, of \\-horn rac'-sJ went to Maryland in 1664 and was described as a native of Holland when naturalized in to adulthood. His ~\.idoti:\-z 1671. His will, written at New Castle on 13 April 1672 but proved in Maryland, left his residual estate to his "cousins" [nephews] Matthias and Aemilius d: Ring. Maryland Land Patents, 7:455; Archives ofMaryland, 2282. la' NCR, 229-32; New Castle County wills, Misc. 230. '" NJA, 151; 21:i. 30. Ijll:r 6% .f NYHM, Delaware Papms: English, 17-18; NCR, 1278; 2:217. 161, 240, 410. '"NYHM, GenmalEntries, 1:303; NCR, 1:57. The property was used by both Outhout lq3 NJA, 23:348; Philadelphi Cdr -3 and later owners as a tavern, so it is likely chat this was Snelling's occupation also. 194 1724 affidatit of Jons; .-\r-.:z Is9~ewCastle County deeds, I-129-30. Philadelphia; M'H:.\J, Drln;.c? .cz~~ I" Recital, New Castle County deeds, Y-1:210. 16; NewYork Patents: 3:llI. 14' 191 Eckman, Delaware History, 4:271; NI'IM, Council Minutes, 34; Records ofNmAmtm- 199 New York Patenu. 4 11 5 :I? dam, 249, 55-56, 420; NYHM, Delaware Papers: Dutch, 204, 229,278, 285; NYHM, Delaware Lom," Swedish Colonial .\t-~,i.: 11 2 Papers: English, 2-3. ritsson as heir last name. finjlh sex New Castle Court Jurisdiction 65 rcbcher -1emilius de Ring lived where he had purchased land from the Indians in 1665.'" His wife was d -.nhlch . had been patented to Sarah Neering, who had previously married and had sons John and ~icasiain 1664. Nicolaes had ar- Hendrick Williams Neering. Foppe Outhout and Sarah Neering had at IE cis hng married Susannah, least two daughters. One became the second wife of Adam Pietersen ~d hx- his will of 17 March 1692 (see #125), and the other (Sarah) married Olof Ollesson Thorsson (son ~irctiaand Gysbert de in^."" of #71). Foppe Outhout died in Penn's Neck, NewJersey, by 1693; his jerk and reader at the Dutch widow died in New Castle in 1703.'~~ iic? in 1695.ls7 John Arskin (#153) was a sergeant under Captain John Carr when the Lrclirh soldier under Captain English took New Castle in 1664 and was then accompanied by his son ae ':'f rhe census he occupied a Jonas Arskin, 16 years old. In 1671 he lived on a lot, patented 1 October h jeionging to Foppe Jansen 1669, bounded on the east byJohn Henry, on the north by the Mart and n ,?cr I'eer (#78) who sold to on the west by his partner, Marten Gerritsen (#154). After this census bzs c1:ined by Justa Andersson he moved with his partner to their plantation on the south side of Chris- r k2i been 1ost.'~~1nthe mean- tina River between Swart Nutten Island and Feren Hook, which had . ... Is': :c: .iis holding at Bread and been patented 1January 1667/8. On 23 October 1677 he drowned while rr exchange for a new planta- on a canoe trip to New Castle for supplies, leaving a widow Jean and eI::nz died 10 October 1691, four children to survive him.Ig4 Marten Gemtsen (#154), living just west of John Arskin, was a joint .- 5:m about 1631, was quarter- owner with Arskin of the Christina Creek plantation patented to them a rsslprure Fort Casimir. Upon in January 1667/8. He drowned in his canoe on the Christina River in . tc ~X~tmpletedhis duties there October 1680. His wife was Christina Lom. Her stepfather Lars Anders- mxcnt resident. By 1660, he son Collinus (#a) and her brother Sven M5nsson Lom were named il md as ajustice of the court administrators of his estate. The children, Gertrude, Armegot, Gerrit m-as? 10the ~n~1ish.l"In 1671 and Marten, moved to Moyamensing to live with their re1atives.lg5 sun-.ir.ued in this capacity until Dr. James Crawford (#155), a soldier who arrived with Carr in 1664, @ i residence to Penn's Neck, received substantial land grants from Governor Nicolls, including a town house adjoining the house of Marten Gerritsen. He died at St. Georges Creek, 17 February 1682/3, survived by his widowJudith and . ~ .I-. . .- rci; uncle, HansJacob de Ring four children, of whom sonsJohn and James and a daughter Mary lived -- ; -- . :i Yolland when naturalized in - to adulthood. His widow was remarried in 1686 to Edward Gibbs. After - 7 - 7 -r ?yo\-ed in Maryland, left his rr 1 ;tr:::ur de Ring. Maryland Land . .. 192 NJA, 1:51; 21:7, 30, 610, 644; NYHM, DDewarePapms: English, 66, 97, 313; NCR, 1:4, . . - .,;- . - - - - -A,. 161, 240, 410. r r :I lc~r\z used by both Outhout lq3NJA, 23:348; Philadelphia County wills, B:321 #119. - .. . x-p ...- A. -:n E occupation also. '" 1724 affidavit of Jonas Arskin, Chew Papers, Box 25, package 35, HSP Ms. 2050, Philadelphia; NYHM, DDewarePapers: English, 158-59, 222-23,367; UCR, 1952-54; 215- 16; New York Patents, 3:118, 149. -3. . .. LT -.-. - .,. - . . 34: Reed of Nm Amtm- I9%ew York Patents, 4:118, 149; NCR, 1:229, 427-28, 482; Craig, "Mons Svensson . .. LL -' 4 23. 27s. 285; NYHM, Dela~uare Lom," Swedish Colon,ial Naus, 1/12:2-3 (1995). The two sons used Martensson and Ger- ritsson as their last name, finally settling on Garrett. 66 1671 Census of the Delaware Judith's death in 1703, Crawford's three children sold their father's New 1662 and returned there 5-b- Castle lot.lg6 Delaware was admitted z 2 5 William Tom (#156) also came to New Castle in 1664 with Captain January 1679/80 Cornelis Ii7.a John Carr's company. In 1671 he was the High Sheriff for the Delaware for being party to a price-s? and owned considerable property. Among these was a patent dated 29 there.204Cornelis \V\-nhar: f July 1669, for a lot then in his tenure bounded on the north by James Pelle, living in Ne~+.Yoi-k..i\-z - Crawford (#155), on the east with the river, on the south by Cornelis dricks from Middelbur - - Wynhart (#158) and land of Matthias de Ring on the west.'" William Jan Martensen (#I39 . s?p Tom never married. While under house arrest for debt, he wrote his will is not to be found in other DcL 3 January 1677/8 and died that month, leaving his entire estate (after Cornelis Wynhart was a SE-,~ payment of debts) to his godson, Richard Cantwell. When the estate was Martensen and m el tie ~axs-. finally settled, 22 February 1682/3, nothing was left for ~ichard."' Gemt Jansen van Beck r: ic William Sinclair (#157), another former soldier under Captain John Fort Casimir in 1634. \ '04 NYHM, A ndros Pope-i. r - -1 7 '05 Maninges from 1639 i,: I i . [ . :: Society, 9:52 (1918). IQ6~ew~orkPatents, 2:25657; NCR 2:38-39; New Castle County deeds, EL1:413-15; '06 ~aptzim,Ne7u lbrk Du:.-7 1 I -7 Horle et al., Larumaking and Leplators in Pansylvania, 1:368-69. 207~acobJungh's %el\ S\\e5cr >id 197 New York Patents, 4191. Land Papers, 85; NYHJI. Dik: '= 198 WHIM,Delaruare Papers: English, 183; NCR, 1: 179, 18687; 2:40-42. NYHM, Delawar~Pop-: L*;:: NYHM, General Entries, 1: 188; New York Patents, 3: 167; NYHM, Delaware Papers: Delaware History. S.31 1 English, 34-38, 43. 210 NCR, 2:69-72. Other reicrtzcl Maryland wills, 1:506. 116, 120, 168, 211. 21 1 NCR, 1:160, 164: 2:-21>. .?-.'.f Maryland Inventories &Accounts, 13A:216. '02~ew~ork Patents, 3:125, 150, 167, 182. Cantwell, is probably also a 5c.c \e New Castle Courtjurisdiction 67 R~!cirensold their father's New 1662 and returned there by 11 June 1672 when Cornelis Wynhart of Delaware was admitted as a free burgher of New ~msterdam.~"On 8 w Castle in 1664 with Captain January 1679/80 Cornelis Wynhart was fined 50 shillings in Manhattan H~zhSheriff for the Delaware for being party to a price-fixing agreement by the Dutch coopers 1 :here I\-as a patent dated 29 there.204Cornelis Wynhart from Groningen, widower of Catharine ,u.lisd on the north by James Pelle, living in New York, was remarried 18 May 1683 to Ariaen tie Hen- 6-fr.on the south by Cornelis dricks from ~idde1bu1-g.~'~ e En: on the west.'" 7William Jan Martensen (#159), apparently an associate of Cornelis W~nhart, urisr ?or debt, he wrote his will is not to be found in other Delaware River records. Later, on 1 May 1678, I+~.:ng his entire estate (after Cornelis Wynhart was a sponsor in Manhattan at the baptism of Jan : Czr.~iell.I\%en the estate was Martensen and Aeltie Jans' daughter ~arritie.~'" ir: x35 lefc for ~ichard."~ Gemt Jansen van Beck (#160), alias Gerrit de Smit, was a resident of er 5 ~lidierunder Captain John Fort Casimir in 1654, when it was captured by the Swedes, and made a krI I65 to trade between New purchase from the New Sweden commissary, 10 September 1654. His ~rcsCranford. Sinclair's house name continues to appear in records for New Amstel until as late as 30 I--.+by \\-illiam Tom to Pieter June 1660, when Gerrit the smith was described as living "on the street e ;,--r scheduled to be tried for farthest back at the edge of the woods."207On 30 August 1660, as the City's !?.-.f :,;rcorne of this trial is not smith, he sailed to the fatherland on the Groenen rent.^" On 13November iz Ccsil County, Maryland, by 1661, as Gerrit Jansen van Beck, he was a passenger on the Pz~rmelander R-- s.. -h cornelisson, who left Kerck departing Amsterdam for New Amste~.~'~On 17 December 1683, t;" .- - ' I\.-illiam Sinclair died Gerrit Smith testified that he had lived on this street for 22 years and that E ,a-h-irn Philip Barrett, admin- he and his partner Reynier van der Culen had acquired the land from m -- Pieter ~lrichs.~''No English patent has been found. Gerrit Jansen the rsr5:;rring resident in patents smith died after 1693, survived by at least one son, Jan Genitsen, who P; 2,; lult- 1669 and Pieter AI- married Abiah Egberts (see #161) by 1693.~'' i 's;c-.\- Castle immediately after Barent Egbertsen (#161), a Dutch tailor from Schuttorp in the is ::rued a patent for a lot he Graefschap Benthem, was married in Manhattan 15 November 1657 to I: ::z-..c-r< from Hendrick Har- :er: in 203 llanhattan as early as Baptism, New Yurk Dutch Church, 65; Recurdc ofNmAmsterdam, 6:374. '04 NYHM, Andros Papers, 1679-1680, 185-88. '05 Marn'agesfrom 1639 to 1801 in the RefidDutch Church, New Yurk, Colls. of WG&B Society, 952 (1948). *;e- Gs Aechtje Alberts from ~mbderland.~'~He did not move to New Castle Elisabeth Pe tersdotter, daughl until after the English takeover in 1664. His will dated 20 October 1674 Peter Jochimsson (see #l!3 .':" was proved by his second wife and widow Rebecca 6 June 1677. He was Hans Bones (#163), Dutch. survived by three daughters, Henrietta, Anna and ~biah.~'~~nthe 1677 jossa, confirmed 1 October 1% tax list his widow's second husband, Thomas Spry, lived on this tract Street. He died in Sew CasCe adjoining Gerrit Catharine had become he-.\:fi Anders Stille (#162), Swedish, apparently had just married. Wharton Evert Gerritsen (#I64 . Dxtr enters the words "Anna Peterson marryed to Andreas" with no last name English patent on 26 Slarch it given to the husband.215The man was Anders Stille (son of Olof Stille, Calves (now 6th) street."" Mrs #7), who testified on 17 October 1683 "that he has been 25 or 26 years ware valley records. here in town." The wife was Annetje Pieters, daughter of Pieter Wolfert- Pieter Alrichs (# 163 tY3 -TI sen van Couwenhoven, who had purchased a lot northwest of Beaver about 1637, came to Sew .LTG~ Street at Hart Street in 1669.~'%t the time of this census, her father (a Alrichs, and married Jlaris it e brewer) was languishing in debtor's prison in Manhattan, as a result of When the English took Seh a lawsuit by Philip Carteret. In 1667, when a resident of Elizabethtown, lands in present Delaxr-are. I- 1 East Jersey, van Couwenhoven had mortgaged all of his property to in and near New Castle. Th: 1 Carteret and was unable to pay off the mortgage.217After Pieter van 1670 from William Tom -.$-hI.c! Couwenhoven's New Castle property was sold in 1673, Anders Stille William Sinclair's housc 2x5 1 and his wife Annetje moved to the Christina River with John Ogle, John 1670 he acquired from_lof..r..\ Arskin (#153) and Marten Gerritsen (#154). Anders died before 1693, were confirmed by a Lo\c:r,;c survived by sons Jacob and Johan Stille and at least one daughter.218 a justice on the court. 12:~: it Opposite the brewer Pieter van Couwenhoven's property was an town. Peter Alrichs of the r :'-*I empty lot between Beaver Street and the Mart, for which a patent was 1694/5 dividing his eztcr.s::s given to Jean Paul Jaquet (#101) bearing the date of 1 May 1671.219~his (bapt. 8 October 1666 . Hz3 was soon acquired by the English soldier John Ogle, not listed in Whar- and Wessel Alrichs. Peter . 212 Mam'ages, Refonnd Dutch Church, 22; Recwdc of New Amsterdam, 2376; 5:922; 7:151; Baptism, NmYurh Dutch Church, 50. 220 Craig, "The Stille Farnilv 1:. .A=< '13~cR,1:95-96, 264,294; 2108, 130, 162, 184, 218. Elisabeth Ogle sold the same sr re? NCR, 2160. El:%; NCR, 2:151: Peter S crLj 215 Fernow's 1877 transcription supplied the surname Teller, which must have been his Soldier, John Ogle," Thc O$t Cr-;-re guess. The document is not burned or torn in this spot and no surname appears on the NewYork Patenrc. 3:lil:' XCi document. However, he was close. The husband is clearly Anders Stille, often called Anders 222 New York Patents. 4: 15-7 Tilly in 18th century records. 22%ewis D. cook, -rUncb.; \t New Castle County deeds, A-1:65-67. (1982); Burlington Counn- Cour &cot-& ofNmAmtndam, 6:317, 381; NJA, 2329. age as about 50 on 28 Febnur. :;.i- "'New Castle County deeds, A-1:6566; Peter S. Craig, "The Stile Family in America," ''"ewyork Patents. 3:lG: Xr- ( Swedish American Gaealogwt, 6: 148-5 1 ( 1986). "5~ook,"Alrichs of Seli & Ie dld not move to New Castle Elisabeth Petersdotter, dau hter of Ella Stille and her first husband. HIS;\ill dated 20 October 1674 Peter Jochimsson (see #19).q20 -- Rebecca 6 June 1677. He was Hans Bones (#163), Dutch, had been granted a patent bx- d'Hine br.2 and.\biah.'130n the 1677 jossa, confirmed 1 October 1669, for a house and lot on Otter t now 3rh hr.rr.= Spn, lived on this tract Street. He died in New Castle before 1677, by which time his ~\ido~i Catharine had become the wife of Jan arma an sen.'^' m LI- had just married. Wharton Evert Gerritsen (#164),Dutch, owned a house and lot, confirmed bx- d .lndreasWwith no last name English patent on 26 March 1669, between Otter (now 5th) Street and ~'dersSulle (son of Olof Stille, Calves (now 6th) ~treet.'*'~isname has not been found in other Dela- tkir he has been 25 or 26 years ware valley records. :e~sdaughter of Pieter Wolfert- Pieter Alrichs (#165) born in Niekerk, Groningen, Netherlands. aw'd a lot northwest of Beaver about 1637, came to New Amstel in 1657 with his uncle, CovernorJacob nzs ,:bi this census, her father (a Alrichs, and married Maria Wessels in Manhattan on 9 February 1664.223 KT. :n Jlanhattan, as a result of When the English took New Amstel in 1664, they confiscated all of his cz r resident of Elizabethtown, lands in present Delaware. In 1670, however, he acquired three parcels w-gged all of his property to in and near New Castle. The first of these was a lot acquired 12 April rz: r:sage."'; After Pieter van 1670 from William Tom which was towards the Strand and bound by as+.:,id in 1673, Anders Stille William Sinclair's house and by Cornelis Wynhart's fence. On 7 June ecr kerx\ith John Ogle,John 1670 he acquired from John Arskin his 7-acre tract "west of town." This 1:L .hders died before 1693, . , were confirmed by a Lovelace patent dated 16 August 1670.~*~~lrichs, cr_2: !east one daughter.''" a justice on the court, later accumulated extensive lands south of the rr-cnno~en's property was an town. Peter Alrichs of the town of New Castle wrote his will 25 January r \f3r1.for u-hich a patent was 1694/5 dividing his extensive property among his four sons, Sigfridus ;cr c dare of 1 May 1671.2'9~his (bapt. 8 October 1666), Harmanus, Jacobus (bapt. 10 September 1671) r''Ogle. not listed in Whar- and Wessel Alrichs. Peter Alrichs died in 1697."~ t -5%-.ear .Uders Stille's niece, 220 Craig, "The Stille Family in America," Swedish Ammican Genealopt, 6:14749. Widow Elisabeth Ogle sold the same property on 15 March 1686/7. New Castle County deeds, El:%; NCR, 2151; Peter S. Craig, "Elisabeth Petersdotter Yocum, Wife of the English -;--t Teller. I\-hichmust have been his Soldier, John Ogle," Ttz Ogle Genealugzst, 18:19-27 (1997). i %.I r z--cl no surname appears on the '"New York Patents, 3:150, NCR, 1:199. 367, 374. c;-: -L.zi,e~Sulle, often called Anders 222 New York Patents, 4:182. Y23 Lewis D. Cook, "Alrichs of New Castle County," Ttz A,m'can Gaealogkt, 38:31 (1982): Burlington County Court Records [hereafter cited as BCR], 68 [where he gave his -==> age as about 50 on 28 February 1687/8]. L Lx; -The Stile Family in America," 224~ew~orkPatents, 3:167; New Castle County deeds, B-1:226. 225 cook, "Alrichs of New Castle County," ThAmmican Genealogist, 38:31-33; Horle et al., Lawmaking and Legzslators in Pennsylvania, 1: 17678. 1671 Census of the Delaware Other Soldiers and Servants Hudden and was stepfather tcr F In New Castle, as elsewhere, Wharton did not write the names of November 1671 Cornelis acquil drick Jansen van ever (#l47 soldiers or servants who either lived at the fort or in one of the several 4J houses in town. Several of the soldiers held patents for land within the of the ~ensus.~~orneli~Jon5 jurisdiction of the New Castle court, but if we accept Wharton's listing which time his widow Geerris of heads of household as being accurate, no development of the land (#91). Cornelis Jorisen \\-as sun embraced within those patents had yet occurred. ria.235Geertie died in 16~3.~'~ Among the soldiers and servants not already mentioned were the Jan Harmansen, Dutch. recci following: quell the Long Finn re bell:^:^^ married by 1677 Catharine :I John Henry and Charles Floyd, both soldiers who had arrived with purchased the former lo^ i:,i n Carr in 1664, had received a patent from Governor Lovelace, 1 Septem- Gerrit Otto, 5 November 1-7. ber 1669, for a tract of land behind New Castle adjoining Gerrit the by his widow Catharine ar,c r2.4 smith's h~use.**~~hetract was never developed by them. In 1671 Char- -r les Floyd was a carman in ~anhattan.**~~ohnHenry remained in New Pieter or Pierre Jegoe purr Castle. Soon after this census, probably in 1672, he acquired Thomas of Matinicum Island from C i Snelling's lot and tavern (see #151). He died before 7 February 1676/7 and secured a license to opc13P when his widow Catharine sold the same tract to Justa ~ndersson.**~ teret. In 1670 this proper:\- I%= taken prisoner.'3%e !\-as s I, 1': Jan Hendricksen, Dutch, was a soldier for Captain Carr on 1 August in New Castle Count:- ~1r.r::kt 1668 when granted a lot near Swart Nutten Island with three other moved to Cecil Count\- ~ikrre' soldiers.**%n 27 January 1675/6 Governor Andros issued a patent to will indicates that he died -.,:-1-.1 Hendrlck Jansen for the vacant lot between the lots occupied by Snelling Hendrick Jacobs Falkenbeq (#151) and John Arskin (#152) in 1671.*" Tax lists and deeds for the ter of Sinnick Broer (#E4 tr 3 r adjoining properties prove that the holder of this patent was Jan Hen- He soon went into partns-rit:r, dricksen, who died in 1690, survived by sons Hendrick and ~illiam.~~' CornelisJorisen, Dutch, was granted a patent by dlHinojossa in 1664 with two others for a tract later known as "Lazy Point" on the east side of the Delaware opposite Matinicum Island. In 1668 he sold this tract 233 ~a~tisms.Nau Ymk Dutch I!:-:: to Pieter Jegou and probably returned to New ~astle.*~*At the time of survived by a son Andre$\-Hudcicr. xil Wharton's census he was married to Geertie, the widow of Andries '34 PAZ~,19:410. 235 PAZ~,19:410; New Castle C.c,.z~ 23%~~,2: 109. 23' WHM,D~laruare Papers: E,: ,-. :: = 's 22%ew ~orkPatents, 4: 193. '" 1693 tax list, PGM, 375: P.41 c :G 225 Recmds ofNau Amstmdam, 6:360, 363,387,389. '"UCR, 190; BCR, 65-61: .\Ji. 11 3 "'NCR, 1:57. at Lazy Point was still ~~noccup~ekI r. ""ew~ork Patents, 3: 133. George Fox stayed over nighc at h:- -2; 230New Castle County deeds, I-1:370. to leave." Rufus M. Jones, TlwJ?:.-i rf 231 New Castle wills, Mlsc. 1:175; NCR, 2:198. On 29 September 1708 Samuel Macbur 240 NYHM, Delaware Paper~:E,;,-.:: -- and h~swfe Joanna, only daughter and sole heir of the son Henry Jansen, sold the lot to 481, 487; 2:37. The reference rug?-: Thomas Tresse. New Castle County deeds, D-1:68; PA3d, 1:35. 24' Maryland wills, 4:265. 232 UCR, 141; BCR, 68. Nau Castle CourtJurisdiction 7 1 Hudden and was stepfather to Richard Hudden, born in 1661.'"on 28 32 did not write the names of November 1671 Cornelis acquired the lot on the Strand owned by Hen- %e f(:frt or in one of the several drick Jansen van ever (#147) where he was probably residing at the time ~e:rlpatents for land within the of the census."'ComelisJorisen died in New Castle before 1678. bv r :f ice accept Wharton's listing which time his widow Geertie had married the widower Gerrit Otto e. r s development of the land (#91). Cornelis Jorisen was survived by one child of his own, Anna Ma- xc,~rred. ria.235Geertie died in 1685.'~~ r 2:readv mentioned were the Jan Harmansen, Dutch, received 235 guilders for his work helping to quell the Long Finn Rebellion in carpenter by trade. he . .. s r .c:ers who had arrived with married by 1677 Catharine, the widow of Hans Bones (#163), and purchased the former lot of Hendrick Jansen van Jever (#147) from I Crr 1-smorLovelace, 1 Septem- Zzstle adjoining Gerrit the Gerrit Otto, 5 November 1678.Jan Harmansen died by 1693, survived by his widow Catharine and two daughters, Dorcas and ~nn.~~~ -i-r: 1 -red by them. In 1671 Char- 1I ?.r Henn remained in New Pieter or Pierre Jegoe purchased "Lazy Point" on the NewJersey side :r :5:-7. he acquired Thomas of Matinicum Island from Cornelis Jorison and his associates in 1668 dlci ;?fore 7 February 1676/7 and secured a license to operate an ordinary there from Governor Car- --.- -:I ro Justa Andersson.228 teret. In 1670 this property was plundered by the Indians and Jegoe was r I: r C~ptainCarr on 1 August taken prisoner.2" He was soon freed and thereafter lived at Deer Point in New Castle County until he so1d"Lazy Point" in 1683.~~'He then iL..-.,--=- .. Island with three other r r .indros issued a patent to moved to Cecil County where his will was proved 1 April 1687.~~'The . , will indicates that he died without issue. o LT.~LOLS occupied by Snelling .%. , Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg from Holstein was married to a daugh- -- T3s lists and deeds for the ter of Sinnick Broer (#84) and undoubtedly living at Deer Point in 1671. L . 18: $is patent was Jan Hen- r ni Hendrick and ~illiam.*~' He soon went into partnership with PieterJegoe and became the lessee L: a ..L n t by d'Hinojossa in 1664 F -L~..-Point" on the east side D-!? :r. l6b8 he sold this tract 233 Baptism. Nm York Dutch Church, 61; NCR, 2:109. Richard Hudden died in 1695, - , - 939 ,. _ . . - .; c.>stle.-.-At the time of survived by a son Andrew Hudden. New Castle wills, B:7-8. k.;.- - .-r. :he \\-idow of Andries 234~~2d,19:410. 235 PAZd, 19:410; New Castle County deeds, A-1:1 1. '" NCR, 2:109. 237 M'HM, Delaware Papers: English, 9. 238 1693 tax list, PGM, 37:5; PAZd, 19:408-10; New Castle County deeds, E1:229-30. 239 UCR, 190; BCR, 67-68; NJA, 21:30-31; NYHM, DeLawarePapers: English, 29, His house at Lazy Point was still unoccupied on 10 September 1672 when the Quaker missionaly George Fox stayed over night at his "old house, which the Indians had forced the people to leave." Rufus M. Jones, TheJournal ofGeorgeFox (Friends United Press, 1976),515. -. r- -'r %=:srr.ber 1708 Samuel Macbur 240~~,Delaware Papers: English, 74, 79, 91; NCR, 1:49, 53, 133, 161, 163, 454, 472, i zei: r Henn- Jansen, sold the lot to 481, 487; 237. The references suggest that he resided at Deer Point. -Z,L-:,: - -2.: 241 Maryland wills, 4265.