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Swedish Colonial News Volume 2, Number 2 Summer 2000 P Reserving the Legacy of the New Sweden Colony in America Swedish Colonial News Volume 2, Number 2 Summer 2000 P reserving the legacy of the New Sweden Colony in America. Elk Landing to be Restored Last October the town of Elkton, MD operations of the famous Swedish Indian trader, ac q u i r ed a 42-acre site at the confluence of the John Hansson Steelman (1655-1749). Steelman is Big and Little Elk Creeks and in January signed a rem e m b e r ed not only for his relationship with the 99-year lease with the non-profit Historic Elk native Americans but for his large contribution to Landing Foundation, Inc., to develop a park as a the building of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes’) living history museum and colonial village. The Ch u r ch in Wilmington. He not only provided a first step will be an archeological investigation to loan for over one-half of the capital (£320) but de t e r mine exactly what struc t u r es were at the site. hi r ed the same masons to build his home at the Head of the Elk. The area was settled initially by both Swedes and Finns who were gathered into a co n g r egation in North East in 1702. Elk Landing was also the site of the arrival of the first three priests from the Church of Sweden who landed on June 24, 1697 to renew the work of the Church of Sweden on the Delaware (Andreas Rudman, Erik Björk and Jonas Auren). Later 18,000 troops of the British Army landed here on their way to capture Philadelphia in 1777, but when they returned in 1813 they were turned back by the defenders at Forts Hollingsworth and Defiance. While the military history of Elk Landing is American Revolutionary War soldier examines Elk The restoration of the two remaining struc - well known, its Swedish and Finnish connec- Landing at Elkton, MD tu r es will then be undertaken. The Hollingsworth tions are less well understood and a special homestead from the 18th and 19th centuries will opportunity exists for members of the Swedish be rep a i r ed and res t o r ed and the stone home of Colonial Society to impact the planning of this John Hansson Steelman, thought to date from unique part of New Sweden. about 1700, will be stabilized and res t o r ed. The Those who would like to join the Historic Steelman house was last occupied in 1965 and has Elk Landing Foundation, Inc., are invited to se v e r ely deteriorated except for its stout stone send their $15 individual or $25 family mem- walls. An article in Swedish Colonial News(F a l l bership fee to: P.O. Box 277, Elkton, MD 1994) alerted pres e r vationists to its pressing needs. 21922-0277 or seek information on their Elk Landing was the home and base of website: www.elklanding.org In this Issue... NEW GOVERNOR NE W LISTING MILLENIUM All Fore f a t h e r FOREFATHERS Herbert R. Rambo LUN C H E O N enjoys history members noted Mattsons & Dalbos 3 Photo highlights 6 2 of West Jersey 5 FOREFATHERS Dr. Peter S. Craig By her two husbands, Elisabeth had four sons and, through them, 25 grand-children, Three hundred years ago in 1700, Rev. two of whom became wives of Gloria Dei’s first Andreas Rudman reported in his book of buri- pastors - Andreas Rudman and Andreas Sandel. The als the death of Elisabeth Dalbo, aged 78, 1. Peter Mattson, alias Peter Dalbo, was “born in Sweden, Anders Dalbo’s widow, previ- born in New Sweden in 1647. When the first Mattson ously married to Matts Hansson.” English patent was issued for Widow Dalbo’s Elisabeth died at the home of her youngest Kingsessing plantation in 1671, it was issued in & Dalbo son in Gloucester Co., NJ. She had been a 19- the name of Peter Dalbo, her eldest son. year-old bride when she arrived in New Sweden On 16 February 1674 Peter Mattson mar- in 1641, yet by 1671 she was twice a widow and ried Catharina Rambo, daughter of Peter Families lived for the remainder of her life with her Gunnarsson Rambo. They settled on new land youngest son, Olof Dalbo. Through her three adjoining her father’s plantation in Passyunk, of West married sons, she had 25 known grand-children on the east side of the Schuylkill, where they and at least 114 great grand-children. lived for ten years. In 1684, however, they Jersey Her first husband was Matts Hansson, moved to Little Mantua Creek in Gloucester who was hired to be a gunner at Fort Christina. Co., which remained their home until Peter’s They departed from Stockholm on the Charitas death in 1699. He was survived by his wife and among a group of new settlers that included nine children: Hansson’s brother, Anders Hansson. • Brita Mattson, born in 1674, died in After five years of service at Fort Christina, 1750 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle Co.; Matts Hansson became a freeman on 1 married John Hendrickson, son of Hendrick December 1646. Like other freemen, he soon Jacobsson, by 1695 and had 8 childre n became unhappy with Governor Printz’s harsh (Catharina, Elisabeth, Peter, Maria, Brita, John, treatment of the settlers. On 27 July 1653, he Sarah & Susannah). and his brother joined other freemen in filing a • Elisabeth Mattson, born 7 Febru a ry complaint with the Governor. Printz, however, 1678, died in September 1736 at Piles Grove, branded the complaint a “mutiny” and left for Salem Co.; married Rev. Andreas Rudman 4 Sweden, leaving the colony under the rule of his May 1698 and had 2 sons who died in child- son-in-law Johan Papegoja, threatening to take hood and 2 daughters who later marr i e d legal action against the mutineers on his return. (Gertrude Magdalena & Anna Catharine). Fearing for their lives, many of the freemen • Catharina Mattson, born 29 December who had signed the complaint fled New Sweden 1679, died after 1728 [place unknown]; mar- in the fall of 1653. Anders Hansson made it ried c. 1702 John Cock, son of Eric Cock, and safely to Kent Island in the Chesapeake Bay, but had three known children (Peter, a daughter & Matts Hansson did not. Papegoja hired Indians John). to bring back the escapees, dead or alive. Two • Maria Mattson, born 11 May 1682, died of the freemen were overtaken and killed, with in Sweden, 5 February 1739; married Rev. the Indians bringing back their heads on stakes. Andreas Sandel, 22 February 1704, and had 10 One of those killed was Matts Hansson. c h i l d ren (Magdalena, Peter, Peter, Anders, Widow Hansson returned safely to New Anders, John, Benjamin, Andreas, Samuel & Sweden with her two small sons. She then mar- Magnus). ried her second husband Anders Larsson • Peter Mattson, born 27 May 1685, died Dalbo from Dalsland, Sweden who had been in September 1735 in Deptford Township, sent to the New Sweden colony on the Kalmar Gloucester Co.; married c. 1710 Catharina Nyckel in 1640 as punishment for a minor Bankson, daughter of Anders Bankson and crime. After seven years of servitude, he secured Gertrude Rambo; and had 5 children (Anders, employment with the New Sweden company as Peter, Maria, John & Matthias). a provost (sheriff) on 1 Nov. 1647 at a wage of • Matthias Mattson, born 12 August 1688, 15 guilders per month and served in this capac- died 5 October 1750 in Greenwich Township, ity until Printz’s departure in 1653. In 1654 he Gloucester Co.; married in 1712 Judith became a freeman. Two years later, when the Swanson, daughter of Olof Svensson and Lydia Swedes were permitted to select their own gov- Ashman, and had 6 children (Peter, Catharina, ernment by the Dutch, Dalbo was named lieu- Lydia, Maria, Matthias & Olof/William). tenant of the Swedish militia. He made his • Marg a ret Mattson, born 1 Febru a ry home in Kingsessing, but died before 1671, 1692, died about 1748 in Passyunk, when the first English census identified Widow Dalbo as the head of household there. continued on page 8 2 Swedish Colonial News New Society Governor Enjoys History Our new Swedish Colonial Society Schuylkill River was known for its Rambo Rock Go v e rn o r , Herbert R. Rambo, describes himself because of the large boulder at the water’s edge. as “an interested student” of colonial history in Now the site of an oil ref i n e r y, the rock is long the Delaware River region and specifically the gone and has been replaced with a wharf for oil “Ancient Sweeds.” ba r ges,” he rec a l l e d . He is descended from the youngest son of Rambo is a career civil ser- Peter Gunnarson Rambo and Brita Mattsdotter. vant with the New Jersey The New Jersey branch of his family begins with De p a r tment of Environ m e n t a l John Rambo and Birgitta Cock, daughter of Pr otection where he works as Peter Larsson Cock and Marga r et Lom. His contract administrator. During Swedish ancestors are numerous and, as a res u l t , his career he had held positions he is related to many of the New Sweden fami- in administration, planning and lies, including Skute, Helm, Springer, Keen, public relations. He and his wife Homan and Mattson. “I can still remember my Zofia are parents of one son, grandmother describing our Mattson relatives as John Gunnar Rambo, of the holy branch of the family,” he said, ref e rr i n g Washington, D.C.
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