Lydia Ashman1

F, #1687, b. April 1647, d. 1730
  • Birth*: April 1647; "Lydia, widow of Olave Swanson, born in Apr. 1647."2
  • Marriage*: Spouse: Olle Svensson3,4
  • Death*: 1730; shortly before 28 Jan 17313
Last Edited: 11 Dec 2013

Parents:

Father: Robert Ashman1 d. 15 Mar 1682/83
Mother: Catharine Jeacox1 d. a 10 Apr 1689

Family:

Olle Svensson b. 1640, d. bt 7 May 1692 - 18 Aug 1692

Children:

John Swanson6 b. 1667, d. 1736
Peter Swanson6 b. 1668, d. 1737
Maria Swanson6 b. c 1676, d. "in her youth"
Brigitta Swanson6 b. 1678, d. a 1747
Lydia Swanson6 b. c 1680
Swan Swanson6 b. c 1682, d. 1712
Catharina Swanson6 b. c 1686
Judith Swanson+ 6 b. 1688, d. a 1754

Notes

  • Note*: "On 22 July 1690, Lasse Cock (#2) and his wife Martha, and Olle Svensson (#4) and his wife Lydia sold their wives' shares of their father's [Robert Ashman's] 7-acre lot in Jamaica."5
  • Note: "Mr. Rudman, anxious for a speedy and accurate knowledge of his congregation, formed in 1697 and 1698 a list of all the families, and classed them in local districts. ..."
    "Wicacoa...Lydia, widow of Olave Swanson, born in Apr. 1647. Her children: John, 30 ys.; Peter, 29 ys.; Lydia, 17 ys.; Judith, 9 ys. A colored girl."2

Citations

  1. [S100] Craig, Dr. Peter S., 1671 Census of the Delaware (Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Monograph Series no. 4., 1999), p. 16 & 17.   Craig-P--1671-Census.pdf
  2. [S138] 'Early Swedish Records - Extracts from parish records of Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia'. No author named. Reprinted in book Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol 1, p. 10-15. Originally publ. The Penn. Magazine of History and Biography, 2 (1878): 224-228, 341, 342-343. p. 12.   Early-Swedish-Records-Gloria-Dei.pdf   PMHB--02-224--Early-Swedish-Records.pdf
  3. [S104] Craig, Peter Stebbins, The 1693 Census of the Swedes of the Delaware; Family Histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church Members Residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey & Cecil County, Md. 1638-1693 (Winter Park, Florida: Studies in Swedish American Genealogy 3; SAG Publications, 1993), p. 34.   Craig-P--1693-Census.pdf
  4. [S138] Early Swedish Records, p. 12, 'Lydia -----.'   Early-Swedish-Records-Gloria-Dei.pdf   PMHB--02-224--Early-Swedish-Records.pdf
  5. [S100] Craig, Dr. Peter S., 1671 Census, p. 5, 16.   Craig-P--1671-Census.pdf
  6. [S479] "Sven Gunnarsson and his Swanson Family", Swedish Colonial News Vol 1, No. 18, Fall 1998. (Downloaded 17 May 2007) (2023 URL: https://colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/…).   Craig-P--Swedish-Colonial-News.pdf