Matts Hansson1

M, #1732, d. between October 1653 and May 1654
Last Edited: 3 Sep 2014

Family:

Elizabeth (?) b. c 1622, d. 1700

Children:

Peter Mattsson+ 7 b. 1647, d. bt 3 Oct 1699 - 1 Mar 1700/1
John Mattsson7 b. c 1649, d. 1701

Notes

  • Immigration*: 1646; New Sweden
  • Note*: "When the Charitas left Stockholm for New Sweden in 1641, its passenger list included two brothers: Anders Hansson and Matts Hansson. Matts, a gunner, was accompanied by his wife Elizabeth. Matts served as a gunner until 1 December 1646, when he became a freeman. Anders meanwhile had married Anna; one of their daughters was the first to be buried at the Tinicum Church in 1646. Both Hansson brothers joined in the July 1653 complaint against Governor Printz and thereafter fled. Anders and his family made it safely to Kent Island in Maryland. However, Matts apparently was overtaken and murdered by Indians employed by acting governor Johan Papegoja(5).
    "Elizabeth, the widow of Matts Hansson, returned to New Sweden with her sons John Mattsson and Peter Mattsson and soon married again. Her second husband was Anders Larsson Dalbo from Dalsland, who had been Printz' provost marshal. ... He died before 1671 when Elizabeth Dalbo was listed as the head of household at Kingsessing....In 1700, pastor Rudman reported the burial of Elizabeth, 'born in Sweden, Anders Dalbo's widow and previously married to Mats Hanson,' at the age of 78."

    (5) "Upon his arrival in New Sweden, Governor Rising was told that after Printz' departure (in 1653), fifteen men had run away to 'Virginia' and that Lt. Papegoja had hired Indians to retrieve them. The escapees resisted and two of them were killed, their heads being brought back to Fort Christina by the Indians. ...It is presumed that Matts Hansson was one of the two victims, as his name does not thereafter appear in New Sweden records. ... He is not to be confused with Matts Hansson from Borga...who...also signed the 1653 complaint against Printz...became one of the justices on the Swedes' Upland court."1
  • Note: Additional sources.3,4,5,6

Citations

  1. [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. 66-67.   Craig-P--1693-Census.pdf
  2. [S242] Johnson, Amandus, Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 2 vols (D. Appleton & Co. N.Y., Univ. of Penn., 1911), p. 466 & 497-8.   Johnson--Swedish-Settlements.pdf
  3. [S367] Rambo, Beverly Nelson, The Rambo Family Tree; Descendants of Peter Gunnarson Rambo, 1611-1986 (Anundsen Publ Co. (A 2nd ed. by Ronald Beatty is available on the web.), 1986).   Rambo--Family-Tree.pdf
  4. [S100] Craig, Dr. Peter S., 1671 Census of the Delaware (Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Monograph Series no. 4., 1999), p. 22.   Craig-P--1671-Census.pdf
  5. [S103] Craig, Peter Stebbins, "New Sweden Settlers, 1683-1664, Part 1 (1638-1640) & Part 2 (1641)", Swedish American Genealogist Vol. 16 No. 1 March 1996, 63 & No. 3 Sept 1996, 219. Viewed at Sutro.: p. 224.   Craig-P--Settlers.pdf
  6. [S99] Craig, Dr. Peter S., "The Mattson & Dalbo Families of West Jersey", Swedish Colonial News Vol 2, No. 2, Summer 2000. (Downloaded 19 May 2007) (2023 URL: https://colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/…).   Craig-P--Swedish-Colonial-News.pdf
  7. [S104] Craig, Peter Stebbins, 1693 Census, p. 66-69.   Craig-P--1693-Census.pdf