Sven Gunnarsson1,2

M, #1691, d. between November 1677 and 13 March 1678/79
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2012
Charts:
Pedigree of Josephine Bailey

Family:

(?) Unknown d. a 1644

Children:

Sven Svensson5 b. 1636, d. 1696
Gertrude Svensdotter5 b. c 1638, d. c 1695
Olle Svensson+ 5 b. 1640, d. bt 7 May 1692 - 18 Aug 1692
Anders Svensson5 b. 1642, d. 1709
(?) Svensdotter5 b. 1644, d. 1676

Notes

  • Immigration*: 1639; New Sweden
  • Note*: Left Goteborg Sweden in 1639 on ship Kalmar Nyckel, with pregnant wife and two children. Initially at Fort Christina plantation. Became freeman in 1645, resided Kingsessing, operated grist mill on Cobbs Creek. In 1664 moved across the Schuylkill to Wicaco, had 1125 acre plantation, land later to become city of Philadelphia.3
  • Note: "Sven Gunnarsson had arrived in New Sweden in 1640, as a convict, with his wife and young children. After his servitude expired, he settled first in Kingsessing on land still owned by the family in 1671. On 5 May 1664, Governor d'Hinojossa granted him and his sons 800 acres in Wicaco, which was confirmed by a Lovelace patent dated 1 May 1671."4
  • Note: Good biography2

Citations

  1. [S103] 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. 33.   Craig-P--1693-Census.pdf
  2. [S102] 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. 85.   Craig-P--Settlers.pdf
  3. [S499] "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
  4. [S99] Craig, Dr. Peter S., 1671 Census of the Delaware (Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Monograph Series no. 4., 1999), p. 13.   Craig-P--1671-Census.pdf
  5. [S103] Craig, Peter Stebbins, 1693 Census, p. 33-4.