Peter Mattsson1,2

M, #1734, b. 1647, d. between 3 October 1699 and 1 March 1700/1
  • Name Variation: Peter Dalbo; After his stepfather.1
Last Edited: 20 Jul 2009
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Pedigree of Josephine Bailey

Parents:

Father: Matts Hansson1 d. bt Oct 1653 - May 1654
Mother: Elizabeth (?)1 b. c 1622, d. 1700

Family:

Catharine Rambo b. c 1655, d. a May 1709

Children:

Brita Mattson2 b. 1674, d. 1750
Elizabeth Mattson2 b. 7 Feb 1678, d. Sep 1736
Catharine Mattson2 b. 29 Dec 1679, d. a 1728
Maria Mattson2 b. 11 May 1682, d. 5 Feb 1739
Peter Mattson2 b. 27 May 1685, d. Sep 1735
Matthias Mattson+ 2 b. 12 Aug 1688, d. bt 20 Oct 1750 - 7 Nov 1750
Margaret Mattson2 b. 1 Feb 1692, d. c 1748
John Mattson2 b. 14 Jun 1694, d. 11 Sep 1739
Jacob Mattson2 b. 25 May 1697, d. bt 1740 - 1749

Notes

  • Note*: "Peter Mattson, alias Peter Dalbo, was born in New Sweden in 1647. When the first English patent was issued for Widow Dalbo's Kingsessing plantation in 1671, it was issued in the name of Peter Dalbo, her eldest son.
    "On 16 February 1674 Peter Mattson married Catharina Rambo, daughter of Peter Gunnarsson Rambo. They settled on new land adjoining her father's plantation in Passyunk, on the east side of the Schuylkill, where they lived for ten years. In 1684, however, they moved to Little Mantua Creek in Gloucester Co., which remained their home until Peter's death in 1699. He was survived by his wife and nine children."2
  • Note: Land transactions:
    "1684 April 10. [Mem. of Deed of Trust. Samuel Jenings and Thomas Budd, for public account, under power of attorney from the General Assembly,] to Peter Dalboe of Schorekil, Penna., for 200 acres in one of the Six Lower Tenths of the Province." (NJA 21:403)

    "1685 4th m. (June). [Return of survey,] for Peter Dalboe, of 100 a. at the head of Little Mantoes Creek." (NJA 21:358)

    "1689 Sept. 11. [Deed] Thomas Gardiner junior of near Woodbury Creek, Gloucester Co., yeoman, to Peter Mattson of Little Manto Cr., said Co, yeoman, for 50 acres of the 1,150 a. tract bought by grantor's father of Thomas Matthews November 10, 1686 (supra, p. 20), and by him assigned to his son November 12." (NJA 21:653)6
  • Note: "Peter Matson alias Dalbo (1647-1701) was one of the two Representatives from the Fourth Tenth (present Gloucester County) at the General Assembly of the Province of West New Jersey at Burlington, 12th of 3rd month (May) 1685, having been 'chosen by the free people of the said Province' in accordance with the Act of November 25, 1681, erecting the said General Assembly. He was the first Swede so elected. He appears in the minutes again in 1697 as a member of the House of Representatives at Burlington, May 20th."4
  • 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. ...
    "New Jersey - Senamensing, at the other side of the river. ...
    "Peter Matson. His wife Catharine Rambo. Married Febr. 16, 1674. Their children: Peter, 12 ys., b. May 27, 1685; Mathias, 10, b. Augt. 12, 1688; John, 3, b. June 14, 1694; Jacob 1/2, b. May 25, 1697; Eliza, 19, b. February 7, 1678; Catharine, 17, born Decr. 29, 1679; Maria, 14, b. May 11, 1682; Margret, 5, born Febr.1, 1692."3
  • Note: "1699 Oct. 3. Will of Peter Mattson alias Dalbo of Little Mantus Creek, W.J., written and translated from Swedish by Andrew Rudman, Minister at Wicacoe. Wife Kathrine; sons - Peter, Mathias, Jacob, John, daughters Elizabeth, Kathrine, Mary, Margrett, Bridgett. Legacy to Wicacoe Church. Real estate and personal property. Witnesses - Andrew Rudman, Andrew Bankson, Woolla Dalbo. Proved September 1, 1701."7
  • Note: Note that George P. Walmsley's account varies, stating that Peter Mattsson was born in Sweden in 1647, son of Matts Mattsson, and that Matts Mattsson was the brother of Johan Mattsson who first came to New Sweden in 1644, and that Matts Mattsson and his wife and child Peter left Sweden in 1655, and built in the Raccoon Creek area of West Jersey between 1658 and 1659. The location of Peter's marriage to Catherine Rambo is given as 'probably' the church at New Gothenburg (Tinicum).8

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. 66-69.   Craig-P--1693-Census.pdf
  2. [S98] 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
  3. [S133] '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. 10.   Early-Swedish-Records-Gloria-Dei.pdf   PMHB--02-224--Early-Swedish-Records.pdf
  4. [S77] Cook, Lewis D., "'Early Swedes and Finns of New Jersey in Public Office", The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vol 13. section 'Peter Matson alias Dalbo' p. 13-15. (1938).   Cook--Swedes.pdf
  5. [S127] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 23:312.
  6. [S127] New Jersey Archives.
  7. [S127] New Jersey Archives, 21:662. See also 23:312.
  8. [S519] Walmsley, George P. Sr., Genealogy of the Mattson Family (Woodbury: Gloucester Co. Historical Soc., 1983), p. 17-.