Captain John Finney's Company of Philadelphia Militia, 1704 Biographical Notes of Members
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Captain John Finney's Company of Philadelphia Militia, 1704 Biographical Notes of Members Jane Gray Buchanan, Peter Stebbins Craig,* and Jeffrey L. Scheib NTIL THE QUAKERS withdrew from active participation in the government of Pennsylvania in 1756, defense was a significant and divisive political issue in the colony. Because of the Quaker "Peace Testimony" against bearing arms, Friends in the colonial Assembly consistently fought the creation of a militia. While the Quakers were successful in preventing the passage of a law to create a military organization in the colony until the crisis of the French and Indian War, on several earlier occasions, volunteer troops of soldiers, sanctioned but not supported financially by the colony's government, had been created. As early as 1690, during the first of the colonial wars between England and France, five prominent colonists, William Markham, Lasse Cock [Lars Petersson Cock], Swan Swanson [Sven Svensson], John Holme, and Andrew Bankson [Anders Bengtssonl, received limited permission from the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania to organize a volunteer militia. Lamenting that "our Enemys the French have barbarously Murdered Many of his Maj[es]t[ie]s Subjects very *Editor's Note: Jane Gray Buchanan, a chemist, is author of two books, John Logue of North Carolina: History and Hypothesis (1980) and Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Colonial Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Lawrence, Closs, and John Thompson. Allied Lines of Finney, McAllister, Buchanan, and Hart (1987). She has done extensive research in both this country and in England, and has participated in Samford University's British Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. Peter Stebbins Craig, ID., author of numerous articles and monographs on the history and genealogy of the settlers of New Sweden and their colonial descendants, has lent his expertise to The Papers of William Penn and to the Biographical Dictionary of Early Pennsylvania Legislators projects. He is currently publishing a six part series, 'The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware," in the Swedish American Genealogist. 165 1 66 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine near the Confines of this Province (which hath struck no Small Terrour in us and our Families)," and fearing that the French and the Indians "may Happen to Attack us when wee least Think of it," the five petitioned the Provincial Council to "settle the Country in such a posture that wee may be Able by Force of Armes to Defend it against any assault of our Enemys."1 After "considering the many frightful' Alarums, with the number also, of such who are of a different perswasion amongst us, & observing their distrust in the surer Sc more Christian means (as we believe) for their deliverance & Security," the Quaker-dominated Council granted permission to the petitioners to organize for defense. The permission was, however, closely circumscribed. The Council forbade the volunteers to appear in arms unless the government received "further Credible Intelligence" that the French were marching on the colony. The volunteers were not allowed to train or muster within the limits of Philadelphia. Most significantly, those who volunteered to defend the colony had to bear the cost of that defense themselves; "no money or payments" were to be "leavied or demanded ... of any of the Inhabitants or residents within" Pennsylvania.' The result of the attempt in 1690 to form a volunteer militia in Pennsylvania is not clear; while that was the first attempt to form a militia under the Pennsylvania government, it was far from the last. During his tenure as governor under William Penn, 1694-99, William Markham granted commissions for a militia.' Again, in 1702, with England and France again at war, Lieutenant Governor Andrew Hamilton issued a commission to George Lowther to form a company of militia in Philadelphia, but that attempt was a dismal failure. Those who enlisted were "of a much meaner sort" than Lowther had expected, and people were discouraged from enlisting by a rumor that they would have to serve in an expedition against the French in Canada. According to Provincial Secretary James Logan, opposition to Lowther's company was so great that Lowther only mustered his men twice. After that, the company evidently fell apart.' Against the background of the failure to form a militia company under George Lowther, the new lieutenant governor, John Evans, arrived in Philadelphia early in 1704, bringing with him permission from William Penn to pass a law "that those that are desirous that a Militia Sc a military defence may be raised trainned Sc regulated as is Customary may be gratifyed," provided that anyone whose "Concientious tenderness" prevented him from supporting a militia could Captain Finney's Company 167 not be compelled "in Person or purse" to support it.5 Penn evidently considered that militia commissions issued by William Markham in the 1690s were still in effect, but Evans found no military organization in existence when he arrived in the colony. Accordingly, after receiving orders from the English Board of Trade to put Pennsylvania in a posture of defense, Evans set about organizing a militia. On 18 July 1704 Evans issued a proclamation for the encouragement of a militia. Three companies were ordered formed in Philadelphia, one under George Lowther, one under George Roche, and one under John Finney.' In the course of her research on the Finney family, Jane Gray Buchanan discovered the roll of John Finney's militia company in the Cheshire Record Office in Chester, England. Probably the roll was taken to England by Finney himself, when he left Pennsylvania in 1711 to settle permanently in Cheshire. The document shows that the company formed in 1704 under Finney's command consisted of 60 men, including a sergeant, John Cock, plus three commissioned officers, an ensign, Thomas Clark, a lieutenant, William Sloubey, and Captain Finney himself. Remarkably, of the 63 men in the company, 48 ( just over three-quarters of the total) were members of Pennsylvania's Swedish community, recalling the 1690 petition for defense, when three of the five petitioners (Cock, Swanson, and Bankson) were Swedes. Apparently none of the Swedes in the company lived within the bounds of the city of Philadelphia as then established. In general, they lived along an arc enveloping the city from Wicaco on the south to the "Swedes' Tract" (Upper Merlon) along the Schuylkill River on the northwest. The largest group, 13, lived in Kingsessing, southwest of the city. As part of a distinct, identifiable community, the Swedes in the company have all been identified. By contrast, the 14 remaining members of the company are a much more shadowy group. Of the 14, six have proved elusive of identification.' Except for one, Thomas Sidebottorn, who seems to have resided in Chester County, the 14 remaining members of the company seem largely to have been residents of Philadelphia, again in contrast to their Swedish comrades in arms, who were predominantly residents of rural areas. The roll of Captain Finney's company, most likely the earliest identifiable military unit in Pennsylvania, is transcribed below. Biographical notes on each member of the company follow the transcription. 168 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine A Roll of the Inhabetants of philadelphia City and County who have Inlisted themselves in the Company of Captain] John Finney[,] 17048 Captain] John Finney Will[lam] Sioubey[,] Leift[enant] Tho[mas] Clark[,] Ens[igni Tho[mas] Andrews Jo[h]n Cocks[,] Sar[geant] Peter Bankston Swan Swanson jo[h]n Bankston Robert Cocks Jo[h]n Cristwhit Benjeman Bankston Jo[h]n Stilley Gebri11Cocks Andrew Wheler Mathias Houlston Fredrick Houlston Valant[inej Ernest Cock Jacob Culin Andrew Swanson Hans Bown Zacarias Cock Chr[istopher] Swanson Peter Swanson Andris Longecher Peter Yoakam Nicho[las] Bown Jacob Bankston Peter Rambok] jun[ior] Peter Cocks Swan Bown Will[iarn] Bown Richard Stanwell Garratt Garrason Lava-ens Houlston Swan Justis Morton Garrason Peter Homan Andrews Bown Peter Longecher Jo[h]n Rambo Anderson jo[h]n justis[,] jun[iori Tho[mas] Sidebottem Jo[h]n Salton Simon Edcock Mons justis Nickolus Jones Swan Jones Jeramia Gooddins Will[iarn] Everson jo[h]n Jonston Peter Bown Peter Cocks[,] jun[ionj Gilbert Wood jo[hin Rambo Jo[h]n Bristol! Tho[mas] Adkins Charl[e]s Oxford Gunner Rambo jo[h]n Neely Weels Richard Prig Jeramia Gachell Mathias Natsillias Captain] John Finney John Finney was born in 1671 on the island of Barbados, the son of Captain Samuel Finney, a prosperous merchant-planter, and his Captain Finney's Company 169 wife, Mary (Evans) Finney. He was the eldest of his parents' six children. The family returned to England in 1681 and settled on the Fulshaw estate, near Wilmslow in Cheshire.' In 1688, during the Glorious Revolution, 17-year-old John Finney received a commission as cornet in a cavalry troop commanded by Thomas Latham, a Cheshire neighbor of the Finneys, when his father and their neighbors lent early and zealous support to the cause of William of Orange. After William became king, Finney's company saw service in Ireland, where the soldiers experienced great hardship.' Two years later, after the outbreak of war with France, Finney served with the army when King William led troops into Flanders. Finney's service extended into five campaigns. He would probably have continued in the army had not his determination to marry Jane Latham, daughter of his former commander, who refused to marry a soldier, put a halt to his military career. In the marriage settlement agreed to by the fathers of the bride and groom, the couple were given title to Fulshaw Hall, where they began their life together in 1693." A few years later, when the political situation in England did not provide the opportunities that the Finneys desired, Finney, his father, and his younger siblings decided to go abroad once more. "They chose the Province of Pensilvania and accompanied their Friend Mr. Penn the great Quaker Apostle the Proprietor of that province on his second voyage to Philadelphia" in 1699." In 1702 Finney was appointed to the governor's council, to which his father had been appointed the previous year." In 1703, on the death of Governor Andrew Hamilton, William Penn sought to have Finney confirmed quickly as Hamilton's successor, but he was forced to present an alternate candidate, John Evans, a cousin of Finney's resident in England, in order to gain the requisite immediate approval of Queen Anne.' In August of that same year Finney was commissioned high sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia; he served repeatedly until 1707, when he asked to be relieved of his duties. In 1704 Governor Evans appointed him captain of one of three newly-formed Philadelphia militia companies, declared necessary because of raids conducted by French privateers. Finney received another captain's commission from Governor Charles Gookin in 1709.15 Finney was among the proprietary officials "who had a friendly talk with one of the neighboring Indian nations in a principal wigwam belonging to the chief of their tribe where Mr. Penn [William Penn, Jr.] and his friends were treated very sumptuously with Bears' flesh and such other elegant Rarities."' Finney 170 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine was also in the company of Governor Evans and William Penn, jr., when the notorious "fray"at Enoch Story's tavern erupted, the brawl that ultimately led to the younger Penn's departure from Pennsylvania.17 During the years of his residence in Philadelphia, Finney traveled to England to check on his property there, and eventually he made the decision to leave Pennsylvania permanently; his father, who died in 1712, his brothers Joseph and Charles, and his sister Elizabeth remained in the province.' In 1711, while the family was at sea returning to England, Jane Latham Finney gave birth to the last of their five children, Daniel; their other children were Samuel, John, Jane, and Thomas.' With the exception of military duty in 1715, when the son of King James II attempted to overthrow King George I, Finney devoted the remaining years of his life to his family and the management of his estate. He died in March 1727/8, Jane Latham Finney died "suddenly without a groan" in 1734.20 William] Sloubey[,] Leift[enant] William Slubey (as he wrote his own name) was the son or grandson of Olof i Slobyen, whose name first appeared on a 1654 loyalty oath at Tinicum Island as a "new freeman," i.e., a freeman who had just arrived in New Sweden with the new governor, Johan Rising.' The immigrant's name signified that he came from Slobyn, Mangskog parish, in \farmland, Sweden. The younger Olof had become Cooley Sloebey by 1690 when he witnessed the will of Andrew Bartleson at Penns Neck, Salem County, New jersey.' A large landowner at Penns Neck, he was one of the original churchwardens of Holy Trinity Church in present Wilmington at the time that church was dedicated in 1699." William Slubey married, as his second wife, Sarah More, daughter of Dr. Nicholas More, first president of the Free Society of Traders," and had recently moved to Philadelphia County from Penns Neck when this roll was made.' William Slubey died ca. 1726, probably in Penns Neck.' Tho[masi Clark[,] Ens[igni Thomas Clark was a lawyer practicing in both New Jersey and Philadelphia. In 1709 he paid a poor tax of 6s 3d in Philadelphia, the same year that the Common Council of the city remitted half of a fine of £7 14s imposed on Edward Shippen, jr., for committing assault and battery on Clark. In July 1715 Clark was prosecutor Captain Finney's Company 171 when Peter Evans was tried for challenging Francis Phillips to a duel. Whether he was the Thomas Clark whose notice of burial, on 24 March 171 7/8, appears in the records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, has not been established.27 Tho[masl Andrews Thomas Andrews died in 1720. In 1709 he had paid a Philadelphia city poor tax of five shillings, a middling amount. He was buried 1 December 1720, but not until a year later, on 9 December 1721, were letters of administration on his estate issued to his widow, Any Andrews.' Jo[h]n Cocks[,] Sar[geant] John Cock, born 20 January 1673, was the second son of Lars Petersson Cock [Lasse Cock, who signed the 1690 petition to the Provincial Council; see above] (1646-1699) and his English wife, Martha Ashman,' and grandson of Peter Larsson Kock/Cock (1610-1687) from Bangsta, Turinge parish, Stockholm Lein, Sweden, and his wife Margaret Lorn (1626-1703), from Roslagen, Sweden." John Cock married Margaret Swanson, daughter of Sven Svensson [Swan Swanson, another of the 1690 militia petitioners] and his wife Catharine, on 25 May 1694, and in 1708 was living at Stony Run beyond Plymouth near the Schuylkill River.' The date of his death is unknown. The family surname evolved from Kock (meaning "cook" in Swedish) to Cock to Cox. Peter Bankston Peter Bengtsson, born 6 March 1677, was the third son of Anders Bengtsson [Andrew Bankson, who signed the 1690 petition to the Provincial Council; see above] (1640-1705) from Faxarn (now Fuxerna) parish, northeast of Gothenburg, Sweden, and his Swedish wife Gertrude Rambo (1650—after 1705).' Peter Bengtsson, generally known as Peter Bankson to the English, married by 1702 Catherine Swanson (1682-1711), daughter of Sven and Catharine Svensson." She was granted letters of administration on his estate 25 October 1708 and wrote her own will on 10 January 1710/11, proved 12 March 1710/11." They lived at Wicaco. 172 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Swan Swanson Swan Swanson, born after 1670, was the youngest of three sons of Olof Svensson (1640-1692), who had been born on the Kalmar Nyckel on its second voyage to New Sweden. Swan's mother, Lydia Ashman (1647-1730), was English. He lived in Wicaco, where he died in 1712, survived by a wife, Mary, whose parents have not been identified.' Jo[h]n Bankston John Bengtsson, born 31 March 1681, was the fourth son of Anders Bengtsson and Gertrude Rambo." He married ca. 1703 Helena (Ellen) Cock (1685—after 1753), daughter of Peter Petersson Cock (1658-1708) and Helena Helm." He lived at Moyamensing and died 12 June 1739 according to a nineteenth-century gravestone reading at Gloria Dei Church." Robert Cocks Robert Cock, born September 1681, was the fourth surviving son of Lars Petersson Cock and Martha Ashman." He lived at Passyunk and appears to have died soon after 1706, when he joined his mother and other surviving adult children in a deed selling part of his father's estate.' He apparently never married. Jo[h]n Cristwhit John Croswhit, a Philadelphia joiner, was buried 4 January 1715/6. Two days before his burial he had declared a nuncupative will dividing his estate equally among his four children, William, Thomas, and Jane Croswhit, and Anne Flemming; he made his wife, Christian, sole executor. His will was proved 5 January, and an inventory of his personal estate, exhibited 23 January, amounted to £431 5s 7d, including a Negro girl, named Hagar, valued at f18, and "A house in the front Street in the tenure of Samson Gary," valued at £180.4' Benjeman Bankston Bengt Bengtsson (generally anglicized as Benjamin Bankson) (ca. 1669 1748) was the eldest son of Anders Bengtsson and Gertrude Captain Finney's Company 173 Rambo.' He married by 1693 Catharine Cock (1669-4 748), daughter of Peter Larsson Cock and Margaret Lom." He lived in Moyamensing and served for many years as a churchwarden for Gloria Dei Church." Jo[h]n Stilley John Stille (1646-1722) was born in New Sweden, the son of 01of Petersson Stile from Roslagen, Sweden. John Stine married ca. 1683 Gertrude Skute (1664-1744), daughter of Captain Sven Skute, the highest-ranking officer of New Sweden to remain in America after the surrender of New Sweden to the Dutch in 1655. By 1704, they had ten children (two more were to follow). The family lived at Moyamensing." Gebrill Cocks Gabriel Cock, born ca. 1663, was the youngest of six sons of Peter Larsson Cock and his wife Margaret. He inherited his father's island (later known as Fisher's and Carpenter's Island) at the mouth of the Schuylkill in 1687 and married by the same year Maria, who was probably the daughter of Nils Larsson Fronde (Friend) and his wife Anna, of Upland (Chester). He sold part of Peter Cock's Island to John Fisher in 1707 and the other part to Samuel Carpenter in 1714, having moved to the mouth of St. Georges Creek, New Castle County, Delaware, where he lived on the plantation of his deceased brother John Cock (1656-4 7 3)." Andrew Wheler Andrew Wheeler was the son of John Wheeler, an Englishman who was a freeman of New Sweden, and his wife Catharine Lom, who had moved to the Sassafras River in Cecil County, Maryland, by 1658. Andrew was born on the Sassafras River in Cecil County. After the death of his parents, Andrew returned to Moyamensing, where he inherited land from his mother's stepfather, Lars Andersson Collinus. Lars had arrived in New Sweden in 1654 as a muster clerk and shortly thereafter married the widow of Mans Svensson Lom, who had arrived in New Sweden with his family in 1641. Lars later became a judge of the Upland Court, dying in 1689.47 In the same year Andrew Wheeler married Catharine Swanson of Wicaco, daughter of Anders and Anna Svensson. Andrew Wheeler died in Moya- 174 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine mensing in 1720 and was survived by his second wife, Anna Maria (parents not identified)." Mathias Houlston Although Matthias Classon Holstein of Passyunk (1642-4708), born in Dittmarschen in Holstein, was still living, this is probably a reference to his son Matthias Holstein, jr., born 1 July 1681, by his first wife (undoubtedly Swedish, but name unknown).' The younger Matthias married on 10 October 1705 Brita Rambo, daughter of Gunnar Rambo, and was one of the first settlers at Swedesford in Upper Merion Township, where he died in 1737.' Fredrick Houlston Frederick Holstein of Passyunk, born 13 January 1684, younger brother of Matthias Holstein, Jr., was buried at Gloria Dei Church 11 April 1708. He never married.' Valant[ine] Ernest Cock Valentine Ernest Cock was apparently the eldest of two sons of Otto Ernest Koch (later Cock), a Hotsteiner who died ca. 1722, and his wife Christina (1635-1709), born in Nya Kopparberget, Orebro Lein, Sweden. Valentine married Margaret Swanson, daughter of Anders and Anna Svensson, by 1697.52 They lived at Boon's Island in Kingsessing, where he died in 1725." Jacob Culin Jacob Van Culin, also known as Jacobus or Cobus Culin, was the eldest son of Johan Van Culin (1621—ca. 1705) who, as Jan Van Cuelen, was granted 100 acres by the Upland Court on 25 November 1679, the earliest appearance of his name on the Delaware.' Jacob married by 1703 Brigitta Swanson, daughter of Olof Svensson and Lydia Ashman, and moved to Gloucester County, New Jersey, by 1708.55 He was a resident of Penns Neck, Salem County, New Jersey, when he wrote his will on 22 July 1745; the document was proved 16 April 1747.' Captain Finney's Company 175 Andrew Swanson Andrew Swanson of Wicaco, born 1686, was the youngest son of Anders Svensson (ca. 1644-ca. 1693) and his wife Anna (buried 8 December 1709) and grandson of Sven Gunnarsson, who had come to New Sweden with his family in 1640 and was the first owner of the land that was later sold by his three sons (Sven, Olof, and Anders Svensson) to William Penn for the city of Philadelphia." Andrew Swanson was taxed for land in Darby Township, Chester County, in 1722, and he was still living in 1726, when he shared in the inheritance from his mother's estate." He has not been further traced. Hans Bown Hans Boon (1669-1725), son of Anders Svensson Bonde (1626-1696), who came to New Sweden in 1640, and his wife Anna (1634-1713) from Nya Kopparberget, Sweden, married after 1697 Barbara Swanson (1674-after 1743), daughter of Sven and Catharine Svensson. Hans and his family moved to Darby Township, Chester County, by 17N.' Zacarias Cock Zacharias Cock (1674-1744), the younger of two sans of Otto Ernest Koch/Cock and his wife Christina, was married on 24 janu4. ary 1705 to Christina Stille (1684-before 1740), daughter of John and Gertrude (Skute) Stine. The family lived in Kingsessing adjacent to Cobbs Creek.' Chr[istopher] Swanson Christopher Swanson (1678-1735) of Wicaco was the second son of Anders and Anna Svensson and became the son and heir of the family estate on the death of his unmarried brother, Gunnar Swanson (1667-1702). He married, after 1697, Christina (parents not identified).61 Peter Swanson Peter Swanson (1668-4737), the second son of Olof Svensson and Lydia Ashman, was married on 5 September 1705 to Anna 176 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Stifle, daughter of John and Gertrude (Skute) Stine. He lived at Wicaco in 1704 but later moved to Chester County.' Andris Longecher This could be Anders Petersson Longacre (1657-1718) or his son Andrew Longacre (1684—before 1753). The father, who was probably the son of Peter Andersson of Kingsessing (died ca. 1679), owned a tract called Syamensing in Kingsessing and was married to Magdalena Cock (1659—after 1723), daughter of Peter Larsson Cock and Margaret Loma' The son married Elizabeth (1680-1758; parents not identified) and lived on a portion of Syamensing given to him by his father.' Peter Yoakam Peter Yocum (1677-1753) was the eldest of seven sons of Peter Petersson Yocum (ca. 1652-1702) and his wife Judith (ca. 1658 1727), daughter of Jonas Nilsson and Gertrude Svensdotter [Gunnarsson]. Both of his grandfathers, Peter jochimson from Schleswig in Holstein (died 1654) and Jonas Nilsson (1620-1693) from SkAnings parish, Skaraborg Lein, Sweden, had been New Sweden soldiers under Governor Printz. Peter Yocum lived on the ancestral plantation of Aronameck in Kingsessing in 1704 but would move by 1715 to land in the Swedes' tract of Upper Merion Township, where he lived with his wife Elizabeth (parents not identified).' Nicho[lasi Bown Nils Boon (ca. 1675-1736) was the fourth son of Anders Svensson Bonde and his wife Anna. He married, after 1697, Anna (parents not identified). Although Nils was constable in Darby Township, Chester County, in 1708, he had returned to Philadelphia County by the time of his death.' Jacob Bankston Jacob Bengtsson or Bankson (1684-1766) was the fifth of seven sons of Anders Bengtsson and his wife Gertrude Rambo. He resided in Passyunk and married, after 1706, Margaret Cock (1685—before 1753), daughter of Lars Petersson Cock and Martha Ashman.' Captain Finney's Company 177 Peter Rarnbof,] Jun[ior] Of the several Peter Rambos of Philadelphia County in 1704, this undoubtedly is the Peter Rambo (1678-1753) who was the son of Gunnar Rambo and Anna Cock of Upper Merlon Township. Later he would marry Magdalin Bauerin, of German parentage, and move to Perkiomen Creek in Providence Township. He was the grandson of Peter Gunnarsson Rambo from Hisingen near Gothen., burg (1612-1698) and Brits Matsdotter from Vasa in Finland (died 1693). He was known as Peter Rambo, Junior, to distinguish him from his elder uncle, Peter Rambo (1653-1729), who lived in Lower Dublin Township." Peter Cocks This is probably a reference to Peter Cock of Passyunk (1658 1708), a son of Peter Larsson Cock and Margaret Lom, who married Israel Akesson Helm's daughter Helena ca. 1681. They also had a son named Peter (1688 1.751).69 Swan Bown Swan Boon (1661-1729) was the eldest son of Anders Svensson Bonde and his wife Anna, both Swedish born. He married by 1688 Brigitta Swanson, daughter of Sven and Katherina Svensson. He resided in Darby Township, Chester County, at the time of his death!' Will[iarn] Bown Mlle or William Boon (1677-1714), another son of Anders and Anna Bonde, died in Kingsessing. His widow, Margaret (parents not identified), died 17 June 1738 at the age of 57, according to her tombstone at Gloria Dei.71 Richard Stanwell Richard Stanwell has not been identified. A Hannah Stanwell, conceivably his widow, was on the Philadelphia poor relief roll for 34 weeks in 1709, receiving a total of £13 5s in public assistance. The next year she was paid 16s for keeping a child.' 178 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Garrott Garrason Initially known as Garrett Morton, because he was the son of Marten Garrettsson and Christina Lom of New Castle County, Delaware, he later was known as Garrett Garrettson and finally as Garrett Garrett (ca. 1677-1732). On 21 October 1702 he married Regina Hulings (ca. 1682—after 1753). The family resided near the falls of the Schuylkill in Blockley Township." Lawrens Houlston Laurence Holstein (1677—ca. 1750) of Passyunk was the eldest son of Matthias Classon Holstein.' Laurence Holstein was still of Philadelphia County in 1708 when he acted as administrator of his brother Frederick's estate, but he had moved with his wife Gertrude (parents unknown) to Piles Grove, Penns Neck, Salem County, New Jersey, by 1713.' Swan justis Swan justis (1677-1723) was one of nine sons of the former New Sweden soldier and gunner Johan Gustafsson, from Kinnekulle, Skaraborg Ian, Sweden (died Ca. 1682) and his wife Brita Mansdotter, who was also born in. Sweden and buried 22 August 1724 at Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington. The original family plantation was in Kingsessing, where Swan Justis also lived.76 He married Ca. 1700 Catharine Yocum (1681-1727), daughter of Peter Petersson Yocum and Judith Jonasdotter [Nilsson]." Morton Garrason Marten Garrettsson (originally Marten MArtensson or Morton and finally Morton Garrett} (ca. 1675-1751) was the son of Marten Garrettsson and Christina Lom and lived adjacent to his brother, Garrett Garrett, at the falls of the Schuylkill in Blockley Township.' He married, after 1697, Brigitta jonasdotter (1678-1753), daughter of Jonas Nilsson and Gertrude Svensdotter [Gunnarssonl." Peter Homan Peter Andersson Homman (ca. 1675-1729), who lived in Passyunk as a hired hand," was the son of Anders Andersson Homman Captain Finney's Company 179 (1626-1700), the former trumpeter for New Sweden from Solientuna parish in Stockholm Ian, Sweden, who had arrived in America with Governor Printz in 1643 and later became one of the first settlers on Repaupo Creek (also known as Trumpeter's or Homan's Creek) in Gloucester County, New jersey.' Peter Homman himself returned to Gloucester County by 1706 when he was named constable of that county.82 There is no evidence that he ever married. Andrews Bown Anders Boon (1683-1735), another son of Anders Svensson Ronde and his wife Anna, lived in Kingsessing." He was twice married, the second time to Rebecca Morton of Chester County (died before 1736), daughter of Andrew Morton (1671-1722) and his wife Margaret (1679 1755; parents not identified)." Peter Longecher Peter Longacre (1.682—ca. 1738), eldest son of Anders Petersson Longacre and Magdalena Cock, married in Chester on 10 November 1705 Barbara Friend (ca. 1678—after 1739), daughter of Nils Larsson Frande and his wife Anna. He lived on part of Syamensing in Kingsessing Township." jo[h]n Rambo Anderson John Andersson Rambo (ca. 1687-1717) of Passyunk was the eldest son of Anders Rambo (1658-1698) and Maria Cock (1661 after 1703) and grandson of Peter Gunnarsson Rambo and Peter Larsson Cock. He was survived by his wife Christina (parents not identified)." jo[h]ri justis[,] junbor] John Justin, "junior," is probably the John Justin who was born in 1682 to Justa justis of Kingsessing (1655-1722, son of Johan Gustafsson and Brita Mansdotter) and Anna Morton (daughter of Marten Martensson, SO.' On 13 November 1704 he was married to Brita Stalcop (ca. 1688—ca. 1737), daughter of Peter Stalcop and Catharina Samuelsdotter [Peterson], at Holy Trinity Church in present Wilmington." This John Justin died in New Castle County, Delaware, after 1741.89 Junta Eustis had a younger brother named 180 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine John justis who would have been known as John justis "senior" in 1704." Tho[mas] Sidebottem Thomas Sidebottom (died 1714) arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683 on the Endeavour as a servant indentured to Francis Stanfield, who settled in Chester County. In 1696 Sidebottom was sued in the Chester County court for scandal and defamation, but the suit was withdrawn before the case went to trial. A year later he was fined five shillings and costs for an unspecified felony.' "Sick in body," Sidebottom made a will on 28 October 1714, dividing his estate among his stepdaughter, Ann Pruddie, and his daughters, Alice, Mary, and Elizabeth. The will was probated 16 November 1714. At the time of his death Sidebottom was a resident of Willistown, Chester County. His daughter Elizabeth (born in 1704) married John Yeates, a son of jasper Yeates.' Jo[h]n Salton John Skute (1654-1722) was the only surviving son of Captain Sven Skute of New Sweden and his wife Anna Johansdotter. John lived on the Schuylkill in Blockley Township and married by 1686 Armegot Garrett (1664-1755), daughter of Marten Garrettsson and Christina Lom." Simon Edcock Simon Mora has not been identified. Possibly he is identical to Simon Edgell, a pewterer, whose house on Market Street Benjamin Franklin rented, although Simon Edge!! was a Quaker (it is, of course, possible that Edge!! became a Quaker at some time after his enlistment in Captain Finney's company). Simon Edged, pewterer, was admitted a freeman of Philadelphia on 27 May 1717.' Mons justis Mans Justis (1658-4749), the second son of the New Sweden soldier Johan Gustafsson and Brita Mansdotter, married ca. 1.693 Christina Swanson (died ca. 1762), daughter of Anders and Anna Svensson. They resided for most of their married life on the Schuylkill River in the Northern Liberties.' Captain Finney 's Company 181 Nickolus Jones Nils jonasson (1655-1735), also known as Nicholas Jones in its anglicized form, was the eldest son of Jonas Nilsson (1620-1693) and Gertrude Svensdotter [Gunnarsson]. Nils Jonasson married by 1682 Christina GAstenberg, daughter of 011e Nilsson Gastenberg (died 1692) and his wife Cynthia or Cecilia (died 1703), who had arrived on the Delaware from Sweden on the Mercurius in 1656. The Nils jonasson family lived in Kingsessing." Swan Jones Swan Jonasson of Kingsessing (1683-1731), also known as Swan Jones, was the eldest son of Nils jonasson and Christina Gastenberg. On 7 November 1709 he married Sarah Stille, daughter of John Stine and Gertrude Skute. Sarah was still living when her mother executed her will on 3 January 1743/4.' jeramia Gooddins jerarnia Gooddins has not been identified. Will[iarni Everson William Everson, who lived in Kingsessing," is probably the son of Hendrick Evertsson, a prominent Swede of the Holy Trinity church congregation in New Castle County (died by 1714). Hendrick Evertsson of Crane Hook had married before 1678 Elizabeth, the daughter of Matthias and Catharine Mattsson of Penns Neck, and had a household of nine by 1693.99 Hendrick Evertsson's father, Evert Hendricksson, commonly known as "Iver the Finn," came to New Sweden in 1641 as a laborer, was later banished from the Delaware River by Governor Peter Stuyvesant but was granted refuge at Crane Hook by Governor Alexander d'Hinojossa of New Amstel.' jo[h]n Jonston This is probably John Johnson, born 1683, the son of Clas Johnson (ca. 1658-1723) and his wife Walburg (died 1732, daughter of Matthias Bengtson}, of Bensalem Township, Bucks County. 182 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine John Johnson married, before 1710, Christina Skute, born 1687, the daughter of John Skute and Arimegot Garrett.' Peter Bown Peter Boon (ca. 1664-1707), second son of Anders Svensson Bonde and his wife Anna, was a resident of Penn's Neck, Salem County, New jersey, when he wrote his will in 1707, naming his wife Catharine (parents unknown) and three young sons. Peter and Catharine were married by 1693 and probably still living in Kingsessing in 1704.1' Peter Cocks[d junbori Of the several Peter Cocks living at this time, this is probably the Peter Cock who was born 20 January 1671 to Lars Petersson Cock and Martha Ashman. He married Elizabeth Swanson, daughter of Anders and Anna Svensson, by 1692. By 1701, he had moved from Passyunk to the Swedes' tract in Upper Merlon Township, where he died ca. 1720.' Gilbert Wood Gilbert Wood evidently kept a public house in Philadelphia, for on 12 March 1704/5, the Common Council of the city, in setting up a court to determine debt cases where the amount in question was under 40 shillings, ordered that "the first Court shall be kept at the house of Gilbert Wood on Munday Next"' Jo[h]n Rambo This appears to be the John Rambo (ca. 1673-1746) who was son of Gunnar Rambo and Anna Cock. John's first wife was Anna Lycon, born 1673, the daughter of Michael Lycon and Helena Lom. They lived on the Swedes' tract in Upper Merion.' Jo[h]n Bristoll John Bristol! has not been identified. Captain Finney's Company 183 Tho[mas] Adkins Thomas Adkins has not been identified, but the burial of Rebecca, the wife of Thomas Atkins, on 30 March 1726, appears in the records of Christ Church, Philadelphia.' Charl[e]s Oxford Charles Oxford has not been identified. Gunner Rambo This could be either Gunnar Rambo (1649-1724) who had moved from Shackamaxon to the Swedes' tract in Upper Merion Township by 1697 or, more likely, his son by the same name who was born in 1680 and died before his father. The elder Gunnar Rambo was the eldest son of Peter Gunnarsson Rambo and Brita Matsdotter and married Anna Cock (ca. 1652—before 1724), the eldest daughter of Peter Larsson Cock and Margaret Lam. The younger Gunnar Rambo left no issue.' Jo[h]n Neels This appears to be John Nilsson Friend (ca. 1666-1738) who had married Anna Coleman, daughter of Hendrick Andersson Coleman, and resided at Crum Creek in Chester County in 1697 and who was a resident of Gloucester County, New jersey, in 1707. John Friend, sometimes referred to as John Nilsson or John Neils, was the son of Nils Larsson Frande (died 1686) and his wife Anna of Upland. John Friend died in Penns Neck, Salem County, New 108 jersey. Weels This individual has not been identified. Richard Prig Richard Prigg, "Innholder" of Philadelphia, died in 1719. He made a will on 18 August of that year; it was probated the following 29 September. He bequeathed £50 to his wife, Catharine, in lieu of the customary "thirds,"and £50 each to his son, William, and his 184 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine daughter, Anne, with the remainder of the estate to be divided equally among his wife and children. According to an inventory taken 8 October 1719 he left a personal estate of £142 155 4d, including a "Servant Lad W[illia]m Bradshaw," valued at E10.109 jeramia Gachell Jeremiah Gatchell, a wheelwright, was admitted a freeman of the city of Philadelphia on 27 May 1717. He died in 1720. He made a will 6 August 1720, and the document was probated on 22 October. He bequeathed his daughter, Sarah, a "Silver Tankard which was her Mothers," and a bed and its furnishings, while his wife, Catharine, whom he made executor, received the residue of the estate. Except for a son Jeremiah, then living in New England, who owed him £30, Gatchell did not mention his other children by name, but he left each of them "One English Silver Shilling apiece." Gat hell's son Jeremiah is probably the Jeremiah Getchel who was baptized 22 March 1701/2 at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. Sarah Gatchell was buried 13 December 1726, and Catharine Gatchell, identified as a "Quak," was buried 18 May 1727.' , Mathias Natsillias Matthias Nitzelius (died 1723 at Calcon Hook, Darby Township, Chester County) married by 1696 Eliza Cock, daughter of Otto Ernest Koch and his wife Christina.'" Notes 1. Proud Papers, Box 2, #3, Historical Society of Pennsylvania [HAP]. 2. Ibid. 3. William Penn to John Evans, 9 Aug. 1703, in Craig W. Flonle, Alison Duncan Hirsch, Marianne S. Wokeck, and Joy Wiltenburg, eds., The Papers of William Penn, Vol. Four, 1701-1718 (Philadelphia, 1987), 231. 4. James Logan to William Penn, 29 July 1702, Logan Letterbook, 1:40; Logan to Penn, 1 Dec. 1702, Logan Letterbook, 1:6465, HSP. The authors are grateful to Dr. Craig W. Horle, of the Biographical Dictionary of Early Pennsylvania Legislators project, for pointing out the relevant material in James Logan's letterbook. 5. William Penn to John Evans, 9 Aug. 1703, Papers of William Penn, 4:232. 6. Ibid., 231; James Logan to William Penn, 26 May 1704, Logan Letterbook, 1:142, HSP. Evans's proclamation led to a clash between the governor and the city fathers of Philadelphia because the proclamation exempted anyone who enlisted Captain Finney's Company 185 in the militia from serving in the city's Night Watch. Logan to Penn, 28 Sept. 1704, Logan Letterbook, 1:160-61, HSP; Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania [Colonial Records} (Philadelphia, 1852), 2:204-5. 7. The remaining individual is listed on the roll only as "Weels." Whoever he was, it seems likely that he was also Swedish, given the preponderance of Swedes in the company. 8. Finney of Fulshaw Collection, DFF/16/5, Cheshire Record Office, Chester, England. In transcribing the roll, words that were abbreviated have been spelled out with the missing letters added in square brackets. Superscripts have been brought to the line, and raised brevigraphs have been brought to the line and expanded. The thorn has been rendered as th, and any added punctuation has been placed in square brackets. 9. Jane Gray Buchanan, Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney of Colonial Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Lawrence, Closs, and John Thompson, Allied Lines of Finney, McAllister, Buchanan, and Hart (Chelsea, Mich., 1987), 280; James C. Brandow, ed., Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 (Baltimore, 1982), 20, 109; James C. Brandow, comp., Genealogies of Barbados Families from Caribbeana and tine Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society (Baltimore, 1983), 315, 316. 10. Samuel Finney HI, "Memoires of the Family of Finney of Fulshaw," unpaginated MS, Chester Archaeological Society, Chester City Record Office, Chester, England. 11. Ibid. 12. Ibid. 13. Minutes of the Provincial Council, 2:37, 68; Pennsylvania Archives, 2d set., 9:642, hereafter cited as PA. 14. Charles P. Keith, Chronicles of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1917), 1:421-22. 15. Finney, "Memoires." 16. Ibid. On the occasion of this visit, the members of the Pennsylvania Assembly felt the behavior of the bachelor Governor Evans, who was also present, and other members of the party with the Indian women tended "to the great scandal of Christianity." Keith, Chronicles, 2:463. 17. John F. Watson, Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Time (Philadelphia, 1905), 1:114-15;1 Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 (Philadelphia, 1884), 182. 18. Buchanan, Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney, 282-88. 19. Finney, "Memoires." 20. Ibid.; Buchanan, Thomas Thompson and Ann Finney, 277. 21. Nya Sverige Handel och sjofart [Nev Sweden trade and shipping], vol. 194, MS, Riksarkivet, Stockholm, Sweden. Olof signed the oath by his mark, a large "O." In the 1671 census of the Delaware, "011a Slouboe" was shown as one of the heads of households in "Ammersiand" (Amasland) in present Delaware County. Charles T. Gehring, ed., Delaware Papers (English Period): 1664-1682, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. 20-21 (Baltimore, 1977), 306. If not a younger son of Olof i Slobyen, William Slubey was the son of Peter 011esson alias Slubey, whose land at Sahakitko (Elkton, Md.) was inherited by William Slubey. 186 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 22. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I, 1670-1730, New Jersey Archives, 1st ser., 23:27, hereafter cited as NJA. 23, Between 1698 and 1702, William Slubey acquired almost 1000 acres of land from Peter Peterson, William Hall, Hans 011eson, and John Mink. NIA, 1st ser., 21:622-23, 629, 635, 637. William Slubey, from "the other side of the river," i.e., New Jersey, was named a churchwarden of the lower Swedish congregation at Crane Hook by Pastor Ericus 13jOrk on 30 July 1697 and remained in this capacity until 1702, when he was accused of "having his hands in the broth" in helping to establish a rival church at "Ratcong" [Raccoon] Creek in Gloucester Co. William Slubey had been the largest cash contributor to the construction of the new church, called Holy Trinity Church, at Christina (now Wilmington). Holy Trinity Church Book, vol. 1, passim., Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, Del. See also the rather inept translation by Horace Burr (who wrote Slubey as "Stobey"), Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church (Wilmington, 1890), 15, 17, 44, 47, 60-62, 67, 87, 103-104. 24. Courtiand B. and Ruth L. Springer, "Communicant Records, 1713-56, Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church," Delaware History, 6 (1954):55n. 25. William Sluby signed the inventory of the estate of William Hanby of Penns Neck on 8 December 1702, NJA, Est set., 23:205, and William Slooby was named executor in the will of Nathaniel Jeanes of Penns Neck on 5 February 1702/3, N 1st ser., 23:257. He was William Slooby of Philadelphia Co. when he conveyed to Jasper Yeates of Chester Co. a 600-acre plantation on Lucas Point in Penns Neck on 21 July 1709. Unrecorded deed, Salem County Historical Society, Salem, N.J. 26. On 4 April 1726 William Matey witnessed the will of Stephen Cornelius in Penns Neck, NJA, Est ser., 23:110. On 25 Sept. 1726, "011e Slubby" was recorded as present, as a sponsor, at a Holy Trinity Church baptism. Holy Trinity Church Book, 2:173. His name has not been found in church or civil records after that date. 27. H. Clay Reed and George J. Miller, eds., The Burlington Court Book: A Record of Quaker jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709 (Washington, D.C., 1944), 230-31; Peter J. Parker, "Rich and Poor in Philadelphia, 1709," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 99 (1975):11, hereafter cited as PMHB; Minutes of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, 1704 to 1776 (Philadelphia, 1847), 63; Craig W. Honk, "Ancient Records of Philadelphia," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, 35 (1987-88):299, hereafter cited as PGM; Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia: Burials, 1709-1785, 2707h, Phi2E:5, GSP. 28. Parker, "Rich and Poor in Philadelphia," PMHB, 99 (1975):10; Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia: Burials, 1709-1785, 2710, Ph12E:5, GSP; PGM, 22 (1961-62):240. 29. Pastor Andreas Rudman's 1697 census of members of the Swedish church at Wicaco, as entered into the now-lost church book of Gloria Dei for the years (1874227; will of 1697-1750, as copied by Rev. Nicholas Collin. PMHB, Lawrence Cock of Passyunk, Philadelphia Co, signed 1 Oct. 1699, proved 1 Nov. 1699, Phila. Will Bk. B, 28; Peter Stebbins Craig, "The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware," Swedish American Genealogist, 9 (1989):99, hereafter cited as SAG. 30. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):98-99. 31. PMHB, (1874227. On 21 August 1708, John Cock of Stony Run (beyond Plymouth near the Schuylkill), late husband of Margaret Cock, a daughter of Sven Svensson, joined in the conveyance of property formerly owned by Sven Svensson. Phila. Co. Deed Bk. E5, 7:60. Earlier, in 1701, John Cock was residing in Captain Finney's Company 187 the Swedes' tract of Upper Merton, formerly a part of Laetitia Penn's manor. PA, 2d ser., 19:296. 32. PMHB, 2 (1878):227; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989): 100-101. 33. The marriage date is inferred from the fact that the will of Gunnar Swanson dated 2 March 1701/2 named Peter Bengtson one of his executors. Phila. Will Bk. B, 231. His wife is identified in Phila. Co. Deed Bk. E5, 7:60 by the deed from Swan Boone of Darby Twpa, Chester Co., and his wife Brita; Haunce Boone, also of Darby Twp., and his wife Barbara; and John Cock of Stony Run, widower of Margaret Cock, conveying their wives' shares of the property of Swan Swanson, deceased, to their sister Kathrine Bankson of Wicaco, widow of Peter Bankson. Rudman's census shows that Catherine Swanson was born in 1682. PMHB, (1878):226. 34. Phila. Admin. Bk. B, 70; Phila. Will Bk. C, 237. 35. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):101, 111 12n; Phila. Will Bk. C, 325. 36. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):100-101. 37. Ibid., 99-100; Phila. Co. Deed Bk. I, 12:157, as cited in [Ormond Rambo, Jr.], "The Cock Family," MS, American Swedish Historical Museum, 14. 38. Park McFarland, jr., Inscriptions on the Tombstones in Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church Yard (1877), #256, Ph/12E:8, GSP. 39. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):99. 40. Phila. Exemplification Bk. 8:303, dated 10 April 1706, as cited in (Rambo], "The Cock Family," 6. 41. Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia: Burials, 1709-1785, 2707d, Ph/ 2E:5, GSP; Phila. Will Bk. D, 40. 42. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):100, 10 (1990):5; he gave his age as 71 in a 1740 deposition; PA, 2d ser., 7:707; Edna Robertson Vacher, A Genealogy of the Bankston Family, (Washington, D.C., 1947), 13, reports that he died intestate in 1748. 43. PMHB, 2 (1878):227; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989): 98, 10 (1990):5. 44. Phila. Co. Deed Bk. F, 7:86, G, 6:165, G, 7:186-87, G, 10:251; jehu Curtis Clay, Annals of the Swedes on the Delaware, 4th ed., (Chicago, 1938), 140; Burr, Holy Minify, 347-48. 45. Peter Stebbins Craig, "The Stile Family in America, 1641-1772," SAG, 6 (1986):151-54; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 10 (1990):2. 46. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):99-100, 10 (1990): 138. 47. Craig, "Stine Family," SAG, 6 (1986):156, 170, 175. 48. Ibid., 175n; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 10 (1990):2. 49. PMHB, 2 (1878):227; Gloria Dei burial record as copied by Peter Kalm in 1750. Fredr. Ming, ed., Pehr 1621ms Resa till Norra Amerika,. Tillaggsband (tithingfors, 1929), 219; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 10 (1990):1. 50. Anna M. Holstein, Swedish Holsteins in America (Norristown, Pa., 1892), 14-15, 235-236; Beverly Nelson Rambo, The Rambo Family Tree: Descendants of Peter Gunnarson Rambo, 1611-1986 (Decorah, Ia., 1986), 27-28. 188 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 51. Holstein, Swedish Holsteins, 15. 52. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):105, 113n; PMHB, (1874227. 53. Phila. Admin. Bk, C, 57; Springer and Springer, "Communicant Records," Delaware History, 6 (1954):247-248n. 54. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 10 (1990):139. 55. In 1703, Jacob Vanderculin of the Schuylkill was described as son-in-law of Lydia Swanson. PA, 2d ser., 19:388, 410. She was the former Lydia Ashman, widow of Olof Swanson [Svensson] and mother of Jacob's wife Brigitta. See Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):101, 111-12n. 56. N pi, 1st ser., 30:495. 57. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):101; Peter Stebbins Craig and Henry Wesley Yocom, "The Yocums of Aronameck in Philadelphia, 1648-1702," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 71 (1983): 248-49, 27 I n, hereafter cited as NGSQ. 58. George B. Smith, History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1862), 536; Phila. Co. Deed Bk. F, 3:475. 59. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):100-101; Phila. Co. Deed Bk. F5, 7:60; Chester Co. Will Bk. A, 182. 60. Craig, "Stille Family," SAG, 6 (1986):153, 173n; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):105-106. 61. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):101; Phila. Will Bk. E, 250. 62. Craig, "Stille Family," SAG, 6 (1986):155, 173n; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):101; McFarland, Tombstones in Gloria Dei, #201; deed of 4 Oct. 1728 by Peter Swanson of Chester Co., yeoman; Phila. Co. Deed Bk. F, 6:200. 63. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):106. 64. In 1734 Andrew Longacre was taxed for 100 acres in Kingsessing. PGM, 1 (1895-98):174. The 1753 church census for Gloria Del showed his widow Elizabeth living at Kalcon Hook with three sons. Gloria Dei burial records report her death at the age of 78 on 14 Feb. 1758. Old Swedes Church, Gloria Dei, Burial Records, 1750-1831, Ph/12E:7, GSP. 65. Craig and Yocom, "Yocums of Aronameck," NGSQ, 71 (1983):243-65; Craig, "Stile Family," SAG, 6 (1984143, 147; Craig, "1693 Census," SAG, 9 (1989):103, 106; will of Peter Yocum of Upper Merton Twp., dated 30 Oct. 1750 and proved 28 April 1753, Phila. Will Bk. K, 90; Phila. Co. Deed Bk. El, 10:281. 66. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):100; Records of the Courts of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Danboro, Pat, 1972), 158, 163, 166, 173; 1734 tax list for Lower Dublin Twp., Phila. County, PGM, 1 (1895-98):169; Phila. Admin. Bk. C, 344, PGM, 3 (1906--08):179. 67. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):99-101; Hannah Benner Roach Collection, R0/78:25, GSP; 1753 Gloria Dei church census; Phila. Will Bk. 0, 83. 68. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):97-98; Rambo, The Rambo Family Tree, 18-20, 26-27; will of Peter Rambo dated 24 Aug. 1744 and proved 10 Jan. 1753/4; Phila. Will Bk. K, 35. Both his uncle Peter Rambo and the Captain Finney's Company • 189 I latter's son by the same name (born 1682) lived at "Rams Dorp" on Poquessing Creek north of the City Philadelphia. 69. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, (1989):98-100. The Swedish immigrant Peter Larsson Cock (1610-1687) had six sons (one named Peter), each of whom named his eldest son Peter: Lars Cock's son Peter (b. 1671), Erick Cock's son Peter (b. 1674), John Cock's son Peter (b. 1679), Mans Cock's son Peter (b. 1683), Peter Cock's son Peter (b. 1688) and Gabriel Cock's son Peter (b. 1688). Sorting out the various Peter Cocks is therefore a considerable challenge. By 1704, however, the family of Erick Cock had moved to Gloucester Co., N.J., the family of John Cock had moved to New Castle Co., Del., and the family of Mans Cock had moved to Burlington Co., N.J. Ibid. This left four Peter Cocks in Philadelphia County, one of whom drowned in the Schuylkill near Matzong (Upper Merton Twp.) and was buried in Rudman's time (1697-1702), according to a note left by Rev. Collin. PMHB, 2 { 1878):341. As the second oldest Peter Cock, Lars Cock's son Peter was generally referred to as Peter Cock, jr. (PMHB, 2 [1878]:227; 30 [1906]:292), suggesting that this Peter Cock was a son, not a grandson, of Peter Larsson Cock. 70. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):100. 71. Ibid.; Phila. Will Bk. D, 21; McFarland, Tombstones in Gloria Dei, #144. "011e," the Swedish nickname for "Olof," tended to be pronounced as "Woolly" and commonly was anglicized to "William." 72. Parker, "Rich and Poor," PMHB, 99 (19745, 7. 73. Craig, "Stine Family," SAG, 6 (1986):156, 170n; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):107; PMHB, 2 (1878):225-26; 1753 Gloria Del census; will of Garrett Garretts, Phila. Will Bk. E, 195; Garrett family Bible record quoted in Samuel Garrett to Gregory B. Keen, 4 April 1913; Gen/Ke7:307, GSP. 74. PMHB, 2 (1878):227; NJA, 1st ser., 30:244. 75. Phila. Admin. Bk. B, 65, PGM, 20 (1955-57):46; Federal Writers' Project, The Records of the Swedish Lutheran Churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786 (Elizabeth, NJ., 1938), 233-34. 76. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):101-102; will of Swan justen of Kingsessing, dated 19 April 1722 and proved 9 March 1722/3, Phila. Will Bk. D, 347, abstracted in PMHB, 38 (1914):374. 77. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):106; will of Catharine justis of Kingsessing, proved 4 May 1727, Phila. Will Bk. E, 40. Her brother Andrew Yocum witnessed her husband's will, and she named two of her eldest children after her parents, Peter and Judith. 78. Craig, "Stale Family," SAG, 6 (1986):156, 170n; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):107; PMHB, 2 (1878):226, 341; PGM, 1 (1895-9'8): 167. 79. Craig and Yocom, "Yocums of Aronameck," NGSQ, 71 (1984249, 277n; PMHB, 2 (1878):341. 80. In 1697 Peter Homan was shown as a hired man at Andrew Rambo's in Passyunk. PMHB, 2 (1878):227. He had also been tithable in Passyunk in 1693. PMHB, 8 (1884):102. The church records at Raccoon (Swedeshoro, NJ.) report the death of Petter Homman on 28 Jan. 1729. Records of Raccoon and Penns Neck, 328. 81. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 10 (1990): 131. 1 90 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 82. Peter Hoeman was named constable in Gloucester Co. on 12 March 1705/6. Gloucester County Court Records, 1:337 (manuscript, Gloucester County Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ.). 83. Craig, "1695 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):100; Phila. Admin. Bk. C, 290. 84. Records of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia, 1716-1755, 31, 80-81, 86-87, Phi18A, ASP; Ruth L. Springer, John Morton in Contemporary Records (Harrisburg, Pa., 1967), 8, 33-34, 41. 85. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):106, 10 (1990):138; marriage records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810 (Baltimore, 1987), 1:596; Peter Stebbins Craig, The Family of Nils Larsson Frtinde (Friend) (Washington, D.C., 1988), 41-42. 86. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):98; Rambo, The Rambo Family Tree, 34-35. 87. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):103. 88. Sanders diary, PMHB, 30 (1906):297; Springer and Springer, "Communicant Records," Delaware History, 5 (1953):275n; Earl E. Jones, The Stalcup Family History (Madison, Tenn., 1986), 18, 24. 89. After the death of his first wife, John Eustis married Christina (Colesberry) Walraven, widow of Walraven Walraven, on 50 July 1737. Springer and Springer, "Communicant Records," Delaware History, fi (1954):330n. His name last appeared in Holy Trinity church records on 17 May 1741 when John and Mrs. Kirstin Justis appeared as baptismal sponsors. Holy Trinity Church Book, 2:247. 90. The eldest John Justis was born in 1668 and was a widower in 1697. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):103. 91. Marion Balderston, "Pennsylvania's 1683 Ships and Some of Their Passengers," PGM, 26 (1965):83n; Record of the Courts of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1681 —1697 (Philadelphia, 1910), 372, 405. 92. Phila. Will Bk. D, #14; Gregory B. Keen, "The Descendants of joran Kyn, the Founder of Upland," PMHB, 4 (1880):100. 93. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):107. 94. Hannah Benner Roach, "Benjamin Franklin Slept Here," PMHB, 84 (1960): 139-40; Minutes of the Common Council of Philadelphia, 130. 95. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):4, 101, 103, 10 (1990):2-3. 96. Craig, "Stile Family," SAG, 6 (1986):173n; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):103, 10 (1990):6; Craig and Yocom, "Yocums of Aronameck," NGSQ, 71 (19$3): 249, 258. 97. Craig, "Stifle Family," SAG, 6 (1986):153, 173n; Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 989):103. 98. On 10 Oct. 1718, William Everson and John Yocum witnessed the will of Andrew Longacre of Kingsessing. Phila. Will Bk. D, 137. William Everson's life has not been further traced. 99. A 1678 Penns Neck deed names the daughters of the recently deceased Matthias Matteson and his widow Catharine as including Elizabeth, the wife of Henry Everson of Crane Hook. AT JA, 1st ser., 21:566. The 1693 church census showed nine persons in the household of Hendrick Iwarsson [Evertsson], a Captain Finney's Company 191 member of the Crane Hook church. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):6. On 12 August 1707, Hendrick Iwarson [Evertsson], then living at St. Georges Creek in New Castle County, requested Pastor Bijork to preach there monthly. Burr, Holy Trinity, 125. However, baptism records at St. Georges on 28 Sept. 1714 describe his wife Elizabeth as a widow. Holy Trinity Church Book, 2:52. 100. Amandus Johnson, The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664 (Philadelphia, 1911), 705, 711; Charles T. Gehring trans., Delaware Papers (Dutch Period): 1648-1664, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. 18-19 (Baltimore, 1981), 318-20, 335; Gehring, ed., Delaware Papers (English Period), 88, 308. In Nov. 1677, both "Evert Hendrix" and his son "Hendrick Everts" were shown as taxable at Crane Hook. Evert Hendrickson and Hendrik Evertsen were both naturalized by William Penn at the New Castle Court on 21 Feb. 1682/3. Records of the Court of New Castle on Delaware, Vol. 1, 1676-1681 (Lancaster, Pa., 1904), 160, Vol. 2, 1681-4 699 (Meadville, Pa., 1935), 37. 101. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 10 (1990):7; Samuel B. Sturgis, "The Story of My Swedish Forefathers," American Swedish Historical Foundation Yearbook-4958, 12-13. 102. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):100; will of Peter Boon of Penns Neck, dated 29 March 1707 and proved 18 Nov. 1707. NJA, 1st ser., 23:45. 103. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):99; Edward J. Gibbons, "Matsunk or 'Swedes' Land,' 1699-1783," Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, 21 (1977):46-48, 51. 104. Minutes of the Common Council of Philadelphia, 19. 105. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):98, 110n; Rambo, The Rambo Family Tree, 26. John Rambo (1661-1741), brother of the elder Gunnar Rambo, lived in Gloucester Co., N.J. 106. Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia: Burials, 1709-1785, 2723, Ph/ 2E:5, GSP. 107. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):98; Rambo, The Rambo Family Tree, 27. 108. Will of Neles Larson, dated 20 Dec. 1686 and proved 12 June 1689 (Phila. Will Bk. A, 145); PMHB, 2 (1878):228; 16 Oct. 1707 deed from Woola Dalbo and Peter Lock of Gloucester Co. to John Friend of Gloucester Co. (West Jersey Deeds, O.431); will of Johannes Friend of Penns Neck dated 8 March 1737, proved 1 Feb. 1737/8 (NJA, 1st ser., 30:189); Craig, The Family of Nils Larsson Frande (Friend), 1-9, 32-34. After alternating between the patronymic of Nilsson and their father's adopted cognomen of "Fronde" (meaning "kinsman" in Swedish), John and his brothers settled on the surname of Friend. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 10 (1990):138. 109. Phila. Will Bk. D, 130. 110. Minutes of the Common Council of Philadelphia, 129; Phila. Will Bk. D, 173; "Register of Baptisms, 1701-1746: First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, PGM, 19 (1952-54):278; Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia: Burials, 17091785, 2727, 2731, Ph/2E:5, GSP. 111. Craig, "1693 Census of the Swedes," SAG, 9 (1989):105-106, 113n; PMHB, 2 (1878)228; Mathias "Natselers" will of 11 Feb. 1723/4, Chester Co. Will Bk. A, 158.