Brita Hendricksdotter (Bilderback) Savoy (1658 - aft. 1699)

Born 1658 in Verdrietige Hook, New Sweden

Wife of Isaac Savoy — married about 1675 (to 1695) in One Tree Hook, New Sweden

Descendants

Died after 1699 after age 41 in Salem County, Province of West Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

Brita, daughter of John Hendricksson, never used the "Bilderback" surname nor did her father, it was used by her brothers and appears in English records made of them. Although she was never recorded with a surname and there are no baptism records for New Sweden, her surname should be changed to "Hendricksdotter", as a patronymic was the "surname" New Sweden settlers would have used for their children before English settlement, had there been regular record keeping.

Brita Hendricksdotter was born say 1658 in New Sweden, which had been under New Netherland control for about four years. Her father at the time owned land at Verdrietige Hook aka Bochten, now in New Castle County, Delaware and this is likely where she was born.

Brita married Isaac Savoy about 1675. They lived at One Tree Hook (later to become Salem County) in 1677, but were living in Upland (aka Brandywine) when he was a juror on the Upland court. In 1681, Isaac was recorded livingin Brandywine , and 1682 he and her brother David were granted land there. "After being naturalized by William Penn in the New Castle court in 1683, Savoy agreed to surrender his Brandywine hundred property and to return to One Tree Hook. Penn issued him a patent for 350 acres south of John Hendricksson on 1 March 1685/6" of which he sold 100 acres in 1692/3.^[1]

Children

1. David
2. Greta
3. Margrett (under 13 in 1694)
4. Abraham (under 13 in 1694)
5. Isaac (under 13 in 1694)
6. John (under 13 in 1694)

Isaac Savoy of Penn's Neck, Salem County, yeoman, left a noncupative will dated 4 Nov 1694 naming wife Breeta, with bequests to his father-in-law and brother-in-law John Hendrickson. Inventory was dated 26 May 1695. "Breeta Savoy" was granted administration of his estate.^[2]

"Widow Brita Savoy was still living in 1699 when she was assigned a pew in Holy Trinity Church.^[3]

content below on her father/brothers and should be moved

The 1693 Census Of the Swedes on the Delaware Peter Stebens Craig

http://ncchap.startlogic.com/cranehook/pdfs/cranehook1693c.pdf

Chapter 7

The Crane Hook Congregation - Concluded

The migration of Swedish and Finnish families from New Castle County across the Delaware River to Penn's Neck in Salem County began in 1671. By the time of the 1693 census, the Crane Hook church could count 130 members living on "the other side" of the Delaware.

Penn's Neck was bounded by the Delaware River on the west and extended from Oldmans Creek on the north to Salem Creek on the south. The eastern boundary was also Salem Creek to its northern bend, then extending overland northeast to Oldmans Creek. It derived its name from the fact that William Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, also acquired proprietorship of this area in 1683 from its first English claimant, John Fenwick.1

The church census identifies the households in Penn's Neck beginning at its northernmost settlement.

One Tree Hook

One Tree Hook, also known as Lone Tree Hook, Singletree Hook or Eenboom Hook, is named Oldmans Point on current maps and is located on the Delaware to the north of Penns Grove. It was purchased from the Indians on 10 June 1675 by John Hendricksson and his eldest son, Peter Hendricksson (later known as Peter Bilderback).2

1. 155. John Hendricksson (400 acres): Born in Sweden, John

Hendricksson appears to have come to America in 1648 on the Swan with his father, Hendrick Johansson.3 By 1663, John had joined the Nils Nilsson family (see #161) at Verdrietige Hook (Bochten). In 1669, when fined 300 guilders for his involvement in the Long Finn Rebellion, John Hendricksson was a resident of Marcus Hook. At the time the Marcus Hook land was surveyed in 1675, John Hendricksson had already given his interest to Peter Hendricksson. Both, however, were taxed as residents of One Tree Hook in 1677.4

In 1684, after William Penn acquired Penn's Neck, the land at One Tree Hook was surveyed and patents issued. The 400 acres belonging to John Hendricksson extended south of a little creek called Horse Creek.5 In 1693 his household of six undoubtedly included his youngest son, Anders Hendricksson, and probably part of the family of Peter Hendricksson Bilderback. His other known children were David Hendricksson Bilderback (#156), John Hendricksson, Jr. (#173), and Brita, the wife of Isaac Savoy (#158). John Hendricksson "at the Lone Tree" pledged money for Holy Trinity Church and was among its original pew holders in 1699. He was probably over 80 years old when buried at the new Penn's Neck church on 8 October 1717.6

Peter Hendricksson Bilderback was living in 1693 but not separately shown in the census. The reason may have been the death of his first wife and a temporary break-up of the family. By 1685, he had moved to Chestnut Neck in the southeast corner of Penn's Neck. On 20 Feb. 1686/7, Penn's agent issued a warrant for the survey of 100 acres at this location for "Peter Bilderback alias Hendrickson" and Anders Andersson (#173); the 1689 patent named him simply Peter Bilderback. On 22 May 1700, Peter Bilderback executed two documents - one an agreement with Anders Andersson dividing their property, the other his last will, which named his wife Ingra [Ingrid] and four children, Daniel, Albert, Catharine and Anna Bilderback. He died before 10 April 1701, when an inventory of his estate was made.7

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2 Stewart, Indians of Southern New Jersey, 74.

3 Hendrick Johansson, whose name is not to be found on New Sweden lists before the arrival of the Swan in 1648, signed the 1654 loyalty oath to Governor Rising as an "old freeman." This is about the time that John Hendricksson would have married to have an adult son by 1675. All of John's sons were born in America.

4 DYR, 123; NYHM, 20:s-6, 23, 87b, 101 (#I); 21:104, Wharton, 59-62; Smith, 521-22; NCR, 1:161.

5 NJA, 21:644; Early Salem County surveys, Salem County Historical Society [SCHS] Mn4Q:58, 83.

6 Burr, 44, 47, 63; HTR, 1:30, 32, 45; RPN; 325.

7 SCHS Mn40:69; NJA, 21553,588, 627,644-46,23:38,474; Salem County wills, 390-93. Peter Bilderback's second wife, Ingrid, was the eldest daughter of Anders Sinnicksson (#171). She later married Peter's brother John Hendricksson, Jr. (#172). She clearly was not the mother of the first three children named in Peter Bilderback's will, as she was born c. 1678 (see NCR, 1:276, reporting the lawsuit against Andries Sinnex for medicine to his wife and child) and Daniel, Albert and Catharine Bilderback were all married before 1713. Ingrid's marriage to Peter Bilderback took place before 17 June 1696 when Anders Sinnicksson wrote his will, noting that his daughter "Engrey" had received her portion when she married. Salem County wills, 339.

Sources

1. ↑ Craig, Peter S. The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. Winter Park, Fla: SAG Publications, 1993, page 137.
2. ↑ Nelson, William (ed.), Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. Volume I, 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1901, volume 23, page 403
3. ↑ Craig, 1693 Census, page 138

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Lewis for creating WikiTree profile Bilderback-169 through the import of Lewis Family Tree.GED on Sep 11, 2013.