Anna (Johansdotter) Springer (abt. 1666 - abt. 1740)

Born about 1666 in New Sweden [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Mathias (Mårtensson) Morton — married 1690 (to Dec 1707) in Chester, Pennsylvania

Wife of Jonas Walraven — married before 1713 (to 1724) in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1740 at about age 74 in Christiana, New Castle, Delaware

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Biography

Anna was the daughter of Johan (Gustafsson) Justus and Brita Lena (Månsdotter) Jostes. Estimated DOB for Anna is 1666 to 1672.

The nickname "Annika" is given for Anna in The Stalcup Family History by Earl E. Jones (page 24). This is a common diminuitive of "Anna".

Marriages

"Anna Gustafsson, born c. 1666, married (1) Matthias Morton of Ridley township, son of Måirten Mårtensson, who had inherited the Morton Homestead, and died in December 1707; (2) Jonas Walraven of New Castle County; (3) Charles Springer of New Castle County. She had seven children by her first marriage and died after 1740."^[1]

She married first Mathias Morton.

She married second Jonas Walraven.

She married third Charles Springer.

Death

Anna died 30 AUG 1724 in Christana, New Castle County, Delaware. ^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

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• Source: The Roses: Mathias Martonson Page 393

Copy and Paste Text : Marion Morton's father was Mathias Martonson who was born about 1665. He married Anna Justis who was born 1670 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mathias Martonson parents were Marton Martonson, born about 1630, and Margaret Eskilsson who was likeely from Sweden. "Mathias Martonson, 2nd son of Marton Martonson (otherwise Mortonson and Morton), was of Amosland, yeoman. His descendants assumed the name of Morton. A deed dated May 24, 1703, states Marton Martonson to Mathias Martonson (otherwise Morton), his son, for 350 arces of land, which the grantor had by deed from Andrew Jansen, March 12, 1694-5. Mathias died instate before March 15, 1717-18". (Jones 1986, p24).

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• Source: The Roses, Anna Justis Page 393

Copy and Paste Text Anna Justis' parents were John Justis, born 1618 in Kinnekulle, Skaraborg Lan, Sweden, and Brita Mouncedotter, born 1625 in Sweden. John Justis died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1682. Kinnekulle is a large wooded hill or plateau, nine miles long and four miles across, rising 860 feet above Lake Vanern in Skaraborg Lan in central Sweden. Brita Mouncedotter died August 1724 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. John Justis was a soldier. John Justis came on the Swan to the colony of New Sweden, on the Delaware River, on November 1, 1642. He landed at Fort Christina, now Wilmington, Delaware, on February 15, 1643. He was later stationed at Fort Elfsborg, and then to Fort Trinity. 'Jan Justen' on February 13, 1655/56, requested he be allowed to make a plantation on the Christina Kill.

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• Source: The Roses, Johan Gustafsson Pages 393-394

Copy and Paste Text [(John Dedrick Yoes, Emily Jane Boydstun), (David Dedrick Yoes, Elizabethh Mankins), (John B Mankins, Mary Sloan), (Peter Mankins, Rachel Bracken), (Isaac Bracken, Rachel Stalcup), (Peter Stalcup, Susanna Paulson), (John Stalcup, Marian Morton), (Mathias Martonson, Anna Justis), (John Justis, Brita Mouncedotter)] CONT Johan Gustafsson (1618 - 1682) sailed from Gottenburg November 1, 1642 on the Swan with Governor Printz in the Fifth Swedish Expedition and arrived on the Delaware below the present site of Philadelphia, Feb 15, 1643. Johan was one of the twelve soldiers in Fort Elfsborg below the present city of Philadelphia on the east side of the Delaware from 1644 to 1653. He was promoted to the posistion of a gunner and stationed at Fort Trinity (New Castle) in 1655 when Captain Sven Skute surrendered the fort to the Dutch.By 1669, John Justis was at Kingsessing or West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the Schuylkill and was granted a patent there as John Eusta, dated May 16, 1669. In the first English census of the Delaware, taken in 1671, Johan Gustafsson was listed as "John Eustace". The November 1677 tax list for the Upland court jurisdiction showed a slight improvement in naming, "Jan Justa", and two sons are shown as taxable (i.e. over sixteen years of age). After the surrender of New Sweden to the Dutch, Johan Gustafsson moved northward to Kingsessing where ho died about 1682, leaving a widow and at least eleven children. They kept Gustafsson as their surname, but it was heard and written by the English as Eustason, Justison, Justis, Justus, or Justice finally evolved as the family surname (Parris 1993, 8).

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• Source: The Roses, Mans Andersson Pages 394-396

Copy and Paste Text [(John Dedrick Yoes, Emily Jane Boydstun), (David Dedrick Yoes, Elizabeth Mankins), (John B Mankins, Mary Sloan), (Peter Mankins, Rachel Bracken), (Isaac Bracken, Rachel Stalcup), (Peter Stalcup, Susanna Paulson), (John Stalcup, Marion Morton), (Mathias Martonson, Anna Justis), (John Justis, Brita Mouncedotter), (Mans Andersson, Unknown)] CONT Mans Andersson, born about 1600 and father of Brita Mouncedotter, had arrived in New Sweden on the second voyage of the Kalmar Nycke in 1640. The original Kalmar Nycke was one of America's pioneering colonial ships. Her historical significance rivals that of the Mayflower, yet her remarkable story has never been widely told. The original Kalmar Nyckel sailed from Sweden to the New World in 1638, leaving its passengers to establish the first permanent European settlement in the Colony of New Sweden in present-day Wilmington, Delaware. She made a total of four roundtrip crossings of the Atlantic- more than any other ship of the era. Her first voyage to the New World left twenty-four settlers of Swedish, Finnish, German, and the Dutch descent in the Delaware Valley. In 1644, Mans Andersson was a servant of the company, planting tabacco at Christina, but had earned the status of a freeman by 1648. He established his plantation, which he called Silleryd or the Salted Herring, in a section known as "Finland", the area between Marcus Hook and Chester (and called Upland) in present Pennsylvania. As other European countries were doing, Sweden was also planning a North American Colony. Plans began under King Gustavus Adolphus (reigned 1611-1632) and were put into action during the reign of his daughter Queen Christina (1632-1654). Two ships, the Kalmar Nykel and the Fogel Grip, left Sweden under command of Pieter Minuet and landed in late March 1638 at "The Rocks", near present-day Old Swedes Church in Wilmington. The colonists built Fort Christina. Although the settlement never contained more than 200 people and never received enough support from home, it surrived. Fort Christina became the first permanent European settlement in Delaware. The Dutch throught the Delaware Valley should be theirs. In 1651, a detachment of Dutch soldiers, commanded by Peter Stuyvesant, came down from New Netherland (now New York). They established Fort Casimir (now New Castle) seven miles south of Fort Christina. The Dutch built that fort to threaten the Swedes. In 1654, however, the Swedes captured Fort Casimir and renamed it Fort Trinity. A little over a year later, in 1655, the Dutch took back Fort Casimir ans went on to capture Fort Christina. They now controlled the Delaware Valley, and Sweden's dreams of empire were over. By the early 1660's, King Charles II of England, newly restored to the throne, wanted to add the land the Dutch controlled to his empire. English naval forces attacked New Netherland in 1664. Peter Stuyvesant was forced to surrender to the English. King Charles II granted his new lands to his brother, James, Duke of York. Now Delaware was English. Of course, the Dutch did not accept England's victory. In 1673, they retook Delware. The English retook the area in 1674. Delware was again under the control of the Duke of York. Although Delaware remained under English control for the rest of the colonial period, one more change of ownership lay ahead. William Penn, from a wealthy, influential English family, had become a leader in the new Quaker religion. He dreamed of a settlement in North America where the persecuted Quakers and members of all other faiths could worship freely. Peen's father had helped King Charles II regain the English throne, so William Penn felt that he could ask the king for something in return. He requested and received grants of land from the Duke of York's holdings in 1681 and 1682. These lands became Pennsylvania and Delaware. In December 1656, "Moens Andriesen" was named tabacco inspector by the Dutch, and a 1660 deed mentions the land of "Mannis Andries" at the second hook above the fort (Paerden Hook or Swanwyck). By 1661, he owned a plantation north of the Christina River on the Brandywine River, as is shown by later litigation involving the land. In 1661, Mans Andersson moved to Maryland with his wife and six children. On April 25, 1662, a one hundred fifty-arce tract called "Mountsfield" near the mouth of the Elk River, on the Southeast side was surveyed for Mans Andersson. On June 6, 1674, Mountz Anderson, a native of Sweedland, was naturalized by the Maryland government. He was still living when he gave a deposition on June 25, 1678. The deposition was related to his former Brandywine River property. No will or probate record for him has been found. In 1707, "Mountsfield" was occupied by Chistopher Mountz. Christopher Mountz is presumed to be a son or grandson of Mans Andersson. Christopher had a son, born Oct 18, 1708, who was christened as Christopher Mounce Anderson.

Sources

1. ↑ The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. Peter Stebbins Craig, J.D. SAG Publications, Winter Park, Florida, 1993. Page 36. Portions of Dr Craig's books have been summarized and made available at The Swedish Colonial Society website. Information about Anna and her parents and siblings is archived at The Swedish Colonial Society

See Also;

• Garner, Winfield Scott, "Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania : comprising a historical sketch of the county", Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005

• Nuckolls, Charles R., The Roses: The Nuckolls Family, the Lyman Family, and One Hundred Fifty Immigrants Who Helped Shape America, Call Number: 929.107207 NUC , Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, Inc, 2010, Mathias Martonson, Anna Justis : Page 393, Johan Gustafsson Pages 393-394, Mans Andersson Pages 394-396