Mary (Cann) Steelman (abt. 1664)

Born about 1664 in London, England

Wife of James Claypoole II — married before 1687 in Delaware, British Colonial America

Wife of Christiern Hansson (Hansson Steelman) Steelman — married 1708 in New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Sussex, Delaware, British Colonial America

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Biography

From: THE STILLE FAMILY IN AMERICA 1641 – 1772 Swedish American Genealogist - Vol. 6 No. 4 Dec 1986 By Peter Stebbins Craig

Notes [49] The first discovered reference to Christiern Steelman occurs in 1708 when (as a cordwainer or shoemaker) he is named husband of Mary, widow of James Claypoole, Jr., who had died in 1706 in New Castle County. DH, 5:278, n. 19. James Claypoole, Jr. (1664-1706) had arrived in America on the Concord in 1683 with his parents, James Claypoole, Sr. (1634-1687) and his wife Helena (Mercer) Claypoole (d. 1688), close personal friends of William Penn. PWP, 2:369-373. On 22 Dec. 1701, before the Pennsylvania Board of Property, James Claypoole, Jr., testified that his wife’s mother (being also the mother of Adam Peterson) had been murdered by Indians thirty years before. PA, 2d Ser., 19:221-2, 224. From this we may infer that James Claypoole, Jr.’s wife (and the wife of Christiern Steelman) was Mary Peterson, of Swedish or Dutch parentage. If Christiern Steelman and Mary Peterson had any children, they would have been born before 1713, when the baptism records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in Wilmington commence. From 1714 to 1739 the name of Christiern Steelman frequently occurs among the communicant and baptismal records of Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington. No wife is ever associated with his name, which suggests that Mary had died before 1714. No records of Christiern Steelman’s parents, birth, children (if any) or death have been discovered.

From: Volume 1, Number 10, Fall 1994 - Swedish Colonial News

(4) Christiern Hansson Steelman fol­lowed his brother John to New Castle County. By 1708 he was the second hus­band of Mary Cann, a Quaker, widow of James Claypoole, Jr. Thereafter, until at least 1737, Christiern was an active communicant at Holy Trinity Church. Children, if any, are unknown. Research of Dr. Peter S. Craig

From: The Swedish Colonial Society, May 14, 2019

The son Christiern Steelman had left home by 1693, but his whereabouts at that time is unknown. By 1709, described as a cordwainer, he was a resident of New Castle County and had married Mary, daughter of the Quakers John and Mary Cann who arrived in West Jersey on the Griffin in 1675 and widow of James Claypoole, Jr., who died in 1706. It is unknown whether Christiern had any children. He was a faithful communicant at Holy Trinity Church until 1737 and frequently appeared as a baptismal sponsor.[1]^[1]

On FamilySearch.org 2 sources of information for:

Name • • Mary Cann Last Changed: May 31, 2021

Sex • • Female Last Changed: April 22, 2021

Birth • • 1670 New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America Reason This Information Is Correct: https://archive.org/details/claypoolefamilyi01brac/page/n29/mode/2up

on page 23. Last Changed: July 24, 2022

Christening Death • • 1705 Lewes, Sussex, Delaware, British Colonial America Last Changed: July 24, 2022

Burial

Other Information

Alternate Name • Married Name Mary Claypoole Last Changed: July 24, 2022

Alternate Name • Married Name Mary Cann Claypoole Last Changed: November 11, 2022

Name • • Mary Cann Reason This Information Is Correct: GEDCOM data Last Changed: September 4, 2013

Sex • • Female Reason This Information Is Correct: GEDCOM data Last Changed: September 4, 2013

Birth • • about 1664 London, England Reason This Information Is Correct: County records; standardized. Last Changed: April 15, 2017

Christening

Death • • after 1708 Sussex, Delaware, Reason This Information Is Correct: County records, marriage records; standardized. Last Changed: April 15, 2017

Previous research information:

After the death of her husband (before May 1700), Mary remarried a Francis Cooke of Philadelphia.

Sources

• THE STILLE FAMILY IN AMERICA 1641 – 1772 Swedish American Genealogist - Vol. 6 No. 4 Dec 1986 By Peter Stebbins Craig https://archive.ph/20120909161514/http://www.sagebrushcentral.com/family.html#selection-6425.0-6431.15
• Volume 1, Number 10, Fall 1994 - Swedish Colonial News https://colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SCSJournal_1994-Fall.pdf
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GZS4-W85
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDP2-DHC

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/SwedishColonialSociety/posts/2695550083849364/

• Ancestry.com, Seven hundred ancestors (Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - Leonard, Lewis Keeler.. Seven hundred ancestors. unknown: unknown, 1975.Original data: Leonard, Lewis Keeler.. Seven hundred ancestors. unknown: unknown, 1975.)

• Deed Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1693-1886: Deeds, book C3-D4, 1698-1721. FamilySearch.org. Accessed 23 Oct 2019

Image: 233 [2]

Date: 13 May 1700

Acknowledgment of “John Crew of Sussex county, Plant., of debt to ffrancis Cooke of Philadelphia, Admin. In the Right of Mary his wife of the goods and chattels rights and credits of James Claypoole, late of Philadelphia, dec’d. in the sum of £24.” John Crew hereby promises to pay 10 Oct next £12 to settle the debt.