Elizabeth Anderson (bef. 1683)

Ancestors

Wife of Olof Palsson — married Feb 1715 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Descendants

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Biography

Note: Although some modern trees list a birth date and location as well as a death date and location for Elizabeth (called "Elisabeth" in the records), those trees do not cite sources (other than other trees) for this information. It is assumed the Elisabeth was around her husband's age (he was born c1686 according to Craig's 1693 Census) and that she was born in or near Delaware since her father immigrated much earlier (same source), but no records have emerged to allow this to be stated as fact.

The "1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware", as quoted below in Sources, indicates that Elizabeth's first husband was Sven Colesberry (Kolsberg) and her second husband was William Paulsson. This William Paulsson was apparently Olof Palsson, son of Olof Palsson. See also Note 1 on the profile of Olof Palsson.

Sources

• Burr, Horace, trans., "The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773.", (Historical Society of Delaware, 1890). Available online at: Archive.org, p 218 stating "Record of Marriages in Christina Congregation in 1715", "1. Olof Palsson, widow Elizabeth Colesburg, married February"
• Burr, Horace, trans., "The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773.", (Historical Society of Delaware, 1890). Available online at: Archive.org, p 233, in section titled "Record of Baptisms 1716", "6. Olof Pålsson and wife Elizabeht's child Susanna, baptized April 4, 3 weeks old."
• The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. Peter Stebbins Craig, J.D. Page 123. SAG Publications, Winter Park, Florida, 1993

Footnotes

• "Hendrick Andersson, later described as a Finn, arrived in New Sweden as a freeman in 1654. He was still ill from the effects of the voyage when he signed the 1654 loyalty oath at Tinicum Island. In 1663 he was among the Finns attracted to Crane Hook, which was to remain his home until his death c1694. A blacksmith by trade, he was sometimes known as Hendrick Smith. Hendrick Andersson was fined 200 guilders in the 1669 Long Finn Rebellion. Before 1678, he married Margareta, the daughter of Matthias and Catharine Mattsson of Penn's Neck. The 1685 will of Eric Joransson of Finn's Point in Penn's Neck named Hendrick Smith as guardian of one of his children. Margareta of Crane Hook, the late Hendrick Smith's widow, contributed money for the building of Holy Trinity Church and was assigned a pew in that church in 1699. On 20 June 1701, Sven Colesberry (Kolsberg), a newly arrived Swede who had married Hendrick Andersson's daughter Elisabeth, gave a promissory note for the payment of quitrents due on two 80-acre lots then owned by her mother Margaret Smith."
  • see also Footnote 41 on p. 123 of Craig's 1693 census states that the son of Hendrick Andersson was known as Jacob Hendricksson in 1715 and Jacob Andersson in 1721 "when he deeded his father's Crane Hook lands to his sister Elisabeth and her second husband, William Paulson, son of Olof Palsson."