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Matthias Matthiasson (1623 - 1678)

Matthias Matthiasson aka Mattisson, Mattsson, Matsson
Born in Frykesdalen, Värmland, Swedenmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1648 in Värmland, Swedenmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at about age 55 in Penns Grove, Salem, Province of West Jerseymap
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Biography

Matthias Matthiasson was a Finn from Värmland who arrived in New Sweden aboard the Mercurius in March 1656. [1] He was accompanied by his wife and one daughter. [2]

By 1663 the family was residing at Ammansland with Johan Grelsson and Mårten Mårtensson. [3] They moved to Boughttown in Penn's Neck (present Salem County, New Jersey) in 1671.[4]

Matthias died by 1678 in Penn's Neck and was survived by his wife Catharine and six daughters: Anna, Margaret, Elisabeth, Walborg, Brita and Ingeborg. [5]

Children

  1. Anna
  2. Margaret
  3. Elisabeth
  4. Walborg
  5. Brita
  6. Ingeborg


Research Note

Peter S. Craig first identified this person as Matthias Mattson in his "Settlers" series [6] published in 1999. In his "1671 Census" [7] also published in 1999 he refers to this same person as Matthias Matthiasson. The name also appears as Matthiasson in one of his "Forefather" articles [8] published in 2001. The name was also given as Matthias Matthiasson in the Swedish Colonial Society's list of qualifying forefathers in A Guide to New Sweden Forefathers, 1638-1664 Arrivals in the section headed 'Settlers having daughters only." As of 26 Jan 2017 the version of this list posted online omits that section. Johan Grelsson and ...
Craig, Peter S. Johan Grelsson and his Archer, Urian and Culin Descendants in Swedish Colonial News, Volume 2, Number 5 (Fall 2001)

Sources

  1. ↑ New Sweden Settlers p. 6-7
  2. ↑ New Sweden Settlers p. 6
  3. ↑ New Sweden Settlers p. 7
  4. ↑ 1671 Census Page 29
  5. ↑ New Sweden Settlers p. 7
  6. ↑ New Sweden Settlers p. 6
  7. ↑ 1671 Census p.29 and p. 38
  8. ↑ Johan Grelsson and ...
  • 1671 Census
    Craig, Peter S. 1671 Census of the Delaware. (Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)
  • New Sweden Settlers
    Craig, Peter S., New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1664, Part 7 (1656), in Swedish American Genealogist, Vol. XIX, March 1999 (Rock Island, IL: Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, 1999)




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Gerry Hagberg
Given the birth dates for Annika and Elisabeth, I think it is more likely that they are sisters of Matthias than daughters.
posted by Gerry Hagberg
Ekeblad-7 Eva Ekeblad
The difficulty with parents to the immigrants to New Sweden is that records at that time in Sweden are scant. With the forest Finns it is even more difficult, because they often lived at the margins between parishes and also moved several times, because of the demands of their slash-and-burn farming techniques. It takes a skilled specialist to trace them.

Another difficulty is the patronymic system and the abundance of men with the same first name fathering children all over Sweden. Which has made it a little too easy for the anonymous initial producers of imported GEDCOMs to make false connections based on name similarity.

posted by Eva Ekeblad
Ekeblad-7 Eva Ekeblad
Completely agree with Gerry. The branch of his supposed parents (born after his death) is a typical greenleave hotchpotch of people from different parts of Sweden happening to have similar names.
posted by Eva Ekeblad
Gerry Hagberg
Parents and sibling are bogus! Check the dates.

All were imported from the same gedcom.

posted by Gerry Hagberg
Angelo-128 Jim Angelo Jr
I have changed this write-up a bit and added a research note for discussion of the name. I think Matthiasson is the best bet -- and end-of-line as he had daughters only.
posted by Jim Angelo Jr
Husted-87 H Husted
Should he be Matthiasson or Mattson? Both are mentioned in bio.
posted by H Husted
Husted-87 H Husted
Yes good catch, we just need a leader to remove the PPP so I can change the LNAB.
posted by H Husted
Angelo-128 Jim Angelo Jr
Shouldn't LNAB be Matthiasson? I think all of the "ai" variants are perpetuations of a typo.
posted by Jim Angelo Jr

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