Hans Peterson (abt. 1631 - abt. 1720)

Born about 1631 in Holstein, Denmark

Husband of Magdalena (Mullica) Pålsdotter — married [date unknown] in Holstein, Denmark

Descendants

Died about 1720 at about age 89 in Delaware [uncertain]

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Biography

Hans Peterson, a Holsteiner born in 1631, was a soldier with the Dutch forces that captured New Sweden in September 1655. He soon married a Swedish maiden named Anna. A miller, residing on Skilpot Creek, Hans Peterson became very active in the Swedish church and lived until 1720. His children included sons named Carl, Peter, Paul and Israel Peterson and daughters named Magdalena and Engelkie. ^[1]

Hans Petersson (Skilpot Creek, Brandywine hundred) ... nickname was Patascus. ...As the 1693 census does not list him among those who were born in Sweden, it is presumed that he was a Holsteiner. The name of Hans Petersson first appears in the Delaware River valley on 14 Nov 1668, when a patent was issued to Hans Pieters for a tract then in his possession at "the Indians or Wild Hook," the name given to the land on the northwest side of Skilpot Creek at its junction with the Brandywine, bounded on the west by Jacob Vander Verr's land. He steadily added adjoining properties, including the lands of the community gristmill that he operated, until by 1693 he owned over 1,000 acres bordering Skilpot Creek. ... He was named to the church committee on 30 July 1697 ... Hans Petersson died within a few months after 16 August 1720 when he and his wife Annicka conveyed 148 acres on Skilpot Creek to his youngest son, Israel Peterson. ^[2]

"Magdalena Pålsdotter became the second wife of Hans Peterson alias Petascus, a Holsteiner, born in 1631, who had arrived on the Delaware as a Dutch soldier. He had previously been married to a daughter of Carl Jönsson, a Finn who came on the Mercurius in 1656. She bore him a son named Carl. Hans Peterson was fined 50 guilders in the Long Finn Rebellion... At the time of his death, c. 1720, Hans Peterson had married a third time, to a wife named Anna."^[3]

m. 1. ___, daughter of Carl Jönsson

1. Carl

m. 2. Magdalena Pålsdotter

1. Peter Peterson
2. Paul Peterson
3. Israel Peterson

m. 3. Anna ___

Sources

• Craig, Peter S., New Sweden Settlers
  Craig, Peter Stebbins. "New Sweden Settlers, 1638-1664, Part 7 (1656)" in "Swedish American Genealogist", Vol 19 No 1 (Rock Island, IL: Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, 1999) pp 1-14
• Craig, Peter S., 1693 Census
  Craig, Peter S. The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware.(Winter Park, Fla: SAG Publications, 1993)

1. ↑ Craig, Peter S., New Sweden Settlers p. 13
2. ↑ Craig, Peter S., 1693 Census pp 115-116
3. ↑ Craig, Dr. Peter Stebbins. "Pål Jönsson Mullica the Finn and his Descendants." Swedish Colonial News, 3, No. 1 (Fall 2004).

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• This person was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of Martin_O_Daniels_Lorentz_Toale.ged.