Person:Michel Laican (1)

Name	Michel Nilsson Laican
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1644	Örebro län, Sweden
Marriage	1670	New Sweden Colonyto Helena Lom
Death`^?`	Bef 17 Apr 1704	Gloucester County, New JerseyWoodbury Creek
Burial^[1]	17 Apr 1704

References

↑ Family Recorded, in Craig, Peter Stebbins. Nils Andersson and His Lykins Descendants. Swedish Colonial News. (Swedish Colonial Society, Fall/Winter 2006)
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... 4. Michel Nilsson Laican, born c. 1644 in Sweden, married Helena Lom in 1670. She was the daughter of Måns Svensson Lom and step-daughter of Lars Andersson Collinus of Moyamensing. Michel moved with his brother Peter to Shackamaxon, which remained his home until 1699, when he sold his lands and moved to a plantation on Woodbury Creek in Gloucester County. Although he had been named a church warden at Gloria Dei Church in 1701, he was instrumental in establishing the new Swedish church on Raccoon Creek in 1702. He was buried on 17 April 1704. He was survived by ten children: ...