Person:Jacob Thomasson (1)

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Jacob Thomasson, Lenape Indian Chief
b.Est 1648 Sweden
 
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m. Est 1647
  1. Jacob Thomasson, Lenape Indian ChiefEst 1648 -
  2. Olaf ThomassonEst 1650 - 1699
  3. Peter ThomassonEst 1652 - Bef 1682
  4. Christiern ThomassonBef 1654 - Abt 1689
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Name Jacob Thomasson, Lenape Indian Chief
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1648 Sweden
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About Jacob Thomasson

From "Thomas Jacobsson the Finn and his Thompson Descendants", by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig:


Jacob Thomasson, the eldest, born in Sweden, was kidnaped as a small child by the Lenape (Delaware) Indians. He is first mentioned in surviving documents in a letter from Pastor Andreas Sandel to his family in Sweden, written on 17 June 1702: “A Swede, when he was a little boy, went out picking berries in the forest and was taken by the Indians. Now he lives among these wild heathens and won’t return.”
[Source: http://www.colonialswedes.org/forefathers/Jacobsson.html]
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