Person:John Mattson (1)

Information on John Mattson

From Sweedish Colonial Society Website:

2. John Mattson, alias John Dalbo, was born in New Sweden c. 1649. By 1673 he had married Maria Lom, youngest daughter of Måns Svensson Lom, and owned 1/4 of the Moyamensing tract south of Wicaco. He sold his share in 1684 and acquired land on Great Mantua Creek, Gloucester Co., where he died in 1701, survived by 7 children:

•Anna Mattson, born c. 1674, died 10 June 1721 in Gloucester Co.; married c. 1692 Staffan Jönsson alias Stephen Jones, son of Anders Jönsson Ekoren, and had 6 known children (Andrew, John, Jonas, Catharina, Joseph & Abraham).

•Matthias Mattson, born c. 1676, died unmarried in 1701.

•Måns Mattson, born c. 1678, died c. 1706; married c. 1703 Elizabeth (parents not identified) and had 1 child (Maria).

•Anders Mattson, born c. 1680, died c. 1734 in lower Greenwich Township, Gloucester Co.; married c. 1712 Maria Culin, daughter of Jacobus van Culin, and had 5 children (Maria, Rebecca, Matthias, Andrew & Peter).

•Gertrude Mattson, born c. 1682, died after 1727 in Piles Grove, Salem Co.; married c. 1702 Lawrence Holstein, son of Matthias Claesson Holstein and Helena [?] Cock, and had 9 children (Maria, Matthias, Sarah, Catharine, Andrew, Susanna, John, Lawrence & Elisabeth).

•Brigitta Mattson, born c. 1686, died 6 Nov. 1726 at Repaupo Creek, Gloucester Co.; married c. 1706 Eric Steelman, son of Hans Månsson and Ella Stille, and had 7 children (Helena, Brigitta, Eric, Catharina, Maria, Hans & Charles).

•Maria Mattson, born c. 1690, died in Lower Penns Neck, Salem Co., after 1745; married William Philpot as his second wife, 27 February 1717, and had 6 children (Nicholas, Thomas, Mary, William, Joseph & Francis).

Source: http://www.colonialswedes.org/forefathers/Mattson.html