Brita Månssdotter

Brita Mansdotter (1639-1724) about 1655, probably at Fort Trinity in New Sweden. Brita is believed to be the daughter of Mans Andersson and wife Brita. Mans and Brita came to New Sweden in 1639 aboard the Kalmar Nyckel in the Second Swedish Expedition to New Sweden.

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Name: Bridget Mouncedatter Gender: Female Birth Date: 1625 Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse: John (Gustafson) Justis Children: Annika Justis; Hance Justis; John Justis

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p 36 of 1693 Census by Peter Craig 1993

p 36 of 1693 Census by Peter Craig 1993 probably dau of Mans Andersson

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A 1684 pledge list for the Sedish church

A 1684 pledge list for the Sedish church at Wicaco showed that BritaJOSTES contributed two bushels of wheat for the support of theminister. Holm's map of Pennsylvania, 1685, shows "widow Justice" asa property owner in Kingsessing. The 1693 tax list for Philadelphia shows " Widow EUSTASON" with property atKingsessing and her son Eusta EUSTASON living. The 1693 census ofSedes on the Delaware River, shows in the Wicaco (Philadelphia),congregation; Britta GUSTAFFSSON, Gostaff GOSTASSON, Mouns JUSTASSON and a Hans GOSTAFFSSON in the Crane Hook (Wilmington),congregation. In 1699 part of the family plantation was sold and Brita went to livewith her daughter Anna, who provided her a home until Brita was buriedat Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington on 22 august 1724. Per 1693 Census: daughter of freeman Mans Andersson, who had arrivedin New sweden on the Kalmar Nyckel in 1640. Brita's maiden name alsoknown as MANSDOTTER.

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A 1684 pledge list for the Swedish churc

A 1684 pledge list for the Swedish church at Wicaco showed that Brita JOSTESo bushels of wheat for the support of the minister. Holm's map of Pennsylvania, 1685,widow Justice" as a property owner in Kingsessing. The 1693 tax list for Philadelphias " Widow EUSTASON" with property at Kingsessing and her son Eusta EUSTASON3 census of Sedes on the Delaware River, shows in the Wicaco (Philadelphia),itta GUSTAFFSSON, Gostaff GOSTASSON, Mouns JUSTASSON and a Hans GOSTAFFSSON in the Crane Hook Wilmington), In 1699 part of the family plantation was sold and Brita went to live with her daughter, who provided her a home until Brita was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Wilmingtonugust 1724. Per 1693 Census: daughter of freeman Mans Andersson, who had arrived in Newmar Nyckel in 1640. Brita's maiden name also known as MANSDOTTER.

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!BURIAL: Holy Trinity Church.

!BURIAL: Holy Trinity Church.

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Life Sketch

A 1684 pledge list for the Swedish church at Wicaco showed that Brita JOSTESo bushels of wheat for the support of the minister. Holm's map of Pennsylvania, 1685,widow Justice" as a property owner in Kingsessing. The 1693 tax list for Philadelphias " Widow EUSTASON" with property at Kingsessing and her son Eusta EUSTASON3 census of Sedes on the Delaware River, shows in the Wicaco (Philadelphia),itta GUSTAFFSSON, Gostaff GOSTASSON, Mouns JUSTASSON and a Hans GOSTAFFSSON in the Crane Hook Wilmington), In 1699 part of the family plantation was sold and Brita went to live with her daughter, who provided her a home until Brita was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Wilmingtonugust 1724. Per 1693 Census: daughter of freeman Mans Andersson, who had arrived in Newmar Nyckel in 1640. Brita's maiden name also known as MANSDOTTER.

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Communicant Records, Holy Trinity Church

Communicant Records, Holy Trinity Church, p. 276 "The venerable widow Brita Justis and some of her children and grandchildren have so large a place in the records of Holy Trinity Church that it seems appropriate to include here brief notes on the family background: On Nov. 22, 1699, "Bridget Justis, the mother, and her seven sons, Justa, Mounce, Charles, Hance, John, Swan, and Andrew, all of Philadelphia County." conveyed to James Hunt part of a tract of land in Kingsessing, Philadelphia County, which had been granted by patent from the governor of New York on Mar. 10, 1670, to John Justis, deceased. (Exemplification Book 7, p. 428, City Hall, Philadelphia.) Since it is possible to establish the date of birth of the eldest son, Justa, as 1656 (cf. "Returns of Inhabitants and Lands Owned and Improved in Portions of Philadelphia County in 1684," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, VII, 107), and since neither he nor any of his brothers is listed in the 1693 census of the Swedish congregations as having been born in Sweden (cf. Israel Acrelius, A History of New Sweden, translated by William Reynolds [Philadelphia, 1874], p. 193), it seems quite certain that John Justis, the father, was the Johan Gustafsson from Kinekulle, Sweden, who came here on the "Swan" in 1643 and "served as soldier until 1653, when he probably became a freeman." (Johnson, Swedish Settlements, II, 714.) No relationship between John Justis and Jons (Juns, James) Justis of Salem County, NJ, also Swedish born, has been established. Extracts from now lost parish records of Gloria Dei (Wicaco) Church, Philadelphia, made by Rev. Dr. Nicholas Collin and found on a paper in his handwriting, include a subscription list, dated Aug. 10, 1684, containing the names of Brita Jostes, Josta Jostasson, and Mons Jostasson. (Pennsylvania Magazine,II, 342.) According to a census of the Wicaco congregation taken in 1697-98, Andrew, the youngest son, was born about 1681. The date of the father's death may therefore be determined with some exactness. "Brigitta (Brita), daughter of Mouns" (the only clue we have to her parentage) and six of her sons, Justa, Mounce, Charles, John, Swan, and Andrew, appear in the Wicaco census. Also enrolled is her daughter Annika, wife of Mathias Morton of "Tennicum Creek," Chester, now Delaware County, PA (Pennsylvania Magazine, II, 224-26.)

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