Ericus Mathiæ Unander

Rev. Erik Unander, who arrived to Philadelphia on November 6, 1749, bringing a letter from the Consistory of Upsala to Pastor Naesman advising him to prepare for his return to Sweden, as another minister, to replace him, was only detained in Sweden on account of falling sick when the other ministers departed. This was a disappointment to Pastor Naesman, as he had thought that things would be alright now as his opponent Mr. Kock had lately died.

Eric Unander arrived to Philadelphia on November 6, 1749, to became the minister for the Finnish churches of Raccoon and Pennsneck, the services of Mr. Kalm were no longer required there. Mr. Unander also preached for the Finns at Maurice River and on the Timber Creek, during week-days. In June 1751, there arrived another minister, John Abraham Lidenius, to be assistant minister with the New Jersey congregations. Mr. Lidenius was a native of Raccoon, who was taken to Sweden in 1725 with his parents, the Rev. Abraham Lidenius and Maria, daughter of Van Naeman. He alternated with Unander in preaching in the settlements on the east side of the Delaware River, and also went to preach for the Finns in Morlatton at Manatawny ††. In November 1752, Mr. Lidenius by the desire of the people of Morlatton went to reside with them and in the following month became married there, to the daughter of the village tailor Ringberg. The Finnish church in Morlatton had been served for few years before this by the German Baron Muhlenberg, who was the minister of the German congregation of Falkner Swamp.

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†† "An extract from the "Reformed Church Record" of Jan. 24, 1907, published on page 134 of the "Pennsylvania German" magazine issued in March, 1907, records that in 1693 Swedish Lutheran church leaders in Pennsylvania petitioned officials in Sweden for two additional ministers for their flock. One of the appointees was Anders [sometimes "Andreas"] Rudman [e], who applied for and was granted 10,000 acres by William Penn in 1701, to be distributed among himself and his fellow Swedes who were willing to take up land in the remote region between the confluences of the Manatawny and "Manakesy" Creeks with the Schuylkill River. Mouns Jones was granted slightly less than 500 acres of this immense Penn grant in 1705, when he received his patent [essentially a Deed and confirmation of title], having "taken up" [occupied] the parcel in 1701 or 1702 and, by inference from Reverend Sandel's letter, having constructed his first dwelling there by 1704.

{e} Reverend Rudman's pastoral and diplomatic careers are detailed in "The Life and Influence of Andreas Rudman" by Ronald W. Oudinot in The Historical Review of Berks County, Volume XLIV, Number 2, Spring, 1979, starting at page 59." from https://hptbc.pastperfectonline.com/archive/6B279B39-39E5-4583-BEFB...

sources

• Early Clergy of Pennsylvania and Delaware By Samuel Fitch Hotchkin page 38
• for Lindenus see: https://www.wikiwand.com/sv/Trinity_Church_(Old_Swedes%27)
  • Efter dennes död 1713 tillträdde Abraham Lidenius som pastor.