Måns Swensson Lom

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Although the surname of Lom died out by 1685, it is probable that Måns Svensson Lorn had more descendants than any other settler of New Sweden. He had nine children, fifty or more grandchildren and at least 250 great-grandchildren. When Andreas Rudman took his census of the Wicaco congregation in 1697, thirty percent (165) of them were Lom's descendants.

Nothing is yet known about Lom's personal history prior to 1641. As he came to America with the Stille brothers (Olof and Axel) it is probable that he was also from Roslagen. That was the reported birthplace of his eldest daughter.

Lom's name first appeared in New Sweden records on the passenger list of the Charitas, 3 May 1641, on the eve of that ship's departure from Stockholm on the first leg of its voyage to America. Listed right above the family of Olof Stille and the bachelor Axel Stifle was "Måns Svensson Lom, a tailor and formerly a lieutenant, who intends to begin agriculture in New Sweden. He has received 5 Riksdaler but otherwise no salary; he goes with his wife, two almost grown-up daughters and a little son.

Margaret Petersdotter STILLE [Parents] was born in 1604 in Rogberga, Jönköpings län, Sweden. She died in 1687 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married Måns Svensson LOM in 1626.

From Wayne Kuntze's Selected Families and Individuals, Notes:

http://www.waynekuntze.com/wk6mar201/pafn416.htm

26. Mans Svensson LOM was born ABT 1580 in Sweden, and died ABT 1653 in New Sweden, Pennsylvania.

27. Margaret Petersdotter STILLE was born 1607 in Sweden, and died 1687 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Children of Margaret Petersdotter STILLE and Mans Svensson LOM are:

• 1. i. Anna LOM. She married Gustaf DANIELSON ABT 1649. He was born ABT 1624 in Sweden, and died 1681 in Upland, Pennsylvania.
• 2. 13. ii. Margaret LOM was born 1626 in Roslagen, Sweden, and died 12 FEB 1703 in Philadephia, Pennsylvania. She married Peter Larrson COCK 1643 in New Sweden, son of Lars PETERSSON. He was born 1610 in Bangsta, Turinge parish, Stockholm, Sweden, and died 10 NOV 1687 in his island "Kipha".
• 3. iii. Sven Miansson LOM was born ABT 1630 in Sweden, and died ABT 1685.
• 4. iv. Catherine LOM was born ABT 1635 in near Stockholm, Sweden, and died 19 AUG 1720 in Gloria Dei, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married John WHEELER ABT 1651. He was born ABT 1632 in Moyamensing, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died ABT 1677. She married Sven SVENSSON ABT 1659 in New Jersey, son of Sven GUNNARSSON. He was born 1632 in Sweden, and died BEF 6 OCT 1696.
• 5. v. Beata LOM was born ABT 1646 in New Sweden, Pennsylvania, and died APR 1689. She married Lars Carlson LOCK JAN 1662 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was born 1604 in Sweden, and died SEP 1688 in Old Swedes Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
• 6. vi. Christina LOM was born ABT 1646 in Sweden. She married Marten GARRETTSSON ABT 1663. He was born ABT 1642, and died 1680.
• 7. vii. Peter Mansson LOM was born ABT 1648 in Sweden, and died JAN 1677 in Cecil County, Maryland. He married Helene SVENSDOTTER 1673, daughter of Sven GUNNARSSON. She was born ABT 1652 in New Sweden, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• 8. viii. Helena LOM was born 1650 in Sweden, and died 3 JAN 1720 in Gloucester County, New Jersey. She married Michael Nilsson LYCON 1670, son of Nils LYCON. He was born 1644 in Sweden, and died 17 APR 1703 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
• 9. ix. Mary Anderson LOM was born ABT 1652 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died BEF 1701. She married John Dalbo MATTSON ABT 1671 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, son of Matts HANSSON and Elizabeth MATTSSON. He was born ABT 1645 in Mantua Creek, Gloucester County, New Jersey, and died 1701 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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Mans Swensson Lom (Svensson Lom), freeman, had been a lieutenant before and came over on the "Charitas" in 1641. ("The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1638-1664, Vol. II", by Amandus Johnson, page 712.

In New Sweden, he became one of the first settlers of present Delaware County, where he settled with the Stille brothers on a tract called "Techoherassi" by the Indians. This was at present Eddystone, located on the Delaware River between Olof Stille's Creek (now Ridley Creek) and Crum Creek.

Although the surname of Lom died out by 1685, it is probable that Måns Svensson Lorn had more descendants than any other settler of New Sweden. He had nine children, fifty or more grandchildren and at least 250 great-grandchildren. When Andreas Rudman took his census of the Wicaco congregation in 1697, thirty percent (165) of them were Lom's descendants.

Nothing is yet known about Lom's personal history prior to 1641. As he came to America with the Stille brothers (Olof and Axel) it is probable that he was also from Roslagen. That was the reported birthplace of his eldest daughter. The name of his wife is not found in any surviving record. Based on Swedish naming patterns, her name was probably Anna Petersdotter and it seems likely that she was the sister of Olof and Axel Stille, sons of Peter Stille of Roslagen.

Måns Svensson (the son of Sven) used the surname of Lom, pronounced "Loom" in Swedish and sometimes spelled that way. It means "loon" or "diver" and is typical of the kind of name assigned to a Swedish seaman.

Lom's name first appeared in New Sweden records on the passenger list of the Charitas, 3 May 1641, on the eve of that ship's departure from Stockholm on the first leg of its voyage to America. Listed right above the family of Olof Stille and the bachelor Axel Stifle was "Måns Svensson Lom, a tailor and formerly a lieutenant, who intends to begin agriculture in New Sweden. He has received 5 Riksdaler but otherwise no salary; he goes with his wife, two almost grown-up daughters and a little son."

In New Sweden, he became one of the first settlers of present Delaware County, where he settled with the Stille brothers on a tract called "Techoherassi" by the Indians. This was at present Eddystone, located on the Delaware River between Olof Stille's Creek (now Ridley Creek) and Crum Creek.

On 6 October 1646, during the war of words between Governor Johan Printz and the Dutch, Olof Stille and Måns Svensson Lom delivered one of the Governor's ultimatums to Andries Hudde, the Dutch commander at Fort Nassau. The account book of Hendrick Huygen, New Sweden's commissary, dated I March 1648, showed that Måns Svensson owed the New Sweden Company 274.17 guilders for his purchases from the company store.

Måns Svensson Lom probably died in 1653. On 27 July 1653, his two sons-in-law Peter Larsson Cock and John Wheeler and Olof and Axel Stille were among the 22 freemen submitting a petition of grievances to Governor Printz. Lom's name was conspicuous in its absence. On 9 June 1654, after the arrival of Governor Johan Risinor "Måns Lom's widow" was listed among the "old freemen" pledging allegiance to the new governor. Måns Svensson Lom, Forgotten Forefather, and his Seven Daughters

By Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig Fellow, American Society of Genealogists Fellow, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Historian, Swedish Colonial Society

Originally published in Swedish Colonial News, Volume 1, Number 12 (Fall 1995)

Although the surname of Lom died out by 1685, it is probable that Måns Svensson Lorn had more descendants than any other settler of New Sweden. He had nine children, fifty or more grandchildren and at least 250 great-grandchildren. When Andreas Rudman took his census of the Wicaco congregation in 1697, thirty percent (165) of them were Lom's descendants.

Nothing is yet known about Lom's personal history prior to 1641. As he came to America with the Stille brothers (Olof and Axel) it is probable that he was also from Roslagen. That was the reported birthplace of his eldest daughter. The name of his wife is not found in any surviving record. Based on Swedish naming patterns, her name was probably Anna Petersdotter and it seems likely that she was the sister of Olof and Axel Stille, sons of Peter Stille of Roslagen.

Måns Svensson (the son of Sven) used the surname of Lom, pronounced "Loom" in Swedish and sometimes spelled that way. It means "loon" or "diver" and is typical of the kind of name assigned to a Swedish seaman.

Lom's name first appeared in New Sweden records on the passenger list of the Charitas, 3 May 1641, on the eve of that ship's departure from Stockholm on the first leg of its voyage to America. Listed right above the family of Olof Stille and the bachelor Axel Stifle was "Måns Svensson Lom, a tailor and formerly a lieutenant, who intends to begin agriculture in New Sweden. He has received 5 Riksdaler but otherwise no salary; he goes with his wife, two almost grown-up daughters and a little son."

In New Sweden, he became one of the first settlers of present Delaware County, where he settled with the Stille brothers on a tract called "Techoherassi" by the Indians. This was at present Eddystone, located on the Delaware River between Olof Stille's Creek (now Ridley Creek) and Crum Creek.

On 6 October 1646, during the war of words between Governor Johan Printz and the Dutch, Olof Stille and Måns Svensson Lom delivered one of the Governor's ultimatums to Andries Hudde, the Dutch commander at Fort Nassau. The account book of Hendrick Huygen, New Sweden's commissary, dated I March 1648, showed that Måns Svensson owed the New Sweden Company 274.17 guilders for his purchases from the company store.

Måns Svensson Lom probably died in 1653. On 27 July 1653, his two sons-in-law Peter Larsson Cock and John Wheeler and Olof and Axel Stille were among the 22 freemen submitting a petition of grievances to Governor Printz. Lom's name was conspicuous in its absence. On 9 June 1654, after the arrival of Governor Johan Risinor "Måns Lom's widow" was listed among the "old freemen" pledging allegiance to the new governor.

Arriving on the Eagle with Governor Rising, was Lars Andersson Collinus, a "münster" (minister's) scribe, who soon married Måns Lom's widow. In 1664, Olof Stille's family and the Lom family (with its new father-in-law) moved to Moyamensing on the Delaware River in present South Philadelphia. "Lasse" Andersson later became a justice on the Upland Court. After the creation of Pennsylvania, Lasse Andersson was "naturalized" by William Penn and joined other "antient Sweeds" in signing a deposition (for use against Lord Baltimore) establishing that the Swedes were the first permanent settlers in Delaware, which Baltimore claimed belonged to Maryland. The will of Lars Andersson Collinus, dated 17 July 1689, left his Moyamensing plantation to Michael Nilsson Laican and Andrew Wheeler, who were, respectively, a son-in-law and grandson of Måns Lom.

It is unknown when Lom's wife died. However, she was the mother of nine children:

1. Margaret Lom, born in 1626 in Roslagen, was buried by pastor Andreas Sandel 13 Feb. 1703 at the age of 76. She married Peter Larsson Cock and lived at Peter Cock's (later Province) Island. They had 13 children:

Lars ("Lasse") Cock, born 21 March 1646, died October 1699 at Passyunk; married Lydia Ashman; 13 children. child (Måns?), born 1648, died young. Erick Cock, born c. 1650, died 1701 in Gloucester County; married Elisabeth Olofsdotter Philipson, 9 children. Anna Cock, born c. 1652, died in Upper Merion Township; married Gunnar Rambo, 9 children. Måns Cock, born c. 1654, died c. 1721, Gloucester County; married Gunilla Jonasdotter Nilsson, 7 children. John Cock, born 1656, died 1716, St. Georges Creek, New Castle County; married Brigitta Nilsdotter Friend, 9 children. Peter Cock, born 1658, died 1708, Passyunk; married Helena Israelsdotter Helm, 9 children. Magdalena Cock, born 1659, died after 1723 in Kingsessing; married Anders Petersson Longacre. 10 children. Maria Cock. born 1661, died after 1717 in Passyunk; married Anders Rambo, 6 children. Gabriel Cock, born 1663, died after 1714 in New Castle County; married Maria Nilsdotter Friend, 7 or more children. Brigitta Cock. born 1665, died 1726 in Gloucester County; married John Rambo, I I children. Margaret Cock, born 1667, died 1701 in Kingsessing; married Robert Longshore and Thomas Jenner, 3 children. Catharine Cock, born 1669, died 1748 in Moyamensing; married Bengt Bengtsson, 4 or more children. 2. Catharine Lom, born in Roslagen c. 1628, married John Wheeler, an Englishman, who lived in the New Sweden colony. After the 1653 protest to Printz, they moved to Swanwyck, near the Dutch Fort Casimir (New Castle), and by 1658 had moved to the Sassafras River in Cecil County, Maryland. Catharine died before 1674 when John Wheeler's second wife Mary renounced any interest in his property. Catharine had four known children:

Samuel Wheeler, born c. 1650, who remained in Cecil County on his father's "Roundstone" plantation; never married. John Wheeler, born c. 1654, sold his father's 'Wheelers Point' plantation in Cecil County to his brother-in-law Nicholas Allum in 1677, intending to move to land acquired by his "grandfather" Lars Andersson in Blockley Township, Philadelphia County. However, he returned to Cecil County to live at "Roundstone," married Elizabeth and died in 1698, survived by 3 daughters. Anna Wheeler, born c. 1656, married Nicholas Allum; I daughter. Anders Wheeler, born c. 1660, moved as a young man to the Blockley Township land acquired by Lars Andersson. After inheriting part of Moyamensing from Andersson, he sold the Blockley Township lands to his cousins, the Gertsson brothers. Married Catharine Andersdotter Svensson and Anna Maria Georgen (Urian), 7 children. 3. Peter Månsson, born in Roslagen c. 1638, never used his father's surname. He married a daughter (name unknown) of Sven Gunnarsson and in 1673 was shown as a one-third owner of the Bought on the Delaware in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County. He surrendered this interest to Marcus Laurens and moved to Cecil County, where he died in 1677, survived by one child:

Anders Petersson. Sven Svensson, Peter Månsson's brother-in-law, attempted, without success, to be his guardian. Anders appears to have died in his minority in Cecil County, without issue. 4. Anna Lorn, born at sea in 1641, married Giösta Danielsson, who arrived, in New Sweden in 1654 as a tailor and soldier. They lived at Upland (Chester), where Danielsson died intestate in 1681, survived by three daughters:

Margaret Danielsson, baptized in 1658 at the Dutch Church in New Amsterdam (New York), died in 1697 in Gloucester County; married Casper Fish in 1675, 8 children. Brigitta Danielsson, born c. 1660, died c. 1685 in Gloucester County; became 2d wife of Marcus Laurens, a Holsteiner [progenitor of the Swedish Hulings], 2 children. Maria Danielsson, born 1663, died 1699 at Tacony, Philadelphia County; married Nils Ollesson Gdstenberg, 8 children. 5. Beata Lom, born 1643, reported to be the first girl born in New Sweden, died at Upland in the spring of 1689. In January 1662 she became the second wife of Pastor Lars Carlsson Lock, who came to New Sweden in 1648. Their children:

Anders Lock, born c. 1663, died 1716 in Gloucester County; married Christina Fish, sister of Casper Fish and widow of Hans Petersson, 6 children. Måns, Lock, born c. 1665, died c. 1698 in Gloucester County; unmarried. Catharine Lock, born c. 1668, died 1720 in Gloucester County; married John Jonasson [Nilsson], 5 daughters. John Lock, born c. 1670, died 1720 in Gloucester County; married Catharine Hoffman, 4 children. Peter Lock, born c. 1673, died 1731 in Gloucester County; married Maria, 9 children. Maria Lock, born c. 1675, had illegitimate child by Hermanus Helm; not further traced. Gustaf Lock, born c. 1680, died 1742 in Gloucester County; married Magdalena Hoffman, 8 children. Another daughter (not identified) who told Peter Kalm in 1748 that her mother Beata Lom was thc first girl born in New Sweden. 6. Christina Lom, born c. 1645, married Mårten Gertsson of Christina Creek c. 1663. She died after 1678. After her husband drowned out of his canoe in 1680, Lars Andersson Collinus and Sven Månsson Lom were named administrators of his estate. Her children:

Gertrude Gertsson, born 1664, died 1744 in Moyamensing; married John Stille, son of Olof Stille, 12 children. Armegot Gertsson, born 1664, died 1755 in Blockley Township, married Johan Skute, son of Captain Sven Skute, 3 children. Gerrit Gertsson [later Garrett], born c. 1672, died 1732 in Blockley Township, married (1st) Magdalena, (2nd) his cousin Regina Huling, daughter of Marcus Laurens, 8 children. Mårten Gertsson [later Garrett], born 1675, died 1751 in Blockley Township; married Brita Jonasdotter Nilsson, 5 children. 7. Sven Månsson Lom, born c. 1648, died c. 1685 in Blockley Township; name of wife unknown, one child named in step-father's will:

Utro (Gertrude?) Lom; no further record. 8. Helena Lom, born 1650, died 1720 in Gloucester County. She married Michael Nilsson Laican in 1670. Initially they lived at the Bought on land later occupied by her brother Peter Månsson. Then they moved to Shackamaxon to share land with her nephew, Lasse Cock. Michael Laican stayed in Shackamaxon after inheriting land at Moyamensing from. Lars Andersson Collinus. He moved in 1699 to Gloucester County, where he died in 1704. They had 10 children:

Catharine Laican, born 1671, who married Lawrence Huling, eldest son of Marcus Laurens, 2 sons. Anna Laican, born 1673, died in Upper Merion Township; married her cousin John Gunnarsson Rambo, 7 children. Gertrude Laican, born 1675, died c. 1721 in Gloucester County; married her cousin Peter Ericksson Cock, 8 children. Nils Laican, born 1677, died 1733 in Gloucester County; married cousin Susannah Fish, no children. Måns Laican, born 1679, died 1728 in Gloucester County; married Maria, 2 children. Anders Laican, born 1682, died 1733 in Gloucester County; never married. Christina Laican, born 1684, died in Gloucester County; married cousin Elias Fish, 6 children. Michael Laican, born 1686, died after 1740 in Gloucester County; married Anna Hoffman, 10 children. Helena Laican, born 1689, died in Gloucester County; married cousin Casper Fish, Jr., 7 children. Zacharias Laican, born 1696, died 1733 in Gloucester County; never married. 9. Maria Lom, born c. 1652, married John Mattsson, son of Matthias Hanson c. 1672. After living at Moyamensing for 12 years, they moved to Gloucester County where Mattsson died in 1701. Aside from caring for the younger children of Lars and Beata Lock after their deaths, John and Maria Mattsson had at least seven children of their own:

Matthias Mattsson, born c. 1673, died 1700 in Gloucester County; unmarried. Anna Mattsson, born c. 1674, died 1721 in Gloucester County; married Stephen Jones, son of Anders Jonsson Ekoren, 6 children. Måns Mattsson, born c. 1670, died c. 1705 in Gloucester County; married Elisabeth, I child. Gertrude Mattsson, born c. 1678; husband and children (if any) unknown. Anders Mattsson, born c. 1680, died 1734 in Gloucester County; married Maria Van Culen, 5 children. Maria Mattsson, married in 1717 William Philpot of Salem County, 7 children. One or two other daughters not identified. The "forgotten forefather" Måns Svensson Lom left quite a family!

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