Peter Smith

ID: I220 Name: Peter Smith Given Name: Peter Surname: Smith Sex: M Birth: 12 Oct 1720 in , New Castle, Delaware Christening: 14 Oct 1720 Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle, DE Death: 8 Jan 1748 in , New Castle, Delaware Burial: Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle, DE Note: UNPUBLISHED FAMILY HISTORY MSS: Tuttle, Dorothy G.; 344 Saunders St.; Murray, UT 84107; SMIDT/SMITT/SMITH/SMYTH FAMILY OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA; p. 3-4.

   "1.  PETER SMITH was born 12 Oct 1720 and baptized 14 Oct (pg 200 Records of Old Swedes Church)  Hans' name is Hans Jurgen Smith on the records. Sponsors were Herr Provost Erick Biork absent in Sweden in whose place answered the Provost and Past. in Christina Mr. Andreas Hessellius, Johan Gustaf's son (John Justis) and his wife Brita, Mrs. Maria Stalcop. Brita has been identified as a sister Maria who married John Justis 13 Nov 1704 & Mrs. Maria Stalcop is Maria Morton who married Maria's brother John Stalcop in 1711.  (Communicant Records Hold Trinity Church-Old Swedes Church).

   "Peter married ca 1745 in New Castle Co, DE, Elizabeth Van De Ver daughter of Philip & Elizabeth Van De Ver.  Elizabeth was born 3 Jan 1725.  Their marriage does not appear in the Old Swedes Church records but this footnote appears on pg 66 of the Communicant Records of Holy Trinity Church.  "The marriage of Peter, son of Hans George and Maria (Stalcop) Smith to Elizabeth, daughter of Phiip Vandever and his first wife, Elizabeth, is not recorded in the church books.  Their daughter, Mary, born 19 Jun 1746 bpt 22 Jun 1746 Sponsors:  Philip Van de Weer; Hans Smidt; Beata Hopman (wife of Philip Van der Weer); Mary Stalcop (wife of Hans Smidt) (Holy Trinity Records, Second book, pg 258 & pg 38 Vol 4 Delaware Genealogical Society Journal)  Mary is listed in the congregational census of 1752 living with her mother and her mother's sister, Susannah Vandever."

   "An early reading of Peter Smith's gravestone in the churchyard gives the date of his death as 8 Jan 1747/8 and his age being 27 years."

DEATH RECORD: ORIGINAL SETTLEMENTS ON THE DELAWARE(reprint of 1846 original); Ferris, Benjamin; Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore; 1987; p. 187; DP:L 975.102 F394H

    "In memory of Peter Smith, son of Hance & Mary Smith, who departed this life Jan'y 8, 1747/8, aged 27 years

            Death, thou hast conquered me,

            I by thy darts am slain,

            But Christ shall conquer thee,

            And I shall rise again."

    Assume that his parents paid for & erected the stone, as no mention is made of his wife & child

Pg 200 Records of Old Swedes Church-#908217- Birth; Pg 66 Communicant Records Holy Trinity Church-New Castle Co., Del-name of wife and death date. Pg 414 New Castle Co. Will Book G1

Pg 200 Records of Old Swedes Church-Hans Jurgen Smith & Maria's Child Peter born Oct 12 1720 and Bapt. Oct. 14 Sponsors Herr Provost Eric Biork absent in Sweden in whose place answered the Provost and Past in Christina Mr. Andreas Hessellius, Johan Gustaf's son and his wife Brita, Mrs. Maria Stalcop. GS#908217

 Pg 66 footnote 56 Delaware History-Communicant Records: Holy Trinity Church-The marriage of Peter, son of Hans George and Maria (Stalcop) Smith, to Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Vandever and his first wife, Elizabeth, is not recorded in the church books.  Their daughter, Mary, born June 19, 1746 (Holy Trinity Records, Second book, pg 258), is listed in the congregational census of 1752 as living in Wilmington with her mother and her mother's sister, Susannah Vandever.

 5 Apr 1743 wit: Andrew Stalcop will

 An early reading of Peter Smith's gravestone in the churchyard gives the date of his death as Jan. 8, 1747/8, his age being 27 years.

 The published abstract of Philip Vandever's will makes no reference to his bequest to his daughter Elizabeth, to whom he left three acres ofmarsh in addition to her share in his personal estate. (Cf. New Castle County Wills, Book Gl, p 414) Ancestral File #: 958K-T4 _UID: AF0B0F17ABA74DD6BCAF364C1526CBF63E06

Father: Hans Jurgen Smith b: 3 Nov 1696 in Falun, Dalarna, Kopparberg, Sweden Mother: Maria Stalcop b: 15 Mar 1697 in , New Castle, Delaware

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Van de Ver b: 3 Jan 1725 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware c: 3 Jan 1725 in Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle, DE Married: Abt 1745 in prob. Old Swedes, Wilmington, New Castle, DE Change Date: 23 Jun 2012 Children Has No Children Mary Smith b: 19 Jun 1746 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware

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