Peter Stalcop

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Also called Pietter Stalcop. Peter Johansson Stalcop was born circa 1664 at Christiana Creek, New Castle County, Delaware.3,4,2 He was the son of Gunner Johan Andersson Stalcop and Christina Carlsdotter. Peter Johansson Stalcop witnessed the will of Gunner Johan Andersson Stalcop on 29 August 1679; His will made bequests to his wife, Christina Carlsdotter, and seven children.5 Peter Johansson Stalcop married Catharina Samuelsdotter, daughter of Samuel Petersson and Brita Jönsdotter, circa 1683 at Fort Christina, New Castle County, Delaware; Her 1st.4 Peter Johansson Stalcop settled on the east side of Red Clay Creek between 1683 and 1693 at Christina Hundred, Delaware.

In 1693, Peter Johansson Stalcop was Head of Household on the census at Red Clay Creek, Christina Hundred, Delaware, Details provided: A member of the Crane Hook Congregation. Property valued at £100..2

He was assigned a pew, and recognized as a founding member, at the Holy Trinity Church, with his wife Catharina and noted as from West of Brandywine Creek, on 24 June 1699 at Fort Christina (now Wilmington), Delaware.6 He left a will on 3 September 1709.2 He operated a large plantation on Red Clay Creek before 1710.4 He died on 10 April 1710 at New Castle County, Delaware. Survived by six children.4 His estate was probated on 16 May 1710.2

Citations

1. [S41] ., Jones, E. E., pg. 18.

2. [S428] J.D. Peter Stebbins Craig, Census 1693 (of Swedes), #150.

3. [S229] International Genealogical Index (IGI), batch # 8113801, source call # 1260891, sheet # 4.

4. [S339] Larry S. Stallcup, "J. A. Stålcop".

5. [S428] J.D. Peter Stebbins Craig, Census 1693 (of Swedes), pg. 91.

6. [S1201] Dr. Peter S. Craig, "Founding Members".

Excerpt from Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, "Samuel Petersson of Christina and His Descendants," Swedish Colonial News,' Volume 3, Number 6 (Spring 2007):

2. Catharina Peterson, born c. 1665, was married by 1685 to Peter Stalcop, born c. 1664, the son
of Johan Andersson Stalcop and Christina Carlsdotter. Peter Stalcop owned extensive lands on Red
Clay Creek. He pledged £7 for construction of Holy Trinity Church, helped in its construction for
14 days, furnished horses for two days and lathe for the plastering. On 24 June 1699 he and his
wife were assigned pews. Peter’s will, dated 3 September 1709 and proved 16 May 1710, named
his wife Catharina and his son-in-law pastor Ericus Björk co-executors, to be joined by his son
John when he came of age. Soon after 26 September 1711, his widow Catharina became the
second wife of Lucas Stedham, Sr., who had eight children by his first wife. There were no
children by her second marriage. Lucas Stedham, Sr., was buried 8 December 1726. Karin
(Catharina) last took communion on 6 June 1731.

By her first marriage, Catharina had six children who grew to adulthood:

Christina Stalcop, born 19 April 1686, married Ericus Björk, the first pastor of Holy Trinity
Church, 6 October 1702. Initially, pending completion of a parsonage, they were provided
with a house on her father’s Red Clay Creek property. It would be several years before the
parsonage was completed. In 1714, when Björk was recalled to assume the pastorate at
Falun, Sweden, Christina left America with her husband and five young children (Tobias,
Magdalena, Catharina, Christina and Maria). She died in Falun on 16 March 1720. Another
son, Peter Björk, had died 10 September 1710 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church. More
children were born in Sweden, including Sarah and Brita.

Brita Stalcop, born c. 1686, married John Justis, son of Johan Giöstason of Kingsessing, 13
November 1704. As a wedding present, Peter Stalcop gave him 105 acres of his Red Clay
Creek plantation. John and Brita Justis sold this land in 1728 to his cousin Jonas Walraven,
and acquired 100 acres at “Cold Harbor,” on the north side of Christina Creek. He then
subdivided this property to create the town called Newport. Brita died in the spring of 1737.
Brita and John Justis had four known children, all of whom died in childhood.

John Stalcop, born c. 1692, married Maria Morton (daughter of Matthias Morton and
Annika Justis of Ammansland, Ridley Township) by 1711. He inherited his father’s
plantation on Red Clay Creek, who died of a heart attack, 24 June 1751. They had ten
children born between 1712 and 1737.

Maria Stalcop, born 15 March 1696, married John Corneliusson Van der Veer, 14 January
1714. She accompanied her sister Christina to Sweden, where, after Van der Veer’s death,
she married Hans Georgen Schmidt c. 1719. After her sister’s death, the Schmidts returned
to New Castle County. Maria’s daughter Catharina Van der Veer, born in Sweden, returned
to America and on 4 November 1738 married Simon Johnson in Cecil County, Maryland.
Maria had eight more children by her second husband. Maria was buried 19 November 1750.
She was then 54 years and 10 months old. Hans Georgen Schmidt (Smith) died of
tuberculosis and was buried 27 December 1753.

Andrew Stalcop, born c. 1699-1700, married Christina Peterson, 7 May 1725, at the
Swedes’ church in Penns Neck. They had a son John, born in Salem County on 15 Dec.
1730. In 1738, Andrew moved back to Newport, Delaware, but by 1750 he and his son John
were residing in Cecil County, Maryland.

Margareta Stalcop, born c. 1703, married John Morton (son of Matthias Morton of
Ammansland, Ridley Township) on 11 November 1725. They lived on a large 436-acre tract
south of Christina Creek which John Morton and his brother Matthias had purchased from
Ebenezer Empson on 18 November 1724. They had five children. Margareta was buried 12
May 1741. Her husband John Morton wrote his will on 20 April 1742, devising his land to
his two surviving sons, Matthias and Peter Morton.