Early New Netherlands Settlers


Olaff <?> Tossa

11 June 2013

Generation 1 1. Olaff (William) <?> Tossa (Rn=52284). He married Gertrude <?> Peterson Tossa (Rn=52285). First Residence - - Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Source [The Ancestors and Descendants of Carlos White by David E White 1995 page 19] Source [The Descendants of Timothy Stidham by Jack Stidham 1989 page 35] Child of Olaff (William) <?> Tossa and Gertrude <?> Peterson was as follows: + 2. i. Annika <Olaf> Tossa Stedham/Skaggan/Van Culen (Rn=52277) and married Samuel <Erasmus> Stedham (Rn=52295). Generation 2 2. Annika <Olaf> Tossa Stedham/Skaggan/Van Culen (Rn=52277). She married first, 17 September 1719 Samuel <Erasmus> Stedham (Rn=52295), who was born about 1687 at Christina Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware and died before November 1722 at 35 years of age, a son of Erasmus <Tijmen> Stiddem (Rn=52406) and Margaret <Samuel> Petersson Stiddem/Jones (Rn=52403) and married second, 01 November 1722 Jonas <?> Skaggan (Rn=52287) and died February 1728 and married third, 13 November 1728 at Swedes Church, Christina, New Castle County, Delaware Reigner <Johan> Van Culen (Rn=52276) and died before March 1732, a son of Johan <?> Van Culen (Rn=52274) and Anna <Johan> Grelsson Van Culen (Rn=52275). First Residence - - Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Source [The Descendants of Timothy Stidham by Jack Stidham 1989 page 48] Source [The Ancestors and Descendants of Carlos White by David E White 1995 page 19, 20] Child of Samuel <Erasmus> Stedham and Annika <Olaf> Tossa was as follows: 3. i. Jacob <Samuel> Stedham was born 19 September 1720 and died before 1733). Children of Jonas <?> Skaggan and Annika <Olaf> Tossa were as follows: 4. i. Johan <Jonas> Skaggan was born 1723). 5. ii. Elizabeth <Jonas> Skaggan was born 1725). 6. iii. Jonas <Jonas> Skaggan was born 1727). Children of Reigner <Johan> Van Culen and Annika <Olaf> Tossa were as follows: + 7. i. Margaret <Reigner> Van Culen White (Rn=52289), who was born 04 December 1729 and married Carlos <David> White (Rn=52290). 8. ii. William <Reigner> Van Culen was born 15 March 1732 posthumous). Generation 3 7. Margaret <Reigner> Van Culen White (Rn=52289), who was born 04 December 1729 at Christina, New Castle County, Delaware and was baptized at Swedes Church, Christina, New Castle County, Delaware and died about 1800 at 70 years of age. She married 25 February 1753 at Swedes Church, Christina, New Castle County, Delaware Carlos <David> White (Rn=52290), who was born August 1727 and died before 1810 at Chatham County, North Carolina at 83 years of age, a son of David <Moses> White (Rn=52292) and Gierke <?> Cornelius White (Rn=52291). Baptized on 07 December 1729. Religion 1 - - Swedes Church, Christina, New Castle County, Delaware. First Residence - - Christina, New Castle County, Delaware. Source [The Ancestors and Descendants of Carlos White by David E White 1995 page 19] Children of Carlos <David> White and Margaret <Reigner> Van Culen were as follows: 9. i. Jesse <Carlos> White was born about 1753 and died about 1827) [Mary Elizabeth Van Cullen was born 1769 and died 1810)]. 10. ii. David <Carlos> White was born about 1754 and died 1771). 11. iii. Stephen <Carlos> White was born 25 March 1755 and died about 1829) [Mary Rushton was born 1770 and died 1838)]. 12. iv. John <Carlos> White was born about 1756 and died before 1784) [Mary Donaldson]. 13. v. Susannah <Carlos> White Brown was born about 1757 and died May 1824) {Benjamin was born 1756)}. 14. vi. Hannah <Carlos> White was born 26 November 1758 and died 6 September 1774). 15. vii. Ann <Carlos> White Andrews was born before 1760 and died about 1800) {Thomas <Thomas> was born about 1760 and died about 1846)}. 16. viii. Charity <Carlos> White Darby was born about 1764 and died 1824) {?}. 17. ix. Charles <Carlos> White was born about 1770 and died 1847) [Leah Rubottom was born about 1775 and died 1820)]. 18. x. Joseph <Carlos> White was born about 1778 and died 1840) [Elizabeth Self was born 1778 and died 1856).