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Mary Shipe

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			Mary Shipe
			birt: deat: John Burns marr: 17 MAY 1791 plac: Augusta Co., Virginia birt: deat:

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Henry Penninger

< Susannah Penninger birt: deat: marr: 12 DEC 1792 plac: Pendleton Co., (W) Virginia
			Henry Penninger
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Hans Mansson

< James Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1660 plac: Pennsylvania / Delaware deat: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey marr: ABT 1688 < John Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1655 deat: 1749 plac: Adams County, Pennsylvania marr: < Peter Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1670 deat: marr: < Christiern Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1670 deat: marr: < Charles Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1679 deat: marr: < Eric Hansson Steelman birt: 1681 deat: 1731 marr:
			Hans Mansson
			birt: ABT 1618 plac: Shara Vastorgotland, Sweden deat: ABT 1691 Ella Olofsdotter Stille marr: ABT 1654 birt: 1635 plac: Roslagen, Upland, Sweden deat: 22 JAN 1718 plac: Gloucester County, New Jersey

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In the autumn of 1640, a young trooper called Hans M�nsson from Hanaskede, Skaraborg I�n, Sweden, entered the Crown's garden at the monastery in Varnhem "and there ruined six of the best apple trees and two of the best cherry trees in order to obtain material for some mane combs." At his sentencing on 31 May 1641 he was given the choice of being sent to New Sweden with his wife and children or of going to the gallows. Born about 1612, Hans M�nsson was not yet 30 years old when he departed from G�teborg on either the Kalmar Nyckel or the Charitas in July 1641. It is probable that his wife and children accompanied him, although no later reference to them has been found. Arriving in New Sweden in November, Hans served for at least five years as a convict laborer before gaining his freedom. He then settled on a tract of land on the west side of the Delaware known as Aronameck with Peter Jochimsson, a former Swedish soldier who married Ella Stille, daughter of Olof Stille. In 1653 Hans M�nsson joined Peter Jochimsson and 20 other freemen in signing a petition to Governor Printz raising objections to the harshness of his rule. Printz labeled the petition a "mutiny" and then abruptly returned to Sweden. When Governor Rising arrived in 1654 to assume command, both Hans and Peter joined other freemen in pledging their allegiance. Peter Jochimsson then agreed to go to New Amsterdam to deliver a letter of friendship from Rising to Governor Stuyvesant and to bring back the Dutch governor's reply. However, Peter became in in Manhattan and died there in the summer of 1654, leaving the young widow Ella and their two infant children, Peter and Elizabeth. Hans M�nsson, then 42, married Ella Stille, then 20, and started his second family. Hans M�nsson became a respected leader of the up-river Swedes living within the jurisdiction of the "Swedish Nation," later known as the Upland Court. He succeeded Sven Skute as captain of the militia and served as spokesman for settlers in his area who in 1660 successfully opposed Stuyvesant's plan for them to move to a single, fortified village. His 1100-acre plantation fronted on the Schuylkill between present Woodlands Cemetery and about 60th Street and extended westward as far as Cobb's Creek. In the mid-1670s, Hans M�nsson also became the first white settler on Pennsauken Creek in present Burlington County. He moved permanently to this site by 1681 when he sold his Aronameck plantation to his stepson, Peter Petersson Yocum. Hans returned to Pennsylvania on occasion. On 25 June 1684, at the request of William Penn, Hans M�nsson, aged "72 years or thereabouts," joined Peter Cock, 74, and Peter Rambo, 72, in signing an affidavit relating facts designed to show that Lord Baltimore recognized the right of New Sweden to occupy lands on the Delaware. Hans M�nsson died at Senamensing, Burlington County, about 1691. In the following year his property was taxed to "Widow Hance." By 1693 Hans M�nsson's widow and his six sons (known as Hansson, or son of Hans) adopted the surname of Steelman, undoubtedly derived from her maiden name of Stille. Old Ella Steelman, born in Sweden, was buried in Gloucester County, NJ, 22 Jan. 1718, at the age of 83. =============== Hans Mansson and Ella Stille resided at Aronameck plantation, located on the south bank of the Schuykill River, in present day Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1672, Hans Mansson was designated as captain and commander of the first militia organized in Philadelphia. In the mid-1670's the family moved across the Delaware River to what is now New Jersey. Hans Mansson died around 1691. His wife, Ella, lived until January of 1718, when she died at age 83. Ella Stille is buried at the Old Swedes Church in Swedesboro, New Jersey. The only tangible reminder that we have of Hans Mansson and Ella Stille are the marks that Hans Mansson made on two affidavits given on January 11, 1683 and June 25, 1684. These statements were used by William Penn before the Lords of Trade, in London, England, in September of 1685 to successfully defend a claim on a portion of Pennsylvania by Lord Baltimore.

Ella Olofsdotter Stille

< James Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1660 plac: Pennsylvania / Delaware deat: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey marr: ABT 1688 < John Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1655 deat: 1749 plac: Adams County, Pennsylvania marr: < Peter Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1670 deat: marr: < Christiern Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1670 deat: marr: < Charles Hansson Steelman birt: ABT 1679 deat: marr: < Eric Hansson Steelman birt: 1681 deat: 1731 marr:
		Peterson Olaf Stille
		birt: 1610 plac: Stockholm, Sweden deat: 1684 plac: Delaware
	Ella Olofsdotter Stille
	birt: 1635 plac: Roslagen, Upland, Sweden deat: 22 JAN 1718 plac: Gloucester County, New Jersey Hans Mansson marr: ABT 1654 birt: ABT 1618 plac: Shara Vastorgotland, Sweden deat: ABT 1691 Peter Jochimsson marr: birt: deat: 1654 plac: New Amsterdam

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On November 7, 1641, the ships Kalmar Nyckel and Charitas anchored in front of Fort Christina on the Delaware River, in New Sweden. Among the passengers on these ships was a 29-year-old soldier named Hans Mansson, and a 7 year old girl named Ella Stille. They had completed a six-months journey across the Atlantic Ocean from Sweden to become colonists in America. By 1652, Ella Stille had married Peter Jochimsson, A German soldier, and friend of Hans Mansson. Peter Jochimsson died in 1654 while on a diplomatic misson to New Amsterdam, and Hans Mansson married the young widow. Hans Mansson and Ella Stille became the founders of the Steelman family in North America. The surname of Steelman was adopted by their five sons following the death of Hans Mansson, abt 1691. The Swedish practice of the sons bearing the first name of their father (for instance Hans Mansson was Hans the son of Mans) was no longer practical in a society that was dominated by the English. The name of Steelman was a combination of Stille and Mans. Most feel upon the death of Hans, Ella combined her name Stille with the first part of Hans last name Man to form Stilleman which later became Steelman. There is one reference after his death that mentions Ella as "mother of the Steelmans now.", which some view as an indication that the family name changed at this point.

James Hansson Steelman

Hance Steelman birt: deat: James Steelman birt: deat: Elias Steelman birt: deat: Mary Steelman birt: deat: < Andrew Steelman birt: 1691 deat: 5 FEB 1735 marr: BEF 1714 Susanna Steelman birt: 1691 deat: John Steelman birt: 7 JAN 1692 deat: 1775
		Hans Mansson
		birt: ABT 1618 plac: Shara Vastorgotland, Sweden deat: ABT 1691 marr: ABT 1654
	James Hansson Steelman
	birt: ABT 1660 plac: Pennsylvania / Delaware deat: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey Susannah Toy marr: ABT 1688 birt: ABT 1672 deat: BEF 1708 plac: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey
			Peterson Olaf Stille
			birt: 1610 plac: Stockholm, Sweden deat: 1684 plac: Delaware
		Ella Olofsdotter Stille
		birt: 1635 plac: Roslagen, Upland, Sweden deat: 22 JAN 1718 plac: Gloucester County, New Jersey marr: ABT 1654 marr:

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James Steelman, 1st, was a Swede, who, before 1690, had identified himself with the colony of Swedes, in New Castle, Delaware. He located land in this county in 1694 or 1695, and owned large tracts, also many head of cattle. He was a member of the Gloria Dei, Old Swede's Church, of Philadelphia, and his children, Andrew and Susannah, are also mentioned in the records of that church:. James afterward m. Katherine Ouster, June 3, 1730. He owned a considerable portion of the southwest end of Absequam beach, which he bought of Thomas Budd. James died in 1734.

Susannah Toy

Hance Steelman birt: deat: James Steelman birt: deat: Elias Steelman birt: deat: Mary Steelman birt: deat: < Andrew Steelman birt: 1691 deat: 5 FEB 1735 marr: BEF 1714 Susanna Steelman birt: 1691 deat: John Steelman birt: 7 JAN 1692 deat: 1775
		Christian Toy
		birt: deat: marr:
	Susannah Toy
	birt: ABT 1672 deat: BEF 1708 plac: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey James Hansson Steelman marr: ABT 1688 birt: ABT 1660 plac: Pennsylvania / Delaware deat: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey

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Andrew Steelman


			Hans Mansson
			birt: ABT 1618 plac: Shara Vastorgotland, Sweden deat: ABT 1691 marr: ABT 1654
		James Hansson Steelman
		birt: ABT 1660 plac: Pennsylvania / Delaware deat: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey marr: ABT 1688
			Ella Olofsdotter Stille
			birt: 1635 plac: Roslagen, Upland, Sweden deat: 22 JAN 1718 plac: Gloucester County, New Jersey marr: ABT 1654 marr:
	Andrew Steelman
	birt: 1691 deat: 5 FEB 1735 marr: BEF 1714
			Christian Toy
			birt: deat: marr:
		Susannah Toy
		birt: ABT 1672 deat: BEF 1708 plac: Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., New Jersey marr: ABT 1688
Andrew Steelman
birt: deat:
	Judith Olson
	birt: 1695 deat: 2 MAR 1750 marr: BEF 1714

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Peter Jochimsson


			Peter Jochimsson
			birt: deat: 1654 plac: New Amsterdam Ella Olofsdotter Stille marr: birt: 1635 plac: Roslagen, Upland, Sweden deat: 22 JAN 1718 plac: Gloucester County, New Jersey

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John Hansson Steelman


	Hans Mansson
	birt: ABT 1618 plac: Shara Vastorgotland, Sweden deat: ABT 1691 marr: ABT 1654
John Hansson Steelman
birt: ABT 1655 deat: 1749 plac: Adams County, Pennsylvania Maria Stalcop marr: birt: deat:
		Peterson Olaf Stille
		birt: 1610 plac: Stockholm, Sweden deat: 1684 plac: Delaware
	Ella Olofsdotter Stille
	birt: 1635 plac: Roslagen, Upland, Sweden deat: 22 JAN 1718 plac: Gloucester County, New Jersey marr: ABT 1654 marr:

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John Hansson Steelman, born 1655, moved to New Castle County by 1687 and married Maria, daughter of John Andersson Stalcop. Moving to Cecil County, MD, by 1693 he became an Indian trader and died in present Adams County, PA, in 1749. He had at least two sons, possibly more.

Peter Hansson Steelman


	Hans Mansson
	birt: ABT 1618 plac: Shara Vastorgotland, Sweden deat: ABT 1691 marr: ABT 1654
Peter Hansson Steelman
birt: ABT 1670 deat: Gertrude Keen marr: birt: deat:
		Peterson Olaf Stille
		birt: 1610 plac: Stockholm, Sweden deat: 1684 plac: Delaware
	Ella Olofsdotter Stille
	birt: 1635 plac: Roslagen, Upland, Sweden deat: 22 JAN 1718 plac: Gloucester County, New Jersey marr: ABT 1654 marr:

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Peter Hansson Steelman, born c. 1674, married Gertrude Keen, daughter of Hans Keen, c. 1695. He, too, acquired lands in the Atlantic City area, where he died after 1737, survived by five sons and two known daughters.