Peter Anderson (abt. 1706 - aft. 1787)

Born about 1706 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Kerstin Elizabeth (Derickson) Andersson — married 5 Oct 1728 (to Oct 1738) in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware

Husband of Catharina (Lyman) Anderson — married 10 Jan 1739 in New Castle County, Delaware

Descendants

Died after 26 Feb 1787 after about age 81 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Peter Anderson served with 1776 Project Needs Additional Sources during the American Revolution.

Peter Anderson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A048854.

Peter Anderson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 103608
Rank: Patriotic Service

Peter Anderson, a farmer, was born in Christiana Hundred, Delaware about 1706 to Eric Andersson and Brita Paulsson.

DAR and SAR original submitted data: Patriot signed Petition #2 dated Nov 13, 1776 to the Provincial Congress. Note State of Service is not indicated on RC (prob DE or NC) ^[1]

The SAR cites: The NC Genealogical Society Journal, Vol X, No 2, May 1984, pg 103

Marriages

First, he married Kerstin (Derickson) Andersson 5 Oct 1728.^[2] She was buried 11 Oct 1738, the same day as the baptism of her son Peter,^[3] who died shortly after. It is safe to assume she died from complications from childbirth.

Children that lived beyond infancy:

1. Jacobus Andersson, born 10 Aug. 1729,^[4][5] who married Mary Lynam, 25 June 1751
2. Brita (Anderson) Smith, born 1 Nov. 1733,^[6] who married Eric Smidt, 22 Nov. 1753.^[7]
3. Eric Auricus Anderson, born 19 March 1737,^[8] who married Susanna Brynberg (Matthias Brymberry's sister and the widow of Philip Stalcop), in 1759

Second, he married Catherine (Lyman) Loinan 10 Jan 1739 in Old Swedes Church.^[9][10]

Issue:

1. Andreas Anderson, born 7 Jan. 1741^[11]
2. Christina (Anderson) Springer, born 27 Oct. 1743^[12]
3. Margarete (Anderson) Stalcup, born 12 May, 1745^[13]
4. Mary (Anderson) Brimberry, born 2 April 1748^[14]
5. Peter Anderson, born 25 June 1750
6. Susannah (Anderson) West, born 7 July 1752 ^[15]
7. Sarah Anderson, born 22 Dec. 1756

By 1764 Peter Anderson's household had been reduced to six persons: Peter Anderson, his wife Catharina, and their four youngest children: Maria, age 16; Peter, 14; Susannah, 12; and Sarah, almost 5. The church census for that year listed Peter Anderson as a farmer; both he and his wife had complete fluency in Swedish and could read from either a Swedish or English Bible. The children could understand Swedish, but their primary language was English.

On 18 June 1768, Peter and Catherina Anderson disposed of their lands on Kennett Pike. Seventy eight and one-quarter acres were sold to Peter's eldest son, Jacobus Anderson, who remained on the property for the remainder of his life. Another 51-3/4 acres was sold to James Laird for £178.

Relocation to North Carolina

The family then moved to Orange County, NC. Among those joining them were Peter Anderson's second son, Eric Anderson, with his wife Susannah Brunberg, and Matthias Brunberg/Brymberry, who had married Peter's daughter Maria (Mary)on 11 March 1766.

They were also accompanied to NC by their daughter Margareta Anderson who married William Stalcop on 2 March 1762. A Revolutionary War veteran, William Stalcop died in Smith County, TN in 1819; his widow in 1839.

On 2 August 1768, Peter Anderson acquired 66-1/2 acres of land on Stony Creek in Orange County, NC from John West, Sr. In 1769, Peter Anderson's 17-year-old daughter Susannah married John West's son, Isaac West, and Peter's youngest daughter Sally married a --- King.

He passed away before 1787 in North Carolina^[16]

Research Notes

DAR Patriot Index puts birth of Peter abt. 1705. No record of birth in Holy Trinity Church records. Stalcup Family History, P. 6 records Peter's birth abt. 1715. (But if 1715, he would only have been 13 when first married, so doubtful.)^[17]

Peter and Catharina bought land from John West 2 Aug 1768 in Orange County, North Carolina and sold this same 66 1/2 acres to Ellinor Garrison on 26 Feb 1787. Dr. Craig estimates that Peter was then over 80 years old and Catharina, his wife was almost 78 year old. Where and how he and Catherina died is undocumented. It appears Peter's sons Eric & Andreas (Andrew) came with Peter and Catharina to Orange Co. After Peter and Catherine sell their land in Orange Co. they disappear and are not further traced.

Old Swedes Church -- Sources of data for the family of Peter and Catharina from the Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Delaware, by Horace Burr, 1994 (correction and reprint of original translation), Family Lines Publications, Westminster, Maryland, Vol. 2. FHL call No. 975.11, K2w, v.2. (note by JFV; The Swedish congregation serving the Anderson's was firstly at Fort Christina, then replaced by a congregation at nearby Crane Hook. When Holy Trinity Church was formed it soon replaced Crane Hook and serviced the Swedes throughout New Castle Co.; the location of Old Swede's Church was within Wilmington. The year 1713 is the earliest church register for Old Swede's Church; there are no earlier records for Swedish Lutheran congregations serving around Wilmington). [Research by certified and accredited genealogist: John F. Vallentine Ph.D., 1081 So. 700 E., Springville, Utah 84663 for Dena West Sheehan Trust, Duane Johnson, Trustee].

About Craig, Peter S. source (below) -- "Anders Jöransson and his Anderson Family of New Castle County, 1664-1787", copyrighted. Copy dated 2 June 1998 in possession of Duane Johnson, Trustee for Dena West Sheehan Trust which commissioned and paid for the research contained in Mr. Craig's booklet. A copy of this booklet was deposited in the Family History Libraries in Salt Lake City and Mesa Arizona, call # 929.273 c844 (in Mesa).

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 January 2024), "Record of Peter Anderson", Ancestor # A048854.
2. ↑ "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974," database with images, FamilySearch : 11 March 2019), Peter Anderson, 5 Oct 1728; citing Marriage, Tent, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America, Delaware Public Archives, Dover; FHL microfilm . [1]
3. ↑ "Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896," database, FamilySearch : [2] : 10 February 2018 ), Peter Anderson, 11 Oct 1738; citing ; FHL microfilm 908,217. ch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HD-XLD]
4. ↑ "Delaware Baptisms, 1697-1886," database, FamilySearch [3] : 10 March 2018), Peter Andersson in entry for Jacobus Andersson, 17 Aug 1729; from Baptism, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, reference ID , Delaware Public Archives, Dover, and Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware, IX: The Records of Holy Trinity Old Swedes Church, (Wilmington, Delaware: Historical Society of Delaware, 1890).
5. ↑ The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773. Historical Society of Delaware, 1890 -. pg 309
6. ↑ "Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896", database, FamilySearch [4] : 10 January 2020), Peter Andersson in entry for Brita Andersson, 1733.
7. ↑ "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974," database with images, FamilySearch [5] : 16 April 2022), Brigita Andersdotter in entry for Eric Smidt, Nov 1753; citing Marriage, United States, Delaware Public Archives, Dover; FHL microfilm 5,099,424.
8. ↑ "Delaware Baptisms, 1697-1886," database, FamilySearch [6] : 10 March 2018), Peter Andersen in entry for Erick Andersen, 27 Mar 1737; from Baptism, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, reference ID , Delaware Public Archives, Dover, and Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware, IX: The Records of Holy Trinity Old Swedes Church, (Wilmington, Delaware: Historical Society of Delaware, 1890).
9. ↑ "Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919," database, FamilySearch: 11 February 2018), Peter Anderson and Catharina Leina, 10 Jan 1739; citing Holy Trinity Or Old Swedes Church,Wilmington,New Castle,Delaware; FHL microfilm 0908217 IT 1. [7]
10. ↑ F. Edward Wright, New Castle County, Delaware: Marriage References & Family Relationships 1680-1800, (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, c. 2011).
11. ↑ "Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896", database, FamilySearch [8] : 10 January 2020), Peter Anderson in entry for Andreas Anderson, 1741.
12. ↑ "Delaware Baptisms, 1697-1886," database, FamilySearch [9] : 10 March 2018), Peter Andersson in entry for Christina Andersson, 1743; from Baptism, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, reference ID , Delaware Public Archives, Dover, and Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware, IX: The Records of Holy Trinity Old Swedes Church, (Wilmington, Delaware: Historical Society of Delaware, 1890).
13. ↑ "Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896", database, FamilySearch [10] : 10 January 2020), Peter Anderson in entry for Margrita Anderson, 1745.
14. ↑ "Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896", database, FamilySearch [11] : 10 January 2020), Peter Andersson in entry for Mary Andersson, 1748.
15. ↑ Burr, Horace, Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Del .). The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773. Historical Society of Delaware. 1890. pg 563
16. ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Year 1779. Orange, North Carolina. $
17. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 January 2024), "Record of Peter Anderson", Ancestor # A048854.

• Craig, Peter S. Anders Jöransson and his Anderson family of New Castle County, 1664-1787. (Washington, D.C.: P.S. Craig, 1998)