5488. Johan Anderson (Andriessen) STALCUP
Emigrated in 1641 from Stockholm, Sweden, on the Charitas.
From Crane Hook on the Delaware:
John Anderson alias Stalkofta, signed his name Andrison, but his family adopted his nickname from the Swedish meaning steel-jacket. He was a gunner and constable at Fort Christina in Governor Rising's time. He was doing business early as 1655, took his oath of allegience from William Penn in 1682/3.
His will was dated 29 August 1679 and read on 20 July 1686. Reads: "Wife, Christina Carlos; son-in-law, Lucas Stiddom; eldest son named Auchin; children, viz: Charlos, John, Peter, Mary, Jonas."
The 1693 Census book below says that his wife was the daughter of Carl Jonsson, a Finn from Letstigen, Varmland, who arrived in New Sweden on the Mercurias in 1656. It says he was accompanied by his wife, a maid-servant, and three children. Christina was also noted as "Kerstin".Sources:
The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware, p90
The Stalcup Family History 1641-1986, p14
A Delaware Calendar of Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800, A:79
Ron LongJohn Andersson, son of Anders, took as a surname Stahlkofta because he was in fact a soldier, and enjoyed wearing his uniform. He was part of the New Sweden militia, and in fact defended Captain Sven Schute at the fall of Fort Casimir. One odd little description is attributed to him and his armor: It was said he used to wear his fancy armor in town commons, where the women would see it. He apparently was quite interested in women. Anyway, the description continued in that the armor served to cover, or detract from, a certain, and unnamed, physical peculiarity.
Here are notes from the GEDCOM of Sunnie Skiles (see below) which is available as a free download at Ancestry.Com.
Kinnekulle is a large wooded hill or plateau, nine miles long and four miles across, rising 860 feet above Lake Vanern in Skaraborg Lan in central Sweden.
'Jan Justen' on 13 Feb 1655/56 (English Calendar), requested he be allowed to make a plantation on the Christina Kill.
By 1669 he was at Kingsessing/West Philadelphia, PA; on the banks of Schuulkill and was granted a patent there as John Eusta, dated 16 May 1669.
In the first English census of the Delaware, taken in 1671, Johan Gustafsson was listed as 'John Eustace.' The Nov 1677 tax list for the Upland court jurisdiction showed a slight improvement in naming 'Jan Justa & 2 sons' as taxable (i.e., over 16 years of age).
After the surrender of New Sweden to the Dutch, John Gustafsson moved northward to Kingsessing where he died c. 1682, leaving a widow and at least eleven children. They kept Gustafsson as their surname, but it was heard and written by the English as Eustason, Justison, etc. Justis, Justus or Justice finally evolved as the family surname.
Place of death possibly Upland Court District.
Johan Gustafsson (1618-1682) sailed from Gottenburg November 1, 1642, on the 'Swan' with Governor Printz in the Fifth Swedish Expedition and arrived on the Delaware below the present site of Philadelphia, Feb 15, 1643. Johan was one of the twelve soldiers in Fort Elfborg below the present city of Philadelphia on the east side of the Delaware from 1644 to 1653.
He came as a soldier under Governor Printz. Printz' successor, Governor Rising, promoted him to the position of a gunner and, as such, he was stationed at Fort Trinity (New Castle) in 1655 when Captain Sven Skute surrendered the fort to the Dutch.
Came on the SWAN to the colony of New Sweden, on the Delaware River on 1 Nov 1642. Landed at Fort Christina (now Wilmington), DE), 15 Feb 1643. Later stationed at Fort Elfsborg, and then to Fort Trinity.Sources:
Pennsylvania Vital Records, volume 1, p14
Justis, Justus, Justice For All: A Compilation of Early American Family Records, p8
Sunnie Skiles