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- Note on Find a Grave:
Ella's first husband, Peter Jochimsson, went to New Amsterdam to deliver a letter of friendship to Governor Stuyvesant and to bring back the Dutch governor's reply to Governor Rising of New Sweden; but became ill in Manhattan and died there in the summer of 1654.
Ella Stille Jochim, widowed at the age of 20, married Hans Månsson later in 1654. He took over operation of the Aronameck plantation and raised her two children by Peter Jochim as his own. In addition, Ella had six additional sons, the eldest of whom, John Hansson, was bom in 1655.
In the mid-1670s, Hans Månsson also became the first white settler on Pennsauken Creek in present Burlington County, New Jersey. 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 Månsson, 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 Månsson died at Senamensing, Burlington County, about 1691. In the following year his property was taxed to "Widow Hance."
Thereafter, Ella and her sons by her second marriage adopted the surname of Steelman. Ella died in 1718 at the home of her youngest son, Eric Steelman, in Gloucester County NJ.
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- From Olof PerssoN Stille and his Family
by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig
Ella Stille, born in 1634 in Roslagen, married twice. By her first husband, Peter Jochimsson, she had two children, Peter Petersson Yocum, born 1652, and Elisabeth Petersdotter, born 1654, who married John Ogle, an English soldier. By her second marriage to Hans Månsson, she had six more sons, originally known by the patronymic Hansson but later adopting the surname of Steelman. They were John, Jöns (James), Christiern, Peter, Charles and Eric. Ella died in 1718 in Gloucester County NJ.
https://web.archive.org/web/20091115095000/http://www.colonialswedes.org/Forefathers/Stille.html
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- The Peterson or Yocum Family
#35 Peter Petersson Yocum (Aronameck, £100): Peter was born in New Sweden c.1652. His father, a soldier named Peter Jochimsson from Schlesvig in Holstein, had arrived in New Sweden on the Swan in 1643 and became a freeman on 1 November 1652. He was on e of the 22 freemen signing the 1653 complaint against Governor Printz. In the summer of 1654, Governor Rising chose him to go to New Amerstdam on a diplomatic and spying mission. Peter Jochimsson died there. Thereafter, his widow, known in 1693 as Ella Steelman (#54), married Hans Mansson who raised Peter Petersson as his own son. Peter Petersson, who adopted the surname Jochim *Yocum) c. 1675, married Judith, daughter of Jonas Nilsson (#22), and had seven children by May 1693: Peter (born 1577), Mans (1678), Catharine *1681), Charles *1682), Sven *1685), Julia *1687) and Jonas *1689). Peter Petersson Yocum, who had been prominent as an Indian trader and as an Indian interpreter for William Penn, died in 1702. His widow thereafter moved with her younger sons to Manatawny (Berks County), where she died in 1727. *46) Their descendants used the surname of Yocum or Yocom.
From: The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. by Peter Stebbins Craig.
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- Hans Mansson and the Steelman Family
It is appropriate that the first New Jersey entry on the 1693 census is the household of Hans Mansson's widow, Ella Steelman.
Hans Mansson was the first settler on Pennsauken Creek at "Senamensing" (now Cinnaminson, J.J.) Born in 1612 Hans Mansson was described as a trooper from Hanaskede, Valle hundred, Norra Ving parish, Skaraborg lan, when he was arrested in the autumn of 1640 for "ruining" eight fruit trees in the Royal Garden at Varnhem in order to obtain materials for mane combs. For this crime, he was sentence on 31 May 1641 to the choice of being hanged or going to New Sweden with his wife and children. He chose the latter. The fate of his first wife and children is not known. Upon the expiration of his sentence as a laborer, Hans Mansson became a freeman, settling in Aronameck in Kingsessing. In 1653 he was one of the freemen signing the complaint against Governor Printz. After the death of Peter Jochimsson in 1654, Hans married Peter's widow, Ella Olofsdotter Stille, and became the father of six sons, who initially took the surname of Hansson; John (#142), Jons or James (#57), Christiern (not listed in the 1693 census), as well as Peter, Charles and Eric (see #54). On 14 May 1669, Hans Mansson was granated an English patent for his Aronameck plantation, over 1100 acres, extending from the Schuylkill River to Cobb Creek to Kingsessing. Having moved to New Jersey, he sold this tract in 1681 to his stepson Peter Petersson Yocum *#35). His 500-acres New Jersey tract, based on a permit issued in February 1674, was located on the north side of Pennsauken Creek, and shared with Jonas Keen (#44) and Frederick Fredericksson Konig or King (#55), when a patent was finally issued 23 Feb, 1683/4. Hans acquired another 100 acres on 10 Apr. 1688. He probably died c.1691. On 10 May 1692 his property was taxed to "Widow Hance." Thereafter his widow and sons adopted Steelman (Stille + Mans_ as their surname. (42).
From the 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware by Peter Stebbins Craig.
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- #54 Peter Hansson Steelman (Senamensing, Chester township, Burlington Co.): In 1693 the widow Ella Steelman, born in Sweden in 1634, resided with her three youngest sons, Peter (born in Senamensing c. 1674), Charles (1679) and Eric (1681). Soon after the 1693 census Peter Steelman married Gertrude, the daughter of Hans and Williamke Keen (see #95). By 1697 they had two children and resided at Great Egg Harbor (Atlandic City). Charles Steelman married (after 1697) Anna Nelson, daughter of Anthony Nilsson (see #63) and had three surviving children (Margaret, Eleanor and Charles) before his death in Senamensing in 1708. Eric Steelman married Brita (parents not identified) and moved to Gloucester County, where he died of smallpox 10 May 1731. Old Ella Steelman was buried 22 Jan. 1718 at Gloucester County. (43)
From the 1693 Census of the Swedes in Delaware. By Peter Stebbins Craig.
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- "It is not unlikely that Ella Stille, who was bearing children for almost 30 years (1652-1681) had additional daughters who have not been identified."
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- PETER JOCHIMSSON AND HIS YOCUM DESCENDANTS
Peter Jochimsson, born in Schleswig in Holstein, was enrolled in Gothenburg in September 1642 to serve as a soldier in New Sweden at a wage of ten guilders per month. He sailed to the colony on the Fama, the same ship that carried the new Governor, Johan Printz.
In New Sweden, Peter Jochim (as he was usually called) was first assigned to the new Fort Elfsborg near the mouth of present Salem Creek NJ. Later, when the Dutch in 1648 built Fort Beversrede at Passyunk on the Schuylkill, he was transferred to Fort Korsholm on the Schuylkill. The Dutch commander complained that in September 1648 Peter Jochim "contemptuously pulled the palisades of Fort Beversrede apart and broke through them, making use of great insolence by words as well as deeds." The Swedes built a house in front of the Dutch fort, blocking its view from the river. They also prevented Dutch freemen from settling in the area, effectively preserving the trade with the Indians for themselves.
Stuyvesant countered in 1651 by abandoning Fort Beversrede and Fort Nassau (on the east side of the Delaware) and building a new fort at present New Castle (Fort Casimir). To counter this move, Printz sought declarations from the Indians that the new fort was built illegally on land sold by the Indians to the Swedes. Peter Jochirnsson was instrumental in obtaining the needed affidavit from the Indians, which was signed at Fort Elfsborg on 3 July 1651.
Shortly thereafter, Peter Jochim married Ella Stille, daughter of Olaf Stille. They made their home at Aronameck on the west shore of the Schuylkill. Their first child was born in 1652, and on 1 November1652 Peter Jochim was granted his discharge and made a freeman.
As a freeman, Peter Jochim joined his father-in-law and 20 other freemen in filing a protest with Governor Printz on 27 July 1653, seeking relief from the Governor's oppressive treatment of the freemen, particularly the Finns. This was the last straw for the tormented Governor, who packed up his substantial belongings and returned to Sweden via New Amsterdam and Amsterdam.
Upon the arrival of the new Governor, Johan Rising, in May 1654, the Dutch fort surrendered to the Swedes without a shot being fired. Peter Jochim then found his services in demand once more. As one of the few freemen who could read and write and being well-known to the Dutch, Peter Jochim was chosen by Rising to travel overland to New Amsterdam (Manhattan) to deliver a diplomatic letter to Governor Stuyvesant and to find out his intentions towards New Sweden. Peter Jochim and his Indian guide Taques left on 27 May 1654. Taques returned on 25 June with a letter from Jochim reporting that he had become ill in Manhattan and was too sick to return. Shortly thereafter, Rising received a bill from Stuyvesant for 127 guilders for Jochim's burial.
Ella Stille Jochim, widowed at the age of 20, married Hans Mansson later in 1654. He took over operation of the Aronameck plantation and "raised her two children by Peter Jochim as his own. In addition, Ella had six additional sons, the eldest of whom, John Hansson, was born in 1655. Hans Mansson died in Senamensing NJ c. 1690. Thereafter, Ella and her sons by her second marriage adopted the surname of Steelman. Ella died in 1718 at the home of her youngest son, Eric Steelman, in Gloucester County NJ.
Peter Jochim and Ella Stille had two children:
1. Peter Petersson, born in 1652, grew up in a household where his closest friend was his half-brother, John Hansson Steelman, born in 1655. Both became Indian traders with John Hans Steelman becoming a bigtime operator, establishing trading posts in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Peter, however, remained at Aronameck, which became his own in 1681 when Hans Mansson, having moved to New Jersey, sold the tract to Peter Petersson Yocum, the new surname which Peter had adopted. It was derived, of course, from his father's patronymic. The new spelling can be blamed on the English clerks. Although many spelling variations are to be found, the surname became standardized as Yocum, except among descendants of Jonas, who chose the Yocum spelling.
Peter Petersson Yocum was married c. 1675 to Judith, daughter of Jonas Nilsson. Aside from farming and trading with the Indians, Peter also served as an Indian interpreter for William Penn in the negotiation of new treaties and owned a small gristmill m. Mill Creek, a creek just south of present Woodlands Cemetery. He died in 1702 and by his will asked to be buried at Gloria Dei Church in Philadelphia. His widow Judith moved to Berks County with two of her younger sons. She died at Manatawny in Berks County in 1727 and is buried at St. Gabriels Church in Douglassville.
Peter Petersson Yocum and Judith Jonasdotter Nilsson had ten children:
> Peter Yocum, born 1677, died 1753 in Upper Merion Township; married Elizabeth; one surviving son.
> Mans Yocum, born 1678, died 1722 at Aronameck in Kingsessing; married Margaret Boon; no children.
>Catharine Yocum, born 1681, died 1723; married Swan Justis; 5 children.
> Charles Yocum, born 1682, died 1741, Kingsessing; married Ann Supplee; one son and one daughter.
> Swan Yocum, born 1685, died 1758, Kingsessing; married Joanna Collins; two surviving sons.
> Julia Yocum, born 1687, not traced. > Jonas Yocum, born 1689, died 1760, Douglass Township, Berks County; married Hannah Enochson; survived by two sons and three daughters.
> Anders Yocum, born 1693, died after 1734, Kingsessing; married Elizabeth Troll up; survived by one son and three daughters.
>John Yocum, born 1696, died 1727, Berks County; never married.
> Maria Yocum, born c. 1699; married William Morgan.
2. Elizabeth Petersdotter, born in 1654, moved from her home as a teenager to help in the household of her uncle, Anders Stille, living on Christina River. Here she met and married John Ogle, an English soldier who had participated in the English conquest of the Delaware in 1664. John Ogle and Rev. Jacob Fabritius were indicted in 1675 for inciting the Swedes and Finns to riot in opposition to orders of the New Castle Court to build a dike and road for Hans Block, a Dutchman.
John Ogle and Anders Stille made their homes at Christiana Bridge, Christina River. Ogle, a big speculator in lands and tobacco, died insolvent in the winter of 1683/4. Adding to his widow's troubles was a 1684 raid by Colonel James Talbot from Maryland which resulted in the destruction of her hay and the building of a Maryland "fort" on her property. Elizabeth Ogle and Anders Stille then sold their property and moved to White Clay Creek. She lived at the "Hopyard," which had been surveyed for her husband the year before. Unable to pay all of the estate's debts, Elizabeth Ogle was discharged from all further debts of her husband on 17 June 1690 by the New Castle Court. Meanwhile, her brother Peter Petersson Yocum in 1687 had purchased the "Hopyard" to protect it from creditors. Elizabeth died before 12 Sept. 1702 when John Hans Steelman and Judith Yocum, as executors of the Yocum estate, sold the property.
John and Elizabeth Ogle had two sons:
>Thomas Ogle, born c. 1672, died 1734 in White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County; married [I] Mary Crawford, [2] widow Elizabeth Graham.
>John Ogle, born c. 1674, died 1720 in White Clay Creek Hundred; married widow Elizabeth Harris.
Dr. Peter S. Craig
Swedish Colonial News, v.1, no.15, 1997
https://colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SCSJournal_1997-Spring.pdf
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