Johan Gustafsson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1618 - Kinnekulle, Skaraborg lan, Sweden
Christening:
Death: 1682 - DE
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Events
• Emigration, 1 Nov 1642 in Sweden
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.
Spouses and Children
1. *Britta Mansdotter
Marriage: Abt 1654 - Fort Trinity, New Castle Co, DE
Status:
Children:
1. Hans Gustafsson
2. Peter Gustafsson
Notes
General:
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 nameing "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 and Eustason, Justison, etc. Justis, Justus or Justice finally evolved as the family surname.
Place of death possibly Upland Court District.