Year | Ship | Leader | Land Acquisition | Construction | Settlers |
1638 | Kalmar Nyckel arrives in March | Captain Peter Minuit | purchases land on west bank from the Schuylkill River to Bombay Hook Fort Christina at present Wilmington | 24 men, under the command of Lt. Måns Kling | |
1639 | Fogel Grip | Anthony Swartz (slave) | |||
1640 | Kalmar Nyckel brings the first families to New Sweden | Lt. Peter Hollander Ridder, succeeds Kling as commanding office | between Schuylkill and the Falls of the Delaware. | Sven Gunnarsson, Lars Svensson, Peter Rambo, Anders Bonde, Måns Andersson, Johan Schaggen, Anders Dalbo and Dr. Timen Stiddem. purchases more land from Indians | |
1641 | Kalmar Nyckel, joined by the Charitas, | Ridder purchases land on east side of Delaware from Raccoon Creek to Cape May, and on west side from Bombay Hook to Cape Henlopen | 64 men to New Sweden, including families :Måns Lom, :Olof Stille, :Christopher Rettel, Hans Månsson, Olof Thorsson and Eskil Larsson. Also such single men as Peter Cock, Matts Hansson and his brother Anders Hansson, Ivert Hendricksson, Johan Ericksson, Matts Hansson from Borgå, Johan Stålkofta, Lucas Petersson, Knut Mårtensson, Lars Bjur, and four orphans, including Israel Helm. | ||
1642 | Settlements established at Techoherassi, Upland and Finland, in modern PA | ||||
1643 | The Fama and Swan arrive | bringing Johan Printz, first royal governor of New Sweden | Fort Elfsborg on east side of Delaware, Fort New Gothenburg on Tinicum Island, Printzhof on Tinicum Island | 50 new settlers, incl: Captain Sven Skute, soldiers Jonas Nilsson, Jürgen Keen, Johan Gustafsson, Anders Andersson Homman, Peter Jochimsson and the family of Anders Andersson the Finn. | |
1644 | Kalmar Nyckel and Fama | 14 men addional men, including Lt. Johan Papegoja | |||
1645 | Settlement is made at Kingsessin; first grist mill is built on Mill Creek, now known as Cobbs Creek | ||||
1646 | First log church built on Tinicum Island. | ||||
1647 | Fort Korsholm is completed on Province Island. | ||||
1648 | Swan arrives | Aronameck, on west side of Schuylkill, settled; Dutch build Fort Beversreede on east side of Schuylkill, | 12 men, including Rev. Lars Carlsson Lock, Nils Larsson Frände, Johan Fisk and Hendrick Johansson | ||
1649 | Loss of the Kattan near Puerto Rico | ||||
1651 | Dutch build Fort Casimir at Sand Hook (New Castle) and abandon Fort Beversreede in Schuylkill. Fort Elfsborg and Fort Korsholm, abandoned | ||||
1652 | Some freemen move to Fort Casimir under the Dutch, due to autocratic rule of Printz | ||||
1653 | Prinz suppresses "mutiny" by 22 freeman; 15 freemen flee to Fort Casimer or to Maryland for protection | Printz flees, Johan Pagpegoya left in charge | |||
1654 | Eagle arrives in May | Johan Rising, | New settlements are established at Ammansland (Ridley Township) and Swanwick; Fort Casimir captured from the Dutch and renamed Fort Trinity | Population stands at 368 persons | |
1655 | Dutch take control of colony | Some colonists move to the Sassafras River in Maryland | Governor Rising and 36 others return to Sweden. Most of the Swedes and Finns decide to stay in America, pledging allegiance to the Dutch. |
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