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List of Current Forefathers

Active Members
of the Swedish Colonial Society
with Forefather Status
February 20, 2024

 

Anders Andersson (the Finn)Darrell J. Cox, Fuquay Varina NC
Jöns AndersonPamela Leigh, Wayne, MI
Hans Gustav Ling, Uppsala Sweden
Måns Andersson (Mounce)Christina W. Lassen, Linwood, PA
Barbara Sue Smith Parsons, Oakdale, CA
Cynthia D. Smith, Valencia, CA
Nils Andersson (Lykins)Keith Arbtin, Mountlake Terrace, WA
Elizabeth S. Farwell, Carlsbad, CA
John Kent Kane, II, Yorktown, VA
Peter Bayard Kane, Cazenovia, NY
Andrew R. Likins, Colorado Springs, CO
David Likins, Hazard, KY
Frances Snyder Ramirez, Tampa, FL
Joan Ligget Snyder, Tampa, FL
Benjamin Patterson Wheat, Arlington, VA
J. Marc Wheat, Arlington, VA
Laura Elizabeth Wheat, Arlington, VA
Peter Andersson (Longacre)Raymond H. Longacre, Ephrata, PA
Anders Bengtsson (Bankson)Thomas Arthur Bankston, San Angelo, TX
Barbara Bankston Behrends, Memphis, TN
Alexander Jay Buckman, Houston, TX
Jane Gurry Buckman, Houston, TX
Peter Jay Buckman, Houston, TX
Jill M. D’Andrea, Olney, MD
Stefanie Marie Glowiak, Manhattan, KS
James Edward Gurry, Missouri City, TX
Martha Bankson Lyle, Pace, FL
Kyle Richard Mason, Medford, NJ
Wilhelm Bokare (Wilhelm Becker)Joseph H. Smith, Yonkers NY
Anders Svensson Bonde (Boon)Susan W. Leerstang, Wilton Manors, FL
Lars Thomasson Bjur (Boore)Elizabeth B. Beers, Princeton, NJ
Elizabeth M. Cecil, Lafayette Hill, PA
James W. Marvin, Jr., Haverford, PA
Robert F. Marvin, Wynnewood, PA
Alexander BoyerHarold Douglas Ford, Stone Mountain, GA
Sinnick Broer (Sinnickson)Charlotte H. B. Dallett, Taconic, CT
Judith Arlt Walker, Landenberg, PA
Otto Ernest Cock (Cox)David R. Ross, Bryn Mawr, PA
Peter Larsson Cock (Cox)Donald R. Cox, Jr Portland, OR
Thomas A. Glowiak, Manhattan KS
Yvonne Harralson, Delray Beach, FL
Tina Harralson, Elkins Park, PA
Scott Koniecko, Montgomery County, PA
Christopher Delaine Lamb, Phenix City, AL
Arthur Vincent O'Neill, Bluffton SC
Emily Samson Tepe, Wilmington, DE
John B. Tepe, Jr., Greenville, DE
John B. Tepe, III, Birmingham, UK
Virginia Wilson Thomas, Durham, NC
Anders Larsson DalboDonna Crisp, Fairfax, VA
David R. Dolbow, Hermitage, TN
Aleasa Hogate, Pennsville, NJ
David Krough, Cape Charles, VA
Olle DerrickssonPamela Leigh, Wayne, MI
Garret EnochsLloyd W. Enoch, Roanoke, VA
Susan A. Fleming, Quakertown, PA
Janene Enochs Michel Miller, Fort Branch, IN
Bartil EskilssonPamela Ruth Foster Hanzaker, Oak Ridge NC
Nils Larsson Frände (Friend)Daniel Clifford Friend, Los Osos, CA
Mark A. Friend, Arlington, TX
Gary L. Friend, Mount Vernon, WA
Thomas A. Friend, Avenel, NJ
Trissa Haefling, Chagrin Falls, OH
Marjorie Jackson, Warren, OH
Delores E. Shade, Frederick, MD
Patricia Ann Thompson, Adamstown, MD
Hans GeorgenTheresa Anne Harkins Brasko, Maple Shade, NJ
Johan Grelson (Archer)Raymond M. Borland, Colora, MD
Sven Gunnarsson (Swanson)Dennis J. Cunniff, Cedar Grove, NJ
Eugenia Eberle, Los Ranchos, NM
Kirsten A. Seagers, West Chester, PA
Shelly L. Seagers, West Chester, PA
Ann Walz, Naperville, IL
Johan Gustafsson (Justis)Rhoda Ruth Justice Garcia, Tampa, FL
Carlyle E. Justus, Napa CA
Charles J. Justice, Bloomington, IN
Lori Justice Smith, Shoemakersville, PA
Steven Widtfeldt, Newtown Square, PA
Anders Hansson (Hanson)Gary L. Ball-Kilbourne, Minot, ND
Matts Hansson (Mattson)Cynthia Joanne Mattson, Arlington, VA
Lawrence Mattson, Macedon, NY
Robert S. Mattson, Vallejo, CA
Andrea Mattson Posner, Washington, DC
Israel Åkesson HelmAnna E. Bauer, Haddonfield, NJ
Mary Tomlinson Bauer, Haddonfield, NJ
Marie Bates Boisvert, West Chester, PA
Mary Bartram Robeson Hunter, Charlottesville, VA
Stephen Robeson Miller, Cambridge, MA
Kathryn S. F. Reinhardt, Shaker Hts., OH
Johan HendrickssonRonald Hendrickson, Moorestown, NJ
Patricia Richardson, Fullerton, CA
Johan Hendricksson (Bilderback)Marlene Dillinger Melching, Decatur, IN
Matthias Claesson HolsteinBarry R. Holstein, Shelburns Falls, MA
Harrison G. Moore IV, Houston TX
Peter Jochimsson (Yocum)Gerald H. Barr, Warminster, PA
Helene Yocum Basile, Berwick, PA
Virginia Yocum Fraser, Seal Beach, FL
Edwin Olen 'Ted' Blew, Doylestown PA
Clark Snyder of Johnson City, NY
Darryl Stroup, St. Peter’s, MO
Beverly Walker, Galloway, NJ
Katherine Williams, Seminole, OK
Harold A. Yocum, Edmond, OK
Howard C. Yocum, Aston, PA
Carl JonssonPamela Leigh, Wayne, MI
Anders Jöransson (Anderson)Nicki F. Haas-Kovalcik, Penn, PA
Barbara T. Harrell, San Antonio, TX
Pamela Leigh Wayne, MI
Clement Jöransson (Clements)Louise Powell Dobbs, Calhoun, GA
Howell Dean Clements, Chattanooga, TN
Jürgen Kühn (Keen)Bonnie Hillman Van Gamert, Seattle, WA
Kendra Jean Hillman, Brooklyn, NY
Tatnall Lea Hillman, Aspen, CO
Paul J. Holsen, II, Fort Myers, FL
Robert C. Jackle, Westminster, MD
George M. Jenkins, St. Davids, PA
William R. Johnson, Plymouth, MN
Edward Franklin Keen, Glen Arm, MD
George H. Keen, Charlottesville, VA
Gordon L. Keen, Bryn Mawr, PA
Patricia T. Marshall, Milford, DE
William Thompson, Ft. Washington, PA
Eleanor K. Williams, Bald Head Island, NC
Peter Nilsson Laicon (Lykins)Ann Reid Hamlin Lexington KY
Ann Marie Matwick, Peachtree City, GA
Barbara Reid Ruiz, of Statesville, NC.
Marcus Laurensen (Huling)Donna Husted Levy, Wynnewood, PA
Lars Carlsson LockBarbara Locke Powers, Conowingo, MD
Måns Svensson LomLeigh David Abraham, Silver Spring, MD
James Edwards Garrett, Jr., Pegram, TN
Gary Jordan, Täby, Sweden
Sandra Springer Pfaff, Haverford, PA
Hans Månsson (Steelman)Eugene Bocelli, Mt. Laurel, NJ
Anne Quinn Cramer, Carlsbad, CA
Gloria R. Hoppe, Big Sandy, TX
Charles Ivins, Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada
Joann Klontz, Swedesboro, NJ
Richard A. McGeary, Gettysburg, PA
Velna Elizabeth Sanders, Asheboro, NC
Shirley Ann Schmidt, Bordentown, NJ
Earl G. Stannard, III, Audubon, NJ
Robert H. Steelman, New York, NY
William D. Steelman, Moraga, CA
Rushton D. White, Williamsburg, VA
Mårten Mårtensson (Morton)Jane R. Buch, Dunedin, FL
Walley G. Francis, Syracuse, NY
Theodore J. Hazlett, Jr., Wilmington, DE
Rosemary Heinze, Haddonfield, NJ
Nils MattsonJohn R. Daggan, Staten Island, NY
Lawrence C. Nelson, Jr., Berlin, NJ
Pal Jonsson Mullica (Poulson)Mary Poulson Dudek, Bryan, TX
Patricia Mortimer, Winona, MS
Morgan D. Pope, Hillsboro, OR
Ralph E. Poulson, Jr., Powell, OH
Jonas Nilsson (Jones)Glen E. Beebe, Mt. Holly, NJ
Brian D. Crane, Washington DC
Martha Dupecher, McLean, VA
Sharon Garrison, Brentwood, CA
Carol Harmon, Traverse City, MI
Doris S. Hopkins, St. Helena Island, SC
Elizabeth L. Jones, Swarthmore, PA
Richard L. Jones, Newtown Square, PA
Ronald E. Jones, Jr., Limerick PA
Carol B. Kehler, Broomall, PA
Elizabeth A. McFarland, Haverford, PA
Megan D. McFarland, Haverford, PA
Larry W. Penwell, Tall Timbers, MD
William Douglas Powers, Northumberland, PA
Michael Morgan Stranix, Swarthmore, PA
Robert Taylor Stranix, Swarthmore, PA
David MacLeod Taylor, Wallingford, PA
Leslie Anne Taylor, Swarthmore, PA
Paul McCleod Taylor, New York, NY
Joan M. Young, Somerdale, NJ
Peter OllessonCarl Gunnar Rasmussen, Kingwood, TX
Pal PerssonHarold D. Ford, Stone Mountain, GA
Pamela Leigh, Wayne, MI
Samuel Petersson (Peterson)Pamela Leigh, Wayne, MI
C. Matthew Peterson, Bountiful, UT
Teresa Tighe, Collingswood, NJ
Johan PrintzMargaretha Bengtsson, Kungälv, Sweden
Karin Nordenham, Stenungsund, Sweden
Kerstin L. Nordenham, Stenungsund, Sweden
Sophie Nordenham, Stenungsund, Sweden
Peter Gunnarsson RamboMichael E. Barger, Rio Rancho, NM
John Michael Baxter, Exton, PA
Judy Baxter, Haverford, PA
William Allen Baxter, Center Strafford, NH
Ronald Stephen Beatty, Hempstead, TX
Kamie Rambo Bledsoe, Purcellville, VA
Kelsey Ann Bledsoe, Manassas, VA
Anne Marie Brancati, Wilmington, DE
Roberta Caito, Indianapolis, IN
Alexander G. Carson, Magnolia, DE
Karol Flesher Childs, Sierra Vista, AZ
Maurene Mast Coan, Flossmoor, IL
Carolyn Rambo Cooper, Edison, GA
Larry R. Cornell, Aurora, OH
Marie A. Cornell, Aurora, OH
Edith Celeste Smith Craig, Dallas TX
Victoria Ann Englen, Olathe, KS
Bruce Runyan Engstrom, North Little Rock, AR
Peter Eyestone, Rockwell, TX
Jon Forde, Montgomery, TX
Lauren Forde, Houston, TX
Paul Forde, Cypress, TX
Samantha Forde, Houston, TX
Steven Forde, Houston, TX
Cynthia V. Forde-Beatty, Hempstead, TX
Judy Lynn Glowiak, Manhattan, KS
Myra Vanderpool Gormley, University Place, WA
Cheryl Bethel Haakenson, Sun City West, AZ
Glenda H. Harkins, Marietta, GA
Dawn Harvey, Highland's Ranch, CO
Linda Carol Hooper, Dallas, TX
Scott W. Jordan, Albuquerque, NM
Jane R. Lohmeyer, Coatesville, PA
Marilynn Mast Long, Johnsburg, IL
Kyle R. Mason, Medford, NJ
George R. McCormick, Lakeside, OH
Ela Ruth McCullough, Nacogdoches, TX
Mary Beth McDermott, Wilmington, DE
Rachel Miller, Tomball, TX
Freda Jo Bankston Porter, Arlington, TX
Edwin S. Rambo, Ringgold, GA
Herbert R. Rambo, Berlin, NJ
John Gunnar Rambo, Prosper, TX
Michael R. Rambo, Winston-Salem, NC
Newell Rambo, Needville, TX
Brian J. Roberts, Avondale, PA
Mary Anne Robinson, West Lafayette, IN
Marianne Sandels, Uppsala, Sweden
Rolf Sandels, Stockholm, Sweden
Fyn R. Schulke-Forde, Cypress, TX
Zoe E. Schulke-Forde, Cypress, TX
Brett Sisman, Denver, CO
Kiira Kristine Sisman, Cypress, TX
Omer Austin Sisman, Cypress, TX
Roxanne Sisman, Cypress, TX
Ann Hooper Stacy, Dallas, TX
Jeffrey S. Waddell, Portsmouth, RI
John Wenrich, Toano, VA
William A. West, Kansas City, MO
Roy White, Salt Lake City, UT
Nancy Binder Zickgraf, New Castle, DE
Rev. Andreas RudmanKatharine A. E. Campbell, Malvern, PA
Carolyn Goddard, Alberta, Canada
Johan Thorsson ScogginJohn W. Gareis, Lancaster, PA
Sven SkuteJulie Jensen Bryan, Philadelphia, PA
Alice Warner Donaghy, Wilmington, DE
Charles W. Donaghy, Wilmington, DE
Robert J. Donaghy, III, Wilmington, DE
John J. Hagan, Lawrenceville, NJ
Ann Ochs, Kennett Square, PA
Hans Georgen Smidt Pamela Leigh, Wayne MI
Carl Christophersson SpringerKenneth Morton Marshall, Seattle, WA
Natalie Jane Rochelle, Alexandria VA
Charles SpringerMary Jill Power Bergstrom, West Bloomfield MI
Alice C. Byrnes, Suamico, WI
E. William Ross, Villanova, PA
Gary E. Young, Centreville, MD
Måns Petersson Stake (Peterson)Kenneth S. Peterson, Whiting, NJ
Robert P. Peterson, Mullica Hill, NJ
John Andersson StalcopDebbie Rowland Avery, Greenville, NC
E. Susan Cox, Grundy, VA
Christopher K. Hull, Ft. Worth, TX
Pamela Leigh, Wayne, MI
Anna Leslie Long, Cramerton, NC
Henry Ellison Long, Cramerton, NC
Phyllis Mullis, Cramerton, NC
Leslie C. Skeen, Harbeson, DE
Edward Smith, Lincolnton, NC
Janice M. Snead, Saltville, VA
Larry S. Stallcup, Virginia Beach, VA
Richard P. Stalcup, Brooksville FL
Timen Stiddem (Stidham)Alice Rebecca Snyder Bromley, Boise, ID
Richard Rodney Cooch, New Castle, DE
Harold Douglas Ford, Stone Mountain, GA
Noria I. Gerig, Colorado Springs, CO
Rodney Reo Hammons, Rushville, IN
Margaret R. Nesbitt, Mesa, AZ
Richard L. Steadham, San Diego, CA
William O. Stidham, Washington, MI
Walter D. Stock, Wernersville, PA
Sandra R. Wallis, Darlington, MD
John William West, La Plata, MD
Olof Stille (Stilley)Edwin Olen (Ted) Blew, Doylestown, PA
Kainan Cramer Bolger, Park City, UT
Matthew G. Bonn, Carlsbad CA
Susannah Bonn, Vacaville, CA
Margaret Sooy Bridwell, Berwyn, PA
Toby Lee Chamberlain, Chatham IL
Carol Ann Coates, Havertown, PA
Anne Q. Cramer, Carlsbad, CA
Jan LeMoyne Hedges, Castle Rock, WA
Lynn A. Smith Henning, Maryland Heights, MO
Mildred W. Hollander, Ames, IA
Katherine Cullen King, Alexandria, VA
Robert Anthony Larson, Kerrville TX
Timothy W. Lockley, New Castle, PA
Kathleen A. H. Loftman, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Mollie Sue Morton, Boulder, CO
James Elkin Osbourn, Ballwin MO
Velna Elizabeth Sanders, Asheboro, NC
Sandra G. Van Amburgh, Wilmington, DE
Carla Ann Welsh, Springfield, PA
Kim-Eric Williams, Exton, PA
Olof Thorsson Harold D. Ford, Stone Mountain, GA
Christina, mother of Elias Johnsson ToyAnne Quinn Cramer, Carlsbad, CA
James W. Toy, Lawton, OK
Elias Johnson ToyAlfred B. Capotosto, West Chester, PA
Johan Van Culen (Culin)John C. Cameron, Malvern, PA
Peter Raymond Von Culin Califon, NJ
Raymond Peter Von Culin Califon, NJ
Timothy Raymond Von Culin Califon, NJ
Catherina Johansdotter VanderveerPamela Leigh Wayne MI

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CRAIG COLLECTION ONLINE: We have posted for sale the first digitized item from the Craig Collection, a package of all Peter Craig’s family group sheets for the first four generations of the Mounce Rambo branch of the Peter Gunnarsson Rambo family. We plan to add more such packages of family group sheets as well as other materials. It is our hope that these resources will facilitate the process by which members of The Swedish Colonial Society apply for forefather status as descendants of Swedish colonists who arrived in the thirteen colonies before the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.

Click here to the online Craig Collection