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- From 1671 Census of the Delaware, by Peter Stebbins Craig.
Anders Stille, Swedish, apparently had just married. (#162 in the census) Wharton enters the words “Anna Peterson marryed to Andreas” with no last name given to the husband. The man was Anders Stille (son of Olof Stille), who testified on 17 October 1683 “that he has been 25 or 26 years here in town.” The wife was Annetje Pieters, daughter of Pieter Wolfertsen van Couwenhoven, who had purchased a lot northwest of Beaver Street at Hart Street in 1669. At the time of this census, her father ( a brewer) was languishing in debtor’s prison in Manhattan, as a result of a lawsuit by Philip Carteret. In 1667, when a resident of Elizabethtown, East Jersey, van Couwenhoven had mortgaged all of his property ot Carteret and was unable to pay off the mortgage. After Pieter van Couwenhoven’s New Castle property was sold in 1673, Anders Stille and his wife Annetje moved to the Christina River with John Ogle, John Arskin and Marten Gerritsen. Anders died before 1693, survived by sons Jacob and Johan Stille and at least one daughter.
Opposite the brewer Pieter van Couwenhoven’s property was an empty lot between Beaver Street and the Mart, for which a patent was given to Jean Paul Jaquet bearing the date of 1 May 1671. This was soon acquired by the English soldier John Ogle, not listed in Wharton’s census, who married by the end of year Anders Stille’s niece, ElisabethPetersdotter, daughter of Ella Stille and her first husband Peter Jochimsson.
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- Note on Find a Grave:
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"Swedish American Genealogist" December 1986
Vol. VI #4,
"The Stille Family in America 1641-1772" by Peter Stebbins Craig -
" Anders Olofsson Stille
Anders Stille was only one and a half years old when he left Stockholm with his father in 1641. He had already left home at Techoherassi by 1658 when he is shown to be a resident of New Castle (then New Amstel) in present Delaware. At the New Castle Court on 17 October 1683 he appeared as a witness in a land dispute. The Dutch scribe reported:[51]
Andries Tilly sayeth that he has been 25 or 26 years here in town, and that there were houses on both ends of the ground in controversy but knows nothing of any street.
The 1671 English Census of the Delaware, under the caption of New Castle, listed a head of household named “Anna Pieterson marryed to Andreas ---,” which we believe to be Anders Stille...
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"Swedish Colonial News"
Volume 1, Number 16, Fall 1997 By Peter Craig
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"Anders Stille, born in 1640 in Roslagen, moved to New Castle about 1658 and married there, by 1671, Annetje Pieters, daughter of the Dutch brewer, Pieter Wolfertsen van Couwenhoven. Soon after his marriage, he moved to Christina Creek, taking up residence next to his niece, Elisabeth Petersdotter Ogle. Later, they moved to White Clay Creek in New Castle County, where he died between 1688 and 1692, survived by two sons, John and Jacob, and one daughter thus far identified, Elisabeth, who married Charles Hedges."
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- Note on Find a Grave:
Anna was born about 1640 in Holland, however the exact date and place are not known. The date and place of death and burial is not known.
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Also known as Annetje Pieters
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- "Anders Stille (#162), Swedish, apparently had just married. Wharton enters the words 'Anna Peterson marryed to Andreas' with no last name given to the husband. The man was Anders Stille (son of Olof Stille), who testified on 17 October 1683 'that he has been 25 or 26 years here in town.' The wife was Annetje Pieters, daughter of Pieter Wolfertsen van Couwenhoven, who had purchased a lot northwest of Beaver Street at Hart Street in 1669. At the time of this census, her father (a brewer) was languishing in debtor's prison in Manhattan, as a result of a lawsuit by Philip Carteret. In 1667, when a resident of Elizabethtown, East Jersey, van Couwenhoven had mortgaged all of his property to Carteret and was unable to pay off the mortgage. After Pieter van Couwenhoven's New Castle property was sold in 1673, Anders Stille and his wife Annetje moved to the Christina River with John Ogle, John Arskin (#153) and Marten Gerritsen (#154). Anders died before 1693, survived by sons Jacob and Johan Stille and at least one daughter. Opposite the brewer Pieter van Couwenhoven's property was an empty lot between Beaver Street and the Mart, for which a patent was given to Jean Paul Jaquet (#101) bearing the date of 1 May 1671. This was soon acquired by the English soldier John Ogle, not listed in Wharton's census, who married by the end of the year Anders Stille's niece, Elisabeth Petersdotter, daughter of Ella Stille and her first husband. Peter Jochimsson (see #19)."
1671 Census of the Delaware. Peter Stebbins Craig.
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- Anders Stille's Wife
Deeds by Anders Stille, eldest son of Olof Stille (see Forefathers article), identify his wife as Annetje, the Dutch form of Anna. In testimony before the New Castle court, Anders stated that he had been familiar with the houses and streets of the town since 1658. In the 1671 English census of the Delaware, Anders was shown as residing in New Castle and married to the owner of his house, named Anna Peterson by the English census taker.
Who was Anna or Annetje "Peterson"? This has long stumped me. However, in working up a pending article on this 1671 census for future publication, I was struck by the fact that Wharton's census was a door-to-door survey of each resident. Comparing his census with records of early patents and deeds disclosed, beyond question, that the house occupied by Anders Stille and his wife was owned by a Dutch brewer by the name of Pieter Wolfertsen van Couwenhoven, who was in prison at Manhattan in 1671 because he had defaulted on a mortgage of property in Elizabethtown, NJ, to Governor Philip Carteret of New Jersey. Pieter was not himself named in the census, perhaps to hide his identity from creditors. But, whatever the reason, the father's financial difficulties now tell us that his daughter, known as Annetje Pieters van Couwenhoven to the Dutch, was the wife of Anders Stille, the Swede. The house in New Castle was sold in 1672 and the Stille family moved to Christiana Bridge to live next door to Anders Stille' s niece Elisabeth Petersdotter [Yocum], wife of the English soldier, John Ogle.
Dr. Peter S. Craig
Swedish Colonial News, b.1, no.16, 1997.
https://colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SCSJournal_1997-Fall.pdf
- notes on https://www.geni.com/people/Aeltje-van-Couwenhoven/6000000003481726158
About Aeltje Pieterse van Couwenhoven
Aeltjem was born an illegitimate out-of-wedlock daughter to her mother Marye du Trieux by Pieter Wolphersen van Couwenhoven. However, Maria's first husband was Cornelis Volckertsen Viele.
reference to her illegitimate birth
I, the undersigned Pieter Wolphersen, hereby acknowledge for myself, my heirs and successors that this day, date underwritten, I have adopted,as I do hereby adopt, Aeltjem Pieters van Couwenhoven, my own daughter, whom I have begotten and procreated by Maria de Truy, promising therefore that from this date I shall do by the above-named, my daughter, as a god fearing father is bound and ought to do by his own legitimate daughter; therefore, I hereby discharge and release Cornelis Volckersen, husband and guardian of the aforesaid Maria de Truy, from all charges and responsibilities incidental to the bringing up of a child till she becomes of age; I, Pieter Wolphersen, promising to look after the child, to let her learn to read and to bring her up according to my means.
Furthermore, if I do not beget any children by my present wife, the above named child shall be my rightful heiress and inheritrix, as if she were duly begotten in lawful wedlock, and if it happens that children be begotten by me and my wife, the above named Aeltjen Pieters shall receive, like the legitimate children on my side, a just child's portion of all such goods, means and effects as it shall please the Lord God Almighty to bestow on me. Requesting that this may have effect before all courts, I have signed this without fraud in the presence of the subscribing witnesses hereto invited. Done, the 7th day of January 1642.
This is x the mark of Pieter Wolphersen
Jacob Couwenhoven
Philippe du Trieux
Acknowledged before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, Secretary on January 7, 1642.
Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven commissioned a Lt. during the Esopus War on June 30, 1663. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven in 1688 at Brewer, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey.
pos Annetje Peterson was the daughter of Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven. I came across this item in the Fall 1997 Swedish Colonial News. It has a Couwenhoven reference which may be of interest to you.
Anders Stille's Wife by Dr. Peter S. Craig
Deeds by Anders Stille, eldest son of Olof Stille, identify his wife as Annetje, the Dutch form of Anna. In testimony before the New Castle court, Anders stated that he had been familiar with the houses and streets of the town since 1658. In the 1671 English census of the Delaware, Anders was shown as residing in New Castle and married to the owner of his house, named Anna Peterson by the English census taker.
Who was Anna or Annetje "Peterson"? This has long stumped me. However, in working up a pending article on this 1671 census for future publication, I was struck by the fact that Wharton's cenuss was a door-to-door survey of each resident. Comparing his census with records of early patents and deeds disclosed, beyond question, that the house occupied by Anders Stille and his wife was owned by a Dutch brewer by the name of Pieter Wolfertsen van Couwenhoven, who was in prison at Manhattan in 1671 because he had defaulted on a mortgage of property in Elizabethtown, NJ, to Governor Philip Carteret of New Jersey. Pieter was not himself named in the census, perhaps to hide his identity from creditors. But, whatever the reason, the father's financial difficulties now tell us that his daughter, known as Annetje Pieters van Couwenhoven to the Dutch, was the wife of Anders Stille, the Swede. The house in New Castle was sold in 1672 and the Stille family moved to Christiana Bridge to live next door to Anders Stille's niece Elisabeth Petersdotter (Yocum), wife of the English soldier, John Ogle.
Dr. Peter S. Craig 3406 Macomb Street NW Washington DC 20016.
Pos Annetje Peterson was also known as Anna Pieterson. She was also known as Annetje Pieters. Annetje married Anders Olofsson Stille, son of Olof Persson Stille, in May. 1671.
- notes on https://www.geni.com/people/Aeltje-van-Couwenhoven/6000000003481726158
Aeltje Pieterse van Couwenhoven's Geni Profile
Names in the 1671 Wharton census of the Delaware
Aeltje Pieterse van Couwenhoven
Also Known As:"Anna Pieterson" Birthdate:January 7, 1642 (56) Birthplace:Amsterdam, Nord-Holland, Netherlands Death:1698 (55) Immediate Family: Daughter of Pieter Wolphertse van Couwenhoven, Lieutenant and Marie Phillippese du Trieux Wife of Anders Olafsson Stille; Dirk Ofmulder and Ludovicus Cobes Mother of Elizabeth Hedges; John Andersson Stille; Jacob Andersson Stille, Sr. and Maria Ludovicus Cobes Half sister of Aernoudt Cornelise Vielè; Cornelis C. Viele; Jacomintje Cobus; Annatje Glen; Johannes Janse Peeck and 4 others Managed by:Erin Spiceland Last Updated:April 27, 2017
- I, the undersigned Pieter Wolphersen, hereby acknowledge for myself, my heirs and successors that this day, date underwritten, I have adopted, as I do hereby adopt, Aeltjem Pieters van Couwenhoven, my own daughter, whom I have begotten and procreated by Maria de Truy, promising therefore that from this date I shall do by the above-named, my daughter, as a god fearing father is bound and ought to do by his own legitimate daughter; therefore, I hereby discharge and release Cornelis Volckersen, husband and guardian of the aforesaid Maria de Truy, from all charges and responsibilities incidental to the bringing up of a child till she becomes of age; I, Pieter Wolphersen, promising to look after the child, to let her learn to read and to bring her up according to my means. Furthermore, if I do not beget any children by my present wife, the above named child shall be my rightful heiress and inheritrix, as if she were duly begotten in lawful wedlock, and if it happen that children be begotten by me and my wife, the above named Aeltjen Pieters shall receive, like the legitimate children on my side, a just child's portion of all such goods, means and effects as it shall please the Lord God Almighty to bestow on me. Requesting that this may have effect before all courts, I have signed this without fraud in the presence of the subscribing witnesses hereto invited. Done, the 7th day of January 1642.
This is x the mark of
Pieter Wolphersen
Jacob Couwenhoven
Philippe du Trieux
Acknowledged before me,
Cornelis van Tienhoven, Secretary
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Abt 1642 - Abt 1698 (56 years)
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