Christiern Hansson / Steelman
Abt 1656 - -
Name Christiern Hansson / Steelman [1] Birth Abt 1656 Gender Male Residence New Castle County, Delaware 
Person ID I5705 Hedges Last Modified 3 Jun 2025
Father Hans Mansson, b. 1612, Sweden d. 1691, Senamensing, Burlington County, New Jersey (Age 79 years) Mother Ella Stille, b. 1634, Roslagen, Lanna, Uppland, Sweden d. 1718, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey (Age 84 years) Family ID F2487 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Residence - - New Castle County, Delaware 
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Documents 
A Timeline of the Life of Hans Mansson
A brief timeline of the life of Hans Mansson, an early Swedish settler, who came to the New World in the 1600s from Sweden. By: Carla Welsh.
https://archive.org/details/A-Timeline-Of-The-Life-Of-Hans-Mansson/
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Notes - The son Christiern Steelman had left home by 1693, but his whereabouts at that time is unknown. By 1709, described as a cordwainer, he was a resident of New Castle County and had married Mary, daughter of the Quakers John and Mary Cann who arrived in West Jersey on the Griffin in 1675 and widow of James Claypoole, Jr., who died in 1706. DH, 5:278 n.19; Herbert Standing, "Quakers in Delaware in the Time of William Penn," DH, 20:136 (1982). It is unknown whether Christiern had any children. He was a faithful communicant at Holy Trinity Church until 1737 and frequently appeared as a baptismal sponsor.
The 1693 Census of Swedes on the Delaware. By Peter Stebbins Craig.
[2] - Christiern Steelman
Christiern Steelman (born ca 1670) at Grey's Ferry, died after 1739, probably New Castle
County, Delaware married Mary Peterson. There is no record of any children.
Steelman Genealogy
http://www.steelmangenealogy.com/christiern-steelman.html
[3] - Christiern Hansson Steelman followed his brother John to New Castle County. By 1708 he was the second husband of Mary Cann, a Quaker, widow of James Claypoole, Jr. Thereafter, until at least 1737, Christiern was an active communicant at Holy Trinity Church. Children, if any, are unknown.
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- The son Christiern Steelman had left home by 1693, but his whereabouts at that time is unknown. By 1709, described as a cordwainer, he was a resident of New Castle County and had married Mary, daughter of the Quakers John and Mary Cann who arrived in West Jersey on the Griffin in 1675 and widow of James Claypoole, Jr., who died in 1706. DH, 5:278 n.19; Herbert Standing, "Quakers in Delaware in the Time of William Penn," DH, 20:136 (1982). It is unknown whether Christiern had any children. He was a faithful communicant at Holy Trinity Church until 1737 and frequently appeared as a baptismal sponsor.
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Sources - [S116] Peter Stebbins Craig, The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware, page 60-61, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S116] Peter Stebbins Craig, The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware, page 60, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S124] Steelman Genealogy website, http://www.steelmangenealogy.com/.
- [S131] Peter Stebbins Craig, Hans Mansson and His Steelman Family, (Swedish Colonial News, v.1, no.10, 1994.), page 2, https://colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SCSJournal_1994-Fall.pdf.
- [S116] Peter Stebbins Craig, The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware, page 60-61, Library of Linda Hedges.