Peter Hansson / Steelman
Abt 1674 - 1740 (66 years)-
Name Peter Hansson / Steelman [1] Birth Abt 1674 Senamensing 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 1740 Gloucester County, New Jersey [2, 3] Person ID I5706 Hedges Last Modified 8 Jun 2025
Father Hans Mansson, b. 1612, Sweden d. 1691, Senamensing, Burlington County, New Jersey (Age 79 years) Mother Ella Stille, b. 1634, Lanna Parish, Roslagen, Uppland, Sweden d. 1718, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey (Age 84 years) Family ID F2487 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gertrude Keen Family ID F2502 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jun 2025
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Death - 1740 - Gloucester County, New Jersey 
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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 - #54 Peter Hansson Steelman (Senamensing, Chester township, Burlington Co.): In 1693 the widow Ella Steelman, born in Sweden in 1634, resided with her three youngest sons, Peter (born in Senamensing c. 1674), Charles (1679) and Eric (1681). Soon after the 1693 census Peter Steelman married Gertrude, the daughter of Hans and Williamke Keen (see #95). By 1697 they had two children and resided at Great Egg Harbor (Atlandic City). Charles Steelman married (after 1697) Anna Nelson, daughter of Anthony Nilsson (see #63) and had three surviving children (Margaret, Eleanor and Charles) before his death in Senamensing in 1708. Eric Steelman married Brita (parents not identified) and moved to Gloucester County, where he died of smallpox 10 May 1731. Old Ella Steelman was buried 22 Jan. 1718 at Gloucester County. (43)
From the 1693 Census of the Swedes in Delaware. By Peter Stebbins Craig.
[1] - Descendants of Peter Hansson Steelman
Peter Hansson Steelman (born ca 1667 at Grey's Ferry, died 1740, Gloucester County, New Jersey) married Gertrude Keen. Their children:
1. Charles Steelman (born ca 1697, died ca 1778) married (1st) Margaret Scull on January 5, 1731, and (2d) Mary Adams.
2. Matthias Steelman (born ca 1697, died ca 1784) married Sarah Adams on September 14, 1730.
3. Peter Steelman (died December, 1720).
4. Gertrude Steelman married Daniel Lake on September 14, 1730.
5. John Steelman (died after 1764).
6. George Steelman married Phebe Adams on December 12, 1737.
7. Maria Steelman (born January 5, 1720) married Elias Champion on December 15, 1735.
8. Peter Steelman II? (born ca 1722, died after 1764).
Steelman Genealogy
http://www.steelmangenealogy.com/peter-hansson-steelman.html
[3] - Peter Hansson Steelman, born c.1674, married Gertrude Keen, daughter of Hans Keen, c.1695. He, too, acquired lands in the Atlantic City area, where he died after 1737, survived by five sons and two known daughters.
[2] - Records of James Steelman of Great Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
by Carla Welsh
"I am a descendant of James Steelman of Great Egg Harbor Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. I have compiled information using primary documentation, and have also transcribed some old records in this document. Sincerely, Carla Welsh"
https://archive.org/details/records-of-james-steelman
- #54 Peter Hansson Steelman (Senamensing, Chester township, Burlington Co.): In 1693 the widow Ella Steelman, born in Sweden in 1634, resided with her three youngest sons, Peter (born in Senamensing c. 1674), Charles (1679) and Eric (1681). Soon after the 1693 census Peter Steelman married Gertrude, the daughter of Hans and Williamke Keen (see #95). By 1697 they had two children and resided at Great Egg Harbor (Atlandic City). Charles Steelman married (after 1697) Anna Nelson, daughter of Anthony Nilsson (see #63) and had three surviving children (Margaret, Eleanor and Charles) before his death in Senamensing in 1708. Eric Steelman married Brita (parents not identified) and moved to Gloucester County, where he died of smallpox 10 May 1731. Old Ella Steelman was buried 22 Jan. 1718 at Gloucester County. (43)
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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.
- [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.
- [S124] Steelman Genealogy website, http://www.steelmangenealogy.com/.
- [S116] Peter Stebbins Craig, The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware, page 60-61, Library of Linda Hedges.