Eric Hansson / Steelman
1681 - 1731 (50 years)-
Name Eric Hansson / Steelman [1] Birth 1681 Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey 
[2, 3] Gender Male Death 10 May 1731 [2, 3] - died of smallpox [3]
Person ID I5708 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
Family Brigitta Unknown Family ID F2504 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jun 2025
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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 Eric Hansson Steelman
Eric Hansson Steelman (born ca 1681, Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey, died May 10, 1731)
married Bridget ________. Their children:
1. Helena Steelman married Tobias Bright in 1725.
2. Bridget Steelman.
3. Eric Steelman (died 1718).
4. Catherine Steelman.
5. Hance Steelman (born 1719) married Elizabeth __________.
6. Mary Steelman (born by 1722).
7. Charles Steelman (born July 5, 1724, died 1764) married Ann _______.
Steelman Genealogy
http://www.steelmangenealogy.com/eric-hansson-steelman.html
[2] - Eric Hansson Steelman, born 1681, married Brigitta (parents not identified) and acquired land in Gloucester County, NJ, form Gustaf Lock in 1715. He died of small pox in 1731, survived by two sons and four daughters.
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- #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.
- [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.