hmtl5 Maria Lom b. 1652 New Sweden d. 1701 Gloucester County, New Jersey: Hedges Genealogy

Maria Lom

Female 1652 - 1701  (49 years)

Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Maria Lom 
    Birth 1652  New Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 1701  Gloucester County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Gloria Dei Episcopal Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I5725  Hedges
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2025 

    Father Mans Svensson Lom,   b. Oct 1580, Uppsala kommun, Uppsala lan, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1653, New Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Anna Margaret Petersdotter Stille,   b. 1607, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1703, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 17 Feb 1618  Gunnarskog, Varmland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F2484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Dalbo Mattson,   b. 1649, Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1699, Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1672  [2, 3
    Family ID F2500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Note on Find a Grave:
      Children of John Dalbo Mattson and Maria Lom are:

      John Matson, b. 1680, Upper Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. 15 Jul 1753, Upper Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;

      Matthias Mattson, b. 1672, Chester, Pennsylvania, d. 1700, Gloucester, New Jersey; and,

      Anders Mattson, b. 1680, Greenwich, Gloucester, New Jersey,
      d. 1734, Lower Greenwich Twnshp, Gloucester, New Jersey.

      History found at: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/r/a/Kevin-A-Bradley/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0250.html

      [1]
    • Lars Andersson Collinus (#8) came from Sweden in 1654 as a minister's scribe, married Man Svensson Lom's widow, and took meticulous care of her nine children. By 1671 all had left home expect sons Peter Mansson and Sven Mansson Lom and the youngest of seven daughters, Maria. Lars Andersson Collinus died in 1689.

      1681 Census of the Delaware. Peter Stebbins Craig.
      [4]
    • Maria Lom, born c. 1652, married John Mattsson, son of Matthias Hanson c. 1672. After living at Moyamensing for 12 years, they moved to Gloucester County where Mattsson died in 1701. Aside from caring for the younger children of Lars and Beata Lock after their deaths, John and Maria Mattsson had at least seven children of their own:

      Matthias Mattsson, born c. 1673, died 1700 in Gloucester County; unmarried.

      Anna Mattsson, born c. 1674, died 1721 in Gloucester County; married Stephen Jones, son of Anders Jonsson Ekoren, 6 children.

      Måns Mattsson, born c. 1670, died c. 1705 in Gloucester County; married Elisabeth, I child.

      Gertrude Mattsson, born c. 1678; husband and children (if any) unknown.

      Anders Mattsson, born c. 1680, died 1734 in Gloucester County; married Maria Van Culen, 5 children.

      Maria Mattsson, married in 1717 William Philpot of Salem County, 7 children.

      One or two other daughters not identified.
      [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S132] Peter Stebbins Craig, Mans Svensson Lom, Forgotten Forefather, and his Seven Daughters, https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051721/http://www.colonialswedes.org/Forefathers/Lom.html.

    3. [S116] Peter Stebbins Craig, The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware, page 68-69, Library of Linda Hedges.

    4. [S115] Peter Stebbins Craig, 1671 Census of the Delaware, page 15, Library of Linda Hedges.