Beata Lom
1643 - 1689 (46 years)-
Name Beata Lom Birth 1643 New Sweden 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Death Apr 1689 Upland, Chester County, Pennsylvania [1, 2, 3] Burial Gloria Dei Episcopal Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania [1] Person ID I5721 Hedges Last Modified 5 Jun 2025
Father Mans Svensson Lom, b. Oct 1580, Uppsala kommun, Uppsala lan, Sweden d. 27 Jul 1653, New Sweden (Age 72 years) Mother Anna Margaret Petersdotter Stille, b. 1607, Sweden d. 1703, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Age 96 years) Marriage 17 Feb 1618 Gunnarskog, Arvika kommun, Varmlands Ian, Sweden [1] Family ID F2484 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rev. Lars Carlsson Lock, b. 1624, Gotlands kommun, Gotlands Ian, Sweden d. Sep 1688, Upland, Chester County, Pennsylvania (Age 64 years) Marriage Jan 1662 New Sweden [2, 3] Family ID F2499 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jun 2025
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Death - Apr 1689 - Upland, Chester County, Pennsylvania 
Burial - - Gloria Dei Episcopal Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Note on Find a Grave:
". . .first girl born in New Sweden (now Pennsylvannia)."
[1, 2] - Beata Lom, born 1643, reported to be the first girl born in New Sweden, died at Upland in the spring of 1689. In January 1662 she became the second wife of Pastor Lars Carlsson Lock, who came to New Sweden in 1648. Their children:
Anders Lock, born c. 1663, died 1716 in Gloucester County; married Christina Fish, sister of Casper Fish and widow of Hans Petersson, 6 children.
Måns, Lock, born c. 1665, died c. 1698 in Gloucester County; unmarried.
Catharine Lock, born c. 1668, died 1720 in Gloucester County; married John Jonasson [Nilsson], 5 daughters.
John Lock, born c. 1670, died 1720 in Gloucester County; married Catharine Hoffman, 4 children.
Peter Lock, born c. 1673, died 1731 in Gloucester County; married Maria, 9 children.
Maria Lock, born c. 1675, had illegitimate child by Hermanus Helm; not further traced.
Gustaf Lock, born c. 1680, died 1742 in Gloucester County; married Magdalena Hoffman, 8 children.
Another daughter (not identified) who told Peter Kalm in 1748 that her mother Beata Lom was thc first girl born in New Sweden.
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Sources - [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S116] Peter Stebbins Craig, The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware, page 73-74, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [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.
- [S6] Find a Grave.