Individual Details

Maria Stallcop

(15 Mar 1696 or 15 Mar 1697 - Nov 1750)

Notes imported from GEDCOM:

Information from Leslie Collier:

Another entry in Ancestral file shows her as Mary Stallcop b abt 1695.She married John Cornelius VandeVer 14 Jan 1714 in New Castle Co., Del.She is daughter of Peter & Katherine Peterson. Her sister Christina wasmarried to Ericus Tobias Bjork.

Appears in the will of father dated 3 Sep 1709 New Castle Del.

Family records of Karen W. Denhalter (West Point, Ut 84015 Pg 21 EarlJones "The Stalcup Family History 1641-1987 Vol I") states she was bornFeb 1696 in New Castle Co Del. She married Johan Van de Ver at OldSwedes Church on Jan. 14, 1714. In June of that year she and her husbandwent to Sweden with Rev. Eric Biork. Johan died in Sweden. Maria marriedHans Smidt in Sweden by 1720 and returned to Delaware. Hans Smidt diedin 1753. Maria preceded him in death on 19 Nov. 1750 (-pg 196

Accompanied her brother-in-law, Provost Biork, to Sweden in 1714, wasmarried at Fahlun to Hatmaker Hans Smidt, and came back here with him in1722 .

In the book History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware by Ferrisis a list of some of the oldest stones in the church yard. Among them isthe following: "In memory of Mary Smidt. She was born ye 15th of March,1697. She went to Sweden in 1714, and returned in 1721. She departedthis life ye
19th of Nov'r, 1750."

Events

Birth15 Mar 1696 or 15 Mar 1697Christiana, New Castle, Delaware
Marriage14 Jan 1713 or 14 Jan 1714Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware -
Marriage3 Mar 1719 or 3 Mar 1720Fahlun, Kobbarberg, Sweden - Hans Jurgen Smidt
DeathNov 1750New Castle County, Delaware
Burial19 Nov 1750Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
Alt nameMaria Stalcop , Mary Stalcope, Maria Stalcup
Reference No3868

Families

SpouseHans Jurgen Smidt (1696 - 1753)
ChildPeter Smith (1720 - 1747)
ChildJohn Smith (1722 - 1752)
ChildTobias Smith (1723 - 1781)
ChildFrederic Smith (1727 - 1806)
ChildAndreas Smith (1730 - )
ChildEricus Smidt (1734 - 1792)
ChildJonas Smith (1737 - )
ChildMaria Smith (1740 - 1740)
FatherPeter Stallcop (1663 - 1710)
MotherCatharina Peterson (1664 - 1739)
SiblingChristina Stallcop (1686 - )
SiblingBrita Stallcop (1688 - 1735)
SiblingSamuel Stallcop (1690 - )
SiblingJohn Stallcop (1692 - )
SiblingAndrew Stallcop (1699 - )
SiblingMargaretta Stallcop (1706 - 1742)
SiblingStallcop (1706 - )
SiblingStallcop (1708 - )