Mrs Jons Andersson was born about 1637, in Fulltofta, Frosta, Malmöhus, Sweden. She married Jons Anderson about 1657. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Swedish immigrants sailed to Delaware.
Stockholm became capital of Sweden.
Queen Christina abdicated throne. Converted to Catholicism, later buried in Rome in St. Peter's.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bjorn, Lars, Mats, Lennart, Nils, Per, Anders, Berndt, Hokan, Olle, Sten. German Hans, Kurt, Alfons, Ernst, Gerd, Monika.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas .
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersen and Anderson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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