 1717 - 1768 (51 years)
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| Name |
Mathias Holstein [1] |
| Birth |
2 Dec 1717 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
10 Dec 1768 |
Upper Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1] |
| Burial |
Christ Church Cemetery, Bridgeport Borough, Upper Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania [1] |
| Notes |
- Mathias Holstein was born December 2, 1717, and died December 10, 1768, being buried at Swedes' church. He married Magdalena, daughter of Marcus Hulings, of Morlatton, which was a Swedish settlement near what is now Pottstown. Mathias Holstein was one of the leaders in erecting Swedes' church in 1760. His wife was carried on a squaw's back when young, and on her wedding day, her friends came down the river in canoes. She survived her husband many years. - Ellwood Roberts' Biographical Annals of Montgomery Co, p. 330
Matthias wrote his will on 10 Dec 1768 describing himself as, "of Upper Merrion in the County of Philadelphia". He named his three eldest daughters, Hannah, Rebecca, and Rachel, younger daughters Sarah and Mary, both under eighteen, his son Samuel, and his beloved wife Magdalen.
If you were standing across the Schuylkill River in Norristown looking over at Bridgeport in 1828, this is what you would have seen. In the early 1700s, Swedish settler Mats Holstein stretched a rope across the river, and the location became known as Swedes Ford. Then Holstein started a ferry service about 1760. Travelers on foot or on horseback often encountered a delay. The boat would be on the other side of the river and it was necessary to blow a horn to summon the ferryman who would be working at his farm. Travelers could find a pleasant wait at Holstein's Swedes Ford Tavern nearby. - King of Prussia Historical Society
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| Person ID |
I18486 |
Ives-Leedom |
| Last Modified |
5 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Matthias Holstein, b. 1 Jul 1681, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. Bef 11 May 1737, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Bridget Rambo d. Bef 4 Sep 1758, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Marriage |
10 Oct 1705 |
| Family ID |
F5667 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Magdalena Hulings, b. Abt 1707 d. 4 Dec 1799, Upper Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 92 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Samuel Holstein, b. 11 Mar 1745, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania d. 22 Dec 1802, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania (Age 57 years) |
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| Family ID |
F5305 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Mar 2010 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Burial - - Christ Church Cemetery, Bridgeport Borough, Upper Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
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| Sources |
- [S404] Theodore Bean - Editor, History of Montgomery County, ((Philadelphia, Everts & Peck, 1884)), p. 1125.
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