Johan Papegoja
Johan Papegoja | |
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Died | March 23, 1667 |
Known for | Governor of the Swedish Colony of New Sweden |
Johan Papegoja (died March 23, 1667) was a Swedish nobleman, soldier, and the fifth governor of the Swedish Colony of New Sweden.[1]
Johan Papegoja had been one of the early Swedish settlers on the Delaware. Papegoja is the Swedish word for parrot. He served as a Lieutenant at
Papegoja was the acting governor of New Sweden from the time of the departure of Johan Björnsson Printz during October 1653 until the arrival of
During 1662, Armegott Printz sold The Printzhof, an estate which Governor Printz had owned. She received partial payment with the remainder payable later. However, subsequent payment was refused. She brought suit for the recovery of the island. Ten years later in 1672, Armegott Printz recovered the estate. She subsequently sold the property a second time and returned to Sweden. She died on November 25, 1695, at Läckö Castle (in Swedish: Läckö Slott).[4]
References
- ^ Papegoja, Johan. (Index Pa. Rulers.org) http://rulers.org/indexp1.html
- ^ Europeans Before Penn (Stories from PA History PHMC Historical Markers) http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=3&chapter=2
- ^ Swedish Colonial News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Swedish Colonial Society. Volume 3, Number 4 Spring/Summer 2006) http://www.colonialswedes.org/images/Publications/Nussproof4.pdf
- ^ Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1713 (by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig. Swedish Colonial News, Volume 2, Number 5. Fall 2001) http://www.colonialswedes.org/History/Chronology.html Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Ashmead, Henry Graham History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co. 1884)
- Johnson, Amandus Swedish Settlements on the Delaware (Philadelphia, PA: Swedish colonial Society. 1911)
- Munroe, John A. Colonial Delaware. (Delaware Heritage Press, Wilmington. 1977)
- Weslager, C. A. New Sweden on the Delaware: 1638-1655 (Wilmington, DE: The Middle Atlantic Press, 1988).