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THE 1693 CENSUS OF THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE
Family Histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church Members
Residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey & Cecil County, Md.
1638-1693

PETER STEBBINS CRAIG, J.D.
Fellow, American Society of Genealogists

Cartography by Sheila Waters
Foreword by C. A. Weslager

Studies in Swedish American Genealogy 3

SAG Publications
Winter Park, Florida
1993

Library of Congress Catalog Number 92-82858
ISBN Number: 0-9616105-1-4.

213 pages. Hardback.

CONTENTS
Foreword by Dr. C. A. Weslager
Introduction page 1
Chapter 1: The 1693 Census page 15
Chapter 2: The Wicaco Congregation page 25
Chapter 3: The Wicaco Congregation - Continued page 45
Chapter 4: The Wicaco Congregation - Concluded page 65
Chapter 5: The Crane Hook Congregation page 89
Chapter 6: The Crane Hook Congregation - Continued page 109
Chapter 7: The Crane Hook Congregation - Concluded page 135
Appendix: Letters to Sweden, 1693 page 159
Abbreviations for Commonly Used References page 165
Bibliography page 167
Index of Place Names page 175
Index of Personal Names page 181

MAPS
1693 Service Area of the Swedish Log Church at Wicaco page 11
1693 Service Area of the Swedish Log Church at Crane Hook page 13

"....
In a publication dealing with vital statistics, dates, places, events, personal names, and individual details, one might ask whether inaccuracies have found their way into the text?
Peter answers this question himself on the first page of his Introduction.
He says that although the unknowns he faced when he started the project have been reduced,
"ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND STILL UNDISCOVERED EVIDENCE WILL FURTHER REDUCE THE UNKNOWNS IN THE FUTURE.".....
[from the foreword by C. A. Weslager]