Lutefisk vs. Haggis
Well, okay, lutefisk is Norwegian not Swedish, but--I'd love to sort out the Swedish Numbers from the Scottish.Here are some apparently Swedish Numbers from the 6th volume of a series (name escapes me--will look it up again) of historical records from Delaware.
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The Numbers Family
(1)JOHN NUMBERS, b. c1644, immigrated into the Province by 1665.
John Nomers, Swedish, naturalized 6 June 1674
At a chancery court case of 16 Nov 1716 John Numbers of CE Co.,
planter, age c72 made a deposition regarding the bounds of
Bohemia Manor.He probably was father of the below listed JOHN,
JAMES and PETER
(2) JOHN NUMBERS, probable son of John (1) Numbers, m. Elizabeth.They were
parents of JOHN, b. 20 Dec 1711
(3) JAMES NUMBERS, planter of CE Co., probable son of John (1) Numbers, m. 1st
Sarah Husbands, widow of John Husbands and m. 2nd, Elizabeth (N)
(4) PETER NUMBERS, b. c1688, probably son of John (1) Numbers, m. 1st 9 Oct 1711, Ann Pennington, widow.Peter m. 2nd Catharine.Some of their children were:PETER, JAMES b. 3 Feb 1722