JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
NameJohan (John) Nilsson Friend 
384
384Birth1666, DE
Death1737/8367
FatherNils Larsson Friend (1619-1686)
MotherAnna Andersdotter (1618-1724)
Spouses
Family ID5260
Marriage1696384
Notes for Johan (John) Nilsson Friend
Our ancestor John (Johannes Nilsson)
Friend, son of
: Nils Larsson, was a prominent member of that exact same
area- he was
: appointed overseer of roads in 1714; tax collector in 1716; Justice of the Peace in 1716-1717 & 1720-1721; Judge or Justice on the Gloucester Co. Court in 1717-1718. All of this was in Gloucester Co. Greenwich Township. By the way, Nils and 2 other Swedes originally bought the entire County from the indians, the English did not recognize this ownership.403
Friend, son of
: Nils Larsson, was a prominent member of that exact same
area- he was
: appointed overseer of roads in 1714; tax collector in 1716; Justice of the Peace in 1716-1717 & 1720-1721; Judge or Justice on the Gloucester Co. Court in 1717-1718. All of this was in Gloucester Co. Greenwich Township. By the way, Nils and 2 other Swedes originally bought the entire County from the indians, the English did not recognize this ownership.403