sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_%28sl%C3%A4kt%29Var en av de första kolonister som 17 april 1640 kom till USA med Kalmar Nyckels andra expedition. Troligen stannade ingen från första expeditionen kvar. Är i rullorna omnämnd som soldat och blev plantageägare i Nya Sverige, Delaware.
Tog namnet Rambo efter Ramberget vid Hisingen (enligt annan mindre trolig källa från Rambo, Degerfors).
Bodde först nära fortet Christina. Han skaffade sig sedan land på båda sidor av floden och blev med tiden en betydande man och personligen bekant med William Penn.
Efter giftemålet1647 slog de sig initialt ned i Kingsessing, men flyttade 1669 till Passyunk på nordöstra sidan av Schuylkill.
Tillhörde grundarna av en av de första svenska kyrkorna i Amerika, nämligen i Wicaco nära Philadelphia, och han fick under sin levnad vara med om såväl holländernas övertagande av den svenska kolonin, som William Penns ankomst och styre.
I boken "Nya Sverige - drömmen om ett imperium" av Algot Mattsson så finns redovisat de 12
expeditionerna som utgick till Nya Sverige - även en "lista på svenska familjer 1693" i Nya Sverige. År 1693 fanns 189 familjer om tillsammans 938 personer och 39 av dessa hade anlänt med någon av expeditionerna ut till nya Sverige. Två av dessa - Peter Rambo och
Anders Bonde - uppgavs ha varit i Nya Sverige i 54 år och hade troligen rest över med Kalmar Nyckel på dess andra expedition.
Beskrivning av Peter Rambo:
www.colonialswedes.org/forefathers/rambo.html
Galleri London:Bland annat finns en bild som föreställer Peter Gunnarsson, som när han flyttade till Nordamerika bytte efternamn till Rambo. Han håller i ett äpple av sorten rambo, som han gav namn till (förde med sig kärnorna från Sverige).
- Det var i sin tur den äppelsorten som gav författaren till boken First Blood, som sedan blev den första Rambofilmen sitt namn.
www2.unt.se/avd/1,1786,MC=5-AV_ID=642673,00.html
Har en gata, Rambo Avenue uppkallad efter sig.
Hade enligt brev till systern i Göteborg 4 söner och 4 döttrar, varav en dog i späd ålder. Sex kända barn:
1. Gunnar Rambo, born January 6, 1649, died January 1724 at the age of 75 at "Matzong" in Upper Merion township of present Montgomery County, Pa. Married Anna Cock (daughter of Peter Cock); nine children.
2. Gertrude Rambo, born October 19, 1650, died after 1705 in Moyamensing (South Philadelphia). Married on November 22, 1668, to Anders Bengtsson (Andrew Bankson), who drowned in the Delaware River on September 14, 1705; nine children.
3. Peter Rambo, Jr., born June 17, 1653, died December 12, 1729, in his 77th year in Lower Dublin township, Philadelphia County. Married on November 12, 1676, Magdalena Skute (daughter of Captain Sven Skute); seven children.
4. Catharine Rambo, born c. 1655, died after 1708 on Little Mantua Creek, Gloucester County, NJ. Married on February 16, 1674, Peter Mattsson (1647-1699), son of Matthias and Elizabeth Hansson and stepson of Anders Dalbo; nine children, including a daughter Elizabeth (1678-1736) who married the Rev. Andreas Rudman and a daughter Maria (1682-1739) who married the Rev. Andreas Sandel and died in Sweden, where her grandson, Baron John August Sandels (1764-1831), later became a famous general.
5. Anders (Andrew) Rambo, born 1658, died in 1698 at Passyunk (South Philadelphia). Married c. 1684 Maria (daughter of Peter Cock); six children.
6. John Rambo, born 1661, buried October 17,1741, in Gloucester County, N.J. Married Brigitta (daughter of Peter Cock); 11 children.
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Författare: Craig, Peter Stebbins
Titel: 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 ;
cartography by Sheila Waters ; foreword by C.A. Weslager Ort/Förlag:
Winter Park, Fla. : SAG Publications ISBN: 0-9616105-1-4
Settlers Arriving on the Kalmar Nyckel - 1640 The Kalmar Nyckel did
not bring any women or children to New Sweden in 1638, and when it
sailed back to Sweden it left 25 men at Fort Christina. Most of them
returned to Sweden when the vessel arrived on the second voyage, and
no official record was made of the few that remained.' The following
list of names, compiled by Peter S. Craig, leaves no doubt that women
and children arrived on the second voyage; these were the first
families to settle in the colony. The list is not complete, but it is
the best that can now be offered and is subject to expansion. Although
the majority remained in New Sweden as permanent settlers, some
returned to Sweden on ships that later delivered new colonists.
Moreover, some who returned to Sweden came back again to the colony.
Where the occupation and place of origin is known this information is
shown alongside the name. Peter Hollender Ridder, commander, Ekenas,
Nyland, Finland Joost van Langdonk, commissary, Dutch Gregorius van
Dyck, assistant commissary, Dutch The Reverend Reorus Torkillus,
pastor William Loury, provost Johan Michellsson, corporal Anders
Jonsson, gunner Bengt Thomasson, soldier Anders Nilsson Nagell,soldier
Olof Svensson, soldier Steffan Olofsson, soldier Nils Svensson,
<<<soldier Peter Gunnarsson Rambo, Hisingen (Gothenburg)>>> Anders Svensson
Bonde Mans Anderson his wife his daughter, Brita Jon Thorsson Anders
Larsson Dalbo Sven Larsson Maarbo Sven Gunnarsson his wife his son,
Sven his daughter, Gertrude his son, Olof, born at sea Lars Svensson
Bonde Marten Gottersson
Settlers Arriving on The Kalmar Nickel or the
Chantas - 1641 As discussed in the text, the Kalmar Nyckel and the
Charitas traveled together on the Kalmar Nyckel's third voyage to New
Sweden in 1641-42. On this expedition the names of some, but not all,
of the passengers were recorded before the vessels left Sweden.
However, there is no record at Gothenburg which lists the name of the
ship to which each passenger was assigned. Peter S. Craig's
documentary research permits identifying a few of the passengers
assigned to one or the other vessel, but the majority must be listed
as having sailed on either the Kalmar Nickel or the Charitas. As with
those shown on the above 1640 list the majority of these passengers
remained in New Sweden as colonists, although some returned to Sweden
on later vessels. Those known to have arrived on the Kalmar Nyckel:
Mats Hansson, gunner his wife, Elizabeth Laurens Andriessen, a Dutch
"cuyper" Olof Thorsson, sailor his wife, Elise his son, Lars his son,
Olle his daughter, Christina Mats Olofsson, sailor Mans Joransson,
laborer, Finn Those known to have arrived on the Charitas: Mans
Svensson Lom, freeman, from Roslagen his wife his daughter, Margaret
his daughter, Catherine his son, Peter Knut Martensson, sailor, Vasa,
Finland Lars Thomasson [Bure], sailor, from Veddige Ifver Sifferson
Clas Classon, Dutch carpenter Hendrick Huygen, commissary, from Wesel,
Germany Gotfried Harmer, cabin guard, from Worms, Germany Those who
arrived either on the Charitas or Kalmar Nyckel: (The likelihood is
that the majority were on the Kalmar Nyckel because the Charitas
transported animals and fodder as well as supplies, and had only
limited space for passengers.) Ivert Hendricksson, laborer, Finn Olof
Palsson, laborer Per Johansson, laborer Johan Ericksson, laborer, from
Angermanland Anders Hansson, laborer (brother to Mats Hansson above)
Jacob Sprint, laborer, from Nyland Paul Jonsson, laborer, from
Jamtland Axel Stille, laborer, from Roslagen Hendrick Matsson, laborer
Johan Andersson [Stalcop], boy from Strangnis Olof Erickson, a boy
Olof Stille, freeman, from Roslagen his wife his daughter, Ella his
son, Anders Mats Hansson, laborer, Borga, Finland Peter Larsson Kock,
laborer, from Bangsta Carl Johansson, Keksholm, Finland Eskel Larsson,
army deserter Mr. Christopher, preacher Gustaf Strahl Mickel Jonsson
Bolm, Reval, Estonia Mans Nilsson Klings his wife his small child his
servant girl Carl Markusson Pafvel Schmal, boy from Norrmalm
(Stockholm) Joran Olsson, provost Peter Andersson, guard Hans Mansson,
laborer, from Skara Lars Bjornsson, sailor, Gothenburg Anders
Christiansson, miller, Gothenburg Clement Joransson, laborer, Finn
from Sunne Hendrick Matsson, laborer, Finn Eskel Larsson, laborer,
Finn from Sunne Bartel Eskellson, laborer, Finn from Sunne Jons
Pavelsson, laborer, Finn from Sunne This information was taken from "A
Man and His Ship: Peter Minuit and the Kalmar Nyckel" by C.A.Weslager,
published by the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, a must have book fro anyone
with ancestors from New Sweden.
