JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
NameOlaf (William Or Woola) Dalbo 367,384
Birth1661, Kingsessing, PA
Deathfeb 19 1711/12, Racoon Creek, Glouster, NJ
MotherElizabeth
Spouses
Birthabt 1661, Upland, Chester, PA
Death19 Apr 1721, Racoon Creek, Glouster, NJ
FatherNils Larsson (-1686)
Family ID7500
ChildrenAnders (Andrew) (~1682-1748)
 Lars (Lawrence) (~1684-1721)
 Gabriel (~1686-1722)
 Charles (~1688-1721)
 Peter (1689-1775)
 Johan (John) (~1694-1721)
 Sarah (~1698-1748)
 Berthil Or Rebecca (~1700-1721)
 Elizabeth (~1702->1758)
 Anna Catharina (-1721)
Notes for Olaf (William Or Woola) Dalbo
Woola (also called Olof or ,in English, William) Dalbo (or Dahlbo) was the son-in-law of Nils Larsson Friend and his wife, Anna (Andersdotter) and was the husband of Carin (Catharine) Friend.

Complete List of Third and Fourth Tenth Land Owners 1684 - Peter Dalbo and Wolley (Woola) Dalbo: - 200 Acres. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 10A.

Woolly Dalboe was chosen as one of the representatives of the fourth Tenth in a session of the Legislature \on November 25, 1685. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors",. Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 7A.

May 15, 1686 - "Resolved that ye highways from Salem to Burlington shall be proceeded in and affected. The surveyors whereof for ye fourth Tenth are Andrew Robeson, Jr. and Walla (Woola) Dalbo." Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 11A

Court Order to Record Ear Marks of Swine and Cattle of September, 1686 includes ear marks for the animals of Peter and Woolley (Woola) Dalbo. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 13B.

The first lawsuit about land was the case of William (or Woola) Dalbo versus Peter Matson December 10, 1686 after a curious case in which the justices who were supposed to appear on December 1st did not all appear. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 16A & B, and 17A.

Will: Dalbo (Woola Dalbo) was among the signers of a petition soon after 1686 requesting that "the two winter Courts for the County (Gloucester Co., NJ) may be kept at Henry Treadwaes at the Red Bank." Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 21A.

December 1, 1687 - "Five more bridges under the jurisdiction of Andrew Robeson and Woolley (Woola) Dalboe (or Dalbo), overseers, were ordered repaired within four months or they should be severly fined." Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 18A.

Wolle Dalbo was appointed Constable in Gloucester County, New Jersey in 1689/90 in place of Phillip Paull. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 22B.

Woolley Dalboe ( or Woola Dalbo) served on a Grand Jury March 1, 1694/95. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 32A.

Woolley (Woola) Dalbo served on a Grand Jury in October, 1695. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprietors", Compiled and Edited by Frank H. Stewart, pg. 36A.

A deed was granted on 1 Dec. 1701 from Andrew Robeson, Exr. of Samuel to William Dalbo. Book Basse, pg. 31. Source - Index of Land Documents in the psssession of The Gloucester County Historical Society (Recorded Colonial Deeds in State Archives).

Carin Friend was a sister of Johannes (John) Friend who was the father of Nicholas Friend and grandfather of John Friend who settled Friendsville, Maryland. Carin and four of her children Johan, Anna Catharina, Charles and Lars died in April of 1721, presumably of the smallpox epidemic that struck the colony that year.

Woola Dalbo was one of the founders of "Old Swedes" Church at Raccoon Creek, present day Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey across the Delaware River from Upland (Chester), Pennsylvania where his father-in-law Nils settled after arriving from Sweden in about 1648.

Complete List of Third and Fourth (Gloucester Co., NJ) Tenth Land Owners 1684 - lists Peter Dalbo and Woley Dalbo: - 200 acres. Source - "Gloucester County under the Proprieters.

Gloucester County, 1st month 1689/90 Wolle Dalbo was appointed Constable in place of Phillip Paull

1695 - Wolla Dalbo served on a Grand Jury.

A 1703 Deed conveyed the property from John Hugg, Junior to the Church Wardens Woola Dalbo, William Cobb, Woola Peterson and Frederick Hopman. The deed was executed at Raccoon Creek, Gloucester County, province of New Jersey. The Church, originally a Swedish Lutheran Church, now "Trinity Episcopal Church" has undergone extensive repair under the New Jersey Historic Trust Grant and was formally rededicated on October 29, 1995.

Woola Dalbo died in 1712 at Raccoon Creek, Gloucester Co., New Jersey on his plantation known as "Fishing Place".

Stratton Hall, built in 1794, a handsome brick mansion in Swedesboro, New Jersey was built on land that had once belonged to Woola Dalbo and Gabriel Friend. The property was called "Fishing Place" and was located on the old "Kings Highway" just north of town. 434
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