Col John Immigrant Hanson

• General Notes
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    COL. JOHN HANSON, the youngest son of Col. Hanson, of
    the Swedish Army, was b. in Sweden, about the year 1630,
    came to New Sweden, on the Delaware, in 1642, removed to
    Maryland in 1653, and, after a short sojourn on Kent Island,
    went to St. Mary's : finally, about, or after, the year 1656, he
    settled in Charles County, and lived there until his death. In
    his Will, dated 12th Dec. 1713, he styles himself "planter of
    Charles County," and mentions seven child., viz., Robert, —
    Benjamin, — Mary (wife of Rev. William Maconehie), —
    Anne, — Sarah, — John, — Samuel, and his grandson Samuel
    Hanson.