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Language, Church, Material Culture, and Identity among Eighteenth-Century Swedish Descendant Communities in the Delaware Valley Region

Language, Church, Material Culture, and Identity among Eighteenth-Century Swedish Descendant... Historical ethnography of Morlatton Village in southeast Pennsylvania may prove to be a fruitful approach to understanding second- and third-generation Swedish colonists in the Delaware Valley. Morlatton Village was settled by Swedish, Finnish, English, and German colonists, and appears to have had close ties to the Lenape. Swedes and Finns continued to arrive in the Delaware Valley well after the official end of Swedish rule in 1655, and its population rose from under 400 to over 1,200 by the year 1700. The Swedish Crown continued to supply ordained ministers and Swedish religious books well into the 18th century, and, by the eve of the American Revolution, there were still at least some Swedish speakers living in the Delaware Valley (Craig and Williams 2006, 2008, 2009). Ultimately, the Swedes continued to intermarry with English and German settlers, their churches became Episcopalian, and they ceased to be perceived as a distinct community. Historical records, archaeology, material culture, and aspects of the built environment may prove to be among the entangled threads making up this dynamic community. Insights may shed light on the cultural processes at work in the multicultural communities that characterized the colonial Middle Atlantic. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Historical Archaeology Springer Journals

Language, Church, Material Culture, and Identity among Eighteenth-Century Swedish Descendant Communities in the Delaware Valley Region

Crane, Brian D.
Historical Archaeology , Volume 56 (1) – Mar 1, 2022
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © Society for Historical Archaeology 2021
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0440-9213
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10.1007/s41636-021-00312-5
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Abstract

Historical ethnography of Morlatton Village in southeast Pennsylvania may prove to be a fruitful approach to understanding second- and third-generation Swedish colonists in the Delaware Valley. Morlatton Village was settled by Swedish, Finnish, English, and German colonists, and appears to have had close ties to the Lenape. Swedes and Finns continued to arrive in the Delaware Valley well after the official end of Swedish rule in 1655, and its population rose from under 400 to over 1,200 by the year 1700. The Swedish Crown continued to supply ordained ministers and Swedish religious books well into the 18th century, and, by the eve of the American Revolution, there were still at least some Swedish speakers living in the Delaware Valley (Craig and Williams 2006, 2008, 2009). Ultimately, the Swedes continued to intermarry with English and German settlers, their churches became Episcopalian, and they ceased to be perceived as a distinct community. Historical records, archaeology, material culture, and aspects of the built environment may prove to be among the entangled threads making up this dynamic community. Insights may shed light on the cultural processes at work in the multicultural communities that characterized the colonial Middle Atlantic.

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Historical Archaeology – Springer Journals

Published: Mar 1, 2022

Keywords: New Sweden; historical ethnography; language; church; material culture; 18th century; Delaware Valley

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