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A GENEALOGICAL TABLE AND HISTORY OF THE SPRINGER FAMILY IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA FOR EIGHT CENTURIES FROM THE EARLIEST GERMAN PRINCES; ORIGIN OF THE NAME. ETC. BY M.C. SPRINGER. (1881)
sidorna 138-144
104. CHRISTOPH CHRISTLIEB CHRISTIAN SPRINGER (301), son of Johan Christian Jacob (294), was one of the leading merchants of Lamstedt, in the Royal Province of Hanover, a man of good education for the times, quite wealth), and was noted as being a good-hearted, kind man. His purse was open to the poor -- always contributing to their wants. He filled a high position in society, always using his influence in favor of institutions of learning and places of higher moral culture. In 1558, he was married to Elsie Springer nee Wehrhahn. Their children were:
303. An infant, not named, b. 1590, at Lamstedt, d. 1590.
[105] 304. Christopher, b. 1592, at Lamstedt.
305. Maria Emilia Alma, b. 1594, m. 1614.
306. Maria Amanda, b. 1596, d. 1635, in Sweden.
307. Louis Ferdinand, b. 1598, d. in 1675, in Sweden.
308. Ambrosius Hugo, b. 1600, d. 1666, in Vienna, Austria. He was an artist of considerable note.
309. Arndt Oscar, b.l603, d. 1689, in Sweden.
310. Eriek Franz Daniel, b. 1606, d. 1687 in Sweden.
311. Johan Alfonso, b. 1609, d. 1698, in Sweden.
312. Paul Virgil, b. 1611, d. 1692, in Sweden; merchant.
313. Richard Fire Caesar, b. 1613, d. 1697, in Berlin.
314. Emil Winfried Gottholt, b. 1615, d. 1688. in London.
315. Beata Amalia Thekla Clara, b. 1618, d. 1671, in Bremen.
Christoph Christlieb Christian Springer died 1630, at Lamstedt, aged 80 years. His son Christopher, after the treaty of "Westphalia, in 1648, removed to Stockholm, Sweden, where most of his brothers and sisters soon followed him.
105. CHRISTOPHER SPRINGER (304), son of Christoph Christlieb Christian (301), was b. at Lamstedt, in the Eoyal Province of Hanover, A.D. 1592. He studied jurisprudence at Wisschaften, and figured conspicuously as a Protestant at the close of the thirty-years war, which devasted Germany and was concluded on the 24th of October, 1648, by the signing of the treaty at Westphalia. (The majority of the family of which Christopher was a member, took an active part on the side of the Protestants and in favor of peace.) France and Sweden having taken part in the war demanded indemnity for the assistance they had given. France, after the most arrogant demands, finally contented itself with Upper and Lower Alsace, hitherto Austrian. The free cities of this region, the chief of which was Strasburg, and some abbeys, were not ceded with it, but France already had, by imperial grant, the local government of ten German cities there.
Sweden demanded all Pomerania, but since, Brandenburg certainly had the best claim to this country, now without a duke, and since Frederick William,"the Great Elector", who reigned there from 1640, was the man to assert his rights, Sweden gave up Pomerania east of the Oder, receiving the part west of that river, with the Island of Rugen, Usedom, Wollin and Stettin, important both as a fortress and a trading city. As a substitute for the part of Pomerania given up, it obtained Wismar and the endowment lands of Bremen and Verden, but without the city of Bremen, which was declared a city of the Empire. But, in distinction from France, Sweden in receiving these lands did not take them out of the Empire, but as their representative entered the imperial union. Sweden had control of the mouths of the great German rivers, the Oder, Elbe, and Weser. Besides, five millions of dollars were paid to the Swedish gevernment as an indemnity. Christopher being a resident of Wismar, at the time of the treaty of Westphalia, consequently became a subject of the Queen of Sweden, being an inhabitant of the territory ceded to Sweden. In 1649 he removed from Wismar to Berlin, where he remained a short time and finally removed to Stockholm, Sweden. On the abdication of the throne of Sweden by Christina, and the accession of Charles X in 1654, he was appointed Refferendary, which responsible position he held until 1665, having served as Notary on the Board of Domains under the Queen. In 1665, he was appointed superintendent of the exchequer and archives. He was endowed by the king with two valuable country seats, called Wbye and Nybbla. He owned property in Stockholm, besides nine taxable farms in Westergotland. The most of the family consisting of his brothers and sisters either went with, or soon followed him to Sweden, and settled in Stockholm, where some of their descendants still remain. Many of them have been prominent in the professions, holding high positions in society, and have always been noted as honorable upright men and women.
105. Christopher Springer (304), was married three times; first in 1645, to Alma Dorothea Jacobie, at Wismar, where he settled. His wife died in about two years leaving:
[106] 316. Lorentz, b. at Wismar, 1646, m. twice, d. at Tiverton, Rhode Island.
After the death of his wife, Christopher removed to Berlin, where his duties called him and where in 1649, he was m. to Henrietta Stucenrauch. She was the mother of:
317. Christina, b. at Berlin, 1650, m., d. in Riga, now in Russia.
Henrietta soon afterward d. and Christopher removed to Stockholm, Sweden, where in 1654, he was m. to Lady Beatea Jacobine Hendrickson, who became Lady companion to the Queen of Charles X, Hedwlg Elenora, dau. of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein Gottorp. Their children were:
318. Elizabeth, b. 1655, d. in Stockholm.
[107] 319. Carl, b. 1658, d. in Wilmington Delaware.
320. Christopher, b. 1661, d. in Germany.
321. Baltzer, b. 1664, d. in Sweden.
[108] 322. Jacob, b. 1668, d. on Long Island, N.Y., or East New Jersey, in 1731
Christopher Springer died at Stockholm, in 1669, at the age of 77 years. His young wife servived him many years.
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The following is the action of the guardians, (or orphans) court upon the last Will and Testament of Christopher Springer, copied from the records at Upsala, Sweden.
"A.D. 1669, June 9th, Peter Carlingh, and Gustav Mathson, Aldermen, and John Neilson, Notary Public, were appointed by the Orphan's Court to make an inventory, tax and divide the estate of the late Christopher Springer, Inspector in the Royal Exchequer College, between the widow, pious and virtuous matron, Lady Beatea, and the children of the late husband by the first bed; the book-keeper, Laurentius (Lorentz) Springer; by the second bed, Christina Springer, the wife of John Jacobson, now living in Riga; and of the third bed, five children, with the above mentioned wife, Miss EHzabeth Springer, about fourteen years, Carl Springer, about eleven years, Christopher Springer, eight years, Baltzer Springer, five years, and Jacob Springer, one year old.
The widow and the Crown were represented by the Alderman Zacharias Watraugh, Notary in the Supreme Court, Mr. Lars Morlingh, and her brother, Mr. Baltzer Hendrickson ; the book-keeper, John Jacobson (Christina's husband) was represented by his father, the organist Jacob Olfson.
- A.D. 1669 June 9th The same day the writings which the late Inspector Christopher Springer had left behind as a testamentary disposition for the surviving family were read.
First. -- A division which he had made between himself and his children concerning the maternal inheritance of the first two marriages, which division, the son, Lorentz Springer approved without any objection, and it was laid
Second. -- The disposition of the last will of the late husband, which he Avished after his death undisputably to be kept. In the first place, relating to the house and the garden at Munkclagret, which the late husband had promised the widow to inhabit and possess, free of rent, as long as she remained single, about this it was agreed that the widow should keep it on the share of her children (i.e. Elizabeth, Carl, Christopher, Baltzer and Jacob), and herself, yet without depriving the son (Lorentz), and his half sister (Christina) of any of their rights, especially as they were not willing to consent thereto.
The second clause was concerning the country property which was bequeathed to the widow to possess and use during her life-time, as support of herself and her children, the rent which yearly accrues from the two farms in Upland, Whye and Nybbla, and the properties in Westergotland, should be appraised; to this the son (Lorentz), answered, that he reserved for himself and his half-sister their share in this as well as in the house and garden by Munkelagret, to which the widow also assented in order to preserve peace and unity.
The third and fourth clause concerning the gold chain and bracelets of the widow, which had been given her by the late husband, and a gold chain to the oldest daughter of the same flock, Virgin Elizabeth Springer, was approved by the son without objection, also that the older sister, now residing m the house, should get a dowry as well as his sister. In the above mentioned manner, they agreed in friendship upon all these points. Thus it has been found agreed, testify the undersigned. Orphan's Court,
No. die at superius.
P. CARLINGH Witness, WATRAUGH. GUSTAV MATHSON
This concludes the ancestry of Lorenz, Carl and Jacob Springer. Their history and the names of their descendants will be given in the next part of this work. The consecutive family and individual numbers will be continued.
(Ändrat av kontoinnehavaren den 07 juni 2026 kl. 17.42.)
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