The Swedish settlements on the Delaware by Amandus Johnson

They made their home at Aronameck on the west shore of the Schuylkill. Shortly thereafter, Peter Jochim married Ella Stille, daughter of Olof Stille. Peter Jochimsson was instrumental in obtaining the needed affidavit from the Indians, which was signed at Fort Elfsborg on 3 July 1651. To counter this move, Printz sought declarations from the Indians that the new fort was built illegally on land sold by the Indians to the Swedes. Stuyvesant countered in 1651 by abandoning Fort Beversrede and Fort Nassau (on the east side of the Delaware) and building a new fort at present New Castle (Fort Casimir). They also prevented Dutch freemen from settling in the area, effectively preserving the trade with the Indians for themselves. The Dutch commander complained that in September 1648 Peter Jochim 'contemptuously pulled the palisades of Fort Beversrede apart and broke through them, making use of great insolence by words as well as deeds.' The Swedes built a house in front of the Dutch fort, blocking its view from the river. Later, when the Dutch in 1648 built Fort Beversrede at Passyunk on the Schuylkill, he was transferred to Fort Korsholm on the Schuylkill. In New Sweden, Peter Jochim (as he was usually called) was first assigned to the new Fort Elfsborg near the mouth of present Salem Creek NJ. He sailed to the colony on the Fama, the same ship that carried the new Governor, Johan Printz. Peter Jochimsson, born in Schleswig in Holstein, was enrolled in Gothenburg in September 1642 to serve as a soldier in New Sweden at a wage of ten guilders per month.

The Swedish settlements on the Delaware by Amandus Johnson