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etc., but we cannot make any connection to our Green family. One descendant told us that Mathias Green had a sister in Sweden called “Hedwich” (first name uncertain) that died there and left the descendants of Mathias a large estate containing a steel mill, factory, and other properties. She was supposed to be a “widow” and had no children. The only sister of Mathias that is unaccounted for is “Brita Maja” (Bridget Maria), bom on June 4, 1824. It was around 1935 that the family in this country was notified by the Swedish Consulate in New Orleans about the existence of this sister’s estate. This sister’s family told the Swedish Court that Mathias was the only sibling in this country and that he lived in New Orleans for a while before he settled in the south-east comer of Louisiana. Needless to say, the Greens in south Mississippi and south Louisiana never received any money from their aunt in Sweden. While we feel there is some truth to this story, we have found no evidence to support this claim.
The first record of Mathias Lundgren in North America was on May 6, 1836, when he “escaped” his ship in Boston, MA. Essentially he “jumped ship” which was a very serious crime at that time. His reason for his desertion is unknown, but he was accompanied by another shipmate, Anders Jansson. With the Swedish authorities looking for Mathias, this could explain why he and his descendants changed their surname to “Green.”
Mathias was listed as a “timberman” (carpenter) on the ship named “William” that left Sweden on September 28, 1835, for Boston. The ship was classified as a “Bark Boat.” A Bark /Barque boat is typically a mid-sized wooden ship with a three masted sail configuration. They carried everything from people to pigs! The records show “Mattias Lundgren,” age 23 years, not married, and from Gotland. This record, no doubt, helped us make the Swedish connection for our Mathias Lundgren.
The next record we have on Mathias is on October 4, 1841, when “Mathias Lungren” filed a “Declaration of Intent” (application) to become an American citizen. This record seems to have been originally filed in Hancock County, MS. This tells us he was living in Hancock County at the time. In order to do this, he would have had to be a “resident” of this country for at least five years. We have been unable to locate the original record. He was eventually granted citizenship on November 3, 1865, by the 6th District Court in New Orleans, LA. This does not necessarily mean that he was living in New Orleans, it simply means that is where the nearest Naturalization Court was located.
Mathias Green next shows up in the 1850 Hancock County, MS census, house #180-186. He is age 37, a ship carpenter, and bom in Switzerland (we know this was positively a census taker error). His wife was “Amelia, age 23, and bom in Miss.” Children listed were: William age 4, Jacob age 2, and Daniel age 9/12 - all bom in “Miss.” This is the last known record we have on Mathias.
Mathias’ wife, Premilla Ann Cameron, was bom on October 6, 1826, as taken from the Green Family Bible. She was also known as Emelia, Emily, or Amelia as found on various records. Based on several sources, she was born in Marion County, MS, the daughter of Jesse Cameron and Lavina Stanford. This family is covered in a separate research paper referred to as the Jesse Cameron
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