John Rambo (politician)

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John Rambo (born 1661 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - died 17 October 1741 in Gloucester County, New Jersey) was an American politician.

John Rambo was the youngest of eight children of a Swedish immigrant family. Rambo's father, Peter Gunnarsson Rambo (born in 1612 in Gothenburg, Sweden - died 1698 in Pennsylvania), was one of the first colonists in the Swedish colony of New Sweden.[1] John Rambo was one of the first Swedish-Americans to be elected to the council of New Jersey. He was also a judge in Gloucester County court from 1695 to 1697. In 1685 Rambo married the daughter of Peter Larsson Cock, Brigitta Cock with whom he had 11 children.[2]

References

  1. Peter Gunnarsson Rambo (Swedish Colonial News, Volume 1, Number 2. Fall 1990)
  2. Peter Larsson Cock (Swedish Colonial News, Volume 1, Number 1 (Spring 1990)

Other sources

  • Beatty, Ronald Rambo Family Tree (AuthorHouse; 2 edition. 2008)


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