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Doc. 9.] 89
GENEALOGY OF SWEDENBORG .
3. Dr. Carl Jesper Benzelius, was born Jan. 16, 1714, in
Upsal; received holy orders, 1737 ; was appointed curate of
the Swedish Church in London, 1738; royal court-chaplain ,
1741 ; doctor of theology in Helmstädt, 1748 ; professor of
theology in Lund, 1750 ; Bishop of Strengnäs, 1776 ; received
the order of the north-star, 1786 ; and died in Strengnäs,
1793. In 1748, he was appointed teacher of the Swedish
language to Princess Louisa Ulrica [who subsequently became
Queen of Sweden ]. In 1751, he was ennobled together with
his brothers and sisters, but he retained his former name on
account of his being in holy orders. He had one son and
four daughters ; one of the daughters was married in 1783 to
Jonas Cederstedt, the councillor of mines.
4. Albrecht Benzelius, when ennobled, Benzelstjerna, born
Feb. 11, 1715. He was manufacturer of all sorts of woollen
goods, with the title of director, and died in 1763 at Dingelvik
å Dahl. He was married in 1743 to Johanna, daughter of
Timan, the administrator of crown-lands, in Linköping. One
of their sons, Lars Benzelstjerna, who was an ensign in the
Swedish navy, went to Copenhagen in 1789, for the purpose
of setting fire to the Russian fleet; his plot was discovered,
and he was condemned by the Danish government to pass
the remainder of his life in a fortress in Norway. He was,
however, subsequently released.
5. Adolph Benzelius, when ennobled, Benzelstjerna, born
July 19, 1718 ; entered the service of engineers in Sweden ;
ensign in the Hessian army; lieutenant in the French army ;
lieutenant in the English army in 1755 ; engineer of fortifications
in America, 1761 ; superintendent of forests in the district of
Crown -Point; died at Crown -Point in 1775. He was married to
Rebecca Trauberg, daughter of the Swedish pastor, in Racoon,
New Jersey, and Elisabeth Andersdotter Rudman. His daughter
Anna Ulrica was married to Thomas Sparham , M. D. of Kings
ton, in the province of Quebec.
6. Ulrica Benzelia, when ennobled, Benzelstjerna, born May 14,
1725, died May 5, 1766. She was married in 1740 to the
Bishop of Linköping, Dr. Petrus Filenius, who died in 1780.
She was his first wife.
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