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Doc. 10.] 151
BISHOP JESPER SWEDBERG .
She died March 3, 1720.
3 Respecting his union with her
Swedberg writes : “On St. Andrews’ day, 1697, I celebrated in
a blessed hour my wedding with my second dearest wife, Sara
Bergia. I had not been acquainted with her before, and
to my knowledge had never before seen or been near her.
All at once I heard of her devotion, her piety, and her
liberality towards the poor ; I also heard that she was well
off in a worldly point of view, that she was good-looking, a
good housekeeper, and had no children. In short, such a
one as would suit me very well. I wrote to her, and made
her acquainted with my intentions. She agreed to my
wishes. Two days before the wedding I came to Stockholm ,
whither she had also come, according to our agreement, three
days before. I was led into a room, where she was sitting
alone ; but I did not know, nor could I have known, that it
was she, for no one had informed me of it. I sat down near
her. We talked together a long time; I conversed with her
on a great many subjects, as with a totally different person,
or with some one of her acquaintance. At last she asked me:
Professor, what do you think of our bargain ? I answered :
What bargain do you mean ? That about which you wrote
to me. What did I write to you about ? I do not know
anything about it. She said, Shall we not be bride and
bridegroom to -morrow ? Is it you ? I asked. And thus we
confirmed our friendship by shaking hands, and with a loving
embrace ." By her Swedberg had no children. She died
at Skara, March 3, 1720. At the close of the year he was
married, for the third time, to Christina Arhusia, daughter
of Joh. Arhusius, the Dean (prost) of Fahlun.
His children were : 1. Albrecht, who died in childhood ;
2. Anna, married in 1703 to Archbishop E. Benzelius ; 3. Ema
nuel, of whom more below ; 4. Catharina, married to Dean Unge,
to whom she bore nine children ; 5. Daniel, and 6. Eliezer, who
died as young men ; 7. Hedwig, married in 1714 to Lars
Benzelstjerna, who was then Assessor ; 8. Jesperba, born 1694.
He travelled to England in order “to learn navigation ;" after
wards to America and to New Sweden, where he was a teacher
for five years in the parish school of Rathkungs-Kihl. He
returned to Sweden in 1724, and married Christina Silfver
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