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[[Image:Cleng.peerson.jpg|thumb|right|Cleng Peerson]]'''Cleng Peerson''' ([[17 May]] [[1783]] – [[16 December]] [[1865]]) led the first group of Norwegians to emigrate to the United States, traveling on the [[sloop]] ''[[Restauration (ship)|Restauration]]''.
[[Image:Cleng.peerson.jpg|thumb|right|Cleng Peerson]]'''Cleng Peerson''' ([[17 May]] [[1783]] – [[16 December]] [[1865]]) was a [[Norwegian-American]] pioneer who led the first group of Norwegians to emigrate to the United States, traveling on the Norwegian [[sloop]] ''[[Restauration (ship)|Restauration]]''.


Cleng Peerson was born Klein Pedersen Hesthammer near the community of [[Tysvær]] in the county of [[Rogaland]], [[Norway]]. In 1821, he first traveled to the United States at the request of a religious community in [[Stavanger]]. <ref>“The Sloopers, Their Ancestry and Posterity” J. Hart Rosdail (Norwegian Slooper Society of America. Sheridan, IL. 1961). http://www.wheelerfolk.org/slooper/society/book/slooper_book.htm</ref> This community was comprised of [[Quakers]] and [[Rappites]], together with Haugeans, followers of the beliefs of [[Hans Nielsen Hauge]]. <ref>“Haugeans, Rappites, and the Emigration of 1825” ( by Ingrid Semmingsen, translated by C. A. Clausen. Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 29: Page 3). http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume29/vol29_01.htm</ref> In 1824, when Peerson came back it was decided that a group should immigrant. Cleng returned to America to prepare for their arrival.<ref>
He was born in [[Tysvær]], [[Norway]], and died in [[Bosque County, Texas]]. Peerson is buried in the cemetery of [[Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Cranfills Gap, Texas)|Our Savior's Lutheran Church]] outside of [[Cranfills Gap, Texas]].
“Norwegian Sloopers of 1825” Georgia Adkins. Vestlandet, Austin, MN. Vol. 86, Summer, 2000, Vol. 87, Fall, 2000. http://www.wheelerfolk.org/slooper/articles/norwegian_sloopers_of_1825_1.htm </ref>


Cleng Peerson met the immigrants when they landed in New York on October 9, 1825. They moved to northern [[New York state]] settling about 35 miles northwest of [[Rochester]] in north western New York in the township of [[Murray]], near [[Lake Ontario]], in [[Orleans County]]. <ref> “The Kendall Settlement Survived” (by Richard L. Canuteson, Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 27: Page 243). http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_12.htm </ref> The road that ran through this settlement is today known as Norway Road. <ref> “Orleans County History”. ( Dolores Sedore, Orleans County Historical Association. Albion, New York. 1976) </ref>
In 1825, he led a group of Norwegians, many of them [[Quaker]]s, who traveled from [[Stavanger, Norway]] to [[New York City]], arriving on [[9 October]] [[1825]] after a three-month voyage, and onward to their first settlement, in [[Kendall, New York|Kendall]], [[Orleans County, New York]]. The people who made this voyage are sometimes referred to as the ''Sloopers''.


In 1834, Cleng Peerson led a group of settlers to a little settlement on the [[Illinois River]], in the [[Fox River Valley]]. Today, Norway, in Mission Township, [[ LaSalle County, Illinois]], is the site of the ''Norwegian Settlers State Memorial''. <ref> Norwegian Settlers Memorial Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/norwegian_settlers.htm</ref>
In honor of the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of this event, in 1975 Cleng Peerson and a portion of an ''America letter'' were depicted on a Norwegian NK 1.40 [[postage stamp]]. The sloop ''Restauration'' (also spelled ''Restoration'') was featured on a United States postage stamp honoring the centennial in 1925.

Starting in 1838, Peerson returned to Norway several times. By 1840, Peerson had settled in Sugar Creek in [[Montrose Township]], [[Lee County]] in the southeastern part of Iowa. Cleng Peerson was listed in the United States census records as a settler in 1840. <ref>The Sugar Creek Settlement in Iowa By H. F. Swansen (Volume IX: Page 38) http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume09/vol09_3.htm</ref>

The [[Texas State Legislature]] granted Peerson 320 acres of land west of [[Clifton]], in [[Bosque County, Texas]] during 1854.<ref>“Recollections of a Norwegian Pioneer in Texas”(by Knudt Olson Hastvedt, translated and edited by C. A. Clausen. Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume XII: Page 91). http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume12/vol12_5.htm</ref> Peerson lived here until his death and was buried in the cemetery by Our Savior’s Lutheran Church outside of [[Cranfills Gap, Texas]]. <ref> “Norwegian Collection. Bosque Museum. Clifton, Texas. http://www.bosquemuseum.org/norwegian.htm</ref>

During 1982, [[King Olav V]] visited Texas in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cleng Peerson. <ref>"Clifton Named Norwegian Capital of Texas," (News of Norway, September, 1997) http://www.lawzone.com/half-nor/peerson.htm</ref>A history of the life and adventures of Cleng Peerson was completed by Norwegian author and historian [[Alfred Hauge]]. The three volume series were published between 1961 and 1965 by [[Gyldendal Norsk Forlag]]. <ref> Cleng Peerson “Hundevakt”, Landkjenning”, and “Ankerfeste”. WorldCat. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1288395/editions?editionsView=true&referer=di</ref>

==References==
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==Additional Sources==
*Hauge, Alfred ''The True Saga Of Cleng Peerson'' (Translated by John Weinstock and Turid Sverre. Foreword by Carl W. W. Sorenson Special Projects Committee, Norwegian Society of Texas; 1st edition (May 17, 1982)
*De Pellis, Mario S. ''Still More Light on the Kendall Colony: A Unique Slooper Letter'' (Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 20: Page 24) http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume20/vol20_2.htm
*De Pellis, Mario S. ''Cleng Peerson and the Cummunitarian Background of Norwegian Immigration'' (Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 2I: Page 136) http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume21/vol21_5.html

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==External Links==

*[http://sloopersociety.org/home “Norwegian Slooper Society of America Website”]
*[http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/norwegian_settl.asp?articleid=31&zoneid=17 “The Sloopers - Pioneers in Norwegian Emigration. Norway-Heritage]
*[http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/norwegian_settlers.htm “Norwegian Settlers Memorial. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency”]
*[http://www.utvandrersenteret.no/index.cfm?id=158357 “The Sloopers. Norwegian Emigration Center”]
*[http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/scand.TX.html “Scandinavian Settlement in Bosque County, Texas”]
*[http://www.restauration.no/index_english.php “Stiftelsen Emigrantskipet Restauration”]
*[http://www.gyldendal.no/new/ “Gyldendal Norsk Forlag Official Website”]


== See also ==
*[[Norwegian-American]]


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==External links==
* [http://www.nb.no/emigrasjon/vis_data_bilde.php?lang=eng&dok_id=32339&nss=no-nb_emidata_E2042 Norwegian postage stamp]
* [http://www.nb.no/emigrasjon/emigration/ The Promise of America]
* [http://www.wheelerfolk.org/norweb/page10.html list of Slooper links and books]


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Cleng Peerson

Cleng Peerson (17 May 1783 – 16 December 1865) was a Norwegian-American pioneer who led the first group of Norwegians to emigrate to the United States, traveling on the Norwegian sloop Restauration.

Cleng Peerson was born Klein Pedersen Hesthammer near the community of Tysvær in the county of Rogaland, Norway. In 1821, he first traveled to the United States at the request of a religious community in Stavanger. [1] This community was comprised of Quakers and Rappites, together with Haugeans, followers of the beliefs of Hans Nielsen Hauge. [2] In 1824, when Peerson came back it was decided that a group should immigrant. Cleng returned to America to prepare for their arrival.[3]

Cleng Peerson met the immigrants when they landed in New York on October 9, 1825. They moved to northern New York state settling about 35 miles northwest of Rochester in north western New York in the township of Murray, near Lake Ontario, in Orleans County. [4] The road that ran through this settlement is today known as Norway Road. [5]

In 1834, Cleng Peerson led a group of settlers to a little settlement on the Illinois River, in the Fox River Valley. Today, Norway, in Mission Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, is the site of the Norwegian Settlers State Memorial. [6]

Starting in 1838, Peerson returned to Norway several times. By 1840, Peerson had settled in Sugar Creek in Montrose Township, Lee County in the southeastern part of Iowa. Cleng Peerson was listed in the United States census records as a settler in 1840. [7]

The Texas State Legislature granted Peerson 320 acres of land west of Clifton, in Bosque County, Texas during 1854.[8] Peerson lived here until his death and was buried in the cemetery by Our Savior’s Lutheran Church outside of Cranfills Gap, Texas. [9]

During 1982, King Olav V visited Texas in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cleng Peerson. [10]A history of the life and adventures of Cleng Peerson was completed by Norwegian author and historian Alfred Hauge. The three volume series were published between 1961 and 1965 by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. [11]

References

  1. ^ “The Sloopers, Their Ancestry and Posterity” J. Hart Rosdail (Norwegian Slooper Society of America. Sheridan, IL. 1961). http://www.wheelerfolk.org/slooper/society/book/slooper_book.htm
  2. ^ “Haugeans, Rappites, and the Emigration of 1825” ( by Ingrid Semmingsen, translated by C. A. Clausen. Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 29: Page 3). http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume29/vol29_01.htm
  3. ^ “Norwegian Sloopers of 1825” Georgia Adkins. Vestlandet, Austin, MN. Vol. 86, Summer, 2000, Vol. 87, Fall, 2000. http://www.wheelerfolk.org/slooper/articles/norwegian_sloopers_of_1825_1.htm
  4. ^ “The Kendall Settlement Survived” (by Richard L. Canuteson, Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 27: Page 243). http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_12.htm
  5. ^ “Orleans County History”. ( Dolores Sedore, Orleans County Historical Association. Albion, New York. 1976)
  6. ^ Norwegian Settlers Memorial Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/norwegian_settlers.htm
  7. ^ The Sugar Creek Settlement in Iowa By H. F. Swansen (Volume IX: Page 38) http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume09/vol09_3.htm
  8. ^ “Recollections of a Norwegian Pioneer in Texas”(by Knudt Olson Hastvedt, translated and edited by C. A. Clausen. Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume XII: Page 91). http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume12/vol12_5.htm
  9. ^ “Norwegian Collection. Bosque Museum. Clifton, Texas. http://www.bosquemuseum.org/norwegian.htm
  10. ^ "Clifton Named Norwegian Capital of Texas," (News of Norway, September, 1997) http://www.lawzone.com/half-nor/peerson.htm
  11. ^ Cleng Peerson “Hundevakt”, Landkjenning”, and “Ankerfeste”. WorldCat. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1288395/editions?editionsView=true&referer=di

Additional Sources

  • Hauge, Alfred The True Saga Of Cleng Peerson (Translated by John Weinstock and Turid Sverre. Foreword by Carl W. W. Sorenson Special Projects Committee, Norwegian Society of Texas; 1st edition (May 17, 1982)
  • De Pellis, Mario S. Still More Light on the Kendall Colony: A Unique Slooper Letter (Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 20: Page 24) http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume20/vol20_2.htm
  • De Pellis, Mario S. Cleng Peerson and the Cummunitarian Background of Norwegian Immigration (Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume 2I: Page 136) http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume21/vol21_5.html

External Links

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