Mouns Jones House

The Mouns Jones House, also known as the Old Swede's House, is an historic, American home that is located in Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

History and architectural features

Built in 1686, this historic structure is a -story, three-bay, stone dwelling. It measures by and features a brick chimney for a large, kitchen fireplace. It is the oldest surviving house in Berks County and one of the few remaining examples of a Swedish settler's dwelling. The house was restored by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County. It is open to the public periodically during the year as part of the Morlatton Village historic site.
This house was built by Mans Mouce Jonasson, who was born in Kingsessing, Philadelphia on November 10, 1663 and died Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1727. His wife was Ingeborg Lycan Nilsson who was one of fifty selected soldiers accompanying Governor Printz on the Fourth Expedition to New Sweden and helped construct Fort Nya Elfsborg. He obtained his discharge in 1653, became a Freeman and married Gertrude, the daughter of Sven Gunnarsson.

Notable Descendants

Mans and Ingelborg's great-grandson was Colonel Abraham Bird who served as member of the House of Burgesses, and represented Dunmore County in the Fifth Virginia Convention in 1776.
Additionally, Francis Duke, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1812 to 1816 was a descendant.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.