- This article is about the 17th-18th century politician. For the fictional character John Rambo played by Sylvester Stallone, see John Rambo.
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]
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- Beatty, Ronald Rambo Family Tree (AuthorHouse; 2 edition. 2008)
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