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- Note (Norman Lee Madsen)
Oluf Kofoed owned the freeman's estate-farm of Blykobbegård in Nykerparish from 1616, and also Frigård, 15 Vdg. in Vestermarie parish. Louise Skovgaard wrote "Af Oluf Koefoeds efterslægt" (Of Oluf Koefoed's Descendants).
Blykobbegård is classified as a "friegård", later called a "proprietair" farm, the highest of the three classes of farms: Proprietair (Propr.), Selvejergård (Slg.) and Vornedegård (Vdg.). The surname "Blykop" is connected to this farm.
From Bornholm's Jordebog of 1662:
Sønder Herridt, Pollschier Sogn, Vaarneder: Peder Rasmussen - OlleKoefoeds bunde. (5 Vdg.)
Sønder Herridt, Pollschier Sogn, Vaarneder: Anders Hansen, Olle Koefoedsbunde. (4 Vdg.)
Sønder Herridt, Pollschier Sogn, Vaarneder: Arist Hansen, Olle Koefoedsbunde. (8 Vdg.)
Vester Herridt, Vestermarck Sogn, Vaarneder: Laurids Madsen - OeleKoefods bunde. (15 Vdg.)
Vester Herridt, Nykier Sogen, Vaarneder: Peder Mortensen - Oele Kofoedsbunde. (10 Vdg.)
According to Evdard Skovgaard, in "1000 Aner til en Skovgårdsslægt", it is likely that Sidsel died circa 1670. This seems to be based on thefact that the youngest surviving son, Hans Olufsen Kofoed, sold Blykobbegård in January of 1671 to Ernst Canseler.
Kure's farm-listing for Blykobbegård gives Oluf Kofoed's wife's name as Sidsel Hansdatter; while the listing for Frigård names her as Sidsel Madsdatter and gives her death as 1670.
The November 3, 1700 probate for Niels Terchildsen, who was first married to Oluf Kofoed's daughter Kirstine Olufsdatter Kofoed (died 1683) mentions an item with the initials: O.K. - S.M.D.; it seems likely that this would be for Niels Terchildsen's deceased in-laws: Oluf Kofoed - Sidsel MadsDatter.
From the Åker-Åkirkeby kirkebog:
August 24, 1690: Liig, Nr. 2, 24 Aug. Mats Kofods qvinde Gertrud afBacchegaar.
November 27, 1701: Liig, Nr. 4, 27 Nov. Matz Kofod Olssøn gl. 78 aar.
Mention of sons Hans and Mads Kofoed Olufsen in the probate for Elsebeth Olufsdatter, April 25, 1753, pages 183b-186b:
Anno 1753re dend 25de April. . . skifte og deeling it holde efter Sr. Povel Koefoeds ved døden afgangne hustru navnlig Elsebeth Olsdaatter som boede og døde paa Blykoppegaarden i Nyeker Sogn. . . paa denne gaard Blykoppegaarden kaldet de vilde fremvise der paa blev fremvist et kiøbebrev udgivet af Hans Koefoed Olsen paa Engne og broder Mads Kofoed Olsens vegne med videre til Erns Cansler fordum Capitain Lieutnant her paa Bornhollm. Hvorren de selger og fra skiøde til bemelte Cansler Blyekoppegaarden med dends til liggende ejendomb og herlighed med videre berørte brev indholdt som er datered 11de January og 1te February 1671. .. .
The seal (segl) of Oluf Kofoed's son Hans Kofoed Olufsen (died 1694), of Blykobbegård in Nyker parish, combines both the chevron (sparre) image of the Rønne-branch of the Kofoed-family with the Bjergegaard-family's pike's jawbone (geddekæft) image. In his article "Over Hals og hoved" Sigvard Mahler Dam speculates that Hans Kofoed Olufsen's mother may have been a member of the Bjergegaard-family; and that in that period the daughter's of Jørgen Pedersen (died 1588) are the most probable candidates. Of Jørgen Pedersen's 3 daughters only one is a likely candidate: Elline Jørgensdatter, who is known to have been married to Esbern Kofoed, of Poulsker parish, in 1608 and 1618. Elline received 3 farms from her father's estate: Frigård, 12 Vdg. Poulsker parish; Tuegård i Egeby, 6 Vdg. Åker parish; and Mæbygård, 1 Vdg. Nykerparish. Sigvard notes that in Bornholm's Land-Tenancy Book for the period 1622-1625 there were 2 farms in Poulsker and 1 in Åker (possibly Julegård, 14 Vdg.?) held by an Oluf Kofoed. Sigvard speculates that Esbern Kofoed had died 1618-1622, and Oluf Kofoed had married his widow, namely Elline Jørgensdatter.
From "På spor af de første Kofod'er" by Jørn Klindt, published 1979:
On the 31st of May 1563 the war started up with a terrible sea battle off the Rønne shoreline. Later that same year the Danish-Lübeck fleet, under the command of Peder Skram, patrolled the sea between Bornholm and Øland- wherein, as was the custom, they went ashore and requesitioning heavy taxes. Amid all the skirmishes a small Bornholm fishing boat was trapped by the Swedes of Øland. The Swedish Admiral, Jacob Bagge, had also been taken prisoner by the Lübeck commander of Hammershus, Sweder Ketting; whourged his prisoner to write a letter to his superior officer at Kalmar Castle to suggest an exhange of the four Bornholmer fishermen with four Swedish prisoners on Bornholm. In another letter sent at the same time to the Swedish king, he writes: "We are treated well - but for God's sake give the Danish prisoners humane treatment - some are of the nobility and respected men." We find that one of the Bornholm fishermen (the ship's captain?) was named "Æsbiörnn Kofoth" (Esbern Kofod).
The war was full of cruelties on all sides, from the Bornholm shore witnesses viewed the Swedes tie up their Lübeck prisoners on thier own ship and then set it on fire. Prisoners of war were slit open and thrown over board, and the Lübeck commander Sweder Ketting was horrified to find their remnants washed ashore the next day, writing: "God Almighty help us that we should not alow such horrible transgressions go unpunished." The Danish admiral, Herluf Trolle, was also shocked by the terrible cruelty committed by the Swedes against their prisoners, and together with Jacob Bagge formulated a request to the Swedish king: "Your Royal Majesty's navy has subjected its prisoners to a most cruel, inhumane treatment unheard of in any warring nation. Your Royal Majesty must know that Godwill surely render His punishment." However, the Swedish king was going insane at that time, so we do not know if the request was heeded.
The cruelties of the war caused an uproar throughout Europe - especially since Lübeck, a free-city in the Hoy Roman Empire, was involved. It is not known if the request did any good; it is doubtful that the exchange of prisoners ever took place, nor is it known if "Æsbiörnn Kofoth" ever returned home. Although the researcher M.K. Zarthmann thought that he must be identical to the Esbern Kofod who was a customs officer and later mayor of Rønne until 1623. I have not been able to find any other justification for this hypothes is than the fact that they were both seamen; if Esbern, for example, was 20 years old when taken prisoner in 1563, he would still have been in the office of mayor at age 80 - which seems unlikely. Age-wise a more probable connection is that of the Esbern Kofod, who in 1569 lived at "Kofodgaard" (later known as Frigård, 15 Vdg.) in Vestermarie parish - we do not know anything about him, butat least we can allow ourselves the fantasy that he just could be "Æsbiörnn Kofoth", who survived cruel imprisonment and later on abandoned his life at sea to settle on a farm.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, Canada, 12 Jun 2016. [1]
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Anebasen — Ole Thyge Plannthin
ca. 1593 - 1641 (48 år)
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