??? Andersdatter Galen

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 17.106920 (Garde)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 17.71800 (Sommer)

Notater:

From the book "Danske adelsvåbener, en heraldisk nøgle", page 418, by
Sven Tito Achen, Politikens Forlag, 1973, København:
Sjællandsfar "I". Tre gange tværdelt, 2. og 4. felt skaktavlet. Farver
og eventuel hjelmfigur kendes ikke. * Uradel, Sjælland. Johannes
Sjællandsfar junior, ridder 1303; Johannes Bosen, kannik i Roskilde
1392. NDA side 262.

(The above translated to English:)
Sjællandsfar "I". Three times transverse partitioned, 2nd and 4th
partition a checkerboard pattern. Colour and eventual helmet-design not
known. * Noble origins: Sjælland. Johannes Sjællandsfar junior, knight,
mentioned in 1303; Johannes Bosen, canon in Roskilde in 1392. See: NDA,
page 262.

From the book "Danske adelsvåbener, en heraldisk nøgle", page 35, by Sven
Tito Achen, Politikens Forlag, 1973, København:
Sjællandsfar "II". Oprejst hvid løve i blåt. På hjelmen samme figur. *
Hr. Erik Sjællandsfar, ridder, 1364; afkom ukendt. NDA side 262.

(The above translated to English:)
Sjællandsfar "II". Upright white lion on blue. On the helmet the same
figure. * Sir Erik Sjællandsfar, knight, mentioned in 1364; descendants
unknown. See: NDA, page 262.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,
Ontario, copyright 1990-2002.

??? blev gift med Ødbern Hals cirka 1455 i (Skåne/Bornholm). Ødbern (søn af Peder Hals) blev født cirka 1430 i Store Halsegård, Østermarie, Danmark; døde cirka 1467 i Store Halsegård, Østermarie, Danmark. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

??? blev gift med Otte Pedersen Uf cirka 1467. Otte (søn af Peder Uf) blev født før 1440 i Danmark; døde cirka 1498 i Prgd. Simblegård, Klemensker Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 16.35900 (Sommer)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 16.53460 (Garde)

Notater:

"In A.D. 928 Henry the Fowler, marching across the frozen bogs, took
Brannibor, a chief fortress of the Wends" [sources: "Reichs-Historie",
Kohler (Frankfurth und Leipzig, 1737), p. 63; "Chur-und Furstlichen
Hauser in Deutschland", Michaelis (Lemgo, 1759, 1760, 1785), i. 255].
Probably, at that time, a town of clay huts, with dirt and palisaded
sod-wall round it; certainly "a chief fortress of the Wends," -- who must
have been a good deal surprised at the sight of Henry on that rimy winter
morning near a thousand years ago.

Henry, called "the Fowler" (Heinrich der Vogler) because he was in his
"Vogelheerde" (Falconry or Hawk-establishment, seeing his Hawks fly) in
the upland Hartz Country in 919 when messengers came to tell him that the
German Nation, through its Princes and Authorities assembled at Fritzlar,
had made him King; and that he would have dreadful work henceforth.
Which he undertook -- warring all his days against chaos in that country,
no rest for him until he died. The beginning of German Kings; the first,
or essentially the first sovereign of a united Germany - Charlemagne's
posterity to the last bastard having died out, and only Anarchy, Italian
and others, being the alternative.

Anne blev gift med Poul Olsen cirka 1485 i Bornholm. Poul (søn af Oluf Jensen) blev født før 1460 i 47. sgd. Bjergegård, Vestermarie Sogn; døde cirka 1520 i 47. sgd. Bjergegård, Vestermarie Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Anne blev gift med Hans Borreby cirka 1520. Hans blev født før 1500; døde cirka 1533 i 47. sgd. Bjergegård, Vestermarie Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Commander (Høvedsmand) of
• Ane-nr.: HL2 note

Notater:

According to Kure's farm-list Jørgen Hals owned owned Store Halsegård(later called Gadebygård) and Lille Halsegård (later called Halsegård),both proprietair-farms in Østermarie parish. According to Kure'sfarm-list his daughter was married to Hans Berildsen, later chief justicefor Bornholm.

The following has been extracted from a translation of the article"Landet Borringholm: Bornholmsk-skånske slægtskredse", part 2, by SigvardMahler Dam, published in SAXO, 1986:

Otte Pedersen Uf's wife had previously been married to a Bornholmer, andthat is how she came to live on Bornholm. It appears that she had runaway with esquire Peder Hals against the wishes of her family, for AndersGalen in Lund refused to acknowledge her children from her firstmarriage! She had at least three children (1 son and 2 daughters) whenshe married Otte Uf. Anders Galen's will caused great controversy andthe probate proceedings to 21 years to be finalized! Otte's first wifedied around 1480 and he married for the second time to an unnameddaughter of Oluf (any evidence for this? - Norman Madsen), and they had ason, Oluf Ottesen, and a daughter, who became the founder of the secondBornholm Uf-family line. The youngest son, Oluf Ottesen appears as awitness in a document from 1497 and borrows his father's seal (there aretwo identical seals on the document), so he must have been very young.Oluf and his sister were not named in Anders Galen's will of 1511, sotherefore their mother is not his sister.

The freeman Jørgen Hals of Østermarie and his two sisters felt cheatedwhen they were read Anders Galen's will, in which they figured only thus:

(In the original old Danish)
"Item Jørgen Hals X Mark, 1 wpret Segn, 1 Gryde, Anne Jørgen HalsesSøster ligeledes, meth saadan Skell, ath the skwlle ey ydherre begære athærffwe mig."

(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
"Item: Jørgen Hals, Østermarie, 1 complete Bed, 1 Cooking-pot, JørgenHals' sister Anne receives the same, with the understand that they willinherit nothing more."

From the choice of above words we can see there was no love lost betweenAnders Galen and the Hals-family. He even forgot to include the othersister! Did he not wish to acknowledge the relationship? Is it that atthe time they were not the best of friends, or was there a more sinisterreason? Why acknowledge the two Uf children, and not the three olderHals? A clue can be found in the following declaration given by theCommander of Hammershus in 1522 (59):

(In the original old Danish)
"Jag Niels Jiebsen (Bryske). . . gør vitterligt for alle med dette mitobne Breff, at denne Breffwisere Jørgen Hals er Anders Gallens som dødeudi Lund. . . rette ecte Søstersøn med ogsaa twenne Søstre som førnavnteJørgen Hals hafwer paa Borindholm, og hafwer jag spurgt I sandignen atførnævnte Anders Gallen igen nærmere rette arvinger hafwer end dissefornævnte. . . ."

(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
"I, Niels Ibsen (Bryske). . . declare to all by means of this open Letterthat the Plaintiff Jørgen Hals is Anders Galen's - who died in Lund. . .rightful Sister's son, as are his two Sisters whom the aforementionedJørgen Hals has in Bornholm, and I have inquired about the truth that theaforementioned Anders Galen has no closer heirs than the aforementioned.. . ."

This was not considered to be sufficient proof, perhaps the commander wasnot considered to be a knowledgeable enough witness, since he had notbeen on Bornholm very long and could not have known of the details firsthand, he must have had to ask around. Therefore the case was put beforethe "Landsting" (Senate) in Åkirkeby on May 22, 1522. The details werediscussed, witnesses were heard, and finally a document was drawn up andsealed by the most important officials on Bornholm: 1) the Commander ofHammershus, Niels Ibsen; 2) Jørgen Hals' step-brother Chief Justice OlufOttesen (Uf); 3) Jørgen Gagge, who had been made a freeman 20 yearspreviously and was an illegitimate born member of the Gagge-family ofSkåne; 4) Hans Borreby of Borgegård; 5) Anders Kos in Ibsker parish (ofKåsegård); 6) and the invaders from Lübeck, Peder Kofoed, and 7) MortenLassen, both mayors in Rønne; 8) Lauritz Jul from an old anddistinguished family and a bailiff in Østermarie parish; 9) Hans Pedersenfrom Østermarie parish; 10) and finally the document was signed by thebailiff for Åker parish, Peder Munck. The document reads as follows (60):

(In the original old Danish)
". . . wor skicket for os och for menige Almue. . . beskenden mand JørgenHals, hvilken gik frem. . . och bespurgte sig om det var dem vitterligt,om han og hans søskende er ægte og rette fødte baade af fader och moder,og om det var dem vitterligt at de hørte Anders Gallen til der døde iLund, Gud naade hans sjæl, eller om de burde staai arv efter samme AndersGallen for ægtheds skyld, og arve ham deres døde frænde og slægtning somloven udviser som er ægte og rette baade af fader og moder. Der tilsvarede alle mænd som deraf vidste og bad dem Gud til hjælp, at de ikkeandet vidste med fornævnte Jørgen Hals og hans syskende end at de er ægteog ægtefødte og bør saavel arve deres del efter fornævnte Anders Gallenmed lige og rette saa meget som dem rettelig kan tilfalde efter loven."

(Which modernized reads in English approximately as follows)
". . . the modest man Jørgen Hals presented himself before us and askedif we would attest that he and his siblings are legitimate born both offather and mother, and further attest that they were relatives of AndersGalen who died in Lund, God bless his soul, and that they are the sameAnders Galen's legitimate heirs. To his all the men with God's helpanswered that they were convinced the forenamed Jørgen Hals and hissiblings are legitimate and therefore entitled to inherit their portionfrom the aforementoned Anders Galen in accordance with the just processof law."

This document finally saw the heirs receive more than the 10 Mark and afully made-up bed! They received estate-property in Hyltebierg(Hylteberga, Skurup parish, Vemmenhög district) in Skåne, to be dividedinto three parts. A deed dated July 2, 1523 documents (61) that JørgenHals, and his sister's son Axel Poulsen, and Axel's brother-in-law OlufDue of Østermarie, sold their inheritance to Mourids Jepsön (Sparre) ofSkurup - namely four farmsteads, with the request that he yearly supplythe clergyman in Skurup with 1 Skilling worth of "grot" (produce?) forthe souls of their parents. The sister Else did not sell her portion ofthe property, maybe she moved there, as after 1530 there is no furthermention of her.

The inheritance case was not quite over with! After the above mentionedsale of property, maybe from around 1530 there is another document. Theclergymen Hr. Hans for Østermarie and Hr. Hans for Vestermarie attestthat "Jørgen Hals, Anne Poul Olsens, Else Ødberns" are the legitimateheirs of Anders Galen, and that he was the true brother of their mother.The clergymen along with several other good Danes swear on their Soul'sHoliness that the above heirs had received no more property than that inHyltebierg after Anders Galen. Next we learn that Hr. Skelm(Gyldenstjerne) was the dean of the clergy on Bornholm when Jørgen Halsand his two sisters were born and christened; he died in Lund and hadbeen born in Blekinge. He had resided at Spidlegård in Åker parish whenhe was the Dean for Bornholm.

We have no further information on Jørgen Hals affairs, so he had probablypassed away and his heirs might have needed the above document attestingto their legitimacy. Maybe the document relates to Jørgen Hals' sister,the widowed Anne, who from 1533 through 1537 was involved in a legaldispute with the heirs of her second husband. The clergymen fromØstermarie - Jørgen Hals home parish - and from Vestermarie, where Annahad her property, were involved as witnesses in the court case.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, copyright 2006.

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Ukendt. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Dean (Domprovst) for Lund
• Ane-nr.: note

Notater:

Peder Uf never married; he was the Dean (Domprovst) in Lund from
1497-1518. His name can be found in records from 1505 and 1511 as canon
(kannik) in Lund.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,
Ontario, copyright 1990-2001.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 15.17950 (Sommer)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 15.26730 (Garde)

NN blev gift med Oluf Due før 1523. Oluf blev født før 1495; døde cirka 1524 i 47. sgd. Bjergegård, Vestermarie Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

NN blev gift med Hans Pedersen Myhre cirka 1524. Hans (søn af Peder Hansen Splid Myhre og NN Hansdatter Myre) blev født cirka 1500 i 6. vgd. Klinteby, Ibsker Sogn; døde efter 1543 i 9. vgd. Store Bjergegård, Vestermarie Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: BJ

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Ukendt. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Notater:

Note (norman Lee Madsen)
From "Over hals og hoved - A cry of indignation heard all over Bornholm",by Sigvard Mahler Dam, SAXO, 1991:

Relatives of Jørgen Hals:

Jørgen Hals must have been a somewhat older gentleman in 1523, as hisyounger half-brother Oluf Ottesen (Uf) attanded the age of majority in1497 - and probably for the very first time placed his seal as aco-witness alongside his father. (Thus was probably born circa 1472-77 -Norman Madsen). From this we can conclude that the Hals children wereborn no later than the 1470s. The additional heirs named by Jørgen Halsbelong to a later generation: Axel Poulsen is his sister's son, and OlufDue was married to Axel' sister, her name unknown. Jørgen Hals' sisteris named in the probate records as "Anne Poul Olsens", but we cannot findPoul in any other sources, so it is likely that had died before theprobate of 1522. Similarly we know of the other sister, named ElseØdberns, but we do not know when she or her heirs sold their share of theGalen inheritance.

Oluf Due is noted in the chronologies as a possible grandson of Oluf Dueof Skåne, who is named in 1435. (36) But who is the above mentioned PoulOlsen, whose son Axel had a given name uncommon on Bornholm? (37)

Bjergegård i Vestermarie:

The connections lead us to Vestermarie where that parish's pastor,together with the pastor for the Hals-family's parish: Østermarie, arethe witnesses in the deposition of 1530. Now it is time to remember oneof the witnesses to the High Court case of 1522: "Hans Borreby iBorgegaard", and since there was no such name for a farm on Bornholm itis probably a variation in the spelling of Bjergegård. It turns out thatHans Borreby was married to a woman named Anne, and another interestingprobate case gives us a peek into Anne's family history:

1537, u.d.: stævning til Herredagen: Peder Andersß i Myregaardt (Aaker)Citat Hans Persß i Bierregaardt (Vestermarie) och hans hustrues moderfore nogre Jordegots som the om trette, att møde tiill første almyndelighere (dag) som stande schal her i riiget. (38)

(1537, not dated: Summoned to High Court: Peder Andersen of Myregård(Åker) versus Hans Pedersen of Bjergegård (Vestermarie) and his wife'smother to appear because of their dispute over the ownership of anestate, to present their initial positions here in the kingdom's openhigh court.) (38))

1537 2/7 København: Pedher Andersenn paa Boringholm havde stævnet Anne,Hans Borrebys enke, og hendes laugværge, fordi de havde overtagetMyregaard, hvilken var tilfaldet Per Andersens hustru Elline (HansBorrebys søster), idet Hans og Anne ingen levende børn havde sammen.

(July 2, 1537 København: Peder Andersen of Bornholm has summoned Anne,Hans Borreby's widow, and her guardian, for they having confiscatedMyregård, which was to come to Peder Andersen's wife Elline (HansBorreby's sister), since Hans and Anne did not have any living childrentogether.)

Peder Andersen and his wife had moved onto the farm, but Anne had themthrown out by force, so Peder had to flee - now for over 3 years, and hiswife was seized and chained and sought after her rightful inheritance.

Anne's defence was that her deceased husband had given to her and herchildren, which she had with a husband previous to her marriage to HansBorreby, Myregård and other property. Anne presented the gift letter,written and signed by Hans Borreby, and as well a legal document signedby: Bernt Knop - the Lübeck bailiff for Hammershus, Jens Hansen - chiefjustice for Bornholm, and Henning Tommessen - the bailiff for theisland's southern district. This second document had been written circa1533, and showed that Anne had complained to the court over being deniedMyregård, and that she had outstanding her children's money from thefarm, both before Hans Borreby's death and afterwards; which tells usthat her children were above the age of majority. According to Skånelaw, which at the time governed on Bornholm, such bequests to a wife werelegal as long as the value of the bequest was not more than half of theestate. But the court ruled that together Myregård and the otherproperty given was worth more than half of the estate, and further: aparagraph from Jylland law was found to support Peder Andersen andElline's right to own Myregård. Also, Anne had to come before the courtand pay a fine, and be punished for the assault on Elline. Today wemight speculate that politics probably played a role in the judgement.The Lübeck bailiff had supported Anne's claim, while the Danish courtdenied it, and in spite of Peder Andersen trying to blame the lawsuit forhis banishment, we know from another source that he was staying inKøbenhavn with the exiled chief justice Mogens Uf because of their partin the 1536 rebellion against the Lübeck governance of Bornholm. Theking had encouraged the rebellion, and therefore Peder was under theking's protection. Which might be the reason for the unusual applicationof Jylland law on Bornholm! (39)

What can the outcome of the above court case tell us? That the HansPedersen who resided at Bjergegård in 1537 was the son-in-law andguardian of Anne, and since her second husband, Hans Borreby, also livedat that same farm in 1522, then the farm must have belonged to Anne orher deceased first husband. Furthermore, considering that among thewitnesses for Anne Sevidsdatter (the widow of Anders Uf and Jep Splid) onJuly 10, 1508, when she donated money to Lund Cathedral, was an "OlufJensen i Biærgegaarden", then we easily might assume that the previouslymentioned Poul Olsen was the son of Oluf Jensen. (40) As Poul diedbefore 1522, he must have died a very young man. This seems ever morecredible when we learn that Oluf Jensen's mother's name was KirstinePoulsdatter! Oluf Jensen's father was Jens Jensen of Bjergegård,mentioned in 1490. (41) Hans Pedersen was probably married to the "AnnePoul Olsens datter", who was mentioned as married to Oluf Due in 1523.In 1550 Axel Poulsen was named as an heir of Anders Galen, this wasconcerning the matter of his having sold inherited property to Sti Pors;Axel seems to have received the largest part of the inheritance, whichmeans that the male line of the Hals-family had died out. This meansthat Jørgen Hals had no sons, but did he have any daughters?

Jørgen Hals' heirs:

When Jørgen Hals died, or who were his heirs, is without documentation asof today. No disputes among the heirs have been noted, so the probateproceedings must have ended peaceably. We can get a hint about this whenwe see both Gadebygård (Store Halsegård) and Lille Halsegård belonging toHans Berildsen and his descendants. Hans Berildsen lived at 24 vg. inÅker, also called Bjergegård (or Bierregård); previously it had been acopyhold farm, but which had been made free by the order of the king.(42) In 1551 Hans Berildsen given to a seat in the Landsting(Parliament), and sometime between 1553 and 1559 he was made landsdommer(chief justice), a job he held until his death sometime between 1562 and1572. (43) He probably married a daughter, maybe the only one, of JørgenHals, which is indicated when his grandson Niels Berildsen soldGadebygård on September 30, 1648 for 900 Slettedaler, promising to givethe buyer the "fribreve, som jeg, saavelsom mine forfædre haver haft paafornævnte Gadebygaards frihed" (freedom-letter, which I, and myforefathers have been given for the aforementioned Gadebygård's freedom).(44)

Notes:

36) "Danmarks Adels Årbog", 1891, p. 127.
37) In Østermarie is situated Lille Duegård (67 sg.) and Duegård (70sg.), which is where Anders Dufue/Due lived from 1611 until 1626 (andpossibly longer). The land tenancy book for Vestermarie shows a laterAxel Poulsen at 62 sg., Palmegård, in 1622. Curiously, both theneighbouring farm (61 sg.) and 55 sg. were named Galingegård! In 1611there lived a Niels Galling, and from 1625 a Laurits Gallind, at 61 sg.Possibly they were descendants, that inspite of their Galen heritage wereunable to retain their freeman status.
38) Hüb. nr. 96; same symbols, maps, nr. 1, folio 235b.
39) Herredags Dombog, die visitationis Mariæ.
40) LÄU V, 135 (see note 7).
41) 1491 14/1: Oluf Jensen og moderen, Kirstine Poulsdatter oplader tildomkikren i Lund al den egendom hans forældre har lagt til Bergegaardenpaa Bornholm. Oluf har et barn. 1490 u.d.: Lunde kapitel lejer JönsJönszon Biergagaarden paa Bornholm. (January 14, 1491: Oluf Jensen andhis mother, Kirstine Poulsdatter, give to the cathederal in Lund all ofthe estate his parents have gathered under Bjergegård on Bornholm. Olufis a child. 1490, un-dated: Lund bishopric gives Bjergegård on Bornholmto Jen Jensen.) Rep 2 nr. 6831.
42) The first time he is mentioned by name is in 1547, wherein he isreferred to as: "Hans Berrildsen i Ocker sogen paa Borringhollum", asstated in the article "Tegnelser over alle Lande" in "Danske Magazin", 4rk. I, København, 1864, p. 306. This might be the very year that hisfarm was made "fri" (free).
43) For further information about him, see SAXO yearbook 1988, p. 72 -folios.
44) "Højesterets Dombog 1665", I.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, Canada, 12 Jun 2016.

blev gift med Hans Berildsen cirka 1525. Hans blev født cirka 1500; døde cirka 1570 i 24. vgd. Bjergegård, Åker Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 14.13365 (Garde)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 14.8975 (Sommer)
• Alias: Peder Hansen

Notater:

Kure (Prgd. Vellensgård i Nyker)
Proprietærgårdn Vellensgård var een af de oprindelig 18 unummererede gårde som var sædegårde for frimandsslægter, og derfor havde de gårdene med tilhørende fæstegårde samt skattefrihed. Peder Hansen ejede Proprietærgården Vellensgård i Nyker. Han var broder til Bent Hansen på Proprietærgården Eskildsgård i Pedersker. Første gang vi hører om dem var da de sammen med de andre frimænd på øen var til møde med rigsrådets repræsentanter den 06.09.1572. Her omtales de som Peder Hansen og Bendt Hansen til "Vællingsgaard" og "Eskesgaard", Peder Hansen fik to sønner Jørgen Pedersen og Lavrids Pedersen. Det var Jørgen Pedersen der overtog Vellensgård.

Note(kopieret juli 2019 fra Norman Lee Madsens database)

According to Kure's farm-list the first known owner of Vellensgård is Peder Hansen, whose sister Mette Hansdatter was married to Peder Hansen Uf of Simlegård. Peder Hansen also owned Eskesgård in Pedersker.

Vellensgård and Eskesgård are classified as "friegård", later called a "proprietair" farm, the highest of the three classes of farms. On Bornholm the farms (in Danish "gård", or old style "gaard") had longstanding official names and numbers, and they were divided into three classifications, in descending order:

1) Proprietairgård (Propr.): a freehold estate (thus also called a Frigård), which could only be owned by a freeman (frimand) or a member of the nobility (adelsmand).

2) Selvejergård (Slg.): meaning a freehold farm owned independently, free of obligations to an estate owner - it could be occupied by its owner or leased to a peasant farmer (bonde). A peasant who owned this type of farm was known as a "selvejerbonde".

3) Vornedegård (Vdg.), two types: a) the first type was part of an estate (i.e. connected to a proprietairgård), the peasants who lived on them were tenants and were obliged to provide labor, known as the "Herlighedsright" (Glory-right), to the owner of the estate; b) the other type was referred to as a "Fri Vornedegård", this type of farm was not connected to an estate and was free of the labor obligation - could beo wned by a freeman and leased to a peasant. A peasant who lived on this class of farms was known as a "fæstebonde" (copyhold peasant).

A map drawn in 1851 shows 17 estate-farms classified as Proprietair: 3 in each of Åker, Ibsker and Nyker parishes; 2 each in Østermarie and Klemensker; and 1 each in Pedersker, Bodilsker, Østerlars, and Olsker. There were hundreds of farms comprising the other two classifications. The typical farm is arranged in a joined U shape, with the farmhouse, barn, pig-stall, and utility-shed all built around a cobble-stone courtyard.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Ukendt. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Notater:

There are several bits of circumstantial, and contradictory, pieces of
evidence concerning Mette Hansdatter's parentage:

1) Mette Hansdatter owned (inherited?) Fuglsangsgård (later known as
Gaggegård, still later as: I Klinteby), 6' Vdg. in Ibsker - which she
later passed down to her daughter's son Claus Gagge. For several
generations previously Fuglsangsgård had been a Myre-family farm. First
known to have been owned by Truid Myre (died circa 1489). The farm was
inherited by his son Peder Myre, who evidently left it to his son Hans
Pedersen Myre. Mette also owned Pæregård, 3' Vdg. (Nylars or
Østerlars?), which she probably brought into her marriage Peder Hansen Uf
as a dowry, as the farm thereafter became part of Simblegård's
estate-lands. Store Myregård in Åker parish, which had previously been
owned by Peder Hansen Myre (died 1572). Based on this, it is thought
that Mette is the daughter of Hans Pedersen Myre.

2) According to an article called "De bornholmske væbnerslægter Uf og
Splid - noget nyt om deres våbener", written by Sigvard Mahler Dam, Peder
Hansen Uf and his wife Mette Hansdatter donated a pew to Saint Clement's
Church. The text read: "Clement's Church: door to pew, carved oak framed
with smooth fir planks - showing helmeted coats-of-arms with vesselhorn
and the following markings: a shield with an upside down "gavlsparre"
(chevron) design, and the other shield sporting a "halv Hummerklo" (half
lobster claw). . ."

And further, it appears that Jørgen Gagge and his wife Margrethe/Merete
had a memorial made to honour her parents Peder Hansen Uf and Mette
Hansdatter. In 1601 they had cast a large church-bell (which later
disappeared) for Klemensker Church. Bornholm historian Laurids Thurah
states (circa 1756?) that the large bell displayed two coats-of-arms: one
with a "Sparre" (chevron), the other with a "Giedde Kieft" (pike's
jawbone). The Uf-family coat-of-arms displayed a chevron. This would
seem to indicate that Mette Hansdatter's father's coat-of-arms displayed
a pike's cheekbone (a "Geddekæft" or "Giedde Kieft", alternately referred
to as a "halv Hummerklo"). Yet, the Myre-family coat-of-arms displays 3
ants (3 myrer)!

3) Sigvard Mahler Dam seems to have (ultimately) concluded that Mette
Hansdatter is the daughter Hans Pedersen of Bjergegård in Åker parish,
with the "Geddekæft" (aka "Hummerklo") coat-of-arms. I am assuming that
as the three sons of Hans Pedersen Myre (died 1518?), of Fuglsangsgård in
Ibsker, all died childless, the inheritance rights to the Myre family
farms went to more distant relatives. That the reason Mette inherited
the Myre-family farms is and that Mette was a relative (niece, cousin?)
of Hans Pedersen Myre. Possibly Mette's grandmother, n.n. Myre, was the
daughter of Peder Myre of Fuglsangsgård?

Conclusion: The fact that Mette Hansdatter's daughter Margrethe/Merete
Pedersdatter (Uf) inherited Myre-family farms places a great deal of
weight in favour of Mette being a relative of Hans Pedersen Myre (died
1518) of Fuglsangsgård. The assurtion that the coat--of-arms on the
Klemensker pew-door and church-bell were dedicated to the parents of
Peder Hansen Uf and his wife Mette Hansdatter points to Mette being the
daughter of Hans Pedersen of Bjergegård in Åker parish. - Norman Lee
Madsen, October 28, 2000.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,
Ontario, copyright 1990-2002.

Mette blev gift med Peder Hansen Uf cirka 1554 i Bornholm. Peder (søn af Hans Olufsen Uf) blev født cirka 1536 i Prgd. Simblegård, Klemensker Sogn; døde i 1596 i Prgd. Simblegård, Klemensker Sogn; blev begravet den 25 jul. 1696. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Truid Hansen Myre. Truid (søn af Hans Pedersen Myre) blev født cirka 1495 i 6. vgd. Fuglsangsgård, Klinteby, Ibsker Sogn; døde den 1 nov. 1574 i 5. vgd. Store Myregård, Olsker Sogn; blev begravet i 1574. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Ukendt. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Christian Bagge. Christian blev født før 1540; døde efter 1563. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Ridefoged på Hammershus
• Bopæl: Prgd. Gadebygård, Østermarie Sogn

Notater:

Note (Kure gårdregister)
Prgd. Gadebygård Østermarie
Ejede både Store Halsegård og Lille Halsegård samt flere andre gårde. Fik to sønner, Niels som arvede Store Halsegård , og Berild som arvede Lille Halsegård.
24. vgd. Bjergegård Åker
Berild Hansen ejede også Store Halsegård og Lille Halsegård i Østermarie.
**
Note (Norman Lee Madsen)
Berild Hansen was a freeman (frimand) and steward (ridefoged) ofHammershus fortress; he owned the freeman's farms Store Halsegård (whichby 1610 had been renamed Gadebygård) and Lille Halsegård (later simplycalled Halsegård), both in Østermarie, and Bjergegård, 24 Vdg. in Åkerparish. He is the father of: 1) Hans Berildsen (died 1668), heir toLille Halsegård and Bjergegård; 2) Niels Berildsen, the heir of StoreHalsegård; and very likely the father of 3) Karen Berildsdatter, wife ofJens Bendtsen of Rønne.

At the "Frimandsmødet" held on September 6, 1572 there were 17 men namedas being in attendance: 1. Jacob Iversen, Landsdommer; 2. Mester Peder W(= Peder [Mogensen] Uf); the brothers 3. Peder Hansen; and 4. BentHansen; 5. Jørgen Pedersen; 6. Peder (Madsen) Kofoed; 7. Oluf Madsen; 8.Oluf Bagge; 9. Hans Mogensen, as he was away at the king's court he wasrepresented by his father Mogens Hansen; 10. Peder (Hansen) Myre; 11.Jørgen Gagge; 12. Berent Hansen (= Berild Hansen); 13. Laurids Pedersen;14. Jens (Madsen) Kofoed; 15. Christen (Clausen) Kiøller; 16. PederHansen (Uf); and 17. Hans (Madsen) Kofoed. Three advisers to the DanishParliment (Rigsråder) had been sent to preside over the meeting, namely:Biørn Kaas of Starupgaard, Biørn Andersen of Stenholt, and Jørgen Marsvinof Dybæk. The group expressed heartfelt and solemn words about faithfulservice to the crown; and it seems they had an inkling of things to come,and therefore begged the King not to let himself be "seduced" by Lübeck'srepresentative Sveder Ketting, "because you might expect that Lübeck onlyplotted to keep our island under their yoke." This was during the periodin which Bornholm was strongly under the influence (and rulership) of theHanseatic League free-city of Lübeck; the Bornholmers felt greatly putupon by the high taxes, unfair rules, and high-handedness of theLübeckers. Contrary to the opinion of latter historians they must haveconvinced the envoys, as on the 9th of September the freemen were grantedthe right to gather shipwrecks from the beaches, hunt in the woods, aswell as given full authority over their servants - a great victory forthe freemen.

From "Aktstykker til Bornholm Historie" by Jens Rasmussen Hübertz, nr.249:

1572 6. September Åkirkeby. Om frimændene på Bornholm.

Vi efterskrevne Biørn Kaas til Starupgaard, Biørn Andersen til Stenholt,Jørgen Marsvin til Dybek kiendes och hermed for alle vitterliggjør, atAar efter Guds byrd 1572 den 6te Dag Septembris, det første vi kom paaLandet Boringholm, da lode vi bestille Landsting, og paa Landstinget gaveKongl. Maysts. befaling og vor bestilling tilkiende, og da vi alting derbestillet havde, toge vi alle de fri Mænd, der vare, ind i Kirken, og derforelagde vi dennem en Dag, de sig [sagde] fri [at være] og frelse athave, at de skulle møde om Løverdagen derefter med deres Brev og Seigl,huormed de kunde bevise sig fri at være. Detsimidlertid talede vi medSvend Ketting, og gav hannem tilkiende, at Kongl. Majst. var kommen udiForfaring, at der skulle være mange paa Boringholm, som gav sig ud [for]fri at være, som dog ikke findes skulle, og dermed skede Kongl. Majst.forkort, paa hans Majsts. Kongskat og andet, huorfore vi og begierede afforskrevne Sven Ketting, at han ville hos være samme Dag, som viforskrevne Frimænd, paa Kongl. Majsts. wegne, for os beskeede og havde,hvor han og til det første lovede. Men om morgenen, som Adelen varbeskeet at komme tilstede, og forskrevne Sven Ketting havde sagt at villederhos udi slig handel være tilstede, og forskrevne Sven Ketting haver dasendt os bud med sin tiener Jens Knap, som nu er Landstingsskriver, athan begierer at drage til Slottet, og der opsøge nogle fine breve, ogderhos lod berette, at han udi ingen Maader vidste sig noget at have medsamme Adels-mænd at giøre, men at den beskeed, derom var, havde han længesiden berettet Mester David udi Lund, og han havde den handel alt sammenopskreven.

Saa er for os kommen, den forskrevne 6. September; disse efterskrevne friog frelse Mænd, nemlig: Jacob Jversen Landsdommer, Mester Peder W, PederHanssen og Bent Hanssen, Brødre, Jørgen Pedersen, Peder Koefoed, OlufMadssen, Oluf Bagge, Mogens Hanssen på hans Søns Hans Mogenssens Vegne,som tiener til Hove, Peder Myre, Jørgen Bagge [sic, s.b. Gagge], BerentHanssen, Laurids Pedersen, Jens Koefoed, Christen Kiøller, Peder Hanssen,Hans Koefoed. Hvilke vi da efter Kongl. Maists. befaling haver alvorligentiltalet, hvortil de have svaret, at de haver dennem ingen frihedydermere tilholdet, end som de af fader og forældre arvet haver, og haverde dennem ingen ydermere Rettighed tilholdet, end deres Fader og Forældrehavde før dennem, og berettede, at de Lybsker tilforn havde Sal. ogHøilovlig Koning Christiern og sligt foregivet, saadan deres Adels Frihedog Rettighed at vilde forvende, da haver Høistbemeldte Kongl. Maist.dennem privilegeret, eftersom Adelen i Danmark havde deres Gods, ogvidste dennom udi ingen maade at have forbrudt, men udi denne feide ladetdennem finde at bruge til Skibs, komme selv udi egen Person, og sommegiort Folk ud, og enhver ladet sig finde villig efter sin formue, ogdermed tilhjelpe at forsvare deres eget Land, saa Gud skee lov atfienderne dennem ingen Skade eller Afbreck giort haver, og dersom der varnogen, der vidste dennem at beskylde, at de ikke var fri og frelse Mænd,da begierede de, at de maatte komme tilstede, da vilde de holde dem food,og derhos begierer af Kongl. Maist. paa det allerunderdanigste, at demaatte beholde den Frihed, som deres Forældre før dennem haft haver, devilde med Gods og Blod, og hvis de formaaede være Kongl. Majst. trotienere, efter deres ringe Formue, ligesom de tildes været haver ogpligtig kiendes, og forsee sig også til Kong. Majst., som til deres retteHerre og Konge, hvilken der altid havde fremdraget forige Adel, at HansKongl. Majst. udi ingen Maader ville lade sig over dennem forføre af SvenKetting eller nogen anden; thi de kunde vel tænke, at de Lybsker og deresBefalingsmænd stod efter, at de kunde og bringe dennem under deresTrældom, som de ellers giort haver ved Landet. Det skulle Gudallermægtigste belønne Hans Kongl. Majst., hvilket de altid troligen vilønske. At saaledes er passeret, det vidner vi med vores Zigneter herundertrykte. Datum Boringholm ut supra 1572 den 6. September.

(The above Langebek transcription is held in the Diplomatarium in theGeheime Archive together with another copy - the original had 3 sealsattached to the bottom.)

A Bornholm Landsting (Hight Court) judgment of December 20, 1682 statesthat Mads Kofoed Madsen's widow Anne Jensdatter "som skal vere udi slegtog biurd till sahl. Berild Hansen". Which in modern Danish would be:"som skal være i slægt og byrd til salig Berild Hansen", which translatesas: "who is related and in kinship to the blessed (deceased) BerildHansen". The Berild Hansen in question is "Frimand" (Freeman) BerildHansen (died 1668) of Bjergegård, 24 Vdg. Åker, and Lille Halsegård inØstermarie, the son of Hans Berildsen (-1608-), the previous owner ofthose same farms. Since we know that Anne Jensdatter's parents are JensBendtsen and Karen Berildsdatter of Rønne, it seems very probable thatAnne and Berild Hansen's family relationship is that they are cousins.That Hans Berildsen is the brother of Anne's mother Karen Berildsdatter.

Mention of a document dated November 15, 1654 from the probate for HansOlufsen Kofoed, November 16, 1694, page 18:
Anno 1694 dend 16 November, med paa folgende dato er efter loulig giordetillysning inden Herritsting, og Langsting, holden registering, ogvurdering, sampt schifte, og deeling efter Erlig, og Mandhaste nu sal.Corporal Hans Koefoed Ollufsen som boede, og døde paa dend 50 Jordejendomgaard kaldis Ladegaarden beliggende udi Clemmedsker Sogn. . . Eenforfetning som sal. Zigvart Gagge til Myrregaard, Mads Koefoed Madsen tilEskesgaard, Suend Ollsen paa Baggegaard, Berrild Hansen paa Bieregaardenhafuer giort, og paa Hart Korn bereg med, og sat berørte 15 Worned ogdens landgielde, som er skeed den 8 November 1654, som er af følgende indhold. Wi efterskrivene Zigvart Gagge til Myrregaard uid Aachier Sogn,Mads Koefoed Madsen til Eskisgaarden i Pederskier Sogn, Suend Oelsen paaBaggegaarden i Clemmedskier Sogn, og Berreld Hansen paa Bieregaarden udiAaekier Sogn, kiendes, og giør vitterligt, at efter som vi erre opmeltindnu Vester Herrits Ting, at ville vurdering taxsere en vornedegaard udiformelte Herrit som sal. Olluf Koefoed til Blyekobbegaard i Nøcher Sogntil førde og Laurids Lassen udi boede. . . .

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Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Ukendt. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Ane-nr.: Ane 13.4488 (Sommer)
• Ane-nr.: Ane 13.6683 (Garde)

Notater:

Note (kopieret juli 2019 fra Norman Lee Madsens database)

Jørgen Pedersen was a freeman (frimand) and land-owner (proprietær); he owned a large amount of land on Bornholm. These properties included: Frigård, 12' Vdg. Poulsker parish, and Eskesgård, in Pedersker parish, and Vellensgård, in Nyker; these last two farms are classified as "friegårds", later called "proprietair" farms, the highest of the three classes of farms: Proprietairgård (Propr.), Selvejergård (Slg.) and Vornedegård (Vdg.).

Jørgen Pedersen's probate was held February 20, 1588, his three daughters were his inheritors. Kirsten received Båstedgård, 1' Vdg. (afri vornedegård) in Rø parish; the two youngest daughters Elline and Karen inherited rights to the two farms: Vellensgård proprietairgård in Nyker parish, and Eskesgård proprietairgård in Pedersker parish. On January 30, 1608, Elline's husband Esbern Kofoed, of Poulsker parish, sold his wife's portion in Vellensgård and Eskesgård to her brother-in-law Mads Hansen Kofoed; in exchange Esbern Kofoed received the deeds for 3 farms: Frigård, 12' Vdg. (a fri vornedegård) in Poulsker parish, Tuegård (in Egeby), 6' Vdg. Åker, and Frostegård (in Mæby), 1' Vdg. Nyker.

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Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Ukendt. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Inger blev gift med Peder Poulsen Kofoed cirka 1585 i Bornholm. Peder (søn af Poul Kofoed og nn Ibsdatter) blev født i 1548 i 23. sgd. Kofoedgård, Østermarie Sogn; døde i 1616 i 23. sgd. Kofoedgård, Østermarie Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Margrethe blev gift med Jørgen Henningsen Gagge cirka 1570. Jørgen (søn af Henning Jørgensen Gagge og Elisabeth Elline Clausdatter Kames) blev født cirka 1552 i Prgd. Store Almegård, Knudsker Sogn; døde i 1606 i Prgd. Store Almegård, Knudsker Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Notater:

Note (Norman Lee Madsen)
Hans Berildsen was the owner of Bjergegård, 24 Vdg. Åker, and (Lille) Halsegård, proprietairgård in Østermarie. He was a signatory on a 1608 letter of authorization giving Hans and Poul Kofoed permission to attend the festivities in Lund, Skåne (now part of Sverige/Sweden), where the nobility swore their allegiance to Prince Christian in the year 1610.

The written authorization to attend is stated as follows:
"We, the hereafter stated signatories: Jens Kofoedt of Kyndegaard, Hanns Kofoedt of Blykobbegaard, Peder Koefoedt of Bagisgaard, Matz Koefoedt of Eskiilsgaard, and Niels Beriildsen of Gadebygaard, all Free-men of Borringholm, and present here together hereby declare. . . The honest and noble man: Hanns Lindenow, Commander of Hammershus Fortress, has according to our consent, requested these two persons: the honourable Hans and Poffuill Koefoedt to travel to Kiöbenhaffn with our authorized document and be our representatives (at Prince Christian's election). . .as further documentation we have in our own handwriting signed and sealed this our open-letter."

The above letter is dated: "Borringholm, 6 Maij, Anno 1608." With the signatures of: Jenns Koefoedt, Hans Kofod, Peder Koefoedt, Matz Koefoedt, Jacob Køller, Hans Berillsenn, Niels Berendtzen.

From the Åker-Åkirkeby kirkebog:
May 19, 1648: Liig, Nr. 1, Karen Hans Berlsens æt. 67 a.

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Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Karen. Karen blev født cirka 1581; døde i 1648 i 24. vgd. Bjergegård, Åker Sogn; blev begravet den 19 maj 1648. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: Proprietær
• Jordebog: 1651, Prgd. Gadebygård, Østermarie Sogn

Notater:

Note (Kure gårdregister)
prgd. Gadebygård Østermarie
Nævnt i 1648 i forbindelse med udstedelse af en hyldningsfuldmagt (BS) 1.Rk. bind 16, side157. - Stor Halsegård ophører nu som sædegård, og overgik til proprietærgård for den næste ejer.

Niels blev gift med Elsebye Pedersdatter Kofoed cirka 1620 i Østermarie Kirke. Elsebye (datter af Peder Poulsen Kofoed og Inger Pedersdatter) blev født cirka 1596 i 23. sgd. Kofoedgård, Østermarie Sogn; døde cirka 1630 i Prgd. Gadebygård, Østermarie Sogn. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]