Help deciphering information on a burial record entry from Denmark Church Records for Hjørring Dronn
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The entry I need help with is number 17 (they are numbered in the margin). The burial happened on 8 March 1730. I believe it is Peder Jensen. There seems to be more information in the entry than just his age at death. I can see that there are other numbers that I believe are ages and I'm wondering if they are for him, or other people, and I just can't decipher any other names in the entry.
If anyone can decipher the handwriting and give me and idea of what else is in this entry I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
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Wow. That is really hard handwriting to read but also amazing genealogical information.
He died in Krogen at 73 years old had 4 sons and 4 daughter of which 4 are dead. He is the widower of Mætte Pedersdatter and was born in Melholt.
Melholt was originally part of Dronninglund parish but became its own parish in 1914.
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@Tanner Blair Tolman
Tanner, what is the first word on the second line? The first line ends with "born in Melholt" then the beginning of the next line looks like "???? af Jens Persen og Anne Jensd(atte)r". Is it possible that they could be his parents?
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To me it just looks like gard. (Farm)
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I thought the 2nd line down states gard as the ending of Melholts from the 1st row. But I think it does continue with af Jens Peders (-sen) og Anne Jens (-datter)? The "af" is a lot clearer on the 2 next entries down and seems to be part of the record keeping pattern to include parents names. Is there a place name after Jensdatter? Also the couple Peder and Mætte were married for 14 years and were in Krogen. Does it say that Peder later married Sidse Madsdatter for 39 years and with her conceived 4 sons and 4 daughters. Not sure on the ending 4th..? Fourteen years in a 1st marriage and 39 in a 2nd would be 53 years in total meaning he was about 20 when he married which seems young because many men married when they had the means to provide for their wife and potential children.
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It is hard to tell if that is a place name after Jensdatter. Do you think that the place name after Mætte is Tvedegaarde?
Many people have added dates and places to Peder's Family Tree page, but none of it is sourced. Peder and Mætte were supposedly married in 1678 and she died in 1688.
His second wife died in 1726, so if they were married 39 years they would've been married in 1687.
Anyway, looks like I have some work to do on Peder and his family.
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