Svend Ottersen Rud ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Svend was 47 years old in the census for 1801.

He came from the Rud (Ruud) farm in Kraakstad (Ski), Østfold. In the census for 1801 the Ruud farm in Krogstad had three families living on it. One of these included a wife and another a widow: Abigael Ottersdatter (50 years old in her second marriage) and Ingeborg Ottersdatter (66 years old and a widow after her 1st marriage). These are possibly sisters of Svend Ottersen.

Finstad i Kråkstad:

Ole Rasmussen satt med gården til 1798, da han selger den til Svend Ottersen Boger (var kommet fra Rud) for 11 000 daler (dansk courant).

Svend Ottersen var egentlig fra Rud i Ski, men hadde 1788 kjøpt Boger, som han atter 1798 solgte til Rasmus Holmsen Vevelstad. Han blev 1779 gift med Olia Christoffersdtr. Nøkleby. De hadde 12 barn: 1. Juliane Marie, f. 1781. 2. Christine, f. 1783. 3. Jens (død som barn). 4. Holm, f. 1789. 5. Karen, f. 1791. 6. Hans, f. 1793. 7. Anne Marie, f. 1794. 8. Helene, død som barn. 9. Otter, f. 1798. 10. Helene, f. 1800. 11. Abigael, f. 1803, g. m. Lars Jensen Haug, Ås. 12. Judithe, død som barn.

1823 deles gården i Nordre og Søndre Finstad.

Faren beholder selv Søndre Finstad, mens sønnen Hans overtar Nordre Finstad for 2000 spd. Da faren, Svend Ottersen døde 1826, 72 år gammel, overtar de 2 andre sønnen Holm og Otter Svendsen hovedbølet Søndre Finstad for 2400 spd. Holm selger imdlertid 1834 sin del (7 ½ lispd.) til Andreas Hansen Holm, men 1836 kjøper Ottar Svendsen også denne del, så nu sitter altså de 2 brødre Hans og Otter Svendsen med hver sin gård. Otter Svendsen Søndre Finstad og Hans Svendsen Nordre Finstad. ^{1 4}

  Medical Notes:

He was 72 years old when he died.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a farmer and priest's assistant [Bonde og præstens medhielper] in 1801 in Finstad, Kraakstad, Akershus, Norway.

Svend married Olia Christoffersdatter Nøkleby, daughter of Christoffer Rasmussen Nøkleby and Karen Andersdatter Rød, in 1779.¹ (Olia Christoffersdatter Nøkleby was born in 1760.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1801 Svend and Olia were both in their first marriage. They were living and farming on the Finnestad farm in Kraakstad. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons with them.

A fifth daughter, Juliana Maria, was also living on the farm. She was then 20 years old and married to 83 year old Ole Rasmussen. ²