Jan Nilsen ¹

  General Notes:

He was 41 years old in the census for 1801.

Jan married Berte Ellevsdatter Sæther Søndre, daughter of Ellev Olsen Sæther Søndre and Siri Nicolausdatter Melleby. (Berte Ellevsdatter Sæther Søndre was born in 1752 in Sæther Søndre, Båstad, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway, christened on 29 Sep 1752 in Båstad, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway, died in 1801 in Ruud Østre, Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway and was buried on 12 Nov 1801 in Trøgstad, Østfold, Norway.)

  Marriage Notes:

In the census for 1801 they lived on and farmed the Rud Østre farm in Trøgstad. It was Jan's first marriage and Berte's second. With them they had Berte's two children from her first marriage and their two children together. There were two servants. Also living on the farm were two other families of cottagers. ¹