Mattis Aslaksen Kykkelsrud ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Mattis was Mathiis.

  General Notes:

Øvre Rud, nordre halvdelen:
Mattis Aslaksen bygslet denne delen av gården 1779-82 (bs. 30/6-1779).

Mattis took over the Kykkelsrud farm when his father-in-law, Ole Andersen, died in 1782.

Mattis married Kari Olsdatter Kykkelsrud, daughter of Ole Andersen Kykkelsrud and Anne Henriksdatter Kopperud, on 21 Oct 1779 in Askim, Østfold, Norway.¹ (Kari Olsdatter Kykkelsrud was born in 1761 in Kykkelsrud, Askim, Østfold, Norway, christened in 1761 in Askim, Østfold, Norway and died in 1854.)

  Marriage Notes:

When they married they were recorded as Mathis Aslachsen øvre Ruud og Kari Olsdatter Kycchelsrud.

They also had a stillborn son in 1785.

The 1801 census shows Mathis Aslachsen, 42 years old, and his wife Kari Olsdatter, 39, on the Kychelsruud farm in Askim with six children: Ingebor Mathisdatter, 20 and unmarried; Ole, 18 and unmarried; Anne, 13; Maria, 10; Helene, 7; and Marthe Mathisdatter, 5. Mathis and Kari were both in their first marriage. ^{1 3}