Halvor Asbjørnsen Slitu ¹

  General Notes:

Halvor was from Slitu in Eidsberg.

Halvor bought out his siblings [løste ut sine søsken] to become owner of 15 lisp of Henstad farm in Askim after his father died. He moved to Henstad and farmed half the farm 1716-22, when he took over the whole farm. Halvor farmed the whole farm 1722-29. For a while he was local mayor in Askim. In 1729 Halvor moved to Årnes in Øymark. His brother Sven took over the Henstad farm.

Halvor married Maren Amundsdatter Vinsnes. (Maren Amundsdatter Vinsnes died in 1727.)