Jon Pedersen Feragen
(1720-1800)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Karen Jonsdatter Svetdalen

Jon Pedersen Feragen

  • Born: 1720, Jonasgården, Feragen, Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway
  • Baptized: 1 Apr 1720, Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway 10331
  • Marriage (1): Karen Jonsdatter Svetdalen on 6 Aug 1758 in Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway 10330
  • Died: May 1800, Femundshytte, Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway at age 80 10332
  • Buried: 18 May 1800, Femundshytte, Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway

   Another name for Jon was Joen Pedersen Feragen.

  Research Notes:

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Geni.com FT
https://www.geni.com/people/John-Pedersen-Feragen/6000000007328839631?through=6000000007329485327

Joen Pedersen Feragen [Ryen? --- I'm not sure why the use of a surname, Ryen? 30 Mar 2025]
born 1720, Jonasgården, Feragen, Røros,
died, 18 May 1800, Femundshytten, Røros, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
married:
Karen Jonsdatter, b Oct 1723, Røros; died 1807, Røros ... her parents were
Jon Hansen [Sevetdal] b 1697, d. 1777; and Ingeborg Colbentsdatter, b 1697, d. 1772
.. Karen's info ... Røros Boka .. Røros Landsogn - Brekken: gårds-og slektshistorie,
page 117 under the farm, Sevatdalen, gnr 50, bnr 1, pages 115-118

I 1801 ... Jon Pedersen fikk sitt virkefelt ved Femundshytta
Jon Pedersen got his field of work at Femundshytta
.. Røros Boka [from above] ... page 406-407, Jonasgården, gnr. 140, bnr, 2, 4, og 21
in the Feragen district east of Røros townsite
.. Peder Jonsen Feragen place at Feragen hytteplass [smelting hut place] .. he was married
to Bendicta Jonasdatter ... 3 sons, Jon Pedersen, Jonas Pedersen, Ole Pedersen

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Bygebok for Engerdal, vol 2, page 190, 191
https://www.nb.no/items/6efd987de2e8384cfc48bf3ea685f911?page=5&searchText=Engerdal ... go page number

Jonasgård
Jon Pedersen, b 1720, d. 1780; m. 1758 to Karen Jonsdatter*, b 1722, d. 1801
children:
1. Peder b 1762, d. bef 1809; m. Lorenza Pedersdatter Skancke, b 1774.d. 1862
... some info on page 191, 2nd family grouping
2. Mikkel, b 1765 m. Margaret Jonsdatter, b 1760, d. 1834
... they had Jonasvollen, aka Snauhaugen ... see page 192
... but Mikkel's daughter Dordi Mikkelsdatter m. Peder Olson and there family is the 3rd family grouping on page 191

... note: Bygebok for Engerdal, vol 2 does not record information on other children of Jon Pedersen Feragen and Karen Jonsdatter
... I will need use the geni.com FT from above and use the parish registers and census records ..... 30 Mar 2025

* she was first married to Mikkel Jonsen from Åla

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birth/baptism .... bap 1 Apr 1720 .... , page 8-9, 1st entry on 1st side .... link, https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/16219/6
.. I can't make out the handwriting.... but a number of Ancestry Family Trees have posted an image of the above record
.. originally posted by: diannaigeyer on Ancestry FT
Ancestry FTs:

Lloyd Wakefield FT [diannaigeyer]; last accessed on 30 Mar 2025
.. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/118550980/person/280171631449/facts
- links to Jon Pedersen Feragen, b 1720, d. 18 May 1800
.. does have more information on Benedike Jonsdatter, b 11 Mar 1759 and her marriage to Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal, 1762-1850
and from there to Lars Mikkelson, b 1830 but seems to be misleading information on Lars' children ... for example, Berit Sophia Larsdatter, b 1832, but has her death as 1933 in Otter Tail Co, MN - mis-identifies her as the wife of Tobias Johnsen Grue, 1852-1914
.. I haven't reviewed .... other members of Jon Pedersen's family in detail
.. I have reviewed this FT a number of times, see my Legacy database: Michael Olsen Moen, 1848 and died 1932, Hallock, MN
.. not sure how Jon Pedersen Feragen fits with this FT

another FT, .... Østerdal Connections 071624 [Ernie Fosse]; last accessed, 30 Mar 2025
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120218541/person/252273879461/facts
- link to Jon Pedersen Feragen
.. but doesn't have any further information on Jon Pedersen Feragen's daughter, Benedike Jonsdatter, b 11 Mar 1759 and her marriage to Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal, 1762-1850
.. .. I have reviewed this FT a number of times, 10221,10333


Jon married Karen Jonsdatter Svetdalen on 6 Aug 1758 in Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway.10330 (Karen Jonsdatter Svetdalen was born in Oct 1723 in Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway, died about Feb 1807 in Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway 10334 and was buried on 8 Feb 1807 in Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway.)




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