Jon Pedersen Feragen
(1720-1800)
Karen Jonsdatter Svetdalen
(1723-Abt 1807)
Benedikte Jonsdtr Femundshytta
(1759-1829)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal

Benedikte Jonsdtr Femundshytta

  • Born: Feb 1759, Jonasgard, Femundshytten, Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway 597
  • Baptized: 11 Mar 1759, Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway 2342
  • Marriage (1): Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal 2341
  • Died: 28 Mar 1829, Midtdalen Søndre, Tufsingdalen, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway at age 70 597,2343
  • Buried: 16 Apr 1829, Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 2343

   Another name for Benedikte was Benedike Jonsdatter.

  Research Notes:

1. Baptism, 1759 - Norway Parish ....

- Joen [?] Pedersen Faregans datter, Benedicte, baptised 11 Mar 1759 ... thus her birth was likely in early Feb 1759 [abt 40 days after introducete] .... Røros parish registers only record date of baptism ... 2 Apr 2025

26 Jan 2025
.. note: in 2013 I recorded her surname as Femundshytta ..... but this is really refering to the locality in Røros parish
.. she was mostly likely born at the farm Jonasgård at the Femundshytta Smelting complex community. It is very doubtful that at that time frame the term Femundshytta would have been used as part of a person's name.
.. so I am going to use her patronymic as an alternate name


2. Geni.com FT

https://www.geni.com/people/Bendikte-Midtdal/6000000007329478013?through=6000000007328972384
added by Glen Dean Kolb on November 13, 2008
Managed by:Rolf Inge Holden, Glen Dean Kolb, Hallstein Eriksen, Bjørn Are Davidsen, Gunnar Andersen, DUANE ALLEN LORENTZEN and Stefan Jansson

Benedikte Jonsdtr
.. father, Joen Pedersen Feragen [Ryen?], 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
3. .... Røros Boka .. Røros Landsogn - Brekken: gårds-og slektshistorie, page 117 under the farm, Sevatdalen, gnr 50, bnr 1, pages 115-118

.... 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
and they had 3 sons, Jon Pedersen, Jonas Pedersen, Ole Pedersen

In 1801 ... Jon Pedersen fikk sitt virkefelt ved Femundshytta = Jon Pedersen got his field of work at Femundshytta

Note: the Røros Boka does not always records dates and at times records very little information

4. Bygebok for Engerdal, vol 2, page 190, 191

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 2344


Benedikte married Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal, son of Mikkel Larsen Midtdal and Beret Nilsdtr Valdal.2341 (Lars Mikkelsen Midtdal was born Jun or Jul 1762 in Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway 2345,2346, baptized on 8 Aug 1762 in Røros, Sør Trondelag, Norway, died on 2 Aug 1850 in Midtdalen Søndre, Tufsingdalen, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 2345,2347 and was buried on 11 Aug 1850 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway 2348.)




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