Ola Estensen Berg

   Another name for Ola was Oluf Estensen Berg.⁸⁹⁵

  Research Notes:

1. source: www.awt.ancestry.com - under Breen; contact Patrice Galliath; PatriceGGG@aol.com)

2. source: www.tomren.org

3. source: www.sverren.net (Nygaard) gives name as Oluf Østensen Berg; also gives date of death as 1685.


4. Bydebok for Os, p 51 & 57 [ PDF from UND, John S Grue and Bergs - p 1 & 7 ]

** see point 5 for a summary


Berg, page 51

The first known user of the Berg farm was Erik Eriksen. He was first mentioned in 1629 and still living in 1664-/66 and was born about 1568. According to the tax rolls for the 1650 years, Erik Eriksen is the one [person recorded for the Berg farm]. Per Embretssen [born about 1624] was first mentioned in 1665 [and at around that time frame] Erik and Per share equally the Berg farm between them. Erik's part was known as Bortistu and Per's Nordstu.

[Den første kjente brukeren på Berg er Erik Eriksen. Han er nevnt første gang i 1629 lever i 1664/66, og var f.ca. 1568. i 1650-åra får Erik Erikksen en med bruker, ifølge skattelistene. Per Embretssen er nevnt første gang in 1665. Erik og Per deler Berg likt mellom seg. Eriks de blir Bortistu og Pers del Nordstu]

[Note: Bortistu was also known as or later known as Berg søndre]

page 57

Berg søndre (Bortistu, bnr 4) The first owner of 'half of Berg' was Erik Erikson; Erik had a foster son, Ola, born about 1639; Ola had 3 children (Erik, Esten and Jon). Ola died around 1680 and his wife, Sigrid Jonsdatter married again to Esten Evenssen.

- Ola was the forster son of Erik Erikson of Berg
- Ola had three boys - Erick, born 1674 (took over the farm); Esten, born 1677 (married Kari Olsdtr - see Gruva), and Jon, born 1681
- Erik, born 1674, had a son, Ola born 1724 who took over the farm
- Ola, born 1724 had a son, Erick, born 1751 who took over the farm and married Magnhild Jonsdtr Grue, born 1756 -


In 1663 Ola Estenssen f.ca.1639 [ born circa ] paid the first lease on this half of Berg, which had been taken over by Erik Erikssen. Erik was the foster father of Ola. Ola probably died in the year 1680. Sigrid Jonsdatter was his wife and she was listed as a widow in 1689 and 1690.

At the council of Tynset in July 1699, there was register of men who were found skilled (competent) to perform the services of soldier. Under Berg it is stated, Erik Olssen 25 years and Jon Olssen 18. Both stated they were born at Berg. Also Tore Jakobssen is mentioned, see Strostu, 123-18.

Barn:

a. Erik f.ca. 1674. Tok over
b. According to oral tradition, Esten, f. ca. 1677, married with Kari Olsdatter fremstu. Se Gruva
c. Probably Jon, f. ca. 1681 [probably Jon]

[ I 1663 betaler Ola Estenssen f.ca.1639 førstebygsel på denne halvparten av Berg, som han har overtatt etter Erik Erikssen. Erik var fosterfar til Ola. Ola døde sannsynligvis i 1680 åra. Sigrid Jonsdatter, oppført som enke i 1689 or 1690 var kona hans ]. [ På tinget på Tynset i Juli 1699 ble de satt opp et manntall over menn som ble funnet dyktige til å kunne utføre soldattjeneste. Under Berg står Erik Olssen 25 år og Jon Olssen 18 år. Begge oppgis født på Berg. Også Tore Jakobssen nevnes, se Strostu, 123-18 ]


1680 to around 1720 --

Esten Evenssen f.ca. 1644 represents one half of Berg in 1691 [he had married the widow Sigrid Jonsdtr] . He is listed as servant in register of tenant farm leases* for 1674, with the lease transferred to a soldier in 1676, who was married to Sigrid Jonsdatter. In a case concerning fishing in Tufsinga in 1704 there is Esten Evenssen Berg of Dalsbydas annex witness, and he was stated to be at 60 years old.
In 1704 Esten Evenssen wrote a letter to his stepson indicating what he had owned. Only the oldest, Erik Olssen, is mentioned by name. Erik was to have the farm when his stepfather dies. Esten Evenssen suffered a loss during a Swedish stay in 1718 and 1719 and asked for tax exemption.

*leilendingsskatten - from John Follesdal (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/na27.html)
- leilending, tenant farmer, would pay a yearly amount, usually goods such as cow hides, butter, fish, etc and the amount was related to how productive the farm was, to the landowner (jorddrotte, land owner who leased out his land to tenant farmers); the landowners were usually the King (Krongods), the church (kirkegods), nobility (adelgods) or Farmers who owned the land (bondegods)
- skatten refers to a register


[ Esten Evenssen f.ca. 1644 står for den ene halvparten av Berg i 1691. Han er oppført som dreng i leilendingsskatten for 1674, ble utskrevet til soldat i 1676, og gifta seg med Sigrid Jonsdatter. I ei sak om fiske i Tufsinga i 1704 er Esten Evenssen Berg av Dalsbydas anneks vitne, og oppgis å være ved 60 år gammel. I 1704 fikk Esten Evenssen satt opp et gavebrev fra seg til stesønnene sine på det han måtte eie. Bare den eldste, Erik Olssen, nevnes ved navn. Erik skal ha garden når stefaren dør. Esten Evenssen lir tap under svenskenes opphold i 1718 og 1719 og ber om skattfritak ].


5. "Owners of the Berg Farm" - summary from information in the Bydebok for Os, p 57

- first farmer on Berg was Erik Erickson born 1568
- in about 1655, the farm was divided by Erik Erickson who continued to be owner of his half known as Bortistu (Berg søndre); the other half of the farm was owned by Per Embretsen, born about 1624 and was known as Nordstu
- Erik Erickson was the foster father of the next owner of the Bortistu, Ola Estensen born about 1639 and died abt 1680. Ola was married to Sigrid Jonsdtr. Ola (and Sigrid) had 3 boys. When Ola died (around 1680), she remarried to Esten Evenssen, born about 1644
- Erik Olsen (Berg), born 1674 was the next owner - he was the oldest son of Ola (Eriksen) (b 1639, d 1680)
- Ola Eriksen (Berg) born 1724 was the next owner - he was the oldest son of Erik Olsen (b 1674, d 1760)
- Erik Olsen (Berg) born 1751, died 1834 was the next owner - he was the oldest son of Ola Eriksen (b 1724); Erik was married in 1788 to Magnhild Jonsdtr Gruva (daughter of Jon Simensen); Bonde, likely meaning owner; gaardbeboer, meaning occupant or resident of the farm; smed, meaning blacksmith; Gard/hus #3 in the 1801 Norway Census
- Jon Eriksen (Berg) born 1794 and died 1878 was the next owner - he was the 4th child of Erik Olsen born 1751
- Ola Jonsen (Berg) born 1829, died 1908, was the next owner - he was the oldest son of Jon Erikson born 1794; Ole (Ola Jonsen Berg born 1829 emigrated to the US in 1899, along with most of his children and a brother; likely he sold the farm





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Ola married Sigrid Jonsdtr.