Anders Jönsson Hotakka

   Another name for Anders was Anders Jönsson Hotakka.⁵⁷³²

  Research Notes:

Summary12 Jul 2019

There seems to be general agreement that Anders Jönsson was born about 1600, but there is no concensus on his death. Some Family Tree Researchers (FT's) record that he likely died around 1640, but according to Kenneth Bergman he had to pay taxes in 1652 [this is also noted in Richard Broberg's work]. He had at least 5 children, although there is some variation in the birth years. There is some minor agreement on the birth and name of wife - possibly Ingrid born about 1602.

Most of the information suggests he was born in Finland. His birth year generally is noted as around 1600, although he likely was born earlier. His date of death is not conclusive, but sometime between 1668 and 1691.

For the most part I have used Kenneth Bergman's data as a starting point in researching Anders Jönsson Hotakka descendants.

I think there is a reasonable level of confidence to conclude:

1.Anders Jönsson Hotakka was born prior to 1600, most likely about 1590 (see point 5 and 3.b.).
About 1601 heleft Hällinmäki village in Finland * see point 4 (Veijo Saloheimo). It is likely that around 1601 or
a few years later he left for Sweden, although this source does not specifically say this.
2.He was likely the first settler on Hotakstorp (a torp or farm near/at Ärnsjön and Arnsjön appears to be
considered the same place by some researchers). The earliest taxation record notes that he paid taxes at
Ärnsjön in 1652 and that by 1688 it appears that paid taxes on ¼ of Ärnsjön would made by 2 of his sons,
Staffan and Olof.
- see below for research note 9. But the transcribed Fryksände Mantalslängder records that Staffan had paid
taxes in as early as 1658 and Olof paid starting in 1665. See point 3.b. Also spelled Hatackstorp [about 5
kms to the east of Ärnsjön]
3.The name of his wife is unknown, although some other FTs record her given name as Ingrid
4.Anders Jönsson Hotakka had at least 5 children accordings to most other family researchers. The
oldest son, Johan, is often recorded as born in 1625 at Ärnsjön with some noting "Hattaktorpet"
5.Likely his youngest son was Anders Andersson (Hotakka) born about 1638. Most family reserachers
record his birth at Hattakstorp (Hotakstorp or Hatackstorp) at Ärnsjön.
6.Anders Jönsson Hotakka likely [***] died sometime between 1668 and 1691 although in 1691 he would have
been 89-99 years old depending on his birth. The age 99 at a death likely would have been unusual at that
time.
7. See point 12 below, re: work of Jarl Ericson

At this point, it is difficult to verify more information about him, his wife, and his children, with the exception of his son, Anders Andersson (Hotakka) born about 1638.

See the PDF downloaded [currently in my 'z-folder']: Richard Broberg - see point 7 "Finsk invandring till mellersta Sverige. En översikt från medeltiden till 1600-talets slut" [Finnish immigration to central Sweden. An overview from the Middle Ages to the end of the 17th century].


Research notes:

1. family search: Anders Jönsson Hotakka; id LBTV-P72 NO source information or comments

- follows a couple of generation descendants, BUT not our Anders Andersson b 1715

This FT: says he was born about 1600 in Finland died around 1640; his wife was born in about 1602 (some other FT's note the given name of Ingrid, including geni.com )

has birth/death; wife unknown
children:
son, Johan Andersson,b 1625d. 1678
daugther Ingrid b. 1640[this is the same birth is the same as son Olof - twins ????]


b. Bo Brunzell data: although Bo records the name Anders Jönsson Hotakka, he does not record any detailed information - it is uncertain if Bo has a direct line the FFN Hotakka.
[ see, http://www.brunzell.org/Bosses/000/002/102.htm ]
children:Johan b abt 1630
Staffan b about 1635
Anders b about 1638
Olof b about 1640


2.Disbyt family trees (FT) most use the Finnish Family Name, Hokkata [reviewed again, 10 Jun 2019]

There are a number of Family Trees on Disbyt recording information of the his children, but many only record one or two children, although a few record 4 children - none are complete and none record or note any source information. Birth and death years vary, so all should be prefexed with "about". Most use the Finnish Family Name, Hokkata. All record descendant information on Anders Andersson, b 1638.

Olle Kandellid, 46169update, 31 Jul 2018
- father, Jöns (Hokkata), born abt 1570 in Finland

Lennart Gustafson, id, 36681update, 3 Feb 2014
- records 4 children and with each some descendant information
Johan Andersson,b 1625 [a son, Olof Johansson b 1660]
Anders Andersson,b 1638 ....
Olof Andersson,b 1640 [son, Johan Olofsson, b 1664, d. 1726 at Gräsmark ??]
Ingrid Andersdotter,b ? [married to Olof Olofsson Karhinen ??]

Barbro Jansson, id, 38398update, 2 Mar 2019
- does not include Ingrid, but adds child,
Staffan Andersson,b 1635
[ notes that Anders Jönsson's son , Johan Andersson's (bet 1625-1630), wife was Guri Jönsdotter (d. 1704 [but death record is from 1737) and they had a son, Olof Johansson Hotakka, d. 1736 ;; see my Legacy data]

Bo Brunzell, id, 26229update, 6 Jan 2017
Web address: http://www.brunzell.org/
link, to 'our' Anders Andersson b 1638; http://www.brunzell.org/Bosses/000/002/095.htm
- note on website, includes son Lars Andersson b 1680; and some descendants, but no added notes;
on Anders Jönsson (b abt 1600) page he notes: "Kallor-source: Cecilia Hedström" [I have googled 10 Jun 2019, but found nothing on her??? ]
same on Disbyt - descendants of Lars Andersson
- other children as Lennart FT

Anders Nyström, id, 21185update, 23 Feb 2016
- children as Lennart FT

Örjan Libert,id, 26453update, 30 Apr 2018
- children as Lennart FT; records birth of Staffan abt 1635, but no further information

Britta Svensson,id, 34955update, 30 Dec 2012
- does not record Johan or Staffan, but does record Ingrid

Roger Olof Holmstrand, id 05430 update, 28 Feb 12017
- son Johan Andersson Hotakka, b 1630 and he had a son, Olof Johansson Hotakka, b abt 1660


3. Kenneth Bergman; http://www.kenalexis.se/p746cff61.html

children as above,
but descendants for son Anders and Olof (with an unknown wife, but son Johan Olofsson, b abt 1664, d. 24 May 1726 at Gräsmark parish)
and for daugther Ingrid - see her research notes


Taxation records [but source is not clear; likely from Broberg - see note 8]

a. 1652; Ärnsjön; received torpsedel; torp = a little plot of land; sedel = likely meaning "a note or papers, bill"
"Skattelägges" = taxation. So, this likely means he had a bill for taxation for his "torp" recorded
- the above (re 1652) is noted by Richard Broberg. Richard also says: and then, 'in 1668 the homestead is recorded with having ¼ of the taxes at Ärnsjön' - it is not clear who was paying the taxation. BUT according to 'point b' below, in 1668 Anders Jönsson's son, Olof Andersson was the person taxed. And, "Finntorpet Arnsjön, which has its limits set by the county clerk Nils Botolfsson's time is 1/4 home place, and the tax is now paid by Stefan Andersson and Olof Andersson. Their father was granted permission in 1652 to occupy the town." 1688, vt no 20; 9-11 Jul. (see point 8 and 9 below)


b. See my document "Mantalslängder, Fryksände, 1653-1750: Transcribed
1653: deserted
1654-1657: Anders Håtack.
1658: Staffan Andersson. Is this because, Anders Jönsson Hotakka had turned age 63 and no longer had to pay taxes. If so, then his birth would have been close to 1594. Most FTs record his birth about 1600.


Note: from Gottlund's diaries
c. Hotakka, från Arnsjön, förste bebyggare av Hotakstorp = first settler on Hotakstorp; from Carl Axel Gottlund
note: Hotakka, from Arnsjön, first settler of Hotakstorp - Source: GOTTLUND, C. A., Ur: Diary of my walks on Wermlands and Solörs. Finnskogar 1821.


4. See. http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/files/pdf/oppaat/Svedjefinnarnas_ursprung.pdf

"The attempt to identify the origin of the Forest Finns from Finland"
by: Veijo Saloheimo, Siirtolaisuusinstituutti - Migrationsinstitutet Turko-Åbo 2009

on page 17 **
Anders Jönsson Hotakka left/departed in 1601 from Hällinmäki village* [about 300 kms north east of Helsinki], Virtasalmi parish and in 1621 his name or someone with his name lived in the same village. Maybe someone younger with a same name lived in 1647 in Västermark village [abt 100 kms south of Turko, Finland] in Vibyggrå parish and by 1654 in Östmark parish at Arnsjön.

** The author references "Gothe, 1948, page 129" and from "Ericson, 1996" [I have seen these people in various articles/publication but I can't find these particular articles - 11 Apr 2019]


5. Forest Finn DNA project ; https://www.familytreedna.com/public/forrestfinn/default.aspx?section=yresults

id 248195 Anders Jönsson Hotakka f. 1590 c [approximately] Finland


6. FFN (Finnish Family Names pdf, see Jan Myrvold ... Niclas Persson) [ sources for the dates - Mantalsländger ]

- the earliest entry for the FFN of "Hotakka" is for the year 1656, Anders Hotakka at Ärnsjön
- son, Johan Andersson Hotakka, 1661 at Östmarkskogen [a court record] and then at Ärnsjön and at Gransjön 1662
- son, Olof (Andersson) Hotakka, 1666, 1669, 1678, with last year 1671 at Ärnsjön
- son, Staffan (Andersson) Hotakka, 1667, 1669, with last 1671, at Ärnsjön
- son, Anders Andersson Hotakka, 1667, 1669, with last year 1683 at Ärnsjön

7. a miscleaous court record posted by Kenneth Bergman under Anders Jönsson Hotakka's page
- regarding a claim by someone illegal hunting in the high mountains .... and that Olof Andersson Håtack and brothers Anders and Staffan Håtack are out moose hunting.

- Google translate of this is quite poor, so I am not sure that I understand this record: - were the brothers accused of illegal hunting???


8. PDF: Richard Broberg: "Finnish immigration to central Sweden. An overview from the Middle Ages to the end of the 17th century", 1988. The Dialect and Folklore Archive, Uppsal [ "Svenska landsmål och Svensk Folkliv" Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions"]
[direct link, https://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/download/18.5850f85e15732ead0b3594/1529495408317/Svenska%20landsm%C3%A5l%20och%20Svenskt%20folkliv_1988_bilaga.pdf ]
On MY PC: genealogy resources - Forest Finns... - pdf starting with "Svenska landsmål ...."

- by searching "Årnsjön", there are a number of hits about the settlers


Arnsjön began cultivation in 1648 by two Finns, Sigfrid Häkkinen and Olof Polack, who obtained state license from the governor but was suspended because they had gone without legal standing and sowed grain. Instead, another settler, Anders Jonsson Hotakka moved to Arnsjön, and with the support of the governor's building paper of the 1 Jul 1652, he received the "title", with the fields and meadows, and the right to give the farm [area] as part of inheritance to his offspring. The entire row of woods around the new building's forests and grounds and upwards [to the horizon; skyward]. In 1654, he was promised to buy what he could buy of the woodland. At this time the complete area was not a part of the taxes, since Arnsjön at the court hearing was [only] taxed at ¼ (of Ärnsjön) in 1668 [Sep or July). His sons Johan, Staffan and Anders shared it in part after him, but then the latter one [Anders] at the time of Christmas in 1691 was murdered in his home [see research notes for Anders Andersson, 1638-1691]. The home/farm was sold a few years later to Per Bondesson in Östmark. He used it for over a decade, during which time other housewives and villagers lived at Arnsjön. He [Per Bondesson], later sold the farm to the Finn Mattes Karhinen [likely by 1705] and to a son of the murdered Anders, Anders Andersson Hotakka [1669-1711]. After this the family named the farm Hattaktorp still today its name.

During the last half of the 18th century, several relatives including the Valkoinen family, moved to Arnsjön, and was divided into several parts.


** earlier on page 80 of the PDF, we have the statement, "Here in Värmland's mountain range, Finn's settled .... at the beginning of the 1600's, Olof Larsson Hotakka residence at Lekaråsen in Gåsborn [parish] [ this is about 150 kms east of Östmark]. Gåsborn parish area may have initially under Filipstad parish

?? is Olof Larsson Hotakka a relative of Anders Jönsson Hotakka ???? I haven't found any evidence

- Kenneth Bergman notes the name and the daughter, but no other connection
- there is a geni.com FT that estimates a time frame Olof Larsson Hotakka from about 1571 and 1631 and that his father was Lars Hotakka and records a daughter of Olof Larsson and some descendants [ link, https://www.geni.com/people/Olof-Larsson-Hotakka/6000000054379447843 ]
- there also is a FT, that records some information [link, http://yvonne.ericssons.one/vj/p004c82e1.html ] with the daughter having a FFN of Hotakkinen; dying in Säfsnäs parish and just east of Gåsborn - just east of Fredriksberg

- there are a couple more FT's for Olof Larsson Hotakka but none make a connection to our family

NOTE: There is no mention of a person named Olof Larsson Hotakka in the FFN (Finnish Family Names pdf, see Jan Myrvold ... Niclas Persson) or of a person named Lars Hotakka at Lekaråsen in Gåsborn [parish]


9. Carl Axel Gottlund; "Dagbok, över mina vandringar på Wermlands och Solörs finnskogar 1821"

http://www.nordvarmland.com/istid/page.php?id=2522

This is his diary of travels in Värmland in the summer to fall, 1821. It is a bit hard to search, but: the second 8 Sep to 29 Oct, third 29 Oct to 27 Nov, and fourth 27 Nov to 22 Dec. These "chapters" (45,46,47) contain the diary entries. Do: "ctrl F" for "find" and type "Ärsnjön" and there are a number of hits in the third and fourth 'chapter' (in the second 'chapter' there is one hit re; the murder - see research notes for Anders Andersson, 1638-1691).

A number of other researchers reference this work. In addition to difficulty in searching the diaries, they are also difficult to interpret. Many comments are vague and often incomplete. As well, it is difficult to determine family relationships (at least our family and relationships). Additionally, 'google translate' is often poor, mainly because the diaries use an older Swedish and/or older spelling. Nevertheless it is one of the earliest records since these diaries are from the 1821.


Ärnsjön and/or 'Hotakka' [note: the following is the only note regarding Anders Jönsson Hotakka or family]

29 Oct to 27 Nov [Wednesday, 14 Nov]
Arnsjön (Arnsjöni), which village as well as Gransjön is one of the oldest in the neighborhood, is a 1/4 home and 4 g. [?] And also the village Kampbacken (Kampiharju) 1 g. [?] Previously here in the village have been several farms, but now they are deserted. The first, who built this village, had been a Karhinen and Hotakka, but which one of them was oldest, was not remembered. At Olov Mickelsson's in Suhola, I saw an old document in the original of the 10th and 11th of July 1668 at the court in Fryksdalen, in which it was called that the County Governor and some Swedish peasants testified about Ernsjön and its taxation, that it was 1/4 h. which Staffan Andersson and Olov Andersson after their father, ** who by governor ... on June 1. In 1652 it was allowed to occupy, then inhabited...

** this note indicates that Anders Jönsson Hotakka was not taxed in 1668, but two of his sons were. But this does not mean he had died, since taxation stopped the year someone turned age 63. Anders Jönsson Hotakka would have turned 63 about 1653 if he was born in 1590; if he was born about 1600, then he would have turned 63 about 1663. Given this, he likely died closer to the year 1668 rather than 1691. In 1691 he would have been about 99 (or 89) years old and this age would have been unlikely at that time.

11. Court Records (Gunnar Almqust's summaries, 1602-1700)

There is no direct comment on Anders Jönsson Hotakka in the above court summaries


12. "Finnar i Östmark, Vitsand, Nyskoga, Södra och Norra Finnskoga"
by Jarl Ericson. 1996, Arvika, Sweden
online: FamilySearch.org; link, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-VGZ?i=1347&cat=773942

image 1385:

Sigfrid Häkkinen and Olof Polack (actually Puolakka) were the first growers in Arnsjön. They had received croft from the governor and had the place inspected by the sheriff and the board. In court record 48 h 23 "from Millmark and Sörmark's Turku residents over Turku on their property Sigfrid Henriksson Häkkinen. .... After complaints against Sigfird Häck and Olof Polakc at Arnsj ön, the sheriff is ordered to arrest them.

It was a third Finn, Anders Jönsson Hotakka, who received the board's approval according to F52 h13. The settler Anders Jönsson is allowed to use the place by Arnsjön that he occupied after the Finn Sigfrid. Anders Jönsson Hotakka had received the governor's croft certificate on 1 July 1652. According to F54 v27: Meets Sörmark's owner agreement with Anders Jönsson in Arnsjön about the forest. It was not until 1668 that Arnsjön was taxed as ¼ according to court record F68v20

Anders Jönsson Hottakka, b c 1600, is available in the lengths from 1656. The name of his wife is not recorded in the archives; however, there is information about four sons:

Johan Andersson Hotakka, b abt 1630
Staffan Andersson Hotakka, b abt 1635
Anders Andersson Hotakka, b abt 1638
Olof Andersson Hotakka, b abt 1640

and the housekeeper [house manager?] Per Viinikainen is mentioned, housed with the brothers in Arnsjön [court, F71 v 22]

Johan Andersson Hotakka, b abt 1630, appears in a single court book protocol ...F61 v29
at Östmark forest has 9 years ago together with his father and brother occupied Arnsjön on Millmark's property


.... there is more information on the children, but I have not reviewed it in detail [30 Jun 2021] ^{5709,8370,8371,8372,8373,8374,8375}

Anders married Ingrid. (Ingrid was born about 1602 in Finland.)