Søren (Soeren, Soren) Kierkegaard's Mother's Ancestors: Transcripts from sources.

Last change: June 14th, 2016


Translations are mostly word by word to keep the flavor.
{My comments within a transcription, Villy M. Sorensen} appear thus in braces.
[transcript not sure] in brackets. Number of dots, if any, correspond to estimated number of characters in source.
Regarding Søren Kierkegaard's ancestors colored this way.
NOTE: Other remarks shown with this caption and this color.
* born.
† died.
1750c the c means circa to be read as 1750 ± 5 years, so somewhere between 1745 and 1755.
1751- means before or in 1751.
Names of people are followed by the place they live and the parish. For example Anne Poulsdatter, Hyvild, Brande means that she lived at the place Hyvild in parish Brande.
Danish surnames in those times: Lars Clemmensen's children will be called Larsen (son of Lars) if they are boys and Larsdatter (daughter of Lars) for girls. So Maren Larsdatter is daughter of some Lars. Patronyms were used in Scandinavia and in Russia.
Sexton is used here as a not quite fitting translation for Danish "degn". A "degn" was employed by the state to help the priest around church, sang in church and kept school particularly teaching the bible. From 1740, when schools for all children started in Denmark, he was schoolteacher too. Below "sexton's church register" is used to describe the records he kept of baptisms, marriages and deaths.
To keep apart the three daughters all named Ane, that Søren Jensen and Maren Larsdatter had, they have been numbered according to birth:
Ane I Sørensdatter *1761c
Ane II Sørensdatter *1764c
Ane III Sørensdatter Lund *1768c, Søren Kierkegaard's mother
© 2009-15: Villy M. Sorensen.

CONTENTS
1. Transcripts in English Translation
2. Transcripts in Danish
3. List of Sources

Preliminary comment:
Around 1780, there were four Søren Jensen's in Brande:
1. Søren Jensen, mostly in Brandlund, Søren Kierkegaards grandfather, (*1726c †1798 Brandlund, Brande)
2. Søren Jensen, in the location Risbjerg, usually called Søren Risbjerg (*1750c Risbjerg, Brande †1787 Hedegaard, Give)
3. Søren Jensen, in the location Flø, usually called Søren Fløe (*1703c †1780 Flø, Brande)
4. Søren Jensen, in the location Grarup, smith (*1748c )

Transcribed Documents:
Before 1774 there are no church registers extant in Brande parish, because they burned. Between 1774 and 1792 the pastor's church register is used. Between 1793 and 1814 the sexton's day to day church registers are the primary source. In the main the pastor's register for that period are really secondary in that he categorized by baptism, death and marriage once a year using the sexton's register as a source as may be seen by occasional errors in the process. Before 1814 the church registers are free format with a few irregularly timed new government instructions for example on including the wife's name at baptisms. After 1814 fixed format tabular books were used, where phrases like "buried: Clemen Hyvild's mother" were no longer acceptable. In the following there is a headline stating date, which source, what the record is (baptism, marriage, etc.), and whom it concerns and the place mainly in Brande parish. After that the transcribed source text with my comments in braces {comments}. At the end of the transcribed text, there may be a NOTE with a few explanations.

Year English Danish Event
1716 [go to] [gå til] Deed for Hyvild, Brande Parish. Clemen Larsen tenant.
1731 [go to] [gå til] Deed for Hyvild, Brande Parish. Clemen Larsen tenant
1733 [go to] [gå til] Baptism in neighboring parish Arnborg, godfather.. Lars Clemmensen.
1734 [go to] [gå til] Military Draft Roll for Juellingholm Manor including Hyvild, Brande. Lars Clemmensen.
1746 [go to] [gå til] Royal Permission to Marry, Lars Clemmensen's widow Anne Poulsdatter and Christen Thomsen, Hyvild, Brande
1763 [go to] [gå til] Extra Tax List 1763, Brande, Hyvild and Brandlund
1768 [go to] [gå til] Randbøl Church Register, marriage Jens Knudsen of Brandlund, Brande with Karen Christensdatter of Almstok, Randbøl.
1774 [go to] [gå til] Military Draft Roll of Farms, Brandlund, Brande
1774 [go to] [gå til] Brandy in Brande
1775 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, marriage, Thomas Kjeldsen, Store Langkær, Brande and Maren Christensdatter, Hyvild, Brande
1775 [go to] [gå til] Auction over Søren Jensen's Belongings, Brandlund
1776 [go to] [gå til] Grindsted Church Register, marriage, Clemen Larsen, Hyvild, Brande and Maren Jensdatter, Utoft, Grindsted
1777 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Anne Thomasdatter, Langkær, Brande. Father: Thomas Kjeldsen. Mother: Maren Christensdatter.
1777 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, burial, Maren Christensdatter, Langkær, Brande.
1777 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, burial, Anne Thomasdatter, Langkær, Brande.
1777 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Maren Michelsdatter, Hyvild, Brande. Father: Michel Pedersen. Mother: Johanne Jensdatter.
1777 [go to] [gå til] Probate records after Peder Poulsen, saddlemaker in Brandelund.
1780 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Lars Clemmensen, Hyvild, Brande. Father: Clemen Larsen. Mother: Maren Jensdatter.
1781 [go to] [gå til] Peder Larsen's Protocol (Brande Local Archive), inheritance protocol for Peder Jensen Fløe †1781, Flø, Brande
1781 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, burial, Christen Thomsen, Hyvild, Brande.
1783 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Christen Clemmensen, Hyvild, Brande. Father: Clemen Larsen. Mother: Maren Jensdatter.
1785 [go to] [gå til] Koldinghus Hartkorn Lists. Rentekammeret (internal revenue) 313.26, Brande Parish
1786 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, buried, Anne Poulsdatter, Hyvild, Brande
1787 [go to] [gå til] Census 1787, Brande, Brandlund
1787 [go to] [gå til] Census 1787, Brande, Hyvild
1789 [go to] [gå til] Deed in Brandlund to Lars Sørensen Lund in Copenhagen from Søren Larsen Bjerre
1789 [go to] [gå til] Military conscription list with Lars and Jens Sørensen born in Uhre, Brande
1791 [go to] [gå til] Repartition of Farmed Land, Brandlund, Brande
1793 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, engaged, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande and Anne Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
1793 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, marriage, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande and Anne Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
1794 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Las Thomassen, Grarup, Brande. Father Thomas Lassen. Mother: Ane I Sørensdatter.
1796 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Maren Thomasdatter, Grarup, Brande. Father Thomas Lassen. Mother: Ane I Sørensdatter.
1797 [go to] [gå til] Copenhagen, St. Nicolai, marriage, Michael Kierkegaard, St. Kiøbmagergade and Ane Sørensdatter Lund, St. Kiøbmagergade
1797 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, engaged, Jens Sørensen, Brandlund, Brande and Ane Margrethe Nielsdatter, Brande By, Brande
1797 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, married, Jens Sørensen, Lund, Brande and Anne Margrethe Nielsdatter, Brande By, Brande
1797 [go to] [gå til] Copenhagen, Helliggeist Church, baptism, Maren Kirstine Kierkegaard. Father: Michel Kierkegaard. Mother: Ane III Sørensdatter Lund.
1798 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register , buried, Søren Jensen, Brandlund, Brande
1798 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register , buried, Søren Jensen, Brandlund, Brande
1799 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Søren Jensen, Brandlund, Brande. Father: Jens Sørensen. Mother: Anne Margrethe Nielsdatter.
1799 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Søren Thomassen, Grarup, Brande. Father Thomas Lassen. Mother: Ane I Sørensdatter.
1799 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Søren Thomassen, Grarup, Brande. Father Thomas Lassen. Mother: Ane I Sørensdatter.
1799 [go to] [gå til] Deed to farm in Brandlund, Jens Sørensen.
1800 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
1800 [go to] [gå til] Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Bodil Marie, Brandlund, Brande. Father: Jens Sørensen. Mother: Anne Margrethe Nielsdatter.
1800 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
1800 [go to] [gå til] Deed on farm in Brandlund, Mads Jørgensen
1801 [go to] [gå til] Census 1801, Brande, Brandlund, family Jens Sørensen
1801 [go to] [gå til] Census 1801, Brande, Grarup, 10th family Thomas Lassen
1801 [go to] [gå til] Census 1801, Copenhagen (City), Frimand Kvarter, Matr. 82, family Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard
1801 [go to] [gå til] April Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
1801 [go to] [gå til] Oktober Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
1802 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Søren Thomassen, Grarup, Brande. Father Thomas Lassen. Mother: Ane I Sørensdatter.
1802 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1803 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1804 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Jens Sørensen Lund and wife
1804 [go to] [gå til] June, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1804 [go to] [gå til] October, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1805 [go to] [gå til] May, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1805 [go to] [gå til] June, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Jens Sørensen
1805 [go to] [gå til] June, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1805 [go to] [gå til] January, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter request for support for Mette
1806 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register , buried, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande
1806 [go to] [gå til] April, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1806 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, marriage, Iver Madsen, ?, Give and Ane Sørensdatter, Grarup, Brande
1806 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Maren Jensdatter, Brandlund, Brande. Father: Jens Sørensen. Mother: Anne Margrethe Nielsdatter.
1806 [go to] [gå til] October, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1806 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
1806 [go to] [gå til] December, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter request for support
1807 [go to] [gå til] March, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter's situation
1807 [go to] [gå til] April, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1807 [go to] [gå til] November, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1807 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
1807 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter last request for support
1808 [go to] [gå til] March, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
1808 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1808 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Mette Sørensdatter
1808 [go to] [gå til] December, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
1808 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter 1 rigsdaler
1809 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter 4 rigsdaler
1810 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1810 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
1810 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter 4 rigsdaler
1811 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Mette Sørensdatter
1811 [go to] [gå til] Brandlund Deed to til Lars Sørensen Lund in Copenhagen from Søren Larsen Bjerre
1811 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter rye and barley
1812 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
1812 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter a lot of rye and barley
1813 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter rye and barley
1813 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1813 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, burial, Mette Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
1813 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter firewood 4 rigsdaler
1814 [go to] [gå til] Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Maren Jensdatter, Brandlund, Brande. Father: Jens Sørensen. Mother: Anne Margrethe Nielsdatter.
1814 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter firewood 4 rigsdaler
1815 [go to] [gå til] J. O From letter to Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard about Ane's Year of Birth
1815 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter firewood 2 rigsdaler
1816 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1816 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter rye, barley and butter
1817 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1818 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter rye, barley and butter
1819 [go to] [gå til] Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1819 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter rye, barley and butter
1820 [go to] [gå til] May, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1820 [go to] [gå til] October, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
1820 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter rye, barley and butter
1821 [go to] [gå til] Brande Church Register, buried, Maren Larsdatter, Brandlund, Brande
1821 [go to] [gå til] Dec., Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter rye and barley
1830 [go to] [gå til] Sisters Rudelbach on Kierkegaard's mother and Kierkegaard
1830 [go to] [gå til] Sisters Rudelbach about visiting with the old Kierkegaards
1868 [go to] [gå til] Pastor Olesen's letter to H. P. Barfod

1716 Deed for Hyvild, Brande Parish. Clemen Larsen tenant.
May 6th 1716: from Johan Jacob Sejr on Rørbæk Manor, Vester parish to Jens Nielsen Skjærlund, Brande parish.
Hyvild, half-farm Clemen Lassen Hartkorn 3 5 3 ½
230 Rigsdaler.
NOTE: Transcript from Viborg Landstings Skøde- og Panteprotokol by Ejnar Bjerre in ring binder on Rørbæk in Give Lokalarkiv.

1731 Deed for Hyvild, Brande Parish. Clemen Larsen tenant.
July 12th 1731: deed for Brandholm Manor in Brande parish from Christen Nielsen of Atzerbøl in Lindknud parish and Jens Nielsen of Schiærlund in Brande parish to Sr. Claus Cordtsøn in Horsens
...
Hyvild, Clemend Lassen Hartkorn 3 5 3 ½
...
NOTE: Transcript from Viborg Landstings Skøde- og Panteprotokol by Ejnar Bjerre in ring binder "From Brande Parish" in Give Parish Lokalarkiv.

1733 Arnborg church register, Lars Clemmensen godfather
Bapt. d 25 Mars: Christen Toxvigs child by name Anne [His sister] carried it godfathers: Peder Lassen Lars [Huvild] {Clemmensen of Hyvild, Brande} jørgen jacobs: Kirsten Toxvig etc:

1734 Military Draft Roll for Juellingholm Manor including Hyvild, Brande
To Jullingholm {Juellingholm} attributed acreage in order to have 60 tønder hartkorn {ca. 3600 acres} in each draft roll, 1734.
Coldinghuus Region, Nørvang County, Brande parish
½ of Hyfvel {Hyvild}, administrator: Folsach in Colding
Names: Lars Clemmendsen
Hartkorn: 3 5 3 ½ .
NOTE: Hyvild is listed here under the Manor Juellingholm, although it does not belong to Juellingholm, but apparently to a Mr. Folsach in the town Kolding. The farms in one draft roll (lægd) would generally have to provide one soldier to the army.

1746 Oct. 14, Royal Permission to Marry, Lars Clemmensen's widow and Christen Thomsen, Hyvild, Brande
NOTE: This document in close to word by word translation (afterliver i.e. the one who lives after the death of the partner, We is the royal we):
50 Christen Tomsen of Ribe Diocese
Marriage permission in the 3rd degree.
F5te. {Frederik V, the king}
[. . ...] We, after thereabout most-subservient-humbliest made application and demand, most-graceously have granted and allowed so also herewith grant and allow, that Christen Thomsen and Anne Povelsdaughter departed Lars Clemensen's afterliver, peasants in Brande Parish in Ribe diocese in our land Northern Jutland, may into matrimony come together notwithstanding that they appear to be each other in the 3rd degree related. Though etc.
Christiansborg the 14'th Octobr 1746.
NOTE: Rigsarkivet, Jyske Registre 1743-1751 Folio 36.

1763 May 1, Extra Tax List 1763, Brande, Hyvild and Brandlund
Uhre: Søren Jensen and wife with no children over 12. Owner of the place: Hans Jensen the Smith of Uhre.
Hyvild: Christen Thomsen and wife, 3 children over 12 at home.
NOTE: This particular list is of a very high quality, the tax authorities did not miss people. The military draft roll of 1789 states that the sons Lars and Jens were born in Uhre, so this Søren Jensen is the right one.
Below a table of the people in Søren Jensens household in 1763. Children below 10 are reckoned to be at home with the family.
Name (Uhre Spring 1763 Tax Census - Interpreted) Age
Søren Jensen 38c
Maren Larsdatter 32c
Lars Sørensen 8c
Jens Sørensen 6c
Mette Sørensdatter 5c
Ane I Sørensdatter 2c
Below a table of likely names of the family in Hyvild. Christen and Anne and Maren are sure. Clemen likely, because he took over the farm. And Maren Larsdatter has to marry before 1757, when the first daughter arrives, so she lives with Søren Jensen in Uhre, Brande and thus not at home in Hyvild. So it is likely, that there was a fourth child for which no sources have been identified.
Name (Hyvild, Spring 1763 Tax Census - Interpreted) Age
Christen Thomsen 45c
Anne Poulsdatter 53c
Clemen Larsen? 25c
Child? 12+
Maren Christensdatter 13c
(See complete 1763 Extra Tax List of Brande Parish (in Danish):
here)

1768.06.21, Marriage in Randbøl Parish
1768 June 21th, bachelor Jens Knudsen of Brandlund in Brande Parish and maiden Karen Christensdatter in Almstok {Randbøl parish} betrothed. Betrothers {witnesses for the betrothal} for the bachelor marriage vow not being given to someone else, as no certificate was brought from the pastor in Brande Mr. Clausen, were Søren Jensen and Søren Simonsen, both of Brandlund. Married July 19th.
NOTE:
HORSBØL Randbøl Viede 1679-1814.

1771 Oct., General Indentured Work for Hastrup Manor, Thyregod
Brandlund, Brande:
Tenant Rye seed Td. Skp. Wagons hay Grass for heads of cattle Acreage Tenancy rent Rd. Sk.
Christen Nielsen 8-6 7 13 2 0 2 1 2-64
Christen Christensen 8-6 4 13 2 0 3 2 4-0
Søren Jensen 7-5 4 13 2 0 3 2 4-0
Søren Simonsen 8-6 3 13 2 0 0 0 3-32
NOTE: See Krusborg: "Thyregod Sogn", p. 210. Td. and Skp. are measures of seed. Rd. and Sk. is rigsdaler and skilling, the money of the time.

1774 Military Draft Roll of Farms, Brande
Brandlund, Brande:
Comment Tenant Hartkorn
  Christen Nielsen 2 0 2 1
Matr. ½ of 4 Anders Christensen 2 0 3 2
  Søren Jensen 2 0 3 2
  Søren Simonsen 2 0 0 0
NOTE: Viborg Landsarkiv. B18-205, Vejle Amtsstuearkiv, Reserveruller for Koldinghus Amt, 1774.

1774.06.25 Brandy in Brande
... subpoenaed herewith for the first! The already mentioned accused, Jørgen Jørgensen and Peder Pedersen Arnborg in Brande, Christen Jensen and Peder Nielsen in Sønder Askjær, then also Christen Nielsen, Søren Jensen and Søren Simonsen from Brandlund ...
... Troels Pedersen's widow together with Christen Nielsen, Christen Christensen, Søren Jensen {Maren Larsdatter} and Søren Simonsen their wives all of Brandlund and the parson's small-farmers at the same place, ...
NOTE: Nørvang-Tørril Herreders Justitsprotokol 1770-76. Viborg Landsarkiv B70-4, folio pages 535 ... 710b.

1775 Oct. 8, Brande Pastor's Church Register, marriage, Thomas Kjeldsen, Store Langkær, Brande and Maren Christensdatter, Hyvild, Brande
8. On 17 Dito {17th Sunday after Trinitatis} Thomas Langkier and Maren Christensdatter Hyvild.

1775 Auction over Søren Jensen's Belongings, Brandlund
Søren Jensen lost his tenancy in 1774 {must be towards the end of the year}. The owner of Hastrup Manor, the lawyer Anders Bagger, removed several tenants at that time. In 1775 he even let Søren Jensen's belongings auction off presumably for arrears in tenancy rent. Birkedommer {judge at a manor} Johan Raun Bering in Hastrup Mill led the auction in Brandlund and the other places. {Bagger could not get a new tenant for the half-farm, so he divided it up between the other two farms belonging to Hastrup}.
NOTE: Ejnar Bjerre's text building on Nørvang-Tørrild Herreders Auktionsprotokol. Viborg Landsarkiv B70-498. Ring binder "Brande Sogn" in Give Parish Lokalarkiv. Andreas Bagger's course of action here is extremely harsh and quite unusual in the surrounding parishes. Five years later he was broke and had to leave Hastrup.

1776 June 2, Grindsted Church Register, marriage, Clemen Larsen, Hyvild, Brande and Maren Jensdatter, Utoft, Grindsted
Jan. 4th {engaged}. Married June 2nd. Clemen Lassen (Bachelor) from Hygild {Hyvild} in Brande parish and maiden Maren Jensdatter af Utoft. (Engaged in Omvraae, married in {Sønder} Omme).
NOTE:
See HORSBØL Grindsted married.

1777 January 5, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Anne Thomasdatter, Langkær, Brande
4th Sunday between New Year and Epiphany had Thomas Nielsen in Langkier a daughter for baptism of his 1 wife Maren {Christensdatter} name Anne, borne by Clemen Lassen's wife {Maren Jensdatter} in Hyvild. Godfathers were Christen Thomesen in Hyvild, Madam Brandt's laborer Troels, Søren {Jensen} Smith's wife {Ane Kjeldsdatter} in Grarup, Niels Østergaard's {eastern-farm} daughter {stepdaughter either Johanne or Anne Jensdatter, 19} in Brande.

1777 January 19, Brande Pastor's Church Register, burial, Maren Christensdatter, Langkær, Brande
3. 2da post Epiph: was Thomas Kielsen's wife buried 27 years old.

1777 February 9, Brande Pastor's Church Register, burial, Anne Thomasdatter, Langkær, Brande
5. Dom: yrednag: was Thomas Kielsen's Daughter buried 1/2 year old.

1777 April 20, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Maren Michelsdatter, Hyvild, Brande
15. The same day {as the previous entry, 3rd Sunday past easter} had Michel {Pedersen} Hyvild {named after the place Hyvild} a daughter for baptism of his 1st wife Johanne {Jensdatter} called Maren borne by Mads {Jensen} Riisberg's {similarly named after the place Risbjerg close to Hyvild} wife {Mette Andersdatter}. Godfathers were Christen Thomesen {Maren Larsdatter's stepfather} in Hyvild, Søren Jensen in Hyvild, Clemen {Larsen, tenant in Hyvild, brother to Søren's wife Maren Larsdatter} Hyvild's wife {Maren Jensdatter}, Niels {Christensen Langkjær} Østergaard's {"eastern-farm"} daughter {stepdaughter either Johanne or Anne Jensdatter, 19} in Brande {to be understood as the very small village, where the church was, not the parish}.
NOTE: The additional names and explanations in brackets {} supplied from a multitude of other sources. Johanne Jensdatter and Mads Jensen are presumably brother and sister being born in Risjberg, Brande.

1777 May 25 - Dec., Coldinghuus amt probate records for Peder Poulsen, saddlemaker in Brandlund.
... On behalf of the widow as her guardian was also present Søren Jensen of Brande {here the village Brande By, not the parish} ...
NOTE: Perhaps 'guardian' is too strong a translation, Danish 'værge' means the man who takes care of a woman's important affairs especially money, women had to have them in 1777. The
probate records in Danish.

1780 June 18, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Lars Clemmensen, Hyvild, Brande
22. 4. p: Trinit: had Clemen Larsen in Hyvild and wife Maren Jens Datter a son for baptism called Lars borne by Søren Jensens daughter Anna. Fadderne vare Michel {Pedersen} Hyvild, Søren {Hansen} Schierlund {Skærlund}, Michel {Pedersen} Hyvilds kone {Johanne Jensdatter}, Poul {Jacobsen} Husums Datter {Maren Poulsdatter}.
NOTE: Anna is most likely Ane I, who is 19. Ane II is 16 og Ane III 12 years old. Maren Poulsdatter is 25.

1781 August 15, Peder Larsen's Protocol, Brande Local Archive, inheritance protocol for Peder Jensen Fløe, Flø, Brande
...At this time was present also as estimators Søren Sørensen of said Flø and Søren Jensen of Lund, Brande Parish...

1781 December 30, Brande Pastor's Church Register, burial, Christen Thomsen, Hyvild, Brande
3. Dom 1. p. Nati Xsti: was Christen Thomesen in Hyvild buried 63 years old.

1783 March 20, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Christen Clemmensen
7. Second Sunday in Lenten Fast had Clemen {Larsen} Hyvild of his first wife Maren {Jensdatter} a son for baptism named Christen, borne by Thomas Kielsens kone {Ane Jacobsdatter} in Langkier {Langkær}, Godfathers were Christen {Jensen} Nørre Askier {Northern Askær} and Son {?}, Michel {Pedersen} Hyvilds wife {Johanne Jensdatter}, the Housemaid on Brandholm.
NOTE: Thomas Kjeldsen was first married to Clemens Larsen half sister Maren, who died 1777. Brandholm was a small manor in Brande parish not far from Hyvild or Brandlund.

1785 Koldinghus Hartkorn Lists. Rentekammeret (internal revenue) 313.26, Brande Parish
Brandlund (all farms listed, not just those under Hastrup):
Comment Farmer Hartkorn
owner Christen Nielsen 2 0 2 1
owner Peder Troelsen 2 0 2 1
owner Peder Pedersen 4 1 2 ½
owner Jens Nielsen 0 6 0 0
owner Søren Lassen 0 3 0 2½
owner Jacob Thomsen 0 3 0 2½
owner Christen Møller 0 3 0 2½
owner Morten Simonsen 0 6 1 2
Hastrup Anders {Christensen} Midtgaard 3 0 0 0
Hastrup Søren {Simonsen} Overgaard 2 0 0 0
Hastrup Unused (Anders Midtgaards place)  
NOTE: Transcript Erik Brejl, Ringkøbing. Søren Jensen does not own and is not a tenant on a farm or small farm in Brandlund. He had a house with a couple of fields. Christen Nielsen has bought his farm from Hastrup Manor. Søren Simonsen's farm is the same. Anders Christensen in Midtgaard, Middle Farm, has gotten more acreage compared to 1774. The "Unused place" seems to have been integrated in the two other farms Hastrup has already 1786, where a deed records only two farms, but of augmented sizes 3 1 1 1½ for Anders Christensen and 3 0 1 2½ for Søren Simonsen.

1786 March 12, Brande Pastor's Church Register, buried, Anne Poulsdatter, Hyvild, Brande
and {same day - 2nd Sunday in lenten fast} Clemen Hyvild's mother 76 years.
NOTE: The name Anne Poulsdatter is known from the marriage permission of 1746, se there. That he is her son follows from the name Larsen, son of Lars, and because Clemen is also tenant in Hyvild born in 1738c, when Lars Clemmensen was tenant documented at least for the period 1734 - 45.

1787 July 1, Census 1787, Brande, Brandlund
Søren Jensen and family are not listed.
NOTE: This is not significant. This particular census is of low qaulity - at least in Brande parish. Søren Jensen and his family do not have a farm, only a house; of poor and old people at least 50 are missing in the census.

1787 July 1, Census 1787, Brande, Hyvild
Name Age Married Function in Home Occupation
Clemen Lassen 44 1. yes Husband Tenant and farmdweller
Maren Jensdater 32 1. yes Wife  
Lars Clemmensen 6   son  
Christen Clemmensen 4   Likewise  
Hans Sørensen 2   Wife's Sister's son, illegitimate raised there
Niels Jensen Utoft 22 no Field Hand  
Ane Jensdatter 26 no Maid  
Maren Pedersdatter 10   Shepherdess  
NOTE: Hans Sørensen is most likely the Hans Christian baptized Dec. 1784 in Omvraa, Sønder Omme - neighboring parish just south of Brande - to Karen Jensdatter, naming as father Søren Andersen, Tøsby, Gadbjerg parish. Notice that children of age 10 could be sent to serve on other farms. It is rare to see children under 12 serve on other farms, though. In the column 'married' 1. yes means married first time.


1789 Deed in Brandlund to Lars Sørensen Lund in Copenhagen from Søren Larsen Bjerre
June 11th 1789 Søren Larsen Bjerre sold his place in Brandlund to brewer Lars Sørensen in Copenhagen.
NOTE: Citation from Ejnar Bjerre's ring binder called "From Brande Parish" in Give Parish Local Archive. This is surely from Nørvang County's Deeds Records. There is another sale with the same persons involved in 1811, where Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard pays 100 rigsdaler for the same place, as it seems. It is a house with a plot of land namely hartkorn 0 3 0 2½ (about 20 acres), as can be seen for Søren Larsen in 1785, see above. In 1789 Lars Sørensen Lund, Ane's older brother, had married the brandy distiller's widow Birgitte Justesen Fauerholt and had access to means.

1789 military conscription list with Lars and Jens Sørensen born in Uhre, Brande
Søren Jensen, {Brandlund, not noted in the list}
22. Lars J. Sørensen, Uhre {place of birth}, 34, Khavn {Copenhagen, place of residence}, may leave list
23. Jens Sørensen, Uhre, 32, Khavn, may leave list
NOTE: Lars' age 34 gives a year of birth 1755, which fits with his age in the census. Furthermore Jens must have been two years younger, the difference in age being something his father would not forget, which makes him older than Mette contrary to her age at death and his age in the census.

1791, Repartition of Farmed Land, Brandlund, Brande
Comment Farmer
No. 1a Olle Jensen
No. 1b Johan I.I.S. Jørgensen
No. 2 Mads Christensen
No. 3 Laurs L.C.S. Christensen
No. 4 Søren S.I.J. Jensen
No. 5 Thomas Pedersen
No. 6 Morten M.S.S. Simonsen
No. 7 Niels Christensen
No. 8 Widow Anne Pedersdatter Qvist by Lars Christensen
No. 9 Jens I.I.S. Simonsen
No. 10 Anders A.C.S. Christensen
No. 11 Jens I.P.S Pedersen
No. 12 Lars Christensen
NOTE: Transcript Brande Farm History, 9 Brandlund p. 3. S.I.J in Søren Jensen's name means he could not write, so his name was written for him. The numbers do not correspond to the land register numbers used in the Brande Farm History, which stem from 1825. Fields before 1790 were cultivated communally by the village - except for a few lone farms not part of a village. Each field used to have a stripe for each farm but in 1788 Denmark decided on a field consolidation, so that each farm was moved out from the village to its own ground with the fields around it and with no stripes.

1793 Sept. 27, Brande Sexton's Church Register, engaged, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande and Anne I Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
Sunday Sept. 27th were engaged bachelor Thomas Lassen Grarup and maid Ane {I} Sørensdatter in Lund, for whom [...] men as witnesses Søren Jensen Lund Søren {Lassen} Biere Borup.
NOTE: This is Ane I.

1793 Oct. 20, Brande Pastor's Church Register, marriage, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande and Anne I Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
5. Dom: 21 p. Trinit bachelor Thomas Lassen of Grarup, and maid Anne {I} Sørensdatter Lund, Søren Jensens daughter of Lund.
NOTE: This is Ane I. The comment "Søren Jensens daughter of Lund" is unusual and remarkable; a similar comment has not been seen elsewhere in the pastor's church register. Thomas is 27 and Anne 32 years old. She married a second time in 1806 with Iver Madsen.

1794 July 13, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Las Thomassen
14. Dom 4ta p. Trinit had Thomas Lassen Grarup of his first wife Anna {I} Sørensdatter a son for baptism was named Las, borne by Anders Lassen's wife {Ane Christensdatter} in Store {Great} Langkier {Langkær}: godfathers Anders Lassen of Langkier, Søren Lassen {Bierre} of Borup, Søren Jensen of Lund, and Peder Mathiesen's widow {Maren Pedersdatter Brandt} of Grarup.
NOTE: Thomas, Anders og Søren Lassen might be brothers.

1796 Nov. 9, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Maren Thomasdatter
21. Dom 21 p. Trinit had Thomas Lassen Grarup of his first wife Anna {I} Sørensdatter a daughter for baptism was named Maren, borne by Thomas Kieldsen's wife {Ane Jacobsdatter} in Langkier {Langkær}: godfathers Søren {Lassen} Bierre, and wife {Ane Pedersdatter} in Borup, Anders Lassen st: {great} Langkier, and Søren Jensen of Lund.

1797 April 26, Copenhagen, St. Nicolai, marriage, Michael Kierkegaard, St. Kiøbmagergade and Ane Sørensdatter Lund, St. Kiøbmagergade
Michael Kiersgaard haberdasher widower and Miss Ane {III} Sørensd. Lund copulated April 26th in St. Kiøbmagergade {Merchant Street}.
NOTE: Cited from Ammundsen. They were married in their home, not in the church.

1797 June 4, Brande Sexton's Church Register, engaged, Jens Sørensen, Brandlund, Brande and Ane Margrethe Nielsdatter, Brande By, Brande
Further same day {2nd day in lent} was engaged Jens Sørensen of Lund and maid Ane Magrethe Nielsdatter of Brande where fore undersigned two men were witnesses Søren Jenssen of Lund Niels {Christensen} Nyegaard {new-farm} of Brande.
NOTE: The witness are the fathers of bride and bridegroom.

1797 Sept. 17, Brande Pastor's Church Register, married, Jens Sørensen, Lund, Brande and Anne Margrethe Nielsdatter, Brande By, Brande
5te Par Dom. 14 p. Trinit bachelor well-regarded Jens Sørensen of Lund, and maid Anne Magrethe Nielsdatter from Brande village.
NOTE: Well-regarded (Velagte) is unusual and can only mean, that he was a man of means, when he came back to Brande after nine years in Copenhagen. Jens is 39 and Anne Margrethe, called Margrethe, is 25 years old.

1797 Oct. 21, Copenhagen, Helliggeist Church, baptism, Maren Kirstine Kierkegaard
d. 21. Oct. Esq. Michael Pedersen Kirkegaard, formerly hosiery merchant in Kjøbmagergade {gade is street}, and wife, Mad. Anna {III Sørensdatter} Lund, their daughter, born Sept. 7th, named Maren Kirstine. Godfathers Mad. Kierkegaard, the child's mother; Miss Cicilie Hedegaard; Brbr. {Brændevinsbrænder, brandy distiller} Lars {Sørensen} Lund; Roien hosiery merchant, Kirkegaard, the child's father.
NOTE: Cited from Ammundsen. In Jutland it is not seen, that parents can serve as godfathers. Lars is Ane Sørensdatter Lund's brother.

1798 May 1, Brande Sexton's Church Register , buried, Søren Jensen, Brandlund, Brande
12 dead. d i maj {1st of may} was buried Søren Jensen in Lund 72 Aar Gl:
NOTE: See note below.

1798 May 5, Brande Pastor's Church Register , buried, Søren Jensen, Brandlund, Brande
12. Dom 4 p. Pasc. Søren Jensen of Lund, gl: 73 aar.
NOTE: The pastor didn't copy correctly form the sexton's church register, which show 72 years, as seen above. The sexton has him buried on a tuesday, the pastor the sunday thereafter. The sexton is more believeable, because he makes entries as they happen, not once a year like the pastor using the sexton's register rearranging them.

1799 Jan. 27, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Søren Jensen
5. Same day {Sexagesima Jan. 27mo} had Jens Sørensen in Lund, of his first wife Anne Magrethe Nielsdatter 1 son for baptism was named Søren, borne by Anne {II} Sørensdatter, godfathers Niels {Christensen Nyegaard} renter {of the pastor's farm} and son Jeppe {Nielsen}, Jens Johansen of Lund, and Thomas {Lassen} Grarup's wife {Ane I Sørensdatter}.
NOTE: Dead 14 days old. Jeppe is 16 years.

1799 July 26, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Søren Thomassen
20. Die July 26th had Thomas Lassen of Grarup, of first wife Anna {I} Sørensdatter 1 son for baptism was named Søren, borne by mother's sister (Mosteren) Anne {II} Sørensdatter godfathers Anders Lassen Langkier {Langkær}, and Søren {Lassen} Bierre in Borup and bachelor Søren Truelsen Grarup.

1799 July 26, Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Søren Thomassen
20. Friday July 26th had Thomas Larssen of Grarup with his first wife Anna {I} Sørensdatter 1 son for baptism was named Søren, borne by Søren Jensen's daughter of Lund Anne (II) Sørensdatter godfathers Anders {Lassen} Over Gaa[rd] {upper-farm} i LangKier {Langkær} and wife {Ane Christensdatter}, and Søren {Lassen} Bierre in Borup and Troels Jensen's son Søren {Troelsen} in Grarup.
NOTE: Notice that the pastor above forgot Anders Lassen's wife and did not name Troels Jensen.

1799 Deed to farm in Brandlund, Jens Sørensen
...Hartkorn {hard grain} field and meadow 0-5-0-2 27/32 .. and me it belonged has after my thereon had deed of June 26th.1799 ...
NOTE: Word for word translation, syntax unusual for English, please pay attention. See the deed from December 15th 1826 in transcript in Brande Farm History, Booklet 9, Brandlund, p. 73.

1800 April 29, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
29 Apr Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1800 May 22, Brande Pastor's Church Register, baptism, Bodil Marie
12. Die May 22nd had Jens Sørensen Lund, of first wife Anne Magrethe Nielsdatter, a daughter for baptism was named Bodel Marie, borne by Niels {Christensen} Nyegaard's {new-farm} wife {Maren Christensdatter} in Brande - godfathers Niels {Christensen} Nyegaard, Johan Jørgensen {Brandlund}, item Lars {Christensen} Nedergaard and wife {Ane Jensdatter} of Lund.-.
NOTE: Bodil Marie - who is being baptized here - is the person, who in 1868 tells the then pastor in Brande, Olesen, about Søren Jensen. H. P. Barfod - literary executor for Søren Kierkegaard - had asked for information on Søren's mother. Pastor Olesen writes in a letter all that the 68 year old Bodil Marie could tell him about Søren Jensen and Maren Larsdatter of Brandlund. Niels Christensen is Anne Margrethes father, Maren Christensdatter her stepmother.

1800 Nov. 16, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
23. p. Trin. Maren Lasdatter 1.
NOTE: The 1 at the end means one person. Husband and wife would have a 2 for example as seen later on.

1800 Deed on farm in Brandlund, Mads Jørgensen
Matr. 11a (1825 Matrikel numbers), Brandlund. Deed not registered but before 1800. Jens Clemmensen is supposed to get deed before 1825.
NOTE: See Brandtaxation 6. Juni 1800 Mads Jørgensens place in Brandlund 3 skp. 1 album and deed before 1825 to Jens Clemmensen, Matr. 11a, Brande Farm History, Booklet 9, Brandlund, p. 91.

1801 Feb. 1, Census 1801, Brande, Brandlund, family Jens Sørensen
Name Age Married Function in Home Occupation
Jens Sørensen 43 1. yes Husband H{ouseman} with acreage
Magrethe Nielsdatter 29 1. yes his wife  
Boel Marie Jensdatter 1   their child  
Maren Larsdatter 50   lodger Not related, different family, rents a room.
NOTE: 1. yes means married first time. Maren Larsdatter is not related, it is not Jens' mother, who is much older. This Maren Larsdatter rents rooms in their house. Jens' mother Maren's household is not in the 1801 census, which is not unusual. 26, give and take a few, is the count of missing persons for all of Brande parish in the 1801 Census. Houseman (husmand) is a man with a house and somewhere below 50 acres, those above are called farmers (gårdmænd).

1801 Feb. 1, Census 1801, Brande, Grarup, 10th family Thomas Lassen
Name Age Married Function in Home Occupation
Thomas Lassen 41 1. yes Husband H{ouseman} with acreage
Ane [I] Sørensdatter 39 1. yes his wife  
Lars Thomassen 7   their children  
Maren Thomasdatter 5   their children  


1801 Feb. 1, Census 1801, Copenhagen (City), Frimand Kvarter, Matr. 82, 340, Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard
Name Age Married Function in Home Occupation
Mich. Pedersen Kirkegaard 45 yes Husband Trader (Business man)
Anna {III} Sørensdatter Lund 32 yes his wife  
Maren Kirstine 4 no Their daughter with parents  
Nicoline Christine 2 no Likewise with parents  
Maren Larsdatter 23 no Servants vide 4th column
Christine Marie Smutner 13 no Servants vide 4th column
Christopher Bøgh 29 no Loger Copier in revenue office
Julius Bøgh 27 no likewise Writer of passports at the customs house
NOTE: Copenhagen census quoted from "Dansk Demografisk Database". Statens Arkiver. See
here.

1801 April 29, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
29 Apr Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.
NOTE: The 1 after the name means one person, for a man and wife it would be 2 under his name.

1801 Oct. 13, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
21 p Trin Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1802 March 28, Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Søren Thomassen
8. March 8th had Thomas Lassen of Grarup with his first wife Anne Sørensdatter a son for baptism was named Søren, borne by Søren Sørensen's daughter Mette {Sørensdatter} of Fløe, godfathers Anders Lassen of LangKier {Langkær}, Jens Sørensen of Lund, and Søren {Lassen} Bierre and Hustru {Ane Pedersdatter} of Borup.

1802 May 11, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Sunday Nov 5th Maren Lasd: 1.

1803 May 14, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Feast Ascient Xti Maren Lasdatter 1.

1804 June 5, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Jens Sørensen Lund and wife
6th Sunday after Easter Jens {Sørensen} Lund 2.
NOTE: The 2 after the name means Jens and his wife.

1804 June 5, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
6th Sunday after Easter Maren Lasd: Lund 1.

1804 Oct. 30, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
19 p. T. Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1805 May 21, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
6th Sunday after Easter Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1805 June 18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Jens Sørensen
2 p Trinit Jens Sørensen og h: Lund 2.

1805 June 18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
2 p Trinit Maren Lasd: Lund 1.

1805.09.01, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
September 1st 1805. Maren Lasdatter of Brandlund met with the commission and requested help from the Poor Kitty for her daughter {Mette Sørensdatter}, whom she claimed was a weakling. The commission considered her request meticulously but was unanimously of the opinion that no help could be accorded her, because she has good crops, her owning house, has two cows, which give milk, and the daughter is so well, that she can work. Apart from this the mother {Maren Larsdatter} got 20 rigsdaler {a fairly large sum, a cow cost about 8 rigsdaler} from her familiy.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 7.

1805.12.31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Mette Sørensdatter
December 31st 1805.
2 - The sickly Mette Sørensdatter of Brandlund 2 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 8b.

1806 March 17, Brande Sexton's Church Register , buried, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande
5 dead March 17 was buried Thomas Lassen in Grarup 46 years old.

1806 April 29, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
4th Sunday after Easter Maren Laustd: Lund 1.

1806 June 8, Brande Sexton's Church Register, marriage, Iver Madsen, ?, Give and Ane Sørensdatter, Grarup, Brande
June 8th was married widower Iver Madsen of Giufve {Give} and widow Ane Sørensdatter of Grarup.
NOTE: Ane I married the second time. Give is a neighboring parish.

1806 Sept. 14, Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Maren Jensdatter
15. Same day {Sept. 14th} had Jens Sørensen of Lund, with his first wife Ane Magrethe Nielsd: 1 daughter for baptism was named Maren borne by Iver Madsen's Kone {Ane Sørensdatter} of Grarup, godfathers Iver Madsen of Grarup, Niels {Christensen} Nyegaard and Hustru {Maren Christensdatter} of Uhre, and son Niels Christian {Nielsen}.
NOTE: This child buried 20 weeks old. Jens's sister Ane Sørensdatter's second husband is Iver Madsen. Niels Nygaard is the father of Jens Sørensen's wife Ane Margrethe Nielsdatter. His son Niels Christian is 21.

1806 Oct. 4, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
23 p. Trinit Maren Lasdatter i Lund 1.

1806 Oct. 18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
25 p. Trinit Maren Lasdatters D. Ane Lund 1.
NOTE: D. stands for Datter (daughter).

1806 Dec. 5, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 5th 1806.
... had approached the pastor Maren Lasdatter of Brandlund for support for her daughter Mette Sørensdatter. But since the mother is fit, the daughter is known to the commission able and willing to work and does not herself want to enjoy support, but hoped herself to be able to earn the necessities, for these reasons it was not possible to venture into support for her daughter Mette.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 11.

1807 March 4, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
March 4th 1807.
Maren Lasdatter of Brandlund appeared before the commission and requested support for her sick daughter Mette Sørensdatter. The circumstances were considered most assidiously. The mother is an old widow, who has a house with a little over 3 Skp. {Skæpper hartkorn, likely around 15-25 acres, depends on the fertility of the soil}, keeps 1 cow and no sheep. Apart from the sickly daughter the mother had another daughter at home, who is fit and strong, could take a job, but will not. The sickly daughter is not in bed, can make stockings and spin {wool}, because her sickness consists in an injured leg. The mother is completely fit and can still take care of her house and the cow. Esq. {Otto} Arrevad was of the opinion, that her condition in no way qualified her for support particularly as long as the other daughter {Ane II} was still at home. Christen Thygesen and Peder {Pedersen} Fløe concurred with this opinion. Peder {Pedersen} Usseltoft did rightly believe, that Mette Sørensdatter could need support, but as long as the other daughter did not take a job, he considered it not right to give her something. The pastor approved wholeheartedly of Peder Usseltoft's reprimand.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 13-13b.

1807 April 15, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
2nd Easter Day Maren Lasd: i Lund 1.

1807 Nov. 24, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
24 p. Trin Maren Lasdatter i Lund 1.

1807 Dec. 1, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
25 p. Trin Maren Lasd: D. Ane Lund 1.
NOTE: 25. Sunday post Trinitatis does not really exist in the year 1807. If it had it would be the first Sunday in advent. On that particular day 112 people are listed as having received communion, which is only a little less than half the grown population in Brande parish. Most other communion days have 20-50 people listed.

1807 Dec. 12, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 12th 1807.
... apart from these poor people had Maren Lasdatter of Brandlund requested support for her daughter Mette, whom she claimed was sickly. The mother had addressed herself to the member of the commission Esq. {Otto} Arrevad about this case, and he put it before the commission. After having most meticulously ventilated this case all members were of the opinion, that as long as Maren Lasdatter lets her other daughter stay at home and not take a job, it was indefensible to allocate support to above mentioned Mette, because it is to be feared, that both the mother and that daughter will consume what this Mette could possibly need - But in so far as Ane {II} takes a job, this case will come to consideration and support will be allocated her.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 14b.

1808 March 8, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
3rd Sunday in Lenten Fast Maren Lasdatters D: Ane Lund 1.

1808 May 17, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Sixth Sunday after Easter Maren Lasdatter in Lund 1.

1808 Aug. 23, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Mette Sørensdatter
12 p. Trin Maren Lasdatters D. Mette Lund.

1808 Dec. 6, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
2 S. Advent Anna SørensD. in Lund 1.

Dec. 12th 1808, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
Dec. 31st 1808. 3rd Class.
2. Maren Larsdatter in Brandlund 1 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 17b.

Dec. 31st 1809, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
Dec. 31st 1809. 3rd Class.
1. Maren Larsdatter in Brandlund 4 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 20b.

1810 April 14, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Maundy Thursday Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.
NOTE: Next on the list is her neighbor Johan Jørgensen in Brandlund and his wife.

1810 July 10, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
12 p. Trin Maren Lasd. D Ane Lund 1.

Dec. 31st 1810, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
Dec. 31st 1809. 3rd Class.
2. Maren Larsdatter in Brandlund 4 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 22b.

1811 January 22, Brandlund Deed to Lars Sørensen Lund in Copenhagen from Søren Larsen Bjerre
Deed of January 22nd 1811 issued by Søren Larsen, Bjerre to brandy distiller Lars Sørensen in Copenhagen, who bought a house with a plot of land in Brandlund for his unmarried sisters Ane {II} and Mette Sørensdatter. His brother in law, Michael P. Kierkegaard, paid the 100 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Citation from Ejnar Bjerre's ring binder called "From Brande Parish" in Give Parish Local Archive. This is assumed to be from Nørvang County's Deeds Records. Since Lars has already bought this plot a little over 20 years ago, it seems a little strange he would do it again, but he might not have managed to pay for it. Michael had also bought houses for his sisters in Sædding.

1811 Sept. 24, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Mette Sørensdatter
17 p. Trin Maren Lasd: Mette Lund.

1811 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter money, rye and barley
Dec. 31st 1809. 3rd Class.
2. Note for Maren Larsdatter 4 rigsdaler.
...
6. Maren Larsdatter in brandlund 25 kg rye, 12 kg barley.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 24b-25.

1812 Nov. 1, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
Wednesday Nov. 1st Maren Larsd: D Ane 1.

1812 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
Dec. 31st 1812.
3. Maren Larsdatter in brandlund 50 kg rye, 63 kg barley.
NOTE: Brande Poor Commission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 27b.

1813 June 21, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
June 21st 1813.
2 old Maren Larsdatter 25 kg rye, 25 kg barley.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31.

1813 June 25, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Sunday Juni 25th Maren Larsd: Lund 1.

1813 Oct. 3, Brande Sexton's Church Register , burial, Mette Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
5 dead Oct. 3rd was buried maid Mette Sørensdatter of BrandLund 55 years old.

1813 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 1813.
6 Maren Larsdatter in brandlund for firewood 4 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31.

1814 April 3, Brande Sexton's Church Register, baptism, Maren Jensdatter
3. April 3rd had Jens Sørensen of BrandLund with his first wife Ane magrethe Nielsdatter 1 daughter for baptism was named Maren, borne by the man's {Jens Sørensen's} sister Ane {II} Sørensdatter of Lund {Brandlund} Godfathers Lars Christensen {in Nedergaard, nether-farm} and son Jens Lassen, Peder Christensen {in Midtgaard, middle-farm} and wife {Karen Andersdatter} all of Lund {Brandlund}
NOTE: Dead 15 weeks old. Jens Lassen is 19. Nether-farm and Middle-farm are neighboring farms to Jens Sørensen's small farm.

1814 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
Dec. 31st 1814.
Nr. 2 Maren Larsdatter in brandlund for firewood 4 Mark.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 31.

1815 April 29, J. O From letter to Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard about Ane's Year of Birth
Because Brande parish church registers are no older than from 1774 on account of fire, I have at this occasion as with other of the same nature had to serve myself of two very old men's statements to prove someone's age. These good believable men are old Søren Sørensen from Uhre and Truels Christensen both of Brande parish, who unanimously declare to me, that in the year 1768, one thousand, seven hundred and sixty eight around Midsummer day had Søren Jensen af Brantlund with his first wife Maren Larsdatter ibidem a daughter for baptism in Brande Church, who was named Ana. That this has been thus stated to me, and that the two men are truthful and believable in their words, is witnessed by the parish pastor of Brande, Vejle County.
Brande Pastor's Manor d. 29. April 1815
J. O. From
Barfod's note: In the margin Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard added: "She was born June 18th 1768".
NOTE: Citation translated from Ammundsen. Midsummer day is June 24th. Baptism mostly took place 3 to 4 weeks after birth, except if the child might not survive. Seen that way, it is unlikely that Ane Sørensdatter III was borne in June, more likely in May.
But this letter is from 1815, which is a very long forty seven years after 1768. One would accept that these two old men might remember, that Søren Jensen had a daughter born named Ane. Seeing that he had three daughters of that name, it is very hard to believe they would know which one was borne when 47 years after. Michael Kierkegaard's judgement saying she was born the 18th of June would appear to reflect his sense of keeping orderly records much more than actual fact. If Ane did not know the date her birthday, as it seems, then it is likely to have been made up.
Old Søren Sørensen (*1740c Flø, Brande †1843 Flø) in 1807 let his son of the same name (young Søren Sørensen) take over the farm in Flø and himself bought one in Uhre, Brande. He was 75 years old when this letter is written in 1815, 28 in 1768. Truels Christensen (*1749c Langkær, Brande) lived in Brande village and was 66 when this letter is written in 1815, 19 in 1768.
A much better foundation for Ane's age is the census of 1801, shown above, which has her being 32 years old in February. That would make it much more likely, that she is born in 1868 than in 1869. The date is simply not knowable using existing sources.


1815 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 1815.
old Maren Larsdatter in brandlund for firewood 2 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 33.

1816 May 15, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
15. May Maren Larsdatter 1.

1816 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 1816.
11 Maren Larsdatter in brandlund 37 kg rye, 25 kg barley, 1 kg butter.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 36. The original has 3 skp (skæpper) rye, which is not weight but volume. 1 skæppe is about two thirds of a US bushel.

1817 June 18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
18. June Maj Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1817 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 1817.
13 Maren Larsdatter 25 kg rye.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 38b.

1818 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 1818.
15 Maren Larsdatter 25 kg rye, 25 kg barley, 1 kg butter.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 39b.

1819 May 18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
6 Sunday after Easter Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1819 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 1819.
5 Maren Larsdatter 25 kg rye, 25 kg barley, 1 kg butter.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 44.

1820 May 24, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
25 May Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1820 Oct. 25, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
25 Oct Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1820 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 1820.
14 Maren Larsdatter 25 kg rye, 25 kg barley, 1 kg butter.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 39b.

1821 Sept. 30, Brande Church Register, buried, Maren Larsdatter, Brandlund, Brande
1821. 11. died September 26th, buried September 30th Maren Larsdatter widow after former small-farmer (husmand) Søren Jensen in Brandlund, 90 years.

1821 Dec. 31, Brande Poor Commission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
December 31st 182e.
14 Maren Larsdatter 38 kg rye, 25 kg barley.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folio page 49b.

1830.07.09, Sisters Rudelbach on Kierkegaard's mother and Kierkegaard
Their youngest son will be graduated in October and the mother {Ane III Sørensdatter Lund} cannot but be somewhat concerned, until that exam has been passed, particularly because she says: "this young person is just a little too fast."
NOTE: See Weltzer p. 32, here cited after Lilhav p. 137. The exam meant is Søren's high school diploma. Andreas Rudelbach was a theologian and a friend of Søren's brother Peter. He accepted a position in Germany and his sisters kept him informed, through a series of letters, about what was going on in Copenhagen.

1830.09.14, Sisters Rudelbach about visiting with the old Kirkegaards
This winter I visited several times with the old Kirkegaards and those were interesting hours. To listen to the old man {Michael P. Kierkegaard} disputing with the sons, of which none would give in -- to see the old mother's {Ane III Sørensdatter Lund} quiet actions and how she listened partly admiringly - partly chimed calmingly in, when it got hot -- had something appealing.
NOTE: See Weltzer p. 33, here cited after Lilhav p. 135.

1868 May 6, Pastor Olesen's letter to H. P. Barfod.
NOTE: This is a combination of the parts of this letter cited by Ammundsen and in other parts by Bundgaard Lassen. These citations do not differ where they cite the same content, but Bundgaard Lassen also uses some of the content without a direct quote. This is the case most poignantly with Maren Larsdatter being from Hyvild. Ammundsen has left that out and Bundgaard Lassen from all appearances uses it indirectly. Since this circumstance has only come out recently, it has not yet been checked in University of Copenhagen's Archive, where these sources say the letter is preserved. The assumption, for now, is that it contains a passage stating that Maren Larsdatter came from Hyvild. Bodil Marie Jensdatter was 20, when her grandmother died, and would have known this. They lived close together and would have had almost daily contact. Parentheses in the letter are by the author, Olesen. {Comments} by Villy M. Sorensen.
After having received your missive of the 27th the previous month, I went up to Brandlund Sunday afternoon, partly to visit a sick man, partly to find something, if possible, on Ane Sørensdatter Lund. I had all the luck in this regard that I, under the circumstances, could expect. I soon met a widow of 68 by the name of Bodil Marie Jensdatter, who, I was quickly convinced, must be a cousin to Søren and Peter Christian Kierkegaard.
At first I was told, by talking to her son in law {Lars P. Pedersen}, that she had relations (or a relation) in Copenhagen, which she knew had been in Brandlund to visit the family and at the same occation had been further west to visit further family.
Now I was on the right track by reason of your information, that the old Micheal Pedersen Kierkegaard came from Sædding parish -- and it was exactly in Sæding parish that the further family lived.
Then I spoke to the widow mentioned above, who is quite mentally alert and I will now recount, what she told me.
Mikael Pedersen Kierkegaard .... was .... married to Ane Sørensdatter Lund, a daughter of small farmer Søren Jensen i Brandlund (which then was only called Lund), who had a house, where they had one cow and 4 sheep ... He is supposed to have been a spirited and jocular man, who for a time was singer in church and schoolmaster. He was probably not born here in this parish, but the name of the parish, where he had come from, was not known. He died some years before the narrator's birth (1800), so she only knew him second hand, and I did find mentioned in the church register in the year 1798 under the buried: "Dom. 4. Pasc. Søren Jensen of Lund, age 73 Years."
He was married to Maren Larsdatter, who lived long after him and died about 1820; the church register in this regard say: "Year 1821, 26. Sept. died, 30 Sept. buried, Maren Larsdatter, widow after the late small farmer Søren Jensen of Brandlund, 90 Years."
This couple had six children, two sons and four daughters. The oldest was Lars Sørensen brandy distiller in Copenhagen, who died in unfavorable conditions. The other son was Jens Sørensen, the father of the narrator; he was nine years in Copenhagen, mostly with mills, and died as small farmer in Brandlund.
Three of the daughters were named Ane, one was called "little Ane", and perhaps it was her {Ane III} that came to Copenhagen, first to her brother Lars, but she couldn't stay there long, because his wife apparently used the washcloth to wash the girls ears [Danish saying about unpleasant business, here an unpleasant person, the washcloth being of rough fabric]. Then she came to serve Mikael Pedersen Kierkegaard and his first wife as a maid and was after her death married to him...
Another of the three Ane's {I} ... was married to Thomas Lassen of Grarup {Brande parish}; the third Ane {II} was married to a Jens Klemmensen and got the parents house (now broken down). The fourth daughter was called Mette, was handicapped and died unmarried before the mother.
Descendants of Søren Jensen and Maren Larsdatter in the parish are now limited to their son Jens Sørensen's daughter - the widow Bodil Marie Jensdatter - her daughter Ane Margrethe Jeppesdatter married to Lars Peter Pedersen, who has a small farm in Brandlund and their five children: four daughters and one son; they are all upright and honorable people in their station.
The old Bodil Marie did know, that the old M. P. Kierkegaard had had three sons, whereof one died rather young and that one of them had been offered a position as a ship's parson by the crown prince, but that the bishop in Aalborg would be one of them, that she had not thought of.
Naturally they were all interested in finding out about this.
This very moment I had a visit by the son in law, Lars P. Pedersen, who came to request of me to send the bishop greetings from the old Bodil Marie, and also from himself, which I now do through you. She has in her time often exchanged letters with the bishop's parents. I add, that according to her, the old Søren Jensen was commonly used at parties as a sort of 'Master of Seating' (Ordensmarskalk) and when he seated someone, you knew he was seated properly and right.
I now beseach you to let it be enough for this time. Whatever aid I otherwise may extend you in this matter, I will further gladly proffer.
Greetings and God's Peace!
Yours respectfully
P. Chr. Olesen



1716 Skøde paa Hyvild, Brande
6. maj 1716: fra Johan Jacob Sejr paa Rørbæk, Vester sogn til Jens Nielsen Skjærlund, Brande.
Hyvild, halvgaard Clemen Lassen Hartkorn 3 5 3 ½
230 Rigsdaler.
NOTE: Udskrift fra Viborg Landstings Skøde- og Panteprotokol af Ejnar Bjerre i ordner om Rørbæk i Give Lokalarkiv.

1731 Skøde paa Hyvild, Brande
12. juli 1731: skøde paa Brandholm fra Christen Nielsen af Atzerbøl i Lindknud Sogn og Jens Nielsen af Schiærlund til Sr. Claus Cordtsøn i Horsens
...
Hyvild, Clemend Lassen Hartkorn 3 5 3 ½
...
NOTE: Udskrift fra Viborg Landstings Skøde- og Panteprotokol af Ejnar Bjerre i ordner om Brande Sogn i Give Lokalarkiv.

1733 Arnborg kirkebog, Lars Clemmensen fadder
Bapt. d 25 Mars: Christen Toxvigs barn nafnl. Anne [Hans Syster] bar dend fad: Peder Lassen Lars [Huvild] {Clemmensen af Hyvild, Brande} jørgen jacobs: Kirsten Toxvig etc:

1734 Reserverulle Juellingholm Hovedgaard for Hyvild, Brande
Jullingholms Gods Tillagde fremmed Godzes Hartkorns inddeeling til Soldater Lægdtz Completering hver lægd til 60 td: 1734.
Coldinghuus Amt, Nørvangs Herret, Brand Sogn
½ af Hyfvel {Hyvild}, administrator: Folsach i Colding
Naufne: Lars Clemmendsen Hartkorn: 3 5 3 ½

1746.10.14, Ægteskabsbevilling, Lars Clemmensen's enke Anne Poulsdatter og Christen Thomsen, Hyvild, Brande
50 Christen Tomsen af Riber Stift
Egteskabs Bevilling i 3de Leed.
F5te.
[. . ...] Vi At Vi efter herom allerunderdanigst giorte Ansøgning og Begiering allernaadigst haver bevilget og tilladt saa og hermed bevilge og tillade, at Christen Thomsen og Anne PovelsDaatter afgangne Lars Clemendsens Efterleverske, Bønderfolk af Brande Sogn i Riber Stift udj Vort Land Nørre Jylland, maa udj Egteskab sammenkomme uanseet at di skal være hin anden udj 3die Leed beslegtede; Dog etc:
Christansborg den 14 Octobr 1746.
NOTE: Rigsarkivet, Jyske Registre 1743-1751 Folio 36.

1763.05.01, Ekstraskatteliste 1763, 1. maj, Brande, Uhre og Hyvild
Uhre: Søren Jensen og hustru ingen børn over 12 år. Ejer Hans Jensen grovsmed i Uhre.
Hyvild: Christen Thomsen og hustru med tre børn over 12 år.
NOTE: Se den komplette Ekstraskatteliste for Brande sogn:
her.

1768.06.21, Trolovelse i Randbøl
1768 d. 21 jun. ungkarl Jens Knudsen af Brandlund i Brande sogn og pige Karen Christensdatter i Almstok trolovede. Til forlovere for karlens ægteskabsløfte ikke at være given til anden, da ingen attest førtes med fra sognepræsten i Brande hr. Clausen, vare Søren Jensen og Søren Simonsen, begge af Brandlund. D. 19 jul. ægteviede.
NOTE:
HORSBØL Randbøl Viede 1679-1814.

1771 Okt., General Hoverie Reglement 1771 for Hastrup Hovedgaard, Thyregod
Brandlund under Hastrup, Brande:
Fæster Rugsæd th. Skp. Læs hø Græsning for antal høveder Hartkorn Landgilde Rd. Sk.
Christen Nielsen 8-6 7 13 2 0 2 1 2-64
Christen Christensen 8-6 4 13 2 0 3 2 4-0
Søren Jensen 7-5 4 13 2 0 3 2 4-0
Søren Simonsen 8-6 3 13 2 0 0 0 3-32
NOTE: Se Krusborg: "Thyregod Sogn", side 210.

1774 Reserverulle Brande
Brandlund under Hastrup, Brande:
Kommentar Fæster Hartkorn
  Christen Nielsen 2 0 2 1
Matr. ½ of 4 Anders Christensen 2 0 3 2
  Søren Jensen 2 0 3 2
  Søren Simonsen 2 0 0 0
NOTE: Viborg Landsarkiv. B18-205, Vejle Amtsstuearkiv, Reserveruller for Koldinghus Amt, 1774.

1774.06.25 Brændevin i Brande
... This stævnes herved for først! De allerede bekendte sagsgivender, Jørgen Jørgensen og Peder Pedersen Arnborg i Brande, Christen Jensen og Peder Nielsen i Sønder Askjær, saa og Christen Nielsen, Søren Jensen og Søren Simonsen fra Brandlund...
... Troels Pedersens enke samt Christen Nielsen, Christen Christensen, Søren Jensen {Maren Larsdatter} og Søren Simonsen deres hustruer alle af Brandlund samt præstens husmænd samme sted, ...
NOTE: Nørvng-Tørrild Herreders Justitsprotokol 1770-76. Viborg Landsarkiv B70-4, fs 535 ... 710b.

1775.10.08, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, gift, Thomas Kjeldsen, Store Langkær, Brande og Maren Christensdatter, Hyvild, Brande
8. Paa 17 Dito {Søndag efter Trinitatis} Thomas Langkier og Maren Christensdatter Hyvild.

1775 Auktion over Søren Jensens Ejendele, Brandlund
Søren Jensen blev afsat fra sit fæste af sit hartkorn 2 0 3 2 i 1774, da Anders Bagger afsatte flere af sine fæstere. I 1775 lod han endda holde auktion over gårdforsidder Søren Jensens ejendele i Brandlund, antagelig fordi han skyldte landgilde. Konstitueret birkedommer, møller Johan Raun Bering i Hastrup mølle stod for auktionen både i Brandlund og andre steder. {Bagger fik ingen fæster til Søren Jensens forladte gård.}
NOTE: Udskrift og notits, Ejnar Bjerre ud fra Nørvang-Tørrild Herreders Auktionsprotokol. Viborg Landsarkiv B70-498. Ringordner "Fra Brande Sogn" i Give Lokalarkiv. Andreas Bagger ejede Hastrup og andre herregårde og var sagfører (prokurator), og gik tit for retten. Hans foregangsmåde at afsætte fæstere og lade ejendele bortauktionere er overmåde hård og er ganske usædvanlig i disse sogne.

1776.06.02, Grindsted Kirkebog, viet, Clemen Larsen, Hyvild, Brande og Maren Jensdatter, Utoft, Grindsted
d. 4 jan. Gift d. 2 jun. Clemen Lassen (Ungk.) fra Hygild i Brande sogn og pigen Maren Jensdatter af Utoft. (Trol. i Omvraae, Viet i Omme)
NOTE:
Udskrift HORSBØL Grindsted viede.

1777.01.05, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Anne Thomasdatter
4. Søndag imellem Nyt Aar og Hellig 3 Konger Dag havde Thomas Nielsen i Langkier en Datter til Daaben af sin 1 Kone Maren {Christensdatter} kaldet Anne, baaret af Clemen Lassen Kone {Maren Jensdatter} i Hyvild. Faddere vare Christen Thomesen i Hyvild, Madamme Brandtes Karl Troels, Søren {Jensen} Smeds Kone {Ane Kjeldsdatter} i Grarup, Nils Østergaards datter i Brand.

1777.01.19, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, begravet, Maren Christensdatter, Langkær, Brande
3. 2da post Epiph: blev Thomas Kielsens Kone begravet 27 Aar gammel.

1777.02.09, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, begravet, Anne Thomasdatter, Langkær, Brande
5. Dom: qrednag: blev Thomas Kielsens Datter begravet 1/2 Aar gammel.

1777.04.20, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Maren Michelsdatter
15. Samme dag {Dom 3. post. Pascha} havde Michel {Pedersen} Hyvild {kaldet efter stedet Hyvild} en Datter til Daaben af sin 1 Kone Johanne {Jensdatter} kaldet Maren baaret af Mads {Jensen} Riisberg's {kaldet efter stedet Risbjerg i Brande} kone {Mette Andersdatter}. fadderne vare Christen Thomesen {Maren Larsdatters stedfar} i Hyvild, Søren Jensen i Hyvild, Clemen {Larsen, fæster i Hyvild, bror til Sørens kone Maren Larsdatter} Hyvilds kone {Maren Jensdatter}, Niels {Christensen Langkjær} Østergaards datter {steddatter enten Johanne eller Anne Jensdatter, 19} i Brande {kirkebyen Brande, lille}.

1777.05.25 - dec., Coldinghuus amt
skiftebrev efter Peder Poulsen, sadelmager i Brandlund.
... Paa Enkens Vegne som hendes Værge var og nærværende Søren Jensen af Brande {her Brande By ikke sognet}, ...
NOTE: Der er andre Søren Jensener i Brande som nævnt i begyndelsen, men de andre passer ikke, og Søren Jensen var nabo til sadelmageren et par år tilbage.

1780.06.18, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Lars Clemmensen
22. 4. p: Trinit: havde Clemen Larsen i Hyvild og Hustr Maren Jens Datter en Søn til Daaben kaldet Lars baaret af Søren Jensens Datter Anna. Fadderne vare Michel {Pedersen} Hyvild, Søren {Hansen} Schierlund {Skærlund}, Michel {Pedersen} Hyvilds kone {Johanne Jensdatter}, Poul {Jacobsen} Husums Datter {Maren Poulsdatter}.

1781.08.15, Peder Larsens Protokol, skifte efter Peder Jensen Fløe, Flø, Brande
...Samme tid var tilstede som vurderingsmænd Søren Sørensen i bemeldte Flø og Søren Jensen i Lund, Brande Sogn...

1781.12.30, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, begravet, Christen Thomsen, Hyvild, Brande
3. Dom 1. p. Nati Xsti: blev Christen Thomesen i Hyvild begravet 63 Aar gammel.

1783.03.20, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Christen Clemmensen
7. Anden Søndag i Faste havde Clemen {Larsen} Hyvild af sin 1 kone Maren {Jensdatter} en Søn til Daaben kaldet Christen, baaret af Thomas Kielsens kone {Ane Jacobsdatter} i Langkier, Fadderne vare Christen {Jensen} Nørre Askier {Askær} og Søn {?}, Michel {Pedersen} Hyvilds kone {Johanne Jensdatter} Indpigen paa Brandholm.

1785 Koldinghus hartkornsinberetninger. Rentekammeret 313.26, Brande Sogn
Brandlund:
Kommentar Fæster Hartkorn
selvejer Christen Nielsen 2 0 2 1
selvejer Peder Troelsen 2 0 2 1
selvejer Peder Pedersen 4 1 2 ½
selvejer Jens Nielsen 0 6 0 0
selvejer Søren Lassen 0 3 0 2½
selvejer Jacob Thomsen 0 3 0 2½
selvejer Christen Møller 0 3 0 2½
selvejer Morten Simonsen 0 6 1 2
Hastrup Anders {Christensen} Midtgaard 3 0 0 0
Hastrup Søren {Simonsen} Overgaard 2 0 0 0
Hastrup Øde (Anders Midtgaards sted)  
NOTE: Udskrift Erik Brejl, Ringkøbing.

1786.03.12, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, begravet, Anne Poulsdatter, Hyvild
og {samme dag - 2den Søndag i Faste} Clemen Hyvilds Moder {Anne Poulsdatter} 76 Aar.

1787.07.01, Folketælling 1787, 1. Juli, Brande, Brandlund
Søren Jensen og familie ikke opført.

1787.07.01, Folketælling 1787, 1. Juli, Brande, Hyvild
Navn Alder Civilstand Stilling i husstanden Erhverv
Clemen Lassen 44 1. Gift Mand Bonde og Gaardbeboer
Maren Jens Dat: 32 1. Gift Hustrue  
Lars Clemmensen 6   søn  
Christen Clemmensen 4   Ligeleedes  
Hans Sørensen 2   Konens Systers Søn, et uægte Barn bliver der opfostret
Niels Jensen Utoft 22 Ugift Tieneste karl  
Ane Jens Dat 26 Ugift Tieneste Pige  
Maren Peders Dat 10   Hyrde Pige  

1789 Skøde til Lars Sørensen Lund i København fra Søren Larsen Bjerre
D. 11. juni 1789 solgte Søren Larsen Bjerre sit sted i Brandlund til bryggersvend Lars Sørensen i København.
NOTE: Citeret fra Ejnar Bjerre's Ringordner "Fra Brande Sogn" i Give Lokalarkiv. Dette er sikkert fra Nørvang Herred Skøde og Panteprotokol. Henvisning: datoen er dokumentets datum, tinglysningen i protokollen kan være sket meget senere, fx i 1811, da Michael P. Kierkegaard betaler 100 rigsdaler for tilsyneladende (?) det samme sted. Det skal dreje sig om et hus med jordlod vel hartkorn 0 3 0 2½, som Søren Larsen ses for i Brandlund i 1785. I 1789 blev Lars Sørensen Lund gift med brændevinsbrænderenken Birgitte Justesten Faurholt og havde således fået pengemidler til rådighed.

1789 Lægsrulle 84 Brande med Lars og Jens Sørensen født i Uhre, Brande
Søren Jensen, {Brandlund, ikke anført i lægsrullen}
22. Lars J. Sørensen, Uhre {fødested}, 34, Khavn {opholdsted}, be[....] maa gaa ud af [......]
23. Jens Sørensen, Uhre, 32, Khavn, be[....] maa gaa ud af [......]
NOTE: Lars' alder 34 giver fødselsår 1755, hvilket passer med hans alder i folketællingen. Yderligere ses at Jens må have været to år yngre, forskellen i alder vil faderen sikkert vide og kende, dette gør ham født før datteren Mette, anderledes end hendes dødsalder og hans folketællingsalder ville lade formode.

1791, Udskiftning Brandlund
Nummer Gårdmand/Fæster
No. 1a Olle Jensen
No. 1b Johan I.I.S. Jørgensen
No. 2 Mads Christensen
No. 3 Laurs L.C.S. Christensen
No. 4 Søren S.I.J. Jensen
No. 5 Thomas Pedersen
No. 6 Morten M.S.S. Simonsen
No. 7 Niels Christensen
No. 8 Enken Anne Pedersdatter Qvist ved Lars Christensen
No. 9 Jens I.I.S. Simonsen
No. 10 Anders A.C.S. Christensen
No. 11 Jens I.P.S Pedersen
No. 12 Lars Christensen

1793.09.27, Brande Degnens Kirkebog, trolovelse, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande og Anne I Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
Søndagen d. 27 Sept blev Troelovet ung karl Thomas Lassen Grarup og Pigen Ane {I} Sørensdatter i Lund, hvorfore [...] Mænd af forlovere Søren Jensen Lund Søren {Lassen} Biere Borup.

1793.10.20, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, viet, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande og Anne I Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
5. Dom: 21 p. Trinit Ungkarl Thomas Lassen af Grarup, og Pigen Anne {I} Sørensdatter Lund, Søren Jensens datter af Lund {Brandlund}.

1794.07.13, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Las Thomassen
14. Dom 4ta p. Trinit havde Thomas Lassen Grarup af sin 1ste kone Anna {I} Sørensd. en Søn til Daaben blev kaldet Las, baaren af Anders Lassens kone {Ane Christensdatter} i St. Langkier {Langkær}: fadderne Anders Lassen af Langkier, Søren Lassen {Bierre} af Borup, Søren Jensen af Lund, og Peder Mathiesens Enke {Maren Pedersdatter Brandt} af Grarup.

1796.11.09, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Maren Thomasdatter
21. Dom 21 p. Trinit havde Thomas Lassen Grarup af sin 1ste kone Anna {I} Sørensdatter en Datter til Daaben blev kaldet Maren, baaren af Thomas Kieldsens kone {Ane Jacobsdatter} i Langkier: fadderne Søren {Lassen} Bierre, og Hust. {Ane Pedersdatter} i Borup, Anders Lassen st: Langkier, og Søren Jensen af Lund.

1797.04.26, København, St. Nicolai, gift, Michael Kierkegaard, St. Kiøbmagergade og Ane Sørensdatter Lund, St. Kiøbmagergade
Michael Kiersgaard Hosekræmmer Enkemand og Jfr. Ane Sørensd. Lund copulerede d. 26. April paa St. Kiøbmagergade.
NOTE: Citeret fra Ammundsen.

1797.06.04, Brande Degnens Kirkebog, trolovelse, Jens Sørensen, Brandlund, Brande og Ane Margrethe Nielsdatter, Brande By, Brande
Endnu Samme dag {2den Pinsedag} blev Trolovet ung karl Jens Sørensen af Lund og Pigen Ane Magrethe Nielsd: af Brande hvorfore undertegnede 2de Mænd vare forlovere Søren Jenssen af Lund Niels {Christensen} Nyegaard af Brande.

1797.09.17, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, gift, Jens Sørensen, Lund, Brande og Anne Margrethe Nielsdatter, Brande By, Brande
5te Par Dom. 14 p. Trinit Ungkarl Velagte Jens Sørensen af Lund, og Pigen Anne Magrethe Nielsdatter fra Brande=bye.

1797.10.21, København, Helliggeist, dåb, Maren Kirstine Kierkegaard
d. 21. Oct. Hr. Michael Pedersen Kirkegaard, forhen Strømpehandler paa Kjøbmagergade, og Hustrue, Mad. Anna {Sørensdatter} Lund, deres Datter, fød d. 7 Sept., kaldet Maren Kirstine. Fadd. Mad. Kierkegaard, Barnets Moder; Jfr. Cicilie Hedegaard; Brbr. {Brændevinsbrænder} Lars {Sørensen} Lund; Roien Hosekræmmer, Kirkegaard, Barnets Fader.
NOTE: Citeret fra Ammundsen. I Brande bliver et barns forældre aldrig ført som faddere.

1798.05.01, Brande Degnens Kirkebog , begravet, Søren Jensen, Brandlund, Brande
12 døed. d i maj blev begraven Søren Jensen i Lund 72 Aar Gl:

1798.05.05, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, begravet, Søren Jensen, Brandlund, Brande
12. Dom 4 p. Pasc. Søren Jensen af Lund, gl: 73 aar.

1799.01.27, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Søren Jensen
5. Samme Dag {Sexagesima d. 27mo Jan.} havde Jens Sørens. i Lund, af sin 1ste kone Anne Magrethe Nielsd. 1 Søn til Daaben blev kaldet Søren, baaren af Anne {II?} Sørensdatter, fadderne Niels {Christensen Nyegaard} forpagter og Søn Jeppe {Nielsen}, Jens Johansen af Lund, og Thomas {Lassen} Grarups hustru {Ane I Sørensdatter}.

1799.07.26, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Søren Thomassen
20. Die Julii 26 havde Thomas Lassen af Grarup, af 1ste kone Anna {I} Sørensdatter 1 Søn til Daaben blev kaldet Søren, baaren af Mosteren Anne {II} Sørensd. fadderne Anders Lassen Langkier, og Søren {Lassen} Bierre i Borup og Ungkarl Søren Truelsen Grarup.

1799.07.26, Brande Degnens Kirkebog, dåb, Søren Thomassen
20. fredagen d 26 Julj Havde Thomas Larssen af Grarup med sin 1ste kone Anna {I} Sørensd: 1 Søn til Daaben blev Kaldet Søren, baaren af Søren Jensens Datter af Lund Anne {II} Sørensd: fadderne Anders {Lassen} Over Gaa[rd] i LangKier og Hustru, og Søren {Lassen} Bierre i Borup og Troels Jensens Søn Søren {Troelsen} i Grarup.

1799 Skøde på gård i Brandlund, Jens Sørensen
...Hartkorn Ager og Eng 0-5-0-2 27/32 .. og mig det tilhørt haver efter min derpaa havende Skiøde af 26.6.1799 ...
NOTE: Se skøde fra 1826 i Brande Gaardhistorie, Hefte 9, Brandlund, side 73.

1800.04.29, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
29 Apr Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1800.05.22, Brande Præstens Kirkebog, dåb, Bodil Marie Jensdatter
12. Die Maji 22do havde Jens Sørensen Lund, af 1ste kone Anne Magrethe Nielsdatter, en Datter til Daaben blev kaldet Bodel Marie, baaren af Niels {Christensen} Nyegaards Hustrue {Maren Christensdatter} i Brande - fadderne Niels {Christensen} Nyegaard, Johan Jørgensen {Brandlund}, item Lars {Christensen} Nedergaard og Hustrue {Ane Jensdatter} af Lund.-.

1800.11.16, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
23. p. Trin. Maren Lasdatter 1.

1800 Skøde på gård i Brandlund, Mads Jørgensen
Matr. 11a (1825 Matrikelnumre), Brandlund. Skøde ikke tinglæst men vel før 1800. Jens Clemmensen skal få skøde før 1825.
NOTE: Se Brandtaxation 6. Juni 1800 Mads Jørgensens sted i Brandlund 3 skp. 1 album og skøde før 1825 til Jens Clemmensen, Matr. 11a, Brande Gårdhistorie, Hefte 9, Brandlund, side 91.

1801.02.01, Folketælling 1801, 1. Februar, Brande, Brandlund, 2. familie
Navn Alder Civilstand Stilling i husstanden Erhverv
Jens Sørensen 43 1. Gift Huusbonde H{usmand} med Jord 
Magrethe Nielsd: 29 1. Gift hans Kone  
Boel Marie Jensd: 1   deres barn  
Maren Larsdatter 50   Inderste Ikke familie, meget yngre end Jens' mor, denne Maren Larsdatter lejer et værelse. Se Erik Brejl Lundenæs skifter #1866. Far Lars NN, mor Ane Jensdatter *1725c †1805 Brandlund, Brande.


1801.02.01, Folketælling 1801, 1. Februar, Brande, Grarup, 10. familie
Navn Alder Civilstand Stilling i husstanden Erhverv
Thomas Lassen 41 1. Gift Huusbonde H{usmand} med Jord 
Ane [I] Sørensdatter 39 1. Gift hans Kone  
Lars Thomassen 7   deres Børn  
Maren Thomasd: 5   deres Børn  


1801.02.01, Folketælling 1801, 1. Februar, København (Staden), Frimand Kvarter, Matr. 82, 340
Navn Alder Civilstand Stilling i husstanden Erhverv
Mich. Pedersen Kirkegaard 45 Gift Huusbonde Handelsmand
Anna {III} Sørensdatter Lund 32 Gift hans Kone  
Maren Kirstine 4 Ugift Deres Datter hos Forældrene  
Nicoline Christine 2 Ugift Ligeledes hos Forældrene  
Maren Larsdatter 23 Ugift Tjenestepiger vide 4de Rubrik
Christine Marie Smutner 13 Ugift Tjenestepiger vide 4de Rubrik
Christopher Bøgh 29 Ugift Logerende Copist i Rente Kammeret
Julius Bøgh 27 Ugift ligeledes Passkriver ved Toldboden


1801.04.29, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
29 Apr Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1801.10.13, Brande Kommunionsbog, Maren Larsdatter
21 p Trin Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1802.03.28, Brande Degnens Kirkebog, dåb, Søren Thomassen
8. 28 Martj Havde Thomas Lassen af Grarup med sin 1ste Kone Anne Sørensdatter en Søn til Daaben blev Kaldet Søren, baaren af Søren Sørensens Datter Mette af Fløe, Faderne Anders Lassen af LangKier, Jens Sørensen af Lund, og Søren {Lassen} Bierre og Hustru {Ane Pedersdatter} af Borup.

1802.05.11, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Søndagen 5 Nov Maren Lasd: 1.

1803.05.14, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Fest Ascient Xti Maren Lasdatter 1.

1804.06.05, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Jens Sørensen Lund og hustru
6. Søndag efter Paaske Jens {Sørensen} Lund 2.

1804.06.05, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
6. Søndag efter Paaske Maren Lasd: Lund 1.

1804.10.30, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
19 p. T. Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1805.05.21, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
6. Søndag efter Paaske Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1805.06.18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Jens Sørensen
2 p Trinit Jens Sørensen og h: Lund 2.

1805.06.18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
2 p Trinit Maren Lasd: Lund 1.

1805.09.01, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
1. September 1805. Maren Lasdatter af Brandlund mødte for Commissionen og begjerede hjelp af fattig Kassen for sin Datter {Mette Sørensdatter}, som hun foregav at være svagelig. Commissionen overvejede paa det nøjeste hendes Begjering men var [enstemmig?] af den formening at hende ingen Hjelp kunne tilstaas, da hun baade har en god Avl, sit ejende Huus, har 2 køer, som malker,og Datteren er saa frisk, at hun kan arbejde. Desuden har Moderen i Aar faaet fra sin familie 20 rd.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 7.

1805.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Mette Sørensdatter
31. december 1805.
2 - Den sygelige Mette Sørensdatter i Brandlund 2 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 8b.

1806.03.17, Brande Degnens Kirkebog , begravet, Thomas Lassen, Grarup, Brande
5 død d 17 Martj blev begraven Thomas Lassen i Grarup 46 Aar Gl:

1806.04.29, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
4. Søndag efter Paaske Maren Laustd: Lund 1.

1806.06.08, Brande Degnens Kirkebog, viet, Iver Madsen, ?, Give og Ane Sørensdatter, Grarup, Brande
d 8 Juni blev Egteviet Enkemand Iver Madsen af Giufve og Enken Ane Sørensd: af Grarup.

1806.09.14, Brande Degnens Kirkebog, dåb, Maren Jensdatter
15. Samme Dag {d 14 Sept:} Havde Jens Sørensen af Lund, med sin 1ste Kone Ane Magrethe Nielsd: 1 Datter til daaben blev Kaldet Maren baaren af Iver Madsens Kone {Ane Sørensdatter} af Grarup, Faderne Iver Madsen af Grarup, Niels {Christensen} Nyegaard og Hustru {Maren Christensdatter} af Uhre, og Søn Niels Christian.

1806.10.04, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
23 p. Trinit Maren Lasdatter i Lund 1.

1806.10.18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
25 p. Trinit Maren Lasdatters D. Ane Lund 1.

1806.12.05, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
5. december 1806.
... havde meldt sig hos Præsten Maren Lasd. i brandlund om understøttelse for hendes Datter Mette Sørensd: Men da Moderen er frisk, datter er Commissionen bekjendt at kunne og ville arbejde, samt ej heller selv ønskede at nyde Understøttelse, men haabede selv at kunne fortjene det nødvendige; af disse Grunde kunne man ikke indlade sig paa Maren Lasdts Begjering for nærværende Tid.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 11.

1807.03.04, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
4. marts 1807.
Maren Lasd. af brandlund mødte for Commissionen og begierede Understøttelse for sin syge Datter Mette Sørensd: Man overvejede paa det nøjeste alle Omstændighederne. Moderen er en gammel Enke, som sidder med et huus paa lidt over 3 Skp hartkorn {ca. 10 ha i Brande jord}, holder 1 koe og ingen faar. Foruden den sygelige Datter havde Moderen endnu een Datter hjemme, som er frisk og sterk, kunde tage Tjeneste, men vil ikke;- Den sygelige Datter kan være oppe, kan binde Strømper og spinde, da hendes Sygdom bestaar i en beenskade; Moderen er fuldkommen rørig kan endnu paapasse sit Huus og koens Røgte. Hr. {Otto} Arrevad {af Brandholm} var af den formening, at hendes Tilstand paa ingen Maade qvalificerede sig til Understøttelse iser saalenge den anden Datter {Ane II} endnu var hjemme. Christen Thygesen og Peder {Pedersen} Fløe {medlemmer af kommissionen} tiltraadte samme Mening. Peder {Pedersen} Usseltoft troede rigtig nok, at Mette Sørensd. kunde behøve Understøttelse, men saalenge den anden Datter {Ane II} ej tog ud at tjene, ansaae han det urigtigt, at tildele hende noget. Sognepræsten biefaldt aldeles Peder Usseltofts formaning.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 13-13b. Bundgaard Lassen i "Brande Sogns Historie", s. 158 skriver således ud: "påpasse sine høns og koens røgt".

1807.04.15, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
2den Paaske Dag Maren Lasd: i Lund 1.

1807.11.24, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
24 p. Trin Maren Lasdatter i Lund 1.

1807.12.01, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
25 p. Trin Maren Lasd: D. Ane Lund 1.

1807.12.12, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
12. december 1807.
... foruden disse fattige havde Maren Lasdatter af Brandlund begjeret Understøttelse for sin Datter Mette, som hun foregav at være sygelig. Moderen havde henvendt sig til Commissionens Medlem Hr. {Otto} Arrevad om denne Sag, som androg den i Kommissionen; Efter at have paa det nøjeste ventileret denne Sag, vare alle Medlemmer af den formening, at saalenge Maren Lasd: lader sin anden Datter Ane {II} blive hjemme, og [huun?] ikke tager ud at tjene, kunde man ikke forsvare, at tildele bmt Mette Understøttelse, da det er at befrygte, at saavel Moderen som denne Datter vil fortere hvad denne Mette mueligen kunne behøve - Saafremt derimod Ane {II} tager ud at tjene, vil denne Sag nærmere komme i Overvejelse, og Understøttelse hende tildelt -.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 14b.

1808.03.08, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
3 Søndag i Faste Maren Lasdatters D: Ane Lund 1.

1808.05.17, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Siette S e. Paaske Maren Lasdatter i Lund 1.

1808.08.23, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Mette Sørensdatter
12 p. Trin Maren Lasdatters D. Mette Lund.

1808.12.06, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
2 S. Advent Anna SørensD. i Lund 1.

1808.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1808. 3die Classe.
2. Maren Larsdatter i Brandlund 1 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 17b.

1809.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1809. 3die Classe.
1. Maren Larsdatter i Brandlund 4 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 20b.

1810.04.14, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Skiertorsdag Maren Lasdatter Lund 1.

1810.07.10, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
12 p. Trin Maren Lasd. D Ane Lund 1.

1810.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1810. 3die Classe.
2. Maren Larsdatter i Brandlund 4 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 22b.

1811.01.22 Skøde til Lars Sørensen Lund i København fra Søren Larsen Bjerre
Skøde af 22. Jan. 1811 udstedt af Søren Larsen, Bjerre, til brændevinsbrænder Lars Sørensen i København, der købte en jordlod med hus i Brandlund til sine ugifte søster Ane og Mette Sørensdatter. Svogeren Michael P. Kierkegaard betalte de 100 rigsdaler for huset, han var som set gift med Lars's søster Ane {III}.
NOTE: Citeret fra Ejnar Bjerre's Ringordner "Fra Brande Sogn" i Give Lokalarkiv. Dette er sikkert fra Nørvang Herred Skøde og Panteprotokol. Henvisning: datoen er dokumentets dato, tinglysningen i protokollen kan være sket meget senere. Siden Lars allerede en gang i 1789 har købt dette hartkorn 0 3 0 2½ synes denne anden gang lidt mærkelig, men måske fik han det ikke betalt. Michael bekostede jo også huse til sine søskende i Sædding, så Ane III, hans kone, har kunnet nævne behovet i Brandlund til ham..

1811.09.24, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Mette Sørensdatter
17 p. Trin Maren Lasd: Mette Lund.

1811.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1811. 3die Classe.
2. Bilag til Maren Larsdatter 4 rigsdaler.
...
6. Maren Larsdatter i brandlund 2 Skp. Rug 1 Skp Byg.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 24b-25.

1812.11.01, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Ane II Sørensdatter
Onsd. d. 1. Nov Maren Lrsd: D Ane 1.

1812.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1812.
3. Maren Larsdatter i brandlund 4 Skp. Rug 5 skp Byg.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 27b.

1813.06.21, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
21. juni 1813.
2 gamle Maren Larsdatter 2 Skp. Rug 2 skp Byg.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside .

1813.06.25, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
Søndagen d. 25. Juni Maren Larsd: Lund 1.

1813.10.03, Brande Degnens Kirkebog , begravet, Mette Sørensdatter, Brandlund, Brande
5 død d 3 Oct blev begraven Pige Mette Sørensd: af BrandLund 55 Aar gl:

1813.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1813.
6 Maren Larsdatter i brandlund til Brændsel 4 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31.

1814.04.03, Brande Degnens Kirkebog, dåb, Maren Jensdatter
3. d 3 April havde Jens Sørensen af BrandLund med sin 1ste Kone Ane magrethe Nielsd: 1 Datter til Daaben blev kaldet Maren, baaren af Mandens Søster Ane {II} Sørensdatter af Lund {Brandlund} Faderne Lars Christensen {i Nedergaard} og Søn Jens Lassen, Peder Christensen {i Midtgaard} og Hustru {Karen Andersdatter} alle af Lund {Brandlund}

1814.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1814.
Nr. 2 Maren Larsdatter i brandlund til Brændsel 4 Mark.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 31.

1815, J. O. From brev til Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard om Ane Sørensdatters fødselsår og dag
Da Brande Sogns Kirkebog formedels Ildebrand ikke er ældre end siden 1774, saa har jeg ved denne som ved flere Lejligheder maattet betjene mig af 2de meget gamle Mænds Udsigende for at bevise Vedkommendes Alder. Disse gode troværdige Mænd ere gl. Søren Sørensen af Uhre og Truels Christensen begge af Brande Sogn, som eenstemmig erklære for mig, at Aaret 1768, Et Tusind, Syv Hundrede, Aatte og Tredsindstyve Aar ved St. Hansdag Tiden havde Søren Jensen af Brantlund med sin 1ste Kone Maren Lars Datter ibidem en Datter til Daabs i Brande Kirke, som blev kaldet Ana. At dette saaledes er angivet for mig, og at benævnte 2de Mænd ere sandfærdige og troværdie i Deres Ord, bevidne Sognepræsten for Brande Menighed, Vejle amt.
Brande Præstegaard d. 29. April 1815 J. O. From
Barfod's notits: I Marginen har Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard tilføjet: "Hun er født d. 18. Junii 1768".
NOTE: Citeret efter Ammundsen.

1815.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1815.
gl. Maren Larsdatter i brandlund til Brændsel 2 rigsdaler.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 33.

1816.05.15, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
15. Maj Maren Larsdatter 1.

1816.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1816.
11 Maren Larsdatter i brandlund 3 skp Rug, 2 skp Byg, 2 pund Smør.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 36. 1 skæppe er et rummaal. Det svarer til ca. 12 kg korn.

1817.06.18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
18. Juni Maj Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1817.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1817.
13 Maren Larsdatter 2 Skp. Rug.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 38b.

1818.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1818.
15 Maren Larsdatter 2 Skp Rug, 2 Skp Byg, 2 pund Smør.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 39b.

1819.05.18, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
6 Søndag efter Paaske Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1819.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1819.
15 Maren Larsdatter 2 Skp Rug, 2 Skp Byg, 2 pund Smør.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 44.

1820.05.25, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
25 Maj Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1820.10.25, Brande Kommunion 1800-1824, Maren Larsdatter
25 Oct Maren Larsdatter Lund 1.

1820.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1820.
14 Maren Larsdatter 2 Skp Rug, 2 Skp Byg, 2 pund Smør.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 39b.

1821.09.30, Brande Kirkebog, begravet, Maren Larsdatter, Brandlund, Brande
1821. 11. død 26 September, begravet 30 September Maren Larsdatter Enke efter afdøde Huusmand Søren Jensen i Brandlund, 90 Aar.

1821.12.31, Brande Fattigkommission 1804 -1841, Maren Larsdatter
31. december 1821.
14 Maren Larsdatter 3 Skp Rug, 2 Skp Byg.
NOTE: Brande Fattigkommission 1804 - 1841, Viborg Landsarkiv C449-31, folioside 49b.

1830.07.09, Søstrene Rudelbach om Kierkegaards mor og Kierkegaard
Deres yngste Søn {Søren Kierkegaard} bliver dimitteret til October, og Moderen {Ane III Sørensdatter Lund} kan ikke lade være med at være lidt urolig, til den Examen er overstaaet, især da hun siger: "at det unge Menneske er lidt for rask paa det."
NOTE: Se Weltzer s. 32, her citeret efter Lilhav s. 137. Det drejer sig om Sørens studentereksamen.

1830.09.14, Søstrene Rudelbach om besøg hos de gamle Kirkegaards
Denne Vinter kom jeg ogsaa adskillige Gange hos de gamle Kirkegaards, og det var interessante Timer. At høre den gamle Mand {Michael P. Kierkegaard} disputere med Sønnerne, hvoraf ingen gav efter -- at se den gamle Moders {Ane III Sørensdatter Lund} stille Virken, og hvorledes hun deels beundrende hørte efter -- deels faldt ind beroligende, naar det gik haardt paa -- havde noget tiltrækkende.
NOTE: Se Weltzer s. 33, her citeret efter Lilhav s. 135.

1868.05.06 Pastor Olesens brev til H. P. Barfod.
NOTE: To ufuldstændige udskrifter kombineret: Ammundsen og Bundgaard Lassen. Henvisningen at Maren Larsdatter skal være fra Hyvild mangler her, men Bundgaard Lassen forudsætter den og citerer den indirekte. Denne henvisning formodes ganske stærkt at eksistere i brevet.
Efter at have modtaget Deres Skrivelse af 27. f. M. var jeg Søndag Eftermiddag oppe i Brandlund, dels for at se til en syg Mand, dels for om muligt at opspore Noget om Ane Sørensdtr. Lund. Jeg havde i denne Henseende alt det Held, som jeg, efter Omstændighederne kunde vente. Jeg traf nemlig snart en Aftægtsenke paa 68 Aar, ved Navn Bodil Marie Jensdatter, som jeg snart blev overbevist om, maa være et kødeligt Sødskendebarn til Søren og P. Kr. Kierkegaard.
Først fik jeg, ved at tale med hendes Svigersøn, at vide, at hun havde havt Beslægtede (el. en Beslægtet) i Kjøbenhavn, som hun vidste havde været i Brandlund for at besøge Familien og ved samme Lejlighed havde været længere vesterpaa for at besøge anden Familie.
Nu var jeg paa sikkert Sport paa Grund af Deres Oplysning om, at den gamle M. P. K. stammede fra Sædding Sogn, -- og det var ogsaa netop i Sæding Sogn, den anden Familie havde boet.
Saa talte jeg med ovennævnte Aftægtsenke, der er ganske Aandsfrisk, og jeg skal nu gjengive, hvad hun meddelte mig.
Mikael Pedersen Kierkegaard .... blev .... gift med Ane Sørensdatter Lund, en Datter af Husmand Søren Jensen i Brandlund (som da blot kaldtes Lund), der havde et Hus, hvor der holdtes en Ko og 4 Faar .... Han skal have været en munter og skjemtsom Mand, en Tid endog fungeret som Kirkesanger og Skolemester. Han var nok ikke født her i Sognet, men Navnet paa Sognet, hvor han var kommen fra, vidstes ikke. Han døde nogle Aar før Beretterskens Fødsel (1800), saa hun altsaa kun paa anden Haand har kjendt ham, og jeg fandt da ogsaa i Kirkebogen under Aar 1798 blandt Begravede anført: "Dom. 4. p. Pasc. Søren Jensen af Lund, gl. 73 Aar".
Han var gift med Maren Larsdatter, som overlevede ham mange Aar og døde omkring 1820; derom udviser Kirkebogen: "Aar 1821, 26. Septbr. død, 30 Septbr. begravet, Maren Larsdatter, Enke efter afdøde Husmand Søren Jensen af Brandlund, 90 Aar".
Disse Ægtefolk havde 6 Børn, 2 Sønner og 4 Døttre. Den ældste var Lars Sørensen, Brændevinsbrænder i Kjøbenhavn, døde nok i mindre gode Omstændigheder. Den anden Søn var Jens Sørensen, Faderen til min Beretterske; han var i 9 Aar i Kjøbenhavn, mest ved Møllevæsenet, døde som Husmand i Brandlund.
Af Døttrene havde de 3 navnet Ane; den ene kaldtes "lille Ane", og det var maaske hende, som kom til Kjøbenhavn, først til sin Broder Lars, men der kunde hun ikke være ret længe, da hans Kone nok brugte Karkluden til at vaske Pigernes Ører med. Saa kom hun til at tjene Mikael Pedersen Kierkegaard og hans første Hustru, og blev siden efter dennes Død gift med ham....
En anden af de 3 Aner ... blev 1793 gift med Thomas Lassen af Grarup; den tredje Ane blev gift med en Jens Klemmensen og fik Forældrenes (nu nedbrudte) Hus. Den fjerde Datter hed Mette, var svagelig og døde ugift før Moderen...
Af Søren Jensens og Maren Larsdatter Efterkommere skal nu ikke findes andre her i Sognet end deres Søn Jens Sørensens Datter, Aftægtsenken Bodil Marie Jensdatter, -- hendes Datter Ane Margrethe Jeppesdatter, gift med Lars Peter Pedersen, der har en lille Gaard i Brandlund, og deres 5 Børn, 4 Døtre og 1 Søn; det er alle agtbare og hæderlig Mennesker i deres Stand.
Den gamle Bodil Marie vidste nok, at den gamle M. P. Kierkegaard havde havt 3 Sønner, hvoraf den ene nok døde temmelig ung, og at en af dem af Kronprindsen skulde være bleven tilbudt et Embede som Skibspræst, men at Biskoppen i Aalborg skulde være en af dem, havde hun dog ikke tænkt paa.
Naturligvis interesserede det dem alle meget at komme til Kendskab derom.
I dette Øjeblik havde jeg Besøg af Svigersønnen, Lars P. Pedersen, som kom for at anmode mig om at bringe Biskoppen en Hilsen fra den gamle Bodil Marie, saavel som fra ham selv, hvilket jeg da herved gjør igjennem Dem. Hun har i sin Tid oftere vexlet Breve med Biskoppens Forældre. Jeg tilføjer endnu efter hende, at den gamle Søren Jensen var almindelig brugt ved Gilderne som en Slags Ordensmarskalk, og at, naar han havde skikket Gæsterne til Sæde, saa var man vis paa, at hver havde faaet den Plads, han eller hun kunde tilkomme.
Nu beder jeg Dem tage tiltakke hermed for denne Gang. Hvad Haandsrækning, jeg iøvrigt i denne Sag, kan give Dem, giver jeg Dem fremdeles med Glæde.
Hilsen og Guds Fred!
Deres Ærb.
P. Chr. Olesen

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