Jon Persson Dresk
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My relative (on both mother's and father's side) Karl Hedkvist in Drömminge should be able to give answers to your questions regarding the Dresk family.
IF I remember correctly, the first Dresk would have come to Sweden from France, which he was forced to leave because he was a Huguenot ... (do not ask me why he had to flee for it).
The oldest iDresk in Karl's notes was called Jon (Persson?) Dresk and lived on Sommersta farm south of Bäckhammar's mill. He had a son, Börje Jonsson Dresk who in turn had a son, Jon Börjesson Dresk.
Karl writes: - Börje came into debt to the priest Simon Skragge in Filipstad and his farm and cabin shares (dalkarlsjöhyttan) were twice offered for things with Filipstads Bergslag. Maybe it was the case that Börje managed to redeem his farm by paying his debt?
Maybe it was the case that Börje got help from Hans Kristoffersson to pay off the debt to Skragge?
Bength Nordblad Lesjöfors
Fredd - how good it is that you wrote a post here under the Dresk headline! Now I was reminded to correct my previous thoughts about Jon Börjesson's wife Barbro! Her name was not Jönsdotter at all, which I assumed at the time, but Tomasdotter. That Jon Börjesson is called Svenske Jöns måg, when he is a baptismal witness in Dalkarlsjön 1666, is probably due to the fact that he married Jön's daughter-in-law Barbro, who had previously been married to Jön's son Per.
In addition, I am quite pensive about the information about French refugees in Jon's ancestry; in a couple of court records from both Nås and Färnebo districts in 1698 and 1699, Jon is called Finn. Could in itself be due to the fact that he lived in the Finnmarks. But even if it is true that his father Börje came from Visnum, they may actually have been Finns themselves - I have found people called Finns in court records from Visnum from 1602, so the Finns were actually there ...
I also have the name Dresk seen written as Treesk and Trisk, which may indicate Finnish pronunciation.
Regards
Monica
Monica
It happened that people from France and Belgium came here in the 17th century, as well as from Germany. But it will probably be difficult to trace the family further back. It's a shame there are so few sources! It is mostly mantal lengths, land registers and judgment books you have to go on.
Regards, Fredd Holm,
Filipstad
fredd.holm.arno@folkbildning.net
