Anna Jönsdotter (Halv älg)

• Svinhufvud Family's Common Origin, by Av Anders Winroth
• Medieval stained glass with the boar's head coat of arms in Torsång's Church, Dalarna, now in the Historical Museum, Stockholm. Photo: Riksantikvarieämbetet
• They hired a heraldic weapon containing a pig head, which obviously gave rise to the family name. What did they have for this weapon? Västergötland-family ancestor Daniel Torkelson is likely to have taken up the weapon from his district Margareta Hansdotter, who belonged to the so-called older pig-head family. This family had been one of the leading salvation doctors at Kopparberget during the 15th century. Its lineage is usually led back to a Jön's "Swinshwow" mentioned in 1386. He must have been Margareta's grandfather.

The Common Origin of the Svinhufvud Families Abstract, by Anders Winroth

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However, they used a heraldic crest containing a boar's head, which apparently gave rise to the family name. Where did they get this weapon from? The progenitor of the Västergötland family, Daniel Torkelsson, is thought to have taken up the coat of arms from his mother-in-law Margareta Hansdotter, who belonged to the so-called older pig head family. This family had been one of the leading salvation families at Kopparberget during the 1400’s. Its lineage is usually traced back to a Jöns "swinshwow" mentioned in 1386. He must have been Margaret's great-grandfather. 4 4 The best overview of the genealogy of the older pig head family is Boëthius, Kopparbergslagen, especially pp. 573-577. Hans Gillingstam, "Svinhuvud och Svinakula", Personal history journal 64 (1966), pp. 3-7, points out some important inaccuracies in Boëthius' genealogy. Cf. also Bertil Boëthius, "Svinhuvud og Vinakula: Continued discussion", Personal history journal 64 (1966), pp. 120-123. Medieval stained glass with the pig's head coat of arms in Torsäng's church, Dalarna, now in the Historical Museum, Stockholm. Photo: National Antiquities Office.

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The progenitor of the Qvalstad family, Per Hansson, apparently took the pig's head in his coat of arms from his grandfather, the 1534 mountain bailiff and district chief Mäns Nilsson in Aspeboda. His father, the mountain bailiff Nils Mänsson (died between 1500 and 1504) also carried a pig's head in the coat of arms, but then nothing is known about his ancestors or why he used the pig's head coat of arms. "Their possible [entuall kinship with the widely branched Dalas family with the same coat of arms [.] has not been able to be investigated." 5 However, there is a hint of kinship, in that in the 1490S, Nils Mänsson together with Margit Gudmundsdotter, who was the widow of a member of the older pig head family, filed a joint birthright lawsuit. Assuming that Margit sued on behalf of her children as she did in at least one other case), Nils must have been related to her husband's family, the Pig's Head family. 6 A parchment letter from 1493 in the Riksarkivet gives a clue as to how Nils Mänsson was related to the older pig head family. The letter is unfortunately damaged by moisture and partially illegible, even under ultraviolet light. However, its content is beyond doubt. When the lawman for Västmanland and Dalarna Knut Eskilsson (Banér) held a lawmansting in Västeras (in the presence of, among other distinguished men, the national superintendent Sten Sture) Nils Mánsson appeared on Kopparberget and complained that a certain Anders Larson in "Giäse" (probably Gäsjö in Norberg's parish ) had acquired a total of 2⅔ acres of land in the villages of Rysta and Bellsta, Odensvi parish, Äkerbo county. The lawyer, however, rejected Nils' claim after Anders had proved by presenting both a deed of sale and a deed of fast that his "parents" had bought the disputed land from a "mongx" Henriksson for 110 Stockholm coins. The lawman's verdict says nothing about who this Mäns or Magnus was, but the conclusion is close at hand that he was Nils Mansson's father. 5 The documents mentioned in this article thus solve the old riddle about how the two introduced Svinhufud families are related. Their common origin must already be sought in the early 1400S. The coat of arms that gave them their name was inherited several times through the female line, something that was fairly common in the Middle Ages but has confused genealogists ever since. 11 APPENDIX: Edition of the 1493 lawman's judgment The lawman's judgment of 1493 has never been printed, and there are, as far as I know, no modern copies. The researcher who wants to read its text is thus referred to the original in the National Archives, which is difficult to read due to moisture damage. To assist interested researchers, I am printing here my transcript of the letter, partially done with the help of ultraviolet light. The transcript is provided with the reservation that I am no expert in medieval Swedish, and I have probably been guilty of mistakes in details. I thank Professor Per-Axel Wiktorsson, who kindly gave me good advice on the art of publishing texts in Swedish. The printer who printed the letter made extensive use of abbreviations. I've highlighted in italics the letters I added when breaking down the abbreviations. In brackets are words that could not be read due to the damage, but which I thought I could guess. Three points in brackets [.] mark places where I could neither read nor guess. The slashes / (comma) mark the punctuation marks found in the original. I have added periods at the end of some sentences to make reading easier.

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The letter is not transcribed in Johan Peringskiöld's large transcription work, but his assistant C. R. Berch has written a summary in Diarium novum Peringskiöldianum III, p. 2286 (in the Vitterhetsakademien's deposit in the National Archives). The letter seems to have been damaged even then, as Berch could not read the year either and his information about the number of herbage in the dispute is incorrect. Kröningsvärd read the year as "mcdxliv", thus 1444, but Tom Söderberg, without explanation, miscalculated the letter to 1450, see Stora Kopparberget und medeltiden and Gustav Vasa, Stockholm 1932, p. 230, n. 3. At my request, the state herald Henrik Klackenberg kindly informed me that the year in the letter is written "mcd×lx", which explains Söderberg's dating.

However, it is hard to believe that the writer of the letter would have chosen such a complicated way of writing 1450. Either there is a typing error (for 1449?), or the scribe started writing 1449 (mcdxlix) because he forgot that it was already 1450, but corrected himself before writing the last characters. ANDeRS WINROH, b. 1965, file. dr, assistant professor of history at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Was 1987-1991 editor at Swedish Biographical Lexicon. Has written the books Stockholms stadsarkiv and slätforskaren. A tutorial for researchers in Stockholm's family and personal history (SSGF's writing series, 2;
1991) and The Making of Gratian's Decretum (Cambridge 2000), as well as several articles on historical, genealogical and biographical topics.

11 Cf. Hans Gillingstam, "Could one in the Middle Ages take up arms from his wife's family?" Personal history journal 58 (1960), pp. 84-87. 12 The tens and ones in the year are thus not legible. That the letter was issued in 1493, however, is evident from the fact that another letter was issued on the same day ( Odensdagen nest aepter nativitate marie ) 1493 in Västeras and sealed by several people who also sealed the lawman's judgment, see Riksarkivet, paper letter I, 1 1 September 1493. 13 "nils" repeated by mistake. 14 According to Kröningsvärd's in and of itself unreliable edition of Magnus Henriksson's deed of sale, only "half-full" örügland was sold here. 15 "had" added in the margin.

History

The only person, with a direct connection to the older Svinhufvud head family, which I can remember on my straight arm was in 1561 is the judge Jöns Persson in Risholm. According to "Den with Sköldebref lanad, but not to Riddarhuset introduced the Swedish nobility's tables" (Schlegel & Klingspor 1875) and he will have taken half a moose in the weapon. Hemström 1998, on the other hand, writes that the weapon represents a half deer (which task is correct I have not investigated, but judging by his origin lets the deer more likely). Jöns Persson was:

• 1) married to Margareta Hansdotter (older pig head-genus)
• 2) father-in-law of the year 1581 Daniel Torkelsson (Svinhufvud iWestergötland, no. 199)
• 3) Uncle of the year 1574 added Peder Hansson (Svinhufvud of Qvalstad, no. 145).
• Johan Lundberg, Secretary, The Family Association Svinhufvud in Westergötland.

Enl. Stefan Holm's website: Anna Margareta Svinhufvud (of Qvalstad)

Exchange forum: By Torsten Berglund (Tbd) - Tuesday, July 06, 2004 at. 18.58:

In Johan Lundberg's latest post (in accordance with the Elgenstierna and other older literature) it is said that in 1581 the mountain man Daniel Torkelsson's first wife was named Anna Margareta Jönsdotter. However, this is not correct. Daniel Torkelsson's first wife was rightly named Anna Jönsdotter (see, for example, Rasmus Ludvigsson's large family book, Skoklostersamlingen, RA). (Double first names did not, however, appear among native Swedes in the mid-16th century, not even in the highest layers of society. One of the earliest examples of dual first names among native Swedes should be Gustav II Adolf born in 1594).

Anna Jönsdotter was the daughter of the chieftain Jöns Persson in Risholn in his marriage to Margareta Hansdotter a daughter of the judge Hans Jeppesson in Risholn of the older pig head. The name form Anna Margareta, which appears in the literature, is thus a confusion / combination with the mother's first name.

See most recently Anders Winroth, the common origin of the Svinhufvud-eating, in Relatives and Released 2001: 2-3, (Family history and personal history studies dedicated to Pontus Möller), pp. 150-155

Notes

Jöns Danielsson (overview team 2, son of Daniel Torkelsson, adlad Svinhufvud, tab 1), to Främby and Lilljan in Torsång's parish Kopparbergs county, which his homestead received in 1595-01-24. Joined in Born County 1583–1584 and in West Silvberg County 1587. Ånyo joined Born County 1589–1590 and in East Dalarne 1591–1599. Attached 1 Säters län 1601-1605 and also in Näsgårds län 1601-1602 and on Östra Silvberg 1603-01-12-1604. Authorization to recognize Tuna except the bridge 1602-09-03. Received through K. letter 1606-01-01 (with confirmation. 1612-11-30) to the eternal property of four kronohemmans, which Gustaf I lettered to his grandfather Jöns Persson in Risholn. Joined in East Dalarne 1606-01-06 [4]. Death in 1613.5 His mortuary continued the mining operations held by him until the summer of 163320. 'His coat of arms, a dark gray pig's head in gray field, and the initial letters of his name, JD, was painted on the organ in Falu church, also on the pillar where beside his prejudice his arms hung. ' Married 1st with NN Married 2nd (gave morning gift 1596-11-01) 1 Christina Larsdotter, to Täckeråker in Österhaninge parish Stockholm County, who lived widow in 1641 and carried two cars in cross between four bullets, probably daughter of 21 the lord captain and owner of Täckeråker Lars von Köllen. She kept inheritance between herself and the children in 1616 and pledged Främby to the Chamber Council Bror Andersson (Rålamb) in 161720. probably the daughter of 21 the knuckle chief man and the owner of Täckeråker Lars von Köllen. She kept inheritance between herself and the children in 1616 and pledged Främby to the Chamber Council Bror Andersson (Rålamb) in 161720. probably the daughter of 21 the knuckle chief man and the owner of Täckeråker Lars von Köllen. She kept inheritance between herself and the children in 1616 and pledged Främby to the Chamber Council Bror Andersson (Rålamb) in 161720.

Links

• Svinhufvud of Qvalstad genealogy trip to Sweden 27.-29.09.2013 Jaakko

Sources

• "Från Gamla Världen till Nya":
• 25461. JÖNSDOTTER, Anna, b. ca 1520. (4)
• {Går ej ihop med sonens födelseår 1520!} /FB Dokument
• Svinhufvud i Westergötland – Anbytarforum
• 1) Stefan Hammars hemsida
• Ättar-taflor öfver den på Finlands riddarhus introducerade adeln: Supplement ...edited by Oskar Wasastjerna, page 564 - https://books.google.com/books?id=-mEFAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PP1&lpg=RA1-P...Ättar-taflor+öfver+den+på+Finlands+riddarhus+introducerade+adeln:+Supplement+...edited+by+Oskar+Wasastjerna&source=bl&ots=NJwUXNFula&sig=ACfU3U3b3CmknkNjsaSztQ6bk_I4oOeoSQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizvLKj19DhAhUJi6wKHTlaDDcQ6AEwDXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Scrifvare&f=false
• Diplomatarium Dalekarlicum: urkunder rörande landskapet Dalarne ..., Volume 4 By Carl G. Kröningssvärd - https://books.google.com/books?id=o75BAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PT43&source=g...
• Diplomatarium Dalekarlicum. Urkunder Rörande Landskapet Dalarne ..., Volume 2 - https://books.google.com/books?id=ffVSAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PT48&lpg=RA1-...
• Svensk adelskalender, edited by Karl Axel Karlsson Leijonhufvud till Ekeberg (friherre) page 621 - https://books.google.com/books?id=r4cuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA621&lpg=PA621&d...

History

The only person, with a direct connection to the older Svinhuv head family, which I can remember on my straight arm was in 1561 is the judge Jöns Persson in Risholm. According to "Den with Sköldebref lanad, but not to Riddarhuset introduced the Swedish nobility's tables" (Schlegel & Klingspor 1875) and he will have taken half a moose in the weapon. Hemström 1998, on the other hand, writes that the weapon represents a half deer (which task is correct I have not investigated, but judging by his origin lets the deer more likely). Jöns Persson was:

• 1) married to Margareta Hansdotter (older pig head-genus)
• 2) father-in-law of the year 1581 Daniel Torkelsson (Svinhufvud i Westergötland, no. 199)
• 3) Uncle of the year 1574 added Peder Hansson (Svinhufvud of Qvalstad, no. 145).
• Johan Lundberg, Secretary, The Family Association Svinhufvud in Westergötland.

Enl. Stefan Holms hemsida: Anna* Margareta Svinhufvud (af Qvalstad).

Anbytarforum: Av Torsten Berglund (Tbd) – tisdag den 06 juli 2004 kl. 18.58:

I Johan Lundbergs senaste inlägg sägs (i enlighet med Elgenstierna och annan äldre litteratur) att den år 1581 adlade bergsmannen Daniel Torkelssons första hustru hette Anna Margareta Jönsdotter. Detta är emellertid inte korrekt. Daniel Torkelssons första hustru hette rätteligen Anna Jönsdotter (se t ex Rasmus Ludvigssons stora släktbok, Skoklostersamlingen, RA). (Dubbla förnamn förekom för övrigt inte bland infödda svenskar i mitten av 1500-talet, inte ens i samhällets allra högsta skikt. Ett av de tidigaste exemplen på dubbla förnamn bland infödda svenskar torde vara Gustav II Adolf född 1594).

Anna Jönsdotter var dotter till häradshövdingen Jöns Persson i Risholn i hans äktenskap med Margareta Hansdotter en dotter till domaren Hans Jeppesson i Risholn av den äldre Svinhuvudätten. Den i litteraturen förekommande namnformen Anna Margareta är således en sammanblandning/kombination med moderns förnamn.

Se senast Anders Winroth, Svinhufvud-ätternas gemensamma ursprung, i Släkt och hävd 2001:2-3, (Släkt och personhistoriska studier tillägnade Pontus Möller), s 150-155.

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"Från Gamla Världen till Nya":

25461. JÖNSDOTTER, Anna, b. ca 1520. (4)

{Går ej ihop med sonens födelseår 1520!} /FB

Dokument

Svinhufvud i Westergötland – Anbytarforum

Källor

1) 	Stefan Hammars hemsida