Katarina Torgilsdatter Torsnes

Nn Torgilsdatter, datter av Torgils Johannessen Galte og Nn Jonsdatter Stillufseike, ble født ca 1565 og døde ca 1618 i en alder av omkring 53 år. Et annet navn for Nn var Borgilla ?.

Skal være av Galtung-slekten.

Det er uvisst om hun er den samme som søsteren med ukjent fornavn.

Nn giftet seg med Laurits Knutsen Hogganvik.

16290. Laurits* KNUTSSON Hogganvik (880)(898) (827)(767) was born before 1570 in Norway. He died in 1625 in Hogganvik gård #69, Vikedal, Rogaland, Norway. Laurits Knutsson was the lensmann in Vikedal skiprede from 1591 until 1625. He also represented Vikedal at the royal coronations of 1591 and 1610

Laurits leased the entire Hogganvik farm of 21/2 laup smør and 1/2 pund grain. He was also a considerable landowner. In 1610, Laurits owned property worth about 31/2 laup smør. By 1617, this had increased to 6 laupar 12 mark smør. Since his personally owned property was listed as 3 laupar smør in 1624, it is probable that his first wife brought at least 3 laupar as an inheritance and that she died sometime between 1617 and 1624. Her property would probably have been divided among their children following her death.

Laurits was also named as the owner of Sandvik sawmill in 1614 and the Hogganvik sawmill in 1618. He was definitely involved in the timber trade with Scottish merchants. In 1618, Laurits was fined 331/2 dalar for selling 5 oak trees to the Scots in violation of a royal edict. Oak was supposed to be used only to build ships for the royal fleet.

Although Laurits was obviously a very wealthy man and prominent citizen of Vikedal, his origins are relatively vague. There has been much speculation among genealogists about his ancestry, but no one has been able to conclusively identify his parents. But his two wives were of very high social status and his children all married into prominent Ryfylke families. Laurits, himself, must have come from a wealthy, upper-class family. He was married to ?, wife of Laurits Knutsson* TORGILSDATTER Torsnes in Norway. (878)