Lars Hansen Ormestad

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About Lars Hansen Ormestad

Sandeherred en bygdebok (Lorens Berg) s.580, Ormestad, Sandar: bruker 1735-73, kjøpte gården av Sven. Lars blir stamfar til Ormestad slekten. Vet ikke hans hjemsted. Han dukket opp i 1729 som korporal, siden sersjant. Ektet samme år Susanna Urzula Antze, søster av løytnant Antze på Hystad og av Anne Cecilia Antze gift med sersjant Anun Olsen Gjekstad. Lars bodde et års tid på Sunde, kjøpte 1730 Vestre Hystad som han solgte igjen, flyttet så til Ormestad hvor han ble boende. Hustruen døde i 1744, 43 år. Av deres syv barn vokste fem opp. Året etter giftet han seg med Maren Jensdatter Maltau. Familienavnet viser at hun er av fremmed herkomst, og i følge tradisjon skal hun ha vært sydlending.

(Excerpts from THE FAMILY OLSEN BOGEN From Stokke) (1698- 4/4/1773)Sergeant Lars Hansson Ormestad was the son of Hans Aakesson from Steinshold. Lars bought Western Hystad in 1730 and sold it in 1734 to his brother-in-law, Lieutenant Johan Conrad Antze, when he had taken allodial possession of Ormestad and Little Unneberg, which his father had owned. Of these two he retained Ormestad where he lived until his death. He was married twice: first, to Susanna Ursula Antze; the second time to mademoiselle Maren Maltau (1722- 6-11-1794) on November 11, 1754. Lars had many children and headed a large household. In "A Little About the Sandeherred in Times Past:, p. 76, S.A. Sorensen tells an anecdote about the priest, Floer, from a christening at Ormest5ad: "At a christening at Ormestad, where Floer presided, after the table had been cleared following supper and the dancing was about to begin, the priest cheerfully took off his frock and hung it up, pointed at it and said: 'There hangs the priest, but here stands Per again in his vest'". Since Peter Augustiniussen Floer was the priest in Sandar from 1736-1775, this must have happened at a christening at Lars Hanssson's house.

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Lars Hansen Ormestad's Timeline

1698
1698
«Hans hjemsted vet vi ikke» (Lorens Berg)
1729
1729
Sunde, Sandar, Vestfold, Norway
1731
1731
Vestre Hystad, Sandar, Vestfold, Norway
1734
1734
Vestre Hystad, Sandar, Vestfold, Norway

1735
1735
Ormestad, Sandar, Vestfold, Norway
1737
October 14, 1737
Ormestad, Sandar, Vestfold, Norway
1739
December 6, 1739
Ormestad, Sandar, Vestfold, Norway

December 6, 1739
Ormestad, Sandar, Vestfold, Norway