TENTH GENERATION


620. Ola Jespersen VØSTAD IN GJESTAL(676) (677) was born in 1645 in Sikveland, Gjesdal, Rogaland, Norway. He died in 1713 in Gjesdal Parish, Stavanger amt (Rogaland), Norway. (his probate dated 6 Oct) "skifte 10-6-1713" (Slooper book) He was called "Ola Jesperson den yngre" (the younger) as he had an older brother by the same name. He is listed as Nr. 32 and farmer at the Vølstad farm in the Gjestal bygdebok. He married Marit Njellsdtr. of the Vølstad farm. He was married to Marit Njellsdtr. VØLSTAD.

621. Marit Njellsdtr. VØLSTAD(678) (679) died in 1736 in Vølstad, Gjesdal, Rogaland, Norway. She was born in Vølstad, Gjesdal, Rogaland, Norway. Children were:

child310 i. Ole Olsen MORK FROM VØLSTAD.
child ii. Siri Olsdtr. VØLSTAD IN GJESTAL(680) was born about 1685 in Vølstad, Gjesdal, Rogaland, Norway. She died in 1768 in Gjesdal Parish, Stavanger amt (Rogaland), Norway. She married first to Ola Monsson Bjelland from Ravndal. They had 3 children of record:
1. Joren, married to Ola Helgeson Gjesdal from Nevland.
2. Mons, lived at Nevland.
3. Anna, born 1728, died 1787, married first to Ivar Ådneson Kråkedal, married second to Torger Aslakson Kråkedal.
Siri's first husband, Ola Monsson died in 1731 at 56 years of age. She then was known as "widow Siri Olsdtr. Bjelland from Vølstad." On 6 Jan 1732 she married secondly to Adam Toreson Berge, b. 1707, d. 1799, and through this marriage Adam got the Bjelland farm. However when Adam's mother, Joren Knudsdtr. Berge (the younger), died in 1733, Adam exchanged farms with his stepfather, Morten Gregoriusson, and thus came back to his father's farm in Berge. Adam got the deed at Berge in Nov 1733. The same year in which Siri, his first the wife, died, 1768, he married in Oct to Kari Olsdtr. Tjetland. Records indicate that Adam had 4 children, but it is unclear as to which of his 2 wives bore him these children. Their names were: Tore, Ola, Sven, and Adam.

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