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- From the ?ker-?kirkeby kirkebog:
June 15, 1655: Communicantes, Fer. 3 Pent. Hl. Povl i Rysker Sogn troloved med Karen Jensdatter.
From Bornholm's Landstingbog 1671-1683:
May 22, 1672, page 21a: I dag her for retten var tilstede Martha Hansdoter, som gaf sin broder Her Poul Ancher fuldmagt paa hendis vegne, at svare i dend sag imod Madz Persen om dend om tvisted omkostning i den sag med hendis mand Ole Lemvig, Madz Persen indlagde en skrifttelig for tegelse og specification paa hans omkostning, lest op paaskrefve eller meldede at Her Pol iche hafde magt at gi?re sig nogen procurator til, eller kand verge hendes verge imod recessen, esker endnu som til for fuldmagt aff Ole Lemvig.
From the Hasle Kirkeregnskaber, 1684-1750:
1684: Erverdige Landz Prousten Hl. Pouel Ancher for ?red for sin sal. quindes begrauelse til Kierchen. . . 15 Dr.
From Bornholm's Jordebog of 1689:
N?reherrit, Rydscher Sogn, Bunde, Nr. 32: Hr. Pouel Ancher.
From the ?ker-?kirkeby kirkebog:
November 5, 1697: Communiceret, 5 Nov. blef Vel?rv?sdige Her. Povl Ancher, Sognepr?st til Hasle og Ruths Kirke og Provst over Bornholm, sampt Canik til Aakirke, begravet udi Hasle Kirke. Hannem succerede hans s?n Her. Hans Povls?n udi Embedet, som en Tid lang hafde v?ret Vice-Pastor. Men i Provste Embedet succederede Her. Jens S?frenss?n Morsing, Sognepr?st til Nicolai Sogn, som da nogen Tid hafde v?ret Vice-Provst.
From the Hasle Kirkeregnskaber, 1684-1750:
1700-1701: Stoele Steds Penge: Marne Margretha og Karen Poulsdaattere ki?bt ded f?rste stoelsted for. . . 2 Dr.
Mention of Poul Ancher's widow Lene Nielsdatter and her children in the probate for Bendte Jensdatter, November 26, 1708, page 400:
Anno 1708 den 26 November er efter louglig giorde tillysning holden registering og vurdering sampt schifte og liqvidation efter afgangne Anders V?boes nu ved d?den afgangen hustru salig Bendte Jensdaatter, som boede paa dend 45 gaard i Rydsker Sogn, og her sammen steds i dog er holden skifte, men denne salig qvinde d?de ved bes?gnelse hos sin daattermand Anders Hansen, der boer i Olsker Sogn, og det imellum denne salig qvindes efterlefuende b?rn og b?rneb?rn, som er en s?n og 4 d?ttre. . . Huilche bem?lte m?nd nu m?dt her paa bop?len, og paa rettens vegne, var ofuer v?rende, H?y Edele og Velbaarne Hr. Brigadieren Ober Commandant og Amptmand Voldemar Retz ved sin fuldmegtig, Capitain Gregers Christensen boende i Aaekircheby m?dte og Goris Ancher paa sin moder Leene sl. Eskild Nielsens veigne af Hasle, som er husbon til landgilden af denne 45 gaard i Rydsker Sogn, og forerentte att hans moder tilkom, at for valte skiftet efter denne salige quinde, efter som hendes sal. mand forige Byfougden sl. Eskel Nielsen, har f?rvalted skifted paa denne 45 gaard efter sl. Jens Andersen V?boe, og der paa nu producerit Goris Ancher det skiftebref opretted efter bem?lte Byfouged sl. Eskild Nielsen, daterit den 7 July 1706. Huor udi befindes den sl. mands s?n Pouell Eskelsen ber?rtte i 45 gaards skater tillf?re 300 Slettedr. og enken Leene s. Eskel Nielsens. . . og videre hafuer bem?lte Hans Larsen ved staaed paa skifted, efter Byfougden i Hasle og Herrisfougden i N?rreherrit sl. Eskel Nielsen at hafues pandtsat samme forhen ski?debref. . . .
From the Hammershus Birketingbog 1702-1715:
April 3, 1709, page 198b: For retten kom Madam Lene sal. Eskil Nielsen enke og l?ste et k?bebrev. Monsieur Gurris Ancher m?dte paa sin moders vegne og vedstod, at hun havde solgt hendes andel i Piberlycken og Tornlycken for rede penge til Lars Goml?s for 98 Sdr. 3 Mk. 15 skilling. Gurris Ancher opb?d en del gangkl?der som skulle tilh?re Margrete Kirstine Hansdatter, som er leveret til hans moder. Der efterlystes en v?rge for Margrete, der var gaaet fra sin tjeneste hos Gurris moder. J?rgen Hansen af Sandvig svarede, at han ikke ville tage til Hasle og hente godset, men hvis det blev leveret til ham, vil han modtage det. Han var tilsyneladende v?rge for Margrete Kirstine.
The above translated to English:
April 3, 1709, page 198b: To the court came Mrs. Lene the deceased Eskild Nielsen's widow and read a bill of purchase. Mr. Gurris Ancher was present on his mother's behalf and stated that she had sold her share in Piberl?kken and Tornl?kken for cash to Lars Gummel?s for 98 silver dollars, 3 mark and 15 shillings. Gurris Ancher offered some travel-clothing which should belong to Margrethe Kirstine Hansdatter, who is living with his mother. It called for a guardian to Margarthe, who had gone from his service to the home of Gurris' mother. J?rgen Hansen of Sandvig said he would not go to Hasle and retrieve the goods, but if it was delivered to him, he would receive it. He was apparently the guardian of Margaret Kirstine.
From the ?ker-?kirkeby kirkebog:
October 10, 1729: Sepult. Leene Nielsd. Capt. Gregers Christensens H. gl. 65 aar.
Poul Ancher was parish priest for Hasle and Rutsker parishes from 1654-97. Dean (landsprovst) of Bornholm from 1685. Owner of Krogholm, 32 Slg. in Rutsker parish from 1688. One of the chief organizers of the 1658 Bornholm liberation from Sverig/Sweden - see under Jens Pedersen Kofoed (1628-1691) for more information. Poul and Karen Jensdatter Sode were betrothed in 1655 on "tredie pinsedag" (the 5th of June) in Hasle; they had 6 children.
His last two years were darkened by a murder case in which his wife Lene Nielsdatter's brother, Hans Nielsen of Sandvig, was implicated in the murder of his own brother Henrich Nielsen on the night of July 9-10, 1695. (See "1000 aner til en Skovg?rdssl?gt" by Edvard Skovgaard, pages 414-415; and "Bornholmske Samlinger", volume 14.)
The following is from "Pr?sten Poul Ancher, Bornholm 1654-1697", by M.K. Zahrtmann, Bornholmske Samlinger, volume 14:
Poul Hansen Ancher graduated in 1650 from "Frue Skole" (Our Lady School) in K?benhavn, and registered at the university there on June 1st. Nothing further about his youth is known, nor is his place of birth known for certain. Later we find that not only himself, but also 3 of his siblings are living on Bornholm, which might indicate that they were all born on Bornholm; that they are the first Bornholmers to use the family-name Ancher/Anker might be due to the fact that the permanent adoption of family surnames did not come into common practice among the upper class until the last half of the 1600s. However, it is probably more prudent to look to another Danish province for the Ancher's birthplace, namely Sk?ne, at the vicarage in "Hovby" (now called Hoby), where a "Hans Povlsen", who also used the family-name of Anchersen, lived as the parson, and where he died in 1655. His wife was "Else Olesdatter", and judging from their names they could easily be Poul Hansen Ancher's parents.
Poul had only 4 years to finish his theological studies at K?benhavn University, as the "Great Plague" of 1653-1654 took its toll among the parsonages in Denmark. On Bornholm 6 of the 15 parsons found their graves. On Bornholm alone a total of 4,895 people lost their lives to the Great Plague, which had started in Nex? in August of 1653 and didn't end until March of 1655, a full year and a half later; probably at least a quarter of the population died. One of those who died was Jens Hansen Sode, born in Sk?ne, who had for some years been the principal of R?nne's Latin School before he became the parson for Hasle-Rutsker parish, and married the widow of the former parson. But when he died in on October 13, 1654, the young Poul Hansen Ancher took over the parsonage; which had been devastated: Hasle township lost 133 people from its 60 houses. The parish of Rutsker lost 2,310 people and many of the 56 farms were deserted - this resulted in a lose of income to the parsonage as they contributed 1/10th of their income to the church. The fishing villages of Vang consisted of 7 families, Kaasby only 1 family, and Helligpeder also only 1 family. In spite of the poverty of the parish, Poul Ancher remained faithfully to serve there for 43 years until his death.
After having lived for half a year in Hasle he was betrothed on 3de Pinsedag 1655 (the 3rd day after Whitsuntide: June 5th) to his predecessor Jens Hansen Sode's daughter Karen. As the years went by 5 children were born in their marriage, knitting his family to many of Bornholm's parsonages and citizenship families. Poul Hansen Ancher contributed much toward the healing and comforting of his parishioners, who suffered greatly in the aftermath of the pestilence of 1653-1654.
In 1657 Denmark fought a war with Sweden, which it lost. In the resulting armstice, the "Peace of Roskilde", concluded on February 26, 1658, Denmark lost its provinces Sk?ne (Scania) and Blekinge, the district of Bohus, Trondheim (in Norge/Norway), and the island of Bornholm. News of this event did not reach Bornholm until April 20th, as much of the Baltic Sea was frozen because of a particularly cold winter. A letter from the archbishop in Lund commanded a prayer to be said in church for the swedish king and court. This was very hard for Poul Ancher, so instead he prayed for "landets rette konge og ?vrighed" (the land's rightful king and government), so that his parishioners could conclude whom he was praying for themselves. For this bit of obfuscation the swedish authorities gave him a severe reprimand.
It wasn't until April 29th that the new swedish governour, Johan Printzenskj?ld, was able to land in Sandvig with 120 men and take possession of the island for the swedish king, Karl Gustav. The swedes wasted no time in instituting a harsh regime of export prohibitions, increased tariffs, conscription of men, and seazure of property and money all over Bornholm. Many men from Bornholm's approximate population of 8,000 were conscripted into the swedish army; around 450 men were sent to Stettin, Riga and Helsingborg. After King Karl Gustav violated the treaty and attacked K?benhavn the following autumn, Poul Ancher was incited to join other Bornholmers in plans for a rebellion. His fellow conspirators in Hasle included its Mayor Peder Olsen, the town's bailiff Captain Niels Gummel?s, the Steward (Ridefoged) of Hammershus - Jens Lauridsen Risom, and merchant Jens Pedersen Kofoed, and in R?nne they were joined by Captain Claus Kames. The danish king, Frederik the 3rd, acknowledged the rebellion and incited the inhabitants to liberate themselves from the swedes by capturing the garrison and governour at Hammershus.
Johan Printzenskj?ld rode from Hammershus on December 8th, travelling through Hasle and then onto R?nne. In R?nne he planned to dispatch a ship in order to fetch further reinforcements, as he sensed the discontent of the Bornholmers. The conspirators wasted no time: as soon as Printzenskj?ld had left Hasle, Poul Ancher drove his sleigh, together with Jens Pedersen Kofoed, to consult with Parson Jacob Tresl?v of Nyker parish. What they decided is not known, only that Hans Ancher went to the Rutsker parsonage, probably in order to station himself for an attempt to keep the garrison at Hammershus isolated. Jens Kofoed rode on to R?nne to help Claus Kames take Printzenskj?ld prisoner. On his way he met up with the rest of the conspirators. In R?nne they encountered Printzenskj?ld in the house of the mayor, Peder Lauridsen M?ller, and only just barely did some of the more level headed men prevent his immediate murder. They took him prisoner and led him down R?nne's main street, Storegade; but as they neared the prison entrance a shot was fired from Villum Clausen's pistol and Printzenskj?ld fell over dead on the cobblestones. Jens Pedersen Kofoed and Niels Gummel?s each fired a shot into the corpse in order to show solidarity with the Villum Clausen. Claus Kames managed to take 5 swedish officers prisoner, and took them to his home - possibly in order to save them from being murdered.
Immediately after the killing Jens Kofoed and Niels Gummel?s rode to Rutsker parsonage and reported what had taken place in R?nne, and following a short conference with Parson Ancher it was decided to gather together the willing farmers from Klemensker, Nyker and Vestermarie parishes by ringing those parishes church bells: a sign for them to meet, fully armed, during the night at Rutsker Church. The bell of Rutsker Church was not rung as it was too close to Hammershus, and would have been heard there. Jens Kofoed then rode to the home of the reeve for Rutsker parish, Mads H?g of H?jeg?rd, where he captured a swedish artillery lieutenant. He brought the lieutenant back to Rutsker's parsonage before riding on to Allinge where a swedish quartermaster had to be killed because he refused to surrender. From Allinge, and nearby Sandvig, Jens Kofoed gathered together a group of young men, and after having fortified themselves with a keg of beer, they rode out into the night to Hammershus Watermill, where a swedish soldier was slain. The men continued on to Hammershus, where they settled themselves behind a hill just east of the bridge to the fortress.
The next day, December 9th, in the early dawn "man havde kun tre dage til vintersolhverv" (with just 3 days until the winter-solstice), the band of farmers led by Poul Hansen Ancher started moving down from Rutsker Church's snow covered hill. They were joined by the citizens of Hasle led by Captain Niels Gummel?s and Mayor Peder Olsen, and then by the group from R?nne under Captain Claus Kames. Many eyes were spying both towards and from the walls of Hammershus fortress - not knowing what would be the outcome of that short winter day. Ultimately, only an act of clever cunning made the swedes surrender the fortress: Captain Kames donned Printzenskj?ld's uniform and rode the slain commander's horse to the bridge, while the rebels threatened to kill him if the swedes refused to surrender. Towards the evening they indeed did surrender. The swedes, about 100 men, were imprisoned in the tower, and following war custom the Bornholmers began plundering the fortress. They carried on so wildly that the leaders had to protect Printzenskj?ld's widow, Anne Haard, and her 3 small sons from being harmed.
On December 21st Peder Olsen and 10 men were sent to K?benhavn. They were granted and audience with King Frederik the 3rd on December 29th, and presented him with a "gavebrev" (gift deed - a pledge of allegiance) from their island. They also brought a list of the names of 22 Bornholmers who had a prominent role in the liberation of the island: first on the list was "Hr. Poffuel Ancker Sougnepr?st til Rydskier och Hasle Sougner haffer V?rit baade i Raad och Daad til all denne Hans Kongl. May:tts tienneste med Toug, Vagt Reystning, och endnu flittig bes?ger land Vagterne." (Mr. Poul Ancher, Parish-Priest for Rutsker and Hasle Parishes, having Done both in Counsel and Deed all in the His Royal Majesty's interest with this Campaign, Guard Duty, and continuing diligent Defence of the land.)
This Bornholmer ray of light in the otherwise dark winter gloom for Denmark helped strengthen the will to resistance in the trenches when the swedes stormed the embankments around K?benhavn. From that point the island became the city's bountiful pantry. Thanks to the courage of the rebels Bornholm was solidly fastened to Denmark forever after, come good or bad times.
When Poul Ancher lost his wife, Karen Jensdatter Sode, in 1684 he felt old and tired, and asked permission to have his son, Hans Ancher, appointed as curate for his parish; the king granted the request. Although his son took over his duties in Rutsker parish, in 1685 Poul Ancher agreed to take on the post of dean for all of Bornholm after the death of his brother-in-law Hans Jensen Sode. Neither did his age prevent him from getting married again, to Lene Nielsdatter, with whom he had 1 son and 3 daughters. Unfortunately, this marriage involved Poul in one of the most horrendous family sagas in Bornholm's history when in 1695 one of Lene's brothers, Hans Nielsen, murdered another of her brothers, Henrich Nielsen. This event cast a dark shadow over Poul Hansen Ancher's last days.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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1629 - 1697 (~ 68 år)
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