Peder Rafn

1510 - 1570  (~ 60 år)

• Navn	Peder Rafn
  Fødsel	ABT. 1510	Jylland, Danmark   [1]
  Køn	Mand
  Død	ABT. 1570	Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark   [2]
  Person-ID	I21992	NLMadsen
  Sidst ændret	20 jul. 2023

  
  

  Far	Lauge Rafn,   f. ABT. 1450, Jylland, Danmark d. AFT. 1479, Jylland, Danmark (Alder ~ 30 år)
  Tilknytning	natural
  Familie-ID	F07991	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

  
  

  Familie	Kirsten ???datter,   f. ABT. 1510, Jylland, Danmark d. 1581-1610, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark (Alder ~ 100 år)
  Ægteskab	ABT. 1535	Jylland, Danmark
  Børn	1. Lauge Pedersen Rafn,   f. ABT. 1537, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. ABT. 1620, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark (Alder ~ 83 år)  [natural]   2. Henrich Pedersen Rafn,   f. ABT. 1539, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. ABT. 1585, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark (Alder ~ 46 år)  [natural]   3. Jens Pedersen Rafn,   f. ABT. 1541, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. 1621, B?rkop, Gauerslund parish, Vejle county, Danmark (Alder ~ 80 år)  [natural]   4. Niels Pedersen Rafn,   f. ABT. 1543, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. AFT. 1632 (Alder ~ 90 år)  [natural]   5. Maren Pedersdatter Rafn,   f. ABT. 1545, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. 1615, Koldk?r, Vinding parish, Vejle county, Danmark (Alder ~ 70 år)  [natural]   6. Mads Pedersen Rafn,   f. ABT. 1547, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. AFT. 1574, B?rkop, Gauerslund parish, Vejle county, Danmark (Alder ~ 28 år)  [natural]   7. Lauge Pedersen Rafn,   f. ABT. 1548, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. 22 aug. 1579, Pr?steg?rd, Torstrup parish, Ribe county, Danmark (Alder ~ 31 år)  [natural]   8. J?rgen Pedersen Rafn,   f. ABT. 1549, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. 1589, N?rre Bjert, Eltang parish, Vejle county, Danmark (Alder ~ 40 år)  [natural]   9. Mette Pedersdatter Rafn,   f. ABT. 1551, Lille Velling, Smidstrup parish, Vejle county, Danmark d. AFT. 1573, Jylland, Danmark (Alder ~ 23 år)  [natural]
  Familie-ID	F07990	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle
  Sidst ændret	20 jul. 2023

  
  

• Notater

  Otto Bendixen of Herlev, and his father Henning Bendixen of Aarhus have pieced together the following information on the Rafn/Ravn family of Lille Velling from the information in the Viborg Landsting ledgers. Peder Rafn, possibly born circa 1510 the son of Lauge Rafn of Elbo district. Peder Rafn was the Freehold Farmer (Selvejerbonde) of farms nr. 1 and 3, in Lille Velling in Smidstrup parish. Peder Rafn was the Notary (Herredskriver) for Holman's district. Mentioned as "Herredsfoged" in two "landstingsdomme" (district court judgements) in 1559 and 1562, wherein his judgment from herredstinget was appealed to the Landsting in Viborg, and so he had to stand before the counsel and defend his ruling; both of his judgements were later upheld. The probate for "Peder Rafn" was held on St. Pedersdag (February 22) 1571. His widow is mentioned as "Kirsten Rafns" of Lille Velling in 1574 and 1581. She is possibly the daughter of a "Herredsfoged" (District Bailiff) named Jens. Possibly the daughter of Jens Madsen, mentioned in 1547, of Horsted in H?jen parish. (Or, according to Harry Christensen's database, possibly the daughter of Jens Hansen, mentioned on May 5, 1542, of Tiufk?r in Smidstrup parish?) On August 14, 1569 two of the sons, Lauge and Niels, came to an amicable agreement about dividing the farm in two. However, after Kirsten's death, Peder Rafn's 9 children began a big fight over the inheritance of the farm - which continued for half a century! This gave rise to numerous lawsuits in Holmans Herredsting, and which later made their way to Viborg's Landsting, whose ledgers are preserved, while those of Holmans were lost during the war with Sweden. Lille Velling was appraised in 1662 during the first land registery at "35 t?nder hartkorn" (35 barrels), which corresponds to 4 average size farms. The information from the Viborg Landsting ledger tells us that Peder Rafn had the following children: 1) Lauge Pedersen Rafn (c.1537-1620), a Freehold Farmer (Selvejerbonde) who lived in Lille Velling, farm nr. 1, mentioned in records between 1567 (born before 1542) and 1618. 2) Henrich Pedersen Rafn (c.1539-c.1585), a Freehold Farmer (Selvejerbonde) who lived on farm nr. 3 in Lille Velling. He is named as a farmer in 1569 (therefore born before 1544), 1574, 1581. He also owned a "husmandsstedet" (smallhold): nr. 13 in Sk?rup, Sk?rup parish. Henrich is certainly one of the older sons (possibly the second born?), as he received the second share of the family-farm, and later also the office of Herredskriver. He was described: "ligesom sin s?n og s?nnes?n en h?derlig og kristelig mand, der ingen havde forurettet" (like his son and son's son an Honest and Christian man, who none had wronged). He was probably married toa daughter of Herredsfoged Niels Michelsen (Troelsen) and Dorthe Pedersdatter (Glambek) of Pjedsted. Henrich is known to have been dead in 1589. 3) Jens Pedersen Rafn (c.1541-1621), a Freehold Farmer (Selvejerbonde) who lived in B?rkop; mentioned in 1573 (born before 1547), 1574 and 1617. Possibly Jens was the second born son, and as such was then named after his mother's father, possibly in whose village he obtained his farm? 4) Niels Pedersen Rafn (c.1543-?), he is mentioned in the records starting in 1574 (therefore born before 1549) and up until 1632. He is certainly also one of the older sons. 5) Maren Pedersdatter (c.1545-1615), she was married to Niels Koldkj?r, of Koldk?r in Vinding parish. 6) Mads Pedersen Rafn (c.1547-?), he is mentioned as a farmer in B?rkop in 1574 (therefore also born before 1549). 7) Lauge Pedersen Rafn (c.1548-1579), he was the Parish Priest (Sognepr?st) for Torstrup-Horne, mentioned in 1571 (born before 1546) and 1573. He died on August 22, 1579. 8) J?rgen Pedersen Rafn (c.1549-1589), he was mentioned in 1573 as living ad farm nr. 18 in Bjert. Probably married a daughter from farm nr. 2 and 4 in Velling. He rarely used the name Rafn, and kept himself as much as possible out of the inheritance dispute. 9) Mette Pedersdatter (c.1551-?), she was married to Hans Nielsen Koed - who was named as living on farm nr. 7 in Velling in 1573 and 1617. This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.

  
  

• Kilder

  [S0216025] Research by Harry Christensen (dc-hc@get2net.dk). [S0268289] "Rafn-sl?gten fra Ll. Velling", Otto Bendixen, Herlev [bbxobx@post12.tele.dk].