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- Claus Eggertsen Langemark was given royal prerogative to engage in ferrying traffic over the Limfjord at Oddesund, and had the right to have an inn for the travelers. Ferrymen transported travelers, waggons, horses, cows, etc. over the water in large big rowboats. The exclusive right of ferry service entailed abiding by the fixed rate set by the authorities, and to keep at each location the specified number of ferries.
"Kammerj?ger ved de Kongelig Slotte" (Exterminator for the Royal Castles) Eggert Clausen Langemark's "testamente" (will) of 1766 mentions his brothers "Pouvel Clausen, Reimer Clausen and Claus Clausen". In the inheritance probate after Eggert Clausen Langemark of March 4, 1766, is also mentioned "Eggert Povelsen", who should have dual inheritance in regard to his poor condition and his many children; this must be Eggert Poulsen Langemark (1726-1798), a "Smed" (Blacksmith) in S?nder ?rum, ?rum parish, Fjends district, he later moved to ?sterb?lle in ?sterb?lle parish, Rinds district. Eggert Clausen Langemark (c.1685-1771) was a "Kammerj?ger", which was someone who was employed to rid a household of bedbugs and (especially) mice and rats. According to the Dansk Demografisk Database, in 1761 Eggert Clausen Langemark "var han gammel og meget sygelig" (was he old and very sickly); and that he died in K?benhavn on July 7, 1771.
From the S?ndbjerg-Odby kirkebog:
January 13, 1707: 13 Jan., Claus Egertsen Langemark v. Ottes[und], 63 (aar), 10 (maaned).
April 19, 1733: Miser., Maren Jepsdatt. her i Ottesund, 78 aar.
From the Holmen kirkebog, K?benhavn:
July 10, 1771: Julius, den 10de, Eggert Clausen Langemark, Cammer J?ger, 80 aar gl. fra Laxegade. . . 4 Rdlr.
From "Oddesund F?rgested" by Anders S?rensen, 1951:
Jacob Tranes Tid som F?rgemand blev i?vrigt ikke lang. 1690 er han afl?st af Claus Eggertsen Langemark, der da, foruden af sin egen Person kun skatter af sin Hustru og en Dreng (over 15 Aar), medens han 1699 har 1 Pige og 2 Drenge, der 1705 n?vnes som Karle. Claus Langemark d?r imidlertid allerede 1707 (begravet 13. Jan.), men hans Hustru, Maren Jepsdatter, forts?tter F?rgeriet ved Hj?lp af 2 Karle og 1 Pige, men nogen stor Velstand har der n?ppe v?ret til Huse, eftersom Skattemandtallen 1712 kalder hende en fattig Enke. 1717-19 klarer hun sig stadig med de to F?rgekarle. B?rnene siges alle at v?re gifte. Hun d?de 1733 (begravet 19. April), men forinden havde S?nnen Reimert Langemark, der 20. Oktober 1715 var blevet gift med Maren Pedersdatter overtaget F?rgeriet. Den ?konomiske Situation var nok blevet lidt bedre, eftersom han 1728-31 maatte betale hele 5 Rdl. i Brandstyr, og 1743 maatte han i Kopskat op med 8 Rdl. samt 2 Rdl. i Formueskat foruden 2 Rdl. i Kopskat for sine 2 Karle. [Kilde: Dueholm, ?rum og Vestervig Amters Skattemandtaller.]
Reimert Langemark d?r 1758 (begravet 23. Oktober). Forinden maa han have k?bt F?rgestedet af Frederik Klingenberg til ?ster Hindsels, der 11. Juni 1744 laaner 1800 Rdl. af en Christen Bjerregaard mod Pant i Hovedgaarden og bl. a. Oddesund F?rgested. Reimert Langemarks S?n Jens, der efterf?lger ham som F?rgemand, laaner 28. April 1759 af Christen ?rsnes til Helligkildegaard 300 Rdl. mod Pant i Oddesund F?rgel?b, men noget Sk?de ses ikke at v?re l?st i Tiden 1744-59, hverken ved Landsting eller Herredsting. [Kilde: Landstingets Sk?de- og Panteprotokol.]
Jens Reimertsen synes ikke at have siddet s?rlig godt i det. 4. Maj 1763 laaner han 800 Rdl. af Poul Klingenberg mod Pant i Ud- og Indbo foruden 2 F?rger og F?rgebaade, og 31. December 1764 laaner han af J?rgen Billeschou til Vejbjerggaard i Humlum Sogn 101 Rdl. mod 2. Prioritet Panteret i ovenn?vnte Effekter. 1771 er det forbi med ham som F?rgemand. F?rgestedet er nu overtaget af Jens Kyndesen, der ved Sk?de af 26. April 1771 har k?bt det af Christen Olesen paa Gudum Kloster, men dette Sk?de ses ikke at v?re l?st hverken ved Herredsting eller Landsting, lige saa lidt som der i Panteprotokollerne ses at v?re l?st noget Sk?de paa F?rgestedet til Christen Olesen. Jens Reimertsen bliver antagelig boende paa Thy, thi 20. Januar 1778 ses han at give Afkaldskvittering for Arv efter sin Broder Jeppe, der er d?d i Vestindien. [Kilde: Hassing-Refs Herreders Sk?de- og Panteprotokol.]
The above translated to English:
Jacob Crane's time as ferryman, incidentally, was not long. In 1690, he was replaced by Claus Eggertsen Langemark who, in addition to his own person there are the taxes for his wife and a boy (over 15 years old), while in 1699 he had 1 girl and 2 boys, who in 1705 named as (unmarried) men. Claus Langemark died already in 1707 (buried on January 13th), but his wife, Maren Jepsdatter, continues the ferry license with the help of 2 men and 1 girl, but with no great prosperity as there was scarcely any profit to the houses, as "Skattemandtallen" (the taxation list) of 1712 names her a poor widow. 1717-19 she still employed the two ferry men. The children are said to all be married. She died in 1733 (buried April 19th), but before that the son Reimert Langemark, who on October 20, 1715 had married Maren Pedersdatter, had taken over the ferry license. The economic situation was probably slightly better, as in 1728-31 he had to pay the full 5 Rdl. in "Brandstyr" (firefighting tax), and in 1743 his "Kopskat" (head tax) was up to 8 Rdl. as well as 2 Rdl. in "Formueskat" (wealth assessment tax) in addition to 2 Rdl. in head tax for his two men. [Source: Dueholm, ?rum and Vestervig County's Taxation-List.]
Reimert Langemark died in 1758 (buried October 23rd). Before this he must have bought the "F?rgested" (Ferry place) from Frederick Klingenberg of ?ster Hindsels, as on June 11, 1744 he borrowed 1,800 Rdl. from a Christian Bjerregaard against a mortgage on Hovedg?rd and among others Oddesund F?rgested. Reimert Langemark's son Jens, who succeeds him as ferryman, on April 28, 1759 borrowed 300 Rdl. from Christen ?rsnes of Helligkildeg?rd against the mortgages on the Oddesund ferry service, but any "Sk?de" (deed of title) is not to be found 1744-59, either in the "Landsting" (Parliament) or "Herredsting" (District Court). [Source: Parliamentary Deed and Mortgage Protocol.]
Jens Reimertsen does not seem to have done very well in the (ferrey) service. On May 4, 1763 he borrows 800 Rdl. from Poul Klingenberg against the mortgages on the "Ud- og Indbo" (movable property outside the house and the household items) in addition to 2 ferries and ferry boats, and on December 31, 1764 he borrowed from J?rgen Billeschou of Vejbjergg?rd in Humlum parish 101 Rdl. against 2 priority mortgage deeds on the above effects. In 1771 it is all over for him as ferryman. The ferry place is now taken over by Jens Kyndesen who bought the deed of title on April 26, 1771 from Christen Olesen of Gudum Kloster, but this deed of title does not appear in either "Herredsting" (District Court) or the "Landsting" (Parliament), any more than in the deed of title for Christen Olesen are to be found in the "Panteprotokollerne" (Mortgage Protocol Minutes). Jens Reimertsen probably went to live in Thy, for January 20, 1778 he is seen to renounced receipt of an inheritance after his brother Jeppe, who has died in the West Indies. [Source: Hassing-Refs Herreders Title Deed and Mortgage Protocol.]
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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