Lars Åmundson Aga (1630 - abt. 1685)

Born 1630 in Aga, Ullensvang, Hordaland, Norway

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Descendants

Died about 1685 at about age 55 in Aga, Ullensvang, Hordaland, Norway

Biography

Lars was born at part 7 of Aga in Ullensvang in 1630, and ran the farm alongside his father, Åmund Valgeirson Reiseter, from 1661 onwards.^[1]

He was a lensmann (sheriff) in 1653.^[2]

He is the first fruit trader in Hardanger to be known by name; he was in Bergen with a shipload of cherries on 2 aug 1665, the day of the sea battle between the Dutch and the English in Vågen.^[1][2]

He married Gurid Jakobsdotter Velure about 1655.^[1] Their children were:

• Asbjørn 1659-1738, took over at Aga^[1]
• Torbjørg, died 1727, was married to Lars Sylfestson Måkestad, then Vigleik Sjurson Litle Nå, lived at Måkestad^[1]
• Lars 1669-1753, probably not married, lived at Aga^[1]
• Herborg 1670-1697, married Vigleik Person Måkestad in 1690, lived at Rogdo^[1]
• Jakob 1673-1733, lived at Rogdo^[1]
• Oddmund 1675-1702, not married, lived at Aga^[1]
• Tolleiv 1679-1751, lived at Kråkevik^[1]
• Eirik, lived at Ytre Meland^[1]

Lars probably died before 1685, when his son Asbjørn was the tenant at their part of Aga.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik i gamal og ny tid. 4-1: Bygdesoga, p 513.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ættar-bok for Udlesvang, p 19

• Olav Kolltveit, Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik i gamal og ny tid. 4-1: Bygdesoga. Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik bygdeboknemnd, 1971. Available to Norwegian IPs at Nasjonalbiblioteket
• Aa. K. Bu. Ættar-bok for Udlesvang. Self-published, 1936. Available to Norwegian IPs at Nasjonalbiblioteket