Erik Anker (1709 - 1785)

Born 14 Sep 1709 in Land, Oppland, Norway

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Catharine Tank — married 1743 in Halden, Østfold, Norway

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1785 at age 75 in Moss, Smaalenenes, Norway

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Biography

Erik Anker (1709 - 1785) var sønn til Bernt (Eriksøn) Anker (1680 - 1724) og Karen Christophersdatter Tanche ( 1685 - 1758.

Erik Anker ble jernverkseier i Moss. Han gikk først i lære hos onkelen Peter Anker (1682 . 1742) som hadde overtatt etter farfaren Erik Olufsen Anker sin geskjeft som kjæpmann i Christiania. Er k.B. Anker ble også sendt til Amsterdam og London for å lære mer om trelast. I 1743 flyttet han til Fredrikshald , der han gifteet seg med Anne Catherine Tank (1723 - 1761) De fikk bl.a. barna Carsten Tank Anker og Peter Anker. Erik Anker forsøkte seg med et såpekokeri sammen med Mathias Wærn (1725 - 1789) . Under Fredrik V,s besøk i Norge 1747 ble Erik utnevnt til agent med justisråds rang. I 1748 kjøpte han og Wærn Moss jernverk. De bygde kanoner , Erik tok over i 1756 , og som eneeier flyttet med familien til Moss i 1767. Han solgte i 1776 jernverket til sine nevøer Jess og Bernt Anker. som var sønner til hans Bror Christian Anker (1711 - 1765)

Erik Anker (Erich Ancher) (born 14 September 1709 on Land, died 1 January 1785) was a Norwegian merchant.

"He was of Anker (family), son of Bernt Ancher (1680–1724) who was parish priest at Land (Oppland). Erik first apprenticed to Uncle Peter Ancher (1682–1742) [1] who had taken over his grandfather Erik Olufsen Anker (1644–99)'s business as a merchant in Christiania. Erik was also sent abroad to Amsterdam and London to learn more about lumber."^[1]

"Erik moved to Frederikshald in 1743 where he married Anne Cathrine Tank (1723–61), a daughter of merchant Carsten Tank, they had among others the sons Carsten Anker and Peter Anker. He tried a soap factory together with Mathias Wærn (1725–89). During Frederik V's visit to Norway in 1747, Anker was appointed agent with the rank of Justice Councilor."^[2]

"In 1748 he and Wærn Moss bought Jernverk from Henrich Ochsen. They built cannons. After a time of poor results, he took over in 1756 and moved with his family from Fredrikshald to Moss. His wife in 1761 and conflicts with Wærn made Erik the sole owner from 1767. His personal finances faltered, and he sold the ironworks to his nephews Jess Anker and Bernt Anker in 1776, the year the US Constitution was adopted."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Erik Anker on Wikipedia Norway.
2. ↑ Erik Anker on Wikipedia Norway.
3. ↑ Erik Anker on Wikipedia Norway.

• Lauritz Opstad: Moss jernverk, M.Peterson & son, Moss 1950
• Erik Berntsens slekt sider. https://vestraat.net/iea-o/p2489.htm
• https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anker_(slekt)
• Holck,Per. Bernt Anker_samtid, liv og forfatterskap. Oslo 2005 s.36
• Adm: Kari Lillian. Undbekken

See also:

• Anker, Carl Johan: Stamtavle over familien Anker: litt slektshistorie, 1990, Finn Boken
• Fabritus, Albert: Stamtavle over slekten Anker, 1952 (Særtr. av DanmarksAdels Aarbok 1952
• Lassen, Wilhelm: Norske stamtavler-B1. 1868
• Anker - Store Norske Leksikon - https://snl.no/Anker
• Lauritz Opstad, Moss Jernverk, M.Peterson&son,Moss,1950
• Erik Berntsens slektsider: https://vestraat.net/iea-o/p2489.htm