Bengt Bengtsson Hierta till Åsaka samt Ginkalunda i Kinna s:n, Älvsborgs län. Adliga ätten Hierta nr 121.
(Bengt Bengtsson Hierta of Åsaka and Ginkalunda in Kinna parish, Älvsborg county. Noble house Hierta no 121.)
Bengt was born 21 Feb 1638.[1][2]
He served at the Västgöta Cavalry Regiment, from 29 Sep 1658 as a Cornet, discharged 16 Jan 1672, but returned at a Lieutenant 23 Feb 1672, Lieutenant-Captain 18 Feb 1676, Master of Horse 23 Jan 1677, and was finally discharged in 1678 due to difficult wounds and incapacity to serve.[1][2]
He took part in the Polish and Danish wars and was in 1668 recommended for further advancement.[2] He fought at the battles of Halmstad and Lund (wounded).[2] On 16 Nov 1680 he and his wife were accepted to the Veteran's home at Vadstena, where they received double support.[2] He is thought to have spent the rest of his life in Västergötland.[2]
During the 1670:s he's also said to have bred Crucian Carp in a dam at Mösseberg where before there had never been any fish.[2]
He inherited the estate of Åsaka in Barne-Åsaka parish, and also held Ginkalunda, in Kinna parish (co. Älvsborg).[1][2]
He † 27 Sep 1696, having married three times.[1][2]
1stly in 1659 to Anna Lilliehöök af Gälared och Kolbäck, daughter of the Cornet at Västgöta Cavalry Regiment, Peder Christoffersson Lilliehöök af Gälared och Kolbäck and his 2nd wife Christina Drake af Intorp.[1][2]
2ndly, in 1667, to Christina Stierna, daughter of the Assessor, Göran Stierna and his wife Virginia Rytter af Skälboö.[1][2]
3rdly, in 1687 (the dowry being dated 12 Jul that year at Hönsäter[2]) to Anna Margareta Stake in her first marriage, b. 1664, † 1737, daughter of the Captain, Göran Stake and his wife Brita Oxe. She married, 2ndly, Jakob Udd, ennobled Mannerstierna. She married, 3rdly, the Master of Horse, Bengt Rutensköld.[1][3][2]
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