Jan (Isacsson) Isacsson Forssman (1694 - 1759)

Biography

Jan Isacsson was born in 1694 in Skultuna bruk, Skultuna, Västmanland, Sweden. He was the son of byggmästare Isac Bertilsson and Catharina Thomasdotter.

Carpenter at Skultuna bruk.

He was married twice. His first wife was Catharina Matsdotter Doning and they married on November 4, 1716 in Skultuna. They lived together for 44 years and had six children, of whom two sons and two daughters survived him. He was widowed for two years, and then married widow Elisabet/Lisa Månsdotter on November 22, 1752 in Skultuna, they had no children.

His daughter was Anna Jansdotter Forsman (1728– )

Jan died on August 2, 1759 in Skultuna bruk, aged 65.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Snickaren Jan Isacsson Forssman parish death record 1759: Skultuna (U) F:1 (1744-1775) Bild 43 / sid 77 (AID: v74118.b43.s77, NAD: SE/ULA/11343) https://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v74118.b43.s77

• Byggemäst. Isaac Bertilsson with wife Karin Tomasdotter, son Jan and his wife Karin Matsdotter in Skultuna bruk: Skultuna kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/ULA/11343/A I/2 (1689-1734), bildid: C0020425_00148, sida 135 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0020425_00148

• Marriage record 1716: Skultuna kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/ULA/11343/C/3 (1697-1717), bildid: C0020452_00181 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0020452_00181:

• • • 1716. d 4 Novemb copulerades Jan Isaacson wid Bruket och Pigan Kersten(?) Matzdåtter ibd mårgongåfwan låf:des 10 Rd.

• Marriage record 1752: Skultuna (U) F:1 (1744-1775) Bild 118 (AID: v74118.b118, NAD: SE/ULA/11343) https://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v74118.b118:

• • • Brudefolk på år 1752. Nov. d[it]o (22) Wigdes Snickaren wid Bruket Johan Isacsson Forsman med Enkan hust. Elisabet Månsdotter ibidem.