Nils Rasmussen Aarset was born about 1668 in Hjørundfjord.
In the 1701 census, Niels (age 33) was the head of household at Aarset in Hjørundfjord.[1] Listed with him were his son Tore Nielsen (6 1/2) and father Rasmus (60).
The 1719 probate after his wife, Ingebor Torsdatter Aarset, names her husband Niels Rasmussen and children:[2][3]
Toer Nielsen, age 18
Beritte Nielsdatter, married to Morten Erichsen Aarset
He was buried on 20 Jun 1738 in Hjørundfjord.[4] His age was not mentioned in the burial record.
Sources
↑ "Census (manntall) 1701, nr. 10: Sunnmøre fogderi", Digitalarkivet Record: pc00000001092335, Digitalarkivet Image: ft10051010281080, Niels (33) at Aarset in Hjørundfjord local parish, Position: en gl: Fader hovudperson; citing RA, Manntallet 1701, nr. 10: Sunnmøre fogderi, 1701, s. 138.
↑ Sunnmøre sorenskriveri, SAT/A-0005/3/3A/L0006: Skifteprotokoll 05A, 1719-1724, s. 20b-21a, Digitalarkivet Image: sk20090123690023, Ingebor Torsdsdatter probate on 22 Aug 1719, Årset in Hjørundfjord.
↑ Sunnmøre sorenskriveri, SAT/A-0005/3, 1689-1728, s. 3895, Digitalarkivet Image: sk11216101311313, Ingebor Torsdsdatter probate on 22 Aug 1719, Årset in Hjørundfjord.
↑ "Church book from Hjørundfjord parish 1733-1764 (1522P)", Digitalarkivet Record: pg00000002533539, Digitalarkivet Image: kb20070830620458, Niels Rasmussen burial in 1738 in Hjørundfjord parish; citing Møre og Romsdal, SAT/A-1454/515/L0205: Ministerialbok nr. 515A01, 1733-1764, s. 82-83.
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