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- Tipodefar Laurs Erichsen 1774-1826 blev altså ligesom faderen og farfaderen fæstegårdmand på den ene af de to Nejst-gårde. Det er vel sandsynligt at han overtog gården omkring den tid, hvor han blev gift med Else Margrethe Berthelsdatter 1778-9.2.1833 datter af Berthel Larsen og Johanne Christensdatter, Ø.Gierndrup. Faderen stammede fra Gandrupgaard, V.Hassing. Bruden var 18 og brudgommen 22, da brylluppet blev holdt hjemme på Nejst 25.10.1796 med de to fædre som forlovere.
Den unge kone fik nok at se til, men som næstældst af fem søskende på en stor gård med et talstærkt folkehold har hun sikkert bragt huslige færdigheder med sig. Da hun flyttede ind på Nejst, boede ikke alene svigerfaderen der, men også Laurs's søskende Jens på 18, Anders på 12 og Margrethe på 7 år. Og så var der den 2 årige: Claus Laursen, f.1793, d.1869
Ham havde Laurs fået med Karen Jensdatter, som var fra en gård på egnen, og som var død et halvt år før Else og Laurs's bryllup. Flere kilder anfører, at Laurs og Karen havde været gift, men det er vist tvivlsomt, eftersom kun Claus - men ingen ægtemand - var arving ved Karen's død, ligesom Claus ikke var blandt de arveberettigede børn, da Laurs døde, hvad han vel skulle have været, hvis han havde været "ægtefødt". Men hvorom alting er, så voksede han op på Nejst sammen med de børn, som blev født i Laurs og Else's ægteskab. Senere blev han boelsmand i Ajstrup, blev gift to gange og fik 9 børn. Laurs og Else's børn var:
Bertel Larsen, f.29.4.1798, d.24.9.1872
Karen Larsdatter, f.i800, d.i2.6.i876
Erik Larsen, f. 13.12.1802, d.28.4.1856
Johanne Kristine Larsdatter, f.1805
Jørgen Larsen, f.23.2.1808, d.12.3.1836
Anne Marie Larsdatter, f.29.5.1810
Peder Larsen, f.6.6.1812
Jens Peder Larsen, f.9.5.1815
Lars Andreas Larsen, f.14.1.1818, d.1818
Lars Andreas Larsen, f.23.4.1819
Laurs's far nåede at opleve de tre første af disse børnebørn, inden han døde 80 år gl. i 1803. I 1810 - kort efter det sjette barns fødsel - blev Laurs selvejer af Nejst, idet han da købte gården for 3000 rigsdaler kontant af den hidtidige ejer, kammerherre Hans Svanholm, Vraa gods. Han forpligtede sig ved købet til ikke at sælge gården igen til nogen hoved - eller sædegård. Som vi har set, var der velstand i hjemmet på Nejst, og arven ved faderens død i 1803 har vel bidraget yderligere til, at Laurs kunne købe kontant. Han var selvejer til sin død 52 år gl. i 1826. Den 48 årige enke videreførte gården, til hun 6 år senere solgte den til sønnen Erik. Det sidste årstid af sit liv var hun på aftægt på Nejst, hvor hun døde i en alder af 54.
- Great-Great Grandfather Laurs Erichsen 1774-1826 was, like his father and grandfather, a tenant farmer on one of the two Nejst farms. It's likely that he took over the farm around the time he married Else Margrethe Berthelsdatter 1778-9.2.1833 daughter of Berthel Larsen and Johanne Christensensdatter, Ø.Gierndrup. The father came from Gandrup farm, V.Hassing. The bride was 18 and the groom 22 when the wedding was held at the home on Nejst 25/10/1796 with the two fathers as grooms men.
The young wife had enough to do, as the second oldest of five siblings on a large farm with a numerous people, she has certainly brought homemaking skills with her. When she moved into Nejst, she lived not only with her father-in-law, but also Laurs ' siblings Jens at 18, Donald 12 and Margrethe at 7 years. And also there was the 2 year old: Claus Laursen, f.1793, d.1869
Laurs had fathered [Claus] with Karen Jensdatter who was from a farm in the area, and who had died six months before Else and Laurs' wedding. Several sources state that Laurs and Karen had been married , but that is doubtful since only Claus - but no husband - was the heir at Karen's death, just as Claus was not among the beneficiaries children upon Laurs’ dead; he probably would have been if he had been a "true born" . But anyway, so he [Claus] grew up on Nejst along with the children who were born to Laurs and Else. Later he was a small farmer in Ajstrup, was married twice and had 9 children. Laurs and Else’s children were:
Bertel Larsen, b.29.4.1798, d.24.9.1872
Karen Larsdatter, b. 1800, d. 12.6.1876
Erik Larsen, born 12.13.1802, d.28.4.1856
Johanne Kristine Larsdatter, b.1805
Jørgen Larsen, b.23.2.1808, d.12.3.1836
Anne Marie Larsdatter , b.29.5.1810
Peder Larsen, b.6.6.1812
Jens Peder Larsen, b.9.5.1815
Lars Andreas Larsen, b.14.1.1818, d.1818
Lars Andreas Larsen, b.23.4.1819
Laurs' father lived to see the first three of these grandchildren before he died at age 80 years old, in 1803. In 1810 - shortly after the sixth child's birth - Laurs became the owner of Nejst, after he bought the farm for 3000 ringsdaler cash from the previous owner, Chamberlain Hans Svanholm, Vraa Manor. He undertook the acquisition not to sell the farm again from the main manor farm. As we have seen, there was prosperity to have a home on Nejst, and the legacy from his father's death in 1803 probably contributed to the fact that Laurs could pay cash. He died in 1826 at the age of 52 years old. The 48 year old widow carried on the farm and six years later she sold it to his son Erik. The last year of her life was spent as a pensioner on Nejst, where she died at the age of 54.
Note: Danish law changed so tenant farmers (fæste-gård) were allowed to buy their farms starting in 1786 and by 1861 all tenant farmers had bought their farms.
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