Christian Magnus Sigismundiusson Zetlitz

Notes:

He disciplined at the pharmacy in Stavanger with his stepfather Andreas Bosse, who on 13 March 1763 had bought the pharmacy for 1600 Rd. by Caspar Casparsen Kruse. On May 16, 1778, he completed a Pharmaceutical Exam in Copenhagen with a "unanimous honors", and on April 21, 1779, he was deported to the pharmacy in Stavanger and on November 8, 1780, granted as a pharmacy. On August 24, 1795, he rented out the pharmacy for exams. Pharm. David Zuschlag, and October 20, 1806, he sold it with houses No. 283 and 284 in Urtegaden for 10,000 Rd. to his brother Henrik Andreas Magnus Zetlitz, who on February 6, 1807 got the Royal Grant to run the pharmacy. Later he was a merchant and procurator in Stavanger. Besides the pharmacy with associated house, Christian M. Zetlitz owned several houses and properties in Stavanger for a shorter or longer period, as well as a small farm "Christianslyst" in Hetland's parish, which he cultivated and beautifully planted. Here he died on October 20, 1825. Buried in Stavanger.
Chr. M. Zetlitz seems to have dealt with literary works. He is thus seen on November 19, 1790 to have issued an invitation to subscribe to the translation of the English author Laurentz Sterne's "Tristam Shandy".
Christian Pram states in his travel report to "The Royal Danish National Economy - and the College of Commerce" of 1805 (published in the Norwegian Journal of Instruction, 1884, p. 174 et seq.):

"Of other inhabitants, this city (Stavanger) has an Apotheker Zetlitz, who, well in his profession, is also outside the same a very active man. He is an active co-founder of the civic school, also for the poor. He has cultivated a quantity and uncircumcised lands. Undoubtedly, one - and most importantly - of those who have given the blow to the business of the grubbing-up work, is the chairman of the bourgeois artillery of the city, and must have a great deal of profit, having and, without reward, with true zeal. and sacrifice, presented as a roadside master, on the royal, here the way of the roadside, the construction of an excellent Chausseé down the gentleman, half of which is completed under him, namely three of the seven miles to be drawn through this county. "

Son of regiment field cut Sigismundus Zetlitz, f. 1725, September 19, 1762, g. December 12, 1752 Mette Christine Magnus, born September 29, 1735, November 22, 1772.

Family/Spouse: Guri Svendsdatter Riise. Guri was born on 16 Nov 1777; died on 17 Oct 1825 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexander Magnus Zetlitz was born on 10 Dec 1813 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; died on 4 Aug 1857 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway.
2. Mette Christine Zetlitz was born on 25 Feb 1815 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; died on 17 Dec 1888.

Christian married Frøchen Kielland on 24 Aug 1780 in Domkirken, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Frøchen (daughter of Gabriel Kirsebom Jansen Kielland and Margaretha Maria Jacobsdatter Lund) was born on 24 Oct 1754 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway; died on 21 Mar 1815 in Christianslyst, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Methe Christine Zetlitz was born on 25 Nov 1783 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; died in 1815 in Linen-Hill, Shannaghan, County Down, Ireland.

Notes:

Sigusmundus took his examination in surgery in Copenhagen in 1747. He took up his practice in Drammen and continued in Stavanger the 25th of June 1750 at the Vesterlenske nasjonale infanteri Regiment in Stavanger. He died at a war operation in Kolding (Denmark) 19 Sep 1762 on a retreat march from Holstein.

Sigismundius married Mette Christine Magnus on 12 Dec 1752 in Domkirken, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Mette (daughter of Christian Magnus and Christine Aagaard Seehusen) was born on 29 Sep 1735 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; was christened on 29 Sep 1735 in Domkirken Frue, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; died on 22 Nov 1772 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; was buried on 30 Nov 1772 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johan married Kirsten Hansdatter Parelius. Kirsten was born in 1708; died on 12 Jun 1750 in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christian was born at 2:30 AM, at home, on 2 Nov. 1707. He was christened two days later. His Godfathers were his grandfather Christian Magnus, Anders Jensen and Mogns Christensen. His godmothers were his mother , Aalet Christen Mognsens and sister Bente Magnus.

He was churchward and retailer.

Christian married Christine Aagaard Seehusen on 17 Oct 1731 in Domkirken Frue, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Christine (daughter of Hans Mortensen Seehuusen and Mette Christina Hansdatter Buch) was born in Dec 1699 in Helleland, Rogaland, Norway; died in Jun 1754 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; was buried on 28 Jun 1754 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hindrich Andreas MAGNUS
• Occupation: Captain and grocer.

Henrich married Regine Christensdatter Beyer on 23 Feb 1707. Regine (daughter of Christen Mognsen Beyer and Maren Hansdatter Mondrich) was born on 21 Jan 1681 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway; died on 9 Dec 1738 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway; was buried on 16 Dec 1738 in Nykirken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Helleland, Rogaland, Norway; Sogneprest
• Residence: 1701, Helleland, Rogaland, Norway

Hans married Mette Christina Hansdatter Buch on 28 Jan 1696 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Mette (daughter of Hans Hanssønn Buch and Maren Andersdatter Aagaard) died in 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1701, Eldøen, Stord, Hordaland, Norway

Notes:

Christian Magnus 4/21/1730 was buried in Nykirken. He was married twice:
a. Margrethe Andersdtr Rask, buried 7/24/1695.
b. Catharina Simons from Amsterdam. Buried 4/3/1730 in Nykirken.
(Note: According to the city records in Bergen and Stavanger, dated 3/27/1730, all the children of the 2nd marriage had emigrated to Holland.)

Children born to the first marriage were:

3a1**Henrich Magnus, born on 2/26/1684 in Storøen died on 4/17/1739 was buried at the Nykirken in Bergen on 4/23. He was a Captain and later a grocer. He married, on 2/23/1707,a Regine Christensdtr Beyer (born on 1/21/1681 and died on 12/9/1738). She was the daughter of a Christen Mognson Beyer, probably a relative of Absalon Pederson. Absalon was born in 1527 and died in 1574. He was a Bergenhouse priest.

3a2 Bente Magnus, born in 1687 died in 4/1718. Married a Jens Hansen Meyer and had one child named Bernt Jensen Meyer, who was born in 1717 (he was 6 months old when his mother died).

3a3 Abel Magnus, born in 1688 and died on 12/3/1751. Bergen records (1/26/1752) show she was buried in Domkirken. She married a Lenert van Sanden who died in 1732. Domkirken.
Children:
3b1. Margerethe van Sanden, bapt. 3/20/1720 in Mariakirken.
3b2. Ole van Sanden, bapt. 3/20/1722.
3b3. Lenert van Sanden, bapt 1718/
3b4. Christian Magnus van Sanden, bapt. 12/3/1728, died 1759.

Residence:
Forrige Borgemester og Tolder Storøen.
Former Mayor and Tax Collector in Stord.

Christian married Margrethe Andersdtr Rasch. Margrethe (daughter of Andres Rasmussen Rasch) died in Jul 1695 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway; was buried on 24 Jul 1695 in Nykirken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christen married Maren Hansdatter Mondrich. Maren died in 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1672, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; Skipsreder, Raadmand

Notes:

Morten Hanssen Seehuusen was a son of Hans Seehuusen, Merchant of Bredsted and Christine Mortensdatter. He was baptised 5 Jun 1629 at Bredsted in Schleswig Germany. He died 25 May 1693 in Stavanger, and was buried 1 Jun 1693 in Stavanger. He married Elisabeth Søfrensdtr Godtzen, daughter of Søfren Pedersen Godtzen and Elisabeth Christensdtr Trane, on 13 Feb 1659 in Stavanger.

Morten Seehuus was appointed Raadmand in Stavanger on December 11 1672.

11/12 1672 councilor in Stavanger, 16 years church steward; was set in 1676 in the 3rd War Class Command. He bought c. 1675 the farm Malde in Håland, which remained in the possession of his descendants until 1836, and owned many farms and town properties. He carried as an arms mark an anchor, and on the helmet a justice with swords and scales.


6.1.1659 (Digital archive, NRA diploma collection, page 63487 and Kielland collections package 2), citizen Karsten Løtke pledged for his debt of 200 riksdaler to Morten Seehusen's house, farm and land, which Løtke's brother-in-law Phillip Jørgensen previously used. On the 20th day, the Seehusen could move into the house and then, without notice, use it for four years for annual rent 20 riksdaler and thereby shorten the mortgage. On February 27, 1963, he transferred the property to Morten Seehusen to full property. Neighbors were Knut Klaussen and Lars Sørensen. Three seals: Karsten Løtke, Jakop Thomassen and Johan Lange. Listed at Stavanger City Hall 16.3.1659, and included in the city's book page 140.

27.2.1663 (Kielland's collections packages 2-1 and 2-3 - reference to "ad dipl" and Erichsen, 1903, page 296) Anne widow after Karsten Lytke sold a farm to Morten Seehusen . It had previously been mortgaged to Morten Seehusen. Knut Klaussen and Lars Sørensen were neighbors.

7.12.1664 (SAS, PA 11 Kiekand, package 10A and in summary in SBA, PA Axel Kielland, package 2), Mayor Severin Pedersen Godtzen sold to his brother-in-law Morten Seehusen and my daughter Elisabet ("Lisebeth") Severinsdatter for 200 riksdaler a reason and property called Jesper Bager's Land. It lies directly above his inherent ground. They must keep it in its lifetime. Basic Rent. Signed by Severin Godzen and Elisabet Trane. Severin Godzen's seal . Inscription below of 22.3.1688 by Lisbet Trane as a widow: Her brother-in-law and dear daughter Elisabet Sørensdatter have now paid the 200 riksdalen. He has deducted debts and paid for debts in Hamburg.

29.8.1667 (Digital Archive, City Court Protocol BB7, page 52 and Erichsen, 1903, page 375), the late Laurits Falmersen owned a farm on Skagen called Horkens farm . Children's guardian Morten Seehusen and postmaster Søren Pedersen put it up for sale.

28.6.1668 (Erichsen, 1903, pages 403-404 and Kielland's collections package 2, add 3) sold Peder Sørensen (Erichsen adds: Godtsen) in Kvinesdal to Morten Seehusen : Erik Hanssen's grounds - a sea house with grounds and bulwark. It lay between the public at the floor of the deceased Iver Nilsen on one side and the estate of Herman Baker on the other. The deceased Willum Anderssen had purchased the widow of the late city bailiff Jakop Sørensen.

9.9.1674 (Erichsen, 1903, page 461) Peder Sørensen had read a letter of purchase at a house and mound in Stavanger that he now lives in and uses. Previously, the deceased belonged to Peder Knutsen . Morten Seehusen and Knut Klaussen sell their parts for 240 riksdaler.

10.2.1675 (Kielland's collections package 2, add 3 with reference to "ad diploma") baker Jørgen Klaussen sold to councilor Morten Seehusen a plot behind his sister Maren Evertsdatter , now inherent house and land. Just above the Seehusen's own kitchen windows. In length from Tverrgaten beyond the beach. With Nedre Algate to Jens Jenssen's Hiermanns - who councilor deceased Laurits Pedersen owned before - 21 years old. In width from the lower street to Tverrgaten to Maren Evertsdatter's 15.5 cubits. On to Jens Jenssen Hierman's nearest property across the well 21 cubits. Width along Jens Jenssen Hiermann to the lower gate 15.5 cubits. The ground was deserted. Basic rent for senior lecturer in Stavanger 5 Danish shilling and for parish priest 10 shilling. Witnesses Laurits Sørensen, Jørgen Klaussen's brother-in-law and Jørgen Heer citizen (seal a fish and on the helmet a standing bird).

7.3.1676 (Gundersen, 1953, page 90) pledged skipper Knut Olsen to Morten Seehusen for 100 riksdaler houses and property. 6% interest.

4.7.1678 (Kielland, Package 2 add 3, page 11), councilor Søren Torkelsen owned a house that was inherited until his son belongs to Jakop Sørensen. When shifted by him 28.04.1670 went got Morten Seehusen outlays in the house for 20 thalers. This court sold the Seehusen in 1678, a purchase letter published 4.7.1678 to citizen Ole Mortensen Vestmann.

24.11.1678 (Digital archive, mortgage book I, pages 64b-65) Ole Vestmann pledged his house and grounds called Horkens farm as parish priest to Sola Kristian Klaussen Jæger for 80 riksdaler. 5% interest. Witness Councilman Morten Seehuusen and Town Hall and City Writer Jørgen Kortsen.

14.2.1679 (Kielland's collections package 2, add 3 and Gundersen, 1953, page 92) sold Maren Evertsdatter - widow after Laurits Jenssen joins councilor Seehusen's house and plot between Almenngaten in the east and Jens Jenssen Hiermann's property in the west. Her husband had inherited the property from her parents. Hook Cabinet. Basic Rent.

27.11.1679 (Gundersen, 1953, page 92) Maren Evensdatter widowed Laurit Jenssen to Morten Seehusen a house between Almanngata in the east and Jens Jenssen Hiermann's house in the west.

23.8.1682 (HA med referanse til pantebok I side 17b) skjøtet Hertvig Godtzen og Hans Sørensen til rådmann Morten Seehusen på Arnegårds grunner.

28.8.1682 (SAS, Pantebok 1A, 1682-1686, side 17b-18) solgte medtjener Hartvig Godtzen og teologistudent Hans Godtzen til deres svoger rådmann Morten Seehusen Arnegårds grunner. Det var utlagt på skiftet etter deres avdøde stefar. Salgssum 400 riksdaler. Viser til at moren eller hennes barn kan løse inn eiendommen innen 20 år. Vitner er deres kjære mor (Under dokumentet skriver hun Lisbet Godtzen enke etter borgermester Søren Pedersen) og deres bror magister Jens Godtzen, Godske Godtzen og Henrik Godtzen.

10.7.1685 (Kielland, pakke 4c) oppbudsbo etter tidligere postmester Peder Lauritsen (han var i live). En sjøgrunn hvorpå Peder Lauritsens avbrente hovedvåning hadde stått med tvers ovenfor beliggende hage 160 riksdaler. En grunn ovenfor gaten som avdøde Peder Godkesen sist bode på 44 riksdaler. En hage ved Kleven, mellom Grimsageren og Morten Seehusens hage. Taksert til 24 riksdaler. Videre en sjøgrunn på Stranden fra sjøen opp gjennom, hvor det står to hus – som hører til andre. Taksert til 30 riksdaler. Vist til skifte etter tidligere rådmann Søren Pedersen 26.6.1671, som var Peder Lauritsens formann i ekteskapet. Barn: Peder Sørensen, Povel Sørensen, Kirsten Sørensen og Jannikke Sørensdatter (gm Matias Tanke).

27.2.1686 (jamfør Kiellands samlinger pakke 2, legg 3) rådmann Seehusen kjøpte på auksjon to grunner som tilhørte og hadde vært bebodd av magister Klaus Lauritssen Scaboes enke Maren Schønnebøl. Den ene lå nedenfor Seehusens beboede grunn, den andre ved Hospitalet. 320 riksdaler 1 ort. Det var avdøde Marchen Henriksdatter og tidlige medtjener Laurits Klaussen til Domkirkens eiendommer. En del av Harestad i Goa skiprede med 3 pund korn i landskyld ble solgt til Klaus og Peder Lauritssønner for 170 riksdaler. Bak på dokumentet: Auksjonsskjøte på Marcken enke etter Hr. Lars’ grunn her nedenfor meg og så den grunnen ved Hospitalet for min sønn Hans Seehusen.

26.8.1691 (Erichsen, 1906, side 461-462 og SAS pantebok II side 47-48) solgte Johanne – enke etter Henrik Pettersen Reimers til Hans Lodhof vever en hagegrunn kalt Frans badskjærs grunn. mellom Albert Marckhes hus og Morten Seehuusens hage. Årlig sedvanlig grunnleie. Lovverge Kort Høyer og Wibolt Jæger er vitner.

27.9.1692 (Digitalarkivet, Pantebok 1b, side 100ff - https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/23503/101, HA med referanse til pantebok II side 100, Erichsen, 1906, side 469 og Kielland, pakke 2, legg 3 side 15b) skjøtet predikant til Stavanger domkirke Hartig Godtzen og med sin hustrues samtykke, til sin svoger rådmann Morten Seehusen to hageplasser ved Breiavatnet. Den ene like opp og nord ved min svoger Morten Seehusens hage, som jeg av min mormor matrone Johanna enke etter Her Henrik har tilforhandlet meg. Den andre hageplassen den tilforhandlede hage er liggende, som jeg av Sr. Jakop Skredders arvinger har kjøpt, og på samme hagegrunn har min svigermor sitt hus oppsatt som hun årlig der av bør gi for hele grunnen en riksdaler. Har mottatt betalingen på 80 riksdaler.

19.6.1693 (SAS, Pantebok 1b, side 102b-103b) skjøtet tidligere rådmann Morten Seehusen til borger Søren Pedersen Brun og hans hustru Ingeborg Gundersdatter en grunn på Skagen. Den ligger til sjøen mellom avdøde Thomas Kristensens tidligere tilhørende grunn i sør og til almenningen i nord. Årlig grunnleie. Vitner Lauritz Søfrensen og Kristen Lauritzen (i underskriften skriver han Kristen Lauritzen Hilm) begge borgere.

16.2.1694 (SAS Pantebok II side 125-126 - http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:tl_read?show=126&uid=17118&urnread_imagesize=full&hode=ja&ls=1&x=11&y=4, Erichsen, 1906, side 481 og Kielland, pakke 2, legg 3 side 15b) skjøtet Morten Seehusen med sin hustrues samtykke til Nils Olsen Urtegårdsmann på en hage nedenfor Hospitalet langs ved Jan Prahls hage. Årlig grunnleie 2 riksdaler. Vitner Laurtiz Søfrensen, Heilman og J. Praele. Lest for retten 23.2.1694.

29.8.1698 (NRA, Localia, pakke 43a, jamfør Gundersen, 1953, side 221-222 og SAS, pantebok IIa side 39b-40) solgte Peder Jenssen og hans hustru Anne Karstensdatter til Beate Karstensdatter sin andel i en grunn i Krigen på Strandgaten mellom Elisabeth – enke etter Morten Seehusen og Jørgen Pedersens enke. Av en etterskrift på dokumentet i NRA framgår det at eiendommen var benefisert gods. Tre segl: Peder Jensen med et bumerke, Kristen Jensen Brun med et dyr som holder et kors og Bartun.

Morten married Elisabeth Søfrensdatter Godtzen on 13 Feb 1659 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Elisabeth (daughter of Søfren Pedersen Godtzen and Elisabeth Christensdatter Trane) was born on 26 Aug 1639 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; died on 4 Dec 1714 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hans married Maren Andersdatter Aagaard. Maren was born in 1647; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Stavanger's town records exists a statement: "5/11/1637 Captain Heinrich Magnus, from Lübeck, sailed the ship 'Salvator'". On 5/7/1643 he had been to Bergen with a sailship. Hendrich Magnus, Captain 2nd Sand/Hordland Company, attached to a regiment from Bergen, most probably a son of Heinrich Magnus. A royal commission license, from the records of a Jens Bjelke's dated 12/29/1657, shows that he was stationed in Trondheim in Nov 1657. During March and April 1658, he went with his company to Røras, where they chased a Swedish Regiment. Stavanger records, dated 11/28/1658, show "arrived in Bergen with Captain Magnus and all the soldiers that were discharged". On 10/13/1659 his company received new uniforms and then went by rental boats to Lærdal and then marched over the mountains to Kristiania. From there to Halden, where they fought and captured a Swedish camp in 1660. There were only 67 men alive after the battle. These notes were taken from Wahl: "the old House of Bergen Regiment History". Then his name dissappears from the military records. His company is led by a Captain von Walnitz, in 1662, and a short time thereafter by a Pitter Normann. In the Church of Kors "Book of History" there is mentioned a Major Magnus, born 10/14/1622, died 5/18/1694. It has been impossible to identify this person as Captain Magnus. There is a possibility that Captain Magnus went into foreign service at which time he was promoted to Major. (In Y. Nielsen's book: "The Battle of Trondheim, 1657 -1660", page 150, there is mentioned a Lieutenant Magnus who led a regiment of 16 men and a bugler. On 1/17 1659 12 new men reported and were sent south.)

Sons:

1. Hindrich Magnus, custom house records show he was buried 3/25/1709 in the New Church. (In Bergen records it is mentioned that Johan Herman Brynning's wife's half brother Christian Magnus, Henrik Magnus imprisoned in Dunkerque. Brother Frantz Henriksen Magnus' children: Henrik Frantzen Magnus in Vlissingen. Ahasverus Magnus is living in Trondheim in 1696.)

2. Ahasverus Magnus lived in Trondheim in 1696.

3. Christian Magnus buried 4/21/1730 in the New Church. He was married twice:
a. Margrethe Andersdtr Rask, buried 7/24/1695.
b. Catharina Simons from Amsterdam. Buried 4/3/1730 in the New Church.
(Note: According to the city records in Bergen and Stavanger, dated 3/27/1730, all the children of the 2nd marriage had emigrated to Holland.)

Children of Heinrich Magnus are:
Christian Magnus, b. Abt. 1650, Stord Island, Norway, d. 21 Apr 1730, Bergen, Norway.
Hindrich Magnus, b. 1648, d. 25 Mar 1709, Nykirken.

Heinrich married Maren Christine Munthe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Godtzen family:
A total of ten brothers Godtzen across Jutland came to Stavanger in the first half of the 1600s. They were given all positions of office, among others. other as councilors in Stavanger. Søfren Pedersen Godtzen operated a trade, and owned ships and eventually bought up a large number of properties both in the city and around the county. He was in his time the richest man in the city and became mayor. The family's position in Stavanger throughout the 17th century was strengthened by marrying a number of his 18 children. He was himself a wiger to another powerful man in Stavanger, Christen Thrane. The Trane family: Christen Trane, smith bailiff over Stavanger County, Christen Christensen Thrane, operated a trade, owned ships and was a customs officer. Rector M. Bemtsen writes about him in his book Place name in Stavanger: “In 1612 & @ he, by Stavanger Domkapitel, he prepped the old trading house with facade facing Torvet, which has gained such wide space in Alex. Kielland's novels, the house where skipper Worse - lived. Later it was & now by Wpmann Johan Prahl. The last owner was the house Jacob Kielland & S0n, who in 1852 sold it to the municipality, which demolished it and the house and the back building of the "Worsesmauet" ril extension of the Square. u Seehusen and Smith: Kieland's text also mentions the Smith family. The connection is as follows: Shen (Severiu) and Elisabeth 7. bm, the daughter Elisabeth, married Morten Hansen Seehusen, from Holstein. Through his marriage, Seehusen was able to build up as a merchant and eventually took a leading position, both in business and through office as a councilor. When he joined Me in1694, it was his widow, Elisabeth Smensdatter, who took over the management of the business. When she died in 17 14, the business was taken over by her attorney and daughter, Laurits Andersen Smith, smn by Anders (Andrew) Smith. As a result, both the Godtzen family's and the Seehusen family's business came over to the Smith family's hands. The Smith family owned b1.a. "Blidensol."

Sofra Godtzen Pedersen (born in Denmark in 1599 , died in Stavanger in 1665 ) was the feudal lord in Stavanger from 1622 and Fogd of Jæren and valleys in 1632. Two years later he became city manager, and in 1638 he became mayor of Stavanger.
Sofra was in 1630 married to Elisabeth Christensdatter Trane (born in Stavanger in 1613 , died in Stavanger in 1684 . Both Godtzen and Crane families were old priest and futefamilier who came to Norway from Denmark and Germany . Sofra and Elizabeth had at least 18 children. Their daughter Anne Søfrensdatter Godtzen (born 10 June 1642 in Stavanger , died on 26 December 1710 in Søgne ) was married to "the wise priest Bjelland" Søren Schive .

In Stavanger Cathedral hangs today a epitaf Godtzen Lord Mayor and his family. Two of the children who died very young, is painted with englevinger.

Søfren married Elisabeth Christensdatter Trane on 10 Jan 1630 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Elisabeth (daughter of Christen Christensen Trane and Anna Jensdatter Køge) was born in 1613 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; died on 16 Oct 1684 in Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]