Henrik Petersen Ystad

1662 - 1711  (48 years)

• Name	Henrik Petersen Ystad
  Birth	Nov 1662	Ystad, Skåne, Sweden
  Gender	Male
  Death	1711	Hviding, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway
  Burial	24 Feb 1711	Kvitsøy kyrkje, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway
  Person ID	I3541	Master
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family	Bergithe Jonsdatter Nyrop,   b. 1685   d. Jan 1767, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1704	Bergen, Hordaland, Norway   [1]
  Children	1. Morten Henrikson Seehusen,   b. 1709, Hviding, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway d. 1710, Hviding, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway (Age 1 year) + 2. Morten Henrik Petersen Von Fyren,   b. 1711, Hviding, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway d. 9 Jun 1765, Hviding, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F1178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Nov 1662 - Ystad, Skåne, Sweden Marriage - 1 May 1704 - Bergen, Hordaland, Norway Death - 1711 - Hviding, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway Burial - 24 Feb 1711 - Kvitsøy kyrkje, Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Norway  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  One night more than 200 years ago a wealthy businessman ("koebmann"), Henrik Petersen came sailing towards the Norwegian coast with his own ship. He had, on board, very valuable cargo from Lubeck (Germany). A storm forced the ship up against Jaerens Reef (Rogoland's Cape Horn). The ship, with its cargo, broke up in the rough seas. The only person on board to survive was Henrik Petersen. While he was floating around in the rough seas , fighting death, he promised God - that if he survived , he would spend the rest of his fortune on a lighthouse at the place where his ship had foundered. He did survive and kept his promise. He bought the land on "Kvitsoey" (an island just outside the entrance to Stavanger) where he built a lighthouse. He paid for its operation for many years thereafter. In gratitude, for doing so, the king at the time Christian VI, enobled him and gave him the name "von Fyren" In 1696 he took his citizenship of Bergen as a "seilingsman" (noble sort of sailor) from Holstein and settled down in Stavanger. He became the postmaster of the place and owner of Kvitsoey vippefyr and the lighthouse at Hoeyvarde in Karmoey. In 1822 by a Kings resolution (proclamation?) it was decided that the lighthouse at Kvitsoey was to be under bought and put under the control of the Norwegian Lighthouse establishment at a cost of 822 riksdaler, to be given to the oldest in every family. Later this was converted to n. Kroner 1200/year. There was another condition to the sale, 'all sons in the family were given the name "von Fyren". Henrik Petersen of Ystad had three sons. The first two did not live long, however, the youngest Morten Henrik Petersen von Fyren carried the family name onward.

  
  

• Sources

  [S440] National Archives of Norway, Bergen Parish Register, (http://www.arkivverket.no/) (Reliability: 3). Source information: Bergen county, Korskirken, Parish register (official) nr. A 8 (1698-1747), Marriage records 1704, page 45-46. http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20070321620554.jpg