Peder Godtzen

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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Jens Godtzen, f. 5,4 1637, f 29,6 1713, Provst, Sogneprœst til Stavanger, Jubellœrer, hans Epitaphium findes i Stavanger Domkirke. * 1. 1664 Christine S0frensdatter Brunstееn (eller Heggelund, f. 1647, begr. 3 12 1666.

Datter af Sogneprœst S0fren Frantzen Brunsteeu eller Heggeluud, f 17s 1(J83, se S. 82, og Hustru Mette Matsdatter Tausan, begr. Dom. 17 p. Trin. 1671, S0ster af Biskop i Stavanger Christian Tausan og efter al Sandsynlighed Efterkommer af Biskop Hans Tausen (eller Tausan) f. 1494, f "|n 1561.
Familien Tausans Vaaben var: i Skjoldet en bekrandset Vildmand holdende en gylden K011e, paa Hjelmen en be- krandset Vildmand med en gylden K011e paa Skulderen.

Jens married Christine Soerensdotter Hegelund in 1664. Christine was born about 1641 in Vindafjord, Rogaland, Norway; died on 2 Dec 1666 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jens married Anne Jensdatter Hiermann in 1668 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Anne was born in 1647 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; died on 19 Apr 1733 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisabeth married Morten Hanssøn Seehuusen on 13 Feb 1659 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Morten was born on 5 Jun 1629 in Holsten, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Germany; was christened in Bredstedt, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died in May 1694 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway; was buried on 1 Jun 1694 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Lorentz Petersen Müller on 13 Oct 1725 in Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway. Lorentz was born in 1684 in , , Denmark; died on 11 Aug 1751 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christina married Michael Sørensen Leigh on 17 Nov 1684 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway. Michael was born in 1656 in København, København, Sjælland, Denmark; died on 20 Mar 1710 in Tveit, Vest-Agder, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Severin de Svanenhielm (Seehuusen) was born in 1664, died in 1726, was founding clerk in Bergen in 1711 and held this office also in Stavanger and Northern Norway. He belonged to a wealthy citizen family in Stavanger. He owned, among other things, the Damsgaard estate on Laksevåg, where the Damsgård main farm is located and Arnegård in Stavanger. He must also have built the oldest parts of it. He was knighted in 1720 under the name Svanenhielm, which he had assumed when he bought the Svanøy estate in 1719. Coat of arms Before the nobility, Severin Seehusen used a coat of arms with a skull placed on two crossed bones and under one arm from a cloud. The helmet sign is a standing swan with raised wings. In his coat of arms he received several figures with special symbolism. In the weapon the shield is divided into four parts: 1st field blue with a silver swan (so-called "talking weapon" for the name). It probably refers to Svanøy. 2nd field gold with a red house. It can be a red-painted house or it can be a brick house. It may refer to Damsgård, but can also be a "talking weapon" for the name Seehusen. We do not know if it is a sign of a real house. The third field is the same as the second field, but here it is a silver house. 4th field is equal to 1st field. On the helmet, the helmet is a silver swan. Around the neck of the helmet hangs a gold necklace attached to a blue ribbon. Sources Norwegian Wikipedia: Severin Seehusen Svanenhielm munthe.net: Severin Seehusen Note Severin Seehusen (born 1664, died 1726) was a founding clerk in Bergen in 1711 and held this office also in Stavanger and Northern Norway. He belonged to a wealthy citizen family in Stavanger. He owned, among other things, the Damsgaard estate on Laksevåg, where the Damsgård main farm is located and Arnegård in Stavanger. He must also have built the oldest parts of it. He was honored in 1720 under the name Svanenhjelm, which he had taken when he bought the Svanøy estate in 1719. (By Irene Røyneberg) Adlet 'de Svanenhielm' 1720. Eide Svanøy Main estate from 1720 Was a successful merchant in 1702. Severin was noble 20 Dec 1720 after he took over Svanøy Main Estate, having acquired Damsgaard Main Estate just before. He came for a few years afterwards in a bottomless cash shortage of over 100,000 riksdaler, and the King took over the goods.

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]