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Jacob Christensen 1579–1657 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1579

Birth Location: Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark

Death Date: 1657

Death Location: Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark

Father: Christen Christensen

Mother: Maren Brasen

Spouse(s): Maren Sønnichsen

Children(s): Anders Jacobsen

Jacob Christensen was born in 1579 in Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark, the child of Christen Christensen And Maren Jacobsdatter Brasen. Jacob Christensen married Maren Snnichsen, and had children including Anders Nordal Jacobsen. Jacob Christensen passed away in 1657 in Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark.

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Biography

  • Jacob Christensen was born in 1579 in Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark, the child of Christen Christensen And Maren Jacobsdatter Brasen.
  • Jacob Christensen married Maren Snnichsen, and had children including Anders Nordal Jacobsen.
  • Jacob Christensen passed away in 1657 in Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christen Christensen
1532–1604
Birth Location: Vesterbølle, Denmark
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Maren Brasen
1567–
Birth Location: Praestegaard, Gedsted, Viborg, Denmark
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Spouses(s)

Maren Sønnichsen
1590–1676
Birth Location: Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark
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Children(s)

Anders Jacobsen
1610–1663
Birth Location: Rødøy, Nordland, Norway
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Jacob Christensen's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Christensen
1579–1657
Birth Place: Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark
Parents
Christen Christensen
1532–1604
Vesterbølle, Denmark
Maren (Jacobsdatter) Brasen
1567–
Praestegaard, Gedsted, Viborg, Denmark
Grandparents
Christen Nielsen
1500–1572
Vesterbølle, Rinds Herred
Jacob (Pedersen) Brasen
1524–1581
Gedsted, Viborg, Denmark
Mette (Eskilsdatter) Brok
1524–1583
Viborg, Viborg, Danemark
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Christensen's Descendants

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Jacob Christensen (1579–1657) m. Maren Sønnichsen (1590–8 Sep 1676)
  1. 1. Anders (Nordal) Jacobsen 1610–1663 m. Elen (Karine Anders) Sorensen 1611–1702
    1. 1. Catherine (Karin) Andersdotter 1665–1739 m. Samuel Stidham 1685–1721
      1. 1. Anna (Rachel) Stedham 1705–1789 m. James (Thomas) Byrd 1702–1778
        1. 1. Sarah (Susannah) Bird 1755–1844 m. Elijah (Louis) Hooten 1753–1844
        2. 2. William (David) Bird 1732–1783
        3. 3. Benjamin Bird 1725–1824
        4. 4. John Bird 1726–1809
        5. 5. Elizabeth Bird 1728–1796
        6. 6. Rachel Bird 1736–
        7. 7. Rebekah Bird 1732–1776
      2. 2. Margaret (Lylofsdotter) Stedham 1690–1748
      3. 3. Lulof (Lulofsson) Stedham 1692–1749
      4. 4. Ingeborg (Lylofsdotter) Stedham 1695–1720

Jacob Christensen's Timeline

2 Records

1579
1579
Birth of Jacob Christensen in Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark
Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark
1657
1657
Age 78
Death of Jacob Christensen in Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark
Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1579
    Event Place: Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1657
    Event Place: Vindblæs, Nordjylland, Denmark
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