Jens Nielsen Family

Marriage, Vindum parish register, page 112. Jens Nielsen and Maren Jensdatter both of Vindum are listed under the "1722." There are two entries. The first entry is May 3, 1722 and also lists the name of Jens Pedersen which I think would be Maren's father. This entry may be announcing their intention to marry. The next entry if for October 4, 1722 says that they were married in the church. As a note to this document and the other documents in these earlier parish registers---detailed entries are not the norm that give clues for links to other family members, places, etc that truly help to confirm the identity of the person. These documents I found have the same name and rough time of the current records in our family and on new family search.

Birth, Vindum parish register, page 57. Laurids is christened 12 p Trin or August 15, 1723 in the church. His father is Jens Nielsen from Vindum. He is carried by Laurids ? wife?, Witnesses were Jens ? son Anders of Vindu, Laurids Larsen and Thomas ? ?.

Introduction, Vindum parish register, page 272. 16 p Trinit or September 12, 1723 the son of Jens Nielsen from Vindum is introduced. Herman's life has been documented in the prior post.

Death, Vindum parish register, page 215. Jens Nielsen of Vindum dies in 1731 on 10 p Trinit or July 29. He was 32 years old and 4 months, putting his birth in March or April of 1699. Unfortunately the first Vindum parish register begins in 1701. Unfortunately because I only have a name and age I can only guess that this is our ancestor as this agrees with the family records that we have. His father in our records is Niels Jensen Praest and mother is Catherine Hermansdatter.

Death, Vindum parish register, page 221. Maren Jensdatter, presumably the widow of Jens Nielsen, dies 24 p Trinit ? or November 8, 1739 at the age of 40 years. This agrees with what we have in our family records. Interestingly two entries above her is a Niels Jensen P?st of Vindum who dies at the age of 72 on 7 p trinit or July 12, 1739. Our records say that the father of Jens Nielsen was Niels Jensen Praest and his birth year was around 1667 putting his age at 72 if he died in 1739. I would assume that this is Jens father.

Confirmation, Vindum parish register, page 170. Lauritz Jensen is confirmed in 1742. Since his father passed away he is accompanied by Christen Sorensen. I don't know what the word is after Christen's name---something to show the translators in SLC. He is living in Faarup.

Marriage, Vindum parish register, page 130. Laurids Jensen and Anne Andersdatter of Faarup are the first entry under 1749 and "announce" their engagement 10 p Trinitas or August 10. They are married in the church 20 p Trinit or October 19. There is a name before Anne's in both entries Soren ?. He must not be Anne's father as her last name would be Sorensdatter. Something else to show the translators in SLC.