ROBBERTSDATTER, MAGRETHE [SSNE 5241]

Surname

ROBBERTSDATTER

First name

MAGRETHE

Nationality

SCOTO-NORWEGIAN

Text source

James Flech [SSNE 4656] came originally from Orkney and became a burgess of Bergen. His trade was listed as "bordklamper". He married in Bergen, and his wife left a will in 1703. They had a daughter, Kristen Jacobsdatter Flech [SSNE 5239] who married a sailor called Robert Jorgensen. They in turn had two daughters, Malene [SSNE 5240] and Margrethe Robbertsdatter who were born in the 1680s and mentioned in James Flech's wife's will of 1703. Kirsten also had a son called Jacob Robbertsen [SSNE 5286].

 

Spources:

N. Nicolaysen, Bergens Borgerbog 1550-1751 (Oslo, 1878), p.100; Bergen Statsarkiv, Sollied Archive. Index cards for Robbertsen and Robbertsdatter. Female

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGEN, NORWAY

Arrived 1680-01-01

Departed 1703-12-31

Purpose MISC.