Person:Torstein Brynjulvsson Noradal (1)

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Torstein Brynjulvsson Noradal
  1. Torstein Brynjulvsson NoradalEst 1622 - 1710
m. Est 1644
  1. Helge Torsteinsdatter NoradalEst 1644 - 1726
  2. Brynjulv Torsteinsson NoradalEst 1647 - 1740
  3. Anund Torsteinsson Noradal1652 - Abt 1689
  4. Kjersti Torsteinsdatter Noradal1655 - 1655
  5. Gunhild Torsteinsdatter NoradalAbt 1658 - 1659
  6. Kari Torsteinsdatter Noradal1659 - 1729
m. 27 Oct 1661
  1. Ingeborg Torsteinsdatter Noradal1662 -
  2. Hans Torsteinsson Noradal1664 - 1725
  3. Olav Torsteinsson Noradal1669 - 1730
  4. Harald Torsteinsson Noradal1674 - 1703
Facts and Events
Name Torstein Brynjulvsson Noradal
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1622 Noradal, Nes parish, Sauherad, Telemark, Norway
Residence Noradal, Nes parish, Sauherad, Telemark, Norwaywith Åste Sigurdsdatter
Marriage Est 1644 to Kari Olavsdatter Tveit
Residence 1645 Noradal, Nes parish, Sauherad, Telemark, Norwaywith Kari Olavsdatter Tveit
Marriage 27 Oct 1661 Sauherad, Telemark, Norwayto Åste Sigurdsdatter
Burial[2] 2 Oct 1710 Sauherad, Telemark, Norway

Torstein owned some land in Tveit in Flåbygd (his wife's inheritance) and some land in Nordre Årnes, besides all of Noradal, where he lived[3].

References
  1. Kirkeby, Birger. Bygdebok for Sauherad, gards og ættesoge. (Sauherad: Utgjevar Sauherad kommune, 1980-1988)
    5:256, Nordadal.

    'Torstein Brynjulvsson [child of Brynjulv Haraldsson] ca. 1622-1710 blei g ca. 1644 m Kari Olsd. frå Tveit i Flåbygd d 1659. Torstein og kona gav koppskatt i 1645.'

    translation: Torstein Brynjulvsson [child of Brynjulv Haraldsson] ca. 1622-1710 was married ca. 1644 to Kari Olsdatter from Tveit in Flåbygd d 1659. Torstein and his wife paid poll tax in 1645.

  2. Den Norske kirke. Sauherad prestegjeld (Telemark). Kirkebøker, 1649-1912. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmet av the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948, 1959, 1979, 1984, 1992)
    1710 events.

    "(Torsdagen etter [Thursday after]) ... 2 8brs [October] ... ligpigen [liigprædiken: burial sermon] ... Tosten Norendall"
    The entry comes immediately before one for the 16th Sunday after Trinity (5 Oct).

  3. Kirkeby, Birger. Bygdebok for Sauherad, gards og ættesoge. (Sauherad: Utgjevar Sauherad kommune, 1980-1988)
    5:257, Nordadal.

    'Torstein Nordadal er omtala fyrste gong i 1644, og han åtte da 2 1/2 tn. i garden. Året etter var han eigar av heile Nordadal på 5 tn. ...
    'Forutan heile Nordadal, som han åtte og skatta av heilt til han døde i 1710, var Torstein frå 1648 og eigar av 1 1/2 tn. i Tveit i Flåbygd, konas odel. I 1650-åra løyste han inn 2 1/2 tn. i Nordre Årnes, som og var gammalt odelsgods i ætta. Meir enn desse 9 1/2 tn. jord kan ein ikkje sjå at Torstein sat med nokon gong. Tradisjonen vil ha det til at Torstein Nordadal var ein uvanleg rik mann, men det er ikkje rett.'

    translation: Torstein Nordadal is referred to for the first time in 1644, and he owned then 2 1/2 tn. in the farm. The year after, he was owner of all of Nordadal at 5 tn. ...
    Besides the entire Nordadal, which he owned and was taxed on all the way until he died in 1710, Torstein was, from 1648, also owner of 1 1/2 tn. in Tveit in Flåbygd, his wife's inheritance. In the 1650s, he bought out 2 1/2 tn. in Nordre Årnes, which was an old inheritance of his people. More than these 9 1/2 tn. of land one cannot see that Torstein had anything else. Tradition has it that Torstein Nordadal was an unusually rich man, but that is not correct.