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1076 Per Persson Smed

1076 Per Persson Smed, XI:53. Per died aft 1638. Occupation: Farmer. Residence: Rudsjö, Fjällsjö.

Sources: Agneta Olofsson, Fjällsjö byar och gårdar: Rudsjö 1
Bertil G Johnson
Mohlund: Helgums socken del1 page 52
Rickard Gothe: Finnkolonisationen pages 102-106

Per Persson Smed was a Finn from Gudmundrå. He was farmer 1627-38 on Rudsjö 1 (the eastern farm, 6 sel).
In the war against Norway in 1644 the Finns participated in the guard if the border. They were located in a small redoubt near Hammerdal with a garrison of 21 persons. Per Persson's three sons Per, Måns and Zackarias quarrelled a great deal. Måns wanted to shoot the Swedish guard. Per was later on sentenced to death for larceny at some neighbours. He should be decapitated or hanged. But he succeeded - as usual ­ to escape. He was called Per Persson the Great Smith. Per accused his brother Zackarias of counterfeiting .But Per could not prove his accusation. Zackarias moved first to Ås, Helgum and later to Graninge where he was a settler in Södergraninge. There he got into a dispute with hit brother-in-law Knut Påhlsson.

Children:
i. Per
ii. Zackarias
538 iii. Måns, X:27 (-<1659)
iv. Olof



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