Generation Seven

Birgitte Christine Kaas

Birgitte Christine Kaas
02 Oct 1682 – 14 Aug 1761

Daughter of Hans Jorgensen Kaas til Rostrup
and Sophie Amalie Bielke

Wife of Henrik Jorgen Huitfeldt

Mother of Sophie Beate Huitfeldt

Henrik Jorgen Huitfeldt

Henrik Jorgen Huitfeldt
09 Sep 1674 – 16 May 1751

Son of Tønne Jakobssøn Huitfeldt
and Sophie Amalie Rosenkrantz

Husband of Birgitte Christine Kaas

Father of Sophie Beate Huitfeldt

Helene Sophie Kaas

Helene Sophie Kaas
02 Sep 1680 – 26 Mar 1732

Daughter of Hans Jorgensen Kaas til Hastrup
and Sophie Amalie Bielke

Wife of Wilhelm de Tonsberg

Mother of Hans de Tonsberg

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Wilhelm de Tonsberg

Wilhelm de Tonsberg
04 Feb 1680 – 1731

Son of Mathias de Tonsberg
and Anna Catharina Mechlenburg

Husband of Helene Sophie Kaas

Father of Hans de Tonsberg

[Read more…] about Wilhelm de Tonsberg

Heritable family names (surnames) were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia. Nobility were the first to take names that would be passed on from one generation to the next. Later, clergy, artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Family names were still used together with primary patronyms (father’s name plus an affix denoting relationship), which were used by all social classes. This meant that most families until modern times did not have family names. Scandinavian patronyms were generally derived from the father’s given name with the addition of a suffix meaning ‘son’ or ‘daughter’. Sometimes the family name of the mother would be given to the children if that name carried status or an inheritance came from the mother’s side. The names of family farms or other place names were also used. A nobleman had the right to write himself to (Norwegian: til) the seat farm(s) or the estate(s) on which he resided, for example ‘Hans Kaas til Rostrup’.

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