The Törestorp family

 

Törestorps Mellangård as it looks today.

After being in Törestorp and looking at the farm there plus talking a bit with the people who lived there now, I thought it might be fun to write a little more about the part of the family that once lived there. After all, my grandmother's family lived in Törestorp for about 150 years, between the early 17th century and the middle of the 18th century.

Since I already wrote about the first in the family at Törestorps mellangård in my previous post, I thought I would continue from there:

Lars Assarsson owns and manages half of the tax home Stackebo, Gnosjö. He bought the farm from his father Assar Arvidsson in 1619.

The use of the farm seems to have been relatively extensive and from the cattle lengths in 1638 it appears that they had 2 oxen, 10 cows, 4 heifers, 6 old sheep and 12 young sheep, 1 piece of rice, 6 old goats and 14 young goats and 1 old pig. The seed consisted of 5 barrels.

In 1634, Lars Assarson and his brother Filip Assarsson sell a sister plot in Törestorp Mellangård to sister Elin Assarsdotter for 58 daler "good common coin". Probably, however, Lars Assarsson still has one and a half sister lots in Törestorp Mellangård.

Lars Assarsson is sometimes a committee member at so-called district councils. Lars also appears as a signer of the mantle length, which means that he was probably the church's sixman (prefect in todays language).

At the autumn session of 1664, Lars Assarsson, together with the parish priest Bergerus Colliander in Åsenhöga, requested that the shepherd or forest ranger and some committee members inspect some "harmful" oaks in their fields.

The barn to Törestorps Mellangård what it looks like today.

Jöns Larsson, Approximately 1610 - 1677, Homeowner in Törestorp Mellangård, Glazier, committee member, Member of Parliament.

1656

According to the court book (Västbo renovated court book (9b), VT1656) Jöns [Larsson] glazier in Törestorp buys the following parts in Mellangården:

- 1 sister lot by Lars Filipsson, Kallset, Jöns Filipsson, Målskog and Marit Filipsdotter, Högshult, which makes up 1/9 of the entire farm.

- 1 sister lot by Jöns Larsson and Lars Jönsson, Bränneshylte, for 16 rdr

- 1 sister lot by Karin Arvidsdotter in Gynnås (through her husband Per Jonsson), for 15 rdr

- 1 lot by Ingrid Arvidsdotter, for 15 rdr

- 1 part by Arvid Arvidsson in Hästhult, for 30 dlr. The purchase has been blamed by Arvid on the previous thing, but a settlement has been made where Arvid gets another 4 rdr.

Assar's son is Lars Assarsson in Stackebo and his son is the above-mentioned Jöns Larsson in Törestorp, which is explicitly stated at the autumn session 1665 (Västbo AI: 4) "... in Thörestorp, sent his son Lars Assarsson, who is in wittnes' writings most emphatically introduced men now dead ... "

See: Göta Hovrätt - Advokatfiskalen Jönköpings län EVIIAAAC: 10 (1659-1665) Bild 810 (AID: v190286.b810, NAD: SE / VALA / 0382503)

Assar Jönsson 1640 - 1724, Glazier, sixman. Became at most 84 years old.

Olof Assarsson, 1678 - 1762, dies at Törestorps Östergård

This is where the family's regime in Törestorp dies out. During this time, not only the middle farm has been in the possession of the family but also the east and the western farms.

Being able to follow several generations in one place can often be very fun, although it is also fun to see them spread out in the different parts of the landscape. From what I have seen, the different genera are usually concentrated within a certain region. Of course, people came in from other areas that I wrote about in previous posts and that I will certainly write about in the future as well.

You who belong to the different families can of course contact me if you have stories that you have heard about different relatives so that they can be preserved for future generations. They would probably be happy to read about the family even then.

//Daniel