Hi, Evan, Gordon and Leigh!
Our
ancestor, WASTE OLUFSSON (b.abt 1560?), was no angel.
SOLDIER
(INFANTRY, MOST LIKELY), 1591
FARMER IN
TORSÅS 6, 1584-1595
FARMER IN
SLÄTAFLY 2 1601-1616
In 1596's
visitation of Abraham Angermanus an investigation of Waste Olufsson shows the
following result:
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He
fights and swears
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He
lives in inebriety and fornication
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He
despises the authorities
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He
promise homicide, fire and much evil
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When
the marshal Abraham Nilsson tried to capture him he had already managed to
take refuge in the forest
He seems
to have changed his way of living. To the best of my knowledge he had three sons
(Truls, Ingemar and Per). Truls Wastesson was our ancestor. Per Wastesson was
farmer in Torsås 6 1606-1616. Ingemar Wastesson made a military carrier, but was
also a farmer in Torsås 1618. He served at Småland's Cavalry Regiment for nearly
20 years, before he was killed in action (the battle of Lutzen at November 6,
1632). The Wastesson brothers must have been born around 1590, give or take some
years.
More to
come.
Regards,
Per