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18.12.13, 16:23
I am doing research on one of my wife’s ancestors and have found the prominent merchant Peter Wilhelmsson Facht of Turku married to Sophia Henriksdotter Gråå. Peter Facht had a brother Cornelius and his father was the dutch shipper Wellam Facht.
In my trying to paint the family history of the Fachts I found Barthold/Bertil, officer in the Åbo and Björneborg cavalry regiment, which I have not been able to relate to my Fachts, however. I wonder if anyone can give a hint ?
Bertil not being my prime subject, yet I have come across a whole lot of data about him. Of secondary interest to me, they might interest someone else more directly, so I thought I should make you aware of them.
First of all you may find a few data at
http://www.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=5363 (http://www.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=5363)
Much more is to be found in several sources in Swedish archives:
In the Krigsarkivet there are certainly a lot of roles and correspondance a s o, which I have not looked into. But there is also a collection called Biographica, which contains short personalia records. There is one such record on Barthold Facht. In it you can read:
Retired 1678, rewarded pension 1680 10/11 (there is a special archive on all pensioeering matters, which I have not checked in this particular case, either). Died 1690 a few days before Christmas in Lempälä. Married to Catharina Persdotter. Reference to Krigsmanshusets handlingar - Åbo kavalleri 1690 p2. There is also a letter of 1678, when he has retired, from him to the king, where he is making his case for a donation, among other things three ”hemman” in Tyrfwis (I think he finally got a donation through a royal letter, but I do not rememeber when). He summarizes his career and his current situation: he is crippled by war wounds, he has been serving the army for amazing 48 years (i e since 1630 !).
Perhaps the most rewarding is his so called liqvidation dossier, found in the huge Kammararkivet. As so common those days he was not fully compensated in his lifetime, i e long after his death he still had not got full compensation after more than 20 years as a poor retired officer. The Swedish state set up a special organization for paying of all it’s debts, which was busy for many years, leading to a huge archive in itself. Barthold’s particular case can be found in:
Kammarkollegiet Ämnessamlingar, Hären Löneavräkningar 1620-1680 serie 5-6, scanned and recorded as SE/RA/522/16/5-6/42. This dossier amounts to 50-100 pages ! In it he makes a detailed account for his whole life as an officer and finally demands some 6000 Dlr !
It becomes interesting when Barthold has died, since his widow appears and continues the struggle for justice. In 1698 she presents herself as Catharina Persdotter Rundel and speaking for her is a son in law of hers, Jacob Ruuth. Both Catharina and Jacob are presented on the web.
Fortunately you can read the whole dossier on the web, at
http://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0066814_00114 (http://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0066814_00114)
You would have to pay for the view, however. You can buy 3 hour sessions at 50 SEK and a lot of other types of subscription at:
http://webbutik.riksarkivet.se/se/produkter/abonnemang/ (http://webbutik.riksarkivet.se/se/produkter/abonnemang/)
On the same site there is a whole lot of other stuff, e g a lot of roles (which you can identify by means of Barthold’s cv), which I have not checked. The interface to the web service is a little awkward when it comes to downloading, but you may be able to download the whole dossier page by page in 3 hours - good luck !
Best regards,
Lars-Olov Eriksson
(You can reply in Swedish if you want, Finnish is possible but difficult for me)
In my trying to paint the family history of the Fachts I found Barthold/Bertil, officer in the Åbo and Björneborg cavalry regiment, which I have not been able to relate to my Fachts, however. I wonder if anyone can give a hint ?
Bertil not being my prime subject, yet I have come across a whole lot of data about him. Of secondary interest to me, they might interest someone else more directly, so I thought I should make you aware of them.
First of all you may find a few data at
http://www.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=5363 (http://www.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=5363)
Much more is to be found in several sources in Swedish archives:
In the Krigsarkivet there are certainly a lot of roles and correspondance a s o, which I have not looked into. But there is also a collection called Biographica, which contains short personalia records. There is one such record on Barthold Facht. In it you can read:
Retired 1678, rewarded pension 1680 10/11 (there is a special archive on all pensioeering matters, which I have not checked in this particular case, either). Died 1690 a few days before Christmas in Lempälä. Married to Catharina Persdotter. Reference to Krigsmanshusets handlingar - Åbo kavalleri 1690 p2. There is also a letter of 1678, when he has retired, from him to the king, where he is making his case for a donation, among other things three ”hemman” in Tyrfwis (I think he finally got a donation through a royal letter, but I do not rememeber when). He summarizes his career and his current situation: he is crippled by war wounds, he has been serving the army for amazing 48 years (i e since 1630 !).
Perhaps the most rewarding is his so called liqvidation dossier, found in the huge Kammararkivet. As so common those days he was not fully compensated in his lifetime, i e long after his death he still had not got full compensation after more than 20 years as a poor retired officer. The Swedish state set up a special organization for paying of all it’s debts, which was busy for many years, leading to a huge archive in itself. Barthold’s particular case can be found in:
Kammarkollegiet Ämnessamlingar, Hären Löneavräkningar 1620-1680 serie 5-6, scanned and recorded as SE/RA/522/16/5-6/42. This dossier amounts to 50-100 pages ! In it he makes a detailed account for his whole life as an officer and finally demands some 6000 Dlr !
It becomes interesting when Barthold has died, since his widow appears and continues the struggle for justice. In 1698 she presents herself as Catharina Persdotter Rundel and speaking for her is a son in law of hers, Jacob Ruuth. Both Catharina and Jacob are presented on the web.
Fortunately you can read the whole dossier on the web, at
http://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0066814_00114 (http://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0066814_00114)
You would have to pay for the view, however. You can buy 3 hour sessions at 50 SEK and a lot of other types of subscription at:
http://webbutik.riksarkivet.se/se/produkter/abonnemang/ (http://webbutik.riksarkivet.se/se/produkter/abonnemang/)
On the same site there is a whole lot of other stuff, e g a lot of roles (which you can identify by means of Barthold’s cv), which I have not checked. The interface to the web service is a little awkward when it comes to downloading, but you may be able to download the whole dossier page by page in 3 hours - good luck !
Best regards,
Lars-Olov Eriksson
(You can reply in Swedish if you want, Finnish is possible but difficult for me)