THE FIFTH GENERATION

5. Marit Amundsdatter Ryalen
b. 1770 d. unknown

The history of this first daughter of Amund Pederson Smed and Kirsti the Elder can be traced to eastern Hodalen. The first child in our lineage to be christened with the surname Ryalen married and lived in the community of Brynhildsgard. There is no record of children.

6. KNUT AMUNDSON RYALEN
b 1774 d. 1851, in the Fall

Born on Ryalen Northern, probably schooled in rural Hodalen or the town of Tolga, he was unlikely to have received any of the church ordinances in the Tolga church. He was 66 years when that place was built and organised. It is known that he did become a member and was buried there.

He married in 1805, when he was 31 years old to Maren Engebretsdatter of Slabakken. She was born at Slabakken in 1781. They had one child a year later and she died in 1808. Their son was named :

(10) Amund

In 1811 at the age of 37 years Knut married a second time to Sigrid Olesdatter of Oien. She was the daughter of Ole Oien of Ovresjodalen and born in 1786. At the age of 26 and less than two years after this marriage Sigrid died. There were no children from this marriage.

Knut was at age 39 when he received from his 75 year old father Amund, the deed for all of Ryalen Northern. He paid the price of 100 Riksdalerand married a third time. She was Elen Olesdatter, daughter of Ole oien of Ovresjodalen and younger sister of Knut's second wife. Elen was born on April 25th, 1790. At the age of 62, she emigrated to and died in America, probably en route to or in, Wisconsin after 1852.

From Knuts third marriage there were added the half brothers and sisters of Amund:

(11) Kirsti, a daughter
(12) Ole, a son
(13) Maren, a daughter
(14) Laurentse, a daughter
(15) Tyri, a daughter
(16) Knut, a son

FOOTNOTE:

It is interesting to recall that during the original ownership of Ryalen Northern, a portion of the land given by the widow Ostensen to her son Jon included "half of Ovresjodalen which he called Vestgard..." To note the the last two wives of Knut were from Ovresjodalen indicates that, after all, there may have been a remote relationship between that early Ostensen family and the descendants of Jacob.


7. KARI AMUNDSDATTER RYALEN SIMENSEN
b. 1779 - d. unknown

Born and raised on Ryalen Northern, this second daughter of Amund and Kirsti the Elder moved to Stoen Farm where she married Anders Simensen. There have been found no additional record of fmaily.

8. ANNE AMUNDSDATTER RYALEN IVERSEN

No birth or death records have been found. Born on Ryalen Northern she married Paul Iversen of Moen and both were probably members of the Tolga church. They were witnesses or godparents for her niece Maren (13). There is no record of family.

9. TYRI AMUNDSDATTER RYALEN JENSEN
b. 1789 d. unknown

She was born on Ryalen Northern as the last child of Amund Pedersen Smed and Kirsti the Elder. She married Jon Jensen of Storbekken. There is no record of family.