THE THIRD GENERATION

PEDER TORSTEINSON SMED
b. 1701 d. unknown

This only known grandson of Jacob Torsteinson and son of Torstein Jacobson Smed was born on the farm Smedgaarten in Vingelen and as his name indicated, was the oldest if not the only child of Torstein and Ingeborg. In 1732 he married Barbro Amundsdatter of Vingelen, inherited and remained on his fathers farm. There is no record of family other than one son:

(4) Amund

Footnotes:

When Peder married Barbro at Smedgaarten, on Ryalen Northern across the valley Nils married in 1735 to Berit Svensdatter and became the owner of Ryalen. On February 16th of that year, Nils conveyed to his younger brouther Jon a "piece of land east of the Engaa brook including meadows at Rubrosten, Nykassa, and a meadow at Gran in Galadalen, together with a share and part of one quarter calfskin ( old deed) use of Ryalen in return he answer and pay other taxes and royal payments." This division of Ryalen Northern became known as "The Bakken" (the slope") Thirty fours years later the Bakken would disappear in debt to Rasmus Finn of Roros.