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- There are several bits of circumstantial, and contradictory, pieces of evidence concerning Mette Hansdatter's ancestry:
1) "Mette Hans Pedersens Datter" and her husband, Peder Hansen Uf, owned Fuglsangsg?rd (later known as Gaggeg?rd, still later as: I Klinteby), 6 Vdg. in Ibsker - which was later passed down to her daughter's son Claus Gagge. For several generations previously Fuglsangsg?rd had been a Myre-family farm. First known to have been owned by Truid Myre (died circa 1489). The farm was inherited by his son Peder Myre, who evidently left it to his son Hans Pedersen Myre. Mette and her husband also owned P?reg?rd, 3 Vdg. (Nylars or ?sterlars?), which she possibly brought into her marriage Peder Hansen Uf as a dowry, as the farm thereafter became part of Simleg?rd's estate-lands. Peder Hansen Uf obtained Fuglsangsg?rd after the death of Peder Hansen Myre in 1572. Based on this, it is thought that Mette is the daughter of a Hans Pedersen Myre.
2) According to an article called "De bornholmske v?bnersl?gter Uf og Splid - noget nyt om deres v?bener", written by Sigvard Mahler Dam (Heraldisk Tidsskrift, 1982), Peder Hansen Uf and his wife Mette Hansdatter donated a pew to Saint Clement's Church. The text read: "Clement's Church: door to pew, carved oak framed with smooth fir planks - showing helmeted shield with vesselhorn and the following markings: a shield with an upside down "gavlsparre" (chevron) design, and the other shield sporting a "halv Hummerklo" (half lobster claw). . ."
And further, it appears that J?rgen Gagge and his wife Margrethe/Merete had a memorial made to honour her parents Peder Hansen Uf and Mette Hansdatter. In 1601 they had cast a large church-bell (which later disappeared) for Klemensker Church. Laurids de Thurah states (in "Omst?ndelig og tilforladelig Beskrivelse over Bornholm og Christians?e", 1756) that the large bell displayed two shields: one with a "Sparre" (chevron), the other with a "Giedde Kieft" (pike's jawbone). The Uf-family coat of arms displayed a chevron. This would seem to indicate that Mette Hansdatter's father made used of the pike's cheekbone (a "Geddek?ft" or "Giedde Kieft", alternately referred to as a "halv Hummerklo"). Yet, the Myre-family coat of arms displays 3 ants (3 myrer)!
3) A court document dated June 15, 1582 concerning a dispute over Fuglsangsg?rd states that Mette Hansdatter was an heir of Hans Myre (died 1518). As a result some have concluded that she is the sister of Peder Hansen Myre (died 1572) of Fuglsangsg?rd, and thus daughter of Hans Myre (died 1518) of Fuglsangsg?rd. However, all that can be truly stated is that she is a descendant of Hans Myre.
4) Sigvard Mahler Dam seems to have (ultimately) concluded that Mette Hansdatter is the daughter Hans Pedersen of Bjergeg?rd in ?ker parish, with the "Geddek?ft" (aka "Hummerklo") image. I am assuming that as the three sons of Hans Myre (mentioned in 1518, dead by 1531), of Fuglsangsg?rd in Ibsker, all died childless, the inheritance rights to the Myre family farms went to more distant relatives. That the reason Mette inherited the Myre-family farms is and that Mette was a relative (niece, cousin?) of Hans Pedersen Myre. Possibly Mette's grandmother, n.n. Myre, was the daughter of Peder Myre of Fuglsangsg?rd?
Conclusion: The fact that Mette Hansdatter's daughter Margrethe/Merete Pedersdatter (Uf) inherited Myre-family farms places a great deal of weight in favour of Margrethe Pedersdatter (Uf) being a relative of Peder Hansen Myre (died 1572) of Fuglsangsg?rd. The assertion that the shields on the Klemensker pew-door and church-bell were dedicated to the parents of Peder Hansen Uf and his wife Mette Hansdatter points to Mette being the daughter of Hans Pedersen of Bjergeg?rd in ?ker parish. - Norman Lee Madsen, April 5, 2003.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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1535 - 1574 (~ 40 år)
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