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- J?rgen Rosman appears to be the first recorded individual bearing the Rosman on Bornholm. The surname Rosman (Rosmann, Ro?mann) can be found in many parts of Germany, including in Schleswig-Holstein - where a J?rgen Rosmann, was born in Gnutz (and baptised June 16, 1667 in Nortorf). Possibly J?rgen Rosman came to Bornholm in the early 1600s from the then Danish duchies of Schleswig-Holstein? - Norman Lee Madsen, March 26, 2014.
Translated from "Den bornholmske familie Rosman" by Bodil Tornehave (Bornholmske Samlinger, 1992, pp. 163-68):
The oldest known record of the family name Rosman on Bornholm is that of "K?bmand" (Merchant) J?rgen Rosman in a "skatteliste" (tax list) for R?nne in 1633.
A little over a decade later two other merchants using the name Rosman can be found mentioned in R?nne. Namely, Claus Rosman appears in a document dated February 4, 1642 with the claim on the estate of the deceased Jep B?dker, and he is a co-signatory on another preserved document from June 2, 1643, where he signs himself as "Claus Rosmand". Andreas Rosman acted as a "stokkemand" (juryman) during a June 6, 1643 proceedings brought before R?nne's "byting" (court); he undersigned himself on the preserved copy of the judgment as "Andreass Rosmann", and in his seal on the document we see his "bom?rke" (property mark) below the letters A.R. They were both among the top ten donors of a new "himling" (canopy) for R?nne Church's choir sometime in the first half of the 1640s, which underlines their position in the city.
About Claus Rosman there are no further records; however, in the "Kongehyldning" (hailing of the next king) in 1661 Anders (Andreas) and Lars (Laurids) Rosman are explicitly stated to be the sons of J?rgen Rosman, and are listed among the twelve signatory "Frim?nd" (freemen), so they have been of "frimandssl?gt" (freeman lineage), but hardly were true freemen (a term that at that time was somewhat diluted), for they can not be found recorded as having owned freehold estates.
Lars Rosman lived in R?nne, where he is recorded on a "tiendeliste" (tithing list) from 1662. Andreas Rosman lived in Knudsker parish, as evidenced by the military leving roll of 1678 of "alt mandk?n paa Bornholm" (all the males on the island), wherein he is described as a "Vagtmester ved Vestre Herreds Compagni" (Duty Officer with the Western District's Company); besides him, there was only one other man named Rosman on the island, namely his son Peder, who is listed among "de unge karle" (the young fellows) in R?nne. Lars Rosman is missing from the roll, so he must have died before the roll was compiled.
Given that J?rgen Rosman seems to have had at least three sons, it's not very many of the family's male members who were alive in 1678, in addition to Andreas Rosman and his son Peder there was only the youngest son J?rgen, who as yet too young to serve in the military. This evidence suggests that the plague of 1654, which killed so many Bornholmers was hard on the Rosman-family, and given that Andreas Rosman's sons, Peder and J?rgen were so young, they must have been from a marriage entered into after the plague epidemic.
Andreas Rosman himself died not long after the military levying roll was issued in April of 1678, for on January 29, 1679 "Kirstine sal. Andreas Rosmans" (Andreas Rosman's widow Kirstine) requested ruling from Bornholm's Landsting (Parliament). To find out where in Knudsker parish Andreas Rosman lived, it's natural to go to the land registrar accounts, but he does not appear before 1680 when suddenly "Kirstine sal. Andreas Rosmans" is listed at both 27 Slg. (Rosmanneg?rd) and 1 Vdg. (Sandeg?rd). Until then, in all the years previous an Ole Henrichsen was listed at 27 Slg. and "Lisbeth sal. Peder Kofoeds" (Peder Kofoed's widow Elisabeth Madsdatter Ravn) at 1 Vdg. It also appears that the buildings of 1 Vdg. were shortly thereafter demolished and the land was now worked from 27 Slg.
1 Vdg. was a "frivornedg?rd" (free copyhold farm). In 1684 Elisabeth Madsdatter Ravn's son Jens Pedersen Kofoed submitted a list of her free copyhold properties to the county, and here the farm is listed as one of her seven free copyhold farm. The list is appended to August Dechner's land register from 1687 of free copyhold farms, but in the land register there are only six of them listed as owned by Elisabeth's heirs. 1 Vdg. in Knudsker owned by "Kirstine sal. Andreas Rosmans".
Thus, there are compelling reasons to believe that Andreas Rosmans wife Kirstine was a previously unknown daughter of Mayor Peder Hansen Kofoed and Elisabeth Madsdatter Ravn, and the hypothesis is confirmed when we look at the names Andreas Rosman's sons were given, for that time, it was common to Bornholm that a married couple to name their eldest sons after the grandfathers.
Besides the two sons, Andreas Rosman had three daughters. The eldest was Barbara Andreasdatter Rosman, who was married to Christopher Hansen, who was a skipper and merchant. She was much older than brothers, so she may have been from a previous marriage. About Christopher Hansen, we know that in 1672-74 he was sailed a craft of 11 lstr. which belonged to Jens Hansen, and in 1679 a craft of 9 lstr. which belonged to Jens Hansen's widow. In 1680 he had his own craft of 9 lstr.
Christopher Hansen died in 1696, leaving, besides his widow, two adult children: Hans Christophersen and Barbara Christophersdatter. The daughter was married to Jens Madsen Trelleborg and died in childbirth in 1697. She had two small daughters in the marriage, Johanne and Barbara. Barbara would later marry cabinetmaker Poul Ottesen Arboe and become the mother of the two wellknown Bornholmer clockmakers, Otto and Peter Arboe. Barbara Andreasdatter Rosman was married a second time to Jens J?rgensen. She died in 1721/22.
Andreas Rosmans two youngest daughters were named Elsebeth and Lisbeth. Elsebeth was in 1689 married to Mads Kofoed of Almeg?rd. A year later she died after giving birth to a son, Andreas, and her two brothers, named as merchants in R?nne, were the child's guardians. Lisbeth was buried in St. Knud's parish on January 7, 1690, only eighteen years old.
In 1695 "Kirstine sal. Andreas Rosmans" moved to R?nne, where on October 19th she purchased a chair seat in the church. According to the tax list of 1701 she lived in a house on Gr?nnegade, north of her son Peder's house, and she died in 1703 (sic, s.b. 1704). Nevertheless, she remained in the land register accounts still listed at the farm in Knudsker all the way until 1712, though it was inhabited by another and at her death was passed to her youngest son, J?rgen Rosman.
The disarray, which we can observe in the land register accounts is probably closely connected to the fact that the farm was an area that was heavily plagued by sand drifts. At the nearby 21, 25 and 26 Slg. there had been buildings "i mands minde" (in living memory), and there was no yield from them. It was also the shifting sands that was the reason why the buildings of 1 Vdg. was demolished circa 1680, and the remaining usable land brought under 27 Slg.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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1580 - 1661 (~ 81 år)
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