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Jens Hansen
Kusk was born in Hosby in the parish of As in 1696. He was christened in the
church of As on June 14, 1696. His parents were Hans Kusk and Maren Juelsdatter.
Birthe Laursdatter from Palsgaard was his godmother. His godfathers were Anders
Skotte, Lars Pedersen, Soren Jacobsen and Kirsten Bundis.
Jens Hansen married Maren Jensdatter on November 30, 1721 in the church of As.
They had thirteen children: Maren Jensdatter (christened 11/29/1722, buried 8/22/1751),
Kirsten Jensdatter (christened 4/17/1724), Margrete
Jensdatter (christened 4/8/1725), Maren
Jensdatter(christened 11/30/1727), Hans Jensen
Kusk (christened 1/6/1731, died May 1789), Jens Hansen (born
1732, buried 8/16/1732), Kirsten Jensdatter (christened 7/5/1733), Anne
Jensdatter (christened
7/3/1735, buried 9/7/1751), Barbara Jensdatter (born 1738), Karen
Jensdatter (christened 7/12/1739),
Rasmus Jensen (christened 10/2/1740), a stillborn child (buried 12/3/1747), and
Juel
Jensen (christened 12/27/1748, died
3/21/1792).
Jens Hansen Kusk was the copyholder of a farm in Hosby (no. 2 in the land
register of Hosby). It had an area of 5 td hartkorn
and a little more. It was a four
building farm. In 1757 his son Hans Jensen Kusk took
over the copyhold of the farm.
We do not know when Jens Hansen Kusk died. It was probably between 1761 and
1767. The parish register of As has no data for those years.
Look at his genealogical table
Look
at his wife Maren Jensdatter's biography
Look
at the Kusk Family in the parish of As in
the 18. and 19. century
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