Jens Hansen Kusk

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[1] 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


[1] An old Danish unit of land valuation

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