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Gen 14 FAMILY INFORMATION Father: Bengts Olofsson Dufva Date Place Birth 1421 Porvoo, Finland Marriage Death After 1453 Munkkala, Porvoo, Finland Parents Olof Bengtsson Dufva & Kerstin Stoltefoth Mother (Maiden Name): Katarina Henriksdotter (Danske) Date Place Baptism 1425 Munkkala, Porvoo, Finland Marriage Death 14 April 1482 Porvoo, Finland Parents Henrik Persson & Anna Pedersdotter of Veiby Children: Name Event Date Place Ragnhild Bengtsdotter Birth 1445 Porvoo, Finland Dufva Marriage Death Spouse Nils Olofsson Margareta Birth 1445 Munkkala, Porvoo, Finland Bengtsdotter Dufva Marriage (Housewife) Death Viborgs gård, Perniö, Finland Spouse Matts Frille from Haapaniemi Henric Bengtsson Birth 1445 Munkeby, Borgå, Finland (Deputy) Marriage Death After 1535 Boe gård (Häihä), Borgå, Finland Spouse Estri Pentintytär Hammar Jacob Bengtsson Birth 1445 Borgå, Finland Dufva Marriage Death 1532 Borgå, Finland Spouse Margareta Tuvesdotter Nils Bengtsson Birth 1447 Munkkala, Porvoo, Finland Dufva Marriage Death 1495 Munkkala, Porvoo, Finland Spouse Sunneva Pedersdotter Djäkn Pg. 1 FAMILY INFORMATION Father: Bengts Olofsson Dufva (Cont’d) Date Place Birth Marriage Death Parents Mother (Maiden Name): Katarina Henriksdotter Date Place Baptism Marriage Death Parents Children: Name Event Date Place Cecilia Bengtsdotter Birth 1475 Finland Dufva Marriage Nickname: Sissela Death Circa 1563 Hamre, Noralla, Hälsingland Spouse Sigfrid Anderssson Rålamb Brita Bengtsdotter Birth 1430-1480 Porvoo, Finland Dufva Marriage Death Spouse Jakob Lydekesson Birth Marriage Death Spouse Birth Marriage Death Spouse Birth Marriage Death Spouse Pg. 2 Dufva, Swedish families Already in the 15th century there were Swedish citizens named Dufva or Duva. The Jesse Duwa mentioned in Swedish records at the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century is identical to King Erik’s Pomeranian courtmaster, a knight, and the Swedish Jens Due, which was a Djure medieval family. Two generations with the name Dufva were introduced into the Swedish house of knights, in a medieval way: the Dufvas in Finland, and the Dufvas in Västergötland. The latter's ancestor was honored in 1594. The chief and guardian of Stegeborg, Bengt Larsson Dufva (b. 1621), belonged to his family, and was known as the owner of a well-known codex of Kristofers’ national team, equipped with one of the oldest bookowner’s brands. Best known in the nobles’ genus D. is the name Dufva in Finland, whose ancestor, the bailiff Olof Bengtsson Dufva from Munkeby in Borgå sn, received a letter of salvation (funeral rites) in 1413. His grandson’s families were divided into two main branches, of which the older branch moved to southwest Finland and western Uusimaa. The younger branch dates from Olof Bengtsson's grandson Nils Bengtsson Dufva from Munkeby, who is mentioned as a layman in Karelia in 1488-95 and was hired in 1493, with Joachim Fleming, to carry out negotiations with the Russians. In the Castle Act at Viborg in 1495, he participated in the defense of the city during the great Russian attack. At one battle in October against the Russians, he was captured and mentioned no more. His grandson, the castle bailiff at Savonlinna, Bengt Persson Dufva (d. 1595) from Munkeby, was the father of Olof Bengtsson Dufva and Pehr Dufva, with Olof (d. 1632) being the oldest. Bengt Dufva became a Russian prisoner in the 1590s, and he returned after the peace treaty in 1595. He belonged to the Noble-Royal plurality group that went on to victory with Duke Charles in 1599 in a war between Sweden/Finland and Poland. Olof Dufva was recruited as a Polish Field Colonel in J. Farensbachs’ Livland fighting squad of Swedish and Finnish emigrants and probably later followed the Polish armies into Russia. After the Polish collapse in 1613, he returned home and won the favour of Gustav II Adolf, thus becoming the king's equerry for his stallions in 1618, a horseman in 1622, and the assessor in the Turku Court of Justice in 1629. He gained a reputation as a hero by the killing in 1609 of Mats Larsson (Creutz) and in 1635 Mats Larsson’s brother, the governor Ernst Creutz. King Gustavus Adolfus II (When Anita asked him to name their children, Earl Olson always chose this name. Earl always said if the name was good enough for the king of Sweden, it was good enough for us. Pg. 3 Porvoo Porvoo is a city located on the southern coast of Finland about 50 km from Helsinki. It is one of six medieval towns in Finland, and was first mentioned as a city in texts from the 14th century. Porvoo is the seat of the Swedish-speaking Diocese of Borgå of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. History of Porvoo The area of Porvoo has been inhabited since the Stone Age. In prehistoric times, the river Porvoonjoki was a route of commerce for Finnish tribal Tavastians who camped primarily in the inland regions. The Tavastians also had some permanent settlements in the area, such as the village of Hattula (later Strömsberg), which was named after an inland Tavastian village. The original name of the river Porvoonjoki was possibly Kukinjoki. The name is derived from the trade ship – a vessel called a ‘cog’ - which was a common merchant ship in the Baltic Sea in medieval times. The cog first appeared in the 10th century, and was widely used from around the 12th century on. Cogs were clinker-built, and were generally constructed from oak, which was an abundant timber in the Baltic region of Prussia. This vessel was fitted with a single mast and a square- rigged single sail. The early center of this area was Saksala, meaning "the place of the Germans", and was derived from the merchants’ ethnicity – they traded in Saksala. Porvoo was colonised by Swedes in the 13th and 14th centuries after the so-called Second Crusade against Tavastians in 1249-1250. Colonisation was led by the Catholic Church and the kingdom of Sweden. The colonists originated from Svealand, and were provided with seeds and cattle, plus tax exemptions for four years. Porvoo was first mentioned in documents in the early 14th century, and it was given city rights around 1380, although according to some sources the city was founded in 1346. Old Town The Porvoo Cathedral prior to the fire in May 2006 Old wooden barns alongside the river Pg. 4 The town is famed for its "Old Town" (Gamla Stan in Swedish), with a dense medieval street pattern with predominantly wooden houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. The red-coloured wooden storage buildings on the riverside are a proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Old Town is a significant source of tourism in the area. Visitors to the capital of Helsinki can embark on day trips to visit the older city. The Old Town also hosts various events, such as an annual Christmas market. Medieval Times From the 13th century onward, Swedish-speaking settlers started to inhabit the region. When Porvoo was granted a town charter around the year 1380, trade was flourishing both inland and with the town of Tallinn on the other side of the gulf. In 1550, the King ordered the people to settle in the newly founded town of Helsinki. Devastating fires resulted in further damage to the town. Fortifications Pg. 5 In the early Middle Ages, both the Swedish crown and the eastern lords of Novgorod tried to claim dominance over the coastal region. During these troubled times, highly located strongholds such as seen on the previous page offered excellent vantage points and places of refuge for the Swedes. The hillforts of Linnamäki, Husholmen and Sibbesborg were fortified by the order of the Swedish king in the late 14th century. Their main function was to demonstrate the might of the king of Sweden and serve as headquarters for tax collection. Pg. 6 C:\Documents\Family Information\Logstroms\Persdotter- Maternal Line\14-BengtsDufva+KatarinaHenriksdotter.docx .