On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:25:09 GMT, Gail Freed <glfreed@tds.net> wrote: >I am looking for any information on Peter Jansen Wessel- >born Oct 28 1690 Trondheim - born to Jan and Maren Wessel >Family stories say he is an ancestor but I need to prove this - any >information or leads would be greatly appreciated The 17 children of Jan (Johan) Wessel (1646-1716) and his wife Maren Christophersdatter Scholler (1656-1742) is shown at http://home.online.no/~nermo/slekt/d0011/g0000008.html#I10225 (They had one additional daughter that was born dead) Petter Wessel Tordenskiold was killed in a duel on 12 Nov 1720 in Sehlwiese, Hannover, by colonel Staël von Holstein. He is said to have been tricked into not bringing his favored wapon (pistols), and instead was forced to fight with a "thin sword" / rapier, which he was obviously not extreemely good at ... Regretfully, I don't have any information about wife/children (if any). Per Nermo nermo@online.no

Per Nermo skrev i meldingen <3a6dac68.23856103@news.online.no>... > >Regretfully, I don't have any information about wife/children >(if any). > In Larvik some people say that he is one of their ancestors... Arnstein Rønning