Was your ancestor Peder Hansen Ruen, born at Eggebratten, Brandbu on 3 Feb 1788. He emigrated May 5, 1850 from Brandbu. I'm not directly related, but I found him on my I found him in my emigration spreadsheet for Hadeland. I know about some descendants of Juel Andersen Egge, b. 1714 and Niels Ellingsen Egge, b. c 1641? Sorry I'm not able to help any further. I suspect as you trace your line back further they could have come from a neighboring farm, not the Egge farm. Brian