Valborg Hansdatter was first married at 24, on February 26, 1738, to
Lars Michelsen of Krogegård, Østerlars. He was to die young - at 30
years old, after less than five years of marriage. Valborg was
married a second time, a year later, to Mads Andersen on January 24,
1744. Three years after that, on January 30, 1747, they received the
title to Krogegård from constable Hans Michelsen of Rønne, who was a
brother to Walborg's deceased first husband. The couple had already
been living on the farm at the time and had two children, a son and a
daughter - they would have four more, as seen from the census taken
June 12, 1787.

From the notes in the Inheritance-Protocol at the death, on February
9, 1714, of Michel Hansen you surmise - even if it was not directly
mentioned - that Michel Hansen was also the owner of Krogegård.
He left behind his widow Elisabeth Ludvigsdatter, three sons and one
daughter. The inheritance proceedings granted the right of ownership
of the farm to the youngest son Lauritz (Lars) Michelsen - then only
eight months old. The evaluation was done by an eight-man jury,
however no figure was noted in the protocol; but it is mentioned that
a Jacob Pedersen was present on the behalf of his wife Elisabeth
Ludvigsdatter, so it is evident that she recently had married Jacob
Pedersen. He would then take over the management of Krogegård - this
is confirmed by the entry of his name in the Land-Registry of 1719 -
furthermore, you can surmise that Jacob Pedersen had a contract to
manage Krogegård for a good many years (granted by the guardian of
his step-son, a Lauritz Sørensen Myre from Gudhjem), because when he
bought Myregård in Olsker, in the mid-1720s, "he mortgaged Krogegård
away for the following 10 years to the honest and respected man
Michel Olsen Juhl from Aaker." This can be found noted in the
Mortgage-Protocol of Bornholm's South and Eastes for the year 1726.

That interesting document states that Jacob Pedersen "mortgaged away"
the farm to Michel Olsen Juhl from Mid-Lent 1727 to Mid-Lent 1737 for
"200 Silverdalers," which money was paid him "readily and exactly
altogether in good danish ringing coins." Furthermore, there are
several clauses in the contract regarding various tracts of land
which Michel Juhl could not cultivate: "namely the land, north and
east of Karselyche plus a piece of grazing-land around it, also a bit
of ploughed-up land around Damaske, and some grazing-land there, plus
a piece of ploughed-up land in Kolte Sortt."

Michel Olsen Juhl's wife, Berithe Larsdatter, died the following
year, in 1728, and the notes in the probate records correspond with
the above contract. At the end of the contracting out period in Mid-
Lent 1737, Lars Michelsen took back ownership of Krogegård, he was
now a young man of 23 years and was married the following year to
Valborg Hansdatter in Knuds Church on February 26, 1738. Lars
Michelsen only lived a few years at Krogegård, as he died already in
1743. Since no children were born in their marriage, Lars Michelsen's
brother Constable Hans Michelsen of Rønne, inherited Krogegård - this
was probably decided by an eight-man jury.

Valborg Hansdatter seems to have been allowed to stay on at the farm,
and on January 24, 1744 she was married again, to Mads Andersen, a
son of Anders Ipsen from the neighbouring farm Damaskegård. Three
years later, on January 30, 1747, Constable Hans Michelsen gave over
the ownership of Krogegård jointly to the couple. The purchase price
was set at 162 Silverdalers and 2 Marks; of which Mads Andersen paid
60 Sldr. in cash and the remainder was made up from a loan that Mads
Andersen's father Anders Ipsen had given to Krogegård in the past.

Side 147. Nr. 3. 1779. Torsdag, 25. Marts.
Walborg Hansdatter, 1. Sg. Østerlars.
Mads Andersen.
2 søn. 4 døt.
A: Lars Madsen, myndig, hjemme.
B: Hans Madsen, myndig, her på gården.
C: Karen Madsdatter, gm. Jens Hansen, 16. Sg. Østermarie.
D: Anna Madsdatter, gm. Hans Svendsen Weideman, 14. Sg. Østerlars.
E: Kirsten Madsdatter, gm. Hans Andersen, 5. Sg. Rutsker.
F: Gundel Madsdatter, f. 1754. Værge: Far. Tilsynsv: Farbror,
Henrich Andersen, 3. Vg. Østerlars