Niels Trappis [1574]

   Other names for Niels were Niels Jensen Trap, Niels Jensen Trapp, Niels Jensen Trappe, Niels Trap, Niels Trapp and Niels Trappe.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 11 Apr 1720, Viborg Gråbrødre sogn, Nørlyng herred, Viborg amt, Denmark.

2. School: Viborg latinskole on the corner of Skolestræde and Sct. Mathias Gade, 1737, Viborg, Denmark.

3. Confirmation, 6 Oct 1737, Viborg Domsogn, Nørlyng herred, Viborg amt, Denmark.

4. School, 13 Jul 1745, Vestervig sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.

5. Residence: Ørum, 15 Sep 1745, Ørum sogn, Haasing herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.

6. School, 15 Sep 1745, Vestervig sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.

7. Anecdote, 1 Oct 1745, Vestervig sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark. He received a leave of appeal (oprejsning) because he too soon had had intercourse with his wife Maren Pedersdatter Sejersbøl. However, he could not work as a clergyman for two years following the offence and he had to prove that he in general had behaved properly.

8. Anecdote: He was promised a job as parish clerk (degn), 3 Dec 1745, Vestervig sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark. He received royal permission (bevilling) to work as a parish clerk (degn) where possible, even though his leave of appeal (oprejsning) of 1 Oct 1745 included the condition that he couldn 't work as a clergyman for 2 years.

9. Anecdote: He was sworn in as parish clerk (degn) for Hvidberg and Lyngs, 23 Dec 1745, Aalborg, Denmark.

10. Employment, 1747, Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.

11. Employment: parish clerk (degn), 1755, Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.

12. Employment: parish clerk (degn) for Hvidbjerg and Lyngs, 18 Jun 1784, Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.

13. Census, 1 Jul 1787, Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark. Hvidberg bye:
Niels Trapp, 66, married, husband, parish clerk (degn) and teacher (skoleholder)
Maren Svindt, 28, married, wife
Niels Trapp, 15, single, child of 2nd marriage
Maren Trapp, 14, single, child of 2nd marriage
Anna Maria Trapp, 1, single, child of 3rd marriage
Jesper Nielsen, 30, single, servant
Christen Nielsen, 16, single, servant
Inger Erichsdatter, 31, single, servant
Amalia Holst, 14, single, living with the family
Peder Holst, 12, her brother
Johanna Holst, 10, her sister

14. Employment: parish clerk (degn) and teacher (skoleholder), 1 Jul 1787, Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.

Niels married Mette Marie Andersdatter Ferregård [1591] [MRIN: 446], daughter of Anders Klemensen [1612] and Maren Olufsdatter [1613], on 18 Jan 1754 in Torup. (Mette Marie Andersdatter Ferregård [1591] was born on 24 Jan 1733 in Torup, christened on 21 Feb 1733 in Torup, died in 1784 in Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark and was buried on 5 Nov 1784 in Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.)

Niels next married Maren Pedersdatter Sejersbøl [1589] [MRIN: 445] on 13 Jul 1745 in Vestervig sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark. (Maren Pedersdatter Sejersbøl [1589] died in 1753 in Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.)

Niels next married Maren Iversdatter [1592] [MRIN: 447] on 5 May 1786 in Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark. (Maren Iversdatter [1592] was born in 1759 in Rødding-Krejbjerg sogn, Rødding herred, Viborg amt, Denmark, christened on 29 Sep 1759 in Rødding-Krejbjerg sogn, Rødding herred, Viborg amt, Denmark, died on 16 Jun 1809 in Søndbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark and was buried on 21 Jul 1809 in Hvidbjerg sogn, Refs herred, Thisted amt, Denmark.)