Ove Ovesson WANGENSTEEN

1654 - 1715  (61 years)

• Name	Ove Ovesson WANGENSTEEN  [1, 2]
  Birth	1654	Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Pastor in Vang and "Provst" over Valdres and Hallingdal
  Death	Mar 1714/15	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway   [3]
  Notes	Bought all of Stele 1695, but probably did not live there. He was from Fredrikstad. Served as a dragoon (not "feltprest" as in stories) in Gyldenløvefeiden, which was a brief war (1676-1679) between Sweden and Denmark-Norway. He was a personal chaplain to Jørgen Jacobsen Greel from 1682, before he was made parish priest in 1685. See p. 543, Vang A. "Samme dag som hr. Ove avla eden som sokneprest, fikk han statholderens bevilling til hjemmevigsel uten foregående trolovelse og lysing for 'Bekostning der wed at Spare'. Den 32-årige prest 'hafuer med Gudz forsium udwelt mig en medhielp at Lefue og dø med, Nembl. Kiersten Lauridzdaatter - en erlig Mandz Daatter her af Christiania." Two of his sons, when students in Kristiania in 1703, were registered under the names Laurentius and Ovidius Vangenstein. This surname was not used by Ove or his wife, but was attributed to him after his death. The first known use of the surname in association with Ove was in a document dated Skøyen 2 April 1734, about an inspection of Ulnes church in 1708, in which "prosen Magtr. Owe Vangensten" took part, and another letter from kapellan Edv. Christie to the bishop dated 24.9.1734 about St. Tomas Church. In family tradition it is said that when he served as a dragoon (1676-1679), he was captured by pirates and brought to Algiers, Africa. He was supposed to have escaped by the aid of a charming young maiden. There is no documentation of this, but it is known that the Algerine pirates were particularly active during this period. Between 1677 and 1680 Algerine corsairs captured 153 English ships with about 1,850 men on board. The forturnate few who returned home were released only after payment of ransom, others died during captivity as slaves. It is estimated that 1.5 million Christians were captured and enslaved by the Turks (pirates from countries in the Ottoman Empire) from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. He and Kirsten Riis had eight children. For an extensive article about Ove Ovesson Wangensteen, see pp. 49-60 in Han Far by Kjell Lund. [3, 4]
  Person ID	I260	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2012

  
  

  Marriage	Paid 2 dollars for wife's pew in church.
  Family ID	F179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] Kjell T. Lund, Han Far, (Vang i Valdres, Vang Historielag, 1997), pp. 49-60 (Reliability: 3). [S124] NST, Vol. 24, pp. 1-17 (1973) (Reliability: 3). [S31] Kjell T. Lund, Han Far, (Vang i Valdres, Vang Historielag, 1997). [S455] Robert C. Davis, Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters, (New York: Palgrave, Macmillan, 2004, 27-33.).