Re: Loftur Teitsson 1626 or 1659?
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Loftur Teitsson 1626 or 1659?
Linda Hammersley 2/16/03
Both dates are just guesses...Loftur died before the 1703 census, and he could easily have been born anywhere in the 1620-1660 period - the most reasonable guess would be around 1650, making him slightly older than Ragnhildur, who was born in 1652, according to the 1703 census.
The discrepancey seems to be due to a mistake which listed their son Asbjorn as being born in 1656, instead of 1682, (which would make his parents have to be born around 1630) you can find that mistake on www.familysearch.org, but there is no reason to doubt the 1703 census, in particular as the 1729 census confirms that Asbjörn was born around 1682.