Anders Johan Wiborg

Anders Johan Wiborg war klokkar i Lesja prestegjeld frå før 1801 - 1838. Han var son til førre klokkar, Fredrik Nikolai Wiborg. Han ble født 1769, døde 1838, gift, overtok Sili (1-11) etter foreldra ca 1790.

Family lineage

Anders Johan Wiborg's father, Fredrik Nicolai Wiborg was married three times. His first wife, Ingeborg Simensdotter Schøyen, was born about 1713, died about 1747, and was buried 9 March 1747. Fredrik married the second time at Ringsaker in 1749 to Johanne Frederikke Falster, who was born in 1713 and was buried 8 October 1764. Fredrik was married the third time to Ingeborg Linneman, born 1729, died 1779, and they had one son, Anders Johan Wiborg, born 18 April 1769, who took over the Sili farm and served as sexton at Lesja with and after his father.

Anders Johan Wiborg's paternal grandfather, Anders Nielsen Wiborg, was a major in the Norwegian Army and Commandant of the Kristiansfjeld fortress in Elverum. Anders Nielsen Wiborg’s family lived at Hørsand farm in Romedal from 1700-1718 and his widow continued to live there until about 1730. Anders' paternal grandmother, Marthe Hansdatter (Johansdatter) Modfeldt, was the major’s second wife.

Ander's paternal grandmother, Marthe Hansdatter Modfeldt was the daughter of Johan Borchersen Madfeldt (the priest at Romedal from 1665 – 1674) and Mette Nielsdatter Hofer. Ander's paternal great-grandfather was Niels Christensen Hofer or Hofver (the priest at Romedal from 1655 – 1665) and her mother was Ingeborg Evensdatter, daughter of Kristiania merchant Even Anderssen and his wife Marthe Hansdatter. Ander's maternal great-grandmother was sister of two priests (Ole Evensen at Biri and Anders Evensen at Trøgstad) as well as niece of Christen Steffensen Bang, the priest at Romedal from 1621 – 1655, who subsequently established Norway's first printing-house.