EIGHTH GENERATION

140. Bengt Gunnesson was born in 1707 in Sweden. Birth date is taken from household accounts. He died on 26 Sep 1767 in Kreke, Istorp, Ä, Sweden.⁽²⁴⁸⁾ Cause of death is listed as a "nasty accident." Age at death was 60 years. He was buried on 11 Oct 1767 in Istorp, Ä, Sweden. He was married to Bö Helgesdotter on 20 Jun 1730 in Istorp, Ä, Sweden. ⁽²⁴⁹⁾ Bö was from Kreke and Bengt from somewhere else.

141. Bö Helgesdotter ⁽²⁵⁰⁾ was born on 23 Jun 1707 in Kreke, Istorp, Ä, Sweden.⁽²⁵¹⁾ She died in 1776. A death record was not found. The date of death is taken from the household accounts. Istorp parish records show that in 1747 Elin Andersdoter moved in from Sexdrage parish, Kinds harrad, Ä lä. Children were:

i. Maria Bengtsdotter was born in May 1732 in Kreke, Istorp, Ä, Sweden. ⁽²⁵²⁾ She was baptized on 28 May 1732 in Istorp, Ä, Sweden. Witnesses included Sven from Kreke, Lars from somewhere, and wife Chirst Andersdotter. Maria first left the family in 1772.
ii. Helge Bengtsson was born on 6 May 1737. Helge first left the family in 1770. He returned to Kreke in 1774 but left again in 1776.
iii. Ingeborg Bengtssdotter was born on 28 Aug 1739 in Sweden. She died after 1810.
70 iv. Sven Bengtsson.
v. Anna Bengtssdotter was born on 2 Feb 1748 in Sweden. Anna left the household in 1778.

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