Jep Pedersen is first known to have lived at Lille Loftsgrd, 25' Vdg.


in ä-ker parish. Later moving to Store Loftsgrd, 28' Slg. also in ä-
ker parish. Both farms are in an area known as Strandby; which is a
region along the parish's beach-front, it was densely populated -
hense the name: strand=beach, by=town. Burial record from the ä-ker
kirkebog: August 21, 1676, #40: Jep Pedersen i Strandby, at 84. Note:


the years 1683 to 1686 missing from parish register . Extracted from
probate record for Karen Jensdatter held on April 26, 1684, book 2,
page 23: Karen Jensdatter som var salig Jep Persens hustru som boede
og dde paa 25 Worned i Aaecher Sogn. . . hendes efterlatte brn sin er


4 dtter og 2 dtter brn. Nemblig dend eldste daatter Maren Hans
Koefoeds paa Laaegaarden i Clemmedsker Sogn, dend anden daatter Else
Olle Nielsens i Aaekircher Sogn, dend tredie daatter Karen Dirich
Persens i Aaeker Sogn, dend fierde daatter Boehl Hans Hansens i
Perskier Sogn, og dend 5' daatter var salig Anne Jep Hansens i Nexe,
efter hende. . . . en sn og en daatter, snnen Hans Ibsen (space left
blank) gammel, for hamen vrge Dirich Persen i Aachier Sogn, daatteren


Chirstine Ibsdaatter (space left blank) gammel, for hende vrge ogsaa
Dirich Persen.