updated bio of Nils Larsson Leijon (the lion)

NILS LARSSON Leijon  (the lion) abt 1699-1772

Persön Nederluleå, Norrbotten, Sweden

Wife : BRITA CNUTSDOTTER  1692-1734

Ängesbyn, Nederluleå

wife : LISBETA ERIKSDOTTER

traditional dress in Norbotten region 

Nils was born about 1699 in Nederlulea, Norbotten, Sweden and is the great great grandfather of Lars Ulrik Oquist. He and his first wife Brita Cnutsdotter were married in 1723. She was about 7 years older than Nils. 

According to one record, Brita’s father, Knut Jönsson  lived a quiet life of 77 years. 

Nils was buried inside the church in front of the pulpit, on the women’s side.

According to military records, in August 1724, (his first child was 9 months old the time)  Nils has been “replaced”  because he is “dumb and awkward in drills; and further attesting to being ill cannot be accepted.” Nils had served 8 years. 

 The muster roll gives us a little more information on poor Nils. “His right toe was chopped off and the teeth are black from scurvy, is dismissed”    No wonder he couldn’t speak or march well! 

Nils and Brita  had 5 children together. Brita died in 1734 when her youngest child Lars (direct line) was only 3.  Six months later Nils married 51 year old Lisbeta Eriksdotter, who was 16 years older than Nils.