Löddeköpinge (M) CI:2 (1772-1827) Image 14 / page 11 (AID: v111112.b14.s11, NAD: SE/LLA/13261) Link.
One might ask who was most upset about the events; the involved parties – or the priest that made the notations about them.
”1774 Fredagen d:11 Nov: Föddes ett oäckta barn, döptes hemma, nomine Nils. Änkemannen Hans Andersson, som till hustru haft, barnets moders syster, blef vid Tinget i Kieflinge d:18 Jan: 1775 utlagd till Barnfader, af Ingar, åboens Meusters dotter. Ett sådant lägersmåhl med sin afledna hustrus syster, har aldrig här hänt. Händelsen war bedröfvelig, blef ej uptäckt förän 14 dagar för barnets födelse. Gud ware ärad, att barne mord blef förkommit ! Mitt bekymmer var ganska stort; ty samma dag ransakningen om pigan Ingars tillstånd anstaltes, rymde hon af sin faders huus; men blef igenfunnen.”
On Friday, the 11th of November 1774, a child out of wedlock named Nils was born and baptized at home. The widower Hans Andersson, who had been married to the child’s mother’s sister, was charged at the court in Kieflinge on the 18th of January 1775 of being the father of Ingar Meustersdotter’s child. Adultery such as this with a man’s deceased wife’s sister had never happened here before. The event was deplorable and was not discovered until 14 days before the child’s birth. Glory be to God, that the child’s murder might be prevented! My worry was rather great; because on the same day that an examination of the maid Ingar’s condition was ordered, she ran away from her father’s house, but was later found.
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