When Hans Bendtsen was born in 1720, his father, Bendt Rundeman Hansen, was 35 and his mother, Mette Christensdatter, was 25.
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1686–1750 Male
1695– Female
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bent, Per. German Kurt, Otto.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Bengt, Ben(d)t, short forms of Benedikt (see Benedict ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of Danish variant Bendtsen and possibly also of Norwegian and Danish Bengtsen. Compare Bensen 2, Benson 3, and Bentson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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