When Mads Jensen was born on 17 December 1798, in Vassingerød, Uggeløse, Frederiksborg, Denmark, his father, Jens Nielsen, was 29 and his mother, Anna Caterine Tagesdatter, was 29. He died on 29 June 1800, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .
English: variant of Jennison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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