Hans Christoffer von Rohr (1627-1700)

Hans Christoffer von Rohr (1627-1700) Captain (b. February 02, 1626/27, Svida, Ingria, Sweden (today Sujda, Leningrad province, Russia) - d. November 20, 1700, Killed in Action, Battle of Narva; Narva, Estonia)

Ancestry
He was a descendant of Lieutenant Colonel Georg von Rohr (1550-1632) and Margareta von Fleeten (1599-1655), the daughter of Colonel Hans von Fleeten. On September 07, 1672 he was raised into the Swedish nobility and he owned manors in Ingria and Livonia. The intervening generations are missing from the family history.

Estate
Hans Christoffer was the last owner of the family manor of von Rohr in Svida (in Russian Суйда), which has been given to them by the governor of Ingria, Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm, in 1619. Then the estate Svida has been presented by Russian emperor Peter I to Peter Apraksin. From Apraksin's successors the manor was sold to General Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696–1781) in 1759. It was in the manor that Nadezhda Osipovna Gannibal, mother of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, was born and was married. Today the estate "Sujda" memorializes Pushkin.

Marriage
He was married at least three times, including:
 * Anna Catharina Cronman (1658-1685), the daughter of [[Joakim Cronman (1638-1703). She was 31 years younger if the record is correct.
 * Elisabeth Schulman, the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Otto Schulman.
 * Margaretha Rehbinder, the daughter of Hakenrichter (the rural judge) in Livonia, Henric Rehbinder.

Children
He had up to 20 children, among them:
 * Joachim von Rohr (1677-1757) who was the Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant of Dalarö fortress who married Catharina Charlotta Klingenberg (1680-1758) on February 04, 1699/00 in Sweden
 * Maria Elizabeth von Rohr (1679-1710) who died during the plague epidemic at age 29
 * Sofia Anna von Rohr (1680-1686) who died as a youth
 * Anna Catharina von Rohr (1682-1715)
 * Hans Christoffer von Rohr II (1684-1754), the Page at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow (in 1699), captain, who married Helena Catharina von Spandekow (1691-1748) on August 10, 1711 in Klinov, Russia.

Death
He died November 20, 1700.

Inconsistencies
There are some inconsistencies with the dates for his birth, death and his marriage, and more work will have to be done on him. There are also problems with his parents and their births. Perhaps a generation or two in between is missing or two people with the same name from different generations are being confused.

Relationship
Hans Christoffer von Rohr (1627-1700) was the eighth, great-grandfather of Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ).

External link

 * Von Rohr and Cronman genealogy