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Kjærulf became a merchant, and that he was later "rådmann" (somethingclose to deputy mayor) of the new town from 1687 until his death in1696. The fact that each of his sons inherited 1391 "Rdl" (riksdaler,unit of currency used until 1875) indicates that he had become veryprosperous. He had 9 sons. In those times the daughters did notinherit anything.Morten Olsen Kjærulf was married twice. We do not know the name ofhis first wife. The second, Karen Andersdatter Dedekam, who was bornin Kristiansand in 1659 and died in 1741, was the daughter of deputymayor Anders Tønnesen and Karen Hansdatter Spinche. He had 14children by these two wives. Most of them settled in Kristiansand andthe surrounding area, and in this manner the Kjærulf family soonspread out across the country. (A family tree follows in theNorwegian text)He married Karen Andersd. Dedekam, daughter of Anders Tønnesen &Karen Hansd. Spinche, 1659. Died 1741. They had the followingchildren:38 i. Oluf Mortensen Kjærulf39 ii. Jørgen Mortensen Kjærulf40 iii. Johanne Mortensd. Kjærulf41 iv. Marta Mortensd. Kjærulf42 v. Morten Mortensen Kjærulf43 vi. Anders Mortensen Kjærulf44 vii. Fredrik Mortensen Kjærulf45 viii. Engel Mortensd. Kjærulf46 ix. Johannes Mortensen Kjærulf47 x. Antonius Mortensen Kierulff = 12j-TCK-pg-47 = (KS-216-245) =48 xi. Johanne Marie Kjærulf49 xii. Hans Mortensen Kjærulf50 xiii. Karen Mortensd. Kjærulf51 xiv. Morten Olsen Mortensen KjærulfNinth Generation38. Oluf Mortensen Kjærulf. Born 1660. Died 1708.39. Jørgen Mortensen Kjærulf.40. Johanne Mortensd. Kjærulf. Born 1660.She first married Hans Brandt.She second married Hans Christensen.41. Marta Mortensd. Kjærulf.She married Lars Nilsen.42. Morten Mortensen Kjærulf. Died 1701.43. Anders Mortensen Kjærulf. Died 1732.44. Fredrik Mortensen Kjærulf. Died 1713.45. Engel Mortensd. Kjærulf. Died 1721.She married Christoffersen Hirsch Sigfried. Died 1743.46. Johannes Mortensen Kjærulf. Born 1680. Died 1746.He married Alhed Andersd..47. Antonius Mortensen Kierulff. Born 14 Mar 1684. Died 1723. = 12j-TCK-pg-47 == See KS-pg-216-245 =He was born in Kristiansand on March 14, 1684, and died in Øjestad in1723. He was the first Kjærulf of the Kristiansand line to study forthe clergy. At that time anyone in Norway who wanted to be admittedto an institution of higher education had to travel to Copenhagen.Antonius Mortensen began studying in 1703, received his degree intheology in 1707, amd in 1710 was appointed pastor for Hyllested andVendeslev of the Sorø district in Denmark. He wanted to return toNorway, however, and in 1715 he applied for the position as pastorfor Øjestad, not, as he wrote, "for any reasons of worldly advantage,but so that I can more easily comfort my grieving mother, who is nowa widow." He did not receive the position at that time.In 1716 he received a "Magistergrad" (today, approximately equal to adoctorate in the U.S.), and the same year he was "called" to thepastorate at South Øjestad, arriving there in 1717. In 1720 he became"prost" (pastor in charge of several parishes in an area) for Nedenes.He was married in Denmark in 1716 to Margrethe Numsen, who was bornin 1680 and died in 1727, the daughter of Major Corfitz Numsen andhis wife, the widow of the former pastor of Hyllested and Vendslev,