Henrik Fremling (U1138). Vht: Viipurin oikeuspormestari Petter Fremling (Petrus Petri, aikaisemmin Fleming, yo Uppsalassa 19.11.1670, † 1705) ja Anna Henriksdotter Carstenia. Viipurin lukion oppilas noin 1698–19.8.1701 (dim.). Konstaapeli. Sotavankina Venäjällä. Siirtyi rauhanteon jälkeen Ruotsin puolelle rajaa.
Isän isä: Saarenmaan kuvernööri Petter Fleming, till Hannula 30 (yo 1640, † ~1674).
Äidin isä: Viipurin piispa, FM Henrik Carstenius 970 (yo (1653), † 1683).
Lanko: kihlakunnantuomari Erik Johan Brotterus 4800 (yo 1704, † 1738).
Maka: Beata Katarina Fremling (född Carstenius)
Henrik Fremling (Fleming). Man slarvar med efternamnet i skrifterna.
Born in Viborg / Viipuri. Estimate 1685 because: 1) starting "lyceum" at the age of 13 seems reasonable at that time; 2) Viborg birth records are found 1686-1697 and his birth is not in them; 3) taken the birth years of his close siblings (1681, 1683, 1684) that only leaves 1680 (or before), 1682 and 1685-1686 as possibilities.
Student in Viborg / Viipuri "lyceum" 1698 – 19.8.1701. Apparently not graduated for whatever reason?
Artillery officer (konstapel). Presumably located in Viborg / Viipuri until 1710, when the city was taken by Russia after several months of siege.
Prisoner of war in Russia until 1722 (estimate, war ended in 1721 and other similar prisoners of war came back in 1722, see e.g. the Reiher family).
Moved to Swedish side after release. Best guess so far is Pyttis (Pyhtää) region. Remark: move to Sweden (meaning Finland) at that time possibly meant moving as little as 20 kms because the border was not too far from Viborg.
Dead: no facts about year or place so far.
As can be seen from above, Henrik's whereabouts are still quite unclear. Therefore, the rest of this page consists of various work notes so far.
Close connections to Henrik and Fremling family in general
Carsten family. Henrik's mother is a Carsten and the Carsten family had properties close to Pernå/Pernaja, notably the Dampbacka manor. (And the wife?)
Schmidt family. Henrik's grandmother was a Schmidt, Per Fremling's predecessor as mayor was Hans Schmidt and his successor was another Hans Schmidt. The Schmidt name also appears in several contexts close to Fremling's.
Wallerian family. For instance, Bengt Wallerian is always present as "fadder" (Godfather/witness) in Fremling baptisms and where e.g. Anna Fremling is. A Jacob Wallerian also lived in Pyttis/Pyhtää, so seems to have followed same paths as Henrik. There are also several Wallerians as Godfathers in Pernå/Pernaja around 1750-1760 (need to find those again and add links).
Brotherus. Henrik's sister Anna was married to Erik Brotherus and the Brotherus name also appears often in same Godfather lists as the others in Viborg 1713 onwards.
Jonas Lippius, the mayor of Viborg after 1710 (exact year to be verified). He is Henrik's uncle or cousin (need to check). Same thing for Godfathers as Bengt Wallerian. (What about Brita? And the third one?)
Thomas Thomasson (family name needs to be verified) is constantly in the same group of Godfathers as the others in Viborg 1713 onwards.
Reiher family. The family originates from Kurland/Livland and the ancestor has probably known also Per Fleming and maybe even met the young Per Fremling. A Casper Reiher was mayor of Helsingfors/Helsinki from 1614. Was married with previous mayor's daughter. Who was the mayor then? For instance Johan Reiher was taken as prisoner in Viborg in 1710 and returned from Russia in 1722. Also Arent (son av Arent Reiher, naturaliserad Reiher, tab 3) was taken as prisoner in war in Viborg 1710-1722. Arent's daughter (Engel Maria, född 1702, död 1770-03-11. Gift 1725-01-28 i Viborg med majoren Simon Adolf Kalitin, född 1690, död 1760.) got married with a Simon Kalitin.
Boisman family and notably Henrik Boisman are close to the Fremling's what comes to status, location and family relations.
Kalitin. This family is mainly interesting due to their history and movements that are quite similar to Per and Henrik Fremling's. There is also Henrik's sister who is married to some "Russian Captain Semen Kotheint" but that remains to be researched further. See e.g. discussion about this family, there are connections with both Wallerians and Pyttis/Pyhtää (in Finnish).
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