Parents were Simon Nielsen and Anne Pedersdatter, Schygge.
CENSUS 1801 (Skygge, Kragelund, Viborg S194)
1781 shows Niels (age 39) and Dorthe (age 32) with their first son, Peder (age 2).
CENSUS 1834 (Schygge, Kragelund, Viborg S195)
1782 age 72, living with his wife and son’s family in Skygge.
No marriage record with Dorthe Pedersdatter in Thorning or Kragelund Sogne, 1790-1800. Appears to have have a previous marriage to “Johanne”: son Jens born 9 Feb 1789 (p 71 n 5 left)