Descendants of Knut Hande (circa 1550-1620)
Second Generation 
2. Bjørn Knutsen HANDE
Bjørn married (name unknown).
Children from this marriage were:
+ 4 M i. Knut Bjørnson HANDE 1,2 was born in 1625 in Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway.
3. Mattis Knutsen HANDE was born about 1584 in Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway and died in Dec 1664, about age 80.
General Notes: Tore Ey, p. 526
VALDRES BYGDEBOK, pp. 427-8
Probate records
L. Midthaug, VALDRES-SOGA (1944), p. 718
Paid fine in 1627-8 for stabbing "Nils skomaker"
Farmed Øvre Hande from ca. 1620
Mattis married Gjertrud Olsdatter .
Children from this marriage were:
+ 5 F i. Birgitte Mathisdatter HANDE
+ 6 F ii. Åvond\Offuen Mathisdatter HANDE
+ 7 F iii. Marit Mathisdatter HANDE was born about 1629 in Vestre Slidre, Valdres, Oppland, Norway and died in 1697 in Nord Aurdal, Valdres, Oppland, Norway, about age 68.