Looking for the Meland farm

[Larry Melander]

My ancestor Aslak Olufson Sukka from Suldal parish in Rogaland (Stavanger amt) has an entry in a family tree found on the GENI website.  It includes an excerpt from a history of the Sukka farm and its inhabitants.  In that description it includes the following of farms Aslak had ownership-

 

Aslak Sukka åtte i 1617 1 1/2 pund smør i Sukka og 9 spann korn i øydegarden Meland under Sukka. Vidare åtte han 1/2 pund i Ytre Vanvik, 1 pund i øydegarden Tysdal under Haugen og 1 pund i øydegarden Refsvoll. Ved sida av Sukka bruka han øydegarden Stubødt (Stuv) som han bygsla av kongen. I 1624 åtte han 2 pund i Sukka, 1/2 pund i Refsvoll, 16 mark i Tysdal og 1/2 pund i Nordmork.

 

I used Google to translate and it notes that many of the farm are called "øydegarden"- which I believe means the farm was vacant/deserted- possibly due to the impact of the Black Death in the previous centuries.

 

I have been able to locate the other farms mentioned but am having a hard time trying to locate the Meland farm in Suldal.  Using Norgeskart I keep getting farms that are many miles away on the coast.  When I look at Oluf Rygh it has a very long description on the origin of the name.  But I'm trying to find the farm.  A portion of the description says-

 

Listen over gårder er hentet fra "Norske Gaardnavne".

v.10, p.366   9. Mæland. Udt. mæ´lann. ― Meelandt 1602. Vldall 1610. Meeland i Vlledall 1661. Meland Ulledall 1723. Gaarden ligger i Ulledalen (ú:`dlada:l'n). *Meðalland, se Varhaug GN. 68. Ogsaa fra Kvildalen kjendes en Gaard af dette Navn; se under "Forsvundne Navne" ved Herredets Slutning. ― Dalførets Navn indeholder ifølge O. R. (NE. S. 285, jfr. Bd. III S. 188 samt M. Olsen, Hedenske kultminder I S. 181) et ældre usms. Navn paa Ulledalsaaen (udt. u`ddladalsånó), hvortil han formoder et Spor endnu i AK.'s "Ulla Elv"; fra Suldals Hoveddalføre er opgivet mig, at Elven "oppe paa Fjeldet", d. v. s. i selve Ulledalen, "vist" kaldes u`ddló (best. Form efter den svage Bøining, oldn.   It appears to say it may be a name of a farm that no longer exists.  Part of it seems to imply it might have been near Jordebrekk farm Gnr.68 (called Varhaug???).  Another seems to say it might be located in Kvildalen- a valley off the main valley of Suldal with river Ulla in it.  Not sure- there is a valley south east of Sukka called Kvildalsdalen with several farms.     I don't have access to Gamle Suldal as I live in the USA- perhaps it might give a clue in the initial writing for the history of the Meland farm???  Could someone please check and help me find this farm.   Thanks so much.

[Lars Johannessen]

Meland in Suldal (Jøsenfjorden) on this map https://kart.gulesider.no/?c=59.379261,6.515253&z=14&q="Meland, JØSENFJORDEN";geo

 

Gamle Suldal, p. 132

[Larry Melander]

Thanks so much- I didn't realize the old Suldal parish included farms so close to Hjelmeland.