1. Povel Madsen Holst was born Mar 1679 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. He died 1 Mar 1719 in Selbu, Sør-Trøndelag and was buried 2 15 Mar 1719 in Selbu krk., Selbu, Sør-Trøndelag.
Povel married 1 Giertrud Madsdatter Hage, daughter of Mads Simensson Hage and Ingeborg Hansdatter, on 29 Aug 1704 in Trondheim Domkirken, Sør-Trøndelag. Giertrud was born 2 1 Mar 1687 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. She died 3 16 Jun 1752 in Røros, Sør-Trøndelag and was buried 4 23 Jun 1752 in Røros krk, Røros, Sør-Trøndelag.
They had the following children:
2 M i Mads Holst was born 1 1706 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag and was christened 2 3 Apr 1706 in Trondheim Domkirken, Sør-Trøndelag. + 3 F ii Giertrud Margrethe Holst was born 1707 and died 1766. + 4 M iii Hans Petter Holst was born 1708 and died Mar 1769. 5 F iv Ingeborg Holst was born 1 1713 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag and was christened 2 8 MAI 1713 in Trondheim Domkirken, Sør-Trøndelag. + 6 M v Claus Paulsen Holst was born 1714 and died 19 Jun 1786. 7 F vi Anna Elisabeth Holst was born 1 1716 in Selbu, Sør-Trøndelag and was christened 2 12 Apr 1716 in Selbu krk., Selbu, Sør-Trøndelag. She died 3 21 Jul 1805 in Tolga, Hedmark and was buried 4 27 Jul 1805 in Tolga, Hedmark. + 8 F vii Ribor Chatarina Holst was born 1717 and died 9 Jan 1806.