The 1615 Matrikkelen [tax roll] tells that the stepchildren of Tarjei Åsland had 2 tn 2 mK and that Tov Sandåk had 4 mK at the farm. They were among the heirs after Ingebjørg S.Felland died so she probably had had Ringestoga also.

The bygningsskattelistene [The building tax lists] from 1617 to 1619 mention Knut at the farm. It is impossible to tell when he was the farmer, these lists are as a rule not completely reliable.

Tarjei Ormson had come to the farm from Åsland 7 about 1618. He was married to a widow and had, with her, inheritance at Ringestoga (2 tn 2 mK), Rovshus (1 tn 2 mK) and S.Felland (4 mK). In 1624 they also had 1 tnK purchased-property at Byrte (Midtgarden) and 4 mK mortgaged property at Sandåk. Tarjei himself had 2 tnK at Åsland, ½ tnK at Skredtveit and 1 tnK at «Flottin» (Floten in Lid?).

We find Tarjei several times in the sources. He was one of the heirs after Olav Halvorson Moghus died in 1622 and he was sued several times in lawsuits about land property in Åsland and Midjås. In 1629 Tov Sandåk and Steffen S.Felland sued him on behalf of his stepson because he used Ringestoga. Tarjei had no right to the farm as it was inheritance after their grandmother Ingebjørg Felland died. In spite of this, he was able to remain here. In the 1630's he was the only one in Mo parish who is listed as landowner by allodial rights in the sheriff's book, 8½ tn 2 mK he had. By the time he died Tarjei and his widow had been for some years users of the farm. Her name was Margit Olavsdtr and she was probably from Tveito in Vinje. Before 1645 she moved with her son-in-law to Åse 6 and is called allodial owner up to 1651 with 3½ tn 1 mK at Ringestoga and 1 tn 2 mK at S.Felland.

In 1646 there was a judgment at Triset-tinget [the Triset hearing] that Mari Jonsdtr had to leave Haugehåtveit as a result of her contract and the probate record of 1632. She then came back to the farm in 1647 with her husband Talleiv Mikkelson and her son Knut Knutson Haugehåtveit 4a. They probably used half the farm each. Sondre Svalastoga (2 tnK) and Laurits Johanson (1 tnK) had Haugehåtveit that year. Knut Knutson had land at Ø.Bergland and parts of Skattør and «Håtveit» [Haugehåtveit]. In 1655 he mortgaged off 1 tnK of the farm to Kristi Tarjeisdtr Åse for 147 rd. By the time this came up in court in 1668, Talleiv had moved to Bjåland. He believed that Knut could not sell the land as his mother had not given consent. Two witnesses were able to say that she had given consent. Mari Jonsdtr herself was old and feeble and was not able to come to the court in 1668. It was the same year Gunstein Tveiten of Setesdal decided to pay 40 rd which Knut Knutson owed Vetle Storåsli. Talleiv Skafså had taken a mortgage on Ø.Bergland for this money.

Torbjørn Sondreson Svalastoga (1634-Sk.1708) from Grungedal came to the farm from Åse 8 about 1661. His wife's name was Kristi Tarjeisdtr and she got a mortgage on 1 tnK at Haugehåtveit from Knut Knutson in 1655 for 147 rd. They paid Gunnar Bjåland 20 rd so that Talleiv and Mari would get the use of 1 tnK at Bjåland. In addition they also paid 20 rd and 2 spring cows in order to get Haugehåtveit. In addition to this farm they also owned land in Tortveit, Nedgarden, Onsaker, Åmli and Lien, totally 2 and 1 quarter tnK. Talleiv Bjåland sued in 1668 for the use of Haugehåtveit. An agreement was reached again that Torbjørn would pay 36 rd for the farm, but after Mari Bjåland was dead, the heirs had to pay the money back.

Torbjørn Sondreson had himself rights to Haugehåtveit. His father, Sondre Oddson Svalastoga owned land at the farm before him. We have not a clue how this was, but a bumerket [signature mark "X" of an illiterate person] of Torbjørn was quite similar to that of Halvor Haugehåtveit 3.

Torbjørn bought out Olav Nikulsson in 1674 for 100 rd and was then the sole owner of the entire farm. In 1677 he sold ½ tnK of Hærstad to Rolv Gunleikson Hærstad for 60 rd. This must have been inheritance that Gunhild Olavsdtr Haugehåtveit got at the estate settlement in 1669 after Gro Gunleiksdtr Hærstad died. Three years later he was involved in a lawsuit concerning Fiskemostrand in Vinje together with Steinar Nylende.

Around 1684 Torbjørn moved to Svalastoga, but was in 1706 sued by Nikuls Olavson Homme who wanted to unencumber Haugehåtveit. It then was decided that Nikuls should have 150 rd for the allodial rights. Torbjørn and his children acquired the farm.