Descendants of Jacob Breckemer
KESTELL - KAUTZER
In June 2001, we recieved information on the first three generations of the Breckemer family from Bertold Wienen, of Ingelheim, Germany, whose main source of information was received from Franz Luschberger from Hochheim, Germany. Franz has been searching his own family over many decades and has become a very experienced searcher for early families originating from the Flürsheim area. The early name has several different spellings.
Instead of changing all the information below, we chose to add an additional file containing the first three generations of the ancestors of Jacob Breckemer. Generation No. 1 1. JACOB1 BRECKEMER was born Abt. 1627. He married ANNA. Notes for JACOB BRECKEMER: How the Breckheimer name originated
In the year 1400, a family man came to Wiesbaden from Breckenheim, Germany. The people from Wiesbaden did not know what to call him, so they said he was the man from "Breckenheim". They were not sure whether his name was Johann or Martin, so they would call him the 'Breckenheimer". Then out of laziness, they shortened the name to Breckheimer. FROM CONRAD TO BRECKHEIMER FAMILY HISTORY William Conrad was born during the thirty years war - about 1629. He lived through other wars and the PEST in the years 1666-1668, and died 22 Feb. 1715 in Waldalgesheim (Kurpfalz) when he was 86 years old. He worked in the last Convent (Klosters) in Bingerwald. He married Anna Margaretha_____. Jacob Conrad, the oldest was born in 1661. He married Anna Catharina . In 1691 Jacob was Burgermeister in Weiler. He died 2 April 1721. Jacob and Anna had six children: Maria Anna married Johann Altenhofen, Anna married Johanna Weyand (Weith), Anna Maria married Anton Dore. Johann Adam was born 1695 and died 15 Mar. 1770. He married in 1729 to Anna Margaretha Weyhet, (Weith(, Margaretha married Anton Wolschied, Johann married Maria Barbara as his first wife and Maria Spes Massing, as his second wife. Johann Adam and Anna Margaretha Weyhet had three children but only one lived, PHILIPP MARTIN CONRAD. He married Agnes Sturm, 15 Feb. 1751. Agnes and Phillip had ten children of which five lived. Maria Margaretha married Caspar Massing, Anna Maria married Heinrich Hassemer from Gaulsheim, Andreas married Anna Maria Bell, Adam married Emilie Hirschbeck from Bingen. Adam was a bartender (Bierbrauer) in aa Bingen Gasthaus. Agnes married as her first husband Nikolaus Edinger from Trechtingshausen, on 1 July 1786 she married HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER in Trechingshausen. Heinrich's brother, Rev. Georg Breckheimer performed the ceremony. Heinrich had a very high ranking job when he worked at the Domkapitels (Geschaftsfuhrer). The Domkapitels is a Catholic Cathedral where the Bishop lives. His brother, Father George also lived at the 'Domkapitels' .
2. VIANDUS2 BRECKHEIMER (JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born Abt. 1652 in Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany, and died January 01, 1737/38 in Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany. He married MARGARETHA BIEDINGER 27 September 1677 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.
Children of VIANDUS BRECKHEIMER and MARGARETHA BIEDINGER are: Notes for JOHANNES HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER: 3. ii. CHRISTIAN GEORGE BRECKHEIMER, b. March 11, 1685/86, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany; d. March 12, 1762, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany. Generation No. 3 3. CHRISTIAN GEORGE3 BRECKHEIMER (VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born March 11, 1685/86 in Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany, and died March 12, 1762 in Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany. He married (1) MARIA ELISABETHA FRANK August 01, 1737 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany, daughter of JOHANNES FRANK and ANNA MARIA. He married (2) MARIA EVA STEIN Unknown. Generation No. 4 4. WIGAND4 BRECKHEIMER (CHRISTIAN GEORGE3, VIANDUS2, JACOB1 BRECKEMER) was born 1715 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany, and died September 15, 1765 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. He married ANNA MARIA WEILBACHER May 09, 1743 in Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. Notes for C. GEORGE BRECKHEIMER: This information from Mainz Dom-Und Diozes Anarchiv: Rev, George Breckheimer Kapl. in Wellstein 1777-`780, Kapl. in Bingen 1799 Pfarrverv. in Niederheimbach 1780-1805, Par. in Trechingshausen (All of these records about the Conrads and Breckheimers was looked up by KARL CONRAD who was a former teacher in Germany. It took him many years to complete the Conrad and Breckheimer family history. He has done a marvelous job, and his work will be remembered by the Conrad and Breckheimer families forever.) iii. MARIA ELISABETH BRECKHEIMER, b. April 05, 1746, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. Bef. 1752, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany. Notes for HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER: Heinrich had very high ranking job when he worked at the Domkapitels (Geschaftsfuhrer). The Domkapitels is a Catholic Cathedral where the Bishop lives. His brother, Father Georg also lived at the "Domkapitels". Heinrich died at the Faitsberger Hof (today called Schweizerhaus) by Trechtingshausen. Agnes died in Burg Layen. Napoleon Bonaparte was in power in France during this time, and he brought his army through where Heinrich was working. Heinrich would not dance to the tune of France's or Napoleon's orders so he lost his job and everything he owned at the Domkapitels. His brother bought him Faitsberger Hofes (An Inn and eating place, that hunters used to go to) In 1801 his place had 12 windows and 12 doors, as their tax Heinrich had to pay 47, 2 Francs, and his friend Josef Schmitz's building had 14 windows and 14 doors, and his tax was 69,4 Francs. In those days, they had to pay taxes according to how many windows and doors they had in their building. Heinrich Breckheimer and his wife Agnes owned Faitsburger Hof . Some Binger Ratsherrn decided to get Heinrich drunk and then bought the Hof from him by getting him to sign it over to them, but they forgot to include the land that the building was standing on. When these men tried to come into the Hof that they thought they had swindled out of Heinrich, Agnes his wife would not let them on the property. In Agnes' later years, she was on her way to church when she slipped and fell on a steep embankment and hit the back of her head, and she was blind for the rest of her life. Faitsburger Hof is on a high hill, Heinrich Breckheimer was the third child of Agnes and Heinrich Breckheimer. He was a Major when Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812. The Czar had dropped his alliance with France, and joined Great Britain against Napoleon. Napolian entered Russia with almost half a million men just before the terrible Russian winter began. He found Moscow deserted, and immediately after his arrival, fires broke out all over the city. He was forced to retreat without adequate clothing or supplies for his troops. Thousands froze to death or starved, and many thousands more were slain or captured by the wild cossacks. Less than 20,000 men lived to cross the Polish frontier. Heinrich put on the clothes of a Russian farmer and was one of the few that got to safety. He learned to sing the following song which he later sang to his children when they sat on his knee: "Petersburg, die Residenz, die Mussen wir noch nehmen, viii. JOHANNES BRECKHEIMER, b. December 03, 1759. |
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