Kestel-Kautzer Family Tree-Descendants of Jacob Breckemer


KESTELL - KAUTZER

Descendants of Jacob Breckemer


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_____.
Of this marriage there were four children: Johann Michael who married Ottilia Siers from Ackermann, Johann who married A. Dorothea Closs from Zollner, Anna Catharina who married Matthias Wenz. These three stayed living in Waldalgesheim.

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' .
 


Child of JACOB BRECKEMER and ANNA is:
2. i. VIANDUS2 BRECKHEIMER, b. Abt. 1652, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany; d. January 01, 1737/38, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany.

Generation No. 2

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.

Notes for VIANDUS BRECKHEIMER:
The next four generations of Breckheimers through Wigand Breckheimer & Anna Maria Weilbacher were searched at Dioezeanarchiv Limburg, Germany, searching the church books at Flürsheim, Germany. The early Breckheimer name has several different spellings, which was very common in almost every name.

Children of VIANDUS BRECKHEIMER and MARGARETHA BIEDINGER are:
        i. JOHANNES HEINRICH3 BRECKHEIMER, b. May 02, 1683, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany; d. February 01, 1730/31, ?.

Notes for JOHANNES HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER:
Rev. Johannes Heinrich Breckheimer was ordained a Catholic Priest, and was ss.theol.Doctor parochus Hospitalis ad Joannem Moguntiae. He died at the age of 48 years.

 

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.
        iii. JOHANN CASPAR BRECKHEIMER, b. October 20, 1689, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany; d. Unknown.
        iv. JOHANN GEORGE BRECKHEIMER, b. March 20, 1693/94, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany; d. Unknown.
        v. JOHANN PHILLIP BRECKHEIMER, b. June 09, 1697, Fl¨rsheim, Main Taunus, Hessen, Germany; d. Unknown.
        vi. MARIA MARGARETHA BRECKHEIMER, b. November 26, 1701, 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.

Children of CHRISTIAN BRECKHEIMER and MARIA STEIN are:
4. i. WIGAND4 BRECKHEIMER, b. 1715, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. September 15, 1765, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.
        ii. HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER, b. Abt. 1720.
        iii. JOHANNES BRECKHEIMER, b. May 29, 1725.
        iv. PETER BRECKHEIMER, b. April 11, 1728.
        v. NICOLAUS BRECKHEIMER, b. December 01, 1729.

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.

Children of WIGAND BRECKHEIMER and ANNA WEILBACHER are:
        i. INFANT5 BRECKHEIMER, b. Abt. 1758, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. November 04, 1758, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.
        ii. C. GEORGE BRECKHEIMER, b. October 23, 1744, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. December 17, 1805.

Notes for C. GEORGE BRECKHEIMER:
This family went through lots of hardships as both parents died while most of the family were very
young. C. George went to become a priest and he had Heinrich with him when he worked in the Bishops Mainzer Domkapitels in Trechinghausen. The way I understand it, it is where the Bishop
lived. There was one sister who grew to adulthood, and it is believed that she took care of her other
brother Wigand. Henry Breckheimer was four years old when his mother died, and 9 when his father died. He had one other brother who was two years older. It is believed that the rest of the family all died young.

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
(Ernnant 233.0.1804) Rev. George Breckheimer died 17 Dec. 1805.

(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.
        iv. ANNA MARGARETHA BRECKHEIMER, b. August 24, 1749, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. March 07, 1750/51, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.
        v. ELISABETH BRECKHEIMER, b. May 19, 1752, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. March 13, 1832, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany.
        vi. WIGAND BRECKHEIMER, b. December 02, 1754, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; m. (1) ANNA MARGARETHA GARTEL, April 21, 1777; m. (2) CATHARINA GEBHARD, October 03, 1790.
        vii. HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER, b. December 18, 1756, Fl¨rsheim, Mainz, Germany; d. November 22, 1823, Trechtingshausen, Rhine, Germany; m. AGNES CONRAD, January 07, 1786, St. Clements, Trechingshausen, Germany.

Notes for HEINRICH BRECKHEIMER:
Heinrich's brother Rev. George Breckheimer performed the wedding ceremony of Heinrich Breckheimer and Agnes Conrad Edinger. This was the second marriage for Agnes.

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,
and the roads going to it were not very good either.

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,
         Da Brot und Fleisch genug und ein junges Frisches Leben
         Auch ein Glas Champagnerwein und einen Schnaps daneben."

        viii. JOHANNES BRECKHEIMER, b. December 03, 1759.

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