Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Joiner / Carpenter
• Baptism: 10 Feb 1677, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany
• Residence: Between 1706 and 1741, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; House 46a

Notes:

The Thoma family lived from 1687 to 1772 in house number 46 in Hofstädten. It was in 1687 in the possession of Stephan Thomæ. In 1706 half of the house was owned by Johann Sebastian Thomæ and half by his daughter. In 1740 it was half owned by Johann Sebastian Thomæ and half by Christian Valentin Thomæ. In 1741 if was fully owned by Christian Valentine Thomæ. In 1765 it passed to George Friedrich Thomæ And in 1772 it passed into the possession of Waldaster Deysing.

Died:
House 46a

Johann married Gutsel, Anna on 22 May 1703 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Anna (daughter of Gutsel, Johann and Eibau, Anna) was born on 10 Feb 1680 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 27 Apr 1741 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 27 Apr 1741 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Married by M Balthasar Froman

1. Thomæ, Johann Stephan was born on 28 Mar 1704 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 25 Mar 1704 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 13 Feb 1782 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany.
2. Thomæ, Johann Conrad was born on 12 Apr 1706 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 12 Apr 1706 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died in DECEASED.
3. Thomæ, Johann Sebastian was born on 29 Sep 1708 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 29 Sep 1708 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died in DECEASED.
4. Thomæ, Christian Valentine was born on 11 Jul 1709 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 7 Sep 1711 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died in 1765 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried in 1765 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany.
5. Thomæ, Stephan Thomas was born on 7 Aug 1714 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 7 Aug 1714 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 3 Apr 1788 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 3 Apr 1788 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 25 Aug 1629, Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany
• Education: Between 1646 and 1652, Gymnasium Casimirianum Academicum, Coburg, Bayern, Germany
• Residence: 16 Apr 1652, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
• Life Event: Between 1663 and 1668, Wiesenfeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Lutheran Pastor at Weisenfeld
• Life Event: Between 15 Jul 1668 and 1678, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany; Lutheran Pastor at Neuhaus
• Life Event: Between 1678 and 1706, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Adjunct Lutheran Pastor at Sonnefeld
• Residence: Between 1678 and 1706, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; House 46

Notes:

From the “Von der Adjunctur Sonnenfeld” chapter in the “Light in the Evening” book, pages 718-719

Stephanus Thomæ, mein seeliger Vater, erblickte dieses Tages-Licht zu Hildburghausen auf Bartholomæi 1629. Die Eltern waren Herr Christoph Thomæ, anfangs Cantor, hernach Subdiaconus und endlich Archidiaconus daselbst, so 1634 im Herrn seelig entschlaffen, und Frau Catharina, eine gebohrne Hartmdnnin. Er frequentirte unter den damahligen Kriegs=Troublen anfangs die Schule daselbst, und gieng zugleich seinem Stieff=Vater Johann Möringen, sowohl in seinem Kirchner=Amt, als Becker Handwerck an die Hand, biß er sich 1646. auf das Hochfürstl. Gymnafium nach Coburg wenden, und daselbst mit dem Convictorio und famulatur kümmerlich hinbringen konnte. Endlich begab er sich nach Leipzig, difputirte 1652. unter Hn. M. Rothen de Sorite, und promovirte den 21. April 1655. in Baccalaureum. Als er nach seiner Anheimkunfft sich eine geraume Zeit in dem vornehmen Carpzovischen Hauß aufgehalten, und die altesten Söhne informiret hatte, bekam er 1663. eine Vocation zur Pfarr Wiesenfeld, 1668. zur Pfarr Neuhauß, und endlich 1678. Zur Adjunctur Sonnenfeld, allhier starb er den 22. Julii 1706 im 77. Jahr seines Alters, recht Lebensfatt, an einem Schlagfluß, und wurde in die Closter=Kirche versendet. Ein mehrers von demselben findet der geneigte Leser in dem von mir nach seinem Tod ihm verfertigten Ehren=Gedächtniß. Von ihm find zum Druck kommen:

The English translation:

Stephen Thomæ, my blessed father, [first] saw the daylight in Hildburghausen on St Bartholomew's Day [24 August] 1629. The parents were Mr. Christopher Thomæ, in the beginning Cantor of this place, and at the end Subdeacon and afterwards Archdeacon [also] of this place, who in 1634 fell into blessed sleep in the LORD, and wife Catharina, born Hartmannin. He frequented under the late military troubles the school of this place in the beginning, and went at the same time to his stepfather Johann Möringen in his office as a Kirchner [church's administrative assistant], as well as to the baker’s shop, working by the hand, until he in 1646 went to Coburg for the Great Princely Gymnasium, and passed the time at that place at the dorms [Convictorio] and in the classrooms [famulatur] in misery. Finally he went to Leipzig, apprenticed 1652 under Mr. M. Rothen de Sorite, and received his baccalaurate on 21 April 1655. As he informed the oldest sons, he was after his homecoming employed for a long time by the distinguished House of Carpzov and [then] received the call 1663 as the pastor of Wiesenfeld, (15 Jul) 1668 as the pastor of Neuhauß, and finally 1678 as the adjutant of Sonnefeld, where he died on 22 July 1706 in the 77th Year of his age, still full of life, of a palsy, and was buried at the Klosterkirche. Also at the same place, the gentle reader will find that, after his death, I made the memorial in his honor. Of him it is here in print: [Actually, Christian listed three people who were buried with his father.]

From:

Beyträge zur Erläterung der Hochfürstlichen Sachsen-Hildburghausen Kirchen=Schul=Landes=Historie, Vierter Theil, von der Stadt und Dioeces Königsberg, Sonnenfeld, Behringen und Schalckau, [Contributions to the Explanation of the Church, School and Country History of Great Princely Saxe-Hildburghausen, Part 4, of the Cities and Dioceses of Königsberg, Sonnefeld, Behringen and Schalckau], by Johann Werner Krauß (Hildburghausen, Saxe-Hildburghausen: Johann Gottfried Hanisch, 1754), pages 359-360, in the "Sonnenfeld" chapter:

Stephen Thomä, was the 14th Evangelical pastor of Sonnefeld, and he also succeeded the late Johann Lorenz Hoffman (who had died in 1677 at the ripe old age of 46) as the Adjunctus of the same town.

[page 359] 14. Stephan Thomæ, of Hildburghausen, born 1629, studied in Coburg and Leipzig, was pastor first of Weisenfeld 1663, then of [page 360] Neuhaus 1668, finally Adjunctus of this place [Sonnefeld] 1678, died blessed 1706, was buried on 22 July in the Klosterkirche. His memorial tablet had this inscription:

“Here rests, weakened by old age and exhausted by [so] much work, the bones of a faithful Servant of GOD, namely Mr Stephen Thomæ from Hildburghausen well-trained theologian and well-deserved Adjunctus of this place [Sonnefeld]. This man of GOD’s fruits, loyal officer, and pastor's pastor, GOD rewarded [his] virtues with three crowns, two he wore in this mortality, with the third he shines now in eternity, after he had lived [for] 77 [years], led in Weisenfeld 5 [years], Neuhaus 10 [years], Sonnefeld 28 [years], altogether 43 [years], and been in the marriage for 41 years. Died blessed 1707.”

Of his family and writings more information is given by his minister son, Rev. Thomæ and see Licht p. 719.

Individuals: Grover, Carolyn, Month and day of Birth.

The Thoma family lived from 1687 to 1765 in house number 47 in Hofstädten. It was in 1687 in the possession of Stephan Thomæ. In 1706 half of the house was owned by Johann Sebastian Thomæ and half by his daughter. In 1740 it was half owned by Johann Sebastian Thomæ and half by Christian Valentin Thomæ. In 1741 if was fully owned by Christian Valentine Thomæ. In 1765 it passed into the possession of Waldaster Deysing.

Died:
House 46

Stephan married Buchenröder, Johanna CORDULA on 12 Nov 1665 in Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Johanna (daughter of Buchenröder, MICHAEL Sr and Steiner, Elisabetha) was born on 11 Oct 1647 in Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; died on 10 Mar 1712 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 10 Mar 1712 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 11 Oct 1647, Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany
• Residence: Between 1676 and 1712, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; House 46

Notes:

Her birth date may be her christening date.

Died:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lutheran Pastor, School Teacher, Headmaster in Hildburhausen
• Life Event: Between 1614 and 1625, Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; Cantor
• Ordained: 18 Dec 1625, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Ordination
• Life Event: Between 19 Dec 1625 and 1633, Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; Diaconal Lutheran Pastor
• Life Event: Between 1633 and 1634, Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; Archdeacon

Notes:

Stephanus Thomæ, mein seeliger Vater, erblickte dieses Tages-Licht zu Hildburghausen auf Bartholomæi 1629. Die Eltern waren Herr Christoph Thomæ, anfangs Cantor, hernach Subdiaconus und endlich Archidiaconus daselbst, so 1634 im Herrn seelig entschlaffen, und Frau Catharina, eine gebohrne Hartmdnnin. Er frequentirte unter den damahligen Kriegs=Troublen anfangs die Schule daselbst, und gieng zugleich seinem Stieff=Vater Johann Möringen, sowohl in seinem Kirchner=Amt, als Becker Handwerck an die Hand, biß er sich 1646. auf das Hochfürstl. Gymnafium nach Coburg wenden, und daselbst mit dem Convictorio und famulatur kümmerlich hinbringen konnte. Endlich begab er sich nach Leipzig, difputirte 1652. unter Hn. M. Rothen de Sorite, und promovirte den 21. April 1655. in Baccalaureum. Als er nach seiner Anheimkunfft sich eine geraume Zeit in dem vornehmen Carpzovischen Hauß aufgehalten, und die altesten Söhne informiret hatte, bekam er 1663. eine Vocation zur Pfarr Wiesenfeld, 1668. zur Pfarr Neuhauß, und endlich 1678. Zur Adjunctur Sonnenfeld, allhier starb er den 22. Julii 1706 im 77. Jahr seines Alters, recht Lebensfatt, an einem Schlagfluß, und wurde in die Closter=Kirche versendet. Ein mehrers von demselben findet der geneigte Leser in dem von mir nach seinem Tod ihm verfertigten Ehren=Gedächtniß. Von ihm find zum Druck kommen:

The English translation:
Stephen Thomæ, my blessed father, [first] saw the daylight in Hildburghausen on St Bartholomew's Day [24 August] 1629. The parents were Mr. Christopher Thomæ, in the beginning Cantor of this place, and at the end Subdeacon and afterwards Archdeacon [also] of this place, who in 1634 fell into blessed sleep in the LORD, and wife Catharina, born Hartmannin. He frequented under the late military troubles the school of this place in the beginning, and went at the same time to his stepfather Johann Möringen in his office as a Kirchner [church's administrative assistant], as well as to the baker’s shop, working by the hand, until he in 1646 went to Coburg for the Great Princely Gymnasium, and passed the time at that place at the dorms [Convictorio] and in the classrooms [famulatur] in misery. Finally he went to Leipzig, apprenticed 1652 under Mr. M. Rothen de Sorite, and received his baccalaureate on 21 April 1655. As he informed the oldest sons, he was after his homecoming employed for a long time by the distinguished House of Carpzov and [then] received the call 1663 as the pastor of Wiesenfeld, 1668 as the pastor of Neuhauß, and finally 1678 as the adjutant of Sonnefeld, where he died on 22 July 1706 in the 77th Year of his age, still full of life, of a palsy, and was buried at the Klosterkirche. Also at the same place, the gentle reader will find that, after his death, I made the memorial in his honor. Of him it is here in print: [Actually, Christian listed three people who were buried with his father.]

Chronik der Stadt, der Diözese und des Herzogtums Hildburghausen [Chronicle of the City, the Diocese and the Duchy of Hildburghausen], by Rudolf Armin Human, Ph.D (a Thomä fan). (Hildburghausen, Saxe-Meninigen: Kesselringsche Hofbuchhandlung, 1886), pages 81, 82, 396, 397, 470

Antiquitates et Memorabilia Historiae Franconicae [in Latin: Antiquitaties and Memorabilia of the History of Franconia, but the book is in German] darumen insonderheit der Ursprung / Einrichtung und Merckwürdigkeiten der Fürstlichen Residenz-Stadt Hildburghausen von denen âltesten biß auf die jetzige Zeiten aus bewährten Uhrkunden abgehandelt werden [in German: Especially concerning the origin, foundation and curiosities of the Princely Residence-City of Hildburghausen from the authentic documents that were employed from the earliest to the current times], by Johann Werner Krauß [Hildburghausen, Saxe-Hildburghausen: Johann Gottfried Hanisch, "privileged court publisher", 1753], pages 309 and 311. The title is quite a mouthful. That's why this book is known as just, "Antiquitates et Memorabilia historiae Franconicae besonders Hildburghausen". Maybe the success of his first book went to Mr. Krauß’s head but he wrote excellent chapters about two major schools in Hildburghausen - the Hildburghausen School and the Princely Gymnasium.

Beyträge zur Erläuterung der Hochfürstl. Sachsen-Hildburghausen Kirchen- , Schul - and Landes-Historie: Zweiter Theil von der Stadt und Dioeces Hildburghausen [Contributions to the Explanation of the Church, School and Country History of the Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen: Second Part of the City and Diocese of Hildburghausen], by Johann Werner Krauß (Hildburghausen, Saxe-Hildburghausen: Johann Gottfried Hanisch, 1752), pages 274 and 383

Because Dr. Human used both books by Mr. Krauß as his sources about Christoph Thomä, I'll summarize my findings for you about Stephen's father. According to Mr. Krauß, Christoph lived his whole life in Hildburghausen but he was ordained in Coburg on 18 December 1625 as a deacon. In 1615, he became the 11th Cantor of the Hildburghausen School. The position of Cantor made Christoph the assistant to the Conrector, the second in command of the school. In 1622, he succeeded his boss as the 13th Conrector [Assistant Headmaster], "mit Berbehaltung des Cantorats [with the support of the Council of Cantors]” His promotion also made him the Vicar of the “U.L. Frauen.“ (Maybe that's why his son had to keep going to school in spite of the Thirty Years War.) In 1633, he was elevated to the rank of Archdeacon (Hofprediger = Court Preacher), the position he would hold to the end of his life. He died on 6 June 1634. His widow's second husband, Johann Möring (1596-1676), was, in 1642, the 10th Kirchner of the Hildburghausen School and he was succeeded in this office by his next four descendants. He was in various offices of the Church for 40 years.

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From National Library Coburg, Manuscript PM 1/65 : Christian Muhlfeld : Musician - book of the ducjy of Saxe - Meningen. Short biographies of musicians, cantors, organists, dilettantes who are born in the Duchy or have acted in the same Meningen 1908. Kantor, vice-pricipal; life datea is not identified. Thoma was 1614-1615 cantor in Hildburghausen, then vice principal.
That Christoph Thomä is in the Musiker-Lexikon des Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen ( 1680 – 1918 ) [ Dictionary of Musicians of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen ( 1680 – 1918 ) ] ???
Christoph Thoma (auch Thomä)
Kantor, Konrektor; Lebensdaten nicht ermittelt. Thoma war 1614–1615 Kantor in Hildburghausen, dann Konrektor.
QUELLE: Landesbibliothek Coburg, Manuskript PM I/65: Christian Mühlfeld: Musiker-Buch des Herzogtums Sachsen-Meiningen. Kurze Biographien von Musikern, Kantoren, Organisten, Dilettanten, die im Herzogtum geboren sind oder in demselben gewirkt haben. Meiningen 1908.

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For Hildburghausen and its neighboring towns, 1634 was the year of das große Sterben [ “The Great Death” ].  The German Wikipedia article about the Stadtfriedhof Hildburghausen [ City Cemetery of Hildburghausen ] states that so many people died at the time that it became necessary to open a separate cemetery for plague victims.  Today, no one knows its exact location — the people were that traumatized — but it is believed to be south of Hildburghausen, on the banks of the Werra River.

You might have already read all about it in the online timeline of Hildburghausen but it’s still worth a repeat, translated from the German :

16 October 1634
Feast Day of St Gallus.  The region is conquered by the Imperial General of Cavalry Johann Ludwig Hektor Graf von Isolani with his Croats.  The [ evil ] general is of Cypriot origin and leads a [ most ] cruel regiment in [ an orgy of ] pillage, robbery, torture and mass murder, after the Saxe-Weimar Cavalry has already withdrawn, on 9 October, in a hurry towards Suhl.  The incursion of Isolani, who came from [ Generalissimo ] Wallenstein, is to be regarded as a punitive act by the Emperor against the Thuringian princes, who were allied with Sweden.

One example is Themar, which suffers terribly.  The Imperial Soldiers raze 209 houses with 269 apartments, the rectory, the German and Latin schools, the Amtshaus [ district administrative building ], a town hall with a Ratskeller, two gatehouses and others.  The city church with its works of art was spared by a happy coincidence.  An Italian officer is said to have extinguished the fire torch in front of the Marian altar.

After the murderous arsonists have withdrawn, out of 300 people or heads of families, only 133 are counted, 40 of whom are healthy Bürger [ citizens ].  Next to the church there are “69 of the smallest houses” left.  In the memorial sermon given by Deacon Hölbe, 83 people, as well as the health of the 30 of them, are mentioned.  — Looting and pillage cause the damage of 149,282 guilders, 2 groschen and 8 ½ pfennigs.

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From the death record of Christoph from Chip Kalb:
I think Christoph Thomae died in his sleep but I can’t figure out the spelling of that word.  It looks like the writer was trying to show off by inventing a new word.  As you know, the Germans love to make combo words and this writer was apparently one of them.  He used “dormire”, the Latin verb for “to sleep”, “todt”, the German noun for “death”, and the Latin verb ending, “– irt” to create “doremtodtirt” [ died in the sleep ] but it didn’t come out right, not in that handwriting.  That writer should have laid off Latin and German shorthand and make the job easier for us translators.

Buried:
Buried in Plague cemetery.

Died:
Died in sleep, from plague.

Christoph married Hartmann, Catharina on 4 Nov 1628 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Catharina (daughter of Hartmann, Johann and Scheber, Anastasia) was born on 25 Oct 1607 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; died before 2 Feb 1669 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; was buried on 2 Feb 1669 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "Klipper Stipendium [Klipper Exhibition]", author unknown, Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte u. Landeskunde [Writings of the Saxe-Meiningen Association of History and Geography], 54. Heft [Issue No. 54] (Hildburghausen, Saxe-Meiningen: F. W. Gadow & Sohn, 1906), pages 74, 80, 94.

Page 94:
Stephen Thomæ was apparently the only child of Katharina Hartmann (1607-1669) and her first husband, Christoph Thomæ. He married Cordula, the daughter of Superintendent Michael Buchenröder of Heldburg, and their children, as well as Christian's own children, are listed on this page. Stephen's parents were married on 4 November 1628 but Christoph died on 6 June 1634. Katharina then married Johann Möring on 30 January 1637. They had at least four children. Although he was a baker, Johann was the city Kirchner with the Church of St Lorenz in Hildburghausen. He died on 13 January 1676. His parents were not known. But Katharina's parents are known. She was the second daughter of Antastasia Scheder (died 2 January 1659) and her first husband, Johann Hartmann, the Senior Mayor of Hildburghausen (died 5 June 1615). The parents were married on 21 October 1606 but, after Johann died, his widow married, on 1 March 1647, the Tuchmacher [draper] Paul Thein, who died on 11 December 1678.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: MS39-H94
• Education: 1 Oct 1623, Rodach, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Student
• Education: Between 27 Mar 1627 and 1632, Gymnasium Casimirianum Academicum, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Student
• Education: Between 1632 and 1635, University of Jena, Jena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany; Student
• Life Event: Between 26 May 1638 and 1647, Friesau, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany; St Leonhard Church, Third Lutheran Pastor
• Life Event: Between 1647 and 1682, Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; Senior Lutheran Pastor
• Alternate Death: 13 Jul 1682, Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany

Notes:

Was the pastor of St Leonhard Church in Friesau, Germany from 1638 - 1646 according to http://www.friesau.de/wehrkirche-st-leonhard/pfarrerliste-copyrightinfos.html. He was the 3rd pastor of that church.

After he graduated from the University at Jena he tutored the children of the “Sulfur Mountain” Lord at Breittenbach for 1-1/2 years. For the rest of the time until he became pastor at Friesau he tutored the children of Andreas Steiner. At it was probably there that he met his future wife, Elisabetha Steiner.

Michael shows up in both Allgemeine Deutsch Biographie (Universal German Biography) and Deutsches Sagenbuch (German Book of Legends), and also in the catalog of funeral sermons (along with Stephan Thomä and Herman Crell). He wrote and preached four funeral sermons. He also wrote and published several pamphlets, including his Congratulations to Cordula on her wedding date (she must have been Daddy's little girl) and an opinion that compared the Vatican to Gog, Magog and the other devils. He's also in the biography of the Sabbatai Zevi, the self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah, as one of the Protestant leaders of the opposition.

He was also the pastor of Ebersdorf.

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Buchenröder: Michael B., born 10 October 1610 in Steinfeld near Hildburghausen and educated in Rodach and Coburg, studied at [the University of] Jena theology and philosophy, acted as private tutor in Breitenbach in Thuringia and Möschlitz in the Vogtland and then was pastor of Friesau and Ebersdorf and finally in 1646 Superintendent of Heldburg, where he died 18 July 1682. Through his writings, in three of which he strongly rejected partly intensified and partly new attacks on the Protestant faith appearing after the Thirty Years War and in which a piece of cultural history of his times is described, namely, Die Lästerungen des Kapuziners P. Markus ab Ariano [The Blasphemies of the Capuchin Father Markus of Ariano], Den angeblich damals neu erstandenen Messias [The Alleged Then Newly Resurrected Messiah] and Die üppig aufgeschossenen Wundermänner [The Abundant Constant Miracle-Workers], he has earned an honorable name. The same are listed in: Kirchengallerie der Reu?ischen Länder [Gallery of the Churches of the Reuss Lands], Part II. p. 96 [At that time, the Vogtland belonged to the Counts von Reuss, the same family that has been naming, since 1197, all the sons Heinrich after Henry VI, the Holy Roman Emperor]

Author: Brückner.
Source: Buchenröder, Michael, in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie [Universal German Biography, Volume] 3 (1876), p. 476 [Online Version];
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719. The Poltergeist of Schwickershausen

[Page 473] In the District of Heldburg lies a village with the name of Schwickerhausen, and in it there lived a farmer called Hans or Heinrich Kegel. The week before Easter in the year 1666 [Palm Sunday, 8 or 18 April 1666], he heard a little tap under the standing bed in the room and caught sight of the ghost, which looked like the Hinzelmann [household fairy], had the figure of a child, but with a golden crown on its head. It said only that it was an angel, and that it was the spirit of a recently deceased woman. With a little bit of courage, he held out his hand and felt that its little hand was icy cold, and shuddered. But it promised anyone, who holds out his or her hand to it, a treasure of nine thousand ducats, which made the people so brave, that for such a considerable sum, they held out their hands to the devil and his grandmother's hand with joy. From there, the racket went off in the house until nobody could bear it, and from the house it spread with the frightful ghost to the whole village, so that the peasant at wits' end over their bodies and their souls sent for the pastors of Hellingen and Heldburg, who went off together, the Heldburger called Magister Buchenröder and the Hellinger Johann Hase. They said to the peasant of Schwickershäusen, that they wanted to offer their own handshake for such a filthy bargain to the living Devil in person, which frightened the peasant almost to death. Now, the pastors began to heal with honest prayers and sermons, which did not please the spirit in the least; it cried out, "Give me a child, so I would leave!” – “The hell you shall have, but no child!” exclaimed the Pastor of Hellingen, and since he would not give the spirit [page 474] any soft words, it let out a long and steady stream of profanities [literally, “cauterwauled with broad words for a long time”]. Since the ghost would not yield, neither did the Hellinger pastor, until his extraordinary persistence after [1 or 11 June 1666] the Monday night after Trinity Sunday brought the spirit to the surrender. Thus it had knocked and pounded, rumbled and blasphemed three times for three weeks, yet he was finally subdued by the prayers, as long as the preachers stayed with [literally, "listened to”] the Scriptures: But we want to stop at the prayers and words of the Gospel, and so must the hobgoblin from Schwickershausen, the spirit of superstition, surrender; however, the true, shape-shifting Hinzelmann did not really surrender at the same time, because it was still in the very recent times and crowds are flocking at the same place to a faith-healer and wise man, who can do more than just taking money [literally, “eating the bread”].

Source:
Ludwig Bechstein, Deutsches Sagenbuch [German Book of Legends]. (Meersburg and Leipzig, 1930), pages 473-474.
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The following from:
From Johann Heinrich Zedler, Grosses völlständiges Universal Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste . . . , Dritter Band, B – Bi [ Great Complete Universal Dictionary of All Knowledge and Arts . . . , Third Volume, B – Bi ] ( Halle an der Saale and Leipzig :  Author, 1733 ), columns 1764 – 1765 :

Buchenröder ( Michael gebürtig von Steinfeld, war erst 9 Jahr Pfarrer zu Frießen im Voigtlande, hernoch aber 34 Jahr Pastor und Superintendent zu Heldburg in Franken, allwo er A. 1682. den 13. Jul. im 71. Jahre seines Alters gestorben.  Seine Schrifften sind :  de duabus alis Gog & Magog ; de irruptione Gog et Magog in montes Israël, horumque finali excidio.  Witte Biogr. Großens Jubel=Priester.

Buchenröder ( Michael, native of Steinfeld, was at first for 9 years Pastor of Friesau in the Vogtland, then for 34 years Pastor and Superintendent of Heldburg in Franconia, where he died on 13 July AD 1682 in the 71st year of his age.  His writings are :  de duabus alis Gog & Magog ; de irruptione Gog et Magog in montes Israël, horumque finali excidio [ Latin, “The Wings of the Duo, Gog & Magog ; the Invasion from Gog & Magog of the Mountains of Israel, and Their Final Destruction” ].  See Biogr[aphical Dictionary, published in 1732 ]. Grossens Jubel=Priester [ Rev. Johann Matthias Groß, 1676 – 1748, Historisches Lexicon Evangelischer Jubel-Priester = Historical Dictionary of Evangelical Jubilee-Pastors ]

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The following was compiled by Wilbur Hanson Kalb:
Michael Buchenröder is in Dr August Beck’s 1865 biography of Ernst the Pious, the Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg, because his advice and services were valued by the Duke.  When the Duke died in 1675, funeral sermons were preached in his name throughout the Duchy.  One of them came from Buchenröder.   But, as shown by Google Books’ search engines, he appears only once in the main body of the biography, when Dr Beck, the Ducal Archivist of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha under Duke Ernst II, writes about piety, the defining characteristic of the Duke.  Looks like the Duke had been corresponding with the Rev. Buchenröder.

The German original :

Die frühzeitige Gewöhnung an jene geistlichen Beschäftigungen machte auf Herzog Ernsts empfängliches Gemüth einen so tiefen und unauslöschlichen Eindruck, daß er beim Heranwachsen auf weltliche Vergnügungen mit fast gleichgiltigem Auge hinblickte.  Sein Sinn ward von der Vergänglichkeit alles Irdischen auf die Ewigkeit des Ueberirdischen hingelenkt.  So sagte er einst zu dem Superintendenten Michael Buchenröder zu Heldburg :  „was hat man doch von zeitlichen Ergötzungen in der Welt?  nichts als Beschwerungen und Müdigkeit ; das ewige Gut macht rechten Muth”.  In allen seinen Handlungen, selbst als er den Jahren nach noch Kind war, offenbarte sich eine christliche Gesinnung, ein bedächtiger Ernst und jene heilige warme Liebe, welche alle Menschen mild umfaßt.

The English translation :

The early habituation to those spiritual occupations made so deep and indelible an impression on Duke Ernst’s receptive mind that, when he was growing up, he looked at worldly pleasures with almost an indifferent eye.  His purpose was drawn from the impermanence of all earthly things to the permanence of the supernatural.  As he once said to the Superintendent Michael Buchenröder of Heldburg :  “What do we have of temporal pleasures in the world?  Nothing but weight and fatigue ; the eternal good makes proper courage.”  In all his actions, even when he was still a child, a Christian sentiment, a deliberate earnestness, and that sacred warm love, which gently embraces all men, was revealed.

Source :  Dr August [ Emil August ] Beck ( 1812 – 1874 ), Ernst der Fromme, Herzog zu Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg :  Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des siebenzehten Jahrhunderts [ Ernest the Pious, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg :  A Contribution to the History of the Seventeenth Century ] ( Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach :  Herman Böhlau, 1865 ), Part One, pages 27 – 28 ; funeral sermon, Part One, page 19 ; brief biography, Part Two, page 10.

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here is Michael Buchenröder’s thumbnail biography from the 1865 biography of Duke Ernst the Pious, followed by the English translation.  This is the part that says that the Duke valued the Rev. Buchenröder’s advice and services :

The German transcription :

B u c h e n r ö d e r, Michael, geb. 18. Oct. 1610 zu Steinfeld bei Hildburghausen, wurde zu Eißhausen, Rodach und Coburg gebildet, studirte 1632 – 1636 zu Jena Philosophie und Theologie.  Er wurde dann Erzieher zu Breitenbach in Thüringen.  1638 Pfarrer zu Friesa, 1646 Superintendent zu Heldburg, wo er 13. Juli 1682 starb.  Herzog Ernst schätzte ihn hoch.  S. Joh. Werner Krauß, Beyträge zur S. Hildburgh. Kirchen- Schul- und Landeshistorie.  Greitz. 4o. I, 171. 388. 502. III 353.

The English translation :

B u c h e n r ö d e r, Michael, b. 18 Oct. 1610 in Steinfeld bei Hildburghausen, was raised in Eißhausen, Rodach and Coburg, studied Philosophy and Theology 1632 – 1636 at Jena.  He was then teacher in Breitenbach in Thuringia.  1638 Pastor of Friesa, 1646 Superintendent of Heldburg, where he died on 13 July 1682.  Duke Ernst valued him highly.  See Joh. Werner Krauß, Beyträge zur S. [ not E. ] Hildburgh. Kirchen- Schul- und Landeshistorie [ Contributions to the Explanation of the History of the Churches, Schools and Land of Hildburghausen ].  [ Published in ] Greitz with 4 Volumes. Vol. I, pp. 171, 388, 502. Vol. III, p. 353.

Source :  Dr August [ Emil August ] Beck ( 1812 – 1874 ), Ernst der Fromme, Herzog zu Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg :  Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des siebenzehten Jahrhunderts, Zweiter Theil. [ Ernest the Pious, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg :  A Contribution to the History of the Seventeenth Century, Second Part. ] ( Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach :  Herman Böhlau, 1865 ), page 10.

Michael Buchenröder, born 1610. October 18th, in Steinfeld near Hildburghausen. His father was Nicolaus Buchenröder, resident there, his mother Kunigunda Kilianin. He did the prima literarum rudimenta at the school in Eißhauſen, afterwards at Rodach well, then attended the Raths school in Coburg, from which he was promoted to the grammar school. After he had spent 9 years at Coburg and perfected himself in linguis: & artibus liberalibus that he had been recognized as capable of taking up the Studia academica, he moved to the University of Jena in June 1632, and then for the fourth year remained. His preceptors were in Philosophicis M. Stahl, in linguis Paul Schlevogt, in Theologicis Major Himmel and Sal. Glaſfius. Because the enemy incursion meant that he had lost his entire patrimony, even the house of his grandfather Andreas Kilian's in Rodach, which had come to him in the inheritance, was burned down and put in the ashes, otherwise everything in Francken was also spoiled, he has himself for want the Sumtuum from Jena and to Breitenbach in Thuringen, and with a Schwefelberg gentleman in the 1 1/2 years as an informer for a child. Then he turned to the Vogtland, as he soon found a good condition with the then pastor of Möschlitz and Hoff preacher at the castle, M. Andrea Steiner (who soon afterwards became Adiunctus zu Linienroda and ultimately Archidiaconus and Conſiſtorialis to Regensburg ) The children he informs for a while, and since I did exercise in the preaching, God graciously agreed that in 1638 he went to the parish of Friea and Branch Ebersdorf, where he d. 26. Maj. Dom. I. p. Trin. I gave a probationary sermon and was ordained in the castle. What he endured with this parish for tribulation, persecution, danger of war, plundering and ruin of a parish child within 9 years, has never been consumed from him without tears.
A. 1646. On the 21st Sunday after Trinity he did the prob sermon at Heldburg, received the vocation, and cathedral. I. p. Epiph. 1647, kept his suit, and is cathedral. 6. p. Trinity in the high presence of Duke Ernst of Gotha, inuestiret by the Superintendent General, D. Sal. Glassium, as he has rarely recorded in the church book, or as others report by M. Christoph Laurentii, Superintendten of Königsberg. Regardless of whether he was immediately disposed of by such wonderful and unexpected sending of God from the parish Friesa, who was very dangerous because of the unrest at the time, and was yelped into several security: “Oh, dear Creutz followed him on foot from the Vogtland to the Francken-Land . By being subjected to many adversities, misery, pressures and war troubles in the local area, and even endangering life and limb, Since the local city was overrun by a party of hostile whites. And since they want to set fire to the upper suburb with all their might, because they don't want to let them in, he eats around under fire and bullets and has asked to be saved. Although the danger was very great, that is, that someone would be killed on one side: God gave grace that he could get away unharmed and undamaged, and received so much from an anxious prayer that the threatened fire remained naked , and the soldiers, brokered an amicable transaction and money, withdrew again.
He has the reputation of being loyal to his office and has always been very graciously held by Duke Ernst. He died blissfully 1682 on July 13th and cathedral. V. P. Trinity was buried in the 72nd year of his age, and 44th of the Ministry, after he had been superintendent for 36 years. The corpse sermon is from the Deacon, Lawrence Schumann about Matthew Xl. 28-30. held, and promoted to print. These circumstances are taken from the attached Lebenslauff, as well as what should be further from his family and scriptural community.
In 1638 he married the maid Elisabetha, Steiner's great-great-granddaughter D. Max. Morlini. V. Thoma Licht p. 366 Mr. M. Andreas Steiner, pastor to Möschlitz, his eighteenth-century court daughter, with whom he lived happily for the 44th year and had 15 children, as 11 sons and 4th daughters. Of these, 7 sons and 2nd daughters died before him, the other sons are three of them to the theologico studio, and the fourth to the apothecary art, also all of them together with the two daughters, to honor, and resp. public church offices in his life, all of him (which is a rare happiness) were marred, of which he also had 38th little daughters.
The eldest, Michael Buchenröder, comes downstairs as pastor to Hellingen and Biberschlag for. His most worthy sons, however, Mr. Johann Christoph of Westheim and Mr. Johann Andreas, pastor to Burden, can remember with joy the hundred-year-old goodness of God, which ruled over them and their family (from 1646 onwards, since their blessed grandfather became Superintendent) In this principality. What a grace God would long to ride for them and their people.
The second son, Samuel Buchenröder, is the pastor of Rentweinsdorf in the Reichsfreyen Ritterschetzt Canton Baunach Vorden.
The third, Johann Buchenröder, apothecary in Heldburg, married Anna Barbara, Herr Lazari Bauer, daughter of the council there, and produced a son who appears among the pastors at Lindenau.
The fourth Georg Caspar Buchenröder has become pastor in the Swabian region of Amlishagen.
The eldest daughter, J. Anna Elisabetha, married in 1660. The pastor of Memmelsdorff, Mr. Johann Hessen.
But the youngest, Johanna Cordula, 1665: Mr. Stephan Thomä, pastor and adjunct to Sonnefeld.
How he has now propagated the memory of his taking through his children: so he has made his Andescken immortal no less by his published writings, these are partly printed in front of their eyes, partly they are still in Manuscript hidden,
When the Turkish power turned against Christianity in 1663, he wrote a Tract de duabus as Gog and Magog (*) Next, another Tract de irruptione Gog and Magog inmones Israel borumq. finali excidio, printed in Jena.

(*) This treatise from Gog came out in 1663 at Leipzig in Quart under the name of the faithful Eckart, alias Aetophi Franconis, and the dedication to Duke Friedrich Wilhelm zu Altenburg geipso Natiuitatis Chr profesio 663. He probably did not rename his name deßwilen, further against the papacy quite a bit. Ä and has brought much hated testimonies of the truth from her own history. That he is the real Author, however, is proven by his words, which he has drawn with his own hand in the copy which he venerates the Adjuncto zu Lindenau M. Hattenbachen: Viro reuerendo plurimum & Clarissimo Domino Mag.Jonae Christiano Hattenbach, Adjuncto Inspeélionis Heldburgen- Ä Pastori in Lindenau dignissimo, Vigilantissinó, Domino Compatri, Confratri & Amico meo dilectissimo suauissimo hunc labellum dono mittit cum omnigena salutis apprecatione in Exodio anni 1653. Autºr Mich. Buchenröder. The title actually means, Ratio status Qrbis Turcici & Christianisiue Gog dux alac, I. populorum externorumin foedus & societatem assumtio. lI. Christianorutu interna dilcordia, maxime adhuc formidabiles & metuenda viuis coloribus expresse from Eckardo fideli alias Alethophilo Francone.

When the Jews wanted to make a lot of talk and seduction about a newly created Messiah, he wrote the urgent Messiah Jüden-Post against it, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1666.
In his old age, about 2 years before his end, he published 2nd tracts against the well-known Capucinist P. Marcumab Aviano, namely:
1. Correct answer to the question whether the Evangelical Lutheran Church or the New Roman Church has fallen away from the right, true, old, first, Apostolic Catholic Roman Churches? and which church to the old and first churches today Coburg 1681 by Johann Conrad, Mönch; the same sluice: Dabantur in H. (that is Heldburg) dedicates Mr. Johann Friedrich Händrich, Cammer-Rath and Ammann in Eißfeld.
2. Warning True Mouth from the awakened Odd and Wonder Men and their creatures. 12. 1681. Coburg, per eundem. Dedication Mr. Duke Ernst IV. Donor of the Hochf. Hildburghaus line.
I saw the Manuscripta preloparata at Westheim by the latter's most worthy nephew, Mr. Johann Christoph Buchenröder, their pastor. 1. Treasure over all treasures, or desired blessed heaven-faith of believing Christians in death. 2. The true gospel. Church heaven histories in four parts. 3. God’s omnipotence in times of war and peace.

From Chip Kalb.

As you know, the Protestant German states were not big fans of the Popes.  So, when Pope Gregory XIII reformed our Christian Calendar in 1582, all the Catholic countries, including Bavaria and Würzburg, immediately adopted it but many of the Protestant countries kept using the Julian Calendar for many more years, even after it shortcomings became painfully obvious.

In 1610, the whole Hildburghausen area belonged to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg.  At that time, John Casimir was the Duke.  He was such a hardcore Protestant that it’s unlikely that he would ever allow the Gregorian Calendar to be used anywhere in his Duchy, even as his Catholic neighbors were using it all around him.  In fact, Saxony didn’t make the switch until 1699.

So we are going to assume that, when Michael Buchenroder was born in 1610, Saxe-Coburg was still using the Julian Calendar.  According to this Calendar, Trinity Sunday was 3 June 1610 and the 19th Sunday after Trinity was 14 October 1610.  That’s why Michael’s baptismal record is dated, “In the Year of Our Lord 1610, on 15 October, after the 19th Sunday [ past ] Trinity. [ Anno Christi den 15 October nach den 19 Sontag Trinitatis. ]”.  In the Gregorian Calendar, 15 October 1610 is 25 October 1610 so Michael’s “birthday”, 18 October 1610, would be 28 October 1610 !

MICHAEL married Steiner, Elisabetha on 30 Oct 1638 in Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Elisabetha (daughter of Steiner, Andreas and Küffer, Elisabetha) was born in 1620 in Klosterlausnitz, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany; died on 1 Mar 1695 in Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; was buried on 5 Mar 1695 in Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: KHWP-3PD

Notes:

The Books: Großen Historisches Lexicon Evangelischer Jubel-Priester provides the name of Elisabetha's husband

She had 15 children, 11 sons and 4 daughters. Two of the daughters died as children.

The Coburg Pfarrerbuch notes that she is the great great granddaughter of Maximilian Mörlin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Citizen of Hildburghausen and Kantor

Notes:

There is now definitive proof that Heinrich Thomæ is the father of Christopher Thomæ. From the 1618 marriage record of Christoph Thomæ to Anna Cob it reads:  “ . . . on the 10th of February in this place were married . . . Mr Christopher Thomas, son of Heinrich Thomae, citizen of Hilburg[hausen], and Anna Cob, . . . widow of Georg Tseretfuhÿ [ ?!?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Under Mayor for Hildburghausen

Notes:

Johann Hartmann was the under mayor for the town of Hildburghausen, Sachsen-Meningen, Thuringia, Germany.

From "Klipper Stipendium [Klipper Exhibition]", author unknown, Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte u. Landeskunde [Writings of the Saxe-Meiningen Association of History and Geography], 54. Heft [Issue No. 54] (Hildburghausen, Saxe-Meiningen: F. W. Gadow & Sohn, 1906), pages 74, 80, 94.

Page 94:
Stephen Thomæ was apparently the only child of Katharina Hartmann (1607-1669) and her first husband, Christoph Thomæ. He married Cordula, the daughter of Superintendent Michael Buchenröder of Heldburg, and their children, as well as Christian's own children, are listed on this page. Stephen's parents were married on 4 November 1628 but Christoph died on 6 June 1634. Katharina then married Johann Möring on 30 January 1637. They had at least four children. Although he was a baker, Johann was the city Kirchner with the Church of St Lorenz in Hildburghausen. He died on 13 January 1676. His parents were not known. But Katharina's parents are known. She was the second daughter of Antastasia Scheder (died 2 January 1659) and her first husband, Johann Hartmann, the Senior Mayor of Hildburghausen (died 5 June 1615). The parents were married on 21 October 1606 but, after Johann died, his widow married, on 1 March 1647, the Tuchmacher [draper] Paul Thein, who died on 11 December 1678.

Johann married Scheber, Anastasia on 21 Oct 1606 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Anastasia (daughter of Scheber, Michael and Klipper, Margaretha) was born in UNKNOWN in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; died on 2 Jan 1659 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; was buried after 2 Jan 1659 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "Klipper Stipendium [Klipper Exhibition]", author unknown, Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte u. Landeskunde [Writings of the Saxe-Meiningen Association of History and Geography], 54. Heft [Issue No. 54] (Hildburghausen, Saxe-Meiningen: F. W. Gadow & Sohn, 1906), pages 74, 80, 94.

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Anastasia was the third of four children of Margaretha Klipper and her first husband, Michael Scheber, "Einspännlger 1572 (1574 von seinen Stiefsöhnen 1. Ehe mit N. Naumann wegen 300 fl. väterlichen Erbgutes gerichtlich belaugt” [hackney driver 1572 (1574 was sued by his stepsons from his first marriage with N. Naumann for 300 florins of his father's inheritance)]”. Margaretha's second husband, Joel Siegler, was the mayor of Hildburghausen and the innkeeper of "Güldenen Engel [Golden Angel]”, who died on 14 Oct 1626 at the age of 80 years. Margaretha died on 6 Mar 1636. Dates of her two marriages are not known. Neither are the birthdates of her children.

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From "Klipper Stipendium [Klipper Exhibition]", author unknown, Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte u. Landeskunde [Writings of the Saxe-Meiningen Association of History and Geography], 54. Heft [Issue No. 54] (Hildburghausen, Saxe-Meiningen: F. W. Gadow & Sohn, 1906), pages 74, 80, 94.

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Stephen Thomæ was apparently the only child of Katharina Hartmann (1607-1669) and her first husband, Christoph Thomæ. He married Cordula, the daughter of Superintendent Michael Buchenröder of Heldburg, and their children, as well as Christian's own children, are listed on this page. Stephen's parents were married on 4 November 1628 but Christoph died on 6 June 1634. Katharina then married Johann Möring on 30 January 1637. They had at least four children. Although he was a baker, Johann was the city Kirchner with the Church of St Lorenz in Hildburghausen. He died on 13 January 1676. His parents were not known. But Katharina's parents are known. She was the second daughter of Antastasia Scheder (died 2 January 1659) and her first husband, Johann Hartmann, the Senior Mayor of Hildburghausen (died 5 June 1615). The parents were married on 21 October 1606 but, after Johann died, his widow married, on 1 March 1647, the Tuchmacher [draper] Paul Thein, who died on 11 December 1678.

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This is based upon the Kirchenbuch record of Anastasia marriage:
From Chip Kalb:

By the way, when I got your reply, I was eyeballing Joel Seigler, Margaretha Klipper andMichael Scheber up and down that Klipper Genealogy.  I couldn’t find anything wrong with any of them until I got to that infamous item about “Ihme sein Schwager Herr Joël Siegler des Rhats alhier” in that verdammt will.  When I read it as “my brother-in-law Mr. Joël Siegler of the [ City ] Council of this place [ Hildburghausen ]”, I remembered that, like the English language, the German language is not carved in stone.  It is always changing with the times, and not just in the spelling.  As any etymological dictionary will show in any language, words do not always keep the same meanings.  What might make perfect sense to Martin Luther in 1516 would not make any sense to his descendants in 2016!

So I looked up “Schwager” in Ernest Thode’s German-English Genealogical Dictionary.  Here is his definition : “brother-in-law ; father-in-law ; relative ; good friend.”   ( It was the same in Ye Olde English. ).  So, when Michael Klipper wrote his will in 1606, Joël Siegler was still his “good friend”, not his “brother-in-law”.  He didn’t become his brother-in-law for real until 1614, when he married Anastasia’s mother.

So why was Anastasia described as a privigna of Joëlÿ Siegler?   If her father had ever left a will, it is not available online.  But, if he did make his will, we can assume that he took his real brother-in-law’s suggestion and made Mr Siegler the legal guardian of his children.  Even if he didn’t, there might be bonds of guardianship for his children.  So, when Anastasia’s marriage record called her the privigna of Joëlÿ Siegler, it meant that she was his ward, not his step-daughter.  That means that her father, Michael Scheber, was already dead by 1606.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and firefighter
• Residence: 7 Dec 1614, Steinfeld, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany

Notes:

Inwohner = occupation of something?
Nicolaus Buchenröder, Michael's father, died before 16 February 1653 in Steinfeld. This I have already determined. It seems that Nicolaus was married twice, because in 1614 Dorothea was named as Claus Buchenröder's housewife. Kunigunda, née Kilian must therefore have died before.

From Chip Kalb regarding the baptism of 30 May 1613
I’m sorry about the delay but this is a hard nut to crack.  Transcribing was easy except for two words — the occupation of Claus and his wife’s nickname. Although she was baptized as Kungunda, she was apparently known as Ernie, the usual nickname for German girls named either Ernestine or Erna.  As for her husband’s occupation, I read it as “brand Weketter” but the closest equivalent I could find was “brandweretter”, the Dutch word for “firefighter”.  Since the German word for fire is Brand, I’m going with “firefighter” because, in the 17th Century, fire departments looked to be fairly new.  They had actually been around since the Roman times but, for one reason or another, Europeans had had a hard time with staffing and maintaining them.  In fact, at that time ( 1613 ), Amsterdam was the only city in Europe with anything that looked like a fire department so the Dutch word was probably borrowed to the Germans understand the concept of the fire department — it was that new.  As for the date, I figured out that 30 May 1613 was Trinity Sunday in the Julian Calendar, which was still used by the Lutherans of Thuringia.  In the Gregorian Calendar, it was Sunday, 9 June 1613.
The German transcription :

— [16]13 den 30 Maÿ am
— [ in festo T]rinitatis, Ist dem Michael
— [vo]n Steinfeldt ein Jūnge Tochter
— weden, brand Weketter Claūs
— chenröder daselbst, sonst der Ernie Claūs’s
gennandt sein Ehrliche Haūsfraue Kūngūnda

The English translation :

[ In the year of Our Lord 16]13 on 30 May, on
[ the feast day of the T]rinity, is the Michael
— of Steinfeld a young daughter
—, firefighter Claus
[Bu]chenröder there, as well as Ernie [ for either Erna or Ernestine ] Claus’s
lawfully wedded housewife known as Kungunda

Nikolaus married Kilian, Kunigunde before 1610 in Thüringen, Germany. Kunigunde (daughter of Kilian, Andreas) was born in UNKNOWN in Rodach, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died between 20 May 1613 and 7 Dec 1614 in Steinfeld, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; was buried between 20 May 1613 and 7 Dec 1614 in Steinfeld, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Ernia

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: KCW6-D6X
• Education: Bef 1610, Eisleben, Bordekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; Gymnasium
• Education: 1610, University of Jena, Jena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany
• Education: 1616, University of Jena, Jena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany; Masters Degree
• Ordained: 17 Dec 1617, Altenburg, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany
• Life Event: 21 Dec 1617, Klosterlausnitz, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany; Lutheran Pastor
• Life Event: 3 Nov 1623, Burgk, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany; Court Preacher
• Life Event: Between 3 Nov 1623 and 12 Dec 1637, Möschlitz, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany; Lutheran Pastor
• Life Event: 12 Dec 1637, Gera, Thüringen, Germany; Archdeacon - renounced after only a short time
• Life Event: 5 Jan 1638, Burgk, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany; Council of the Lordship of Dölau and Burgk
• Residence: Between 1640 and 1641, Zeulenroda, Greiz, Thüringen, Germany
• Life Event: Bef 7 Dec 1640, Greiz, Greiz, Thüringen, Germany; Lutheran Pastor
• Life Event: 8 Oct 1651, Regensburg, Regensburg, Bayern, Germany; Lutheran Pastor

Notes:

Hello Jim,

I took from his funeral sermon that he arrived in Regensburg with his family on October 8, 1641.
I assume that this is correct, because in August 1641 he already held two trial sermons in Regensburg.
Two months later he stayed there until the end of his life.

I received the following information from the Greiz State Archives:

„M. Andreas Steiner was quite obviously pastor in Zeulenroda for only about 1 year. There are no parish records for Zeulenroda from this period. He succeeded M. Daniel Müller,
who went to Greiz as archdeacon in September 1640. Probably at the end of October or beginning of November 1640 he began his work in Zeulenroda. In August 1641 he already
held 2 trial sermons in Regensburg at the request of the Regensburg city council and then probably went to Regensburg in the fall of 1641.“

Bernd

There is one source that claims that Andreas had a second wife, Rosina Bernhardina Emhard. However this is disproved and an identical marriage to another Steiner; with children being born with identical names some 200 years to the day apart. Addition in Andreas Steiner’s funeral sermon Elisabetha is referred to as his widow.

In total they had nine children, but by the time of Andreas’s death three daughters were no longer alive

Wrote “time of plague a book which can be useful in the circumstances”, Trinarium sacrum, 1622; found in Pf. - Biblical Schleiz No 1504.

According to the parish records of St. Andreas, Eisleben the marriage date is 09 Nov 1617.

The Möschlitz church registers (Schleiz church district) have been filmed and can already be viewed in digital form in our reading room. But they cannot yet be seen online in the church register portal www.archion.de.
However, our film adaptations (and thus also the digitized versions) of Möschlitz only begin around 1677. Unfortunately, we are not aware of any older books from around 1623 to 1640.

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Ute Kaufmann
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Andreas married Küffer, Elisabetha on 24 Nov 1617 in Eisleben, Bordekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Elisabetha (daughter of Küffer, Hilarius and Ehrmann, Elisabeth) was born on 26 Jul 1595 in Eisleben, Bordekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; died after 1662 in Regensburg, Regensburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: KHJK-NX6
• Baptism: 26 Jul 1595, Eisleben, Bordekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; St. Andreas

Notes:

Last name also Keuffer, Küffer, Keyfer from newest to oldest version.

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Married:
St. Andreas