1726 Anna Wampler was born on November 5 at Hinsingen, Alsace, Germany. Anna was baptized on November 7, 1726 at Altweiler, Alsace, Germany.
1729 Johann Jacob Brenneisen was born on August 12 at Sinsheim. He was a son of Georg Michael Brenneisen, who had married Anna Margretha Klein on November 23, 1723. The dates are from the Lutheran Church register in Sinsheim, Germany. A note in the church register indicates that George Michael (born 9 Dec. 1702, the son of Hans Georg Brenneisen and Ann Ursula) "went to Pennsylvania 2 Apr. 1730.". [1]
1730 Johann Jacob Brenneisen may have arrived in Philadelphia on the Ship Alexander & Anne on September 5 with his father. [2] [3]
1747 Anna Veronica Wampsler and Jacob Brenn Eissen were married on January 13, 1746/47 at The Hill Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] They were married at Lebanon, Pennsylvania [many researchers report this as Hill Church (Ber Kirche, Church on the Quitapohila), North Annville Twp] Jacob Brenneisen and Anna Veronica Wampsler were married in Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lebanon Twp. [9] [10]
1747-50 Three children of Jacob Brenneissen and wife Veronica were baptized at the Hill Evangelical Lutheran church in North Annville Twp, Lebanon County. The three children were Johann Michael Breniser born 6 Oct 1747 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Johann Jacob Breniser born 28 Sep 1749 [or 1 Nov 1749], Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Anna Elisabetha Breniser born 28 Oct 1750, Hill Lutheran Church, North Annville Twp, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [11] [12] Jacob and Veronica later "Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran Church and became Dunkers". [13]
1747 John Michael, son of Jacob Brenn Eissen and wife Veronica, was born on October 6. He was baptized on November 8, 1747 with sponsor John Michael [Wampler] Warmpstler and wife Mary Barbara. [14] [15]
1749 Joh. Jacob, son of Jacob Brenn Eissen and wife Veronica, was born on September 28. He was baptized on November 1, 1749, sponsored by Joh. Peter Warmpstler and wife Mary Barbara at the Hill Church (Lutheran), Lebanon County, Pennsylvania [16] [17]
1750 Daughter Anna Elizabeth was born in 1750. She was baptized on April 28, 1750 with sponsor John Michael [Wampler] Warmpstler and wife. [18] [19]
1749 Two warrants were granted to Jacob [B]Reneyser on March 16 for 70 and 50 acres in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. [20] The tracts were surveyed on November 22, 1764 for Jacob Breniser. [21] A patent was granted on October 9, 1765. [22]
1750, 1755 Jacob Brenizer, perhaps this one, and Michael Wampler were taxed in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [23] [24] [25]
1752 Elisabetha, daughter of Michael and Anna Elisabetha Wampler was baptized on August 12, 1752 at The Hill Church, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Jacob Breneissen and wife. [26]
1756 Michael Wampler (50 acres) was taxed in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jacob Breniron (50 acres) [Brenison] was listed adjacent. [27] [28] [29]
1757 Mich'l Wampler and Jacob Brenysan were taxed in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [30] Geo. Wampler was taxed as a free man. [31]
1758 Jacob and Christian Brenizer were taxed in Lebanon County. [32]
1759 Jacob Breneyse (100 acres) [Brenison] was taxed in Lebanon County. [33] [34]
1765 Naturalized on September 14, 1765 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: "Jacob Brenniser, Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, nat. Philadelphia Fall 1765, without taking an oath."
1765 Jacob Brenisen purchased 18 acres of land from Conrad Mensinger, as cited in a deed between Jacob Knoll and Henry Moyer. [35] The tract was adjacent to the tracts that were warranted in 1749 by Jacob Brenisen.
1768 Jacob Brenisen purchased several tracts of land from Nicholas Strehs, as cited in a deed between Jacob Knoll and Henry Moyer. [36] The tract was adjacent to the tracts that were warranted in 1749 by Jacob Brenisen.
1769 Jacob Brenison (80 acres) was taxed in Lebanon County. [37] [38]
1770 John Jacob Brenneisen and Anna Veronica left the Evangelical Lutheran Church and joined the Dunkerds (Church of the German Baptist Brethren): "Renounced Evangelical truth and the Lutheran Church and became Dunkers.". The list of the Little Swatara Congregation,1770, Church of Brethren named Jacob Breneisen and wife among 45 members. [39] [40]
Jacob and his sons were taxed in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County (later Dauphin County):
1771 Michael Breneisen, perhaps Jacob's son, was taxed as an inmate in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. [41]
1773 Jacob Breneisen was taxed for 100 acres in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. [42]
1779 Jacob Brenisen was taxed for 120 acres in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. Michael Breneisen, perhaps Jacob's son, was also taxed. [43]
1779 Michael Breneisen was taxed in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [44]
1779 Jacob Breneisen was taxed in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [45]
1781 Mich'l Breneiser was taxed in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [46]
1782 Jacob Breneisen was taxed for 128 acres in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. Michael Breneisen, perhaps Jacob's son, was also taxed. [47]
1785 Jacob Breneisen was taxed in Lebanon Twp, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [48]
1788 Jacob Breneisen was taxed in Lebanon Twp, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [49]
Research Notes:
There were wills for more than one Jacob Brenizer. We suspect that Jacob lived in Dauphin County when he died. Jacob was married to Anna. However, he could have remarried and died in 1800 as suggested by the second entry below.
1778 Jacob Brenisen's estate was administered in Lancaster County. [50]
1800 Jacob Brenizer of Annville, Dauphin County wrote his will, naming wife Elizabeth and two youngest children Samuel and Susannah, of four children. The will was dated April 8 and was proved on May 5. [51] [52] The will was dated on April 8. Henry Light and Peter Gingrich were named executors. Land from the estate was sold to Jacob Knoll on February 21, 1801. The will was cited in a deed of Jacob Knoll. [53]
1801 On October 12, guardians were assigned for the minor children of Jacob Brenizer. Susanna Heilman late Susanna Brenizer now intermarried with John Heilman a minor daughter of Jacob Brenizer late of Annville Twp, Dauphin County petitioned to have her husband appointed as guardian. Samuel Brenizer, a minor son above the age of fourteen chose John Roop as guardian. [54] [55]
Elizabeth Brenizer of Annville, Dauphin County wrote her will, naming wife daughter Elizabeth Neaves, deceased son Jacob, and son Samuel. [56]
1758 Jacob Brenisen, shoemaker tenant to Evan Davis, was taxed in Earltown, Lancaster County. [57]
Georg Michel Brenneisen has been named as the father of John Jacob Brenneisen by some researchers.
One researcher names different parents for John Jacob Brenneisen: Anna Veronica Wampler, daughter of Pater and Veronica Wampler was born 1729. She married John Jacob Brenneisen, son of Hans Valentine Brenneisen and Margaretha. John Jacob was born on September 17, 1733. [58]
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[3] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 75.
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[5] F. Edward Wright, Early church records of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (2003), 241.
[6] F. Edward Wright, Early church records of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (2003), 345.
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[10] John E. Shouse, Wamplers in America (Gateway Press, 1981), 13 reports John Jacob to be the son of Hans Valentine Brenneisen, [GoogleBooks].
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