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Notes for George Michael Brenneisen and Anna Margretha Klein

George Michael Brenneisen and Anna Margretha Klein were born in the Pfaltz region of Germany, near Sinsheim (Sinzen). Hilsbach is south of Sinsheim. Weiler is between Sinsheim and Hilsbach. Eichtersheim is west of Sinsheim. Each map shows different aspects of the geography.

1694
1694 Map of Sinsheim, Germany [1]
1725
1725 Map of Sinsheim, Germany [2]

1813
1813 Map of Sinsheim, Germany [3]
1830
1830 Map of Sinsheim, Germany [4]

1702 Georg Michael, son of Hanß Georg Brenneissen and wife Ann Ursula, was born on December 9. He was baptized on December 10, at the Evangelisch church in Eichtersheim, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany with sponsors Michael Wagenblast and wife Anna Eva. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

1704 Maria Margaretha Klein, child of Hanß Georg Klein and Maria Catharina Klein, was baptized on October 7 in Sinsheim, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Preußen (Germany). Maria Margaretha Klein was born on October 6. [10] [11]

1723 Georg Michael Brenneisen, son of the late Joh. Georg Brenneisen, citizen and "des Gerichts" at Eichtersheim, married Anna Margretha, daughter of the late J. Georg Klein, court recorder in Kirchardt, on November 23, at Evangelisch Church, Hilsbach, Baden, Germany. [12] [13] [14] The parish was listed as Weiler. [15] [16]

Marriage
1723 Georg Michael Brenneisen and Anna Margretha Klein were married at Hilsbach.

1724 J. Gottfried, child of Georg Michael (schumacher) and Anna Margretha Brenneisen, was born on December 1. George Michael was a burger and shoemaker of Weiler. Gottfried was baptized on December 3 with sponsors Gottfried Munch and Elisabeth his wife, at Evangelisch, Hilsbach, Heidelberg, Baden. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

1727 Maria Barbara Brenneisen was born on March 6, 1727, at Sinsheim. She was baptized on March 9 with sponsors Johannes Klein, burger in Weiler, and his wife Anna Barbara. [22] [23]

1729 There were two records, listed adjacent in the churchbook, for births about a month apart. Perhaps Jacob and Susanna were twins born several days apart.

1729 Joh. Jacob Brenneisen, child of Georg Michael Brenneisen and Anna Margretha Brenneisen, was baptized on August 14, 1729, in Sinsheim, Baden (baden-württemberg)Germany. Joh. Jacob Brenneisen was born on August 12, 1729. Sponsors were John Jacob Shwein burger ? and his wife. [24] [25] [26] The subsequent listing for Susanna suggests that she had the same parents and was born on August 21 and was baptized the same day with sponsors J Susanna, daughter of the late Jos. Wittmer, burger and shoemaker.

1729 Susanna Brenneiser, child of Georg Michael Brenneiser and Anna Margretha Brenneiser, was baptized on September 21, 1729, in Sinsheim, Baden (baden-württemberg), Preußen (Germany). Susanna Brenneiser was born on September 21, 1729. [27] [28] This date conflicts with the birth of Joh. Jacob.

1730 George Michael Brenneisen and Anna Margretha sailed for America from Rotterdam, via Deale, England.


c 1700 Cornelis Boumeester, View of Rotterdam.
A tile painting, composed of 33 Delft tiles (trimmed).
Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [29]

Deal Castle
c 1650 Wenceslas Hollar, Deale Castle, Kent, England. [30]

1730 Jerg Michel Brenneisen arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 5, 1730 on the ship "Alexander and Anne", from Rotterdam, last from Deale, England, commanded by William Clymer. [lists A, B, and C]. Also on board was Hans Veltin Brenneisen, who may have been related. [31] [32]

1730 "At the Courthouse of Philadelphia, September 5th, 1730.... A list was presented of the Names of Forty six Palatines, who with their families, making in all about one hundred and thirty persons, were imported here in the Ship Alexander & Ann, William Clymer, Master, from Rotterdam, but last from Deal." ... Geo. Michl. Brinsius. [33] [34]


1768 The city of Philadelphia, from the Jersey shore [35]


1752 Philadelphia State House (built in 1732) [36]

1730 Based on records in Germany and America, it is plausible that Georg Michael Brenneisen came to America with wife Anna Margretha Klein, son Johann Jacob, son Gottfried, and daughter Maria Barbara. [37]

George Michael Brenneisen might be the Michael Brenneisen taxed in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, 1769-79. Marriages for Jacob Brenneisser and Mary Barbara Breneiss, in the notes below, could refer to two of his children. [38]

1743 John Peter Wampler and Anna Barbara Breneiss [named as Mary Barbara Wampler in subsequent baptism sponsorships] were married on September 26, at Swatara. [39] The Swatara church was located in Bethel Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, until after 1765 when members moved to Jonestown and continued using the old Swatara register.

1746 Anna Veronica Wampsler and Jacob Breneisser were married on January 13, at Lebanon, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [40]

1751 Christina Minier and John Breneissen were married on January 21, at Bethel Township, Lancaster County. [41]

1755 Christ. Brenizer [42] [43] [44] and Jacob BrenIron adjacent to Michael Wampler each with 50 acres [45] [46] [47] and Ulrich Wampler as a single man [48] were named on the tax list for Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. [49]

1769 Michael Brenisen was named on the list of "Inmeats" [Inmates: tenants or renters] in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. This was the first year that this list was displayed, so he may have been present in prior years. [50]

1770 Michael Brenizen was named on the list of "Inmates" in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. [51]

1771 Michael Brenneyson was named on the list of "Houss dennence" [tenants? renters?] in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County. [52]

1772 Michl Brinesen was listed as an inmate in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, taxed 2 shillings. [53] [54]

1779 Michael Breneison was taxed in 1779 in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [55]


1860 Map Swatara and Bethel Townships, Lebanon County,
previously Lancaster County (1729-1785) and
Dauphin County (1785-1813), Pennsylvania.

No record of land ownership by George Michael Brenneisen has yet been found. However, tracts in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania have been geo-located, based on survey maps, for son John Brenizer, Peter Wampler (father-in-law of son John Jacob, of daughter Anna Maria Barbara, and of daughter Anna Elizabeth), and grandson John Michael.

Title
Location of land of Jacob Brenneisen, Peter Wampler and John Bruniser, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania,
Map from Ric Tobin, Altamonte Springs, Florida, to Robert Wolfe, 11 December 2022,
privately held by Wolfe, with permission of Tobin, who has released the maps into the public domain.

Research Notes:

We are researching the parents of John Brenizer, who married Christina Minier in 1751. Based on the documents that we have found concerning his likely places of residence, as documented at this website, and DNA evidence, we suspect that George Michael Brenneisen and Anna Margretha Klein were his parents. Some researchers have named John Brenizer as a son of Hans Valentin Brenneisen. [56] Hans Valentin Brenneisen and his children lived in Earl Twp, Lancaster County, according to multiple documents. Both Michael Brenneisen and the children that we attribute to him lived in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster County, according to multiple documents. Descendants of John Brenizer have DNA matches with descendants of the two other children of George Michael Brenneisen. We show, with little further documentation, George Michael Brenneisen as the father of our John Brenizer. We welcome further documentation about this relationship.

Grave markers at a private (Klein) burial ground on the west bank of the Northkill Creek, about a mile northward of Bernville, Pennsylvania show the following inscription: [57]

1814 David Klein, b. March 2, 1746; died Jan'y 28, 1814; m. Elizabeth Breneisen, b. Nov. 8, 1750; died Aug. 4, 1827.

1827 Elizabeth Breneisen Klein died on August 4 and was buried at Klein Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Breneisen Klein was born on November 8, 1750. [58]

Genealogy notes for Peter Wampler have been published. [59]

1773 George and Martin Breininger were taxed in Cumru Twp, Berks County. [60]

1772 George Michael Bruner was taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John Brinison (perhaps a son) and John Bruner Jr [perhaps a grandson] were also listed. [61]


Footnotes:

[1] Nicolas Person, Staaten ahm Rhein, und Necker (1694), [Old Maps Online], [Old Maps Online Catalog].

[2] Jacques de Michal, Suevia Universa IX Tabulis Delineata (c 1725), [Old Maps Online Catalog].

[3] Wolf, Krauth, Der Pfinz und Enz Kreis im Grossherzogthum Baden (c 1813), [Old Maps Online Catalog].

[4] Groos, Geognostische Reise-Karte der Umgegend von Heidelberg (c 1830), [Old Maps Online Catalog].

[5] Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, [FamilySearchRecord].

[6] Germany Baden, Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe, Eichtersheim, Mischbuch 1699, 1700, 1701 - 1724, 1724, 1725, image 6, [Archion Image].

[7] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 74, citing Records from the Eichtersheim Lutheran KB.

[8] Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, [AncestryRecord].

[9] Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, [AncestryRecord].

[10] Germany, Baden, Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe, Sinsheim, Mischbuch 1696-Jan 1736, image 21, [Archion Image].

[11] Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[12] Germany, Baden, Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe, Sinsheim, Mischbuch 1696-Jan 1736, image 153, [Archion Image].

[13] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 75, citing Sinsheim Lutheran KB.

[14] Germany Marriages, 1558-1929, [FamilySearchRecord].

[15] Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[16] Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929, [AncestryRecord].

[17] Germany Baden, Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe, Hilsbach, Mischbuch 1716, 1716, 1715 - 1734, 1734, 1719, image 20, [Archion Image].

[18] Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, [FamilySearchRecord].

[19] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 75, citing Sinsheim Lutheran KB.

[20] Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[21] Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, [AncestryRecord].

[22] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 75, citing Sinsheim Lutheran KB.

[23] Germany, Baden, Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe, Sinsheim, Mischbuch 1696-Jan 1736, image 90, [Archion Image].

[24] Germany, Baden, Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe, Sinsheim, Mischbuch 1696-Jan 1736, image 109, [Archion Image].

[25] Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[26] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 75, citing Sinsheim Lutheran KB.

[27] Germany, Baden, Landeskirchliches Archiv Karlsruhe, Sinsheim, Mischbuch 1696-Jan 1736, image 109, [Archion Image].

[28] Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[29] Cornelis Boumeester, View of Rotterdam, A tile painting, composed of 33 Delft tiles. (about 1700–20, Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), [MFA], [MFA terms of use].

[30] British History Online, "The town and parish of Deal", [URL].

[31] Ralph B. Strassburger, William J. Hinke, ed., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1 (1934, Pennsylvania German Society), 34-36, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[32] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 75.

[33] Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3 (1840), 411, [HathiTrust].

[34] Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3 (1852), 386, [HathiTrust].

[35] Thomas Jefferys, George Heap, An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia; taken by George Heap from the Jersey shore (London: 1768), [LibraryOfCongress], [LibraryOfCongress Catalog].

[36] Nicholas Scull, George Heap, A Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent with a Perspective of the State House (Philadelphia: 1752), [LibraryOfCongress], [LibraryOfCongress Catalog].

[37] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].

[38] Henry F. Bridgens, Map of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia:1860), [LibraryOfCongress Map], [LibraryOfCongress Catalog].

[39] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Annual Volume 1896 (1897), 89, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

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[41] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Annual Volume 1896 (1897), 92, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[42] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[43] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[44] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[45] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[46] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[47] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[48] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[49] Israel Daniel Rupp, Von Gail Hamilton, History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon (1844), 308, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[50] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[51] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[52] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[53] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[54] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 286, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[55] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[56] Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy, [URL].

[57] USGenWeb Archives, Roxie Kline transcription, [USGenWeb].

[58] Find A Grave Memorial 20756526, [FindAGrave].

[59] Roy H. Wampler, A Wampler family history: with allied families of Kemper, Zumbrum, Angel, Craumer, Mayer and Ruhlman : descendants of William Wampler (1813-1886), together with ancestors of William J. Wampler (1838-1906) and his second wife, Mary S. Kemper (1855-1936) (1999), 27, [GoogleBooks].

[60] Berks County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[61] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].