The oldest known ancestor of Hans Conrad Anberger (Amberger or Ambergey in America) was Simon Anberger (#16 in Note Nr. 2432 above). He was born before 1563 and died on an unknown date. About 1576, he married Barbara Joeslin, who was born before 1563. She died 6 April 1596 in Grossgartach (a few miles west of Heilbronn). There were nine children of this marriage, all born in Grossgartach.
1. Hans, *3 Feb 1577, oo.1 2 Dec 1604 Apollonia Koenig; oo.2 Apollonia Kriegappel
2. Lorenz, * 14 Mar 1578, + 9 Jun 1597 as a single person
3. Simon, * 11 Dec 1579, see #8 in the Ahnentafel
4. Barbara, * 26 Oct 1582, + 12 Sep 1586
5. Andreas, * 4 Sep 1584
6. Margaretha, * 12 Dec 1585, + 9 May 1609
7. Elisabetha, * 1 Dec 1589, + 2 Nov 1596
8. Anna, * 31 Oct 1592
9. Barbara, * 23 May 1595, + 17 Nov 1596
When the last child, Barbara, was 17 months old, her mother died and her father married, 3 Oct 1596, Margaretha Eysemann, the widow of Hans Pfau, who was the son of Philipp Pfau. Within a month of the marriage, two of the youngest children of the first marriage died.
When Simon, the father of the family was born, the Reformation had been underway for only about forty years and the Thirty Years’ War had not begun. The Church Records began here between the time of the father’s birth and his marriage in the Evangelische Kirche of Grossgartach (sometimes given as Gross Gartach or Grossengartach). The Church Records here had not been filmed at the time that Gary Zimmerman and Johni Cerny did their pioneering research. Therefore, they did not give the family above in their work on the Amberger family. Extensions of the history prior to the family above is doubtful. The occupation of the father here is unknown.
Grossgartach is located a few miles west of Heilbronn on the road to Schwaigern. Boennigheim is a few miles south of Grossgartach.
(20 Dec 06)
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