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Author: silvrii1
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I have b ca 1692, not 1685, according to the notes of John Blakenbaker.
Johann Christopher, at the age of eighteen years (on 27 Jul 1710), marrried a woman five
or six years older than he was. This was Dorothea Rottle, the daughter of Martin Rottle
of "Horndorff". Their first child, Johannes, was born 11 April 1711 and was
baptized the next day. There were no other surviving children before Dorothea died on 16
January 1714 at twenty-seven years of age. Christopher was a widower at twenty-two years
of age with a son Johannes of less than three years of age.
A year and a half later, Christopher appears in the same parish with a wife, Anna
Elizabeth, when their first child, Johann Martin, was born 15 June 1715. Where the
marriage took place and Anna Elizabeth's maiden name are unknown. Only five children
mentioned in will, although he says "my six children".
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