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475. ELLINGER

1. HansI Ellinger,[1] Amtsverweser (minor civil officer) and Schultheiß (sovereign’s appointed agent, acting as village mayor) of Kaisersbach, was born about 1586. He died on 26 August 1636, aged 50 years.[2] His wife, Apollonia ____, was the mother of all Hans’s children. She seems also to be the wife of Hans who was born about 1587, and died on 8 April 1636, aged 49 years. Both of the death records name Kaisersbach as their Vatterland, but this seems to have denoted their residence, not their birth place.[3] The place seems to have been ruled by the counts of Limpurg from 1425 until Württemberg asserted sovereignty over those lords in 1806.[4] Children of HansI and Apollonia (____) Ellinger, born at Kaisersbach and baptized at Welz- heim, are: i. JOHANNES ELLINGER,[5] bp. 28 May 1610, sp. Renhart Hueber, Schultheiß of Kaisersbach,[6] m. Welz- heim 8 Oct. 1633 ANNA ECKSTEIN,[7] bp. , Württemberg, 23 Dec. 1613, dau. of Sebastian and Walpurga (Krämer) Eckstein, of Weidenbach, sp. Maria, of Martin Schwartz of Murrrhardt.[8] 2. ii. JACOBH ELLINGER, bp. 17 Nov. 1611, d. 16 June 1689, m. ANNA (RAISER) WEBER. iii. ANNA ELLINGER, bp. 21 March 1614, sp. Maria, wife of Renhartz Hueber, Schultheiß of Kaisersbach.[9] iv. GEORG ELLINGER, bp. 25 Dec. 1616, sp. Renhart Huober, Schultheiß of Kaisersbach,[10] inhabitant of Kaisersbach, d. 4 Feb. 1617.[11] v. LEONHART ELLINGER, bp. 3 May 1618, sp. Renhardt Hueber, Schultheiß of Kaisersbach,[12] inhabitant of Kaisersbach, d. 28 Feb. 1619.[13] vi. MARIA ELLINGER, bp. 6 Jan. 1620, sp. Maria, wife of Renhart Huober,[14] inhabitant of Kaisersbach, d. of plague (Peste), 4 Nov. 1626.[15]

1 For a summary of his records as family head, see Evangelische Kirche , Dekanat , Verkartung Kirchenbücher (1597–1808), images 975, 976, Landeskirchliches Archiv , Archion (www.archion. de/en, Stuttgart, : Kirchenbuchportal GmbH, 2013–9). However, among the children, this record omits Anna completely, as well as the deaths of Maria and Anna Catharina. 2 Evangelische Kirche Welzheim, Kirchenbücher, Band 2, Mischbuch 1597–1756 (hereafter Welzheim KB 2), unpaged, image 196 recto, no. 164 (Schultheiß), Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart, Archion. All cited Lutheran parish records are accessed via this website, as imaged from the holdings of Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart. 3 Welzheim KB 2, image 195 verso, no. 34 (Ambts X Weser). 4 Königlichen statistische-topographischen Bureau, ed., Beschreibung des Oberamts Welzheim (Stuttgart and Tübin- gen: Verlag der J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1845), 104, 105, 164. 5 For a summary of his records as family head, see Verkartung Kirchenbücher, image 991. 6 Evangelische Kirche Welzheim, Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Taufregister 1599–1756 (hereafter Welzheim KB 1), unpaged, image 51 verso, no. 1203. In this volume, baptisms were numbered individually through no. 780 (12 Dec. 1615, image 29 verso), and then every tenth entry through no. 2120 (24 Aug. 1620, image 104 recto), and then every hundredth entry beginning with no. 2200 (15 Aug. 1621, image 108 recto). Annual numbering began in 1636 (image 162 recto). We do not give entry numbers for images 104 verso to 162 verso, where there is not a reference entry num- ber on every folio, or for post-1636 years in which they were not included. 7 Welzheim KB 2, image 23 recto, no. 18. 8 Evangelische Kirche Murrhardt, Dekanat , Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Mischbuch 1559–1617 (hereafter Murrhardt KB 1), second part, 93, fifth entry (parents’ marriage), third part, 449, seventeenth entry (baptism; date as Montags dem S. Steffans, between 15 and 23 Dec.; no relationship between Maria and Martin shown). 9 Welzheim KB 1, image 69 recto, no. 1541. 10 Welzheim KB 1, image 83 verso, no. 1772. 11 Welzheim KB 2, image 160 verso, no. 935 (numbered by tens). 12 Welzheim KB 1, image 92 verso, no. 1907. 13 Welzheim KB 2, images 162, 163 recto, no. 1020. 14 Welzheim KB 1, image 101 verso, no. 2063. 15 Welzheim KB 2, image 170 recto, twenty-eighth. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 2

vii. BARBARA ELLINGER, bp. 2 Nov. 1623, sp. the widow of Reinhardt Huber, Schultheiß of Kaisersbach,[16] d. 28 April 1636, aged 13y.[17] viii. URSULA ELLINGER, bp. 18 Dec. 1625, sp. the old Schultheißin in Kaisersbach,[18] inhabitant of Kaisers- bach, d. 15 Feb. 1632, aged 6y.[19] ix. ANNA CATHARINA ELLINGER, bp. 19 June 1628, sp. Maria, wife of Jerg Wahl of Kaisersbach.[20] inha- bitant of Kaisersbach, d. 30 Oct. 1628.[21]

2. JacobH Ellinger[22] (HansI), of Welzheim, was born at Kaisersbach, and baptized on 17 Novem- ber 1611 at Welzheim. His sponsor was Renhart Hueber, Schultheiß of Kaisersbach.[23] He died at Welzheim on 16 June 1689, aged 78 years. He had served as a juryman for many years (Vieljah- richr Gerichtsverwanter).[24] He married at Welzheim on 22 October 1643 Anna (Raiser) Weber.[25] She was baptized at Murrhardt, Württemberg, on 11 November 1608, the daughter of Hannß and Margaretha (Gogelenbach) Raiser of that place (see 7601. Raiser, 3, iii.), with Anna, wife of Paul Doderer, as her sponsor.[26] Anna died at Welzheim on 17 September 1687, aged 79 years.[27] She had first married Jacob Weber of Welzheim on 30 July 1639.[28] In the baptism records of his two daughters with Anna and in his death record, it was noted that he was nicknamed (genant) Kobus. He was born at Welzheim, and baptized there on 26 July 1601, son of old Georg and Margaretha (____) Weber, with Gilg Kerner as sponsor.[29] He died at Welzheim on 24 June 1642, aged 41 years, having also served as Amtsverweser.[30] Although only half the feudal fees of Welzheim were held of Württemberg from 1418 to 1718, Württemberg administered the terri- tory, and took full possession in 1718.[31] Württemberg was a county through 1495, a duchy from 1495 to 1806, and a kingdom from 1806 to 1918.[32] Children of Jacob and Anna (Raiser) Weber, born and baptized at Welzheim, are: a. ROSINA WEBER, bp. 15 March 1641, sp. Rosina, wife of H. Philipp Curat,[33] m. Welzheim 10 May 1664 HANS HEINRICH BUTZ, son of Matthias Butz of Oberweissach.[34] b. MARGARETHA WEBER,[35] posthumous, bp. 11 Dec. 1642, sp. Maria, wife of Hanß Jerg Klinck,[36]

16 Welzheim KB 1, image 117 recto, sixth entry. 17 Welzheim KB 2, image 195 verso, no. 51 (father, Ambts V Weser). 18 Welzheim KB 1, image 125 verso, eleventh entry. 19 Welzheim KB 2, image 178 verso, first entry. 20 Welzheim KB 1, image 132 verso, eighth entry. 21 Welzheim KB 2, image 174 verso, nineteenth entry. 22 For a summary of his records as family head, see Verkartung Kirchenbücher, images 987, 988, 5416, 5417. 23 Welzheim KB 1, image 56 recto, no. 1303. 24 Welzheim KB 2, image 257 recto, no. 29. 25 Welzheim KB 2, image 29 recto, no. 3 (1643). 26 Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 108, first entry (parents’ marriage, “Hanß Raÿser”), third part, 413, third entry (baptism, “Röser”). Anna’s mother was her father’s second wife, and his first marriage record includes both of the main variant spelllings of their surname: “Hans Raiser Jacob Rösers seelig Sohn.” Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 96, thirteenth entry. We take Raiser as the most common spelling. 27 Welzheim KB 2, image 256 verso, no. 23. 28 Welzheim KB 2, image 27 verso, no. 9 (1639). Anna’s surname is spelled “Reußer” here. 29 Welzheim KB 1, image 12 verso, no. 363. 30 Welzheim KB 2, image 201 verso, no. 9. 31 Beschreibung des Oberamts Welzheim, 128-30. 32 “Württemberg,” The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 22 vols. (New York: Encyclopæadia Britannica, Inc., 1911–22), 28:857-8, 32:1089-90. 33 Welzheim KB 1, image 165 recto, no. 11. 34 Welzheim KB 2, image 38 verso, no. 3. 35 For a summary of her records as family head, see Verkartung Kirchenbücher, images 1208, 1209. 36 Welzheim KB 1, image 168 recto, no. 45. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 3

living at Welzheim, 3 Aug. 1674,[37] m. Welzheim 27 July 1669 SIGMUND FICKEL,[38] b. Welzheim, bp. Welzheim 18 Feb. 1621, son of Stoffel and Anna (Schwenger) Fickel, sp. Sigismundus Röslin of Welzheim,[39] inhabitant of Welzheim, d. 2 June 1676, aged 75y [sic].[40] Children of JacobH and Anna (Raiser) (Weber) Ellinger, born and baptized at Welzheim, are: c. i. ALBRECHT ELLINGER,[41] bp. 19 Nov. 1645, sp. Philipp Krauß,[42] inhabitant of Welzheim, d. 26 May 1689, aged 43y,[43] m. Steinenberg, Württemberg, 16 Jan. 1666 ANNA BETZ,[44] b. Steinenberg 2 March 1645, dau. of Hans and Anna (____) Betz,[45] inhabitant of Welzheim, d. 15 Nov. 1712, aged 67y 36w,[46] having m. (2) Welzheim 5 Nov. 1689 Friedrich Eisenmann.[47] 3. d. ii. JOHANNESG ELLINGER, bp. 12 April 1649, d. 31 Dec. 1686, m. ANNA EISENMANN.

3. JohannesG Ellinger[48] (JacobH, HansI), of Welzheim, was born at Welzheim, and baptized there on 12 April 1649. The sponsor at his baptism was Johan Georg Klinck.[49] He died an inhabitant of Welzheim on 31 December 1686, aged 37 years and 9 months.[50] He married Anna Eisen- mann on 20 August 1672 at Welzheim.[51] She was born at Welzheim, and baptized there on 16 November 1652, daughter of Hans and Catharina (____) Eisenmann (see 3801. Eisenmann, 1, i.). The sponsor at her baptism was Anna, wife of Hanß Geiger.[52] She died 24 September 1714, aged 61 years and 44 weeks, and an inhabitant of Welzheim.[53] She married second, on 16 Aug- ust 1687 at Welzheim, Georg Schülle.[54] He was born at Aichstrut, parish of Welzheim, and was baptized as Jerg at Welzheim on 6 December 1659, son of Adam and Maria (Bausbach) Schülle of Aichstrut. His baptism was sponsored by Jerg Fritz of Burgholz.[55] He died as an inhabitant of Welzheim on 12 January 1731, aged 71 years, 5 months, and 2 days.[56] Children of JohannesG and Anna (Eisenmann) Ellinger, all but the first baptized at Welz- heim, are: i. ____ ELLINGER (son), b. and d. 28 July 1673.[57] ii. MARGARETHA ELLINGER, b. Welzheim, bp. 1 Sept. 1674, sp. Sibilla, wife of Johann Etzel,[58] inhabitant of Welzheim, d. 21 Sept. 1674.[59]

37 Welzheim KB 1, image 237 recto, third entry. 38 Welzheim KB 2, image 42 recto, no. 3. 39 Welzheim KB 1, image 107 verso, second entry (baptism); Welzheim KB 2, 14 recto, no. 4 (parents’ marriage). 40 Welzheim KB 2, image 232 recto, second entry. 41 For summaries of his records as family head, see Verkartung Kirchenbücher, images 969, 970. 42 Welzheim KB 1, image 172 verso, no. 22. 43 Welzheim KB 2, image 257 recto, no. 29. 44 Evangelische Kirche Steinenberg, Dekanat Schorndorf, Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Mischbuch 1640–1712 (hereafter Steinenberg KB 1), 225, ninth entry. 45 Steinenberg KB 1, 16, no. 130. Marriage records in this parish begin in 1654. 46 Welzheim KB 2, image 286 recto, fifth entry. 47 Welzheim KB 2, image 68 verso, no. 14. 48 For summaries of his records as family head, see Verkartung Kirchenbücher, images 997, 998, 4658, 4659. 49 Welzheim KB 1, image 175 recto, no. 10. 50 Welzheim KB 2, image 255 recto, no. 71. 51 Welzheim KB 2, image 47 recto, no. 9. 52 Welzheim KB 1, image 181 verso, no. 37. 53 Welzheim KB 2, image 290 verso, twelfth entry. 54 Welzheim KB 2, image 67 verso, no. 9 55 Welzheim KB 1, image 198 verso, no. 46 (baptism); Welzheim KB 2, image 31 verso, no. 10 (parents’ marriage). 56 Welzheim KB 2, image 324 recto, tenth entry. 57 Welzheim KB 1, image 234 recto, third entry. 58 Welzheim KB 1, image 238 verso, second entry. 59 Welzheim KB 2, image 228 recto, eighth entry. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 4

iii. HANS JACOB ELLINGER,[60] b. Welzheim, as Jacobus bp. 16 Sept. 1676, sp. Carol Fell,[61] inhabitant of Bruch, parish of Unterweissach, Württemberg, 8, bur. Unterweissach 10 July 1734, aged 58y less 10w,[62] m. (1) Unterweissach 13 Oct. 1705 ANNA BARBARA (KERNER) ROTH,[63] dau. of Johann Georg and Anna Barbara (Heinrich) Kerner of Kaisersbach, widow of Michael Roth,[64] b. ca. 1680, inhabi- tant of Bruch, d. 12 Nov. 1713, aged 33y;[65] m. (2) Unterweissach 1 May 1714 CATHARINA SCHÖNE- MANN, dau. of the late Johann Schönemann of Pfahlbronn,[66] b. ca. 1684, inhabitant of Bruch, d. 1, bur. Unterweissach 4 March 1729, aged about 45 years.[67] 4. iv. CARLF ELLINGER, b. 1 Sept. 1679, d. 8 March 1753, m. MARIA CATHARINA BAUER. v. ROSINA ELLINGER, b. Kaisersbach, bp. 18 Sept. 1684, sp. Margaretha, wife of Hannß Muntz of the Maÿerhof.[68] Children of Georg and Anna (Eisenmann) (Ellinger) Schülle, baptized at Welzheim, are: vi. ANNA ELISABETHA SCHÜLLE,[69] b. Welzheim, bp. 21 Oct. 1688, sp. Sibilla, wife of Martin Mühler,[70] inhabitant of Welzheim, d. 30 April 1762, aged 73y 6m 9d,[71] m. Welzheim 18 Feb. 1716 JOHANNES SCHÖNEMANN of Welzheim,[72] b. Maierhof, bp. Welzheim 2 Oct. 1694, son of Johannes and Barbara (Weller) (Muntz) Schönemann, sp. M. Joh. Heinrich Calisius and wife Elisabetha, Johann Rüben- kam and wife Magdalena, and Joh: Georg Spieß and wife Catharina,[73] inhabitant of Welzheim, d. 29 Nov. 1755, aged 61y 1m 27d.[74] vii. JOHANN MARTIN SCHÜLLE, b. Welzheim, bp. 4 July 1691, sp. Martin Mühl and wife Sibilla.[75] viii. SYBILLA SCHÜLLE,[76] b. Welzheim, bp. 6 Sept. 1693, sp. Sybilla, wife of Joh: Ulrich Buhner,[77] inhabi- tant of , Württemberg, d. 12, bur. Rudersberg 14 Jan. 1731, aged 37y 4m 6d,[78] m. Ru- dersberg, 23 Oct. 1725 JOHANN MICHAEL OCKER,[79] b. Rudersberg 4 Jan. 1688, son of Hans Michael

60 For a summary of his records as family head, see Robert Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers Mack, 16.–20. Jahr- hundert,” microfilm, 35 mm, 19 rolls (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002), Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart, file (Kartei) 6, frame (Aufn. Film) 473, Archion (www.archion.de/en, Stuttgart, Germany: Kirchenbuchportal GmbH, 2013–7). Each file is cataloged as one volume (Band) of non-sacramental records (Sonstiges, “others”) of Back- nang, deanery of Backnang. 61 Welzheim KB 1, image 244 recto, sixth entry. 62 Evangelische Kirche , Dekanat Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 14, Totenregister 1624–1783 (hereafter Weissach KB 14), 125 verso, eighth entry. 63 Evangelische Kirche Weissach im Tal, Kirchenbücher, Band 9, Eheregister 1696–1768 (hereafter Weissach KB 9), 10 verso, ninth entry. 64 Weissach KB 9, 6 verso, second entry. Barbara seems to have no baptism record at Welzheim, but her parents were married in 1670 (Welzheim KB 2, image 43 recto, no. 7), and their next child after Barbara was born in 1682 (Welzheim KB 1, image 270 verso, seventh entry). 65 Weissach KB 14, 80 recto, seventh entry. 66 Weissach KB 9, 15 verso, seventh entry. 67 Weissach KB 14, 111 verso, fifth entry. 68 Welzheim KB 1, image 282 verso, third entry. 69 For a summary of her records as family head, see Verkartung Kirchenbücher, images 4587, 4588. 70 Welzheim KB 1, image 297 recto, no. 57. 71 Evangelische Kirche Welzheim, Kirchenbücher, Band 4, Mischbuch 1757–1808 (hereafter Welzheim KB 4), To- tenregister, 63, no. 28. 72 Welzheim KB 2, image 87 recto, no. 4. 73 Welzheim KB 1, image 309 verso, sixteenth entry; Welzheim KB 2, images 67 verso, no. 12, 69 recto, no. 10 (mother’s marriages). 74 Welzheim KB 2, image 387 recto, no. 74. 75 Welzheim KB 1, image 302 recto, no. 31. 76 For a summary of her records as family head, see Evangelische Kirche Rudersberg, Dekanat Schorndorf, Kir- chenbücher, Band 38, unpaged, images 1316, 1317. 77 Welzheim KB 1, image 307 recto, eighteenth entry. 78 Evangelische Kirche Rudersberg, Kirchenbücher, Band 3, Mischbuch 1687–1756 (hereafter Rudersberg KB 3), 269 verso, fourteenth entry. 79 Rudersberg KB 3, 202 recto, eighth entry. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 5

and Anna Maria (Ackermann) Ocker,[80] inhabitant of Rudersberg, living 26 Feb. 1747.[81] ix. JOHANN GEORG SCHÜLLE,[82] b. Welzheim, bp. 9 Jan. 1695, sp. Joh: Ulrich Buhner and wife Sybilla,[83] inhabitant of Breitenfürst, parish of Welzheim, d. 27 Oct. 1758, aged 63y 9m 3w,[84] m. Breitenfürst 14 May 1721 CHRISTINA MAIER,[85] b. Breitenfürst, bp. Welzheim 25 Dec. 1692, dau. of Friedrich and Maria (Heinrich) Maier, sp. Johannes and Maria Seits,[86] inhabitant of Breitenfürst, d. 20 Oct. 1758, aged 66y less 2m.[87] x. HANS ULRICH SCHÜLLE, b. Bürghoff, bp. 27 Jan. 1697, sp. Georg Wahl and wife Margaretha of Hüt- tenbuhl,[88] inhabitant of Welzheim, d. 30 Jan. 1697, aged 3d.[89]

4. CarlF Ellinger[90] (JohannesG, JacobH, HansI), last of Maubach in the parish of Backnang from 1711 on, was born on 1 September 1679, apparently at Welzheim. He seems to have no baptis- mal record.[91] He died on 8 March 1753 as an inhabitant of Maubach, aged 73 years, 6 months and 7 days, and was buried at Backnang on 10 March.[92] He married Maria Catharina Bauer on 7 June 1707 at Backnang.[93] Catharina, as she was usually called, was baptized at Backnang on 28 October 1683, daughter of Daniel and Maria Barbara (____) Bauer of Maubach, with Caspar Groß and Catharina, wife of young Martin Haag, as sponsors.[94] Catharina died as an inhabitant of Maubach on 21 September 1742, aged 65 years, and was buried the following day at Back- nang.[95] Maubach passed with Backnang from the margraviate of Baden to Württemberg by the early fourteenth century.[96] Children of CarlF and Maria Catharina (Bauer) Ellinger, born at Maubach and baptized at Backnang, are: i. CARL ELLINGER, bp. 9 Aug. 1711, sp. Christorf Kercher and wife Elisabeth of Sihdichfür,[97] inhabi- tant of Baltmannsweiler, Württemberg, d. 18, bur. 19 July 1751, aged 39y less 8 days,[98] m. Balt-

80 Rudersberg KB 3, 2 recto, fifth entry (baptism; sponsors’ names lost, apparently to mold); Evangelische Kirche Rudersberg, Kirchenbücher, Band 2, Mischbuch 1633–1686, 87 verso, fifth entry (parents’ marriage). 81 Rudersberg KB 3, 56 verso, ninth entry. 82 For a summary of his records as family head, see Verkartung Kirchenbücher, images 4664, 4665. 83 Welzheim KB 1, image 310 verso, second entry. 84 Welzheim KB 4, Totenregister, 19, no. 78. 85 Welzheim KB 2, image 94 verso, no. 5. 86 Welzheim KB 1, image 306 recto, no. 63 (baptism); Welzheim KB 2, image 67 recto, no. 10 (parents’ marriage). 87 Welzheim KB 4, Totenregister, 18, no. 74. 88 Welzheim KB 1, image 314 verso, fourth entry. 89 Welzheim KB 2, image 265 recto, fifth entry. 90 For summaries of his records as family head, see Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers,” file 6, frame 474; Burk- hart Oertel, Ortssippenbuch der württemburgischen Kreisstadt Backnang, 4 vols., Deutsche Ortssippenbücher, ser. A, vols. 262, 263, 354, 392, and Reihe Württembergischer Ortssippenbücher, vols. 40, 41, 60, 72 (Neubiberg and Frankfurt am Main, Germany: compiler, 1999–2005), 3:78. 91 On 8 Nov. 1682, Johannes and Anna Ellinger were sponsors for the baptism of Carolus, son of Carol Fell—but the positions of the parents’ and sponsors’ columns on that page were reversed from their usual placement, and which adults were the child’s parents could be confused (Welzheim KB 1, image 270 verso, eighth entry). 92 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 9, Totenregister 1730–1799 (hereafter Backnang KB 9), 162, tenth entry. This would date his birth to 1 Sept. 1679 by calculation. 93 Backnang KB 5, 57, fifth entry. 94 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Mischbuch 1629–1718 (hereafter Backnang KB 1), Tauf- register, 159 verso, ninth entry. 95 Backnang KB 9, 93, fifteenth entry. 96 Königlichen statistische-topographischen Bureau, ed., Beschreibung des Oberamts Backnang (Stuttgart: H. Linde- mann, 1871), 214. 97 Backnang KB 1, Taufregister, 259 verso, fourth entry. 98 Evangelische Kirche Baltmannsweiler, Dekanat Esslingen, Kirchenbücher, Band 2, Mischbuch 1720–1763 (hereafter Baltmannsweiler KB 2), unpaged, image 11 verso, fourth entry. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 6

mannsweiler 14 May 1743 ROSINA (HOHENSTEIN) HEIDLE,[99] daughter of Leonhardt Hohenstein and widow of Hans Heidle.[100] ii. ANNA CATHARINA ELLINGER, bp. 19 Feb. 1713, sp. Christoph Kercher and Margaretha, wife of Chris- toph Lorentz Rummel of Stiftsgrundhof or Sichdifür,[101] inhabitant of Maubach, d. 13, bur. Back- nang 14 April 1715, aged about 3y.[102] iii. ANNA MARGARETHA ELLINGER,[103] bp. 7 Jan. 1715, sp. Christoph Kercher of Nellmersbach and Mar- garetha, wife of Lorentz Rommel of Stiftsgrundhof,[104] inhabitant of Nellmersbach, parish of Win- nenden, Württemberg, d. 2, bur. 4 April 1782, aged 61y 1m 15d,[105] m. Backnang 9 Feb. 1740 GEORG ADAM KLÖPFER,[106] b. Nellmersbach, bp. Winnenden 29 Nov. 1716, son of Johann Jacob and Barbara (Ringlin) Klöpfer of Nellmersbach,[107] inhabitant of Nellmersbach, d. 20, bur. Winnen- den 21 May 1779, aged 62y 5m.[108] iv. CHRISTOPH ELLINGER, bp. 28 Oct. 1716, sp. Christorf Kercher of Nelmshöfle and Margretha, wife of Lo- rentz Rommel of Sihdichfür,[109] inhabitant of Maubach, d. 25, bur. Backnang 26 Dec. 1720, aged 4y.[110] v. SABINA ELLINGER,[111] bp. 14 Sept. 1718, sp. Christoph Kercher of Nellmersbach and Margretha, wife of Lorentz Rommel of Stiftsgrundhof,[112] inhabitant of Backnang, d. 21, bur. Backnang 23 Jan. 1778,[113] aged 62y, m. (1) Backnang 17 May 1740 HANS JACOB WÜRZ, son of Hannß Adam Würz,[114] inhabi- tant of Maubach, d. after 22 Sept. 1747;[115] m. (2) by 3 Dec. 1756 JOHANN GEORG KURTZ,[116] b. ca. 1716, inhabitant of Backnang, d. 8, bur. Backnang 10 March 1792, aged 76y.[117] vi. JOHANNES ELLINGER, b. 27 May 1720, sp. Christoph Kercher of Nellmersbach and Margaretha, wife of Lorenz Rommel of Sihdichshus,[118] inhabitant of Maubach, d. Backnang 17, bur. Backnang 18 Dec. 1720, aged ¾y.[119] vii. ANNA CATHARINA ELLINGER,[120] b. 4 Nov. 1721, sp. Lorenz Rommel of Stiftsgrundhof and Anna Catharina, wife of Christoph Karcher of Nellmersbach,[121] d. Rietenau, Württemberg, 17, bur. Rie-

99 Baltmannsweiler KB 2, image 18 recto, twelfth entry. 100 Baltmannsweiler KB 2, image 16 recto, fifth entry. 101 Backnang KB 1, Taufregister, 267 verso, fourth entry. 102 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 8, Totenregister 1660–1730 (hereafter Backnang KB 8), 840, third entry. 103 For a summary of her records as family head, see Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers,” file 3, frame 1817. 104 Backnang KB 1, Taufregister, 276 verso, fifth entry. 105 Evangelische Kirche Winnenden, Dekanat , Kirchenbücher, Band 22, Totenregister 1770–1795 (here- after Winnenden KB 22), 127, fifth entry. 106 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 5, Eheregister 1670–1779 (hereafter Backnang KB 5), 140, seventh entry. 107 Evangelische Kirche Winnenden, Kirchenbücher, Band 3, Taufregister 1702–1731, 109 verso, third entry (bap- tism), and Band 14a, Eheregister 1628–1742, 103 recto, fifth entry (parents’ marriage). 108 Winnenden KB 22, 92, fourteenth entry. 109 Backnang KB 1, Taufregister, 286 recto, third entry. 110 Backnang KB 8, 889, fifth entry. 111 For summaries of her records as family head, see Oertel, Ortssippenbuch der Kreisstadt Backnang, 1:139, 3:113. 112 Backnang KB 1, Taufregister, 296 verso, ninth entry. 113 Backnang KB 9, 321, ninth entry. 114 Backnang KB 5, 140, eleventh entry. 115 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 2, Taufregister 1719–1753 (hereafter Backnang KB 2), 178 recto, fourth entry. 116 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 3, Taufregister 1753–1774 (hereafter Backnang KB 3), 71, fifth entry (geb. Ellingerin). 117 Backnang KB 9, 429, no. 31. 118 Backnang KB 2, 6 verso, fourth entry. 119 Backnang KB 8, 889, second entry. 120 For a summary of her records as family head, see Evangelische Kirche Rietenau, Dekanat Backnang, Kirchen- bücher, Band 10, Seelenregister 1790, 5. 121 Backnang KB 2, 14 verso, sixth entry. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 7

tenau 19 Dec. 1788, aged 67y 1m 19d,[122] m. Backnang 19 Nov. 1754 CHRISTIAN JACOB BEERWARTH, widower of Rietenau,[123] b. 15, bp. Kleinaspach, Württemberg, 17 Sept. 1728, son of Jacob and Anna Catharina (____) Beerwarth of , sp. Christian Schilpp and wife of Reichenberg, Jacob Schropp and wife of Allmersbach, and Rosina Dornin of Kleinaspach,[124] d. Rietenau 4, bur. Riete- nau 7 Sept. 1797, aged 69y less 11d.[125] viii. ANNA MARIA ELLINGER, b. 27 April 1723, sp. Christoph Kärcher of Nellmersbach and the wife of Lorenz Rommel of Stiftsgrundhof,[126] m. , Württemberg, 30 July 1743 JOHANN MICH- AEL HEINRICH, widower.[127] 4. ix. HANß JERGE ELLINGER, b. 7 March 1725, d. 10 Jan. 1802, m. MARIA ELISABETHA ZELTWANGER.

5. Hanß JergE Ellinger[128] (CarlF, JohannesG, JacobH, HansI), of Maubach, was born 7 March 1725. The sponsors at his baptism were Lorenz Rommel of the Stiftsgrundmihle and his wife.[129] He died at Maubach on 10 January 1802, aged 76 years, 8 months and 7 days, and was buried two days later at Backnang.[130] He was married, at Backnang on 24 November 1744, to Maria Elisa- betha Zeltwanger, called Elisabetha.[131] She was born at Heiningen in the parish of Backnang on 15 May 1726, daughter of Philipp Heinrich and Anna Magdalena (Beißwanger) Zeltwanger of that place (see 951. Zeltwanger, 4, i.). The sponsors at her baptism included Johann Michäel Käß and Elisabetha Küblerin, both of Maubach, and Anna Maria Eckhartin of Sihdrichhhüs.[132] Elisa- betha died an inhabitant of Maubach, 5 October 1774, aged 49 years and 8 months less 9 days.[133] Children of Hanß JergE and Maria Elisabetha (Zeltwanger) Ellinger, born at Maubach, are: i. ANNA MARGARETHA ELLINGER,[134] b. 5 Oct. 1745, sp. Andreas Frankh and wife Margareta of Heinin- gen,[135] d. Unterweissach 14, bur. Unterweissach 17 Oct. 1817, aged 72y 9d,[136] m. Backnang 23 June 1767 GEORG HEINRICH STOLPP,[137] b. Backnang 28 July 1738, son of Johann Leonhard and Anna Margaretha (Lämmlin) (Weiss) Stolpp, sp. Georg Friederich Rindel, Johann Heinrich Weiss, and Maria Barbara, wife of Leonhart Berthem, all of Backnang,[138] d. Unterweissach 7, bur. Unterweis- sach 9 Aug. 1810, aged 72y 10d.[139]

122 Evangelische Kirche Rietenau, Kirchenbücher, Band 6, Totenregister 1764–1807, image 30 recto, no. 380 (no. 16, 1788). 123 Backnang KB 5, 179, fourth entry. 124 Evangelische Kirche Kleinaspach, Dekanat Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Mischbuch 1693–1762, 34 verso, sixth entry. 125 Rietenau KB 6, image 47 verso, no. 554 (no. 20, 1797). 126 Backnang KB 2, 24 recto, eighth entry. 127 Evangelische Kirche Oppenweiler, Dekanat Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Mischbuch 1600–1765, 418 verso, third entry. 128 For summaries of his records as family head, see Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers,” file 6, frame 481; Oertel, Ortssippenbuch der Kreisstadt Backnang, 3:79. 129 Backnang KB 2, 36 verso, third entry. 130 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 27, Totenregister 1800–1808 (hereafter Backnang KB 27), 30, no. 2. 131 Backnang KB 5, 147, sixth entry. 132 Backnang KB 2, 45 recto, fifth entry (baptism); Backnang KB 5, 104, third entry (parents’ marriage). 133 Backnang KB 9, 303, third entry. 134 For summaries of her records as family head, see Oertel, Ortssippenbuch der Kreisstadt Backnang, 2:239; Evange- lische Kirche Weissach im Tal, Kirchenbücher, Band 22, Familienregister 1808 [Band I], 250. 135 Backnang KB 2, 169 verso, eighth entry. 136 Evangelische Kirche Weissach im Tal, Kirchenbücher, Band 16, Totenregister 1808–1827 (hereafter Weissach KB 16), 207, 208, no. 84. 137 Backnang KB 5, 226, sixth entry. 138 Backnang KB 2, 140 verso, first entry (birth); Backnang KB 5, 101, fourth entry, 134, ninth entry (mother’s mar- riages). 139 Weissach KB 16, 45, 46, no. 54. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 8

ii. MAGDALENA ELLINGER,[140] b. 23 Jan. 1748, sp. Andreas Frankh and wife Margaretha,[141] d. Maubach 1, bur. Backnang 3 Sept. 1827, aged 79½y,[142] m. (1) Backnang 19 Sept. 1769 GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH SCHUEPERT, son of the late Lorenz Schuepert of Seehof,[143] b. ca. April 1739, d. Maubach 19 Oct. 1802, aged 63½y;[144] m. (2) Bittenfeld, Württemberg, 30 April 1805 JOHANNES LORENZ,[145] b. Waiblingen 23 June 1749, son of Johann Georg and Anna Maria Friderica (____) Lorenz of Waiblingen, sp. Johann Jacob Letters, Johann Paul Klein, Margaretha, widow of Balthas Haiber, Bürgermeister, and Anna Maria, wife of Simon Vischer, all of Waiblingen,[146] d. Bittenfeld 19, bur. Bittenfeld 21 Dec. 1823.[147] + iii. CATHARINAD ELLINGER,[148] b. 5 Oct. 1750, sp. Margaretha, wife of Andreas Franck of Heiningen,[149] d. Mittelschöntal, parish of Erbstetten, Württemberg, 15 March 1806, aged 55y 9m 4w 5d,[150] m. Backnang 22 Aug. 1769 FRIEDRICH LUDWIG BÄUERLE,[151] b. Mittelschöntal 1 June 1748, son of Johann Michael and Anna Catharina (Rieler) Bäuerle (see 237. Bäuerle, 4), sp. H. Frid: Ludv: Pfizenmaier and wife Rosina of Kirchberg, and widow Veronica Dorothea Pfizenmaier,[152] d. Mittelschöntal 26 June 1822, aged 74y.[153] iv. ANNA MARIA ELLINGER,[154] b. 3 Oct. 1752, sp. Margaretha, wife of Andreas Franck of Heiningen,[155] d. Maubach 2, bur. Backnang 5 Dec. 1819, aged 67y 2m 8d,[156] m. (1) Backnang 4 May 1773 JOHAN- NES CHRISTOPH KÄß,[157] b. Maubach 18 Jan. 1736, son of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Specht) Käß, sp. Melchior Specht and wife Barbara of Maubach,[158] inhabitant of Maubach, d. 6, bur. Back- nang 8 March 1789, aged 53y 7w;[159] m. (2) Backnang 17 Sept. 1789 CHRISTIAN ACKERMANN,[160] b. Oberbrüden, Württemberg, 11, bp. 12 May 1756, son of Leonhard and Christina Catharina (Con- rad) Ackermann, sp. Johann Michael Ackermann and wife Eva of Oberbrüden,[161] inhabitant of Maubach, d. 22, bur. Backnang 24 Aug. 1807, aged 51¼y.[162] v. WILHELM ELLINGER, b. 29 Jan. 1755, sp. Wilhelm Pfleiderer of Ungeheuerhof and Margaretha Franckin of Heiningen,[163] inhabitant of Maubach, d. 24, bur. Backnang 26 June 1757, aged 3y.[164]

140 For summaries of her records as family head, see Oertel, Ortssippenbuch der Kreisstadt Backnang, 3:104; Evange- lische Kirche Bittenfeld, Dekanat Waiblingen, Kirchenbücher, Band 13, Familienregister 1808 [Band I], 265. 141 Backnang KB 2, 179 verso, eleventh entry. 142 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 29, Totenregister 1824–1838, 79, no. 95. 143 Backnang KB 5, 233, first entry. 144 Backnang KB 27, 42, third entry. 145 Evangelische Kirche Bittenfeld, Kirchenbücher, Band 5, Eheregister 1775–1875, 30 recto, first entry. 146 Evangelische Kirche Waiblinger, Dekanat Waiblingen, Kirchenbücher, Band 2, Mischbuch 1695–1773, 195 verso, seventh entry. 147 Evangelische Kirche Bittenfeld, Kirchenbücher, Band 8, Totenregister 1775–1859, 84, no. 20. 148 For a summary of her records as family head, see Evangelische Kirche Erbstetten, Dekanat Backnang, Kirchen- bücher, Band 16, Familienregister 1808, 153. 149 Backnang KB 2, 193 verso, fifth entry. 150 Evangelische Kirche Erbstetten, Kirchenbücher, Band 11, Totenregister 1774–1807, 52, no. 4. 151 Backnang KB 5, 232, eighth entry. 152 Evangelische Kirche Erbstetten, Kirchenbücher, Band 4, Mischbuch 1731–1774, Taufregister, 25, eighth entry. 153 Evangelische Kirche Erbstetten, Kirchenbücher, Band 12, Totenregister 1808–1859, 52, no. 15. 154 For summaries of her records as family head, see Oertel, Ortssippenbuch der Kreisstadt Backnang, 3:70, 87. 155 Backnang KB 2, 215 verso, second entry. 156 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 28, Totenregister 1808–1823, (hereafter Backnang KB 28), 200, no. 157. 157 Backnang KB 5, 240, tenth entry. 158 Backnang KB 2, 117 recto, fourth entry (birth); Backnang KB 5, 109, fourth entry (parents’ marriage). 159 Backnang KB 9, 398, no. 23. 160 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 6, Eheregister 1780–1808 (hereafter Backnang KB 6), 33, fifth entry. 161 Evangelische Kirche Oberbrüden, Dekanat Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 3, Mischbuch 1742–1806, 50, no. 11 (baptism), 156, no. 4 (parents’ marriage). For clarification of his mother’s maiden name, see also Evangelische Kirche Oberbrüden, Kirchenbücher, Band 15, Seelenregister 1741–1748, 32. 162 Backnang KB 27, 110, second entry. 163 Backnang KB 3, 28, sixth entry. 164 Backnang KB 9, 191, third entry. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 475. ELLINGER, page 9

vi. CHRISTINA ELLINGER, b. 4 March 1760, sp. Wilhelm Pfleiderer of Ungeheuerhof and Margaretha Franckin of Heiningen,[165] inhabitant of Maubach, d. 4, bur. Backnang 5 May 1761, aged 1y.[166] vii. JOHANNES ELLINGER,[167] b. 31 Dec. 1762, sp. Wilhelm Pfleiderer and wife Anna Maria of Ungeheuer- hof,[168] d. Maubach 2, bur. Backnang 4 Dec. 1839, aged 76y 11m 2d,[169] m. Backnang 30 April 1787 ANNA CATHARINA BÄUERLE,[170] b. Maubach 14 Nov. 1767, dau. of Georg Christoph and Maria Eva (Schwaderer) Bäuerle, sp. Jacob Schwaderer and wife Anna Maria of Maubach,[171] d. Maubach 3, bur. Backnang 6 March 1822, aged 54½y.[172]

165 Backnang KB 3, 143, fourth entry. 166 Backnang KB 9, 221, thirteenth entry. 167 For summaries of his records as family head, see Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers,” file 6, frame 486; Oer- tel, Ortssippenbuch der Kreisstadt Backnang, 3:79. 168 Backnang KB 3, 208, second entry. 169 Evangelische Kirche Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 30, Totenregister 1839–1850, 20, no. 155. 170 Backnang KB 6, 27, third entry. 171 Backnang KB 3, 313, fifth entry (birth); Backnang KB 5, 210, second entry (parents’ marriage). 172 Backnang KB 28, 236, no. 23.

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