1863. KLENCK, Page 1

Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 1863. KLENCK, page 1

1863. KLENCK

The family main place of residence was Neustetten, in the parish of Murrhardt, duchy of Würt- temberg,[1] It was the property of the monastery at Murrhardt as early as 1575. The village’s civil jurisdiction was transferred to Kirchenkirnberg by 1809, and it was renamed “Unterneustetten” to distinguish it from “Oberneustetten,” a filial of the parish of Kirchenkirnberg.[2] The monastery and city of Murrhardt were also established by the counts of Löwenstein, but came into the possession of Württemberg in 1395.[3] Fornsbach (no. 1), another filial of Murrhardt, came under Württemberg rule in 1504. It was made a civil Gemeinde in 1843, but the pastor of Murr- hardt continued to serve Fornsbach as well.[4]

1. FranzI Klenck of Neustetten, moved to Fornsbach by 1585, when his son Jerg married. Franz’s last known wife, and Jerg’s mother, was Engel ____, but she is not identified as the mother of Franz’s other children. Child of FranzI Klenck, possibly by an earlier wife or wives, are: i. MARGARETHA KLENCK, m. Murrhardt 25 July 1563 MICHAEL KÜBLER of Fornsbach, widower.[5] ii. FRANZ KLENCK, m. Murrhardt 22 June 1576 BARBARA LINDAUER, dau. of Michael Lindauer of Neu- stetten.[6] iii. ELSA KLENCK, m. Murrhardt 4 June 1582 FRIEDRICH WAGNER, son of Balthas Wagner of Büchelberg, parish of Murrhardt.[7] The known child of FranzI and Engel (____) Klenck is: 2. +. JERGH KLENCK, bp. 3 May 1561, d. before 13 Feb. 1610, m. ANNA METZ.

2. JergH Klenck (FranzI) of Neustetten was baptized at Murrhardt on 3 May 1561, with Hans Scholl of Murrhardt as sponsor.[8] He died before 13 February 1610, when his widow remarried. He married at Murrhardt on 19 October 1585, Anna Metz.[9] She was baptized at Murrhardt on 12 March 1565, daughter of Lienhardt and Anna (Schupp) Metz of Fornsbach (see 7453. Metz, 2, ii.), sponsored by Ursula, wife of Melchior Reblin of Fornsbach.[10] Anna, widow of Jerg Klenck of Neustetten, was married second at Murrhardt, on 13 February 1610, to Michael Schall, son of Caspar Schall of Karnsberg.[11] He is likely to be the Michel Scholl of Neustetten who was buried

1 So recognized from 1495 to 1806. “Württemberg,” The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Liter- ature and General Information, 11th ed., 32 vols. (New York: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1911–22), 28:857, 858. 2 Königlichen statistisch-topographischen Bureau, ed., Beschreibung des Oberamts Welzheim (Stuttgart and Tübin- gen: Verlag der J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1845), 178. 3 Königlichen statistische-topographischen Bureau, ed., Beschreibung des Oberamts Backnang (Stuttgart: H. Linde- mann, 1871), 241, 242. 4 Beschreibung des Oberamts Backnang, 182-3. 5 Evangelische Kirche Murrhardt, Dekanat Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Mischbuch 1559–1617 (hereafter Murr- hardt KB 1), second part, 7, eighth entry, Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart, Archion (www.archion.de/en, Stuttgart, Germany: Kirchenbuchportal GmbH, 2013–7). Unless otherwise noted, cited Lutheran parish records are accessed on this website, as imaged from documents held by Landkirchliches Archiv Stuttgart. 6 Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 34, eighth entry. 7 Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 55, first entry. 8 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 19, sixth entry. 9 Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 62, second entry. 10 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 51, third entry. 11 Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 116, eleventh entry. Württemberg ruled Karnsberg, also, from 1395 (Beschreibung des Oberamts Backnang, 315, 323, 324). Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 1863. KLENCK, page 2 at Murrhardt on 31 December 1634.[12] Children, all but the fourth baptized at Murrhardt: i. CATHARINA KLENCK, bp. 17 April 1586, sp. Catharina, wife of Balthas Kiehl.[13] ii. DOROTHEA KLENCK,[14] bp. 18 June 1587, sp. Dorothea, wife of Hanß Freun,[15] m. (1) Murrhardt 12 April 1608 MICHAEL PLAPP,[16] bp. Murrhardt 7 July 1577, son of Michael and Waldburga (Klotz) Plapp of Plapphof, sp. Gregory Keller of Murrhardt,[17] inhabitant of Ruphöfle, bur. Murrhardt 29 April 1631;[18] m. (2) Murrhardt 24 Oct. 1631 HANS SCHOCK, son of Melchior Schock of Spöck, parish of Westheim, Württemberg,[19] both living at Ruphöfle, 4 Oct. 1632.[20] iii. GEORG KLENCK, bp. 12 Dec. 1591, sp. Jerg Schellin,[21] m. Murrhardt 4 or 14 Feb. 1617 WALPURGA REBLIN,[22] bp. Murrhardt 23 April 1593, dau. of Lorentz and Margretha (____) Reblin of Fornsbach, sp. Margreta, wife of Lienhardt Prem of that place.[23] iv. WALDBURGA KLENCK, b. say 1593, m. (1) Murrhardt 26 Feb. 1622 MICHAEL KÜBLER,[24] bp. Murrhardt 16 Dec. 1597, son of Leonhard and Christina (Klotz) Kübler of Vorderwestermurr, parish of Murr- hardt, sp. Michaell Geiger of Murrhardt,[25] d. parish of Murrhardt 24 Oct. 1633;[26] m. (2) Murrhardt 24 June 1634 GEORG KLENCK,[27] bp. Murrhardt 3 April 1601, son of Thomas and Margaretha (Feücht) Klenck (see 931. Klenck, 3, iv.), sp. Bartholomei Berner of Murrhardt.[28] v. MARIA KLENCK, bp. 26 Aug. 1595, sp. Walpurga, wife of Jerg Schell,[29] m. Murrhardt 12 June 1627 JERG HINDERER of Mettelberg,[30] widower of Eva Haller,[31] bp. Murrhardt 8 March 1601, son of Con- rad and Dorothea (Schmidt) Hinderer of Mettelberg, sp. Jerg Vogelin of Mettelberg,[32] inhabitant of Mettelberg, bur. Murrhardt 30 Sept. 1664, aged 63y,[33] leaving as his widow a third wife, Waldbur- ga, who remarried the following year.[34]

12 Evangelische Kirche Murrhardt, Kirchenbücher, Band 2, Mischbuch 1618–1705 (hereafter Murrhardt KB 2), 367 verso, right column, eighth entry. 13 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 249, ninth entry. 14 For summaries of her records as family head, see Robert Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers Mack, 16.–20. Jahrhundert,” microfilm, 35 mm, 19 rolls (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002), Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart, file (Kartei) 2, frame (Aufn. Film) 206, and file 14, frame 1747, Archion. Each file is cataloged as one volume (Band) of non-sacramental records (Sonstiges, “others”) of the parish of Backnang, deaconry of Backnang. 15 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 257, fourth entry. 16 Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 108, eighth entry. 17 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 168, first entry (baptism), and second part, 28, seventh entry (parents’ marriage). 18 Murrhardt KB 2, 363 verso, right column, nineteenth entry. 19 Murrhardt KB 2, 14 recto, seventeenth entry. 20 Murrhardt KB 2, 176 verso, first entry. 21 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 280, thirteenth entry. 22 Murrhardt KB 1, second part, 133, first entry. 23 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 291, fifteenth entry. 24 Murrhardt KB 2, 3 verso, fourteenth entry. 25 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 316, eighteenth entry (baptism), and second part, 38, fifth entry (parents’ marriage). Also abstracted in Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers,” file 4, frames 715, 716. Leonhard and Christina, his third wife, also are thought to be the parents of ConradH Kübler (ibid., frames 674, 712; see 465. Kübler, 1), but the evidence for this claim is not definitive. 26 Murrhardt KB 2, 365 verso, left column, twelfth entry. 27 Murrhardt KB 2, 17 recto, third entry. 28 Murrhardt KB 1, third part, 345, eighth entry. 29 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 303, fifteenth entry. 30 Murrhardt KB 2, 9 verso, tenth entry. 31 Georg and Eva had married 24 Aug. 1624, and she was bur. 12 Dec. 1626 Murrhardt KB 2, 6 verso, fifth entry (marriage), and 361 verso, left column, sixteenth entry (her burial). 32 Murrhardt KB 1, third part, 345, third entry (baptism), and second part, 71, third entry (parents’ marriage). 33 Murrhardt KB 2, 388 recto, thirteenth entry. 34 Murrhardt KB 2, 35 recto, third entry. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 1863. KLENCK, page 3

vi. MARGARETHA KLENCK, bp. 21 Dec. 1597, sp. Waltburga, wife of Jörg Schell of Murrhardt,[35] inhabitant of Fornsbach, bur. Murrhardt 5 Dec. 1677, aged 80y,[36] m. Murrhardt 7 May 1622 JACOB SEIF- FER,[37] bp. Murrhardt 30 June 1595, son of Andreas and Anna (Schilpp) Seiffer of Fornsbach,[38] inhabitant of Fornsbach, bur. Murrhardt 14 June 1662, aged 67y.[39] 3. vii. HANSG KLENCK, bp. 3 or 13 April 1600, d. 28 April 1649, m. MARIA ELLINGER. viii. LEONHARD KLENCK, bp. 2 May 1602, sp. Hans Schwartz of Murrhardt,[40] m. Murrhardt 14 June 1629 CATHARINA KÜBLER,[41] bp. Murrhardt 28 Nov. 1608, dau. of Leonhardt and Walpurga (Doderer) Kübler of Schloßhof, sp. Catharina, wife of Michael Geiger of Murrhardt.[42] ix. MAGDALENA KLENCK, bp. 30 March 1606, sp. Dorothea, wife of Jacob Samedt of Hördt.[43]

3. HansG Klenck (JergH, FranzI) of Neustetten was baptized as Joannes at Murrhardt on 3 or 13 April 1600, with Nicolas Stiffel of Furnsbach, smith, as sponsor.[44] He seems to be the Johannes Klenck of Neustetten who died 28 April 1649, and was known as “Scholler Hans” (the meaning of this designation is unclear). He was buried at Murrhardt the following Sunday.[45] He married at Murrhardt on 18 June 1633 Maria Ellinger, daughter of Leonhard Ellinger of Neustetten[46] (see 3727. Ellinger, 1, iv.). Maria was born about 1614, and was buried at Murrhardt on 13 May 1654, aged 40 years.[47] She married second at Murrhardt on 15 May 1651 Joseph Küderer, son of Georg Küderer of Uttenhof, parish of Westheim, Württemberg.[48] Maria and Joseph had no children baptized at Murrhardt. Joseph was born about June 1624, and buried at Murrhardt on 15 November 1681, aged 57 years and 5 months.[49] As a widower of Neustetten he was married secondly, at Murrhardt on 8 May 1655, to Anna, daughter of Melchior Janlen,[50] and moved to Siegelsberg, parish of Murrhardt, by 1656,[51] where he lived at the time of his death. Children of HansG and Maria (Ellinger) Klenck, all but the first recorded baptized at Murr- hardt,[52] are: + i. EVAF KLENCK, b. ca. 1637, bur. Murrhardt 5 Feb. 1707, aged 69y as widow of Melchior Wohlfahrt,[53] m. (1) Murrhardt 21 April 1657 JERG KLENCK,[54] bp. Murrhardt 18 Oct. 1630, son of Hans and Anna

35 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 317, first entry. 36 Murrhardt KB 2, 402 verso, fifteenth entry. 37 Murrhardt KB 2, 3 verso, seventeenth entry. 38 Murrhardt KB 1, first part, 303, fourth entry (baptism), and second part, 46, first entry (parents’ marriage). 39 Murrhardt KB 2, 386 recto, tenth entry. 40 Murrhardt KB 1, third part, 354, eighth entry. 41 Murrhardt KB 2, 12 recto, tenth entry. 42 Murrhardt KB 1, third part, 413, tenth entry (baptism), and second part, 98, nineteenth entry (parents’ marriage). This Kübler family also is described in Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers,” file 4, frames 678, 680. 43 Murrhardt KB 1, third part, 390, fourth entry. 44 Murrhardt KB 1, third part, 335, seventh entry. The binding leaves the 3 visible, but no space to the left. The next baptism is clearly dated 17 April. 45 Murrhardt KB 2, 375 recto, left column, sixth entry. 46 Murrhardt KB 2, 15 verso, eighth entry. 47 Murrhardt KB 2, 378 verso, thirteenth entry. 48 Murrhardt KB 2, 28 verso, fifth entry. He also has a family record in Mack, “Kartei des Familienforschers,” file 4, frames 995-7, that includes his children but omits any relationship with Hans’s children. 49 Murrhardt KB 2, 409 recto, seventeenth entry. Baptisms appear to be missing from the registers of Westheim, deanery of Schwäbisch Hall, from 1589 to 1645. 50 Murrhardt KB 2, 30 recto, ninth entry. 51 Murrhardt KB 2, 379 verso, fourteenth entry. 52 Baptismal registers are mostly missing from May 1635 to May 1639, and their daughter Walburga’s baptism is the first recorded after this lacuna (Murrhardt KB 2, 190-2). 53 Evangelische Kirche Murrhardt, Kirchenbücher, Band 3, Mischbuch 1706–1759, Totenregister, 5 recto, sixth entry. 54 Murrhardt KB 2, 31 recto, fifth entry. Rooted Ancestry: Austin W. Spencer 1863. KLENCK, page 4

(Sameth) (Hersch) Klenck of Karnsberg (see 931. Klenck, 5), sp. Michael Bechtlin of Murrhardt,[55] bur. Murrhardt 28 Feb. 1676, aged 45y 5m;[56] m. (2) Murrhardt 26 Sept. 1676 MELCHIOR WOHL- FAHRT,[57] bp. Kirchenkirnberg, Württemberg, 24 Dec. 1651, son of Leonhard and Margretha (____) Wohlfahrt, sp. Hanß Cronmiller of Kirchenkirnberg,[58] bur. Murrhardt 1 Feb. 1707, aged 52y 1m 5d.[59] ii. WALBURGA KLENCK, bp. 19 May 1639, sp. Jörg Schwartz of Murrhardt.[60] iii. BARBARA KLENCK, bp. 5 Sept. 1646, sp. Georg Schwartz of Murrhardt,[61] inhabitant of Fornsbach, bur. Murrhardt 26 June 1680, aged 34y,[62] m. Murrhardt 20 Feb. 1666 JERG WELLER, son of Melchior Weller of Fautsbach.[63]

55 Murrhardt KB 2, 169 verso, third entry. 56 Murrhardt KB 2, 399 verso, seventeenth entry. 57 Murrhardt KB 2, 42 verso, first entry. 58 Evangelische Kirche Kirchenkirnberg, Dekanat Backnang, Kirchenbücher, Band 1, Mischbuch 1648–1720, 1a recto, sixth entry. 59 Murrhardt KB 2, 475 recto, fourth entry. 60 Murrhardt KB 2, 192 recto, first entry. 61 Murrhardt KB 2, 201 recto, first entry. 62 Murrhardt KB 2, 407 recto, sixteenth entry. 63 Murrhardt KB 2, 35 verso, fourth entry.

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