Brötzingen Lineage

HEPPENHEIM LINEAGE

Heppenheim, in the modern state of Hesse, is a farming village which lies about half way between Heidelberg and Darmstadt. The earliest Rodenhöfers in Heppenheim first appear in the parish registers on 6 February 1653. These records indicate that Andreas Rodenhöfer was not a native of Heppenheim and came from Franken. The records from Franken have not yet been examined.

Information on Andreas Rodenhöfer and his descendants was taken directly from "Heppenheim a.d.B. II Die Familien von Heppenheim, Ober-Hambach, Unter-Hambach, Kirschhausen, Erbach, Sonderbach, Wald-Erlenbach, Igelsbach, Mittershausen und Scheuerberg 1669-1740" by Ernst Löslein.

Andreas Rodenhöfer was born around 1630, place unknown. He married Anna Katharina Beil before 6 February 1653 when his first child was born. The family lived in a house with barn and outbuildings on the outskirts of Heppenheim next to his wife's father. They belonged to the catholic church and Andreas practiced the trade of a cooper (Küfer). He died on 20 November 1689 in Heppenheim.

A. Johann Georg Rodeheber was baptized 6 February 1653 in Heppenheim. He married Anna Barbara Voltz on 19 November 1675 in Heppenheim and died there on 3 January 1687.

1. Johann Kaspar Rodenheber was born around 1672. He married Anna Maria Lorenz on 7 June 1707 in Heppenheim. He was a Schuster in the village and died there on 26 February 1740. Eight children.

2. Anna Katharina Rodenheber was baptized 15 September 1676 in Bensheim and married Herr Müller in 1703.

3. Johann Nikolaus Rodenheber was baptized 29 February 1680 in Bensheim and died 10 March 1688 in Heppenheim.

4. Andreas Rodenheber was born 25 February 1686 in Heppenheim and died there on 12 June 1686.

5. Anna Maria Rodenheber died 26 August 1689 in Heppenheim as a little girl.

B. Johann Jacob Rodenheber was baptized 15 April 1657 in Heppenheim and died there on 30 January 1658.

C. Nikolaus Rodenheber was born 27 April 1659 in Heppenhein. He married Anna Katharina (--?--) before 1685 when their first child was born. He followed his father's trade as a cooper. Nikolaus died on 28 August 1738 in Heppenheim.

1. Anna Barbara Rodenheber was born on 10 January 1685 in Heppenheim and married Herr Stegmann in 1707.

2. Eberhard Rodenheber was born on 26 September 1687 in Heppenheim.

3. Apollonia Rodenheber was born on 25 August 1690 in Heppenheim and died there on 8 December 1694.

4. Johann Rodenheber was born on 10 January 1697 in Heppenheim. He married Eva Mayer on 25 May 1717 in Heppenheim. He was buried in Heppenheim in 1752. Five children.

5. Johann Leonhard Rodenheber was baptized on 19 October 1699 in Heppenheim. He married Anna Katharina Maynberger on 10 June 1721 in Heppenheim. He was a Schuster. He passed way before 1750. Seven children.

6. Nikolaus Rodenheber was baptized on 14 October 1703 in Heppenheim. He was married three times, first to Anna Katharina Diether on 25 September 1725 in Heppenheim, second to Maria Margareta Müschler on 19 August 1727 in Heppenheim, and finally to Margareta Wolfart before 1743. One son resulted from each of his first two marriages. He was a schuster.

D. Eva Rodenheber was born 29 March 1661 in Heppenheim and died there on 17 May 1661.

E. Michael Rodenheber was born on 7 April 1662 in Heppenheim.

F. Anna Maria Rodenheber was born on 22 September 1664 in Heppenheim and died there 12 August 1665.

G. Johann Jacob Rodenheber was born on 10 July 1666 in Heppenheim. He married (Anna) Maria (--?--) before 1692 when their first child was born and died before 1 August 1699.

1. Anna Rosina Rodenheber was born around 1692 and died on 21 October 1699 in Heppenheim.

2. Anna Maria Rodenheber was born on 15 January 1697 in Heppenheim.

3. Johann Valentin Rodenheber was born on 21 November 1698 in Heppenheim and died there on 1 August 1699.

H. Johann Peter Rodenheber was born on 31 May 1668 in Heppenheim. He married Margaretha (--?--) around 1691 and died 26 July 1692 in Heppenheim.

1. Judith Rodenheber was born on 30 December 1691 in Heppenheim.

I. Barbara Rodenheber was born on 5 September 1670 in Heppenheim. She died on 14 September 1693 in Heppenheim but never married.

1. Nicklaus Rodenheber was born in October/November 1691 in Heppenheim.

J. Philipp Rodenheber was born on 26 January 1673 in Heppenheim. He married Eva Maria Huppler on 16 November 1698 in Heppenheim and died before 7 February 1734.

1. Philipp Peter Rodenheber was born on 6 August 1699 in Heppenheim.

2 Anna Maria Rodenheber was born on 7 June 1703 in Heppenheim and died there on 3 September 1708.

K. Burkhard Rodenheber was born on 13 October 1676 in Heppenheim. He married Elisabeth Bauer on 23 November 1706 in Heppenheim and died there on 16 February 1740.

1. Anna Maria Rodenheber was born 20 December 1707 in Heppenheim and married Herr Bayer in 1738.

2. Nikolaus Rodenheber was born on 23 October 1710 in Heppenheim.

3. Anna Katharina Rodenheber was born on 6 December 1713 in Heppenheim and died there on 13 December 1767. She married Widower Anton Feldhofer, hatmaker in Bensheim before 1 September 1754.

4. Maria Apollonia Rodenheber was born 17 September 1716 in Heppenheim. She married Widower Joseph Hartmann in Bensheim on 14 January 1754. She died in Bensheim on 30 January 1784.

5. Johann Jakob Rodenheber was born on 14 October 1720 in Heppenheim. He married Katharina (--?--) before 1758. He died on 24 November 1790 in Heppenheim.

L. Johann Georg Rodenheber was born around March 1679 and died on 20 August 1679 in Heppenheim.
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