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JAN HERMANN WESSELING
He married Anna Aleid Rolefs (Rolfes) on February 7, 1790 in
Lingen at the Church of St. Bonifatius.
The groom was a "Heuermann beim Colon Bömer " in
Laxten at the time of their marriage.
The bride was from Sögel and according to that parish's
records she was born on January 7, 1761.
Her parents were Theodor Rolefs (Rolfes) , "Schuster", and
Anna Nortmann.
(Witnesses were Laurentino Stolle and Elisabeth
Middendorp.)
Jan Hermann died on November 3, 1811 in Laxten.
Anna Aleid died on October 25, 1823 in Lingen
Stadtflur.1
- They were the parents of the following children:
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- Anna Gesina
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was born on January 2, 1792 in Laxten and was christened on the following
day in Lingen.
(Sponsor was Anna Gesina Thien, "Großmutter von dem Kind
auch in Bömers Heuer", of Laxten.)
She married Bernhard Heinrich Wessing on February 7, 1815 in Lingen.
- Margaretha Elisabeth
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was born on August 2, 1794 in Laxten and was christened on the following
day in Lingen.
(Sponsor was Margaretha Elisabeth, geb. Pott,
Colona Bömer.)2
She married Johann Hermann Heinrich Kuhr on May 14, 1820 in Lingen.
- Johann
Heinrich
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was born on January 26, 1797 in Laxten and was christened on the same day
in Lingen.
(Sponsor was Johann Heinrich
Wesseling.)3
- Jan Bernd
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was born on January 18, 1800 in Lingen and was christened on the following
day in Lingen.
(Sponsor was Jan Bernd Thien of
Bawinkel.)4
He died on March 5, 1800 in Laxten at Colon Bömers Heuer.
- Anna Maria Euphemia
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was born on September 5, 1801 in Laxten and was christened on the same day
in Lingen.
Anna Maria Bömer.)
She married Johann Gerhard Lühn on March 2, 1824 in Lingen.
- Alexandrina
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was born on March 4, 1804 in Laxten and was christened on the following
day in Lingen.
(Sponsor was Alexandrina Margaretha Crieten (Krieger ?) "ex
Lingen".
She died on July 29, 1806 in Lingen.5
- Johann Bernhard 6
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was born on May 28, 1807 in Laxten and was christened on the same day in
Lingen.
(Sponsor was Johann Bernhard Tebbe of
Lingen.)7
He was living as late as 1847 according to the facts which had been
determined from
the Neubauerei files,
although it is not known where he was residing or what his occupation was.
It is unlikely that he immigrated to America.
NOTES:
Based on the above documentation it is clear that there were 3 generations
of Wesselings living at Bömers Heuer in Laxten. For further
information about Bömers Hof, refer to the entry regarding the
previous generation.
1. This section of Lingen was described as follows:
"Lingen ist ein Landstadtchen. Viele Leute besitzen einen
Garten. Manche haben auch einen Acker. Die Stadt ist deshalb
von Feldern oder Fluren umgeben. Diese nächste Umgebung der
Stadt heißt Stadtflur. Dazu gehören auch schon
die Straßen außerhalb des Stadtgrabens."8
2. She was from Wachendorf and had married Jan Heinrich
Bömer in in 1782 in Lingen. Interestingly, a Hermann Pott
of Wachendorf married Anna Wesselinck on June 2, 1653 in Lingen.
3. He may have been the child's paternal grandfather.
4. He may have related to the child's paternal grandmother.
5. The parish's records indicated that she had been the daughter of
"Jan Herm Wesseling in Bömers Heuer".
6. He may have been the sponsor of Johann Bernhard Lühn,
who was christened on January 1, 1825 in Lingen. The record showed that
the sponsor was from Laxten.
7. He may have been the Johann Bernhard Tebbe from
Emsbüren who had married Anna Maria Lüken from
Sögel in 1789 at the Church of St. Bonifatius in Lingen.
8. "Unsere Heimat"
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