Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 11 Oct 1647, Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany
• Residence: Between 1676 and 1712, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; House 46

Notes:

Her birth date may be her christening date.

Died:
House 46

Johanna married Thomæ, Stephan on 12 Nov 1665 in Heldburg, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. Stephan (son of Thomæ, Christoph and Hartmann, Catharina) was born on 24 Aug 1629 in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; died on 22 Jul 1706 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried on 25 Jul 1706 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Apr 1667, Wiesenfeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Apr 1668, Wiesenfeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany
• Education: Between May 1679 and 1686, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Student
• Education: 14 May 1688, University of Jena, Jena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany
• Life Event: Between 25 Feb 1697 and 1723, Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Rector at Neustadt

Notes:

From "Licht am Abend"

Johann Christian Thomæ was born in the house of his grandfather in Heldburg on 5 April 1668. The father was Rev. Stephan Thomæ, formerly Pastor of Weisenfeld, later of Neuhaus, and finally Adjunctus of Sonnefeld. The mother Madame Cordula, daughter of Michael Buchenröder, Superintendent of Heldburg. After he was privately educated by Rev. Joh. Martin Seifert, now Pastor of Steinach, Rev. Georg Möring, now Third Class of [the Collegiate School of] Neustadt an der Aisch, Rev. Georgio Kochen, then Pastor of the Holy Cross in Coburg, now deceased, he came in late May 1679 to Coburg for the Primary Class [at the Collegiate School] and was promoted 1682 to the Great Princely Gymnasium. After he matriculated 1686 at the bottom of his class [de paupertate studio forum = Latin, “of the poverty of the study of the form”], he entered on 14 May 1688 the University of Jena. In the year 1697, on 25 February, he received a Vocation to the Rectory of this place [Neustadt an der Aisch], on 3 March, his pastor's uniform, and began the 5th of that month his work in the name of GOD. The Monday after Misericordia Sunday [15 or 22 April 1697], he was installed as the Cantor of the Spiritual Lower Court in the presence of the entire Collegiate Council, however has led his office for almost a fourth of a generation hopefully not without blessing, and it appears that he is consumed in this work as a light in the service of GOD, and yet taken without none of his predecessors dead in office, whom he would first make as a rule, “and the rectory makes a mortal immortal [Rectoratum hactenus immortalem mortalem].“ In print, he has (1) made in the honor of his blessed father Rev. Stephan Thomæ, and 1707 set the memorial, (2) published in 1720, Den in der Augen der Welt unglück seelige, in GOttes Augen höchst=seel. Zustand eines truen Schulmanns [The in the Eyes of the World tragically dead, in the Eyes of GOD most blessed State of a true Schoolmaster], a pamphlet for the funeral of the Kirchner, Rev. Eyring, and (3) this present work.

From Wikipedia:

Johann Christian Thomae (* 5. April 1668 in Heldburg, Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg; † 19. March 1724 in Neustadt bei Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg) was a German historian and a rector of Neustadt bei Coburg.
Life
Thomae was born on 5 April 1668 in Heldburg at the house of his grandfather. His father was Stephan Thomae, the pastor of Wiesenfeld and later of Neuhaus and Sonnefeld. His mother was Cordula Buchenröder, the daughter of the Superintendent Michael Buchenröder. In 1682, Thomae was admitted into the Hochfürstliche Gymnasium in Coburg. From 1688 he studied at the University of Jena. After graduation, he worked as a teacher. In 1697, he was appointed as the Rector for the parish of Neustadt bei Coburg. In 1722 ( ins XXVI. Jahr Rectore der Schul daselbst [ “in his 26th year as the Rector of the School” ] he published in Coburg his history of the Reformation of the Duchy of Coburg. He died on 19 March 1724.
Works
• Kind-schuldiges Ehren-Gedächtnis, dem weiland Wohl Ehrwürdigen, Großachtbahrn, und in Gott andächtig Wohlgelehrten Herrn Stephano Thomae [ A Repentent Son’s Memoir Honoring the Late, Most Venerable and Most Noble Servant of God Scholar, Mr. Stephan Thomae ] ( Coburg : Mönch, 1707 )
• Das der gantzen Evangelischen Kirchen, insonderheit in dem gesammten Fürstenthum Coburg aufgegangene Licht am Abend / das ist, Historische Beschreibung des heilsamen Reformations-Wercks und Lebens Lutheri, wie auch aller evangelischen Prediger und Stadt-Schul-Collegen des Coburgischen Fürstenthums, vom Anfang der Reformation biß hieher. [ The Entire Evangelical Church, featuring the whole Principality of Coburg, [ the ] Rising Light in the Evening / That is, the Historical Description of the Deeds and Lives of the Reformation of Luther, as well as all Evangelical Preachers and Cities, Schools and Colleges of the Coburger Principality, from the Beginning to the Present ] ( Coburg : Paul Günther Pfotenhauer und Sohn, 1722 ), popularly known as “Licht am Abend”
•
External Links
• (de) Complete online edition of Licht am Abend in the Digital Collection of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [ Bavarian State Library ]

The English translation of Thilo Krieg’s biography of Johann Christian Thomæ:

47.  T h o m a e , Johann Christian, historian and biographer
( 1668 – 1724 ).
On 2 November 1717, an “Actus oratorius” [ oratorical ] took place in Neustadt to celebrate the “Jubilaeum Lutheranum Secundum” [ Luther Bicentennial ], designed by the rector of the town school Johann Christian Thomae.  Among other things, in the church, a number of boys were told about the life and deeds of Luther to his death and burial.  This process — as reported by Albrecht Meno Verpoorten, the then superintendent of Neustadt, in the preface to Thomae's Licht im Abend [ “Light in the Evening” ] — prompted good friends to propose that the speeches should be published with explanations.  In this way, as Verpoorten continues, especially since there were not any particular accounts about the Reformation in Coburg, in Thomae the idea of “collecting the information about churches and schools, which are available since the Reformation, as much as possible, and thus to preserve the same against destruction or oblivion, and to facilitate the same work for the descendants [ die noch bey Handen habende Nachrichten von Kirchen und Schulen, seit der Reformation, so viel thunlich, zu samlen, mithin dieselbe vor gäntzlicher Zernichtung oder Vergessenheit desto eher zu bewahren, und den Nachkommen dergleichen Arbeit zu erleichtern ].”  “It seems to me”, writes the Rector himself, “as an irresponsible impertinence against God, if we did not endeavor to preserve the blessings of our leaders, who have now been announcing the Word of God to us for two hundred years [ Mir kam es, als eine unverantwortliche Undanckbarheit gegen Gott vor, wenn wir nicht das Andencken unserer Lehrer, die uns nun zwenhundert Jahr das Wort Gottes verkündiget, im Segen zu erhalten uns bemühen wollten ].”  The will turned into action, and a work came to light, which was at the core of a description of the lives of the Evangelical preachers and city schools and colleges in the Principality of Coburg, as well as yielding a rich trove to the friends of history as well as explorers of biography, and whose value as a reference will not fade away.

The outer life of Johann Christian Thomaes lacks remarkable experiences.  In the house of his grandfather, the superintendent Buchenröder, he was born in Heldburg in 1668 ( 5 April ).  His father, Stephan Thomae, was a pastor in Wiesenfeld, on his maternal side he could trace the family tree back to the Coburger Superintendent Dr. Maximilian Mörlin.  A student at the Casimirianum in Coburg from 1682, he went to Jena in 1688 and followed his call as a rector to Neustadt in 1697.  As for his activities as a teacher, we learn from the description of one's life, written by General-Superintendent Erdmann Rudolph Fischer.  In 1701, Fischer went to the school in Neustadt.  “Everywhere I go,” he continues, “I have enjoyed the faithful teaching of the frail but skillful and untroubled Rector, Johann Christian Thomae, of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, to my great benefit [ Allwo ich, des treuen Unterrichts des, dem Leibe nach gebrechlichen, aber sehr geschickten und unverdrossenen Rectoris, Herrn Johann Christian Thomae im Lateinischen, Griechischen und Hebraeischen, zu meinem großen Nutzen genossen ].”  A lengthy stay of the Rector in the sickbed caused this schoolmaster to retire from Neustadt earlier than he wanted.  “For under Him,” he adds, “I could have done so much more [ Denn unter ihm, hätte ich noch vieles vor mich bringen können ].”  In the Rectory, Thomae died, almost fifty-six, in 1724 ( 19 March ).

Birth:
House of Michael Buchenröder

Johann married Eyring, Margaretha Dorothea on 9 Jun 1700 in Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Margaretha (daughter of Eyring, Johann Andreas and Brechtold, Anna Ursula) was born on 21 Aug 1675 in Fechheim, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 10 Mar 1722 in Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 10 Mar 1722 in Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Nov 1669, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany
• Education: Between 1684 and Apr 1688, Gymnasium Casimirianum Academicum, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Noted that he was stupid and tardy.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Feb 1671, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Mar 1672, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 5 Dec 1673, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 16 Jan 1676, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany
• Residence: Between 1706 and 1740, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; House 46b

Notes:

This is her baptism record from Neuhaus.  She appears to have been named after the daughter of Anna Christina and Magister Johann Adoini pastor to Züdsburg.

Died:
House 46b

Christina married in Single - Never Married. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Joiner / Carpenter
• Baptism: 10 Feb 1677, Neuhaus bei Schierschnitz, Föritz, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany
• Residence: Between 1706 and 1741, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; House 46a

Notes:

The Thoma family lived from 1687 to 1772 in house number 46 in Hofstädten. It was in 1687 in the possession of Stephan Thomæ. In 1706 half of the house was owned by Johann Sebastian Thomæ and half by his daughter. In 1740 it was half owned by Johann Sebastian Thomæ and half by Christian Valentin Thomæ. In 1741 if was fully owned by Christian Valentine Thomæ. In 1765 it passed to George Friedrich Thomæ And in 1772 it passed into the possession of Waldaster Deysing.

Died:
House 46a

Johann married Gutsel, Anna on 22 May 1703 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Anna (daughter of Gutsel, Johann and Eibau, Anna) was born on 10 Feb 1680 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 27 Apr 1741 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 27 Apr 1741 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Died:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1696, Gymnasium Casimirianum Academicum, Coburg, Bayern, Germany
• Education: Between 1700 and 1702, University of Jena, Jena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany
• Residence: Between 1702 and 1703, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany
• Residence: Between 1703 and 1704, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Life Event: Between 1706 and 1712, Hartmannsdorf, Oder-Spree, Brandenburg, Germany; Military Chaplain
• Life Event: Between 1712 and 1722; Service of Major von Bölderndorff
• Life Event: Between 1722 and 1740, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Supervisor of the 7th Class of the Collegiate School of Coburg

Notes:

I'm glad to hear that, even though your eyes are getting bleary from slogging through "Licht am Abend", you're as happy as a bug in a rug. Well, you'll be happy to know that I have finished the English translation of the biography of Stephen Thomas Thomä. As a cradle Catholic, I'm not familiar with the Reformation terminology so it took me a while to figure out what the heck did Rev. Christian Thomä meant by this and that. So that's what he meant when he wrote that Father "informed the oldest sons"! He was actually home-schooling them, including Stephen Thomas. "Convictorio" was a term used to describe a pastor's assignment and service. Johann Christian Thomä's biography is two pages long so it'll take a while to translate it into English.

But, first, a couple of words - As you probably know from my English translation of the Hildburghausen timetable, the Church of St Lorenz was the main church of the town but it was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1779. "U.L. Frauen" is the holdover from the Catholic past of Hildburghausen. It's short for "Unsere Liebe Frauen", German for "Our Blessed Lady", who is of course the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. But this church doesn't exist anymore, too. They were both replaced by the present Evangelical Churches - the Christus and the Neustadter - and the Catholic Church of St Leopold.

And how the feature presentation . . .

The original German version:

Stephan Thomas Thomæ, ist ein Sohn Hn. Stephani Thomæ, Adjuncti in Sonnenfeld, und Fr. Cordulen, einer gebohrnen Buchenröderin, gebohren den 27. Maji 1679. Er genosse die Information in dem väterl. Hause, so lange biß er 1696. sich auf das Coburgische Gymnafium begeben kunnte, Allhier perorirte er, weil er im Convictorio die Carpzovische Frerstelle einige Jahre genossen, 1699. de laude Carpzoviana. Anno 1700. gieng er auf die Univerfität Jena, so dann 1702. auf Erffurth, und ferner 1704. auf Berlin, allwo er 2. Jahr informirte. 1706. bekam er Condition ber Hern Obrist=Wachtmeister von Glasungen, zu Hartmansdorff, ohnweit Franckfurth an der Oder. Allhier blieb er biß 1712. da er in patriam revertirte, und ber Herrn Obrist=Wachtmeister von Bölderndorff auf Zickelsdorff in Condition tratt, biß er den 19. Januar. 1722. von einem Hoch=Edlen Rath zum Præceptore der siebenden Claß in hiesiger Schule vociret wurde.

The English translation:

Stephan Thomas Thomæ, the son of Rev. Stephan Thomæ, Adjunctus of Sonnefeld, und Madame Cordula, born Buchenröder, was born on 27 May 1679. He benefited from the education at his father's house for a very long time until he could go 1696 to the Coburg Gymnasium. At this place, he matriculated, because he had gone off to the service [Convictorio, as the personal chaplain] of the Carpzov brothers [literally, "Brotherhood”] for a few years, 1699 de laude Carpzoviana [Latin, “In Praise of Everything Carpzov”]. In the year 1700 he went to the University of Jena, then 1702 to Erfurt, and further to Berlin, where he learned for 2 years altogether. In 1706, he went into the service [Convictorio, as military chaplain] of Obristwachtmeister [Major] von Glasungen in Hartmansdorf, not far from Frankfurt on the Oder. Here he would remain until 1712, when he returned to his native land and stayed in the service of Obristwachtmeister [Major] von Bölderndorff in Zickelsdorf, until he was called on 19 January 1722 by the Council of Great Nobles as the Præceptor [Supervisor] of the Seventh Class in this school [The Collegiate School of Coburg].

Birth:
House 46

Stephan married Hanau, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Nov 1702, Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jul 1705, Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Justina married Liebermann, Martin on 23 Jan 1725 in Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Martin was born in UNKNOWN in Sonneberg, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany; died in DECEASED in Sonneberg, Sonneberg, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: MQSQ-BZD
• Baptism: 5 Sep 1709, Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 15 Aug 1711, Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Feb 1714, Neustadt bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Johann married Menge, Susanna Maria on 20 May 1734 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. Susanna (daughter of Menge, Gottfried) was born on 30 Aug 1703 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; was christened on 30 Aug 1703 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; died on 1 Nov 1739 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Philipp, Anna Christina on 22 Nov 1740 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. Anna (daughter of Philipp, Elia and Seydel, Anna Christiana) was born on 10 Dec 1715 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; was christened on 10 Dec 1715 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; died on 25 Mar 1788 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Wilde, Maria on 29 Nov 1730 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. Maria was born in 1694 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; died on 7 Jan 1733 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Johann married Günther, Margaretha in UNKNOWN in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Margaretha was born in UNKNOWN in Germany; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter
• Residence: Between 11 Jul 1709 and 1765, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; house 46

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Died:
House 46

Christian married Heubach, Anna Margaretha on 26 Sep 1735 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Anna was born in 1716 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 17 Apr 1758 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried on 19 Apr 1758 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter
• Religion: Lutheran

Notes:

Day of birth from Kevin Kelly.
07 Aug 1714
On the 7th, early towards 6 0'clock, master Johann Sebastian Thomae, inhabitant and carpenter at this place, with a little son that was taken to the Holy baptism on the same day. Godfather was Mister Stephan Thomae, youngest Mister brother of the child's father, student of theology and minister-to-be. For his absence he was represented by Minister Johann Humel, potter at this place. The child was called Stephan Thomas.

Birth:
House 46

Stephan married Braunschmidt, Renate Magdalene on 18 Apr 1747 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Renate (daughter of Braunschmidt, Johann Georg) was born in 1723 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; died on 8 Jan 1786 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried in Jan 1786 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephan married Radlein, Catharina on 24 Apr 1742 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Catharina (daughter of Radlein, Johann) was born in 1716 in Weidhausen bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 1 Nov 1745 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried in Nov 1745 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Mönch, Johann in UNKNOWN in Fechheim, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Johann was born in 1718 in Ahlstädt, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 22 Nov 1762 in Fechheim, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried after 22 Nov 1762 in Fechheim, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Businessman in Sonneberg

Gottfried married Truemmer, Eva Maria on 7 Jan 1772 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. Eva was born in 1746 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; died on 25 Feb 1783 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Meinhardt, Johanne Friedrike. Johanne was born in 1762 in Waltersdorf, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany; died on 26 Jun 1817 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gottfried married Koehler, Maria Elisabeth on 26 Jan 1766 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. Maria (daughter of Koehler, John and Boettcher, Eva) was born on 5 Oct 1729 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; died on 4 Dec 1770 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Wirth, Anna Dorothea on 3 Oct 1780 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. Anna (daughter of Wirth, Johann Christoph and Fritzsche, Anna Dorothea) was born on 30 Jun 1753 in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; died in DECEASED in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany; was buried in Schmölln, Altenburger Land, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as the illegitimate child; which likely means born outside of the church marriage.

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter
• Religion: Lutheran
• Residence: Jul 1737, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Georg married Griebner, Anna Margaretha in UNKNOWN. Anna was born in UNKNOWN in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter

Notes:

In 1778 Johann Paul Thomæ was living in House 51a in Hofstädten. In 1811 after the death of Johann Paul it came into the possession of Johann Ernst Thomæ and his wife Sabine. After the death of Maria Savina nee’ Bechmann Thomæ in into the possession of Johann Ludwig Thomæ. And Barbara Thomæ was awarded the Brennhaus. In 1835 Johann Ludwig came into possession of both House 51a and 51b. In 1852 the case came into the possession of Lorenz Thomæ, Sr. and in 1844 passed into the house of Lorenz Thomæ, Jr. Finally in 1854 it came into the possession of Ludwig Thomæ, Sr. (the father of the potter). Then in 1855 in passed to Margaretha Thomæ and her brothers and sisters.

From the marriage record: On 20 October 1766 were married overnight (literally “in a hour of bed” or secretly) Johann Ernest Thomæ an apprentice potter of Hofstädten with Sabine Bechmann.

Birth:
House 46

Died:
House 51a

Johann married Bechmann, Maria Sabina on 20 Oct 1766 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Maria (daughter of Bechmann, Johann Peter and Gutsel, Anna Barbara) was born before 5 May 1745 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 5 May 1745 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died in 1821 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried in 1821 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1778 and 1811, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; House 51a

Notes:

Probable year of death from house ownership records

In 1778 Johann Paul Thomæ was living in House 51a in Hofstädten. In 1811 after the death of Johann Paul it came into the possession of Johann Ernst Thomæ and his wife Sabine. After the death of Maria Savina nee’ Bechmann Thomæ in into the possession of Johann Ludwig Thomæ. And Barbara Thomæ was awarded the Brennhaus. In 1835 Johann Ludwig came into possession of both House 51a and 51b. In 1852 the case came into the possession of Lorenz Thomæ, Sr. and in 1844 passed into the house of Lorenz Thomæ, Jr. Finally in 1854 it came into the possession of Ludwig Thomæ, Sr. (the father of the potter). Then in 1855 in passed to Margaretha Thomæ and her brothers and sisters.

Birth:
House 46

Died:
House 51a

Notes:

Birth:
House 46

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter
• Baptism: 10 Oct 1748, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Johann married Feiler, Margaretha Barbara on 15 May 1777 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Margaretha (daughter of Feiler, Johann Nikolaus) was born in UNKNOWN in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; died in DECEASED in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany; was buried in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thüringen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Master Potter

Notes:

Christening Record for Lutheran church book of 1750 - 1799 page 7; Godparent Johann Hormel master potter of Hofstadten, Germany. Married frecord from Lutheran Churchbook of Hofstaedten; while burial record from Lutheran churchbook of Ebersdorf, German, #11; case of death dropsy

Johann married Zeuner, Margaretha Barbara on 15 Nov 1774 in Klosterkirche, Sonnefeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Margaretha (daughter of Zeuner, Lorenz and Zeuner, N.N.) was born on 18 Nov 1756 in Frohnlach, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 20 Nov 1756 in Ebersdorf bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died on 27 Mar 1819 in Frohnlach, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; was buried on 30 Mar 1819 in Ebersdorf bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter

Johann married Stüpfert, Elisabeth in UNKNOWN in Germany. Elisabeth was born in UNKNOWN in Germany; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Potter

Johann married Gartner, Anna Barbara on 25 Jan 1785 in Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany. Anna (daughter of Gartner, Johann) was born in UNKNOWN in Ebersdorf bei Coburg, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: None
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 14 Oct 1745, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 14 Oct 1745, Sonnefeld - Hofstädten, Coburg, Bayern, Germany; Parents Home