The Robert/Deborah Brookhart Family:Information about Jakob Hirschmann
Jakob Hirschmann (b. 1675, d. 15 March 1745/46)
Notes for Jakob Hirschmann:
In 1717, Jakob Hirschmann and his wife Appollonia Haagen went with their children, Matthaus Ulrich and Margaretha Magdalena, from Bockingen (a part of Heilbronn, on the Neckar River) to Gemmingen, which is about ten miles to the northwest of Bockingen.The family lived there in Gemmingen until Matthaus Ulrich emigrated to America in 1751 with his wife, Eva Frey, and their children.Matthaus Ulrich's father died in Gemmingen five years before the voyage to America, but no death record was found for his mother, Appollonia.Since she would have been 77 years old in 1751, it is questionable whether she accompanied the family to America, if alive at this time.She may have returned to her family hometown of Reichartshausen, because her death in Gemmingen is not recorded.
More About Jakob Hirschmann and Apollonia Dorothea Haagen:
Marriage: 8 May 1703, Bockingen, Germany.
Children of Jakob Hirschmann and Apollonia Dorothea Haagen are:
- +Matthaus Ulrich Hirschmann (Hershman), b. 19 April 1704, Bockingen, Germany, d. 18 May 1801, Beaver Run, Hampshire County, VA (now Mineral County, WV).
- Margaretha Magdalena Hirschmann, b. 24 November 1710, d. date unknown.