Margaretha Benkelmann

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BonnieMargaret shows that she married, on 19 Nov 1742, a BURCHER.

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Bonnie-Margaret Jacobs writes that he was called Hans Jerg, and that he migrated to Pl?derhausen Parish, about 1700...many miles to the east, and a bit to the south, of Aalen. In earlier times the town had been called Pliederhausen and then Bliederhausen. It is split down the middle by the Rems River and the surrounding hills are given to vineyards and orchards, the town communally owning as well a large stand of beechwood.

BonnieMargaret indicated Pl?derhausen was a small town on the main road from Stuttgart to Nurnberg. On the map, Pl?derhausen appears nearly equidistant between Aalen and Stuttgart, slightly northeast of Lorch.

BonnieMargaret further noted, on page 50 of her unpublished 1981 manuscript, that on the record of the marriage of Hans Jerg Benkelmann/Binkelmann to Margaretha M?ller, he is identified as a "wannanmacher and citizen and subject of the Earl of Wollwarth-Laubach." She shows that Pl?derhausen parish records show him as a son of "Albrect Benkelmann, Waiblingen und Catharina, geb. Roter." Bonnie wrote that the occupation of wannanmacher is uncertain in our modern times, but translates loosely as "pool maker," and likely refers to some sort of copper tub, perhaps for bathing, or for water basins used in the public works of the town.

Hans Jerg died in Pl?derhausen on May 2, 1775 "after a long sick-bed, aged 87 years and 9 days, son of Allbrect Benckelmann, subject of the Earl of Wollwarth-Laubach and parish-curatot in Waiblingen in the parish of Fachsenfeld." Usually this is the extent of the record of death entered by the pastors, but the pastor of Pl?derhausen added the following additional note "the oldest man in the village, he had been a valuable citizen of much usefulness to the community and was noted for his great wisdom." (Jacobs, p. 51).

In the chapter of her manuscript titled "The Migration to Pluderhausen," BonnieMargaret statesd that the familienregister entry for Hans Jerg Binckelmann (Johann Georg) was abstracted from the actual parish records in Pl?derhausen by Friedrich Wollmershauser, professional genealogist of Stuttgart.

Johann married Anna Margaretha M?ller on 7 Jul 1711 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Anna was born before 1692 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 16 Nov 1723 in Pl?derhausen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BonnieMargaret shows her as a daughter of Michael M?ller, a citizen of Pl?derhausen (p. 50).

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In April, 1980, Bonnie Jacobs wrote the following in a letter to Ben Benkelman: " I think I am reaching the end of the line on the Benkelman research and so I want to share it with you, Ben. I believe that the oldest ancestor I am going to be able to record is one Albrecht Benkelmann (actually spelled Binkelmann)..I am now researching the parish of Fachsenfeld.

The conclusion that Albrecht would be the earliest ancestor BonnieMargaret would discover was premature, as in the Fall of 1980, while on a research trip to Germany, the Stuttgart based genealogist she had hired was able to help her find parish records for both Allbrect's father and grandfather, both of who bore the name Adam. Fachsenfeld parish records-- researched and transcribed by Bonnie aided by the professional German genealogists she had hired--Dr. Paul Edel of Aalen and Friedrich Wollmershauser of Stuttgart--show Hanns Albrecht Benggelmann as a "Bauerknecht von Waiblingen", a farm laborer from Waiblingen (on the outskirts of Aalen), at the time of his marriage.

Hans married Catharine Roter on 10 Oct 1678 in Fachsenfeld, Aalen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Catharine was born about 1654 in W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 27 Mar 1695 in Fachsenfeld, Aalen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BonnieMargaret Jacob's wrote, in her unpublished 1981 manuscript, that Hans Albrect married and raised his family near Waiblingen, on the outskirts of Aalen. But his sons would have to move on as the area was not large enough to sustain its growing population. Some of these descendants probably went onto Aalen as their cousins had.

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The Faschenfeld Church book shows he was a Miller of Scherrenm?hle, at Wailblingen, Faschenfeld parish. In 1656 he was at Berg bei Aalen. In 1670 at Leinroden, and in 1695 he came to Waiblingen. (Jacobs, pp. 50, 89). BonnieMargaret shows his father's name, in church records, as Adam Binggelmann.

Adam married Maria Harsch on 4 Nov 1644 in Neubronn, Aalen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany. Maria was born after 1620 in Neubronn, Aalen, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BonnieMargaret Benkelman Jacob's only knew of her first name, and date of marriage to Adam. However, on FamilySearch, she is shown as Maria HARSCH, daughter of Augustinus HARSCH and Maria ULMER, both of Aalen, based on their "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929", database.

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BonnieMargaret Jacobs, on page 33 of her 1981 manuscript, stated that "The children of our ancestor Adam were apparently all born in Berg. Adam's sons Wolff, Melchior, Caspar and Johann were reported to have accompanied their mother, Maria, to communion at Leinroden in the 1660s's and 1670's. His children Margaretha, Hanns Albrect, Jacob, Maria Barbara and Adam were [specifically shown] in the Fachsenfeld record as having been born in Berg...it was sometime [later] during the 1690's that Adam came to the Scherrenm?hle at Waiblingen to join his brother, Jerg. The Scherrenm?hle was about half an hours walk from Fachsenfeld, and BonnieMargaret said it was described as "a stately grind, saw and oil mill on the foot of the Scherren berge (mountain) next to which there was a private wooden bridge that led over the Kocher river." (p. 37). It was owned by the patriarch of the areas ruling family, Hans Sigmund von Wellwarth, and considered as part of Waiblingen. BonnieMargaret speculated that Adam, and several of his children, remained at the Scherrenm?hle the rest of their lives. But while the mill and the farms around it were large, they were not large enough to support succeeding generations. (p. 38).