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A short while ago I had to remove some Hillebrechts out of Hevensen from my ancestors who I was certain belonged to my forefathers. How did it happen? We have to start with a Johan Henrich Hillebrecht who was born on 14th March 1714 in Ellierode and - proven through documents and church entries - is certain to be one of our forefathers. In the search for his ancestors the places of Ellierode, Hettensen and Hevensen soon caught our full attention. First lets have a look at the map showing the relevant places Ellierode, Hettensen und Hevensen. All are now incorporated into the city of Hardegsen and are situated about 15 Km northwest of Göttingen in Germany:
In the churchrecords of ELLIERODE the following
wedding was recorded on the 10th April 1711
Then and still today, the "church of Hettensen" in HETTENSEN was administered by the Pastor (Minister) in Ellierode, although it constituted an independent congregation. Nevertheless, the Pastor recorded all official acts in the common church book in Ellierode. Three years later, on 14th March 1714 he
recorded the following baptism in the church book of Ellierode:
It appeared without doubt that the child Johan Henrich Hillebrecht was a son of Andreas Hillebrecht, originally of Hevensen (see marriage record above) and now living in Ellierode. In further research into the ancestors
of Andreas Hillebrecht in HEVENSEN I came across the following baptism
entry in the church records of Hevensen dated 12th March 1714:
Here the succession is convincing. Andreas Hillebrecht has his daughter Cath. Maria christened and asks his mother-in-law to become godmother. The entry corresponds with the marriage entry of 1711. The family name Kulb of the mother-in-law (not Kulp as in the marriage record) can be explained through the phonetic writing. Here is the problem: How can Andreas Hillebrecht have his daughter Cath. Maria Hillebrecht christened in Hevensen on 12th March 1714 and two days later a son Johan Henrich Hillebrecht christened on 14th March 1714 in Ellierode? There is only one conclusion: we deal with separate families and Johan Henrich Hillebrecht of Ellierode does not have Andreas Hillebrecht from Hevensen as father but an Andreas Hillebrecht from Ellierode who was subsequently found . He was born on 12th July 1678 and married a A. Cath. Wische on 23rd October 1703. Johan Henrich Hillebrecht was their third child. Therefore, we took out the early Hillebrechts of Hevensen although we had been quite attached to them in the meantime. We replaced them with ancestors from Ellierode that have now been incorporated into the list of our ancestors. Were we right? Or is there a different explanation? Email
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