1744 Johann Heinrich Krückeberg Baptized

Family Relationships and Other Facts

Johann Heinrich Baptism
Name Baptism Date

Johann Heinrich Krückeberg

19 Jan. 1744
Godfathers
Name

[Frerking/Frerkung?]

Ahldags

Weiland in Behrenbusch

Watermann’s son
Significance of Father’s Given Name Missing

The baptism of a Johann Heinrich Krückeberg does not give the father’s given names are given. It says only "Krückeberg aus Berenbusch", which suggests there might only be one Krückeberg family in Berenbusch? While most records on the same page mention the father’s given name, at least one other baptsim record on the same page likewise only mentions the surname. There are records on the prior page where only the surname is mentioned, too.

Image 167

The baptism entry is found on image 167, year 1744, fourth entry for January.

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Figure 1. Unknown Krückeberg (Click to enlarge)
The word before "Johann Heinrich"?
Due to the poor quality of the text, it is unclear word precedes "Johann Heinrich". Is it the first of three given
names? It is might be benahmsen, with benahmsen likely just another form of benamsen, colloquial for benennen, "to name somebody or something after, or for".
Transliteration (See NOTE below)
Anno 1744

[First three entries from 1744 ommitted...]

d. 19 dito Krückeberg ein Söhnlein taufen laßen
[See note below: benahmset = benamset = benennt = to name] Johann Heinrich, Gevatter sind G[eorg?]
[Frerking/Frerkung] Ahldags.  Weiland in Behrenbusch. Watermanns
Soh[n?] von Nordholtz.

  • dito means ditto and thus the month of Januar (Janmuary).

  • The verb benahmset is apparently benamset, whose inifinitive is benennt meaing to name.

  • There are a few undecipherable words are written very small, raised above the line that begin before the word 'Sohn'
Translation
the 19th January a Krückeberg son was baptized
named Johann Heinrich, Godfathers are G[eorg?]
[Frerking/Frerkung]  Ahldag. [small and written between the lines: 'son'] Weiland in Behrenbusch. Watermann's
son from Nordholtz.

Citations

  • [PET-B-1744a] "Archion Protestant Kirchenbücher Portal", database with images, Archion (https://www.archion.de/p/6ebd3448c0/: 23 November 2023), path: Niedersachsen > Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv > Kirchenbücher der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe > Petzen > Verzeichnis der Getauften und Konfirmierten, 1641-1784 > Image 167 of 322