Johann Jacob Fischer (abt. 1677 - 1748)

Born about 1677 in Freinsheim, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Sophia Elisabetha (Bauer) Fischer — married 1700 in Freinsheim, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1748 at about age 71 in New Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Johan Jacob was born in 1675. Johan Jacob Fischer could have died on 3 Aug 1748 in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania ^{[citation needed]}

Johan Jacob Fischer 1680 - 1748 Birth: 1673 Freinsheim, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Birth: 1675 Freinsheim, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Birth: 1677 Freinsheim, Germany Birth: 1680 Oberhofen, Bern, Switzerland Birth: 1680 Freinsheim, Rhein Pfalz, Bayern, Germany Marriage: Marriage to: Anna Sophia Elisabetha Fischer (born Bauer) 1700 Freinsheim, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Arrival: 1723 Pennsylvania Emigration: 1726 Palatine, Germany Residence: United States Residence: Philadelphia County, PA 1740 Residence: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 1750 Death: Mar 8 1748 Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Death: Mar 8 1748 New Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania Death: Mar 8 1748 Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Death: Age: 71 Mar 8 1748 Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Death: Age: 71 Mar 8 1748 Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Death: Age: 71 Mar 8 1748 Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Death: Age: 71 Mar 8 1748 New Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania Death: Mar 8 1748 New Gossenhoppen Area, Pennsylvania Death: Aug 3 1748 Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Death: Age: 71 Aug 3 1748 Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Family members Parents: Johann Herman Fisher 1704 - 1760 Margaret Fisher (born Mack) 1707 - 1782 Wife: Anna Sophia Elisabetha Fischer (born Bauer) 1675 - 1748 Children: Johann Jacob (Bauer) Fisher 1700 - 1747 Anna Maria (Bauer) Dotterer (born Fisher) 1704 - 1781 John Henrich "henry" (Bauer) Fisher 1707 - 1748 Johanne ( Anna) Margarethe Wieand (born Fischer) 1712 - 1775 Anna Catherina Schmidt (born Fischer) 1700 - 1725 John Herman (Bauer) Fisher 1704 - 1760 Maria Magdalena (Bauer) Fisher 1710 - 1748

Christening

Date: 09 AUG 1699

Place: Freinsheim Reformed Kb, Freinsheim, Pfalz, Bayern

Note

Note: The descendants of Johann Jacob Fischer are enumerated in "The Jacob Fisher Family 1727 -1858 Vol I" compiled by James L. Fisher. Arthur W. Fisher and Hilbert A. Fisher and also in"The Jacob Fisher Family 1959 - 1979 Vol II" compiled by John Burgess Fisher and Roscoe Brown Fisher. Some additional material was gathered by Richard Groner in the period 1995 -2000.

Jacob Fisher, his wife and six children arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship "Adventurer" from Rotterdam on 2 October 1727.

Freinsheim Timeline

773/774 First documentary mentions of Freinsheim (documents by the abbey of WeiÏenburg/Alsace)

1245 First documentary mention of the chapel "to our dear Lady" in the Freinsheim cemetery (today only the Romanesque tower remains)

1278 The Premonstratensian monastery of Enkenbach sells the patronage of Freinsheim to the bishopric of Worms.

For the first time "Freinsheim" appears in a document with the present-day spelling

1340 The inhabitants of Freinsheim are wealthy enough, to free themselves from drudgery by paying money to the local knights

Fortification wall: built between approx. 1350 and 1514, the length of the wall is approx. 1300 meters, it includes the medieval town

1471 During the 15th century until 1471 the sovereign (ruler) of the Kurpfalz has got mightier and gradually bought Freinsheim part by part. Freinsheim also gets the town rights at that time

1525 The inhabitants of Freinsheim participate in the battle of Pfeddersheim, they support the revolting peasants and lose their charter after the victory of Elector Ludwig V.

1618 - 1648 Thirty years’ war: Freinsheim is beleaguered, suffers fire, famine, plague

1665 Troops of the Elector of Mainz set fire to Freinsheim. 65 houses with their outbuildings fall victim to the flames.

1686 A letter to the government mentions the following assets of the town: Achurch, a chapel, a fortification wall with towers, 170 footbridges, a village mill at Erpolzheim, a forge, a shepherd’s house, brickworks, bakeries.

1689 War of Orlâeans (war between German and French)

Freinsheim was completely burned down by French troops, only the fortification wall and the shell of the church remained standing

1705 Freinsheim was the location of the community association, it managed ten villages. The title in German: "Unteramtsstadt"

1723 - 1743 Now in German Freinsheim was titled "Oberamtsstadt", it managed almost 40 villages

1750 The baroque town hall is built

1792 / 93 The Palatinate was occupied by French revolutionary army. The civil servants of the "Kurpfalz" stop working.

1801 The area west of the Rhine became French territory by the Peace of Lunâeville

1816 - 1945 Freinsheim belonged to Bavaria

1873 Freinsheim got a railway station

since 1945 Freinsheim belongs to Rheinland-Pfalz

since 1972 Freinsheim is location of the community association, which includes Freinsheim and 7 wine growing villages with approx. 16500 inhabitants

since 1979 Freinsheim has town rights again

today Freinsheim has about 4800 inhabitants.

From Freinsheim website http://www.stadt.freinsheim.de/willdomm/eng.htm

Sources

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3JQ9-JYG : accessed 28 July 2018), entry for Johann Jacob Fischer; "Long/All/2Descandant" file (2:2:2:MM6Z-BXK), submitted 2 May 2018 by Tpanc13RichL