Anna (Hertzeller) Frey (abt. 1638 - abt. 1680)

Born about 1638 in Altenheim-Neuried, Baden, Germany

Wife of Jacob Heinrich Frey — married 26 Jan 1657 in Gundetswil, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Descendants

Died about 1680 at about age 42 in Baden, Alsace, Strasbourg, Germany

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Biography

On 25 January 1657, when she was thirty-three, she married Heinrich or Jacob Frey possibly in Gundetswil, Zurich, Switzerland.

In 1680^[1], when she was in her mid-fifties, she died in Baden, Alsace, Strasbourg, Germany, of unknown causes.

Anna (Hirtzeller) Frey (daughter of Jacob Hirtzeller) was born about 1638 in Hinterwil, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland; died in Baden, Province of Alsace.^{[2][3] [4]} Anna married Jacob Frey (son of Friedrich Frey and Maria Rudolph) January 26, 1657 in Gundetswil, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland; born before 1640 in Gundetswil, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland; died 1721 in Weiler, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.^[5]

After Jacob and Anna were married in Zurich Switzerland, they traveled north on the Rhine to Strasbourg in the German Province of Alsace, and settled on the east side of the Rhine in the parish of Altenheim. The "Sippenbuch", or family history book, originating at the Evangelical Church of Altenheim, ^[6] lists family records that date back to the 1500's. Children of Jacob and Anna Frey were baptized there. (see Google map, "Altenheim—Ichenheim, Neuried, Germany") ^[7]

Children of Anna Hirtzeller and Jacob Frey

(i) Johann Mathause Frey baptized November 15, 1657 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany.^[8]

(ii) Wilhelm (William) Frey born about 1658 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany.

(iii) Andrew Frey born about 1659 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany.

(iv) Elizabeth Frey born about 1660 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany.

(v) Friedrich Frey baptized June 12, 1661 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany.

(vi) Johann Jacob Friedrich Frey baptized June 12, 1661 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany; burial in Baden, Province of Alsace, Germany.

(vii) Heinrich Frey baptized June 17, 1663 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany; died 1734 in Zieglersville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; married Anna Maria Catherine Levering April 26, 1692 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; born March 1673 in Mülheim, Germany, died 1754 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(viii) Peter Frey born about 1666 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany.

(ix) Catherine Frey born about 1675 in Altheim, Province of Alsace, Germany.

Marriage: Jacob Frey and Anna Hirtzeller

Date: 26 JAN 1657

Place: Altheim, Alsace, Germany

Husband: Jacob Frey

Wife: Anna Hirtzeller

Child: 01 Johann Mathause Frey

Child: 02 Wilhelm (William) Frey

Child: 03 Andrew Frey

Child: 04 Elizabeth Frey

Child: 05 Friedrich Frey

Child: 06 Johann Jacob Frey

Child: 07 Heinrich (Henry) Frey

Child: 08 Peter Frey

Child: 09 Catherine Frey

Sources

1. ↑ PPH, 22 Apr 2020, guesstimate.
2. ↑ Marriage: Abbreviation: Frye - Hank Adams Title: Henderson L. "Hank" Adams, correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family records. Page: New family Pedigree from Hank. 16 Feb 1999. Citing: Page: New family Pedigree from Hank. 16 Feb 1999 (accessed before 10 October 2011)
3. ↑ Marriage: Abbreviation: Frey Journal Title: Jon Frye, Frye Family Association Journal. (4356 Chippewa Trail, Jamestown, OH 45335). Citing: Data: Text: Vol. 1, Issue 6, Fall 2000 "Review of the Current State of Information About Heinrich Frey", p.10-13 (accessed before 10 October 2011)
4. ↑ Source: Sippenbuch of Altenheim Evangelical Church.
5. ↑ Note: Kraichgau Region—formerly a part of the Palatinate, later a part of northern Baden; devastated in the Thirty Years' War, then settled in 1652 by Swiss Mennonite settlers from the Zürich Canton. From 1650 to 1679 settlements were established in the Electoral Palatinate area near Sinsheim. By 1691 Jacob Frey had relocated the family to Heilbronn on the Eastern edge of the Kraichgau Region, not far from Wimpfen and Bonfeld. "Weiler" is located South of Sinsheim and West of Heilbronn in the Kraichgau Region. (see Google map, "Heartland of the Lower Palatinate").
6. ↑ The village of Altenheim is about twelve miles from Strasbourg and forty-five miles from the capital city of Karlsruhe, Germany. The Altenheim Evangelical parish is very old; it became a Lutheran Evangelical Church in 1557. Altenheim church books start in 1634, and begin with extractions from church books for Ichenheim and an older Altenheim church book. The Ichenheim Catholic parish is also very old. The parish became Lutheran Evangelical in 1554-1629 and in 1649-1680.
7. ↑ Many historic towns in Germany with an Evangelical parish have been burned to the ground at least once, and sometimes all their historic records lost. Some records may still exist at a nearby parish, as was the case with the church book of the Altenheim Evangelical parish. Only after establishing that Ichenheim is located immediately south of Altenheim, were we reasonably sure that Altenheim, Neuried, Germany is the site of the historic Altenheim church book referenced above.
8. ↑ This is the English representation of the location in the 17th Century. The current English representation of the location is "Altenheim, Neuried, Germany". (see Google map of "Strasbourg—Heidelberg Region").

• Evangelical Church of Altenheim; Descendants of Fredric Frey — Jacob Frey and Anna Hirtzeller

• Goodman Ancestors, website. Our Frey Family Line.

• Some Descendants of Hans Heinrich "Henry" Frey, website. profile for HANS HEINRICH "HENRY' FREY

• Adams, Henderson L. "Hank". Correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family records.

• Frye, Jon. Frye Family Association Journal. (4356 Chippewa Trail, Jamestown, OH 45335)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Hertzeller-1 created through the import of Moody-Howell_2011-06-05.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Robert Moody.
• WikiTree profile Hirtzeller-1 created through the import of Lois for WikiTree.ged by Kay Haden on Oct 10, 2011.
• Anna (Hirtzeller) Frey Hirtzeller-2 created by Jon Cunnyngham on Mar 6, 2013.