Philipp Bley (abt. 1656 - aft. 1720)

Born about 1656 in Hornbach, Zweibrücken, Kurpfalz (Palatinate) Holy Roman Empire [uncertain]

Husband of Anna (Ziegler) Bley — married 1681 in Hornbach

Descendants

Died after 1720 after about age 64 in Hornbach, Zweibrücken, Kurpfalz (Palatinate) Holy Roman Empire.

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Biography

Philipp Bley was born about 1656, a few years before his parents settled in Hornbach. He is almost certainly one of the "two children" of Nicklaus Bley, listed as members of the Reform Church at Hornbach in 1669. ^[1] They would have already been confirmed in the church to be considered a member and confirmation usually occurred between ages 12 and 15. Philipp first appears by name in records of Hornbach when he married Anna Ziegler in 1681, ^[2] From that time on, his name appears in the surviving civil and church records of Hornbach.

By 1688 Philipp had inherited the house and property in Hornbach from his father and was paying the necessary taxes and fees. ^[3] Philipp and his wife's stepfather, Peter Heingartner, were paid by the town in 1689 for repairing a drain from "Johannes Alley" to the stream that flowed through the town and also for building a partition in the schoolhouse.^[4] Philipp is listed as a "Taglohner," (day-laborer) in a 1704 tax list and is referred to as "citizen and magistrate in Hornbach," in the marriage record of his son, Hans Werner, in 1720.^[5] By that time Philipp was probably about 65 years old and may have lived several more years but no death record has been found.

Note: He was called "Philipp Barthel Bley" son of deceased Nickel Bley in his marriage record, but the middle name Barthel may have been an error by the editor of the reconstructed church book, who was thinking of Philipp Barthel Baumann, another citizen of Hornbach. The middle name Barthel does not appear in any other records of Philipp Bley.

Sources

• Maria Besse, editor, Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen un Einwohnerlisten der Stadt Hornbach von 1663-1700. Hornbach (2002). (Burgermeister's accounts and Lists of Inhabitants of the Town of Hornbach, 1663-1700.)
• Hans Fuchs's Reconstructed Records of the Reformed Church in Hornbach, in Blatter fur pfalzische Kirchengeschichte, (Journal of Palatine Church History) #1635.
• Lothar K. Kinzinger, Unterthanen-Liste 1704, Oberamt Zweibruecken.
• Daniel W. Bly, Correspondence (1970-1980) with Hans Fuchs, historian of Hornbach.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Anzahl unndt Namen der Mittglieder zu der Pfarr Hornbach 1669 (A count and the names of members of the [Reform] Parish of Hornbach)- Archiv der Herzog-Wolfgang-Stiftung Zweibruecken II/190 p. 105. Published in Maria Besse, Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen und Einwohnerlisten der Stadt Hornbach von 1663-1700, Hornbach, (2002), p. 17.Nicklaus Bleyen Fraw undt 2 Kinder.
2. ↑ Hans Fuchs, "Ermittlungen zur Rekonstruktion des 1. Kirchenbuch der reformierte Pfarrei Hornbach, 1645-1719": Blatter fur pfalzische Kirchengeschichte, Zweibruecken, 1969.
3. ↑ "Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen, 1888--1689," in Maria Besse, Thomas Besse, Bernd Golzer, eds, Burgermeisterei-Rechnungen und Einwohnerlisten der Stadt Hornbach, von 1663-1700, Hornbach (2002), p. 30-31.
4. ↑ Burgermeisterei=Rechnungen, cited in previous footnote, pp. 49,52.
5. ↑ Lothar K. Kinzinger, Unterthanen-Liste 1704, Oberamt Zweibruecken, Zweibruecker Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Familienforschung, p. 18. and "Kirchenbuch der Reformierte Pfarrei Rieschweiler, 1683-1798" Staatsarchiv Speyer, marriage #135.

Acknowledgments

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