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Johannes Flinner (aka Fleenor, Flenner, and other variants) was likely born in about 1720, possibly in the town of Bönnigheim, in Würtemburg. Some researchers claim that his father was Jacob Nicolaus Fleiner, but this claim remains uncertain.[1]
"Johannes Flinner" appears on the passenger list of the ship John and Elizabeth, commanded by Peter Ham, which arrived from Amsterdam at the Port of Philadelphia on 7 November 1754. There were 330 passengers aboard, all identified as "Inhabitants from from Hanau, Wirtemberg and the Palatinate." Of them, the names of 130 adult men are listed on the passenger lists.[2] Johannes is listed as the sole occupant of his cabin on the ship, indicating he was likely traveling with other family members not listed.[3]
According to an 1832 affidavit in the Revolutionary War pension application of Johannes's son Michael, this family first settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where Michael was born in about 1757. After Michael was born, the family moved first to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and then to Frederick County, Maryland.[4]
They had arrived in Frederick County, Maryland, by no later than 24 September 1769, when "Johann Flinner" and "Anna Flinner, [his] wife" both appear on a list of communicants at St. Peter's Lutheran Chuch in Rocky Hill, near Woodsboro in Frederick County.[5]
The church records of St. Peter Rocky Hill Lutheran Church in Frederick County, Maryland, contain many references to Johannes "Flenner" or "Flinner," his wife Anna, and several likely or possible members of their family between 1769-1789:
During the American Revolution, "John Fleunard" and "John Flennard, Jr." both appear on the list compiled by Henry Schnebely of those taking a loyalty oath in Washington County, Maryland in 1778. Washington County, Maryland, was carved from Frederick County in 1776.[12]
Johannes and Anna reportedly appear again on a list of communicants at Grace Lutheran Church on 29 September 1789, although this may be a misreading of the 1769 record cited above. The circumstances of his death are uncertain, but Johannes likely died in Frederick County, Maryland, some time after 1778.[13]
Children of Johannes Flinner and his wife Anna likely include:[14]
Many online genealogies give exact birth dates and/or list parents for him, apparently based on baptismal records of male children with similar names born in various places in Germany in the 1720s. For example, a prior version of this profile gave a birth date of 10 Jun 1721, apparently based on the baptismal record of a Johannes Fleiner, baptized on 10 Jun 1721 in Willsbach. He was the son of Johann Peter Fleiner and Elisabeth.[15] However, this Johannes seems to have been a teacher who died in Schwaigern, Württemberg; see profile of Johannes Fleiner (1721-1791)
According to a 1993 article by Dr. Phillip K. Lee published in the Butler County Banner, Johannes was the son of Jacob Nicolaus Fleiner, who was born on 12 Feb 1697 in Bönnigheim in what is now the Ludwigsburg District of Baden-Würtemburg.[16] Dr. Lee estimates that the son Johannes was born in about 1720, but does not give an exact date and this is likely an estimate based on the estimated birth dates of his oldest child Adam. Lee does not explain what source he was relying upon, although he seems to suggest it is based on Else Rath-Höring, ed., "Flyner-Fliner-Fleiner: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Familie Fleiner aus Cannstatt, Eßlingen und Ellhofen seit dem 13.Jahrhundert," Deutsches Familienarchiv Band 17 (Verlag Degener & Co. : 1961), 106. This source does not identify any of the children of Jacob Nicolaus Fleiner.
A search of the baptismal records at the indicated date in the church records for Ludwigsburg by Manuela Thiele in Nov 2020 did not locate any matching record.[17] No other source confirming the connection has been found, so the identity of Johannes's parents and birth location remain uncertain.
A prior version of this profile identified his mother as Catharina Doetter, without citing any source. Please do not reattach this mother without citing a source for the relationship.
Many unsourced online genealogies give a middle name of "Jacob" for him, but this middle name does not appear in any of the primary sources cited in this profile and has been removed from this profile. He is identified as "Johannes Flinner" in the emigration record; Johannes or Johan Flinner or Flenner in the church records, and "John Fleunard" on the 1778 loyalty oath list. Please do not add the middle name of Jacob without citing a source for it.
Some researchers identify as an additional child either Elisabetha (____) Staub or Elizabetha (____) Ehrhardt, frequently conflating those two different Elisabethas into a single person. This connection is not proven. For a detailed explanation why, see Distinguishing Elizabetha Ehrhardt and Elizabetha Staub.
Rupp transcribes the name of the emigrant as "Johannes Flinner."[18] Strassburger transcribes it as "Johannes Flinder" on the list identifying the occupants of each cabin,[19] and later as "Johannes Flimer" on the manifest of "imported foreigners."[20] An image of the actual signature is produced in volume 2 of Strasburger. It is barely legible, but appears to be correctly transcribed by Rupp as Johannes Flinner.[21]
As reflected above, the historic parish register records of the St. Peter Rocky Hill Lutheran Church (now Grace Lutheran Evangelical) identify Johannes's wife as Anna, but do not give her maiden name. She is commonly identified in online genealogies as Anna Minnich, but the original source for the claim that her LNAB was Minnich is unclear.
A prior version of this profile claimed without source that her birth name was Münch, and that they married in about 1740 in Bayern, Unterfranken, Platz, Germany. Anna's Find a Grave memorial[22] claims also without source that she was born in Stuttgart. All of these claims appear to be speculative.
The only direct evidence of the children of Johannes and Anna Flinner found so far is Casper's marriage record, which identifies Johannes as his father. The circumstantial evidence connecting these other listed children to Johannes and Anna include the St. Peter Rocky Hill church baptismal records in which Johannes and Anna act as godparents, Michael's Revolutionary War pension application identifying the migration pattern from Pennsylvania, to Maryland, to Virginia; and the church, tax, land & other records reflecting the connections between them and the common migration patterns of several of these children from Frederick County Maryland to Washington County, Virginia. For additional discussion of the connections specific to each child, see their individual profiles.
His occupation is said to be listed on some record as Farmer and Horse Breeder.[citation needed]
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As I say, I am no expert!!
edited by Kie (Entrikin) Zelms
it's free to view. Photo of Johannes Fleiner Fleenor contributed by Debbie Ferguson - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/27928178?h=1d6d50.
edited by Scott McClain
edited by Scott McClain
Rupp transcribes as Flinner, whereas Strassburger has both Flimer and Flinder. But Strassburger also has the original signature copied and there is clearly no d. And all subsequent records confirm it wouldn't have been Flimer.
So Flinner it should be.
edited by Scott McClain
We are not talking about removing the image from the profile, just removing it as the "primary photo" in the upper left hand corner.