Otto Conrad Hahn (abt. 1756 - 1804)

Born about Feb 1756 in Medingen, Bad Bevensen, Landkreis Ülzen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna Charlotta Friederike Adelheid (Bilguer) Hahn — married 1778 in Neustadt, Kreis Neustadt, Provinz Schlesien, Preußen, Deutschland

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1804 at about age 48 in Eldena, Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland

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Biography

Otto Conrad Hahn, since 1788 „von Hahn“ ^[1], (* February 1756 in Medingen^[2]), was a German administrative lawyer and merchant. He was the son of the Oberamtmann Johann Conrad Hahn in Medingen, and Dorothea Margaretha (Oldenburg) Hahn.

On 21 October 1773, Otto Conrad Hahn enrolled for a degree in legal sciences at the University of Göttingen. He became a member of the Hannöversche Landesmannschaft ^[3] , and was initially its adjutant general from Easter 1775 until after Michaelmas 1776 (29 September) and its senior from 13 January 1777 until 8 November of that year ^[4] .

In 1778, he married Johanna Charlotte Friederike Adelheid von Bilguer from Neustadt in Upper Silesia (Geneanet).

The couple had five children:
Wilhelmina Charlotte Friedericka Elisabeth (* October 1780)
Alexander Johann Otto Wilhelm (* August 1782)
Luisa Friederica Christiana Carolina (* 31 July 1786)
Charlotta Christiane Henriette Albertine (* 20 June 1790)
Friedrich Ludwig Adam Otto (* September 1791)

Hahn attained the title of Prussian Kammerrat (chamber councillor) ^[5] and was ennobled as "von Hahn" by the imperial nobility on 6 December 1788 ^[1].

He was one of the most important traders for Mecklenburg agricultural property in the early period of upheaval, the so-called „Walzengütern“ ^[6] .

In the period from 1792 to 1795, the Badekow, Bretzin, Gresse, ,Karow and Leisterförde estates, among others, passed through his hands as temporary estate owners before he became insolvent on his Charlottenthal estate near Krakow am See.

He acquired the Gresse estate from the Danish chamberlain A. Friedrich von Witzendorf in 1792 and sold it to the bailiff Gebser in 1795.

During his time as lord of the manor at Gresse, he had a relationship with Catharina Elisabeth Eick, the daughter of the Bailiff in Gresse, who was also his estate manager. The relationship produced their daughter Dorothea Jacobina Christiana Burchardina (Hahn) Westphal ), who was born in Gresse on 25 December 1794 ^[7] . When Hahn sold Gresse in 1795, his daughter Dorothea Jacobina Christiana Burchardina and her mother remained in Gresse.

In 1793, his book "Ein Wörtchen zu seiner Zeit des von Hahn auf Gresse u. s. w. über die Schiffbarmachung der Elde" was published. ^[8]

Otto Conrad vom Hahn died on 14 December 1804 on his leasehold estate in Eldena. The funeral service was held in Schwerin Cathedral and he was subsequently buried on the Eldena estate on 16 December 1802) ^[9] .

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Conrad_Hahn Hahn was ennobled as "von Hahn" on 6 December 1788
   Nobilitisation is the elevation to the nobility. It is only possible in states with a monarchist form of government and can only be conferred by a sovereign monarch. Until 1918, the nobilitised person in the German Empire received a diploma of nobility (letter of nobility) as a certificate of elevation tto the nobility
2. ↑ „Die Familien und Einwohner des Kirchspiels Medingen“, Ortsfamilienbuch 1688 – 1910, Uelzen 2012, ISBN 978-3-929864-21-1, he was baptised on 24.02.1756 in Medingen
3. ↑ https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q21918 Hannoversche Landsmannschaft at the University of Göttingen: a student organisation of students mainly from the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg at the University of Göttingen (1735-1809).
4. ↑ https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q14320
5. ↑ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kammerrat: Under feudalism, a Kammerrat was a member of a princely court chamber, in particular one of the leading members of this financial and property management authority.
6. ↑ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walzengut A "Walzengut" is an estate that has frequently changed hands. The agricultural property was sold on at a profit by the respective owner soon after acquisition. The term "Walzengut" is particularly common in Holstein and Mecklenburg. The term comes from the frequent turnover of the farm. The term refers to the time when journeymen travelled after completing their apprenticeship
7. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJ1-786D : 26 October 2021), Dorothea Jacobina Christiana Barchatdina, 25 Dec 1794; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Birth, Gresse, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Gresse, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
   
   Entry in the Gresse church register, births and baptisms December 1794:
   Gebohrene von 1794
   Monat und Tag der Geburt: Dez. 26.
   Monat und Tag der Taufe: Dez. 27
   Namen des Vaters H. G. v. H.
   Namen der Mutter Catharina Elisabeth Eick
   Namen des Kindes Spuria Dorothea Jacobina Christiana Burchardina
   (Spuria means illegitimate daughter)
8. ↑ free download via https://rosdok.uni-rostock.de/do/pdfdownload/recordIdentifier/rosdok/ppn863337333
9. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPV7-M3DG : 18 May 2023), Otto Conrad von Hahn, 19 Dec 1804; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Schwerin, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
   
   Entry in the Schwerin Cathedral church register, deceased December 1804, page 185, no. 179: Tod 1804 Dec.14
   Beerdigung 1804 Dec. 16
   Der Kön. Preuß. Kammerherr
   Otto Conrad von Hahn
   Erbherr auf Charlottenthal p.p.p.
   ist nach seinem Guthe gebracht, nach dem für ihn
   ein Platz in der gräfl. Capelle u. die übrigen Gebühren
   einer adl. Leiche bezahlt worden
   Alter 49