Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld. Source of his parents’ names, his place and date of birth, and the information about his first marriage: Manfred Ruettgers.
His baptismal sponsors were Lorentz Prum [who was married to his mother’s sister Margarete Jungen] and (Anna) Maria, the daughter of the late Anton Adams [and Margarete Sevenich].
He was a baptismal sponsor in 1747 for Maria Agnes, the daughter of Johann Jodocus Bernardel and Gertrud Eschbach of Muenstermaifeld; in 1748 for Maria Johanna, the daughter of Joseph Lentz and Anna Maria Beckerell of Muenstermaifeld; in 1751 for Margarete, the daughter of Johann Anton Puetzman and Eva Schweitzer of Muenstermaifeld; and in 1756 for Lorentz, the son of his daughter Anna Margarete Suesterhenn and Franz Schlinck of Muenstermaifeld.

Source: Manfred Ruettgers

Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld. Source of the identification of Maria Clara, the daughter of Christian Bleser and Maria Salome Sevenich, as the wife of Lorentz Suesterhenn: Manfred Ruettgers.
Her baptismal sponsors were Nikolaus Weckbecker and Clara [Marx, the wife of Jodocus] Braun.
She was a baptismal sponsor in 1740 for Maria Clara, the daughter of Stephan Dietzeler and Anna Sophie Prum of Muenstermaifeld.

Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld.
She was a baptismal sponsor in 1745 for Maria Katharine, the daughter of Heinrich Kaelsch and Maria Gertrud Zimmerman, in Muenstermaifeld; and in 1746 for Peter, the son of Martin Richter and Anna Maria Scheurer of Muenstermaifeld.