NameHeinrich Merten
Birth23 Feb 1748, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Baptism25 Feb 1748, St. Martin and St. Severus Church, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death15 Feb 1786, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
FatherJohann Adam Merten (-1779)
MotherAnna Maria Dietzeler (1716-?1790)
Spouses
Birth10 Apr 1749, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Baptism11 Apr 1749, St. Martin and St. Severus Church, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Deathabt 6 Jul 1782, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Marriage13 Jan 1778, St. Martin and St. Severus Church, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Birth8 Mar 1755, Kalt, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Baptism10 Mar 1755, St. Martin and St. Severus Church, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Deathabt Apr 1788, Muenstermaifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
FlagsDied in or After Childbirth, Interfamily Marriage
FatherJohann Georg Esch (1718-1797)
MotherApollonia Seul (1722-1781)
Marriage21 Oct 1782, Holy Cross Chapel, Kalt, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
ChildrenJohann Georg (1783-)
Notes for Heinrich Merten
Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld.
His name was also spelled Martin.
HIs baptismal sponsors, both from Muenstermaifeld, were [his father’s first cousin] Heinrich Adams and [his mother’s sister] Maria Katharine [Dietzeler], the wife of [Johann] Anton Kohlbecher.
He was a baptismal sponsor in 1764 for Heinrich, the son of Peter Kern and Anna Elisabeth Oster of Muenstermaifeld; in 1766 for Maria Elisabeth, the daughter of his aunt Maria Theresia Dietzeler and Johann Georg Suerger of Muenstermaifeld; in 1771 for Anna Maria, the daughter of his first cousin once removed Johann Joseph Dietzeler and Anna Maria Braun of Muenstermaifeld; and in 1774 for Heinrich, the son of his first cousin Wilhelm Kohlbecher and Maria Magdalene Pleinen of Muenstermaifeld.
Johann Adam Merten witnessed Heinrich’s wedding in 1778. Jacob Merten witnessed his wedding in 1782.
Notes for Maria Magdalene (Spouse 1)
Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld.
Her baptismal sponsors were [her father’s brother] Paul Buechel and [her grandmother] Maria Magdalene [Puelicher], the widow of Anton Sevenich, all from Muenstermaifeld.
She was a baptismal sponsor in 1764 for Johann Heinrich, the son of Friedrich Windhaeuser and Maria Francesca Dorothea Hess of Muenstermaifeld.
Notes for Anna (Spouse 2)
Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld. Source of the information about her marriage to Peter Suesterhenn: Manfred Ruettgers.
Her baptismal sponsors were Balthasar Ley of Forst (?) and Anna Seul, a single woman. Her father witnessed her wedding in 1787.