His baptismal sponsors were Anton Lauxen of Neidhof and Afra Deusen of Hambuch. Anton Lauxen was the son of Maternus Lauxen and Anna Katharine Claas of Neidhof who was born in 1718. He married Anna Deusen of Zettingen about 1753, daughter of Johann Anton Deusen of Hambuch and Anna Maria Moentenich of Illerich. After Anna Deusen died, Anton married (Maria) Elisabeth Heucher of Villa Beauweiler in Landkern in 1758.