His baptismal sponsors were Johann Michael Heucher and Elisabeth Pauli, both of Greimersburg. Johann Michael Heucher of Landkern is the only one found in the church records for St. Servatius Church in Landkern. He was the son of Jakob Heucher and Sophie Muennich. There is no Elisabeth Pauli of Greimersburg in the St. Servatius Church records at this time.