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Johannes Flinner ★ was said to have been born circa 1720 in Bönnigheim, Baden-Württemberg,
Germany to Jacob Nicolaus Fleiner, and was said to have married Anna in or
before 1740 FL2,
RE14. Johannes’ family
sailed on the ship John and Elizabeth RU1 in cabin number forty-five ST19. The captain’s name was Peter Ham, and
they departed from Amsterdam, stopped at Portsmouth, and arrived in
Philadelphia on November 7, 1754 RU1, ST19. All of the 330 passengers were from Hanau, Württemberg, or the Palatinate
RU1, ST19. His name appeared as “Johannes Flinner”
in the passenger list RU1, but
it was also transcribed as Johannes “Flinder” and “Flimer” ST19. The same day that the passengers
disembarked, they were ushered into the courthouse in Philadelphia, which on
that day was presided over by “The Worshipful Charles Willing, Esquire, Mayor
of Philadelphia” ST19. At the courthouse, they each took “the
usual Oaths and Qualifications” ST19.
His father was alleged to have been Jacob Niclas Fleiner according to Mary
Fleenor FL2. Proof of this relationship
is lacking. Jacob Niclas Fleiner and his antecedents have been discussed below.
According to The
Origins of the Surname Fleenor, by Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr., M.D., the
Flinner family were members of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church at Rocky
Hill, Woodsboro, Maryland FL1. Dr.
Fleenor stated that Johannes could write his own name, as evidenced by his
signature on the ship manifest and his naturalization papers, but explained
that when Johannes and Anna’s children moved away from their parents, the
spelling of their surname changed because they were illiterate. Johannes died
after September 24, 1789 in Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland, which was
the last time his name was recorded FL2.
Anna ★ was born circa 1722 and had nine known
children: Adam, Elizabetha, Nicolaus, Margaretha, Maria Catharina, Caspar,
Jacob, John, and Michael RE14, FL2.
Nicolaus, Caspar, John, and Michael settled in southwest Virginia; Nicolaus in
Rich Valley, Caspar on a creek in Rich Valley which would eventually be known
as “Gasper’s Creek”, and both John and Michael in Poor Valley SU5. Michael
Fleenor was born on November 28, 1760 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania HA32. He married Sally Lyndar on December 10, 1781 in Washington
County, Virginia and died on August 3, 1837 in Washington County, Virginia HA32. Sally Lyndar was born in 1765 and died in August 1853 in
Washington County, Virginia HA32. Michael
Fleenor died at age seventy-six years, eight months, and five days on August 3,
1837, according to the inscription on his tombstone, located in the Fleenor
Cemetery #89 MC6. The tombstone
inscription was transcribed by Ina Merle Price MC6. According to the Find a
Grave website, Fleenor Cemetery #89 is located in Mongle Spring, Washington
County, Virginia.
Anna died sometime after 1789 in Woodsboro,
Frederick County, Maryland FL2.
The possible father of
Johannes Flinner:
Jacob Niclas Fleiner was born to Johann
and Maria on February 12, 1692 RA8
in Bönnigheim, Baden-Württemberg, in what is now Germany, and according to Mary
Fleenor, he was the father of Johannes Flinner FL2.
The
probable parents of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Johann Nicolaus
Fleiner (Johann, Barbara) was born on July 29, 1663 in
Wertheim am Main (Wertheim), Baden-Württemberg FL2, RA8. He married Maria Veronika Ruoff on
December 2, 1690 in Bönnigheim, Baden-Württemberg, where he was a merchant in
1690 and a member of the Council of the Court in 1697 RA8, FL2. He died on May 14, 1715 in Wertheim, Baden-Württemberg,
and was buried the next day RA8, FL2.
Maria Veronika
Ruoff (Friedrich) was born on February 4, 1669 in Bönnigheim,
Baden-Württemberg RA8, FL2,
and was a widow when she married Johann, as she had been previously married to
Johann Casper Pfitzer RA8, FL2. Maria
was the mother of eight known children: Jacob Niclaus, Georg Heinrich, Rosina
Catharina, who died nine days after her birth, another daughter named Rosina
Catharina, Johann Christoph, who died before his second birthday, Anna Juliana,
Maria Magdalena, who died before she turned ten, and Susanna RA8, FL2. Maria died on August 7 FL2 or August 17, 1741 RA8 in Bönnigheim, Baden-Württemberg RA8, FL2.
The grandparents
of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Johann Hermann Fleiner (Antonius, Maria) was born on March 19, 1628
in Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg RA8, FL2, which is near Heilbronn, and was baptized in the Stiftskirche
(Collegiate Church) of Öhringen on March 23, 1628 RA8. His godparents were Hermannus Makesius Pysikus
Wertheimensius and Johannes Heinrikus Buchner, who was the organist for that
church RA8. The proclamation of his intended
marriage to Barbara Sophia Köhler occurred at Öhringen Cathedral, and they
married in Wertheim am Main (Wertheim), Baden-Württemberg on April 12, 1659 RA8, FL2. In 1660, he was an iron merchant and was
a member of the Foreign Council RA8, FL2, and in 1682 and 1692, he was the Bürgermeister (master of the town, or mayor) for Wurtheim. He was a
member of the court in 1686 and 1694 RA8, FL2. Johann died and was buried on May 3, 1694 in Wertheim RA8, FL2.
Barbara Sophia Köhler (Johann) was born on February 12, 1638 in
Oberaltertheim RA8,
FL2; there is a town
called Altertheim in Bavaria, Germany that is adjacent to Unter Altertheim (and
fairly close to Wertheim), and because “ober”
means “upper” and “unter” means
“under”, it would make sense that at one time, Altertheim was known as
Oberaltertheim. Johann and Barbara had seven known children: Johann Paul,
Susanna Catharina, Johann Nicolaus, Anna Catharina, Maria, who died at age five
and a half, Maria Dorothea, and Anna Barbara RA8. Barbara died at age seventy-seven as a
widow on April 14, 1715 in Wertheim, Baden-Württemberg RA8, FL2.
Friedrich Albrecht Ruoff was from Bönnigheim,
Baden-Württemberg FL2.
The
great-grandparents of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Antonius
Fleiner (Johann, Catharina) was baptized in Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg,
in what is now Germany, on March 9, 1587,
and was the only son of Johann
Jacob who continued the male line RA8. On
February 3, 1608, Anton received a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Tübingen RA8.
Because he received a degree in philosophy, he probably studied at Tübingen
Stift, which is the building on campus that philosophy and theology are taught.
Tübingen Stift was founded in 1536 by Duke Ulrich of Württemberg. The famous
astronomer and mathematician, Johannes Kepler, studied at this same university
less than twenty years prior to Anton’s term.
His first
appointment was as a Deacon in
Waldenburg in the Hohenlohe district of Baden-Württemberg in 1611, and as such, he signed the Formula of Concord, the symbolic writing of the Lutheran Church RA8, which
was written
in 1577. In 1616, he was a pastor in a small village named Eschelbach RA8, which is about fifty miles west of
Waldenburg.
His first
marriage was to Catharina Rösler, the daughter of the priest Johann M.
Rösler, in Pfedelbach at Öhringen on February 11,
1611 or 1612 RA8. Their
children were Hans
Jacob, who lived about one week, Justina, and Anna Maria RA8. Justina was baptized on November 12, 1613,
and her sponsor in the baptismal register was named the Princess of
Waldeck and Countess of Waldburg, but she died on February 16, 1617 RA8. Their third child, Anna Maria, lived one and a half years RA8. Catharina died sometime after February
1616 but before January 1620 RA8.
He next married Maria Magdelena Otto on
January 23, 1620 in Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church), Öhringen,
Baden-Württemberg RA8. The
plague was especially virulent in 1626, and on May 4, 1626, Antonius relinquished his
citizenship of his native city of
Esslingen RA8. In 1627 he wrote a three page application for the position
of Second Deacon in Öhringen, to which post he was appointed RA8. He was
the Archdeacon in Öhringen in 1633 RA8, so
it may be logical to assume that he was the Archdeacon of Stiftskirche, where
he and Maria wed.
Antonius, who lived during the Thirty
Years’ War, and during his lifetime lost five children, died of plague on
October 29, 1634 in Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg RA8.
Maria Magdelena Otto (Thomas, Catharina) was the mother of a son who was born in 1621 but
died of plague on September 4, 1626, a daughter who was born in 1626 and died
on April 23, 1630, Johannes Hermann, Philipp Heinrich, who was baptized on July
18, 1629, another child who died on July 17, 1635, and Ezechiel, who died on
October 11, 1646 RA8. Maria was buried three weeks after Antonius in Öhringen
on November 21, 1634, and after she died, three of her
children, including six year old Johann Hermann, became orphans RA8.
Johann Köhler was
the father of Barbara Sophia Köhler, and was the pastor for the upper and lower
sides of Altertheim in Castell County in 1659 RA8.
The second
great-grandparents of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Johann Jacob Fleiner (Antonius, Sophia) “Hanns” was born circa 1560
or 1562; his birth took place
before the church register in Esslingen recorded such data, but because his two
older brothers were married at about the ages of twenty or
twenty-one, Johann likely married at approximately the same age as well RA8. He married in 1582, and so his birth year has been
tentatively placed in about 1560. He married Catharina Schärtlin
on May 26, 1582 in Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, in what is now Germany
RA8. In 1589, he was a member of the Grand Council for Esslingen, and
in 1598 he was a chaplain administrator in Leonberg RA8. In the same year, it seems that he sold a house to Georg
Aichmann (or
perhaps to his widow), who was the curator of the monastery of Bebenhäuser RA8. Johann died on March 29, 1600 in Esslingen am Neckar,
Baden-Württemberg RA8.
Catharina Schärtlin (Hanns) was probably born in Cannstatt, near
Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, in what is now Germany FL2, and her surname has also been spelled “Scherlin” RA8. While she and Johann had ten known children, they buried three
at very young ages RA8. Katerina
Agata lived for only about five days, perhaps due to a premature birth, and
Hans Jerg died at about eight months RA8. Her
other children were Anna, Anthonius, Anna Maria, Wolff Ludwig, Barbara, who
lived for about fifteen years, Johannes Jacob, who died at age three, Christian,
and Hanns Jacob RA8. Unless Katerina Agata
was conceived before wedlock, she was born probably about three months
prematurely RA8. Catherina and her
fifteen year old daughter, Barbara, were both buried in Esslingen,
Baden-Württemberg, on December 3, 1607 RA8.
Thomas Otto was
a minister and superintendent
(perhaps translated as “dean”) in Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg, who married Catharina Hönn RA8, FL2. After preaching for
fifty-three years, Thomas died at the age of eighty-one of plague on September
5, 1626, the day after his grandson perished from that same disease RA8. This indicates that
he was born about the year 1545.
Catharina Hönn was
the mother of Maria Magdalena Otto RA8.
The third
great-grandparents of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Antonius Fleiner (Antonius, Katharina) was born in 1503 in
Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, and he first married a woman whose
surname was “Marklin” sometime between the years of 1527 to 1530 RA8. He was called a küchenmeister, or
master of the kitchen, in 1533 RA8.
From 1534 until 1541, he was a hospital clerk, and from 1542 until 1545, he was
the master of the largest hospital in Württemberg at that
time, located at
Esslingen RA8. His second marriage, to Sophia Buob in 1543,
occurred in Horb am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg RA8. He was the vogt, or reeve, in
1548, 1550, 1561, 1564, 1567, 1570, 1573, and 1576, and he was the bürgermeister,
or mayor, in 1564 and 1570 RA8. Antonius
was buried on November 1, 1576 in Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg RA8.
Sophia Buob (Jacob, Anna) was born in 1527 in Horb am
Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, and had five known children, Dionysius, Johann
Leonhard, Johann Jacob, a daughter who married Jodocus Jung, and Anna RA8. Her surname has also been spelled “Bub” RA8. After the death of Antonius, she married Jacob Stahel in Esslingen on February 25,
1582 RA8.
Hanns Schärtlin was of Cannstatt and was the father of
Catharina and Anna, who married Dionysius Fleiner, the elder brother
of Johann Jacob Fleiner RA8. He died sometime before 1582, when in that year, his
daughter, Catharina, married Johann RA8.
The fourth great-grandparents
of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Antonius Fleiner (Ludwig)
“Anton” was born circa 1470 and was the bürgermeister of Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg
in the years in 1527, 1529,
and 1531 RA8. He
married Katharina, and together they annually donated a calf to the
impoverished of their area, but it is unknown when they began this tradition RA8. Antonius died between 1531 and 1542 RA8. Anton’s coat of arms included “gulls in
a crescent moon shape on its base with a silver Heron rising in air grasping in
its beak a silver fish” FL2. This
may be correct, but perhaps there may also have been a transcription error. The
word “gulls” might have originally been “gules”, which is the heraldic word for
the tincture red.
Katharina was the mother of Antonius,
an unnamed daughter, Hans Joachim, who was executed in his youth in 1530 at the marketplace of Esslingen, and Jerg RA8.
Jacob Buob was born in Horb
am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg sometime
between 1470 to 1475, and was referred to as Jacob Buob “the elder” RA8. He was a citizen and alderman of Horb,
married Anna Meychsner, and was the father of Sophia Buob. He died in Horb on September 20, 1543, and was buried at the Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church) of
Horb RA8.
Anna Meychsner died sometime
after November 7, 1552, and her surname has also been spelled “Meissner”
RA8.
The fifth
great-grandparent of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Ludwig
Fleiner was born approximately
1440, and was a member of the Council and a guild master in Esslingen,
Baden-Württemberg from 1493 until 1513 RA8.
He died after 1513 RA8.
The sixth
great-grandparent of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Lienhart Fliner “Lenhart”
was born circa 1402 in Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, and was said to have managed
or controlled “Bliensowe” or Pliensau, a suburb of Esslingen, from 1423 to 1460 RA8. He died after
1460 RA8.
The seventh
great-grandparent of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Lienhart Fliner was
born circa 1365 RA8. He was a manager (steuert) in
Pliensau, and he died after 1410 or 1411 RA8.
The eighth
great-grandparent of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Conrad Fliner (Wernher, Agnes) “Cunz” was the second son of Wernher and Agnes, born
circa 1332, and he married a woman with a surname of “Schäpler” circa 1364 or
1365 RA8. Cunz was a vintner of Esslingen,
Baden-Württemberg, and he died after 1409 or 1410 RA8.
The ninth
great-grandparents of Jacob Niclas Fleiner:
Wernher der Flyner was born circa
1300 to 1305 and lived in Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg RA8. He married Agnes sometime before 1330, and he died before
December 30, 1357 RA8.
Else
Rath-Höring and Karl Fleiner stated that Wernher was the first documented
ancestor of the Fliners in Esslingen RA8, but
Mary Fleenor, who relied heavily on their book, Flyner – Fliner – Fleiner,
linked Wernher with Conrad der Flyner von Altenburg FL2. She
did not state which source demonstrated this, but it certainly was not Flyner
– Fliner – Fleiner, although all of the German genealogical information
presented by Mary Fleenor was manifestly acquired from the Flyner – Fliner –
Fleiner book, and the other sources which she cited at the end of her
article provided supplementary information.
This
information about three men named Conrad of Altenburg was supplied by Else
Rath-Höring: Conrad der Fleiner von Altenburg, who died before 1306, was the
son of Conrad Flyner von Altenburg, a ritter (knight), who was alive in
1290 and 1306 RA8. This Conrad may have
been the son of either Conrad Flinarius or Reinhard Flinarius, two brothers of
Altenburg who were also knights and were mentioned in documents dated 1269
(Conrad Flinarius was also mentioned in a document in 1280) RA8.
Mary
Fleenor went on to state that Conrad der Flyner von Altenburg was the son of
Conrad Flyner von Altenburg, who was the son of Conrad Flinarius FL2. She stated that Conrad Flyner von Altenburg was a knight who served Eberhard, Graf von Württemberg
(Count Eberhard of Württemberg) FL2.
Eberhard II “the Illustrious” was the Count of Württemberg from 1279 through
1325 ST18, VO2. Conrad was “involved in the conflict
between his Lord and Rudolf von Hapsburg, Justice of the Holy Roman Empire;
during this conflict the majority of the castles surrounding Stuttgart
(including Altenburg by Cannstatt) were destroyed in the years 1286-1287” FL2.
There
is an Altenburg Castle, but it is located in Thuringia, some 278 miles away
from Stuttgart. Research into the history of Württemberg and Stuttgart has
revealed five castle ruins in Württemberg. Hohenstaufen is a castle ruin in
Göppingen, which is twenty-seven miles from Stuttgart, but it was destroyed in
the sixteenth century, which means it was not one of the castles destroyed by
Count Eberhard’s knights. Hohenneuffen, another castle ruin, is located twenty-eight
miles from Stuttgart in Neuffen but it was not destroyed until after 1801. A
third ruined castle, Nippenburg, is close to Stuttgart (it is less than eleven
miles away) but it was never destroyed; it merely fell out of use. Castle Hofen
is actually within Stuttgart, but was not destroyed until the Thirty Years’
War, which was from 1618 through 1648, well after Eberhard’s campaign. Another
castle, Frauenberg in Feuerbach, located four miles from Stuttgart, was
demolished in the early part of the sixteenth century.
Mary
Fleenor, in her manuscript Flyner/Fliner/Fleiner/Fleenor Family Tree,
went on to remark, “Conrad moved to property previously obtained in Esslingen
with his brother Reinhard, and his son Conrad. He is mentioned in documents of
1290, 1297, and 1306 in Esslingen” FL2. For
example, Conrad and Reinhard von Altenburg were mentioned in a donation of land
in Esslingen in 1290 to a hospital made not by them but by a group of other
men: “They also donate… the vineyard by Brie, on top of the Berg Oberkuntlinge,
next to the brothers Konrad and Reinhard von Altenburg” WU1. On March 8, 1297, the “Manager and brotherhood of hospital
Esslingen are selling to Siegfried von Backnang of Hall and to his sister
Luitgard… all the belongings and inheritance which they received from Knight
Konrad von Altenburg Fliner with all the belongings – about 20 pounds Heller” WU1. Conrad died after 1306 FL2.
Conrad Fliner von Altenburg (Conrad
Flinarius) was the brother of Reinhard Flinarius FL2. They were both knights of Altenburg and edelherren,
which translates to noblemen, who served Ulrich, Graf von Württemberg
FL2; Ulrich II was the Count of Württemberg from 1265 until 1279 ST18, VO2. Conrad and Reinhard were witnesses to a
document signed by Count Ulrich in 1269, and Conrad was mentioned in another
document in 1280, after which no record of him can be found FL2.
Agnes was born circa 1310 and, with Wernher der
Flyner, was the mother of four known children, Wernher, Kunz, Agnes, and Hänslein
RA8. She died circa 1362 RA8.