"Immigrants: we get the job done" -- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Johann Peter Willi was christened in Freinsheim 27 Sep 1722, the son of Anna Catharina Schaffner and Johann Jost Willi.
He married Anna Catharina Fuhrmann in Freinsheim on 25 Jan 1746. Anna Catharina was the daughter of
Elisabetha Beschen and Nicolaus Fuhrmann,
christened in Freinsheim on 06 Jan 1724.
Anna Catharina and Johann Peter had eight children, all christened in Freinsheim:
- Nicolaus born 02 Mar 1747, christened 05 Mar 1747;
- Maria Catharina born 19 Oct 1748, christened 20 Oct 1748;
- Anna Christina born 16 Feb 1751, christened 17 Feb 1751. She was deceased by May 1756;
- Maria Elisabetha christened 24 Sep 1753.
She married Johann Reichart Abresch, son of
Anna Catharina Hohl and Johann Reichert Apresch in Freinsheim on 12 Feb 1782;
- Anna Christina born 23 May 1756, christened 27 May 1756.
She married Johannes Reichard Hohl in Freinsheim on 17 Feb 1778;
- Georg Jacob born 01 May 1759, christened 02 May 1759;
- Catharina born 14 Jun 1761, christened 15 Jun 1761. She married Reichard Seltzer in Freinsheim on 15 Oct 1782. The couple had at least two
children, but the records are confused due to another couple, Reichard Bernard Seltzer and Catharina Elisabetha Schäfer, who married in
Freinsheim six years later on 23 Nov 1788; and
- Susanna born 13 Mar 1764, christened 14 Mar 1764.
In memory of Janet A Werner, 1931-2015