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Christina Elisabetha and Henrich Engel

I don't know when this couple married, let alone who their parents were. Henrich may be Johann Henrich, the son of Elisabetha and Johann Philip Engel born 08 Oct 1734 and christened in Freinsheim 17 Oct 1734.

Henrich and Christina Elisabetha had 13 children, at least four of whom died young:

Keep in mind that no records have survived of Protestant marriages in Freinsheim between July 1802 and December 1815, the period in which most of Henrich and Christina Elisabetha's younger children would have become marriageable.

Johann Henrich born 1779 may or may not be the Heinrich Engel who married Catharina Willy and who died and was buried in Freinsheim 27 Sep 1843. Catharina may or may not be Maria Catharina Willi, the daughter of Susanna Margaretha Ehrhardt and Andraeas Willi who was born 13 Jul 1777 and christened in Freinsheim the same day.

Johann Jacob born 1782 is one of the two most likely possibilities for the Jacob Engel who died and was buried in Freinsheim 07 Jan 1820. However, this may also have been a cousin of his.

If Johann Jacob born in 1782 was not the Jacob Engel whose second wife was Anna Christina Nicola and who was buried 07 Jan 1820, it's not impossible that he may have been the Jacob Engel who married Christina Schwind. However, it's more likely that Christina Schwind's husband was one of two possible Jacob Engels born in Dackenheim.

 
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