"Immigrants: we get the job done" -- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
The first record I have for anyone with the last name Willi (Willy, Wylly) in Freinsheim is the marriage of Joseph Willi and Anna Maria Wigand,
daughter of Jacob Wigand, on 26 Nov 1698. Over the next 11 years, this was followed by three more marriages:
- Johann Jost Wylly, son of Johannes Wylly, married Anna Catharina Schaffner 03 Dec 1704;
- Anna Dorothea Wylli married Johann Georg Daubenspeck 09 Jul 1905; and
- Anna Margaretha Wylli married Niclaus Wyssler 13 Aug 1709.
I couldn't find records for any children born to Joseph and Anna Maria or to Anna Margaretha and Niclaus. Anna Dorothea and Johann Georg
had four children that I know of.
As I mentioned above, Johann Jost Wylly married Anna Catharina Schaffner in Freinsheim 03 Dec 1704.
The couple had nine children, all born in Freinsheim. The christenings of the first two were recorded under the last name Wylly, the
rest under the names of Willy or Willi:
- Johann Georg christened 17 Jul 1705;
- Johann Henrich christened 16 Nov 1707.
Married Maria Sophia Seltzer, the daughter of Johann Georg Seltzer, in Freinsheim 08 Jan 1732;
- Johann Valentin christened 20 Mar 1712;
- Maria Elisabetha christened 31 Mar 1715. Married Johann David Saur, the son of Johann Henrich Saur, in Freinsheim in 1741;
- Maria Margaretha christened 15 Aug 1717;
- Maria Catharina christened 30 Dec 1719. Married Johann Georg Distel in Freinsheim 08 Jan 1751. The couple had three children;
- Johann Peter christened 27 Sep 1722.
Married Anna Catharina Fuhrmann,
the daughter of Nicolai or Nicolaus Fuhrmann, in Freinsheim on 25 Jan 1746;
- Nicolaus christened 16 Jan 1726; and
- Anna Catharina christened 18 May 1729. Married Johannes Sauer in Freinsheim on 15 Apr 1749.
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