In late February 2024, I was finally able to locate the baptism record of my 3rd great-grandfather Heinrich Weiss. I am very grateful for the German genealogy website genealogienetz.de that has the Ortsfamilienbuch Klingenmünster (Klingenmünster Local Family Book) which contains church records, and death and burial records that I have been unable to locate elsewhere, this is where I found his baptism record and a plethora of family information and connections.

I updated my prior post: My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany, with the new information and changes to my family tree. That post is from May of 2021, so I decided I should make a new blog post with some of the new information.

My 3rd great-grandfather Heinrich Weiss is still of the same Weiss family of Klingenmünster, Germany, but finding his baptism record changed his parentage and female lines. His prior parentage I listed was based on DNA matches and guessing what year he was born based on various factors. There was so much intermarriage between the families of in and around Klingenmünster, that I have innumerable DNA connections to the same families, direct connections, and via marriage.

Heinrich Weiss was born 10 February 1820 in Klingenmünster, Germany. He was the son of Johann Jakob Weiss and Katherina Wendel. His baptism record is found in the Klingenmünster church records. I have not located a death record for Heinrich Weiss, but his wife Margaretha Fried died and was buried in Klingenmünster. Because I have not located a death record for him, he may have come to the USA with is daughter, my great-great grandmother Margaret (Margarethe) Weiss Nutick, if he did, then he must of died prior to the first census he would have been found in. But we know for sure that his wife, my 3rd great-grandmother Margaretha Fried Weiss died and was buried in Klingenmünster.

As stated above Henrich Weiss was the son of Johann Jakob Weiss and Katherina Wendel.

Johann Jakob Weiss was born 29 May 1785 Klingenmünster, and died there on 11 June 1852. He was the son of Johann Heinrich Weiss and Katharina Häcker, they married on there on 24 May 1773.

Johann Heinrich Weiss was born 30 Mar 1750 in Klingenmünster, and died there in 1798. He was the son of Johannes Weiss and Maria Elisabetha Bohrer, they were married there on 18 April 1746.

Johannes Weiss was born on 17 September 1694 in Klingenmünster, and died there on 31 August 1772. He was the son of Michael Weiss and Maria Elisabetha ____.

The furthest I can take the Weiss line back is to Michael Weiss and Maria Elisabetha _____. Michael Weiss was born about 1658, he died on 2 February 1713 in Klingenmünster. His parentage is unknown. The maiden name of his wife Maria Elisabetha is unknown. They are my 7th great-grandparents.

Katharina Wendel was born was born 18 July 1786 in Gleiszellen, and died 21 May 1856 in Klingenmünster. Gleiszellen is 1.1 miles from Klingenmünster. She was baptized on 19 July 1786 in Klingenmünster. She was the daughter of Peter Wendel and Maria Katharina Sambach. She married Johann Jakob Weiss on 1 December 1811 in Gleiszellen.

Peter Wendel was born 8 June 1758 in Klingenmünster and died 27 May 1816 in Gleiszellen. He married on 11 Oct 1785 in Klingenmünster to Maria Katharina Sambach. He was the son of Johannes Wendel and Anna Maria _____.

Johannes Wendel was born 30 May 1720 in Klingenmünster, and died there on 11 November 1776. The maiden name of his wife Anna Maria is unknown. He was the son of Johann Martin Wendel and Christina _____.

Johann Martin Wendel was born 1 July 1682, and died 27 October 1763 in Klingenmünster. His parentage is unknown. The maiden name of his wife Christina is unknown. They are my 7th great-grandparents.

Maria Katharina Sambach was born 1 June 1765, and died 29 January 1832 in Gleiszellen. She was baptized in Klingenmünster. She was the daughter of Johannes Sambach and Maria Magdalena Funstrocks/Funstercke.

Johannes Sambach was born about about 1741 in Klingenmünster. He married there on 11 Oct 1761 to Maria Magdalena Funstrocks/Funstercke. His parentage or date of his death is unknown. They are my 6th great-grandparents.

Maria Magdalena Funstrocks/Funstercke was born about 1742. She was the daughter of Georg Funstrocks/Funstercke, he would be my 7th great-grandfather.

Katharina Häcker was born 3 October 1749 in Klingenmünster, and died there on 21 November 1811. She was the daughter of Johannes Häcker/Hecker and Anna Maria Wendel. The Häcker surname is sometimes found as Hecker, which is just a variation of the surname Häcker.

Anna Maria Wendel was kin to my other Wendel ancestors that I discussed prior. She was born 27 December 1724 in Klingenmünster and died there 13 September 1780. She was the daughter of Johann Martin Wendel and Christina _____. I descend twice from this couple.

Johannes Häcker/Hecker was born 5 February 1723 in Klingenmünster, and died there 30 October 1783. He married on 27 February 1743 in Klingenmünster to Anna Maria Wendel. He was the son of Georg Nikolaus Häcker and Anna Juliana ____.

Georg Nikolaus Häcker was born on 1 October 1688 in Klingenmünster, and died there on 5 February 1740. He married on 30 Apr 1715 in Klingenmünster to Anna Juliana _____. He was the son of Hans Georg Häcker.

The maiden of Anna Juliana is unknown. She was born 11 January 1696 in Klingenmünster, and died there on 13 January 1781.

Hans Georg Häcker was born 1659, he died 12 February 1750 in Klingenmünster. The name of his wife is unknown. His parentage is unknown.

I actually descend twice from Hans George Häcker. Via his son Georg Nikolaus Häcker, that I just discussed, and also via his daughter Maria Elisabetha Häcker and her husband Hans Peter Willem. I talked about them further down in my other post when I discussed my Fried ancestors.

Maria Elisabetha Bohrer was born 5 December 1718 in Klingenmünster. and died there on 28 November 1773. She married there on 18 April 1746 to Johannes Weiss. She was the daughter of Johann Heinrich Bohrer and Maria Elisabetha Zwipf.

Johann Heinrich Bohrer was born 29 February 1692 in Klingenmünster, and died there 11 March 1722. He married there on 27 September 1716 to Maria Elisabetha Zwipf. Although his parentage is unknown, we do know that he had at least four siblings: Anna Eva Bohrer (married Abraham Wiessing/Wissing), Hieronymus Bohrer (married Anna Catherina Willem), Johann Georg Bohrer (married Anna Apollonia Lutz), and Elisabetha Bohrer (married Johann Martin Röhm).

Maria Elisabetha Zwipf was born about 1683 in Klingenmünster, and died there 20 April 1764. She was the daughter of Johann Richard Zwipf and Anna Maria ____.

Johann Richard Zwipf was born 1636 and died 26 December 1713 in Klingenmünster. He married there on 20 August 1719 to Anna Maria; her maiden name is unknown. His parentage is unknown.

My other new find was regarding my 5th great-grandmother Anna Barbara Ohl Fried. The maiden name of her mother was unconfirmed prior, but looking at church records I now know that she was the daughter of Daniel Ohl and Anna Maria Willem. Anna Maria Willem was the daughter of Hans Peter Willem and Maria Elisabetha Häcker. This is linked to my discussion of my Häcker ancestors above. Anna Maria Willem was the daughter of Hans George Häcker. I descend twice from Hans George Häcker via his son Georg Nikolaus Häcker and his daughter Anna Maria Willem Ohl.

Please see my original post My Weiss, Fried, Propheter, and Related Ancestors from Klingenmünster, Germany, for the meanings of the various surnames, more information regarding all of my ancestors hailing from that area, and to fit it all together with my other related lines from in and around Klingenmünster.

Everything posted above is from my own research into the church and other records found in and around Klingenmünster. DNA does show links to all the new female lines, and as I stated prior the Weiss lines go back eventually to the same 7th great-grandparents that I had listed prior to locating Heinrich Weiss’ baptism record.

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