Rhodt unter Rietburg

Prugh Family Origins

For the alleged descent of one of the North American Prugh families from the Bruch family of Rhodt, see this post.

Genealogy

Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes, the following information is derived from the Rhodt Church Book. 

Wendel Bruch, who was perhaps born around 1570, is the progenitor of the Rhodt Bruch family. He and Margretha, surname unknown, had the following known children:

  1. Johannes: bap. 11 Oct 1601 (Johann Traut, son of Georg?)
  2. Steffan: bap. 21 Apr 1605 (Steffan Annan)
  3. Hans Burckhardt: bap. 14 Aug 1608 (Burckhard, son of Antony Messerschmidt; Hans Wendel, son of Stephan Fuetten); m(1). Catharina Nauenberger, 5 May 1633; m(2). Anna Mangolt, daughter of Ludwig, 16 Jul 1638; bur. 10 Jan 1680
  4. Hans David: bap. 30 Jan 1625 (Hans Vetin Prech [sic]; David Winter)

Second Generation

Hans Burckhardt Bruch and Catharina Nauenberger had the following child:

  1. Eva: bap. 7 Feb 1634 (Hans, son of Hans Biertzen, youth; Eva, wife of Joerg Banhen); m. Jacob Pfraum, 15 Nov 1652

Burckhardt then married Anna Mangolt and had the following children:

  1. Anna Barbara: bap. 23 Jun 1639 (Elias Haas; Barbara, wife of Jacob Bauman)
  2. Anna Margretha: bap. 8 Nov 1640 (Jacob Bauman; Margretha, wife of Hans Georg Britzen) 
  3. Hans David: bap. 25 Mar 1643 (Hans Philip Scholbauer; Hans David Lutzenbach)
  4. Hans Jacob: bap. 25 Mar 1646 (Jacob Wolff; Hans, son of Stephan Wolff); m. Anna Catharina Lachenmeier (Seibel), 28 Jan 1667;  d. 1693
  5. Hans Heinrich: bap. 3 Sep 1648 (Heinrich Born and his son Hans)
  6. Anna Barbel: bap. 24 Jan 1651 (Hans Stephan Brodbeck and his wife Anna Barbel from St. Martin); m. Hans Veltin Seubel, 24 Jun 1672
  7. Eva Catharina: bap. 30 Oct 1653 (Elias Haas; Anna Catharina, wife of Georg Wagner); m. Hans Christoph Dietrich, 19 Feb 1677
  8. Hans Heinrich: bap. 7 Mar 1656 (Hans Stephen Keller; Ludwig Born of Boechingen)

Third Generation

Hans Jacob Bruch married Anna Catharina Seibel, who was the widow of Jacob Lachenmeier. They had the following children:

  1. Hans Georg: bap. 22 Nov 1667
  2. Hans Jacob: bap. 20 Aug 1669; m. Maria Margretha Sartorius, daughter of Nicolaus, 30 Jun 1691 in Landau;[1] bur. 2 Sep 1742 in Dürkheim[2]
  3. Hans Debold (Theobald): bap. 10 Sep 1671; m(1). Anna Catharina Weisen, daughter of Georg, 3 Jul 1693; m(2). Anna Barbara Jung, 15 May 1703
  4. Hans Niklauss: bap. 20 Jun 1673; m. Anna Catharina Hitschler, daughter of Johann Georg, 15 Jul 1695
  5. Hans Georg: bap. 30 Nov 1678
  6. Sophia Barbara: bap. 17 Jul 1681
  7. Johann Tobias: bap. 14 Jun 1685
  8. Johann Heinrich: bap. 18 Apr 1686 [sic]; m. Maria Margretha Dachsteiner, 21 Apr 1711

Hans Veltin Seubel and Anna Barbel Bruch had the following children:

  1. Anna Barbel: bap. 4 May 1673
  2. Anna Margretha: bap. 2 Feb 1676
  3. Hans Michael: bap. 22 Mar 1678
  4. Anna Magdalena: b. 1 Jan 1681 [sic]
  5. Maria Catharina: bap. 7 Oct 1683
  6. Georg Wilhelm: bap. 13 May 1687
  7. Georg Peter: bap. 9 Jun 1690

Hans Christoph Dietrich and Eva Catharina Bruch had the following children:

  1. Georg Christoph: bap. 14 Oct 1681
  2. Susanna Catharina: bap. 27 Sep 1691

Fourth Generation

Hans Jacob Bruch, surgeon and barber, lived in Landau after his marriage. Later, he moved to Dürkheim where he was a prominent citizen. He married Maria Margretha Sartorius, whose father was also a surgeon, and had the following children:

  1. Maria Magdalena: b. 11 Jun 1692; bap. 13 Jun 1692 in Landau (sponsored by Maria Magdalena, daughter of Johann Nicolaus);[3] d. 19 Feb 1695; bur. 21 Feb 1695 in Landau, age 2 and ¾[4] 
  2. Maria Catharina: b. 28 Sep 1694; bap. 1 Oct 1604 in Landau (sponsored by Maria Catharina, daughter of Johann Christoph Lorchen);[5] d. 30 Jan 1696; bur. 31 Jan 1696 in Landau[6]
  3. Johann Jacob: b. 31 Mar 1697; bap. 3 Apr 1697 in Landau (sponsored by Johann Jacob Laub; Johannes Hau…[?]; Johann Daniel Rapp, surgeon of Sta [?]);[7] became a Lutheran minister and died in Bechtheim 30 Mar 1771; bur. 2 Apr 1771[8]
  4. Catharina Elisabetha: bap. 15 Aug 1699 in Dürkheim (sponsors were Justus Hammen, “I.U. Doctor;” Catharina Elisabetha, wife of Nicolai Guischard)[9]
  5. Maria Margretha: b. 9 Feb 1703; bap. 11 Feb 1703 in Dürkheim (sponsors were Simon Wilfon, secretary; Anna Maria, his wife; Johann Philip [?], merchant and his wife Margretha);[10] m. Johann Philip Stauch, son of the late N. Stauch, Pfarrer of Anweiler, 15 Jun 1728[11] 

Hans Debold Bruch and Anna Catharina Weisen had the following children:

  1. Eva Catharina: bap. 25 May 1694; m. Jerg Christoph Schaeffer, 28 Feb 1716
  2. Hans Michael: bap. 15 Jan 1697
  3. Margretha: bap. 14 Jul 1700
  4. Maria Margretha: bap. 20 Dec 1702

Debold then married Anna Barbara Jung and had the following children:

  1. Anna Margretha: bap. 15 Nov 1704
  2. Anna Maria: bap. 4 Dec 1707; m. Johan Michel Hilpersheimer, 18 Jul 1730
  3. Johann Conrad: bap. 28 Jan 1712
  4. Maria Barbara: bap. 24 Mar 1715
  5. Maria Margretha: bap. 19 May 1717
  6. Johann Zacharias: bap. 5 Oct 1721

Hans Nicolaus Bruch and Anna Catharina Hitschler had the following children:

  1. Johann Jacob: bap. 3 May 1696; m. Maria Margretha Lang, 11 Nov 1727
  2. Jerg Jacob: bap. 8 Sep 1699
  3. Hans Christoph: bap. 26 Aug 1703
  4. Anna Catharina: bap. 23 Aug 1706
  5. Anna Margretha: bap. 23 Aug 1706

Johann Heinrich Bruch and Maria Margretha Dachsteiner had the following children:

  1. Johann Nicola: bap. 27 Nov 1712
  2. Johann Jacob: bap. 29 Sep 1715; d. 18 May 1789 (per the baptismal record)
  3. Johann Conrad: bap. 29 Sep 1715; d. 1718
  4. Maria Margretha: bap. 27 Dec 1718; d. 1719
  5. Hans Conrad: bap. 17 Dec 1719; d. 23 Dec 1719

[1] Landau Church Book.

[2] Dürkheim Church Book.

[3] Landau Church Book.

[4] Landau Church Book.

[5] Landau Church Book.

[6] Landau Church Book.

[7] Landau Church Book.

[8] Dürkheim Church Book. Despite living in Bechtheim, his death was recorded in the Dürkheim Church Book.

[9] Dürkheim Church Book.

[10] Dürkheim Church Book.

[11] Dürkheim Reformed Church Book.