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The Evangelical church at Ittlingen kept meticulous records. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints microfilmed those records, also available digitally from Archion.de.20 From those records, the shape of the household in the house near the Rathaus emerges — nine children in nineteen years.
| Child | Born / Baptized | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Eva | b. Sept. 29, 1712 | Married George Nungesser; two sons, Martin and Peter |
| Johann Friedrich | b. April 4, 1713; bapt. April 6, 1714 | Sailed 1732; died July 6, 1783, Macungie, Pa. |
| Johann Bernhard | b. Sept. 23, 1716 | Died in Germany; no Pennsylvania record |
| Johann Martin | b. Feb. 23, 1719 | Settled Allemengel area; two children died 1766 |
| Maria Margaretha | b. Sept. 18, 1721; bapt. Sept. 21 | Married Andreas Volck Jr., 1741; removed to North Carolina. Administrative elite as godparents. |
| Anna Maria | b. June 13, 1724; bapt. June 16 | Married Joseph Siegfried, July 3, 1745, Maxatawny, Pa.; d. 1772 |
| Maria Elisabetha | b. Dec. 8, 1726; bapt. Dec. 11 | Survived to Pennsylvania; fate unknown |
| Johann Heinrich | b. Feb. 15, 1729 | Married Hannah Volck, 1754; m. (2) Maria Elisabeth Xander; died June 29, 1786; Allemengel community |
| Georg Wendel | b. Sept. 8, 1731; bapt. Sept. 9 | Last German-born child, died in Germany; no Pennsylvania record; family sailed to PA within the year. |
Sources: Ittlingen Evangelical Church Records, LDS Films 1189132–1189133; primary images via Archion.de, June 2026 (note 20). Johann Friedrich birth year per Emmaus Moravian burial record (note 21). Anna Maria birth date (June 13) per primary image; compiled sources give June 15 in error (note 23). Johann Heinrich birth date per Hollenbach/Allemengel Lebenslauf (note 24). Marriage and fate details for children who survived to Pennsylvania cross-referenced from Chapter 2 research.
Godparents and witnesses, by child: Anna Eva — Jon. Melchior Hermann (Hilsbach); Anna Eva Obersheim. Johann Friedrich — Not recorded in surviving register. Johann Bernhard — Joh. Bernhard Correll, Bürger of Gundelsheim; Anna Margaretha Pfisterin. Johann Martin — Joh. Martin Schuchmann, innkeeper (Ochsenwirt); Wolfgang Friedrich Grüner. Maria Margaretha — Wolfgang Friedrich Sternen, Verwalter of Ittlingen; Anna Margaretha Hermann; Anna Margaretha Schüeßmann (wife of Ochsenwirt). Anna Maria — Hanß Martin Schueßmann; Anna Eva Weberin; Anna Margaretha Heinrichin. Maria Elisabetha — Wolfgang Friedrich Greiner, Verwalter of Seringen; Hanß Michael Schueßmann; Anna Margaretha Pfisterin; Anna Barbara Kraußin. Johann Heinrich — Not separately listed in surviving register entries. Georg Wendel — Gottfried Greiner, Schultheiß (village mayor) of Ittlingen; Philipp Friedrich Greiner; Maria Elisabetha; Anna Margaretha Pfisterin.
The godparent network documented in these records was not ceremonial courtesy. It was civic infrastructure. The Ochsenwirt's family — the Schueßmanns, keepers of the Ox Inn — appear at four of the nine baptisms. The Greiner family, who held the Verwalter (administrative manager) post, appears from Maria Elisabetha in 1726 onward. By 1731, Gottfried Greiner himself — the Schultheiß, the mayor — stood at the font for Georg Wendel.
The grandfather's name. The name from Württemberg. Three generations of the family had carried it, and John Adam gave it now to the last child born in the country he was about to leave.
Less than one year later, the family sailed for Pennsylvania.