Johannes Eckart (V)
Johannes Eckart, (V 11), (*December 17, 1725, in Langenzenn, Germany; †April 15, 1790, in Burgfarnbach, Germany), brewer, keeper of the inn "Goldener Hirsch" (Golden Deer) in Emskirchen, Imperial Postmaster, mayor, married (1) Barbara Dorothea Scheller on October 7, 1755, in Emskirchen, Germany, (2) Maria Christina Traugott on January 12, 1776, in Emskirchen, Germany
Johannes Eckart was the most important family member of the 18th century. He left his hometown Langenzenn and migrated to the neighboring town of Emskirchen in order to train as a brewer. Around 1749, he worked as a journeyman in the inn "Goldener Hirsch" (Golden Deer) and this is where he learned the brewing craft from Friedrich Kurr, the innkeeper and master brewer. Following the innkeeper’s death, Johannes Eckart purchased the inn "Goldener Hirsch" (Golden Deer), that can still be visited in Emskirchen to this day, for the price of 2,288 guilders on November 29, 1753.[1] Two years later, in October 1755, he married the wealthy widow Barbara Dorothea Scheller (*April 25, 1723, in Schauerberger Mühle; †January 5, 1775, in Emskirchen)[2]; the couple had seven children, none of whom had descendants.[3] In 1757, Johannes Eckart took over Emskirchen’s post house and was appointed Imperial Postmaster.[4] On February 1, 1758, he was sworn in on Prince Alexander Ferdinand von Thurn und Taxis and received a certificate containing all his rights and duties as Imperial Postmaster.[5] To this day, the stone coat of arms that refers to the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis is mounted above the inn’s entrance gate.
A year after his first wife had died, in January 1776, Johannes Eckart married Maria Christina Traugott (*March 27, 1752, in Untersontheim; †June 5, 1828, in Emskirchen).[6] This marriage also produced seven children, four of whom had further descendants. Johannes Eckart was elected mayor by Emskirchen’s town council in 1777. When he died in April 1790, his wife Maria Christina took over the post house and became Imperial Postmaster, until she married Johann Friedrich Christoph Lindner.
Family
His marriage with his first wife Barbara Scheller produced seven children.
- Michael (VI 8), (*August 16, 1756, in Emskirchen, Germany), farmer in Prackenhof, near Emskirchen, Germany.
- Georg (VI 9), (*August 27, 1758, in Emskirchen, Germany, †April 27, 1763, in Emskirchen, Germany).
- Johann Andreas (VI 10), (*December 7, 1759, in Emskirchen, Germany, †1820 in Emskirchen, Germany), keeper of the inn "Schwarzer Adler" (Black Eagle) in Emskirchen, Germany.
- Johann Leonhard (VI 11), (*October 26, 1761, in Emskirchen, Germany, †January 4, 1824), keeper of the inn "Zur Goldenen Sonne" (At the Golden Sun) in Windsheim, Germany.
- Johann Georg (VI 11A), (*April 17, 1763, in Emskirchen, Germany, †September 23, 1763, in Emskirchen, Germany).
- Georg Leonhard (VI 11B), (*May 18, 1765, in Emskirchen, Germany, †1765 in Emskirchen, Germany).
- Johann Georg Christian (VI 11C), (*May 18, 1765, in Emskirchen, Germany, †1765 in Emskirchen, Germany).
His marriage with his second wife Maria Christina Traugott produced seven children. This is the beginning of the four family lines: JS, Phi, Da, CA.
- Gottfried Georg Albrecht (VI 12), (*September 17, 1776, in Emskirchen, Germany, †November 11, 1848, in Nuremberg, Germany), keeper of the inn "Zum wilden Mann" (Wild Man), Chief Royal Post-Equerry
- Johanna Maria Margaretha (VI 13), (*May 15, 1778, in Emskirchen, Germany, †July 29, 1837, in Emskirchen, Germany).
- Georg Johann (VI 14), (*July 29, 1779, in Emskirchen, Germany, †January 26, 1854, in Nuremberg, Germany), store for handmade products in Nuremberg, spice store, art store, factory for decorated paper.
- Philipp Johann Christoph (VI 15), (*September 25, 1781, in Emskirchen, Germany, †March 21, 1841, in Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany), keeper of the inn "Zur Krone" (At the Crown) in Neustadt an der Aisch.
- Carolina Elisabeth (VI 16), (*June 18, 1783, in Emskirchen, Germany, †between 1827 and 1834).
- David Johann Christian Gottfried (VI 17), (*October 30, 1785, in Emskirchen, Germany, †March 24, 1853, in Emskirchen, Germany), keeper of the inn "Schwarzer Adler" (Black Eagle) in Emskirchen, captain of the Landwehr (land defense).
- Carl August (VI 18), (*November 25, 1787, in Emskirchen, Germany, †November 16, 1857, in Emskirchen, Germany), keeper of the inn "Goldener Hirsch" (Golden Deer), postmaster of his Majesty the King of Bavaria, man of independent means
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Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, J I 102, Interest calculation for the estate "Goldener Hirsch" (Golden Deer), November 29, 1753.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, J I 501, data on birth, marriage and death see inscription of the tomb for Barbara Dorothea Scheller in the Emskirchen graveyard.
- ↑ Eckart, Werner: "Chronik der Familie Eckart" (Chronicle of the Eckart Family), 1967, page 39.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, Da Ve 052, Chronicle of the Eckart Family, part 1, Johannes Eckart, page 95.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, J I 104, Certificate regarding Johannes Eckart’s swearing-in as postmaster on February 1, 1758.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, J I 109, Marriage register of Johannes Eckart and Maria Christina, née Traugott, of January 12, 1776.