Johann Georg Wein was born in Rittershoffen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France in 1715. He married Margaretha Horn May 8, 1741 in Worms, Germany. (Worms was the famous town of Martin Luther's edicts.) Margaretha was also born in Rittershoffen. She was the daughter of Heinrich Horn and Eva Humbert. Johann Wein was the son of Jacob Hans Wein and Eva Suss.
Rittershoffen was a small village of 900 inhabitants located in the northern parts of France on the German border. Because of the many wars the area was sometimes part of France and sometimes Germany. The family had seven children: Catherine, Michael, Adam, Anna Martha, Frederick, Christian, and Mary. The last few were born in Frederick County, Maryland. The family arrived in America on October 25, 1748, on the ship Elliot.
Their oldest child, Catherine Wein, was the grandmother of all of our Fairfield County Ohio Brights and Bowmans. She lived first in Rockingham, Virginia where she was married to Jacob Bowman. After his death she moved to Ohio. Jacob Bowman and Catherine had three children: Benjamin (1785), Frances (1787), and Joseph (1788).
The Wein family were active in the German Baptist Dunker religion. It later became known as the "Church of the Brethren:. These church bodies became commonly known as Dunkers and more formally as German Baptist Brethren.
Rittershoffen was a small village of 900 inhabitants located in the northern parts of France on the German border. Because of the many wars the area was sometimes part of France and sometimes Germany. The family had seven children: Catherine, Michael, Adam, Anna Martha, Frederick, Christian, and Mary. The last few were born in Frederick County, Maryland. The family arrived in America on October 25, 1748, on the ship Elliot.
Their oldest child, Catherine Wein, was the grandmother of all of our Fairfield County Ohio Brights and Bowmans. She lived first in Rockingham, Virginia where she was married to Jacob Bowman. After his death she moved to Ohio. Jacob Bowman and Catherine had three children: Benjamin (1785), Frances (1787), and Joseph (1788).
The Wein family were active in the German Baptist Dunker religion. It later became known as the "Church of the Brethren:. These church bodies became commonly known as Dunkers and more formally as German Baptist Brethren.
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