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1723 - 1791 (68 years)
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Name |
Johann Michael HAMMAN |
Born |
25 Apr 1723 |
Langstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
5E744F5585604EE99E82EFEE98896BB9D430 |
Died |
12 May 1791 |
Langstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany |
Notes |
- His last name was spelled Hammann. His occupation was listed as "Feldgeschworener."
A Feldgeschworener (usually there were 7 of them in a community) marked the borders of fields in order to prevent or to settle land disputes. These men set boundary stones. As a means to find out, whether the boundary stones had been moved (in case of a dispute),they put a secret sign on the stone itself or together with the stone. Each community and each team of Feldgeschworener had its own secret of
course. This secret was known by them only. They were sworn in (=geschworen) to keep the secret, only the seven of them knew about it. And only when one of the seven died, another one was sworn in and told the secret sign. So he was a settler of boundary disputes, a "field juryman"
He was most likely employed by the local court to check the boundaries of the fields and settled boundary disputes to make sure no one was plowing a tract of land that actually belonged to someone else. There were no fences, just stones marking where one property started and someone else's ended.
Peter was born and died at Kleestädter Straße im Haus Zum Kloster.
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Person ID |
I5831 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
30 Oct 2011 |
Family |
Anna Catharine Sauerwein, b. 21 Feb 1724, Langstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany , d. 24 Feb 1787, Langstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany (Age 63 years) |
Married |
21 Jan 1749 |
Children |
+ | 1. Johann Peter HAMMAN, b. 05 Sep 1752, Langstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany , d. 1797, Botetourt Co. VA (Age 44 years) |
+ | 2. Maria Barbara HAMMAN, b. 29 Jan 1758, Langstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany , d. 23 Jan 1789, Langstadt, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany (Age 30 years) |
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Last Modified |
30 Oct 2011 |
Family ID |
F3385 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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