Case Study: Przechówko Village (Klein Przechowko); March 1773

 

Przechówko Village (Klein Przechowko); March 1773

Rodney D Ratzlaff and John D Richert

June 2023

 

The following is an examination of the families of villagers living in Przechówko at the time of the 1772/3 census (March 1773).  The village was made up of sixteen families; twelve of which were emphyteutic landholders[a] (an individual family-head was a Bauer) and four which were landless (an individual landless family-head was an Einwohner).   

The individuals below were members of the Mennonite community centered at Przechówko.  Below, each person is identified by his or her catalog number from the GRanDMA database (the Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry).  All information below is sourced from the Przechówko Church Records via the GRanDMA database (GMOL, version 7.4.39) unless otherwise noted.  See source list at the end.

Many individuals are identified by diminutive versions of their first names in the Przechówko Church Records.  For instance, the name Hans is a common substitute for Johann.  Female diminutives for this group can be confusing; common diminutives used include:

Ancke	=	Anna		Maricke	=	Maria
Efcke	=	Eva		Sarcke	=	Sara
Elske	=	Elisabeth		Trincke	=	Catherine
Lehnke	=	Helena		Trudcke	=	Gertrude
Liske	=	Elisabeth

 

Surnames below have been modified to fit modern standards.

The 1772/3 census names the village “Klein Przechowo”.  More commonly, the village is named Przechówko, which is a diminutive derived from the larger nearby village of Przechowo (Gross Przechowo).  Thus, Klein Przechowo is synonymous to Przechówko.

The village was situated a short distance west from the Town of Schwetz (Świecie) in the Klein Schwetzer Niederung (Świecie marshes).  The northeastern areas of the village were particularly prone to flooding by the Schwartzwasser (Wda) River and the soil throughout the village was extremely sandy. 

Deutsch Konopat bordered Przechówko to the west.  To the east, the village was bordered by Vorwerk Przechowo.  Vorwerk Przechowo was a tract of land equivalent to 249 acres, that was owned by the Village of Przechowo and leased to the Przechówko villagers.  The Vorwerk consisted of cultivated land where wheat, rye, barley, oats, and peas were grown.  To the east of Vorwerk Przechowo was a settlement called Beckersitz.  This was a separate settlement which was owned by Przechówko.

We are fortunate to have the 20 May 1774 land contract for the Vorwerk which grants hereditary possession of the tract of land to Andreas Ratzlaff (107095), Abraham Richert (48255), Hans Ratzlaff (47805), Tobias Ratzlaff (42307), Heinrich Unrau (32124), Jacob Pankratz (32955) and Jacob Cornels (3699).  At the time of the census (March 1773) seven Przechówko villagers (along with two from Beckersitz: Abraham Richert (48259) and Andreas Ratzlaff (47698) leased a portion of the Vorwerk equivalent to 249 acres.  The 1774 contract leases the remainder of the Vorwerk to the Przechówko villagers; after that date the area of the leased Vorwerk was equivalent to about 339 acres.  The contract states that the Vorwerk included dwelling and farm buildings thus indicating that the dwellings of the Przechówko villagers likely were strung out along the road from the border of Deutsch Konopat all the way to Beckersitz.[b]

A man-made ditch or canal (Haupt Graben) made up the southern border of the village.  The ditch, along with the dike which stretched out along the northern banks of the Vistula River, 1 ½ miles to the south, was further defense against flooding.  Beyond the ditch were lands owned by Schwetz as well as the river villages of Głogówko and Niedwitz (Niedźwiedź).

This map, from May 1791, shows the relationship between the above-mentioned villages.  The Przechowkower Grundstücke (Przechowko land plots) were bordered on the west by Deutsch Konopat Grundstücke.  To the east, Przechowkower Grundstücke was bordered by Przechowoer Grundstücke (Vorwerk Przechowo), which in turn was bordered to the east by Przechowkower Grundstücke called BeckerLooss (Beckersitz).  This row of land plots was bordered on the south by the Haupt Graben.  To the north, this land was roughly bordered by the bluff which rose on the north side of the Vistula River floodplain and the villagers’ houses were on top of this bluff.[c]  The Przechówko cemetery was established midway through the village and the church structure was immediately east of the cemetery.

Niedwitzer oder Klein Schwetzer Niederung, 1791

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 1; Hans (33793) with wife Trincke (35951) (Schmidt) Funck.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Hans (40yrs), Trincke Schmidt (22yrs), 2 sons: Hans (12yrs) and [unknown]; 2 daughters: Maricke (16yrs), Ancke (5yrs); 1 unknown farm hand and 1 unknown maid.¹  The unknown son might be Jacob Funck (36395) although records indicate he was not born until 1774.

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Hans was a widower 3 times over; 3 previous wives had already passed away (Maricke Unrau (33794) died in 1758, Maricke Wedel (36390) died between 1759 and 1763, Maricke Ratzlaff (36393) died before 1764).  Hans and Trincke had been married in 1764 and by 1772 they had had one child to supplement the 3 Hans already had from the previous marriages. 

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: By the time of this census, Hans’ father had passed away.  His mother at some point remarried to Benjamin Ratzlaff (47716).  Trincke’s father had passed away when she was a small child but her mother was still living at the time of this census.  The mother, Sarcke (Nachtigal) Schmidt (36401) died in a housefire on 30 April 1786.  The youngest child at the time of the census, 5 year-old Ancke (36394), also died in a house fire on that same date.  Mother Schmidt, a widow, was likely living in the Funck home when it burned and both she and Ancke must have perished in the fire. 

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages:  Hans was a grandson to Ohm Steffen Funck (36098) who had once given a sermon for the King of Sweden, Charles XII, at his camp nearby to Przechówko.²  during the Great Northern War of 1700-1721.  Steffen had come to settle in the Przechówko area from Moravia.  Trincke’s great grandfather Schmidt (58473) was the earliest of the Przechówko Schmidts and was associated with the first Przechówko Schellenberger family.  Hans and Trincke were 2nd cousins once removed.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: The oldest daughter of the home, Maricke (36389), would marry in 1774 to Andreas Pankratz (43059) who was a younger brother to Sarcke (32125) (Pankratz) (Mrs. Heinrich Unrau) who lived at Przechówko #6.  The son, Hans (36391), was 12 years old and little is further known about him.

Notes on the Bauer and Wife:  Hans was still listed in Przechówko in the 1776 census.³  He died in 1797, she died in 1805.   Przechówko #1 was acquired by Benjamin Ratzlaff (47716; nephew to Peter Ratzlaff Einwohner #1) when he married Trincke after Hans’ death in 1797.⁹

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Hans’ oldest daughter, Liscke (3700), was at Przechówko #10 with her husband Jacob Cornels (3699).  Trincke’s 1^st cousin, Hans Schmidt (58527), lived with his wife as Einwohner #2. 

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: Przechówko #1 was equivalent to slightly less than 50 acres and Hans also leased 1/9^th of the 249 acres of the adjacent Przechowo Vorwerk.  Hans’ land was likely the extreme west edge of Przechówko while the Vorwerk was the land immediately east of Przechówko.  Hans kept more cows (10) than anyone else in the village (these were likely for dairying).  Hans seeded 4 Scheffel of rye and gathered 14 four-wheel wagonloads of hay.¹ 

Other Notes:  It’s interesting to note that the grave marker of Hans Funck’s aunt, his father’s sister Liscke Richert (33032), has been identified in the Przechówko cemetery.  Further, the grave marker of Hans Funck’s uncle, his mother’s brother Jann Richert (48247) is today located in the Mennonite cottage in Chrystkowo, nearby to Przechówko.⁴

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 2; Peter Unrausche (Trincke [Ratzlaff] Unrau (47767).

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Trincke (Ratzlaff) Unrau (54yrs), son Hans Richert (22yrs), daughter Maricke Unrau (13yrs), 1 unknown farmhand, and 1 unknown maid.¹  Bauer Peter Unrau had died in 1764 (59yrs) (39743).

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Trincke was Peter’s 3^rd wife; 2 previous wives had passed away (Trincke Wedel (39744) died 1757, Ancke Wedel (106628) had died before 1758).  Trincke and Peter were married in 1758 and then Peter died 5 ½ years later.  Peter had 3 children from his first marriage, 0 from his second marriage, and 1 daughter, Maricke (13294) from the final marriage to Trincke Ratzlaff.  The 3 eldest Unrau children were already married and had moved out of the home by 1773 (son Hein Unrau (32124) lived at Przechówko #6; daughter Ancke (33044) was Einwohner #1).  Trincke, previously married to Abraham Richert (48250), had 4 Richert children.  Trincke and Abraham had been married for 21 years until Abraham’s death in 1758.  Son Abraham (48255) lived at Przechówko #9.  22-year-old Hans (32063) was still living in the mother’s home.

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Peter Unrau’s father, Heinr Unrau (70366), had been a minister in the community.⁶  His mother, Sarke Jantz(en) (132876) had likely come to Przechówko from a neighboring Mennonite community.  Trincke Ratzlaff’s parents were Peter (34062) and Sarcke (34063) (Schmidt) Ratzlaff.  Sarcke had passed away about 1730.  Peter Ratzlaff had served the community as a minister⁶ and in 1773 lived in Przechówko as Einwohner #3 with his second wife Maricke Sparling (32891). 

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages:  Peter’s great grandfather Unrau (106809) was the progenitor of the Przechówko Unrau family.  Trincke’s great great grandfather was the first Przechówko Ratzlaff (36101).  Trincke and Hans were not related in any known way.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Hans in 1779 would marry Ancke (47810) (Ratzlaff) Richert from Przechówko #11 (Ancke’s husband Hans Ratzlaff (47805) would pass away in 1778). 

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: Trincke still lived in Przechówko at the time of the 1776 census.³  She died in 1790 of asthma and apparently had not remarried. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Peter’s daughter Ancke (33044) (Unrau) Ratzlaff, lived as Einwohner #1.  Trincke’s father was Einwohner #3 Peter Ratzlaff (34062).  Her half-brother was Tobias Ratzlaff (42307) at #4, and her half-sister, Lehncke (32956), was Mrs. Jacob Pankratz (32955) at #12.  She was 1^st cousin to Trincke (81620) (Schmidt) Wedel at #7, to Sarcke (47807) (Ratzlaff) Richert at #9, to Hans Ratzlaff (47805), to wife Ancke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (47810) at #11, to both the late Peter Ratzlaff (47673) and his widow Ratzlaffsche (47661) Einwohner #4. 

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: This was a very average sized farm for Przechówko; the equivalent of 38 acres.  The farm also kept 3 horses, 6 cows, 1 young heifer and 2 breeding sows.  They seeded 2.5 Scheffel of rye and gathered 9 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  The household did not rent a piece of the adjacent Przechowo Vorwerk.¹  

Other Notes: Heinrich Voth (13293) acquired this property from Unrausche at the time he married her daughter Maricke Unrau, in 1779.⁹

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 3; Hans (32102) with wife Ancke (32103) (Sparling) Unrau.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Hans (51yrs), Ancke Sparling (48yrs), 2 sons: Hans (16yrs), David (9yrs); 1 daughter: Sarcke (10yrs).¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Neither spouse had other marriages.  Hans and Ancke were married in 1746.

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: The status of Hans and Ancke’s parents in 1773 is unknown except for Ancke’s father, Tobias Sparling, who died in 1751, and was buried at Przechówko.

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages:  Ancke’s grandfather, Isaac Sparling (273790), had come from Danzig to join Przechówko and her maternal great grandfather was the first Przechówko Ratzlaff (36101).  Hans’ grandmother, Sarcke (274479) was sister to Isaac Sparling and also came from Danzig.  Their father was an orphan from Danzig (Sparling 53721, the earliest Sparling at Przechówko).  Hans was also descended from the first Przechówko-associated Nachtigals (69310) and Unraus (106809).  Hans and Ancke were 2nd cousins via their Sparling great grandparents.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: The oldest 2 children had apparently already left the household by 1773, the 3^rd child died very young.  Son Hans (82384) would grow up to marry Maricke Ratzlaff (47900), who grew up next door at Przechówko #4.  Hans was 6 years older than her, and they probably knew one another from childhood since they were neighbors as children.  Hans would serve the Przechówko community as a minister from 1799-1813.⁵  Daughter Sarcke (43150) would grow up to marry Peter Pankratz (43060), brother to Sarcke Pankratz Unrau (32125) at Przechówko #6.  Son David (87011) moved to the Molotschna Colony in 1821 and became an original settler at the village of Alexanderwohl.⁶

Notes on the Bauer and Wife:  Both the Bauer and his wife still lived in the village in 1776.³  Hans died in 1809 and Ancke died in 1782. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Hans Unrau was 1^st cousin twice removed to the late Peter Unrau (39743) at #2.  Aside from daughter Ancke (32100) (Mrs. Peter Becker) who was living at #8, Hans had no close relatives (immediate family or first cousins, aunts, uncles, or grandparents) living in any other Przechówko household.  Ancke was 1^st cousin to Sarcke (47807) (Ratzlaff) Richert at #9, to Ancke (47810) (Ratzlaff) Ratzlaff at #11, to Einwohner #1 Peter Ratzlaff (33043), and to Einwohner #4 Sarcke (47661) (Ratzlaff) Ratzlaff.  Einwohner #3, Peter Ratzlaff (34062), was a half-1^st cousin.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census:  Przechówko #3 was one of the smallest farms in the village; equivalent to 22.8 acres.  Hans Unrau did not lease land in the Vorwerk.¹  Hans kept 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 heifer, and 1 breeding sow.  He seeded 1.5 Scheffel of rye and gathered 5 four-wheel wagonloads of hay.

Other Notes:  Ancke’s gravestone has been located in the Przechówko cemetery.  Ancke’s father was Tobias Sparling who died in 1751.  His gravestone was found somewhere in the vicinity of Przechówko in the late 20th century.  Since the location of the Przechówko cemetery was unknown at the time, his stone was moved to the Mennonite cemetery at Heubuden (Stogi) where it remains to this day (2023).⁴  Peter Pankratz (43060) acquired this property from Hans Unrau before 1789.  Peter married Hans’ daughter Sarcke (43150) in October 1783.⁹

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 4; Tobias (42307) with wife Trincke (42308) (Schmidt) Ratzlaff.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Tobias Ratzlaff (38yrs), Trincke Schmidt (45yrs), 2 sons: Tobias (14yrs) and another unknown boy; 2 daughters: Trincke (12yrs), Maricke (10yrs), Buschcke Ratzlaff (c18yrs); 1 unknown farmhand, and 2 unknown maids.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Trincke had first been married to Tobias’ grand-uncle, Jacob Ratzlaff (35841), who passed away in 1758.  Nothing is known about daughter Buschcke (47811) who was Jacob and Trincke’s only child.  She was born sometime between 1751 and 1758.  Trincke and Tobias were then married in August of 1758. 

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Tobias’ parents were Peter (34062) and Maricke (32891) Ratzlaff, Einwohner #3.  The status of Trincke’s parents, Peter Schmidt (118200) and Buschcke Wedel (32105), is unknown.

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages:  Tobias was a direct descendant of the first Przechówko Ratzlaffs, Sparlings, and Schellenbergers.  The first Schellenberger to associate with Przechówko, Tobias (118266) had come from Moravia c1634 and was a blacksmith.  Trincke was descended from the first Przechówko Schmidts (58473) and Wedels (403627).  These two were not related to one another in any known way.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Daughter Maricke (47900) would marry Hans Unrau (82384) who was a boy growing up next door at Przechówko #3.  By c1811 both son Tobias (47899) and daughter Maricke would be living with their families at Wiączemin in Masovia.  Daughter Trincke (42309) married Jeorgen Nachtigal (42305) in 1782.  The records do not indicate what happened to Buschke. 

Notes on the Bauer and Wife:  The family still lived in Przechówko in 1776.³  Trincke died before 1779 after which point Tobias remarried to Efcke Wedel (5586).  Tobias died in 1782. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Tobias’ parents were Einwohner couple #3 Peter Ratzlaff (34062) and wife Maricke (32891).   His sister Lehncke (32956) was married to Jacob Pankratz (32955) at #12, and his half-sister, Trincke (47767), was the widow of Peter Unrau (39743) and lived at #2.  He was 1^st cousin to Hans Ratzlaff (47805) at #11 and to Einwohner #4 Peter Ratzlaff (47673).  His half-nephew was Abraham Richert (48255) at #9.  Trincke was a 1^st cousin to Einwohner #2 Hans Schmidt.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: This farm was the largest in the village, equivalent to 55.3 acres.  More people lived in this household than any of the others.  Tobias kept 4 horses, 8 cows, 1 heifer, and 1 breeding sow, seeded 4 Scheffel of rye, and gathered 14 four-wheel wagonloads of hay.  Tobias Ratzlaff also leased 1/9^th of the Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Jacob Buller (318737) acquired this property through marriage to Tobias’ 2nd wife, widow Efcke (Wedel) Ratzlaff (5586) in March 1783.⁹ 

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 5; Andreas (43081) with wife Sarcke (33853) (Unrau) Pankratz.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Andreas Pankratz (23yrs); Sarcke Unrau (24yrs); 2 sons: Martin Cornelson (8yrs), and (unknown); 1 daughter: Ancke Cornelson (5yrs); 1 unknown farmhand.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Sarcke had been married to Martin Cornels (33648) (uncle to Jacob Cornels (3699) at #10) and she had these 2 children from that marriage.  They were married in 1763 when she was 15.  Martin died in 1770.  Sarcke and Andreas Pankratz married in 1771 and it was his first and only marriage.  She was pregnant with their first child when the census was taken in March 1773.

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: The Pankratz parents were likely deceased by 1773.  Sarcke’s father was a minister⁵ and her mother was the sole Noef(cken) (106816) in the Przechówko church record but the records do not indicate when either died.  The father, Abraham Unrau (106815), was ordained when Elder Hulshoff visited from Gröningen in 1719.⁷

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages: Andreas’ great grandfather was the first Przechówko Pankratz (273566) coming from Jamerau on the east (south) side of the Vistula.  Sarcke’s great great grandfather was the first Przechówko Unrau (106809).  These two were not related to one another in any known way.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Ancke (33855) would marry Benjamin Wedel (103286) son of Andreas Wedel (32953) and they apparently moved to Masovia although the record shows that Ancke died in Ostrower Kaempe.  Martin (33854) married Ancke Richert (33861), daughter to Jeorgen Richert (33859) in 1790, and then Trincke Buller (32912), daughter to Hinrich Buller (32847) in 1792.

Notes on the Bauer and Wife:  This family still resided in Przechówko in 1776³ but moved to Sady after 1782.  Sarcke is buried in Sady and Andreas may be too.  Sarcke died in 1807, Andreas sometime after 1782. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Andreas’ brother was Jacob Pankratz (32955) at #12.  He was 1^st cousin to Ancke Unrau Ratzlaff (33044), Einwohner #1, as well as to Heinrich Unrau (32124) at #6.  Sarcke’s niece was Liscke Funck Cornels (3700) at #10. 

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: Andreas’ farm was small; equivalent to just 27.7 acres.  He kept 2 horses and 5 cows, seeded 2 Scheffel of rye, and gathered only 7 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  He did not lease land in the Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Andreas Schmidt (32009) acquired this property before 1788 (he’s in the 1789 Land Census at this property).  He probably purchased it from Andreas Pankratz before Andreas left for Sady.⁹

 

 

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 6; Heinrich (32124) and wife Sarcke (32125) (Pankratz) Unrau.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Heinrich (32yrs); Sarcke Pankratz (33yrs); son: Peter (7yrs); daughters: Sarcke (12yrs), Ancke (10yrs), and Maricke (8yrs); 1 unknown farmhand; 1 unknown maid.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Sarcke Pankratz was first married to Benjamin Wedel (81622), an uncle to Benjamin Wedel (81617) at #7) but he died in 1759; they were just married a short time and did not have any children.  Sarcke and Heinrich were married in 1760. 

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Heinrich was a son to the late Peter Unrau (39743) at Przechówko #2 (Unrausche (47767) was his stepmother).  Both Heinrich’s parents were deceased by the time of the census.  Sarcke’s mother is unknown but her father, Andreas Pankratz (36024) was living in adjacent Deutsch Konopat (#19) at the time of the census.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages:  Heinrich was descended from the first Przechówko Unraus and Wedels.  Sarcke’s mother was unknown but her father was descended from Pankratzes from the opposite side of the Vistula River.  These two were not related to one another in any known way.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Sarcke (32010) would marry Andres Schmidt (32009), half-brother to Einwohner #2 Hans Schmidt (58527).  Maricke (32118) would marry Peter Becker (32099), a neighbor boy at #8.  She died in childbirth in 1794.  Ancke (58536) married David Schmidt (58533) son of Tobias Schmidt (58525) and cousin to the Cornels children next door at #5.  Son Peter (81605) would marry Efcke Richert (48323), daughter to Jeorgen Richert (33859), so he would become brother-in-law to Martin Cornels (33854), the boy next door at #5.

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: Heinrich was a minister in the community from 1779-1793.⁵  They both likely lived out their days in Przechówko.  They were still living in the village in 1776.³  Sarcke died in 1814 of “Faul Fieber (typhus)”, Heinrich died in 1793 of dormancy and hemorrhage. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Heinrich’s father was the late Peter Unrau (39743) at #2 (Unrausche 47767 was his stepmother), his sister was Ancke Unrau Ratzlaff (33044) Einwohner #1.  Heinrich’s 1^st cousins were Andreas Pankratz (43081) at #5 and Jacob Pankratz (32955) at #12.  Sarcke’s 1^st cousin was Hans Ratzlaff (47805) at #11.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: Heinrich’s farm was average in size; equivalent to 33.2 acres.  He kept 3 horses, 5 cows, 1 heifer, seeded 2.5 Scheffel of rye, and gathered 9 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  He also leased 1/9^th of the Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: The village church and school were located near the middle of the village (in the same building?).  At Berent Hulshoff’s 1719 visit, he listed the people living in each household.  We assume he went from house to house beginning in the east since he lists Konopat after Przechówko.  He listed a family living in the schoolbuilding and included this between households #6 and #7.  This reveals that the church/school was indeed in the middle of the village.  Apparently at the time of this 1773 census there was no longer a family living in the church/school.⁷   Peter Becker (32099) acquired this property from the estate of Heinrich Unrau in 1793.  He had married Heinrich’s daughter, Maricke (32118) in 1785; Maricke died in 1794.⁹

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 7; Benjamin (81617) and wife Trincke (81620) (Schmidt) Wedel.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Benjamin (30yrs); Trincke Schmidt (29yrs); 3 sons: Benjamin (6yrs), Peter (4yrs), Cornels (1yrs); 1 unknown farm hand; 1 unknown maid.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: This is the only recorded marriage for either Benjamin or Trincke.

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Benjamin’s father Peter Wedel (47671) died in 1757, and his mother in 1780 (Maricke Richert 47672).  Trincke Schmidt’s parents were already deceased by the time of the census.

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages: Benjamin’s Wedel ancestors descended from the earliest Przechówko Wedels.  His grandpa Cornels Richert (48242) was born in 1670 in Danzig.  Trincke’s great grandfather Schmidt (58473) was the earliest Przechówko Schmidt while her great grandpa Voth (70361) was said to be the first of the Przechówko Voths.¹⁰  These two were not related to one another in any known way.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Benjamin (47896) would grow up to marry Sarcke Ratzlaff (47808) who was a girl growing up at #9 – she was niece to Hans Ratzlaff, 47805 at #11, stepdaughter to Abraham Richert 48255 at #9.  Sarcke emigrated to Molotschna in 1820 (and her son Peter 32275 was an original settler at Alexanderwohl).⁶  Benjamin would be a minister and then was elected Ältester in 1799 (d1813).⁵  Peter (81631) married a girl from Neumark (Maricke Bethcke 32195) in 1790 and the family moved to Wiączemin by 1797, and indeed Peter was minister at Sady in 1799 and perhaps elder after 1809.⁵  Cornels (106677) married Trincke Nachtigal (42339) and also moved to Wiączemin .  Peter and Cornels are likely both buried at Sady or Wiączemin.

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: Benjamin Wedel was elder at the time of the census (was Ältester from c1762-c1785) and died in 1785. ⁵ Trincke died in 1808 of old age infirmities.  The family still lived in Przechówko at the 1776 census.³

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Benjamin’s nephew was Einwohner #1 Peter Ratzlaff (33043).  Trincke was 1^st cousins with Trincke Ratzlaff Unrau (Unrausche, 47767) at #2, with Sarcke Ratzlaff Richert (47807) at #9, with Ancke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (47810) at #11, and with Sarcke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff, (Ratzlaffsche, 47661), Einwohner #4.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: This was the 3^rd biggest farm in the village; equivalent to 43.6 acres.  Benjamin kept 2 horses, 6 cows, 1 heifer, and 1 breeding sow.  He also seeded 3 Scheffel of rye and gathered 10 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  Benjamin did not lease land in the Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Benjamin Wedel (47896) acquired this property from his father’s estate, upon reaching majority, in 1790.⁹

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 8; Peter (32095) with wife Ancke (32100) (Unrau) Becker.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Peter (41yrs), Ancke Unrau (34yrs), son Peter (7yrs), daughter Maricke (12yrs); 1 unknown farmhand.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Peter’s first wife, Maricke Wedel (32098), died in 1770 (her grandparents were Isaacs and Thoms from Dorposch), and son Peter (32099) and daughter Maricke (13311) are her children.  Peter and Ancke would have 1 daughter in 1777, Ancke (32101).

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Peter’s father (Peter Becker 31954) had been minister and died in 1749.⁵  His mother (Trincke Ratzlaff 31955) died in 1754.  Ancke’s mother and father were living at Przechówko #3 at the time of the census.

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages: Peter’s grandfather, Johan Becker (31913), was a minister from Kokocko and supposedly the first Becker at Przechówko.  His ancestors were Lutheran, and they carried with them an unfortunate nickname – haber or hafer – meaning petulant or quarrelsome.  This nickname was apparently still in use at the time of the 1773 census.  His maternal great great grandfather was the first Przechówko Ratzlaff (36101).  Ancke could trace her ancestry to the first Przechówko Unrau (106809), Nachtigal (69310), Sparling (53721), Ratzlaff (36101), and Voth (70364).  This Voth was a very early church elder.  Peter and Ancke were 2nd cousins.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Daughter Maricke (13311) would marry Hinrich Ratzlaff (47809).  Son Peter (32099) would go through 4 different wives and move to the Molotschna by 1819.  His passport and visa in 1819 were part of the 1st contingent from Przechówko which settled at Franzthal, Molotschna.  He came with his 4^th wife and their 3 children.  His first wife was Maricke Unrau (32118), at census time was a daughter growing up at #6.

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: This family is still listed in Przechówko in the 1776 census.³  Ancke died in 1802 of swelling or a tumor.  Peter died in 1807 of diarrhea. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Peter was a 1^st cousin to the late Peter Ratzlaff (47673), Einwohner #4.  Ancke’s parents lived at #3.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: #8 was one of the smaller farms in the village; equivalent to only 20.1 acres.  Peter kept 2 horses, 4 cows, seeded 1.5 Scheffel of rye, and gathered 6 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  He did not lease land in the Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Peter acquired this property in 1764 from Andreas Wedel (43077) or his estate.  Hans Unrau (82384) acquired this property in 1808 from the heirs of Peter Becker.⁹

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 9; Abraham (48255) and wife Sarcke (47807) (Ratzlaff) Richert.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Abraham Richert (25yrs), Sarcke Ratzlaff (43yrs), son Jacob Wedel (19yrs), daughter Sarcke Ratzlaff (8yrs).¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Sarcke had previously been married first to Peter Wedel (81612) and then to Hinrich Ratzlaff (47806).  She and Abraham Richert were married in 1769.  Her marriage with Peter Wedel (older brother to Benjamin (81617) at #7) yielded one child, Jacob (106634).   The marriage to Hinrich Ratzlaff (younger brother to Hans Ratzlaff (47805) at #11) yielded one child, Sarcke (47808) (2 other children, Efcke (31964) and Andres (31965), died prior to the census).  Thus the 2 children in the household were Sarcke’s from her previous marriages.  Abraham and Sarcke did not have any children with one another.

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Sarcke’s father Jacob Ratzlaff (35841) had died in 1758 but records don’t indicate death date for her mother (Elscke Schmidt 35842).  Abraham’s father, Abraham Richert (48250) died in 1758, but mother was Unrausche (47767) at #2. 

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages: Abraham’s great grandfather was Cornels Richert (48242) who was a shoemaker from Danzig.  He and his brother were shipwrecked in some way and then came to Przechówko.  Sarcke Ratzlaff’s great grandfather was the first Przechówko Ratzlaff (36101) who had deserted from the Swedish military to join the Mennonites at Przechówko.  Abraham and Sarcke were 1st cousins once removed.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Daughter Sarcke married Ältester Benjamin Wedel (47896) who was growing up at #7 and went to Molotschna in 1820.⁶  Jacob became Ältester in 1785.⁵  He married Lehncke Ratzlaff (32956) and died in 1791 (Lehnke was Mrs. Jacob Pankratz (32955) at the time of the census, at #12).  Jacob was the compiler of the original Przechówko church records.

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: The couple likely lived on this farm in 1776.³  Abraham died in 1798; Sarcke in 1809 of old age and weakness. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households:  Abraham Richert’s mother was Trincke Ratzlaff (Unrausche, 47767) at #2 and his grandfather was Peter Ratzlaff (34062) Einwohner #3.  He was 1^st cousin to Sarcke Ratzlaff Schmidt (47867) Einwohner #2, nephew to the late Peter Ratzlaff (47673) Einwohner #4, half-nephew to Tobias Ratzlaff (42307) at #4, and half-nephew to Lehncke Ratzlaff Pankratz (32956) at #12.  Sarcke Ratzlaff Richert was sister to Ancke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (47810) at #11.  She was 1^st cousins with Trincke Ratzlaff (Unrausche, 47767) at #2, with Ancke Sparling Unrau at #3, with Trincke Schmidt Wedel (81620) at #7, and with Peter Ratzlaff (33043) Einwohner #1.  She was 1^st cousins 2 different ways with Sarcke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (47661) at Einwohner #4.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: #9 was equivalent to 36 acres.  Abraham kept 4 horses and 4 cows.  He also seeded 2.5 Scheffel of rye and fathered 9 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  He also leased his 1/9^th share of the Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Abraham Richert was elected minister in 1785 and was Ältester from 1791 - 1798.  Abraham’s brother, Johann Richert (32063), purchased this property from Abraham’s widow in 1799.⁹

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 10; Jacob (3699) and wife Liscke (3700) (Funck) Cornels.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Jacob (21yrs), Liscke Funck (19yrs), son, Abraham (5 months).¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: This was the youngest couple in the village.   Abraham (494) was their first child.  Liscke had been married previously to Behrent Voht (48296) but he must have died within a year or so of their wedding (1770) and there were no children.  Jacob and Liscke were married in 1771.  Did Jacob re-marry to Trincke Wedel (33796) before Liscke’s death?

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: The records do not tell us when Jacob’s parents died.  Liscke’s father (33793) Hans Funck and stepmother Trincke (35951) (Schmidt) were at Przechówko #1.

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages: Jacob’s grandfather, Abraham Cornels, came to Przechówko from the Andere Kandt and lived in Dorposch on the east (south) side of the Vistula.  Liscke was daughter to Hans Funck at #1.  Jacob and Liscke were 2nd cousins once removed.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Son Abraham was baptized at Vyshenka in 1789 and died in Radichev.  The Przechówko Church Record says the children went “to Russia with their mother” where they joined the Hutterites.

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: Liscke went with her sons to Vyshenka (the other son was Hans, 589), but the family was still in Przechówko in 1776.³  There are problems with listings for this family including a second wife for Jacob in 1779 - before Liscke became deceased.  Jacob died in 1807 in Reuchenburg (location unknown).  The recorded death date for Liscke is 1820.  Could Liscke have left Jacob and the Przechówko community to join the Hutterites and taken her 2 sons with her?

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Jacob had no other close relatives in the village.  His late uncle, Martin Cornels (33648) had been married to Sarcke Unrau Pankratz (33853) at #5 so the children to that marriage may be his closest relatives.  Liscke’s father (Hans Funck 33793) was at #1, and her aunt was Sarcke Unrau Pankratz (33853) at #5.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: Przechówko #10 was equivalent to 33.2 acres.  Jacob kept 3 horses, 5 cows, 2 heifers seeded 2.5 Scheffel of rye and gathered 9 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  This could be the most average farm in the village in terms of agricultural production.  Jacob also leased his 1/9^th of the Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Jacob Cornels moved to Schwetzer Kaempe shortly after the 1776 Mennonite census.  He sold this property to Jacob Pankratz (32955) who moved from property #12.⁹

 

 

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 11; Hans (47805) and wife Ancke (47810) (Ratzlaff) Ratzlaff.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Hans (46yrs), Ancke Ratzlaff (26yrs), son Peter (1yr), daughter Maricke (6yrd), 1 unknown farmhand, 2 unknown maids.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Hans had previously been married to Sarcke Becker (31989) (1^st cousin to Peter Becker 32095 at #8) but there were no children from that union.  Hans and Ancke had been married from 1761. 

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Parents of Hans and Ancke may have been deceased by census time.

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages: Hans could easily trace his father’s ancestors to the first Przechówko Ratzlaff (36101) and his mother’s ancestors to the first Przechówko Pankratz (273566).  Likewise, Ancke could trace her ancestry to the same Ratzlaff (36101) and to the first Przechówko Schmidt (58473).  Ancke and Hans were 1^st cousins once removed.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Maricke (47840) would grow up to first marry Andres Schmidt (32009).  Peter would grow up to marry Lehncke Ratzlaff (32956), who was Mrs. Jacob Pankratz (32955) (#12) at the time of the census (who then would marry Ältester Jacob Wedel (106634) growing up at #9, and then finally marry Peter as 3^rd husband).

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: The family remained in Przechówko beyond 1776.³  Hans died in 1778 and Ancke remarried to Hans Richert (32063) who was younger brother to Abraham Richert (48255) at #9/son to Unrausche (47767) at #2.  Ancke died in 1806 of inflammatory chest fever (pneumonia?) and typhus. 

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Hans was 1^st cousins with Trincke Ratzlaff Unrau (Unrausche, 47767), with Tobias Ratzlaff (42307) at #4, Sarcke Pankratz Unrau (32125) at #6, and with Lehncke Ratzlaff Pankratz (32956) at #12.  He was also nephew to Peter Ratzlaff (34062) Einwohner #3, and half-brother to the late Peter Ratzlaff (47673) Einwohner #4.  Ancke’s sister was Sarcke Ratzlaff Richert (47807) at #9.  She was also 1^st cousins with Unrausche (47767) at #2, with Ancke Sparling Unrau (32103) at #3, with Trincke Schmidt Wedel (81620) at #7, and 1^st cousins two different ways to Sarcke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (Ratzlaffsche, 47661) Einwohner #4.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: Hans farmed the equivalent of 38.7 acres.  He also kept 3 horses, 5 cows, 1 heifer, seeded 3 Scheffel of rye, and gathered 10 four-wheeled carts of hay.  Hans also leased his 1/9th of the neighboring Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Johann Richert (32063) acquired this property upon his marriage to widow Hans Ratzlaff (Ancke) in 1779.⁹

 

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Farm Number with Bauer and Wife: 12; Jacob (32955) and wife Lehncke (32956) (Ratzlaff) Pankratz.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Jacob Pankratz (25yrs), Lehncke Ratzlaff (20yrs), 1 daughter Ancke (3yrs), 1 unknown farm hand, 2 unknown maids.¹

Bauer and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: This is the only marriage for Jacob and first for Lehncke.  Subsequently, Lehncke will marry Aeltester Jacob Wedel (106634) who was a youth at #9 at census time, then Peter Ratzlaff (47866) who was a boy at #11 at census time.

Bauer and Wife’s Parents: Lehncke Ratzlaff’s parents are Peter (34062) and Maricke Ratzlaff (32891) (Einwohner #3).  The status of the Pankratz parents at census-time is unknown.

Bauer and Wife’s Lineages: Jacob’s great grandfather was the first Przechówko Pankratz (273566) coming from Jamerau on the east (south) side of the Vistula.  Lehncke was descended from Przechówko Ratzlaffs, Sparlings, and Schellenbergers.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: The only child at this point was Ancke Pankratz (32957).  She married first Jacob Pankratz (43069, a boy growing up in next-door Deutsch Konopat)¹ and then Jacob Buller (318737, became an original settler at Alexanderwohl after Ancke’s death).⁶  A younger son to Jacob and Lehncke (b1774, Jacob Pankratz, 43123) would be an original settler at Alexanderwohl.⁵

Notes on the Bauer and Wife: This family stayed in Przechówko beyond 1776.³  Lehncke married 2 more times and died in 1802, probably in Przechówko.  Jacob Pankratz died in 1778, at Przechówko #10.  He died of dropsy (edema).

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Jacob was a brother to Andreas Pankratz (43081) at #5 and 1st cousin with to Ancke Unrau Ratzlaff (33044) Einwohner #1, and with Heinrich Unrau (32124) at #6.  Lehncke was daughter to Peter (34062) and Maricke (32891) Ratzlaff Einwohner #3, sister to Tobias Ratzlaff (42307) #4, half-sister to Unrausche (47767) at #2, 1^st cousins with Hans Ratzlaff (47805) at #11 and to the late Peter Ratzlaff (47673) Einwohner #4.  She was also half-aunt to Abraham Richert (48255) at #9.

Notes on Farm Size and Production at Time of Census: #12 was the smallest farm in Przechówko; equivalent to only 16.6 acres.  Jacob kept 3 horses, 4 cows, seeded 1 Scheffel of rye, and gathered only 4 four-wheeled wagonloads of hay.  Jacob also leased 1/9^th of the adjacent Vorwerk.¹

Other Notes: Peter Becker (32099) acquired this property from Jacob Pankratz who moved to better property at #10, about 1776.⁹

 

 

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Household Number with Einwohner and Wife: Einwohner 1; Peter (33043) and wife Ancke (33044) (Unrau) Ratzlaff.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Peter Ratzlaff (31yrs), Ancke Unrau (23yrs), son Peter (3yrs), daughter Ancke (1 month), 1 unknown farm hand.¹

Einwohner and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: This is the only marriage for either spouse.

Einwohner and Wife’s Parents: Peter’s father, Adam Ratzlaff (36111), died in 1758.  The records do not indicate a year his mother’s death (Maricke Wedel 36392) but she would have been 49 years of age in 1773, her birthday falling 13 days after the census was taken.  Ancke’s step-mother was Unrausche (47767) at #2 and her father was deceased (Peter Unrau 39743).  Her mother, Trincke Wedel (39744) had died in 1757.

Einwohner and Wife’s Lineages: Peter could trace his ancestry back to early Przechówko Ratzlaffs, Wedels, and Richerts.  He’s one of the few in the village who had a Jantz ancestor (Peter Jantz, 39121).  Ancke could trace her ancestry back to early Przechówko Unraus, Wedels, and Richerts, and Jantzes.  Peter and Ancke were second cousins.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Son Peter (47881) would grow up to marry Ancke Schmidt (47890) in 1793 (Ancke was a young girl growing up in Jeziorki at the time of the census).¹  Daughter Ancke (33045) would grow up to marry Peter Buller (32855), also a youth growing up in Jeziorki at the time of the census.  We don’t know the fate of either Ancke or Peter.  2 younger sons, Adam (47882) and Benjamin (47884), were likely charter settlers at Frantzthal in the Molotschna Colony.

Notes on the Einwohner and Wife: This family was still in Przechówko in 1776.³  By the 1780s the family had clear ties to Jeziorki; Peter was minister in Jeziorki beginning in 1785⁵ and Ancke died 1806 in Jeziorki.  We do not know Peter’s death date.

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Peter was half-brother to Sarcke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (47661) Einwohner #4 and 1st cousins with Ancke Sparling Unrau (32103) at #3 as well as with Sarcke Ratzlaff Richert (47807) at #9.  He was nephew to Benjamin Wedel (81617) at #7, half-uncle to Sarcke Ratzlaff Schmidt (47867) Einwohner #2, and half-cousin to Peter Ratzlaff (34062) Einwohner #3.  Ancke was stepdaughter to Unrausche (47767) at #2, sister to Heinrich Unrau (32124) at #6, and 1st cousins with Andreas Pankratz (43081) at #5 and with Jacob Pankratz (32955) at #12.

Notes on Household Size and Production at Time of Census: This was an Einwohner family with no land and no animals except 1 cow.  Peter was a weaver.¹

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Household Number with Einwohner and Wife: Einwohner 2; Hans (58527) and wife Sarcke (47867) (Ratzlaff) Schmidt.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Hans Schmidt (32yrs); Sarcke Ratzlaff (27yrs); 2 sons: Peter (6yrs), and unknown (second son Hans born February 1774).¹

Einwohner and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: This is the only marriage for either spouse.

Einwohner and Wife’s Parents: Hans’ mother and father were already deceased by the time of the census.  Sarcke’s mother was still alive at einwohner #4 (Sarcke (Ratzlaff) Ratzlaffsche (47661)).

Einwohner and Wife’s Lineages:  Hans came from the Przechówko Schmidt (58473) and Wedel (403627) lines.   Sarcke had double-Ratzlaff ancestry since her parents were both Ratzlaffs (1^st cousins once removed).  Hans and Sarcke were 2^nd cousins once removed.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Son Peter (20625) would marry Ancke Wedel (47688).  According to the Przechówko Church Record, the couple’s second son was Hans, born 1 Feb 1774 (100096).  Is the Record wrong about his birth date and could he have already been born at the time of the census?  Hans died in 1813 of scarlet fever and should be buried at Przechówko.

Notes on the Einwohner and Wife: This family was still listed in Przechówko in 1776.³  Sarcke died in 1804 of small pox or spotted fever and pneumonia.  Hans died in 1811 of old age infirmities.

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Hans was 1st cousins with Trincke Schmidt Funck (35951) at #1 and with Trincke Schmidt Ratzlaff (42308) at #4.  Sarcke was daughter to Peter Ratzlaff (47673) and Sarcke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (47661) Einwohner #4, 1st cousins with Abraham Richert (48255) at #9, and half-niece to Peter Ratzlaff (33043) Einwohner #1.

Notes on Household Size and Production at Time of Census: This was an Einwohner family with no land and no animals except 1 cow.¹

 

 

 

 

 

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Household Number with Einwohner and Wife: Einwohner 3; Peter (34062) and wife Maricke 32891(Sparling) Ratzlaff.

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Peter (84yrs), Maricke Sparling (58yrs), and 1 unknown daughter.¹

Einwohner and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: Peter’s first wife was Sarcke Schmidt (34063) who died before 1730 (they were married c1716).  One child to this marriage was living in the village – Unrausche (47767) at #2 – and a grandson to that marriage is Abraham Richert (48255) at #9.  Another son, Peter (47768), went to Neumark along with his uncle Jeorgen (47724) in late spring of 1765.⁸  The marriage to Peter is Maricke’s only marriage. 

Einwohner and Wife’s Parents: Peter was the oldest man in the village; his parents were deceased by 1773.  Maricke’s parents were also likely deceased by 1773 although the records do not indicate it. 

Einwohner and Wife’s Lineages:  Peter was an old-timer; his grandpa Hans Ratzlaff (36103) was son to the first Przechówko Ratzlaff (36101).   Maricke’s grandpa Sparling (53721) was the first Sparling in Przechówko and her grandpa Tobias Schellenberger (49287) was son to the first Schellenberger (118266).  Peter and Maricke were not related in any known way.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: One daughter is listed but who can this be?  Peter and Maricke’s daughters were Maricke (47770), Buschcke (47771), Liscke (32892), Ancke (47772), and Lehncke (32956).  Maricke married Cornelius Voth (83563), Buschcke married  Heinrich Voth (106633), and Ancke married Jacob Thoms (100061).   All 3 of these were in the Neumark villages by 1773.⁸  Liscke was married to Ehrenst Schmidt (43124) living in Konopat in 1773).¹  Lehncke is Mrs. Jacob Pankratz at #12.  There shouldn’t have been any daughters left in the household by 1773.  The youngest child, Hans (32137), died at 4 years old in 1759.

Notes on the Einwohner and Wife: Peter Ratzlaff was the oldest man in the village.  He was minister from before 1743 until 1775.⁵  Peter would die in 1775 – a little more than 2 years out from the census.  Maricke died in 1791 of weakness and old age.  The couple was not listed in the village in the 1776 census.³

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Tobias Ratzlaff (42307) at #4 was a son and Lehncke Ratzlaff Pankratz (32956) at #12 was a daughter to this couple.  Unrausche (47767) at #2 was Peter’s oldest daughter and Abraham Richert (48255) at #9 was Peter’s grandson.  Hans Ratzlaff (47805) at #11 and the late Peter Ratzlaff (47673) Einwohner #4 were both nephews to Peter.  Peter was half 1^st cousins with Ancke Sparling Unrau (32103) at #3, with Peter Ratzlaff (33043) Einwohner #1, and with Sarcke Ratzlaffsche (47661) Einwohner #4.  Maricke was a 1^st cousin once removed to Ancke Sparling Unrau (32103) at #3.

Notes on Household Size and Production at Time of Census: This was an Einwohner family with no land and no animals except 1 cow.¹

 

Village Klein Przechowo (Przechówko) Household Number with Einwohner and Wife: Einwohner 4; Peter (47673) and wife Sarcke (Ratzlaff) Ratzlaff.  She’s a widow so she’s known as Ratzlaffsche (47661).

Persons Living in the Household at the Time of the Census with their Ages: Sarcke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (48yrs); 3 women total, 2 sons, and 2 daughters.¹  Sons: Peter (c19), Hans (c17)?  Daughter Efcke (c20)?  Who were the other 2 women?  Householder Peter Ratzlaff had died in 1770 2 years and 11 months before the census was taken.

Einwohner and Wife’s Previous Marriages and Children: This is the only marriage for either Sarcke or Peter Ratzlaff.  They were married in October 1742.

Einwohner and Wife’s Parents: The parents of both Peter and Sarcke Ratzlaff were likely all deceased by the time of the census.

Einwohner and Wife’s Lineages:  Peter was descended from the first Przechówko Ratzlaff and his maternal grandpa was Johan Becker (31913) a minister from Kokocko and supposedly the first Becker at Przechówko.  Sarcke was descended from the first Przechówko Ratzlaffs and Schmidts.  Peter and Sarcke were 1^st cousins once removed.

Notes on the Children living in the Household: Son Peter (47869) secretly left to join the Prussian Army at Graudentz before his baptism.  Son Hans (47870) left in 1786 to join the Hussars.  We don’t what happened to daughter Efcke (47868).  The older children were Sarcke (47867) and Adam (47674).  Sarcke was married to Hans Schmidt (58527) with 1 child, living at Einwohner household #2.  Adam was married in 1771 to Ancke Voht (47675) but we do not know where they lived.  Adam became one of the last Ratzlaffs living in Przechówko (died 1826) and Lutheran records indicate he was buried in the village cemetery.

Notes on the Einwohner and Wife: Peter died in 1770, Sarcke died in 1804.  She was not listed in Przechówko for the 1776 census.³

Relationships with Those in Other Households: Peter was father to Sarcke Ratzlaff Schmidt (47867) Einwohner #2 and half-brother to Hans Ratzlaff (47805) at #11.  He was uncle to Abraham Richert (48255) at #9, and nephew to Peter Ratzlaff (34062) Einwohner #3.  Peter was also 1st cousins with Trincke Ratzlaff Unrausche (47767) at #2, with Tobias Ratzlaff (42307) at #4, with Peter Becker (32095) at #8, and with Lehncke Ratzlaff Pankratz (32956) at #12.  Sarcke was mother to Sarcke Ratzlaff Schmidt (47867) Einwohner #2, and half-sister to Peter Ratzlaff (33043) Einwohner #1.  She was 1^st cousins with Unrausche (47767) at #2, with Ancke Sparling Unrau (32103) at #3, and with Trincke Schmidt Wedel (81620) at #7.  She was also 1^st cousin (2 different ways) with Sarcke Ratzlaff Richert (47807) at #9 and 1^st cousin (2 different ways) with Ancke Ratzlaff Ratzlaff (47810) at #11.  Finally, she was half 1^st cousins with Peter Ratzlaff (34062) Einwohner #3.

Notes on Household Size and Production at Time of Census:  This was an Einwohner family with no land and no animals except 1 cow.¹

 

 

Notes/Sources:

All information is sourced from the Przechówko Church Records via the GRanDMA database (GMOL, version 7.4.39) except:

 

1.       Village Klein Przechowo including Beckersitz, translated by Sabine Akabayov, from The 1772 Census of West Prussia: Villages Containing Mennonites; Geheimes Staatsarchiv II HA GD Abt. 9, Tit. 93 (https://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/1772/West_Prussia_Census_1772.pdf), June 2023.  Extracted by Glenn H. Penner.  See also villages of Deutsch Konopat and Jeziorki.

2.       Orlofferfelde Chronik  (https://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/cong_303/ok63/orlofferfeldechronik.html), June 2023.  Transcribed by Merle Schlabaugh, 2022; translated by John D. Richert 2022.

3.       The Complete 1776 Census of Mennonites in West Prussia, (https://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/prussia/1776_West_Prussia_Census.pdf), June 2023.  Compiled by Glenn H Penner 2017.

4.       Przechowka Cemetery Gravestones (https://b6a72436-8fd5-4db5-962c-11f2eecb68d5.filesusr.com/ugd/fec721_a3dae4918e194c00b59c0634e1ca07c5.pdf), June 2023.  Rodney D Ratzlaff 2022.

5.       The Groningen Old Flemish Society of Mennonites in Poland, Prussia and Russia. Mennonite Family History, April 2023, p. 112 (Richert, Ratzlaff).

6.       Richert, John D., “Founders of Alexanderwohl, Molotschna Colony, Taurida Province, South Russia, 1821 to 1833.”  2018.

7.       Przechowka, West Prussia, Memberships lists for 1715 and 1733 from the Travel Diary of Hendrik Berents Hulshoff (https://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/cong_15/hulshoff.pdf), June 2023.  Translated by Glenn H Penner 2017.

8.       Richert, John D., “Mennonite Families in the Neumark Region, Brandenburg, Prussia, 1765-1834.”  2019.

9.       Richert, John D. “Mennonite Properties in the Schwetz Region, West Prussia, 1772-1824.” 2023.

10.   The Przechowko Church Records list two Voth progenitors: Ohm Lehrer Voth (70361) #1044 and (70364) whose name is given only as  in the records, at #1045.  Do these two entries represent the same person?

 

 

 

 

 

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[a] An emphyteutic lease was one which granted the land to a tenant for a very long period of time; 40 or 50 years.  The tenant enjoyed many benefits of landownership but was typically obligated to improve the property in some way.

[b] Przechowo: Act of Granting the Hereditary Possession of a Half of the Przechowo Vorwerk to 7 Previous Emphiteutic Tenants; 1774, 20th May. https://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/VI_53/Bydgoszcz/Przechowko/PrzechowkoBlatt6BydgoszczArchivesFond1881FileXXXX/IMG_3846.JPG, June 2023.  Translated by Michał Targowski, 2020.

 

[c] Niedwitzer oder Klein Schwetzer Niederung.  Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz; XI. HA, PKM, G Nr. 1622.