Die nachstehend aufgef�hrte Person ist mein Vorfahr:
Johann Leonhard Schl�pp
Geburtsdatum: 20 August 1748 (1746?)
Geburtsort: Frankfurt oder Markt Taschendorf
Auswanderungsdatum: 1766
Religion: evangelisch-reformiert?
I'm looking for a record of baptism of Johann Leonhard Schloepp, born 20 Aug. 1748 (or 1746) in Franconia, either in Frankfurt (Evangelical parish of Obersteinbach) or Markt Taschendorf (Evangelical parish of Taschendorf). Both are in the district (Kreis) of Scheinfeld and the province of Mittelfranken. The Family History Library has not microfilmed the church records for either Frankfurt or Markt Taschendorf.
An item in the Philadelphische Correspondenz, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 9 Sept. 1791, says:
"Inquiry for Johann Leonhard Schloepp and Johann Maar, from Mt. Taschendorf, in Frankischen Kreis of Germany (Franconia), belonging to Reichsfreyherr von Kuenstberg Amt Obersteinbach, who left there in 1766 for America. Schloepp wrote his parents, June 16, 1774, from the potash factory in New York, where he was employed as a cooper."
Other sources say Leonard was born at "Frankfurt-on-the-Cross" which I assume is the village of Frankfurt near Markt Taschendorf. The newspaper item mentions Obersteinbach, and Frankfurt is in the Evangelical parish of Obersteinbach.
I contacted the Lutheran church at Markt Taschendorf, Bavaria. The pastor didn't find the 1746/1748 record of baptism for Johann Leonhard Schloepp and forwarded my request to the pastor at Frankfurt. He cannot find his church's records from this time period.
Johann Leonhard Schloepp emigrated to New York in 1766 and was married, probably in New York City in about 1781, to Elizabeth Reissner. She belonged to the German Reformed Church, so maybe Johann Leonhard did, too.
I had wondered if Johann Leonard Schl�pp might have been Catholic, so I wrote to the Di�zesanarchiv Eichst�tt which has Catholic records for Bavaria. Dr. Bruno Lengenfelder, Di�zesanarchivar, replied that in the 1700s Frankfurt was part of the "fr�nkischen Reichskreis." For Lutheran records, he suggested that I write to: Pfarramt Kirchrimbach, Kirchrimbach 47, 96152 Burghaslach. Do you know if the 18th century Lutheran or Reformed records of Frankfurt might be at Kirchrimbach?
The Kirchenbuchsarchiv Regensburg <Berliner Testament; has records of some churches in Bavaria (except for Nuremberg), but Frankfurt and Markt Taschendorf are not listed on its Web site.
Thanks for any help.
Rick Crume
Glyndon, Minnesota, USA