After accidentally discovering the place from which the very rare family name Zeuzheim (Zeutzheim, Zeutzem, Zeitzem) is probably derived, I had a look at my files and found ancient copies from a residents register (Ortsfamilienbuch) of Horchheim, the village (now part of Koblenz) where all known Zeuzheim people appear to have their origins. For direct ancestors we also have copies or transcripts of the relevant documents from the (catholic) church archives. For other descendants, we just go by the book.
So here are the descendants of the earliest Zeuzheim person I know of, namely Johannes Zeutzem. He was married to Magdalena and had at least five children with her, born 1661-1668, and then to Margaretha, with whom he had his last known child, born 1675. No further details are known regarding either of the wives.
Close-up of the Zeuzheim sign on the station of Niederzeuzheim, from the photo I used before.
I'll first list the six children on their own, and then again with all their spouses and descendants. I'm marking twins in the list, as my Krefeld Clan has a conspicuous number of twin births and this seems to be something that came down from the Zeuzheim side. I've also marked godmothers and godfathers where necessary to explain the unexpected choices of posh first names. A few people were employed by the local nobility which may explain some of the high-born godfathers and godmothers. The De la Strada lineage has a similar background in the service of the house of Nassau at Oranienstein (near Diez, just south of Horchheim).
1. Hans Michael ~ 6.3.1661
2. Johannes ~ 2.4.1663
3. Sophia ~ 25.5.1665
4. Lorenz ~ 9.3.1667
5. Eva Elisabeth ~ 27.11.1668
6. Lucas ~ 23.10.1675
Note that in this generation there is also an Anton Zeutzem married to Maria Flory and having children from 1685 to 1695. Not clear what the relation to the family of Johannes is, but it seems to suggest that Johannes is not the only Zeuzheim in his generation. There is also a widower named Jakob Zeutzheim. He died in 1707 aged 54, so this couple would have been a bit younger than our founder couple.
Now the whole clan. I think I have all the grandchildren - it gets confusing after that because the same names are popping up in parallel families and from the data in the register it is not always clear which of the Jakobs or Johanns Z. a particular family should be attached to:
1. Hans Michael ~ 6.3.1661
oo Anna Gertrud Enkrich
1.1 Anna Barbara ~ 15.3.1690
1.2. Otilie * 14. / ~ 17.5.1693
1.3. Maria ~ 21.9.1695
1.4. Eulalia ~ 26.10.1698
1.5. Jakob ~ 17.8.1700 + 2.3.1752
oo 25.1.1729 Maria Magdalena Saur (2nd oo 1754 Joh. Sauer)
1.5.1. Johannes * 5.2.1730
1.5.2. Johannes * 14.11.1731
1.5.3. Anna Katharina * 14.3.1736 oo 11.1.1757 Joseph Margareta, Schuhmacher in Thal
5 children born 1757-1762
oo 23.10.1763 Karl Joseph Henrich
8 children born 1764-1780
1.5.4. Franz * 9.2.1738
1.5.5. Philipp Friedrich 9.2.1741 (godfather: PF Baron von Reiffenberg)
1.5.6. Eleonora Katharina Juliana * 5.7.1743 (godmother: EKJ von Reiffenberg, nee von Wasenburg)
oo 9.1.1765 Johann Irsch, gardener with the baron von Eyhs (NB a bit of tragedy piling up here, Eleonora died in 1768 at age 24, her daughter three years later just before her sixth birthday, and Johann Irsch went on to marry Agnes Nickenich, have four children with her within four years (including a set of twins, one of whom died after 10 days) just to die at age 27.)
1.5.6.1. Theresia * 20.10.1765
1.5.7. Margaretha Helena * 5.7.1743 twins with 1.5.6. Her name changed to Maria Magdalena by the time she oo 11.11.1765 Philipp Delastrada but it's definitely the same person, as per a note on her baptism entry confirming that she's the one who married Philipp. The archivist who sent us the transcripts suggested it is most likely that she was called Lena and abbreviated her first Christian name to M., and when she got married and needed a more official name, somebody wrongly expanded the shorter version into Maria Magdalena. These two are the grandparents of Elisabetha de la Strada.
1.5.8. Anna Gertrud ~5.11.1748
1.5.9. Gertrud * 16.8.1751
1.6. Johann Peter ~ 12.3.1703 oo 6.6.1724 Anna Zander + 9.3.1765 aged 72 (see also GedBas)
1.6.1. Jakob * 3.1.1725
1.6.2. Franz *23.6.1726 + before 1793
oo 30.1.1753 Veronica Freusburger from Valendar + 12.10.1793 aged 66 "ob languore"
6 children including Johann Georg Zeutzheim (*27.11.1758) whose family is on GedBas (they are the only grandchildren of Johann Peter listed there)
1.6.3. Johann Georg * 4.6.1729 + 18.3.1796 from asthma
oo 31.1.1758 Elisabeth Mohr from Kobern + 22.10.1775 aged 41 after long term tuberculosis
7 children including a set of twins
2nd oo 11.6.1776 Anna Katharina Struth + 25.2.1795 aged 67, stroke
1.6.4. Matthias ~ 8.11.1733
1.6.5. Johannes * 28.8.1734 oo 27.6.1763 Maria Volcker from Kamp
1.6.6. Anna Katharina * 11.1.1738 + 8.10.1774
1.6.6.1 Veronika Z. * 6.4.1761 + 17.12.1761 (father: Friedrich Augstein from Ruedesheim)
1.6.6.2. Anna Clara *15.6.1765 + 18.6.1765 (father: Joseph Blath, French soldier)
1.6.7. Albertina Franziska 9.7.1740 (godmother: AF von Heddesdorff)
2. Johannes ~ 2.4.1663 oo Maria Margaretha
2.1 Johannes ~ 28.3.1701
3. Sophia ~ 25.5.1665
4. Lorenz ~ 9.3.1667
5. Eva Elisabeth ~ 27.11.1668
6. Lucas ~ 23.10.1675
NB the Horchheim book notes no death or any other further events for the four youngest children - so we're left to hope they lived happily somewhere else. There are Zeuzheim links to the neighbouring village of Pfaffendorf, for instance, now also a part of Koblenz.
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