Re: Eck family from Rineck, Baden to Va. & N.Y.
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Eck family from Rineck, Baden to Va. & N.Y.
Paul E. Thurston 2/10/10
More information on the Eck family:
Nikolaus & Margaretha Eck had two sons that had descendants that came to the United States, that I have found so far.
Johann Eck married Anna Maria nee Schmittin (b. ca. 1771, Waldenburg, d. 10 Apr. 1831, Rineck) on 4th March 1793.They had two sons that came to the U.S., Johann Carl (John Charles) and Johann Joseph Eck.
Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Eck (b. ca. 1775, d. 16 May 1841, Rineck) married Maria Magdalena (Mary Magdalen) Kamppin (b. ca. 1785, d. 26 Aug. 1861, Philadelphia, Pa.) on 17th July 1808.They had at least five children that came to the U.S., Eva Magdalena Neff, Heinrich, Joahnn Joseph, Johann (John) and Johann Martin Eck.
Heinrich & Katharina Eck and their family emigrated with the first group.The departure followed the last day of September 1849.The neighbouring villages had to send wagons for the transport from Rineck to Eberbach and from there they were transported by ship to Mannheim.On 3rd October 1849 they departed Mannheim.At first they travelled by ship to Köln (Cologne), then by train to Bremen, then again to Bremerhaven, where they boarded the ship, 'Louisiana' on 10th October.After a 34-day voyage, 169 people finally landed in New York City; one mother with a child died, and three children were born at sea.The Baden Council, Schmidt, handed 24 gulden to every head of a household, and to each family member and each independent person was given 10 gulden and left to their own fate.
Magdalena Eck, widow of Johann Heinrich Eck left with the second group of emigrants, as well as her children:Magdalena, Joseph, Johann and Martin & their families.They left Rineck on 11th May 1850, and embarked at Mannheim on 13th May 1850, left Köln (Cologne) by train to Antwerp and from there sailed on the ship 'Roscoe' for New York City on 15th May 1850.Father Mathias Volk, pastor of Sankt Georg Kirche in Rittersbach, accompanied this group as far as Antwerp.To the emigrants were handed 24 gulden to every head of a household, and to each family member and each independent person was given 10 gulden and left to their own fate.
Johann & Karoline are listed with both the first group and the second group, so for some reason they did not emigrate with the first group as originally planned.Caroline’s name is spelled Karoline on the first list and Karolina on the second list.
On the web-site for Gemeinde Elztal is the book that I think includes Rineck, although it is not listed in the title.Heimatbuch Muckental: 12,50 € ($16.93)"Schicksale zweier Dörfer im Odenwald" von Karl Wilhelm Beichert
http://www.elztal.de/index.php?heimatbuecherhttp://www.elztal.de/index.php?heimatbuecher
I do not know if they would ship it to the United States and it is in German.
Karl Wilhelm Biechert's friend from England, Roger High, is translating the book into English.He is translating the German to capture the author’s true meaning and writing style.I do not know how long this might take or when it may be published.
Heinrich (son of Heinrich & Magdalena) settled in Richmond, Virginia.His mother, Magdalena Eck, his sister Magdalena Neff, his brothers Joseph and Martin, as well as his 1st-cousin, Carl Eck, settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.His brother Johann and his 1st-cousin Joseph Eck settled in Ulster County, New York.
Father Mathias Volk, pastor of Sankt Georg Kirche (Saint George's Roman Catholic Church) in Rittersbach, gave every person a handwritten document with their birth, baptism etc. and he gave each head of a family a compete transcript of what the parish records had on that particular family covering multiple generations.
Deo Vindice,
Paul E. Thurston