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Dorothea WITT 1689–1758 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 JAN 1689

Birth Location: Trutenau, Kirchspiel Quednau

Death Date: 30 APR 1758

Death Location: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau

Father: Wilhelm WITT

Mother: Anna SCHWELL

Spouse(s): Michael (BESACK)

Children(s): Anna (BESACK), Christoph (BESACK), Gottfried (BESACK), Jacob (BESACK), Lovisa (BESACK), Maria (BESACK)

Dorothea WITT was born in 1689 in Trutenau, Kirchspiel Quednau, the child of Wilhelm Witt And Anna Schwell. Dorothea WITT married Michael Peschack Besack, and had children including Anna Catharina Peschack Besack, Christoph Peschack Besack, Gottfried Peschack Besack, Jacob Peschack Besack, Lovisa Peschack Besack, Maria Elisabeth Peschack Besack. Dorothea WITT passed away in 1758 in Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau.

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Biography

  • Dorothea WITT was born in 1689 in Trutenau, Kirchspiel Quednau, the child of Wilhelm Witt And Anna Schwell.
  • Dorothea WITT married Michael Peschack Besack, and had children including Anna Catharina Peschack Besack, Christoph Peschack Besack, Gottfried Peschack Besack, Jacob Peschack Besack, Lovisa Peschack Besack, Maria Elisabeth Peschack Besack.
  • Dorothea WITT passed away in 1758 in Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wilhelm WITT
1650–
Birth Location: –
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Anna SCHWELL
1655–
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Michael (BESACK)
1684–1754
Birth Location: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
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Children(s)

Anna (BESACK)
1720–
Birth Location: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
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Christoph (BESACK)
1725–1800
Birth Location: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
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Gottfried (BESACK)
1721–
Birth Location: Stantau, Kreis Königsberg
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Jacob (BESACK)
1718–
Birth Location: Stantau, Kreis Königsberg
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Lovisa (BESACK)
1722–1782
Birth Location: –
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Maria (BESACK)
1719–1782
Birth Location: Stantau, Kirchspiel Quednau
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Dorothea WITT's Ancestors

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Dorothea WITT
1689–1758
Birth Place: Trutenau, Kirchspiel Quednau
Parents
Wilhelm WITT
1650–
Anna SCHWELL
1655–
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothea WITT's Descendants

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Dorothea WITT (9 JAN 1689–30 APR 1758) m. Michael (PESCHACK) (BESACK) (13 FEB 1684–27 JAN 1754)
  1. 1. Anna (Catharina PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1720–
  2. 2. Christoph (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1725–1800 m. Dorothea WITT 1729–1802
    1. 1. Anna (Dorothea PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1765–1841 m. Johann (Gottfried) MORR 1761–1838
      1. 1. Anna (Regina) MORR 1794–1826 m. Gottfried WITT 1782–1841
        1. 1. Anna (Elisabeth) WITT 1814– m. Johann (Gottlieb) WITT 1823–
        2. 2. Anna (Lovisa) WITT 1810–
        3. 3. Anna (Regina) WITT 1816–1847
        4. 4. Carolina (Justina) WITT 1819–
        5. 5. Gottfried (Wilhelm) WITT 1821–
        6. 6. Johann (Christoph) WITT 1813–1813
        7. 7. Johann (Gottlieb) WITT 1824–1875 m. Johanna (Friederike) SCHOEL 1830–
      2. 2. Christoph MORR 1788–1806
      3. 3. Gottfried MORR 1798–1798
      4. 4. Gottlieb MORR 1799–1800
      5. 5. Helena (Dorothea) MORR 1796–1796
      6. 6. Lovisa (Sophia Dorothea) MORR 1793–1793
      7. 7. Maria (Elisabeth) MORR 1786–1807 m. Johann (Friedrich) BECKMANN 1780–1858
        1. 1. Anna (Louisa) BECKMANN 1804–1805
        2. 2. Anna (Regina) BECKMANN 1807–1807
      8. 8. totgeborener (Sohn) MORR 1790–1790
      9. 9. totgeborener (Sohn) MORR 1800–1800
      10. 10. totgeborener (Sohn) MORR 1797–1797
    2. 2. Christoph (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1755–1757
    3. 3. Elisabeth (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1768–
    4. 4. Gottfried (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1757–1807 m. Maria (Elisabeth) NEHRENHEIM 1760–1821
      1. 1. Anna (Loysa) PESCHACK 1791–1799
      2. 2. Anna (Regina) PESCHACK 1794–1874 m. Christian RODDE 1792–
        1. 1. Anna (Elisabeth) RODDE 1817–1819
        2. 2. Anna (Loysa) RODDE 1814–1816
        3. 3. Augustina RODDE 1833–1833
        4. 4. Carolina (Florentina) RODDE 1835– m. Friedrich (Wilhelm) CHRISTINER 1828–
        5. 5. Christian (Friedrich) RODDE 1828– m. Charlotte MELLER 1833–1856
        6. 6. Gottfried RODDE 1822–1827
        7. 7. Johann (Christoph) RODDE 1819–
        8. 8. Regina (Amalia) RODDE 1825–1827
        9. 9. Wilhelm (August) RODDE 1830–1833
      3. 3. Christoph PESCHACK 1781–1781
      4. 4. Gottfried PESCHACK 1784–1799
      5. 5. Johann (Christoph) PESCHACK 1786–1799
      6. 6. Johann (Gottlieb) PESCHACK 1790–1790
      7. 7. Maria (Elisabeth) PESCHACK 1799–1810
    5. 5. Loysa (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1750–
    6. 6. Maria (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1753– m. Johann (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1752–1776 m. Johann (Gottfried) SPECKIEN 1748–
      1. 1. Gottfried (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1776–1776
      2. 2. Anna (Dorothea) SPECKIEN 1785–
      3. 3. Johann (Gottlieb) SPECKIEN 1782–1874
    7. 7. Regina (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1761–1762
  3. 3. Gottfried (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1721–
  4. 4. Jacob (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1718–
  5. 5. Lovisa (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1722–1782 m. Jacob (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1718–1758 m. Andreas WINKLER 1731–1807
    1. 1. Anna (Dorothea BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1746–1747
    2. 2. Dorothea (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1756–1781
    3. 3. Lovisa (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1748–
    4. 4. Maria (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1749– m. Michael SIEDLER 1741–
    5. 5. Regina (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1753–1796 m. Johann (Friedrich) GERLACH 1749–1819
      1. 1. Anna (Charlotta) GERLACH 1785–
      2. 2. Anna (Dorothea) GERLACH 1781– m. Johann (Gottfried) STEINHAUER 1747–1812
        1. 1. Anna (Loysa) STEINHAUER 1808–
        2. 2. Johann (Christoph) STEINHAUER 1801–
      3. 3. Anna (Lovisa) GERLACH 1775–1775
      4. 4. Anna (Regina) GERLACH 1776–1781
      5. 5. Catharina (Elisabeth) GERLACH 1779–
      6. 6. Johann (Christoph) GERLACH 1788– m. Anna (Christina) MOLDEHNKE 1793–
        1. 1. August (Hermann) GERLACH 1821–
        2. 2. Johann (Friedrich) GERLACH 1816–
        3. 3. Louise (Justine) GERLACH 1814–
      7. 7. Johann (Christoph) GERLACH 1782–1783
      8. 8. Johann (Gottfried) GERLACH 1778–1778
    6. 6. Catharina (Elisabeth) WINKLER 1761– m. Christian BRAUN 1767–1804 m. Christoph MAY 1756–1794
      1. 1. Anna (Dorothea) BRAUN 1799–1854 m. Johann (Gottlieb) SCHIEDLER 1800–
        1. 1. Anna (Dorothea) SCHIEDLER 1828–1831
        2. 2. Carl (August) SCHIEDLER 1843–1844
        3. 3. Carolina (Wilhelmina) SCHIEDLER 1847–
        4. 4. Charlotta (Amalia) SCHIEDLER 1837–
        5. 5. Dorothea (Wilhelmina) SCHIEDLER 1834–
        6. 6. Gottlieb (Leopold) SCHIEDLER 1843–
        7. 7. Henriette (Wilhelmina) SCHIEDLER 1831–
        8. 8. Johann (Gottfried Carl) SCHIEDLER 1840–
        9. 9. Louisa (Charlotta) SCHIEDLER 1826–
      2. 2. Anna (Louisa) BRAUN 1801–1802
      3. 3. Johann (Christian) BRAUN 1803–1806
      4. 4. Johann (Gottlieb) BRAUN 1796–1861 m. Louisa (Dorothea) KREUTZENSTEIN 1803–1839
        1. 1. Anna (Louisa) BRAUN 1828– m. Johann (Gottlieb) HÜBNER 1834–
        2. 2. Carl (August) BRAUN 1830–
        3. 3. Carolina (Wilhelmina) BRAUN 1825–
        4. 4. Charlotta (Amalia) BRAUN 1837–
        5. 5. Gottlieb (Heinrich) BRAUN 1834–
        6. 6. Henriette (Amalia) BRAUN 1835–
        7. 7. Johann (Gottfried) BRAUN 1823–
      5. 5. Anna (Charlotta) MAY 1793–
      6. 6. Anna (Loysa) MAY 1786–1786
      7. 7. Anna (Regina) MAY 1783–1819 m. Carl (Ludwig BEHRING) (BAEHRING) 1782–
        1. 1. Anna (Carolina BEHRING) (BAEHRING) 1812–1814
        2. 2. Anna (Regina BEHRING) (BAEHRING) 1809–
        3. 3. Johann (Gottfried BEHRING) (BAEHRING) 1807–1808
        4. 4. Lovisa (BEHRING) (BAEHRING) 1815–
      8. 8. Catharina (Elisabeth) MAY 1790–
      9. 9. Johann (Gottfried) MAY 1787–1862 m. Maria (Dorothea) LENGNICK 1786–1838
        1. 1. Johann (Carl (Karl) MAY) (MEY 1824–
        2. 2. Anna (Elisabeth) MAY 1815– m. Gottfried KLEIN 1807–
        3. 3. Anna (Louisa) MAY 1813–1855 m. Friedrich LENGNICK 1810–
        4. 4. Anna (Regina Henriette) MAY 1819– m. Friedrich (August) BERNHARDT 1828–
        5. 5. Catharina (Dorothea) MAY 1817–1845 m. Johann (Wilhelm) GEHRKE 1816–
        6. 6. Charlotta (Christlieb) MAY 1821– m. Friedrich (Wilhelm) LAU 1822–
        7. 7. Ferdinand (Leopold) MAY 1827–1856
        8. 8. Gottfried (Samuel) MAY 1810–
        9. 9. Gottlieb MAY 1809–1810
    7. 7. Gottfried WINKLER 1763–1766
  6. 6. Maria (Elisabeth PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1719–1782 m. Johann ((Hans) BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1711–1767
    1. 1. Anna (Dorothea BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1739–
    2. 2. Barbara (Elisabeth BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1748–1750
    3. 3. Gottfried (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1754–
    4. 4. Johann (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1752–1776 m. Maria (PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1753–
    5. 5. Loysa (BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1742–1789 m. Christoph GEHRKE 1734–1806
      1. 1. Anna (Dorothea) GEHRKE 1761–
      2. 2. Anna (Regina) GEHRKE 1781–1825 m. Johann (Gottfried) GEHRKE 1778–1841
        1. 1. Anna (Dorothea) GEHRKE 1805–
        2. 2. Anna (Loysa) GEHRKE 1807–1807
        3. 3. Anna (Regina) GEHRKE 1803–1863 m. Johann (Erdmann) DROMIEN 1812– m. Johann (Christoph) LAU 1790–1835
        4. 4. Carl (Ferdinand) GEHRKE 1822–1823
        5. 5. Charlotta GEHRKE 1812–
        6. 6. Christoph GEHRKE 1810–
        7. 7. Friedrich (Johann) GEHRKE 1816–
        8. 8. Gottlieb GEHRKE 1808–1808
        9. 9. Johann (Gottfried) GEHRKE 1809–1809
        10. 10. Johann (Gottfried) GEHRKE 1821–
        11. 11. Johann (Gottlieb) GEHRKE 1825–1825
        12. 12. Juliana GEHRKE 1820–1821
        13. 13. tote (Tochter) GEHRKE 1815–1815
      3. 3. Barbara (Elisabeth) GEHRKE 1772–1774
      4. 4. Christian GEHRKE 1775–1808
      5. 5. Christoph GEHRKE 1764–1771
      6. 6. Friedrich GEHRKE 1770–1851 m. Anna (Dorothea) GEHRKE 1771–1831
        1. 1. Anna (Loysa) GEHRKE 1806–1807
        2. 2. Anna (Regina) GEHRKE 1808–1833 m. Carl (Ludwig) GEHLHAAR 1803–1848
        3. 3. Johann (Christoph) GEHRKE 1808–1809
        4. 4. Johann (Gottfried) GEHRKE 1811–1848 m. Anna (Regina) GEELHAAR 1814– m. Carolina (Henriette PESCHACK) (BESACK) 1817–
      7. 7. Gottfried GEHRKE 1768–1796 m. Anna (Regina) WIEMANN 1752–
      8. 8. Gottlieb GEHRKE 1777–
      9. 9. Louisa GEHRKE 1766–1797 m. Gottfried LEMKE 1749–1813
        1. 1. Friedrich LEMKE 1795–1795
    6. 6. Maria (Elisabeth BANDUHN) (PANTHUN) 1745– m. Gottfried LAU 1743–
      1. 1. Anna (Dorothea) LAU 1775–
      2. 2. Christoph LAU 1771–
      3. 3. Johann (Gottfried) LAU 1773–1773
      4. 4. Loysa LAU 1769–

Dorothea WITT's Timeline

2 Records

1689
9 JAN 1689
Birth of Dorothea WITT in Trutenau, Kirchspiel Quednau
Trutenau, Kirchspiel Quednau
1758
30 APR 1758
Age 69
Death of Dorothea WITT in Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 JAN 1689
    Event Place: Trutenau, Kirchspiel Quednau

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 APR 1758
    Event Place: Aweyken, Kirchspiel Quednau
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