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- Her family name is in some question. Unfortunately, the marriage records for Oberseebach, Alsace, France, for the period 1682 through 1755 are missing. We only know that the marriage took place there about 1720.
Other records do exist. According to French archives in Strasbourg, France, for the church in Oberseebach, on 4/15/1724, one Phillippe J. Probst was godfather to Marie Marguerite Anthes, daughter of Henri (Heinrich?) Anthes and his wife Eve (Eva) (nee Christ). The godmother, standing with Philipp Jacob, of Marie Marguerite Anthes was Marie Marguerite Christin (Christ). That same Marie Marguerite Christin was the godmother of Jean Michael Probst, first son of Philipp Jacob and C'erine.
Philipp Jacob's wife C'erine was the sister of either Henri or Eva. But which one? For some time, it was not known, but only assumed that she was Henri's sister.
(It is noted that a Henry Antes and Christina Dewees were parents of an Elizabeth Antes (b Feb 9 1834) who married Rev. Nicholas Pomp at the New Goshenhoppen Church, Upper Hanover Twp, Montgomery Co, PA, on Apr 23 1772. Elizabeth was the widow of George Philip Dotterer (m in 1754). Nicholas and Elizabeth lived in Montgomery Co, PA. The relationship of this Antes family to the Alsatian Henri Anthes is not known.)
And the godfather of Philipp Jacob Probst was Valentin Christ. The godfather of Philipp Jacob's second son Jean Valentine was Johann Valentine Christ (and Anna Elisabeth Anthes. And the godfather of Philipp Jacob's first daughter, Anne Marie, was Johann Jacobus Christ (and Anna Maria Kobel)! Clearly, their ties to the Christ family were much stronger than to the Anthes family.
Those same records (Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche, Oberseebach) state "Philippe Jacques Probst and Catharine, his wife, Lutherans, had these children found in the Parish registers of Oberseebach: 28 Aug 1721 Jean Michel; 18 Feb 1724 Jean Valentin; 29 Dec 1726 Jean Martin; 8 Mar 1731 Anne Marie." It is noted that two of her daughters had the first name "Eva", and one of her children was named "Valentin", the same name as her husband's godfather (Valentin Christ). (Those same records in the Catholic version listed their names as Philippi Jacobi, Joannes Michael, Joannes Valentinus, and Johannes Martin.)
Another coincidence, or possibly more than a coincidence, is that a Johann Heinrich Christ Jr, son of Johann Heinrich Christ Sr, born in Kanton Berne, Switzerland, was living in the village of Hatten (or Hotten), just a few miles southwest of Oberseebach, Alsace, France, where he married on Jan 8 1715 Anna Goetz, daughter of Johann Jacob Goetz, in the village of nearby Hatten. Johann Heinrich was probably born around 1690-1693, and appears to have been a possible (likely?) brother to C'erine! Johann Heinrich Jr and his family came to America on the "Pennsylvania Merchant" on Sept 11 1732, just a month before C'erine and Philipp Jacob. Their property in Berks Co was very close to that of Philipp Jacob and C'erine.
Their son, Johann Heinrich, Jr, b 26 Jan 1721, was Recorder of Deeds in Berks County for several years.
It is noted that there were other Christs in the Kandel area in the 1600s: Jonas and his daughter Anna Christina (d 1626), Balthasar and his son Adam (d 1626); info provided by Dora Kamalu.
C'erine's asserted family name of Anthes had earlier been inferred, rather than proven. In the past, the evidence for that seemed credible, under the (unproven) assumption that Henri Anthes was C'erine's brother, rather than her brother-in-law. However, information that Dora Kamalu has put together indicates that the reverse is more likely; i.e., that C'erine's family name is more likely to have been Christ, not Anthes. At this point, it appears possible, and perhaps even probable, that Eva Anthes' maiden name was Christ, and she may have been a sister to C'erine, in which case C'erine's maiden name would definitely be Christ, not Anthes.
It is noted that if C'erine were truly a Christ, she might well have been a sister to Johann Heinrich Christ who came to America in 1732, just a month earlier than C'erine and Philipp Jacob, and whose son was Register of Deeds for Berks County for quite some years. However, W. Robert Gillespie, a noted Christ researcher, has yet (in 1999) to find any certain information on brothers or sisters of Johann Heinrich Christ. There was no mention of Christs in the estate papers of Philipp Jacob Probst.
Since the preponderance of evidence now tends to favor Christ rather than Anthes, my records have been changed to reflect Christ, not Anthes, and as a sister to Heinrich Christ, with the understanding that it is not certain.
She was illiterate; she signed her will and other papers with an "X".
Some records show her death year as 1759. That is not certain, but she was probably not alive when PJ's will was probated in 1760 since she was not mentioned in any of the probate records. It seem certain then that she died sometime between 1747, when PJ made out his will and March 1760. Other records show she died in 1760; if true, then she must have died Jan, Feb, or early Mar 1760. Jan is most likely, since it probably would have taken a month or two to get PJ's will into probate after C'erine died.
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1696 - Abt 1760 (63 years)