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- From the Neubrandenburg kirchenbuch [research by Dr. Kristine Oevermann, Frankfurt]:
July 24, 1616: Supint. (Andreas Schl?sselburg), avus Conr. Schlusselb(urg), Dan. Crauthof, B. Behmesche. [= Conrad Schl?sselburg]
December 8, 1617: Supint. (Andreas Schl?sselburg), avia Schlusselb(urg), Arenstorfiana, Greg. Topp. [= Johannes Schl?sselburg]
February 3, 1619: Supint. (Andreas Schl?sselburg), Blanckenb(urg) vidua, Thomastorphiana, Vatkius.
December 3, 1620: Supintent. (Andreas Schl?sselburg), M.G. Coccius, Georg Tetze, vidua Tetziana.
August 20, 1627: Supint. Andr. Schl?sselb(urg).
February 16, 1630: Andreas Schl?sselberg, Supint.
From the Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Stralsund, Church Book Indexes, 1600-1900:
St. Nikolai; Jahrgang: 1639; Seite: 95a.
Name: Topp; Vornamen: Johann; Getauft am: 19 Oktober 1639; Vater Name: Topp; Vornamen: Gregor; Wohnort: Neubrandenburg; Zeugen oder Paten: Johann Kruse, Christian Ambrosius, Henrik Bergmeyers Frau.
St. Nikolai; Jahrgang: 1642; Seite: 109b.
Name: Topp; Vornamen: Margaretha; Getauft am: 14 Februar 1642; Vater Name: Topp; Vornamen: Gregor; Wohnort: Neubrandenburg; Zeugen oder Paten: Die Gattin des Gesandten Johann Ochsenstirn mit ihrer Jungfer, Alexander Essens (Eskens) Frau, Doktor Johannes Hallenus, Jakobus Stypmann.
Note: No baptism record found for Fridericus, Anna or Regina in above index.
From "Die Pastoren im Lande Stargard seit der Reformation" (The pastors in Stargard district since the Reformation) by Georg Kr?ger, Verein f?r Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde: Jahrb?cher des Vereins f?r Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, pub. 1904, vol. 69, pp. 1-270:
1614-1631: Magister Andreas Schl?sselburg, geboren zu K?nigsberg 1564, Sohn des sp?teren Superintendent in Ratzeburg Magister Conrad (cf. "Pastoren Ratzeburg", page 2f), studium und disputierte zu Gie?en 1609, introducere 1614, ?berstand die Pest 1625. Gestorben 1631. - Seine Witwe heiratete den Stadtrichter dasein Gregoriuis Toppe, der noch 1666 lebte. Sein Sohn Johann war 1636 Pastor zu Ankershagen.
The above translated to English:
1614-1631: Magister Andreas Schl?sselburg, born in Konigsberg in 1564 (sic, s.b. c.1578?), son of the late dean in Ratzeburg Master of Arts Conrad [Schl?sselburg] (cf. "Pastoren Ratzeburg", page 2f), studied and debated in Gie?en in 1609, graduated in 1614, survived the plague of 1625. Died in 1631. - His widow married the Municipal Judge, that being Gregoriuis Toppe, who was still living in 1666. His son Johann was the pastor for Ankershagen in 1636.
Note: According to "Die Pastoren im Lande Stargard seit der Reformation" his father lived in K?nigsberg between 1574-79, therefore if Andreas was born in K?nigsberg then he could not have been born in 1564.
Note: The "Mecklenburgische Jahrb?cher", Volume 59, 1894, states that Johann Schl?sselburg, the pastor for Ankershagen was "ein Sohn des Superintendenten in Ratzeburg und Halbbruder des Superintendenten Andreas Schl?sselburg in Neubrandenburg das Pfarramt in Ankershagen ?bernahm. Er war verm?hlt mit Catharina, geb. Karberg, einer Apothekertochter aus Waren, lebte aber mit ihr in Zwist, so da? sie getrennte H?user bewohnten. Ihn raffte die Pest im Jahre 1637 mit einem grossen Theil seiner Gemeinde hin, w?hrend die Wittwe 1660 erfroren an der Zahrener Scheide aufgefunden wurde." [a son of the Dean in Ratzeburg and half-brother of Dean Andreas Schl?sselburg in Neubrandenburg, he took over the parish in Ankershagen. He was married to Catharina, born Karberg, a pharmacist's daughter from Waren, but lived with her in strife, so they lived in separate houses. He died of the plague in 1637 along with a large part of his congregation, while the widow was found frozen to death in 1660 at the 'Zahrener Scheide' (Zahrener boarder?)."
According to "Die Leichenpredigten des Stadtarchivs Braunschweig" by Gustav Fr?h, Hans Goedeke and Hans J?rgen von Wilckens, published in Hannover in 1976 (volumes 7-8, page 4195) a Johannes Toppe (1639-1676), of Neubrandenburg, is the brother of: 1. Fridericus, lived in the "Markgrafschaft Brandenburg" (Margraviate of Brandenburg), 2. Anna, married to Andreas Buggenhagen, a "kgl. d?n. Rittmstr." (Royal Danish Captain of the Horse), 3. Margarete and 4. Regina Toppe. Note: Andreas Buggenhagen was a "Ritmester" between 1669-77.
Johannes Toppe was born October 2, 1639 in Stralsund, the son of Gregorius Toppe (died May 1675) and Anna Crege (died May 1675) of Neubrandenburg during a 3 day stop over in Stralsund on his parent's return trip from Stockholm. Evidently the family took refuge in Stockholm for a period (c.1638-39) because of the chaos and anarchy which resulted after the Swedish directorate in Pomerania was disbanded in 1638.
At that time that Fridericus Toppe lived in the Margraviate of Brandenburg it was ruled by Elector Frederick William, whose inheritance consisted of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, the Duchy of Cleves, the County of Mark, and the Duchy of Prussia.
From "Die Leichenpredigten des Stadtarchivs Braunschweig", Hannover, 1976, page 4195:
Nr. 6814. Toppe, Johannes.
Juris utriusque Candidatus und Jurisconsultus in Neubrandenburg, geboren Oktober 2, 1639 Stralsund, wo die Eltern 3 Tage zzvor auf der R?ckreise von Stockholm, ihrem zufluchtsort wegen der Kriegsverh?ltnisse daheim, angekommen waren, Schulbesuch in Greifswald und Neubrandenburg, 1650 in Prenzlau, zuletzt in Wismar, dann zur University Rostock, wo damals sein ?lterer Bruder Fridericus studierte, noch dessen Fortgang und Eheschliessung in Prenzlau 1659 weiter in Wittenberg, Leipzig und Jena, danach Gutsverwalter eines l?becker Patrizier in Holstein, 1661 daheim dem Vater bei dessen Visitationen geholfen, seit 1673 Notar in Neubrandenburg, im Mai 1675 Verlust seiner und der Eltern gesamten Habe durch die grosse Feuesbrunst in Neubrandenburg, dadurch wohl der Keim zu seiner letzten Krankheit gelegt, died September 25, buried September 29, 1676 Neubrandenburg, unverheiratet.
Widmung: den Eltern, dem Bruder Fridericus, kurf Brandenburg Land- und Hof- Gericht Advokat, und der Schwester Anna, Ehefr des Andreas Buggenhagen, k?niglich d?nisch Riedemeister, sowie der Margarete und der Regina Toppe (Verwandtschaftsverh?ltnis der beiden zum (der oder die) Verstorbene nicht ersichtlich, wahrscheinlich jedoch j?ngere noch unverheiratet Schwestern des (der oder die) Verstorbene).
Ahnenliste: 2) Gregorius Toppe, 1634 Sekret?r des Rats und 1638 im Rat zu Neubrandenburg, 1642 Sekret?r der Vorpommern. Hof- Gericht in Greifswald, noch 10 Jahr wieder in Neubrandenburg, zuletzt f?rstlich Mecklenburg Stadt Richter und Notar visitationis der Amter und Kirchen des stargardschen Kreises; 3) Anna Crege; 4) Gregorius Toppe, 40 Jahr B?rgermeister und f?rstlich Oeconom der Kirche Sankt Marien in Neubrandenburg; 5) Ursula W?rnike; 6) Matthaeus Cregaeus, Superintendent des stargardschen Kreises und Pfarrer an Sankt Marien, dem 1608 der Bau der mit einem Kostenaufw von 8000 Gulden errichteten neuen Orgel zu verdanken ist, die leider bei der grossen Feuersbrunst 1675 mit vernichtet wurde; 7) Anna Leniken; 8) Joachim Topp, Aulicus [= Hofbedienter] und K?chenmeister um holsteinchen Hof, geboren auf der Insel Fehmarn; 9) Agneta Walther, geboren Burg auf der Insel Fehmarn; 10) Jochim W?rnike, Ratsverwandter und K?mmerer in Neubrandenburg; 12) Johannes Crege, B?rger und Kaufmann zu Osnabr?ck; 13) N.N., "zwar unbekannt, aber dennoch von vornehmen Eltern und ehrlichen Herkommens"; 14) Henricus Leniken, B?rgermeister und Stadt Richter in Friedland, Kreis Neubrandenburg.
Verfasser Leichenpredigt: M. Franciscus Clingius, Pfarrer und Superintendent in Neubrandenburg.
Dru: Christian Scheippel, G?strow (1676).
Sig: Bd. 64, Nr. 12.
Verfasser Trauergedicht: 1) Verfasser Leichenpredigt; 2) Caspar Lupelovius, Adiac. Sankt Marien, Neubrandenburg; 3) Daniel Arend.
Translation of above:
Nr. 6814. Toppe, Johannes.
Master of Law and Lawyer in Neubrandenburg, born October of 2, 1639 in Stralsund, where his parents had stopped for 3 days on the return trip from Stockholm, their safe haven because of the conflict at home; he attended school in Greifswald and Neubrandenburg, in Prenzlau in 1650, most recently in Wismar, then to the University of Rostock, where at the time his older brother Fridericus was studying, then travelled to Prenzlau in 1659, then to Wittenberg, Leipzig and Jena, then Land Agent for a L?beck patrician in Holstein, while at home in 1661 his father helped with the examination, from 1673 he was a Notary in Neubrandenburg, in May of 1675 the loss of his parents and all belongings in the great fire in Neubrandenburg, this probably contained the seeds of his last illness, he died September 25, buried September 29, 1676 in Neubrandenburg, unmarried.
The dedication: to his parents, his brother Fridericus, a District- and Court-Lawyer in the Margravate of Brandenburg, and sister Anna, married to Andreas Buggenhagen, Royal Danish Captain of the Horse, as well as to Margarete and Regina Toppe (relationship of both to the deceased not obvious, likely younger still unmarried sisters of the deceased).
Pedigree-list: 2) Gregorius Toppe, Secretary to the Council in 1634 and in the Council in Neubrandenburg in 1638, Secretary for Vorpommern in 1642, Court Lawyer in Greifswald, then a further 10 years in Neubrandenburg, finally royal Mecklenburg Municipal Judge and Notary Examiner for the Bureau and Churches in Stargard district; 3) Anna Crege [= Crey/Krey]; 4) Gregorius Toppe, for 40 years Mayor and royal Churchwarden for Saint Marien Church in Neubrandenburg; 5) Ursula W?rnike; 6) Matthaeus Cregaeus [= Crey/Krey], Superintendent for the Stargard district and priest for Saint Marien Church, in 1608 oversaw construction, at a cost of 8000 guilder, to house a new organ, which was unfortunately destroyed in the great fire of 1675; 7) Anna Leniken; 8) Joachim Topp, "Aulicus" (Hofbedienter = Court Servant) and Kitchen-Master in Holstein Castle, born on Fehmarn island; 9) Agneta Walther, born in the castle on the Fehmarn island; 10) Jochim W?rnike, Councillor and Chamberlain in Neubrandenburg; {Nr. 11 missing!}; 12) Johannes Crege [= Crey/Krey], citizen and merchant in Osnabr?ck; 13) Unknown, "while unknown, but nevertheless of assumed parentage and honest origins"; 14) Henricus Leniken, Mayor and Municipal Judge in Friedland, Neubrandenburg district.
Author of the Funeral Sermon: Magister Franciscus Clingius, Priest and Superintendent in Neubrandenburg.
Dru: Christian Scheippel, G?strow (1676).
Sig: Volume of 64, Nr. 12.
Authors of the Mourning-Poem: 1) author of the funeral sermon; 2) Caspar Lupelovius, [Adiac]. Saint Marien Church, Neubrandenburg; 3) Daniel Arend.
From "Die Pastoren im Lande Stargard seit der Reformation" (The pastors in Stargard district since the Reformation) by Georg Kr?ger, Verein f?r Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde: Jahrb?cher des Vereins f?r Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, pub. 1904, vol. 69, pp. 1-270:
1614-1631: Magister Andreas Schl?sselburg, geboren zu K?nigsberg 1564, Sohn des sp?teren Superintendent in Ratzeburg Magister Conrad (cf. "Pastoren Ratzeburg", page 2f), studium und disputierte zu Gie?en 1609, introducere 1614, ?berstand die Pest 1625. Gestorben 1631. - Seine Witwe heiratete den Stadtrichter dasein Gregoriuis Toppe, der noch 1666 lebte. Sein Sohn Johann war 1636 Pastor zu Ankershagen.
The above translated to English:
1614-1631: Magister Andreas Schl?sselburg, born in K?nigsberg in 1564 (sic, s.b. c.1581?), son of the late superintendent in Ratzeburg Master Conrad (cf. "Pastoren Ratzeburg", page 2f), studied and debated in Gie?en in 1609, graduated in 1614, survived the plague of 1625. Died in 1631. - His widow married the Municipal Judge, that being Gregoriuis Toppe, who was still living in 1666. His son Johann was the pastor for Ankershagen in 1636.
Note: according to Andreas Schl?sselburg's matriculation registration at the University of Wittenberg in October of 1601 he was born in Wismar, not K?nigsberg, and thus probably born c.1581 rather than in 1564.
Two of Andreas Schl?sselburg's son born in Neubrandenburg registered at the University of Rostock in 1633:
1633, Nr. 163: Cunradus Schl?sselburgius Brand[enburgensis]. (= Conrad Schl?sselburg, born in [Neu]brandenburg.)
1633, Nr. 165: Iohannes Schl?sselburgius Brand[enburgensis]. (= Johannes Schl?sselburg, born in [Neu]brandenburg.)
Mention of people with the surname Tubbe/Toppe in the "Mecklenburgische Jahrb?cher", vol. 31-60, pub. 1887, page 293:
Tubbe, Michael - aus Friedland, immatrikulieren zu Greifswald 1522, pp. 49, 87.
Toppe, Christoph - aus Friedland, studium in Greifswald 1623, pp. 49, 101.
Tobbius, Johannes - aus Neubrandenburg, studium in Greifswald 1624, in Wittenberg 1627, pp. 49, 128.
Tubbe, Gregor - B?rgermeister zu Neubrandenburg, pp. 49, 128.
Tubbe, Gregor - sohn des vorherig, studium in Wittenberg 1629, Ratsherr in Neubrandenburg, pp. 49, 128.
Toppe, Christoph - aus Friedland, immatrikulieren Griefswald 1631, pp. 49, 104.
From the Universit?t Rostock, Matrikel 1419-1945 website:
Immatrikulationen im Sommersemester 1620.
Rektor: Johannes Lauremberg (1590-1658), Professor der Poesie (herzoglich).
Zeitraum: Ostern (April 19) 1620 bis Michaelis (September 29) 1620.
Zahl der Immatrikulierten: 198.
56: * Ioannes Toppe [T?ppe], Herkunft: Neobrandenburgenses [Neubrandenburg].
57: * Gregorius Toppe [T?ppe], Herkunft: Neobrandenburgenses [Neubrandenburg].
Immatrikulationen im Sommersemester 1655
Rektor: August Varenius [der ?ltere] (1620-1684), Professor der Theologie (Primarius, r?tlich).
Zeitraum: Ostern (March 28) 1655 bis Michaelis (September 29) 1655.
Zahl der Immatrikulierten: 40.
Nr. 39: Fridericus Topf [T?ppe], Herkunft: Neobrandeburgensis Mekelburgicus [Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg].
Immatrikulationen im Wintersemester 1656/1657.
Rektor: Caspar Mauritius (1615-1675), Professor der Theologie (Primarius, r?tlich).
Zeitraum: Michaelis (September 29) 1656 bis Ostern (April 1) 1657.
Zahl der Immatrikulierten: 63.
Nr. 23: Iohannes Toppius [T?ppe], Herkunft: Stralsund-Pomeranus [Stralsund, Pomerania].
Pomerania became involved in the Thirty Years' War (1618-48) during the 1620s, and with the town of Stralsund under siege by imperial troops, its ruler Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Stettin, concluded a treaty with King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in June 1628. On July 10, 1630, the treaty was extended into an 'eternal' pact in the Treaty of Stettin (1630). By the end of that year the Swedes had completed the military occupation of Pomerania. After this point Gustavus Adolphus was the effective ruler of the country, and even though the rights of succession to Pomerania, held by George William, Elector of Brandenburg due to the Treaty of Grimnitz, were recognised, the Swedish king still demanded that the Margraviate of Brandenburg break with Emperor Ferdinand II. In 1634 the Estates of Pomerania assigned the interim government to an eight member directorate, which lasted until Brandenburg ordered the directorate disbanded in 1638 by right of Imperial investiture.
As a consequence "Schwedisch Pommern" (Swedish Pomerania) lapsed into a state of anarchy, thereby forcing the Swedes to act. From 1641 the administration was led by a council ("Concilium status") from Stettin (Szczecin), until the peace treaty in 1648 settled rights to the province in Swedish favour. At the peace negotiations in Osnabr?ck, Brandenburg-Prussia received Farther Pomerania (Hinterpommern), the part of the former Duchy of Pomerania east of the Oder River except Stettin. A strip of land east of the Oder River containing the districts of Damm and Gollnow and the island of Wolin and Western Pomerania (Vorpommern) with the islands of R?gen and Usedom, was ceded to the Swedes as a fief from Emperor Ferdinand III. The recess of Stettin in 1653 settled the border with Brandenburg in a manner favourable to Sweden. The border against Mecklenburg, along the Trebel and the Recknitz, followed a settlement of 1591.
The history of Pomerania under Swedish dominion is very much a story of destitution and conflict. From 1657 to 1659 during the Northern Wars, Polish, Austrian, and Brandenburger troops ravaged the country. The territory was occupied by Denmark and Brandenburg from 1675-79 during the Scanian War, whereby Denmark claimed R?gen and Brandenburg the rest of Pomerania. Both campaigns were in vain for the winners when Swedish Pomerania was restored to Sweden in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1679, except for Gollnow and the strip of land on the east side of the Oder, which were held by Brandenburg as a pawn in exchange for reparations, until these were paid in 1693.
The Mecklenburg region was conquered by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the latter half of the 12th century and the land was first opened up by Henry through a combination of missionary work and colonization. In 1348 it was elevated to a duchy. In 1549 Lutheranism was recognized as the State religion. Mecklenburg was split into two duchies in 1621: Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-G?strow (changed to Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1701).
Burg Stargard is a municipality in the district Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) southeast of Neubrandenburg. The town's castle, Germany's most northern castle on a mountain, is first mentioned in 1170, as "Stargart" - meaning "old castle" in the now-extinct West Slavic language Polabian. Allegedly, the bishopric of Havelberg presented the castle to Broda Abbey on its foundation, but the relevant document is a forgery; the place is attested as "Staregart" in a later document, however, probably dating to the year 1244. Supposedly to avoid confusion with other cities named Stargard, the city has been known as Burg Stargard since 1929. During the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), the castle served as headquarters for Johann t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly, general of the Imperial forces, later becoming a seat of ducal administration. The city suffered during the general decline of the region in the aftermath of the Thirty Years' War. In 1758 a major fire largely destroyed the city; emblematic of the city's fading fortunes, losing its local importance.
Books on families in Pomerania:
"Die Wappen des Adels in Pommern und Mecklenburg", Johann Siebmacher (died 1611), pub. 1978.
"Pommersche Familien: ihr Geschichts und Heimatwert", Hans Bahlow, pub. 1982.
"General-Index zu den Sibmacher'schen Wappenb?cher (1605-1967)", by Hanns J?ger-S?nstenau, pub. 1964.
Family History Archive films for Pomerania and Mecklenburg:
"Die Leichenpredigten des Stadtarchivs Braunschweig", by Gustav Fr?h, Hans Goedeke and Hans J?rgen von Wilckens, pub. in Hannover, 1976: volumes 1-5, FHL film nr. 01181708; volumes 6-9, FHL film nr. 01181709.
"Deutsches Geschlechterbuch" (German Lineage Book):
Mecklenburg: Volume 57 (pub. 1928) - 0491907; Volume 74 (pub. 1931) - 0491918; Volume 88 (pub. 1935) - 0491929; Volume 105 (pub. 1939) - 0491962.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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