Fellow immigrants · Records 1717–1724
Thirty-two names beside our own
In Marzy Nowe, in Swiete, in Czaple and in Stwolno Polskie the family appears between 1717 and 1724 exclusively as godparent or assistant — at the baptisms of other people’s children. Besides the family, each of these records names the child’s parents, the godparents and the assistants. These names are the neighbourhood into which the immigrants came in 1716/17. Here they stand together, one after another and without any selection.
- Names
- 32 families and individuals from four villages
- Years
- Records from 1717 to 1724, plus two later additions of 1737 and 1741
- Places
- Marzy Nowe / Neu-Marsau · Swiete (Klein-Schwenten) · Czaple / Zappeln · Stwolno Polskie / Polnisch-Westfalen
- Source
- Catholic parish register Swiecie / Schwetz 1711–1752 (Mormon film no. 1194822) and Swiete / Schwenten 1725–1755 (no. 1194825)
- Status
- checked against the manuscript of 25 September 2026
The count
Nine godparent duties and assistances
Between 1717 and 1724 the family takes on a duty as godparent or assistant nine times: five godparent duties in the village and four duties away from home — one each in Klein-Schwenten (Święte) and in Czaple and two in Polnisch-Westfalen. In the village they are Gertrud, Friedrich (I.) and Anna; away from home it was the journey that was remarkable, to Swiete, to Czaple and twice across the Vistula to Stwolno Polskie.
| Place | Year | Day | From the family | Role |
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| Marzy Nowe | 1719 | 17 April | Gertrud, 1st wife | Godmother |
| Marzy Nowe | 1719 | 18 June | Gertrud, 1st wife | Godmother |
| Marzy Nowe | 1720 | 29 January | Friedrich (I.) | Godfather |
| Marzy Nowe | 1720 | 9 June | Friedrich (I.) | Godfather |
| Marzy Nowe | 1723 | 25 July | Anna, 2nd wife | Godmother |
| Klein-Schwenten (Święte) | 1720 | 24 November | Friedrich (I.) | Assistant |
| Czaple (Zappeln) | 1721 | 16 February | Friedrich (I.) | Godfather |
| Stwolno Polskie | 1722 | 3 April | Friedrich (I.) | Assistant |
| Stwolno Polskie | 1724 | 4 August | Anna, 2nd wife | Godmother |
The count. These nine stand thus in the map caption of the manuscript: five godparent duties in Marzy Nowe, one each in Klein-Schwenten (Święte) and in Zappeln, two in Polnisch-Westfalen. Two further records name the family in the village as assistance instead of as godparenthood — the baptism of Catharina Karpat on 7 August 1717, at which Gertruda Bomertowa assists alongside Catharina Cevencowa, and the baptism of Henricus Szywelben on 17 January 1721, at which Fridericus Pomertus stands as assistant alongside Petrus Renwans and Catharina. With them there are eleven testimonies between 1717 and 1724; the record timeline of the first generation lists them individually.
What lies beyond. For every place outside the place of residence the following holds: there is an increased possibility of suspecting very close families or even relatives here — for whom the journey was undertaken. This caution is appropriate, for a baptism in Czaple or across the Vistula in Stwolno Polskie was no everyday matter. The provisionally last of these testimonies lies in Stwolno Polskie: on 4 August 1724 Anna Bomertowa stands there as godmother for the last time — afterwards the sources fall silent for thirteen years.
Register
The thirty-two names
Every entry names the name, the record in which it stands, and the place. The order is alphabetical: anyone who carries one of these names in their own line will find it at the beginning of the row. All thirty-two appear complete — the search field only narrows them down.
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01 Bargen
Carl Henrik and Dorothea Bargen are the godparents on 7 August 1717 in Marzy Nowe of little Catharina, daughter of Jacob Karpat and Anna. It is the family’s very first appearance in the records at all: Gertruda Bomertowa stands beside Catharina Cevencowa as assistant.
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02 Bekowa
Florentina Bekowa is godmother on 9 June 1720 in Marzy Nowe alongside Fridericus Pomert, Samuel Smitt and Marianna Leding — at the baptism of the sisters Susanna Marianna and Anna, daughters of Elias Eller.
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03 Berentowa
Marianna Berentowa is assistant on 29 January 1720 in Marzy Nowe at the baptism of Marianna, daughter of Christian Closs and Anna.
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04 Cevencowa
Catharina Cevencowa stands on 7 August 1717 in Marzy Nowe beside Gertruda Bomertowa when the daughter of Jacob Karpat is baptised.
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05 Cholewius
Joannis Cholewius and his wife Eva have their daughter Elisabeth baptised on 16 February 1721 in Czaple; Fridericus Pomert stands as godfather alongside Anna Cybartowa. On 8 December 1722 Joannes Cholevius and Elisabeth Jancowa are the godparents of Marianna Bomert. The name appears in the sources also as Cholevius; the manuscript expressly equates it with Stiefelbein, Schywelben, Czywelbom and Schiefelbein.
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06 Closs
Christian Closs and his wife Anna are the parents of the baptised Marianna on 29 January 1720 in Marzy Nowe.
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07 Cybartowa
Anna Cybartowa is godmother on 16 February 1721 in Czaple alongside Fridericus Pomert; the assistant is named Martin Tron.
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08 Drotowa
Catharina Drotowa belongs on 18 June 1719 in Marzy Nowe to the assistants around Gertrud Pomortowa and Martin Gerc.
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09 Dychiert
Petrus Dychiert is godfather on 3 April 1722 in Stwolno Polskie, alongside Catharina Malonowa and Elisabeth Knopowa.
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10 Ellel / Eller
Elias Ellel is assistant on 17 April 1719 in Marzy Nowe at the baptism of Marianna (born on 11 April), the daughter of David Trechler. On 9 June 1720 Elias Eller and Anna are the parents of the daughters Susanna Marianna and Anna, at whose baptism Fridericus Pomert stands as godfather.
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11 Felger
Michael Felger and his wife Ertmuta have their daughter Marianna baptised in 1723 in Marzy Nowe; Anna Bomertowa stands as godmother alongside Christian Grasina(?).
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12 Gerc
Martin Gerc is assistant on 18 June 1719 in Marzy Nowe alongside Gertrud Pomortowa and Henricus Meller.
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13 Gotkie / Kottke
Adam Gotkie — in later records Kottke — marries the widow of the immigrant, Catharina Bomert, on 23 November 1737 in Stwolno Niemieckie / Deutsch-Westfalen. He is 23 years old at the time and a linen weaver. It is the family’s first record after thirteen silent years.
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14 Grasina
Christian Grasina(?) is godfather in 1723 in Marzy Nowe alongside Anna Bomertowa.
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15 Grotowa
Anna Grotowa(?) is godmother on 29 January 1720 in Marzy Nowe alongside Fridericus Pomert.
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16 Harnatowa
Henricus and Marianna Harnatowa are the godparents on 24 November 1720 in Swiete of Martinus, son of August Zandzyk(?) and Barbara; Fridericus Pomert stands as assistant alongside Barbara.
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17 Janc
Henricus Janc and Elisabeth have their son Henricus Julius baptised on 3 April 1722 in Stwolno Polskie. On 8 December 1722 Elisabeth Jancowa is godmother at the baptism of Marianna Bomert.
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18 Karpat
Jacob Karpat and his wife Anna are the parents of Catharina, at whose baptism on 7 August 1717 in Marzy Nowe the family appears in the records for the first time.
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19 Knop
Elisabeth Knopowa is godmother on 3 April 1722 in Stwolno Polskie. Joannes Knop(?) is a witness in 1737 when the widow Catharina Bomert marries Adam Gotkie.
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20 Leding
Marianna Leding(?) is godmother on 9 June 1720 in Marzy Nowe alongside Fridericus Pomert.
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21 Malonowa
Catharina Malonowa is assistant on 3 April 1722 in Stwolno Polskie. On 4 August 1724 a Malon stands there as godfather alongside Anna Bomertowa when the daughter of David Meller is baptised.
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22 Marcon
Andreas Marcon is godfather on 17 January 1721 in Marzy Nowe alongside Fridericus Pomertus and Catharina Mellerowa.
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23 Meller
Henricus Meller is godfather on 18 June 1719 in Marzy Nowe alongside Gertrud Pomortowa; Catharina Mellerowa appears as godmother in 1721. On 4 August 1724 David Meller and Anna have their daughter Marianna baptised in Stwolno Polskie.
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24 Meyster
Jacobo Meyster, parish priest of Schwetz, is a witness in 1737 to the marriage of the widow Catharina Bomert with Adam Gotkie.
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25 Ochomowa
Catharina Ochomowa is a baptismal witness on 23 April 1741 for (Gottfried) Friedrich (III.), the first child of the main line — according to the record the first baptism that itself concerns an ancestor of this volume.
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26 Radyia
Johannes Radyia is a baptismal witness on 23 April 1741 for (Gottfried) Friedrich (III.) in Swiete.
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27 Renwans
Joannes Renwans is godfather on 17 April 1719 in Marzy Nowe alongside Gertrud Bomertowa (the birth of Marianna was on 11 April); on 17 January 1721 Petrus Renwans stands as godfather.
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28 Smitt
Samuel Smitt is godfather on 9 June 1720 in Marzy Nowe alongside Fridericus Pomert.
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29 Szywelben
Mathias Szywelben and Anna have their son Johannes baptised on 18 June 1719 in Marzy Nowe; Henricus follows in 1721. Their son Michael Schywelben marries on 25 November 1745 in Swiete Wielkie Marianne, the daughter of the immigrant — the same family that the records also carry as Cholewius.
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30 Trechler
David Trechler and Catharina have their daughter Marianna baptised on 17 April 1719 in Marzy Nowe; Marianna Trechlerowa is assistant.
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31 Tron
Martin Tron is assistant on 16 February 1721 in Czaple alongside Fridericus Pomert and Anna Cybartowa.
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32 Zandzyk
August Zandzyk(?) and his wife Barbara are the parents of the baptised Martinus on 24 November 1720 in Swiete.
On the spelling. The names stand as the records carry them; uncertain readings are marked with “?”. The manuscript records the documents with the day of birth of the baptised child; where the baptism day is known and differs, this register names it — 11/17 April 1719, 10/17 January 1721 and 14/16 February 1721. One further assistant of the record of 18 June 1719 is illegible in the fold of the leaf and therefore remains unnamed (“Jacobus Chel…”). Without scripts the list remains entirely legible; the search field merely narrows it down further.
Source
One book that carries all these names
All the entries stand in the Catholic parish register Swiecie / Schwetz for the years 1711 to 1752 and, for the later additions, in the baptismal register Swiete / Schwenten 1725–1755. Both exist as Mormon films (no. 1194822 and no. 1194825); the reference is given with every entry of the first generation.
For all those named in the immigrant group there are no proofs of birth, only two marriage certificates of the sons and no proofs of death. These baptismal records of other families are therefore the only coherent body that dates the family’s first years in the village — and at the same time the trail to the families that came with it.
Each of these names is a search approach in its own right
Anyone who carries one of these names in their own line — in the parish register of Schwetz, in a local lineage list, in a family book — recognises here the common origin of the settlement: the same villages, the same years, the same few records.
Information welcome. For information on one of these families for the next version of the volume the author is dependent; every documented attribution helps to close the open points of this chronicle as well.