Brott (Warenburg-1)

Johann Conrad Brott, son of Johannes Brott & Anna Margaretha Holler, was born 24 May 1722 in Nieder-Eschbach.

Johann Conrad Brott married on 27 February 1753 in Nieder-Eschbach to Anna Margaretha Gartner. She had been born 2 August 1725 in Steinbach.

The birth & baptism of the following children born to Johann Conrad Brott & Anna Margaretha Gartner have been located in the parish register of Steinbach: (1) Anna Catherina, born 9 March 1754; (2) Anna Elisabeth, born 21 June 1755, died 21 September 1758; and (3) Johann Heinrich, born 6 May 1759, baptized 8 May 1759, died 1 October 1759.

Anna Margaretha Brott née Gartner died 14 December 1759. Johann Conrad Brott remarried on 6 June 1760 to Maria Elisabeth Hill, daughter of Ludwig Hill & Anna Maria Best. She had been born 30 January 1731 in Steinbach (Taunus) and baptized 2 February 1731.

The birth & baptism of the following children born to Johann Conrad Brott & Maria Elisabeth Hill have been located in the parish register of Steinbach: (1) Johann Ludwig, born 17 March 1761, baptized 20 March 1761, died 29 May 1761; (2) Johann Philipp, born 1 March 1762, and (3) Michael, born 17 December 1763.

Konrad Brott, a farmer, his wife Maria, and children (Katharina, age 13; Johann, age 4; Michael, age 2½) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 31 May 1766 aboard the pink Slon under the command of Lieutenant Sergey Panov.

Johann Konrad Brott, a farmer, his wife Maria Elisabeth, and children (Anna Katharina, age 14; Johann Philipp, age 6) are recorded on the 1767 census of Warenburg in household No. 123. They had arrived in Warenburg on 12 May 1767.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Konrad Brott came from the German region of Hanau. The 1767 census records that Johann Konrad Brott came from the German village of Nieder-Erlenbach in the Hanau region.