Johann Andreas Jacobi

Johann Andreas Jacobi (born November 27, 1680 in Wollershausen ; † April 18, 1756 there ) was a Lutheran clergyman.

Life

Johann Andreas Jacobi came from a humble background and was sent to school in Osterode am Harz by his parents after training from the local pastor . From there he switched to the schools in Sankt Andreasberg and Nordhausen . From Easter 1701 he studied theology at the University of Jena . After three years of study, he first turned to a related preacher in Frömmstedt and then accepted a tutor and court master position in Thuringia . In 1708 he received the call of the patron saint of Wöllerhausen, the Baron of Minnigerode , to fill the vacated position of preacher at St. Marien in Wollershausen. This vocation was confirmed, albeit with difficulty, by the consistory. Because of his acquaintance with the superintendent of the county of Hohnstein Otto Christian Damius (1654-1728) in Ellrich, who had been restricted in his office since 1707, and tried to improve the quality of the hymn book, which the church authorities resented him, he was accused of deism and after an investigation by the electoral consistory had to confirm its agreement with the Lutheran doctrine. He took office in 1709 and held it for 47 years until the end of his life. Because it was in danger of weathering, the inscription on his tombstone was later adopted by the parish on a lead plaque that was embedded in the outer facade of the Marienkirche in Wollershausen.

family

On June 27, 1709, he married the widowed youngest daughter of his late colleague Bauer in Frömmstedt Johanne Juliana (Juliane) Bauer (1684–1767). This marriage produced four children, two of whom the parents survived; these made him the progenitor of two not insignificant branches of the family.

• Johann Andreas Jacobi
  • Johann Friedrich Jacobi , founder of the Hanoverian branch of the family
    • Andreas Ludolf Jacobi
      • Carl Jacobi (General)
        • Bernhard von Jacobi
  • Johann Konrad Jacobi , founder of the Rhenish branch of the family (for further ancestry beyond the sons see his biography)
    • Johann Georg Jacobi
    • Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

literature

• Johann Friedrich Jacobi : memorial speech, which on the occasion of the sacred consummation of the servant of God, Johann Andreas Jacobi, once well-deserved preacher of the congregation of Wollershausen and Lütgenhausen in the principality of Grubenhagen ... the 2 May 1756 ... was given in the church of Wollershausen , 1756
• Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : The learned Hanover or lexicon of writers, learned businessmen and artists who have lived and still live in the provinces that have belonged to the current Kingdom of Hanover since the Reformation and are still alive , Volume 2 [F – K], Bremen 1823, p. 442 ( digitized version )
• Carl Jacobi : The ancestors Jacobi: a memorial book for the descendants , [Jänecke], Hanover 1856 ULB Düsseldorf