Johann Jacob Wetken

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Johann Jacob Wetken, copper engraving by Christian Fritzsch (1730)

Johann Jacob Wetken (born August 11, 1691 in Hamburg ; † June 2, 1741 ibid) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman.

Life

Johann Jacob Wetken came from the Hamburg merchant family Wetken . He was a son of Paul Wetken (1656–1701) from his second marriage to Margaretha, geb. Schlichting. The wealthy merchant and founder Hermann Wetken († 1712) was his great-uncle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus was his cousin.

Holy Spirit Church

He attended the learned school of the Johanneum and studied Protestant theology , from Easter 1712 at the University of Rostock . At Easter 1717 he became a candidate for the Hamburg Ministry of Spirituality . He received his first pastor's position on March 6, 1721, when he was appointed pastor at the Heiliggeistkirche and preacher at the inn , a municipal welfare institution.

Wetken was married to Anna Dina, born on August 31, 1723. Willers († 1757). The couple had eight children.

literature

  • Wetken (Johann Jacob) , in: Hans Schröder : Lexicon of the Hamburg writers up to the present. Volume 8: Westphalen – Zylius, continued by Anton Heinrich Kellinghusen, Hamburg 1883., p. 3 no. 4326

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family table Wetken / Reimarus
  2. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Wetken, Johann Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1691
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1741
Place of death Hamburg