Johann Christian ESSIG
Master Builder. Looks like two other adjectives followed him around, but the words are not in common use today. One is a Rath which probably means some type of governmental trustee.
He married Anna Dorothea Ostertag 2 May 1757 at Stadtkirche Evangelisch- Pforzheim, Baden . Anna Dorothea Ostertag was christened at Stadtkirche - Pforzheim, Baden 27 Nov 1739 daughter of Christoph Friderich Ostertag and Dorothea Seüter .
They were the parents of 19
children:
Johann Christian Essig
born 20 Jan 1758.
Regina Dorothea Essig
born 26 Dec 1758.
Johann Jacob Essig
christened 4 Feb 1760.
Christoph Friederich Essig
christened 6 Feb 1761.
Georg Philipp Essig
christened 19 Apr 1762.
Eva Sophia Margaretha Essig
born 3 Nov 1763.
Maria Jacobina Essig
born 8 Apr 1765.
Elisabetha Barbara Essig
born 12 Aug 1766.
Johann Wolfgang Essig
born 12 Dec 1767.
Johann Jacob Essig, (twin)
born 29 Jan 1769.
Carl Christoph Essig, (twin)
born 28 Jan 1769.
August Friederich Essig
born 2 Aug 1770.
Carolina Friedricka Essig
born 28 Aug 1771.
Catharina Elisabeth Essig
christened 11 Feb 1774.
Maria Juliana Essig
born 8 Aug 1775.
Gottlieb Essig
born 6 Feb 1777.
Christoph Friederich August Essig
born 26 May 1778.
Christian Ludwig Essig
born 25 Oct 1779.
Friederica Charlotte Essig
born 5 Apr 1782.