The earliest known ancestor is Johann Georg Schepp
from a small village name Pohl-Göns in Darmstadt-Hessen, Germany.
Johann Georg was born sometime before 1620 and died 27 Dec 1689. He married
Elisabeth daughter of Woerner Roth and Elisabeth Woerner 9 Mar 1623.
They had 7 children:
1. Michell baptized 29 Oct
1645
2. Catharina born 26 Dec 1648
3. Anna Elisabetha born 15
Feb 1652
4. Johann Doenges born 14 Feb
1655
5. Gertraudt born 1658
6. Johann Conrad born aft
5 Feb 1661
7. Johann Wilhelm born 31 Aug
1664
Johannes Schepp VI *26 Apr 1816 a 3rd great grandson
of Johann Conrad married Maria Elisabetha *29 Mar 1822 daughter
of Heinrich Mueller and Catharina Kraemer. They were married 25 Sep 1845
in Pohl-Göns. They had 4 children: Conrad, Catharina, Anna Maria and
Catharina Elisabetha. Catharina Elisabetha died 22 Jan 1854 in Germany.
Their father died 25 Oct 1852.
Maria Elisabetha then married Johann Conrad Will
III on 6 Apr 1856. They had two children Maria Elisabetha and Catharina
Elisabetha before moving to Wisconsin about 1860. Maria Elisabetha died
shortly after birth on 5 Dec 1856. John *4 Apr 1863 and George *10 Jul
1866 were born in Kingston Twp, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. |