Veit Stamm Family - Marburg, Germany

The Genealogy of the Stamm Family

The family traces their origins back to the year 1300. In that year, a Viet Stamm was an alderman in Alsfeld. The uninterrupted family line began in 1490 in Alsfeld with Gottschalk Stamm.

Veit Stamm

Ratscher (a senator/ alderman) in Alsfeld in the year 1300

There followed three generations of Stamms of which nothing is known.

Philip Stamm

Lived in Marburg about 1460

Gottschalk Stamm

Lived in Alsfeld about 1490

A Ratsherr (a senator / alderman) in Alsfeld

His Children:

I. Phillip (Philippus) Stamm – Born 1530, Died August 11, 1598

II. Jeremias Stamm – Born April 17, 1537, Died February 17, 1601

Died – about 1574 in Alsfeld

I. Phillip (Philippus) Stamm

Born – c. 1530 to Gottschalk Stamm

Master builder in Alsfeld

Married – Maria Ziegenritter, born to Justus Ziegenritter died July 9, 1597

His Children:

IA. Elizabeth Stamm

He apparently had eleven children, six sons and five daughters. Among his children were Bathasar, Eulalia, Margarethe, Jeremias, Heinrich and Christina, and Elizabeth. His daughter Elizabeth Stamm married on February 8, 1591 to Johannes Frank

Died – August 11, 1598

IA. Elizabeth Stamm

Born - to Gottschalk Stamm

Married – February 8, 1591 to Johannes Frank

II. Jeremias Stamm

Born - April 17, 1537 to Gottschalk Stamm

Rentmeister (treasurer) and Quastor (registrar) of the University of Marburg

His Children

IIA. Johann Daniel Stamm – Born November 16, 1566

IIB. Esaias Stamm - Born about 1566

IIC. Balthasar Stamm - Born c. 1570

Died - February 17, 1601in Marburg

IIA. Johann Daniel Stamm (name recorded as just “Daniel Stamm” in the Moritz Stamm history)

Born - November 16, 1564 in Giessen to Jeremias Stamm

Johann Daniel Stamm attended the school in Alsfeld, then in Hersfeld, and in 1579 he studied Law at the University of Marburg.

His Children

IIA1. Hedwig Stamm – Born July 8, 1593, Died November 15, 1634

IIA2. Rudolf Wilhelm Stamm - Born May 15, 1595, Died February 12, 1647

IIA3. Daughter Stamm – Born August 18, 1597

IIA3. Jeremias Daniel Stamm - Born Jan. 4, 1603, Died Oct. 31, 1635

IIA4 Johann Stamm - Born Jan 9, 1606, Died - Advent 4, 1676

IIA5. Balthasar Stamm – Born May 15, 1595, Died February 12, 1647

Died - April 12, 1621 in Geissen

IIA1. Hedwig Stamm

Born – July 8, 1593 in Giessen to Johann Daniel Stamm

Married – Dr. Hedalus Horst, a lawyer and later a professor at the University of Giessen

Died – November 15, 1634

IIA2 Rudolf Wilhelm Stamm

Born - May 15, 1595 to Johann Daniel Stamm

Captain and Commandant of Giessen, later a forest administrator of Gleiberg

Married – Elizabeth Schafer, born 1597, died August 10, 1652

His Children

IIA2a. Johann Daniel Stamm – Born February 10, 1623, Died May 27, 1704

IIA2b. Jeremias Philip Stamm - Born Sept 21, 1626, Died 1684

IIA2c. Maria Hedwig Stamm – Died September 8, 1629

Died - February 12, 1647

IIA2a. Johann Daniel Stamm

Born - February 10, 1623 to born to Rudolf Wilhelm Stamm

Treasurer of Beindenkopf

Married – Anna Katharina Mettenius, born November 10, 1630 to Andreas Mettenius, died August 23, 1671

Re-married – Anna Elizabetha Walther

His Children

IIA2a1. Johann Andreas Stamm – Born March 30, 1657

IIA2a 2. Johann Philipp Stamm – Born May 18, 1658, Died May 23, 1743

IIA2a 3. Wilhelm Eberhard Stamm – Born January 30, 1667

IIA2a 4. Johann Joseph Stamm – Born September 9, 1673, Died June 12, 1744

IIA2a 5. Johann Ernest Stamm – Born September 22, 1676

IIA2a6. Johann George Stamm – Born 1690, Died July 17, 1725

Died - May 27, 1704

IIA2a1. Johann Andreas Stamm

Born - March 30, 1657 born to Johann Daniel Stamm

Administrator of a foundry in the city of Hofheim

Died - ?

IIA2a2. Johann Philipp Stamm

Born - May 18, 1658 born to Johann Daniel Stamm

Treasurer of Biedenkopf

Died - May 23, 1743

IIA2a3. Wilhelm Eberhard Stamm

Born - January 30, 1667 born to Johann Daniel Stamm

Confectioner in Frankfurt A.M.

Died - ?

IIA2a4. Johann Joseph Stamm

Born - September 9, 1673 born to Johann Daniel Stamm

Court clerk of Biedenkopf

Died - June 12, 1744

IIA2a5. Johann Ernst Stamm

Born - September 22, 1676 born to Johann Daniel Stamm

Administrator of a foundry in Ober-Ramstedt

Died -

IIA2a6. Johann George Stamm

Born - 1690 born to Johann Daniel Stamm

Officer in Giessen

Died - July 17, 1725

IIA2b Jeremias Philipp Stamm

Born - September 21, 1626 in Giessen to born to Rudolf Wilhelm Stamm

Tavern keeper in Braubach am Rhein

Married – October 27, 1658 to Maria Elizabetha Rendel, daughter of Andreas Rendel

Died – 1684 in Philippsburg

IIA2c. Maria Hedwig Stamm

Born - September 8, 1629 in Giessen to born to Rudolf Wilhelm Stamm

Married – Johannes Anlius

Died – October 30, 1698

IIA3. Daughter Stamm

Born – August 18, 1597 to Johann Daniel Stamm

IIA4. Jeremias Daniel Stamm

Born - January 4, 1603 in Geissen to Johann Daniel Stamm

Treasurer of Grunberg

Died - October 31, 1635

IIA5. Johann Stamm

Born - January 9, 1606 to Johann Daniel Stamm

Died - Advent 4, 1676

IIA6 Balthasar Stamm

Born - July 10, 1610 to Johann Daniel Stamm

In 1626 he studied at the University of Marburg. His title would indicate a monk in charge of the great cellar and steward for a religious society

Died - ?

IIB. Esaias Stamm

Born – c. 1566 to Jeremias Stamm

Lawyer who attended the University of Marburg

Married - 1595 to Catharina Chelius, daughter of Philipp Chelii

Their children:

IIB1. Phillip Stamm – Born September 26, 1596, Died September 30, 1668

IIB2. Elias Stamm – Born 1597

Died - 1615

IIB1. Phillip Stamm

Born - September 26, 1596 to Esaias Stamm

Town clerk of Alsfeld

Married – Sophia Roth

Their Children:

IIB1a. Johann Phillip Stamm – Born 1651

IIB1b. Andreas Stamm – Born 1654 and Died May 12, 1722

Died - September 30, 1668

IIB1a. Johann Phillip Stamm

Born – 1651 born to Phillip Stamm

Died - ?

IIB1b. Andreas Stamm

Born – 1654 born to Phillip Stamm

Artist/painter in Alsfeld

His Child:

IIB1b1. Johann Philipp Stamm

Died - May 12, 1722

IIB1b1. Johann Philipp Stamm

Born - October 9, 1688 born to Andreas Stamm

Painter in Alsfeld

Died - March 27, 1766

IIB2. Elias Stamm

Born - 1597 to Esaias Stamm

Doctor of law in Giessen

His Child:

IIB2a. Philipp Stamm – Born c 1620

Died - ?

IIB2a. Philipp Stamm

Born – c. 1620 born to Elias Stamm

Townclerk in Alsfeld

Died - ?

IIC. Balthasar Stamm

Born – c. 1570 to Jeremias Stamm

In 1588 and 1589 he studied at the University of Marburg. He was a Burger (townsman) of Marburg and later the Burgermeister (Mayor) of Alsfeld

Married – September 29, 1600 to Katharina Stumpf, born 1575 to Heinrich Stumpf, and died November 19, 1635

Apparently there were eight additional children born to Balthasar Stamm. All of these children died of the plague on November 12th 1635, just seven days before their mother. The names have not been recorded.

His Children:

IIC1. Esaias Stamm - Born 1605, Died November 16, 1635

IIC2. Jutta Katherina Stamm – Born October 1611, Died February 29, 1692

IIC3. Heinrich Stamm – Born 1618, Died 1687

IIC4. Margaretha Stamm – Born 1625, Died October 20, 1635

Died - November 12, 1635

IIC1. Esaias Stamm

Born – 1605 born to Balthasar Stamm

Married – Justina (Christina) Unknown, died 1631

Remarried – Anna Unknown

His Child:

IIC1a. Justus Stamm – Born 1636

Died - November 16, 1635 of the plague that took his mother and at least eight of his silblings.

IIC1a. Justus Stamm

Born – 1636 born to Esaias Stamm

Forester to Maulbach

Died - ?

IIC2. Jutta Katherina Stamm

Born – October 1611 born to Balthasar Stamm

Married – Georg Knottel, born October 1606 to Anthon Knottel and Barbara Moller. Georg Knottel was a senator of Alsfeld, died July 1, 1664

Died – February 29, 1692

IIC3 Henrich Stamm

Born - 1618 born to Balthasar Stamm

He studied theology from 1634 until 1638. He earned a doctorate of religion in Grabenan

Died - 1687

IIC4. Margaretha Stamm

Born - 1625 born to Balthasar Stamm

Died - October 20, 1635

The masterful work of Moritz Stamm continues the Stamms of the Hesse until the brink of the 20th century. The above brief accounting only goes through the first 46 of the 257 Stamm’s listed in that work. The information transcribed stops after the children of Rudolf Wilhelm Stamm (25) – [Moritz Stamm, Geschichte der Familie Stamm in Hessen, 1912, to page 67] A copy of the complete work is on file with the Genealogical Society of Utah. While it is likely that there is some connection between the Hessen and Milwaukee Stamm families, the Moritz Stamm book does not show any migration to the New World, nor can any direct connection be made to the Milwaukee branch of the family

Coat of Arms

The history of the Coat of Arms reaches back before the year 1580, when it was officially filed. Stamms appear as Hessen Rentmeisters (treasurers) in Marburg from 1537 to 1601, but the family traces their origins back to the year 1300. The uninterrupted Stamm line begins in 1490 in Alsfeld within the Upper Hesse.

Gottschalk Stamm, an Alsfeld Alderman, died around 1574. His son Jeremias Stamm (1537 - 1601) was a townclerk in Alsfeld and later a treasurer and official for the University of Marburg. Jeremias’ son, Esaias Stamm (1566 – 1615), was a lawyer in Alsfeld. Esaias Stamm married Catharina Chelius in 1595. They gave birth to Phillip Stamm (1596 - 1668) who was the city clerk of Alsfeld. In 1631 Phillip married Sophia Roth.

From Alsfeld the family began to spread, at first within the Hesse then likewise gradually to Nassau and Thuringen, and later still to Weser and Necker. Today the family flourishes in Gottingen, Marburg, Scheinsberg, Kassel, Darmstadt, Berlin, Frankfurt a.m., Erfurt, Weisbaden, Stuttgart, Zurick, Switzerland, North American - Missouri and Ohio - and other places. Stamms serve as civil officials, clergymen, officers, farmers, and craftsmen.

Description of the Coat of Arms

An escutcheon (shield) of silver with a charge (center design), picturing green soil, upon which is a court of justice red tree trunk, on right one branch, on left two branches. The coat of arms is also described as “Argent, on a mount a dry tree, sinsister two dry branches, dexter one with barred helm between two wings.” Above the escutcheon is a helmet with green fir tree with a red trunk, surrounded by red and silver wings. Blanket and band of red and silver. Trees were a common symbol starting in the 14th and 15th centuries – although a “dry tree” was less often used. It was understood that only the head of the household could use the pure unaltered coat.

Stamms of the Hesse 1300 - 1700

The origin of the Stamm surname appears to be in the area of Germany known as Nassau-Hesse. Since this is a rather small area, it is likely that many of the families have common roots. My own family of “Johann Stamm” can only be traced to the general Nassau region, however the Stamm’s of the Hesse shed some light on the larger German Stamm family. The most complete work on the Stamms of the Hesse is the genealogy prepared by Moritz Stamm in 1913, The History of the Family Stamm in Hesse. A second source was from the correspondence of Henrietta (Grosskurth) Stamm of Chicago.

The Moritz Stamm work is a truly impressive volume. It is most fortunate that it is available at all given European history. The work is of limited availability through the major genealogical libraries. Even within Germany the work has become difficult to find. The State Archives of the Hessiches in Marburg no longer has a copy. Many libraries, like the Marburg Universitatsbibliothek, had their copy destroyed in the frequent wars which ravaged Germany. A copy was available through the Stadt-und Universitatsbibliothek of Frankfurt. The work traces the family of Veit Stamm (c. 1300). Beginning with the sixth generation of Gottschalt Stamm (born 1490 and died 1574) the family is traced directly to the descendants in 1912. A total of 257 descendants are listed. The detail and apparent accuracy are truly a marvel. Included are a number of photographs, documents and signatures of some of the earliest family members. One such photo shows the tombstone of Philipp Stamm. On the 1598 stone is a carving of Philipp’s countenance. The Moritz Stamm book is truly a spectacular work deserving of a full English translation.

The second source for the Hessen Stamms is from the correspondence of Henrietta (Grosskurth) Stamm. After World War II members of the Joseph Stamm Line corresponded with an Emil Stamm of Marburg, Germany. The Joe Stamm family of Chicago (Joseph Stamm being the youngest child of the Joahnn Stamm family) sent the Emil Stamms packages of food and other relief supplies. In return for the assistance, the German family is supposed to have copied information from the family Bible. This information is almost identical to that found in the Moritz Stamm book. Even the method of organization would suggest a common source. The information from Emil Stamm is not, however, as complete and it ends with the words “Und so Fort.” While it seems logical that at some point our family and the Marburg family were joined, there is no solid evidence of this connection. Although we can not make a direct connection to the Gottschalk Stamm family of the Hesse, the following translation is recorded here for general interest sake, and to be sure that copies of this material are preserved.