Jakob Bornhaus

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Rulers of Hessen-Kassel during Jakob's lifetime
Charles 1670-1730 first to hire out mercenaries Frederick I 1730-1751 King of Sweden and Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel The larger area at the time of Jakob's birth was the Holy Roman Empire that came into existence in 989. The area was known as Germania to the Romans
The name Jakob [it can be Jacob in German also] comes from the Biblical story of his birth where he came out holding the heel of his twin brother Esau. It is a cognate of James and is derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Ikobos, from Hebrew Yaqob, the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jakob son of Isaac.

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Jakob married Dorothea AschenbrennerDatterode, Hessen-Kassel. Dorothea was born about 1701 in Probably Hessen-Kassel; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Georg Bornhaus was born on 28 Mar 1721 in Datterode, Hessen-Kassel; died on 15 Jan 1781 in Datterode, Hessen-Kassel.