Our 8th Generation- More Mayors, more Farmers and our first Butcher

      Joh. Michael Schuttenhelm was Michael Schuttenhelm's eldest son. He lived in Aach, Germany throughout his life (1600-1681), and he enjoyed success as a Judicial Mayor and as a Judge in that village. He married a woman named Waldburga in 1628 and later, he married Anna Maria Ziegler on January 22, 1650 (which would've been two years after the Thirty Years War concluded). Michael Schuttenhelm's second son was named Philipp Schuttenhelm. Like his brother, Philipp spent his life (1604-1682) in Aach, and also like his brother, he was married twice- initially to Anna Dustling on January 25, 1636 and then to another Anna on October 3, 1670. Joh. Michael and Anna Maria had at least two children- one of whom is my 7x great-grandfather, Michael. He was born in 1655 and will be mentioned later.
   

Hallwangen, Germany

Untermusbach area

      Michael Schuttenhelm's brother, HannB and his wife, Anna Maria, had a large family. Their first son was named Heinrich (1596-1669). Heinrich was a Metzger (butcher) in Hallwangen and he also served as Mayor in Schrozberg. Cyriacus was the 2nd son born to HannB and Anna Maria. He lived from 1603-1633 and worked as a farmer in the Gruntal area. Jakob Schuttenhelm was born to HannB and his wife on May 19, 1605. He was a farmer and a miller in Aach and on July 5, 1640, he married Walburga Muller. HannB was HannB's 4th son (who can keep track of these names?) and he was born on January 27, 1619. He served as Village Mayor in Horschweiler, Germany, where he died on January 18, 1676. On May 6, 1649, HannB married Anna Gwinner, who gave birth to at least ten children before she passed away on April Fool's Day, 1693.
      Finally, we mention Wilhelm Schuttenhelm's youngest son, Wilhelm, who was the younger brother of both Michael and HannB. We don't know what Wilhelm did for a living, but we do know that he served on the town council at Untermusbach and that he and his wife, Barbara, had a son named Wilhelm HannB ... who was short near Egenhausen and died on May 22, 1636 at the age of 43. I don't have any details on the shooting and don't know if it was the result of an accident, a crime, or the Thirty Years' War.
      As a geographical reminder, Aach is located approximately this many kilometers from the towns that we have encountered so far: Horschweiler (74), Egenhausen (83), Freudenstadt (77), Tubingen (117), Nordlingen (225). Aach is 79 kilometers from Nagold, Germany and 79 kilometers to Zurich, Switzerland.
      Thus, Joh. Michael, Philipp, Heinrich, Cyriacus, Jakob, HannB, and Wilhelm HannB. constitute the 8th generation of our family tree. They lived in southwest Germany during the 30 Years' War and they worked as Mayors, Judges, Farmers, Butchers, Millers, and Town Councilmen.