Person:Johann Rausch (22)

Johann Abraham Rausch (1640-1714) Johann Abraham Rausch married Maria Margaret Faber in 1660. Maria was a Lutheran so the Catholic Rausch Family had, at some point, moved from Catholicism to Lutheranism. After his father's death, Johann went with his mother to Hornback. he attended Meisenheim school where he was grant eight (8) year scholarship. His schooling was paid for by the countess of the royal house of Pfalz-Zweibruecken. Johann's mother served as a Lady in Waiting to the countess. In May 1692 he attended the High Latin Scho Zweibruecken. He then went to Switzerland where he continued his studies. On July 2, 1660 he was ordained as a minister in Baumholder, Germany. In 1687 he became an Inspector of Lichtenberg County and was Church and School superintendent.

There is, preserved for posterity, an early literary work of Johann Abraham Rausch in the Parish church in Baumhholder. It is a sermon titled. "An Outlaw of War." It is very long and scholarly. It was dated 1672.

Johann Abraham Rausch was born March 9, 1640, Meisenheim Germany in exile; died November 1714, Ulmeth, Germany. Johann's father died during the 30 years war when Johann Abraham was only 4 years old. After his father's death, Johann Abraham, his two sisters and his mother Anna went to Hornback where he attended Meisenheim school. Friends and his godfather paid Johann's room and board at the school for two years. Anna had taken apposition as Lady in Waiting to the Countess of the royal House of Pfalz-Zweibruecken. Because of the fondness the countess felt for both Anna and Johann, she arranged for an eight year scholarship to be granted him, and paid for the rest of his schooling herself. In May of 1652 he attended the High Latin School at Zweibruecken and after that he continued his studies in Switzerland. Upon returning home, his stepfather Barthel Goering tutored him in "Preaching" and by June 1660 he delivered a powerful trial sermon in Baumholder and was ordained minister on July 2, 1660. He married Maria sometime in 1660.July 2, 1660 ordained minister in baumholder/1687 Inspector of Lichtenberg Co. and Church and School supervisor/Serman titled "A Christian Serman, The outlaw of War" published 1672 SUE DETORRES

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