Last week you were introduced to the ancestors of Johan Heinrich Recker. This segment carries the information in more detail. The earliest records were found at the Catholic Church in Ostercappeln. They are as follows:

First generation: On 2 November 1701 a man named Joan Henrich Reker married Anna Margaretha Luebeker. They had three children: Anna Margaretha, 1703-1765 who married Joan Claus Simon; Catherine Margaretha, 1707 – 1744, who married Claus Henrich Bettenbroich and Johan Heinrich (below).