Eggert Family Genealogy

♂    Johannes Gerst, Pastor

Birth:        before 1561 Münchhausen (am Christenberg), Hessen-Kassel, Germany
Residence:    from 1588 to 1606 Elnhausen, Hessen-Kassel, Germany
Residence:    from 1606 to 1608 Schweinsberg, Stadtallendorf, Hessen-Kassel, Germany
Residence:    from 1608 to 1618 Leusel, Alsfeld, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
Residence:    from 1619 to 1624 Bernsburg, Antrifttal, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
Education:    immatriculation, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 1573 Marburg an der Lahn, Hessen-Kassel, Germany
Death:        after 1624 Husum?, Nienburg/Weser, Hannover, Germany
Religion:     Lutheran
Occupation:   Pastor

Father:    Matthias Gerst, Pastor (✝︎1595 Maulbach, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany)

Married	Catharina (*1555 ✝︎1636 Elnhausen, Hessen-Kassel, Germany)
Children:
    1. Caspar Gerst, Pastor (*c1590 Elnhausen, Hessen-Kassel, Germany ✝︎1664 Husum, Nienburg/Weser, Hannover, Germany)
    2. Wilhelm Daniel Gerst, Pastor (*1600 Elnhausen, Hessen-Kassel, Germany ✝︎1670 Erda, Hessen-Kassel, Germany)
    3. Gerst (*<1605)
    4. Gerst (*<1605)
    5. Gerst (*<1605)
    6. Gerst (*<1605)
    7. Gerst (*<1605)
    8. Gerst (*<1605)
Notes:
Or Gerstius, Gerstinus. He studied in Marburg, was admitted in 1572 and immatriculated in 1573. He was pastor in Elnhausen, just west of Marburg, 1588–1606. About Jacobi (25 July) 1606 he was removed from his position because he refused to sign the so-called "Vier Verbesserungspunkte" (though there were really three), imposed by the Calvinist Landgraf Moritz von Hessen-Kassel. Johannes then lived as a private citizen in Schweinsberg 1606–1608, then from Lent 1608 until 1619 he served as pastor in Leusel, near Alsfeld, in Hessen-Darmstadt. He was the first pastor in Leusel (and for many years thereafter the only such pastor), and served Altenburg also. At first he continued to live in Schweinsberg, even though it was a three-hour trip each way. Later he lived in Leusel in a house no better than a stable; the parish had refused to build a more suitable parsonage. He also served as teacher at that time. In 1619 he became pastor in Bernsburg (to which Arnshain was affiliated), where he continued to serve until 1624, when he retired. He was to have served again in Elnhausen starting 1624, when the area became Lutheran again, but he resigned in favor of his son Wilhelm Daniel.

HUSUM says, based on the Husum Pfarrbestellungsakten (Archiv Hann 83 III 396, 1-17), apparently concerning the father of Casparus Westermann/Gerstmann/Gerst (son of Johannes Gerst): ”Vater Pastor in Estorf.” There are no church registers from Estorf from that time. LORENZMEYER gives his birth date as 1563 and his death date as 1628. LANGGOFB gives his birth in Leusel in 1563.

Sources: PHANSLP(Volume: 1, Page: 552), HUSUM, HUSUM2(Page: 116), AHESSPF(Page: 101, 446, 494), ZHG1869(Page: 175), HassSacrI(Page: 444), HassSacrII(Page: 252, 261, 280, 301, 303), REFHESS(Page: 73), AHG1899(Page: 546, 549, 553), ANTRIFT(Page: 745), BPFARRG(Page: 59), WORLDC(Database: m2abrybenson, ID: I1035), TEXTOR(ID: I1118), LEUSELB(Page: 11), AHNENT1800, EPCON(Image: 3), ELNH775(Page: 528, 543), GERST1(Teil: 2, Page: 105; Nahmen der von Landgraf Morizen im Ober-Fürstenthum Hessen, Casselischen Antheils, abgesetzten Evangelischen Prediger, aus D. Leuchteri antiqua Hessorum fide, zu Darmstadt Anno 1607. gedruckt, p. 309.), LORENZMEYER(Page: 4, ID: 36g), LANGGOFB(ID: I14075), HESSFID(Page: 310), MARBMAT(Page: 3:6)
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Last changed: 15 Nov 2025