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Johannes Heinrich Springorum Geneanet

* c. 1665 – † ?

Little is known about Johann Heinrich

Johannes Heinrich Springorum, born around 1665 as the son of the Kirchende pastor Johannes Springorum, is only sparsely documented in surviving sources and is known to have lived in Henrichenburg in the Vest Recklinghausen. He was married twice—first to Sibylla Vasolt and, after her death in 1704, to Helena Herdinck—and fathered children in both marriages.

A single baptismal record from St. Lambertus Church in Henrichenburg, in which Johannes Heinrich and his wife appear as grandparents and godparents, provides the only firm evidence linking him to his son Johann Joseph and to later generations, including the Amsterdam branch of the family. This isolated yet decisive record makes Johannes Heinrich a crucial connecting figure between the Reinhard Springorum lineage and its later descendants.

Following the Trail of Johann Heinrich Springorum

For a long time, I spent countless hours searching for evidence that would link the Amsterdam Springorums to the Dortmund branch. More specifically, I was trying to establish a clear connection between Johann Heinrich Springorum and one of the descendants of Reinhard Springorum. Despite extensive archival research, that decisive piece of proof remained elusive.

Eventually, I turned to DNA research. The result was both reassuring and intriguing: it confirmed that I am indeed genetically connected to a descendant of Reinhard Springorum. What it did not immediately reveal was how this connection ran. In analysing the DNA match, I came to the conclusion that all available clues—including an important hint in the family tree on the Heimatkunde Schwelm website (see below)—pointed toward Johann Heinrich being a son of Pastor Johannes Springorum.

An early, inconclusive hint from the Heimatkunde Schwelm family tree linking Johann Heinrich Springorum to Pastor Johannes Springorum in Ende (Kirchende).
An early, inconclusive hint from the Heimatkunde Schwelm family tree linking Johann Heinrich Springorum to Pastor Johannes Springorum in Ende (Kirchende).

Several months later, I came across the publication by Dr. Höfker, BeitrĂ€ge zur Geschichte der Familie Springorum in der Zeit von 1700–1800. I found the book offered by an antiquarian bookseller online, bought it, and started reading—without yet realizing what I was about to find. Then, almost casually stated in the text, was the confirmation I had been hoping for: Dr. Höfker is very clear that pastor Johannes Springorum had five sons, and Johann Heinrich is explicitly listed as one of them.

Dr. Höfker’s publication leaves no doubt: Johann Heinrich is identified as one of the five sons of Pastor Johannes Springorum.
Dr. Höfker’s publication leaves no doubt: Johann Heinrich is identified as one of the five sons of Pastor Johannes Springorum.

Reference: BeitrÀge zur Geschichte der Familie Springorum

Events & References

Baptism of Barend Springorum

8 August 1742 · Henrichenburg, Deutschland

The final confirmation of Johann Heinrich’s connection to the Amsterdam line came from a source I had not initially expected to be so decisive: the baptism record of his grandson Barend Springorum. In that entry, Johann Heinrich is explicitly named as Barend’s grandfather, providing the first solid documentary link that connects Johann Heinrich—through his son and grandson—to the Amsterdam branch.

On 8 August 1742, Josephus Bernhardus Hendricus (Barend) Springorum, the lawful son of Johannes Josephus Springorum and his wife Anna Maria Stratmans, was baptized in the church of St. Lambertus in Henrichenburg, with a distinguished group of godparents that included his paternal grandparents, Johann Heinrich Springorum and Helena Herdinck.

Recorded in the parish baptismal register, this entry provides the only concrete evidence linking Johann Heinrich to his son Johann Joseph and to his grandchild Barend Springorum. The appointment of both grandparents as godparents—a rare occurrence—gives this record exceptional genealogical significance, as without it the connection between the Amsterdam Springorum branch and the Reinhardt Springorum branch could not have been established.

Baptism of Barend Springorum
Baptismal entry of Josephus Bernhardus Hendricus (Barend) Springorum in the register of St. Lambertus Church, Henrichenburg (1742).

Reference: Baptism of Barend Springorum

Family

Parents

Partner(s) & Children

Sibylla Vasolt (wife) (1667 – 1704)

  • ♂ Bernhard Friedrich Springorum (1693 – ?)
  • ♂ Heinrich Johann Springorum (1698 – ?)
  • ♀ Helena Elisabeth Springorum

Helena Herdinck (wife)