There were two near contemporaneous persons named Johann Friedrich Horn. One was a political philosopher and lawyer from Breig in Silesia (1629 – 1665) who moved to Wittenberg and taught politics and philosophy there. This Johann Friedrich Horn is NOT of the family described here. The other Johann Friedrich Horn (1628 – 167?) is of the Horn family described on this website although where exactly he fits is not clear. His father was Peter Horn (1597-1650) and his mother was Anna Martha Krausold (1605 – 1674). There are two other branches of the Horn family: the Nicolaus Horn branch from which the Three Loeck Sisters are descended and the Caspar Horn branch.
In 1652 he married Sabine Margarethe, daughter of the pastor of Niederroßla Basilius Güpner (1607 – 1688) and they had at least one daughter, Maria Sabina (27.11.1654 to 23.10.1721).
“Our” Johann Friedrich Horn’s father Peter was a student of theology at Jena (1619 -1622/23); and in 1626 he was a pastor in Schöten with Heusdorf and Nauendorf, and from 1626 to 1650 pastor in Oberroßla. He died as a “result of abuse” in the Thirty Years’ War.
In his role of pastor Peter Horn officiated at a number of funerals and weddings from which certain books were published including: Piorum ex hac vita Exodus est ad vitam Meliorem introitus, as ist Christliche Leich- und Trostpredigt/Darinnen kürtzlich erwiesen in 1632.
And in 1646, Tres consolationum Fontes, contra Varios Tribulationum Montes … with a contribution by his son Johann Fredrich (right).
In 1646 Johann Friedrich contributed to Duplex Diadema Speciei …
Johann Friedrich, like his father, was a theology student at Jena from where he graduated in 1647 and in 1650 he obtained his Masters after which he became a pastor in Oberroßla.
There is evidence from the bibliographic record that JFH and his father in law Basilius Güpner where involved together in conducting various services as evidenced by the funeral book titled: Parturientis Officium, Et Praemium. Einer Gebährerin ihr Ambt/ was sie thun soll/ Und wie Ihr dieß von Gott … 1667.
Because we have no direct evidence that JFH is of the Horn family found on this website, we have to had rely instead on more circumstantial evidence such as the extensive inter-marriages between the Horn and Schonlebe families. Thus, we are not surprised to find JFH conducting a few Schonlebe wedding and funeral services. For instance, JFH conducted the wedding service when his sister Anna Catharina Horn (1622 – ) married Friedrich Schonlebe (1612 -1678) of Freybersdorff. Note that we have to distinguish this Anna Catharina Horn, the daughter of Peter Horn, from another Anna Catharina Horn, the daughter of Gabriel Horn who married Casper Ludwig Schonlebe (1604 – 1672). A third Ann Catharina was born a Schonlebe and her mother Anna Catharina who was a Horn.
In 1672, Anna Catharina Schonlebe, the daughter of Friedrich and Anna Catharina (Horn) Schönlebe, married her cousin Jonas Schönlebe II of Lange-Rinne. The wedding was celebrated by the bride’s uncle Johann Friedrich Horn and a book was published to mark the occaision: Hertzliche Geblüths-Freude Und Inniglicher Gemüths-Wundsch … Another celebrant of the marriage was Caspar Horn [definitely one of “our” Horns] who published a single page broadsheet titled: Coronis Acclamationibus Iunoniis adnexa ad Nobilem Amplissimumq[ue] Dn. Sponsum Dn. Jonam Schönlebium &c. Consobrinum Suum Dilectissimum …
Friedrich Schonlebe died on 19th April 1678 and was buried on 29th of that month upon which occasion a funeral sermon was preached by Johann Friedrich Horn titled: Mitleidende Trauer-Zeilen Welche über den höchstbetrübten doch seeligsten Hintritt Des … Herrn Friedrich Schönlebens uff Freybergs-Dorff Churfl. Sächß. wohlbestalten Zehendners …
Johann Friedrich and Sabine Margarethe (Güpner) Horn’s daughter Maria Sabina married Johann Weissenborn (1644 – 1700). He was a Lutheran theologian who was born at Siglitz, in Thuringia, on 21st November, 1644. He studied at Jena, was appointed rector of the Evangelical Lutheran school at Smalcald in 1672, and in 1683 went to Hildesheim as director of the gymnasium there. In 1691 he received a call as pastor to Erfurt, was made doctor of divinity in 1692, and in 1700 followed a call as professor of theology and superintendent to Jena, where he died, 20th April of the same year. He is the author of: Schmalkaldisches kernhaftes Gebetbuch nebst allerhand geistreichen Lebensregeln.
Johann and Maria Sabina (Horn) Weissenborn had at least the following children: Jessias Friedrich (1673-1750), Johann, (1691-1761), and Johann Friedrich (1681-1760).
When Maria Sabina died on 23rd October 1721, a funeral sermon was published: Programma In Exseqviis Maximarvm Virtvtvm Ac Lavdvm Matronae Mariae Sabinae Weissenborniae Natae Horniae P. P. In Academia Ienensi … Another funeral book: Die seelige Vereinigung getrennter Hertzen Wollten, Als Die Hoch-Edle, Hoch-Ehr- und Tugendbelobte … tells us that she was buried on 9th November in the 67th year of her “well-managed life”.
Their sons followed in their father’s footsteps and became pastors. Below three portraits of Jesias Friedrich (1673-1750),
The unrelated political philosopher Johann Friedrich Horn published works such as those listed below although his works are sometimes lumped together with the funeral and wedding books of “our” Johann Friedrich and vise versa.
• De subiecto iuris naturalis, dissertatio. – 1663
• Disputationem politicam cui maiestas competat … – 1657
• Ex politicis de caussa maiestatis. – 1659
• Ex politicis de successione primogeniti. – 1661
• Ex politicis dominium supereminens. – 1658
• Klengel, Christian: De iure nummi. – 1660
• Politicorum pars architectonica de civitate. – 1664
• Angelologias Philosophicae Disputatio Secunda … Disputatio politica de bello. – 1689
• Architectonica de civitate … 1699