This family is not directly connected with the Three Loeck Sisters but quite a few members of the Lindner family married members of families that the Three Sisters are related to such as Horn and Schonlebe.
We begin with:
Jacob Lindner / Jakob Lindner (* 1544 in Mittweida ; † April 2, 1606 in Naumburg (Saale) ). He was a German pedagogue. His brother was Johann Lindner (1549 – 1622) who married Margarethe Graul ( – 1635).
Born as the son of the Mittweida citizen and baker Hans Lindner and his wife Margaretha, daughter of the Chemnitz citizen Nicolai Jahn, he proved to be talented at an early age. After his schooling in Mittweida he went to school in Freiberg in 1559 and was admitted to the Grimma state school in 1562. Here he obtained his university entrance qualification as an alumnus in 1566 and moved to the University of Wittenberg in 1567 .
After Lindner had acquired the academic degree of Magister in Wittenberg in 1570, he was appointed third teacher at the Landesschule Pforta the following year. In 1575 he possibly received the position of vice rector and on April 23, 1580 he became rector of the institution. Also in 1580, Lindner had married Maria Magdalena, daughter of the famous reformer Nikolaus Steinecker.
Under Elector Christian I of Saxony, the Philippists gained a dominant position and drove the Gnesio-Lutherans out of office. Lindner, like his father-in-law, had to resign from office as Lutherans in 1588. Lindner then went to Naumburg, where he owned his own house and lived as a citizen for three years. He then became a city councilor and was eventually elected mayor of the city.
After the death of the elector and the assumption of office by Christian II of Saxony, the tide turned in favor of the Gnesio-Lutherans. His father-in-law received his Leipzig professorship back and after the sudden death of Rector Bartholomäus Walther in 1592, Lindner was able to return to the Pforta State School as Rector. For reasons of age, he asked for his retirement in 1601, which was granted with a pension of 100 guilders. He spent the last years of his life in Naumburg, where he died of old age and was buried on April 3 with a large funeral procession.
The above Jacob had a brother Johann Lindner (1549 – 1622) who married Margarethe Graul ( – 1635). They had two sons:
- Johann Lindner (1584 – 1662)
- Philipp Jacob Lindner (1585 – 1636)
On 8 June 1610, Johann married Anna Tannenberg / Tanneberg at Freiberg. She was born on 4 February 1592 at Freiberg and deceased on 16 April 1638 at Freiberg, aged 46 years old, the daughter of Zacharias Tannenberg †1603 and Margarethe Horn †1622. They had the following children:
- Johannes Lindner who married Elisabeth Seyfarth ( – 1685)
- Maria Magdalena Lindner ( – †1662) who married Jonas Schonlebe I (1582 – 1658). Before marrying Jonas I, Maria had married Daniel Graul from her mother’s Graul family.
- Jacob Lindner who married Anna Elisabeth Bachmann. (1635 – 1677)
- Anna Margarita Lindner who married Johann Caspar Horn (1606 – 1671)
- David Lindner (1604 – 1644) ?
It has been claimed that Margarethe Horn who married Oswald Hilliger and who was the direct ancestor of the Three Loeck Sisters was the same Margarethe Horn who also married Zacharias Tannenberg. However, this is probably not the case even though it is claimed to be so in Jahrg. 18 here: Mitteldeutsche Familienkunde – Bd. 5, Jahrg. 17-19 (1976-1978). Instead, Margarethe Horn who married Zacharias Tanneberg was the daughter of Martin Horn and Katharina Vogel.
Philipp Jacob Lindner (1585 – 1636) was another son of Johann Lindner (1549 – 1622) and Margarethe Graul. He married Gertrude Kuehlewein. They had a son Philipp Jacob Lindner Jnr. (1616 – 1665).
In 1617 Philip Jacob, Snr. contributed to the book: Suspiria Christianorum, Das ist: Christliche Weyhenacht Gedancken unnd Seufftzerlein nach dem Herrn Messi … [Christian Christmas Eve thoughts and little sighs for the Lord Messiah: taken from the Advent song and included in seven sermons.]
In 1637 a book on the law was published with the title: Selectarum Iuris Quaestionum Ad faciliorem Paratitlorum Wesenbecii intellectum directarum Disputatio VIII. … Several members of the Lindner and related families were editors such as: Johannes and David Lindner / Lindener; Paul Pleisner; Johan Caspar Horn; and Heinrich Schönleben. Paul Pleisner’s daughter Dorothea married first Gottfried Schonlebe, then Valentin Jöpner, and finally Johann Prager (1572 – 1638).
In 1638 Philipp Jacob Lindner, Jnr. (1616 – 1665) published a book in honor of Henning Grosse (1539 – 1649): Disputatio Iuridica De Privatis Delictis, Eorumque Actionibus Et Poenis …
In 1638 Anna (Tannenberg) Lindner, the wife of Johann Lindner (1584 – 1662), died and a funeral sermon was published: Der Außerwehlten himlische Frewd und Seligkeit …
In 1639 Johann Lindner signed the Stammbuch: Strasbourg : 03.1639 Lindener, Johann *- 1685* Identity [Stammbuch Georg Matthias König] König, Georg Matthias *1616 – 1698*. – [handwriting]. – [Sl], [1629-1644].
In 1647, Georg Adam Struve, Christian Tannenberg, Johann Lindner Snr., and Johann Lindner Jnr. published: Exercitatio Iuridica VI. De Restitutionibus In Integrum …
In 1649 Gottfried Lindner who appears nowhere on the genealogical databases makes a filial appeal to his father Johann Lindner, Jnr. by publishing a long poem titled: Schuldiges Andencken Auff die frohe … which says, approximately, that the book is a “Guilty souvenir for the happy name Mr. Johann Lindener, the Electoral Prince’s office keeper. His [Gottfried’s] beloved father dedicated on the 24th day of the fallow month 1649.”
Magdalena Tannenberg (1597 – 1642) the daughter of Zacharias Tannenberg (†1603) and Margarethe Horn and the sister of Anna (Tannenberg) Lindner (1592 – 1638) married on 18. October 1618 Heinrich Schonlebe.
Magdalena died in 1642 and a funeral book titled Flagrantissimum Christiani Moribundi Desiderium, Das ist … was published (See Schonlebe family page)
In 1662 Johann Lindner, Snr., the husband of Anna Tannenberg died and a series of funeral-sermon books were composed such as: Erheischender Schuldigkeit willigstes Denckmal Welches Dem Wol Ehrenvesten Hoch Achtbarn Hoch- und Wolweisen Herrn Johann Lindenern .. . with contributions by Johann Lindner, Jnr. as well as Jonas II and Johann Ernst Schönleben, their mother being Marie Magdalene Lindner.
Another funeral book was published but much later in 1674 under the title: Sonderliche Seelen-Warte des frommen Königes Davids aus dem 5. und 6. Versicul des CXXX. Psalms bey …The various pages following the book’s title page show that his daughter, Anna Margarethe, married Johann Caspar Horn and his other daughter, Marie Magdalena, married Jonas Schönlebe I.
In 1654 Jacob Lindner, the son of the above Johann and Anna (Tannenberg) Lindner, married Anna Elisabeth (Bachman) and to celebrate this a wedding book was published: M. Christian Funckens Sanfftes Ruhe-Bett Ehlicher Liebe, zugerichtet und auffgebettet … Herrn Jacob Lindenern als dem Bräutigam …
In 1663 Anna Elisabeth Lindner, the daughter of Jacob and Anna Elisabeth (Bachman) Lindner died, and a funeral sermon book published that lamented their “little daughter’s untimely death” under the title: Christliche Beyleid- und Trost-Worte Uber Des jüngst schön auffgebrochenen Aber Bald wieder erbärmlich abgebrochenen … Linden-Zweigeleins Annen Elisabethen Des … Herrn Jacob Lindners/ Des Raths … allhier …
Another funeral book for Anna Elisabeth was published with the title: Rector academiae Lipsiensis ad exequias virginis … Annae Gertrutidis, viri … Philippi Jacobi Lindneri … filiae … cives academicos … invitat …
In 1667 Anna Dorothea Lindner, the daughter of Johann and Elisabeth (Seyfarth) Lindner, died and to mark the occaision a single sheet was produced titled: Quisquis Es. Advorte. Lege. Mirare. Vana. Haec. Mortalium. Vita. Et. Parva … Ob. Hanc. Causam. Lugemus. Obitum. Virginis … Annae. Dorotheae. Lindneriae. Published by Jonas Schonlebe II (see penultimate line).
Another funeral book for Anna Dorothea Lindner was published under the title: Als Dem Wohl-Edlen Vesten und Hochgelahrten Hn. Johann Lindnern Beyder Rechten … Doctori … which tells us that she had not yet reached her 20th year of age and that she died in the 10th Christian month (October) in the year 1667, etc.
The two daughters of Johann and Anna (Tannenberg / Tanneberg) Lindner were:
I. Anna Margarethe Lindner who married Johann Caspar Horn (1606-1671), son of Caspar ( † 1619) and Ursula Hilliger. They had two children: i) Anna Magdalena (Horn) who married Michael Schirmer and ii) Johann Caspar Horn, Jnr. (1636 – 1722).
II. Maria Magdalena Lindner who married Jonas Schonlebe I on 24 September 1644. They had two sons Jonas II and Johann Ernst the Younger.
In 1641 was published: Chelys Inauguralis. Ad Calendas Ianuarii Latinas. Anni M.DC.XLI. Pro felici exoptatoq[ue] ineuntis huius Anni Auspicio confecta & consecrata … Dn. Johanni Lindnero … Dn. Johann-Casparo Hornio … Dn. Friderico Lingkio … Trinis illis Divinae Musices Amatoribus: Magnis suis Fautoribus aetatem observandis …. or the auspicious and longing-for success at the beginning of this year, accomplished and consecrated under the auspices of Dn. Johann Lindner, Dn. Johann-Caspar Horn, and Dn. Friedrich Lingke … Those Three Lovers of Divine Music.
In 1637 Commentationis Ad locum Iuris famosissimum, vexatissimumque by Johann Lindner.
In 1656 the book Sonne der Gerechtigkeit Christus Jesus Wie sie bey dem Auffgange der Menschwerdung … was published which included contributions by many interrelated individuals such as: Jonas Schönleben; Johann Lindner; Heinrich Schönleben; Christian Samuel Prager; Friedrich Schönleben; Gabriel Schönleben; Sigmund Horn; Caspar Ludwig Schönleben; Samuel Seyfried; Johann Paul Hilliger; M. Carol Lincke, etc.
Philipp Jacob Lindner, Jnr.(1616 – 1665), [son of Philipp Jacob (1585 – 1636) and Gertraud Kuehlewein] Lindner], married Catherina Elisabeth Zabel. Catherina’s sister Maria Sophia Zabel married Friedrich Berlich.
In 1654 Catharina Elisabeth (Zabel) Lindner died and her funeral sermon book was published titled: Engelischer Unterricht Vom Creutz …
In 1663, Philipp Jacob Lindner, Jnr. published: Oratio de Laudibus Lipsiae Quam Scripsit & publice Recitavit Anno MDC LXIII. Athenis Philyreis.
Philipp Jacob Jnr. and Catherina Elisabeth (Zabel) Lindner had a daughter Maria Gertrauda Lindner (1640 – 1665) who died and a funeral book was published: Hiobs Marter und Oster-Trost aus seinem XIX. Cap. v. 25 – 27. Bey …
Philipp Jacob Lindner, Jnr. died in 1665 and a funeral book was published in 1666: Unser kurtzes doch wohlbereitetes Ende und Letztes Ziel …
Magdalena Sophia Lindner (1665 – 1683) married Johann Friedrich Seyfried (1653 – 1729), Bürgermeister in Freiberg.