Taufen & Beerdigungen 1766–1799 — Bild 99 (Baptisms, pp. 192–193, "Anno 1785")

The record

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers, Kirchenkreis Bodenwerder, Linse, Kirchenbuch (Taufen) 1766-1799, Bild 99 (archion.de).

This register has no prior transcription in this project; the entry below was read directly from the archival scan. Only the entry involving the Wesemann/Wasmann surname is included. Uncertain readings are marked (?).

German

10\. Linse, am 4. März, Heinr. Wäsemann, der Mittelmüller, u. Christine Kampsen, alt 33 Jahr, einen Sohn geboren (natus d. 28. Febr., hor. 3–4 pom.). Gevattern: 1) [M.] Ernst Stumpf, von Duckhagen, ein Unterofficier, 2) Joh. Barthold Bormanns Ehefrau, von Bremke. Nom: Joh. Ernst.

English

10\. Linse, on 4 March, to Heinrich Wäsemann [Wesemann], the middle-miller, and Christine Kampen, aged 33 years, a son was born (born 28 February, 3–4 p.m.). Godparents: 1) [M.] Ernst Stumpf of Duckhagen, a non-commissioned officer, 2) the wife of Johann Barthold Bormann, of Bremke. Name: Johann Ernst.

Note: another son of the same miller Heinrich Wäsemann and Christine Kampen recorded across this register — a third sibling alongside Georg Ludewig (b. 1777, Bild 65) and Ernst Heinrich (b. 1780, d. 1783, Bild 80 and Bild 250).

Additional material from another version of this entry

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Linse, 4 March [baptized, a Friday given the symbol]. Heinrich Wäßemann, the miller, and Christine Kampen, aged 33 years — a son. Born 28 February at 3–4 o'clock in the afternoon [a Thursday]. Godparents: 1) Mr. Ernst Stumpf, of Buchhagen, a non-commissioned officer; 2) [the wife of] Johann Barthold Dormanns, of Bremke.

Named: Johann Ernst.

This is useful. You now have the father's trade — der Müller, the miller — which is a specific, checkable occupation, and it also resolves the "Rumpf" vs "Stumpf" ambiguity from the earlier entries: this crop reads clearly as Stumpf, so go back and correct that reading in entries 26 and 30. Same witness, Ernst Stumpf of Buchhagen, a non-commissioned officer, appears across all three Wäßemann baptisms — consistent godparent, consistent family.

So the family group for Heinrich Wäßemann, miller, and Christine Kampen now stands at three known children: George Ludewig, Ernst Heinrich, and Johann Ernst. That's a solid, well-anchored family unit, distinct from the Wasmann/Wollenweber household and the Wasmann/Hundertmark household you found in the other entries. Three separate families sharing similar-sounding surnames in overlapping records — which is exactly the kind of thing that produces a Wesemann/Wasmann mix-up two centuries later if someone's working from a bad transcription or an index rather than the original hand.