Taufen & Beerdigungen 1766–1799 — Bild 250 (Burials, pp. 88–89, "Sepulti Anno 1783")

The record

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers, Kirchenkreis Bodenwerder, Linse, Kirchenbuch (Beerdigungen) 1766-1799, Bild 250 (archion.de).

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

German

7\. Linse, am 20. Apr., [Sonn]. hor. 8. mat., starb des Müllers Joh. Heinr. Wasemann Töchterlein, Ernst Heinrich, an den Blattern, u. wurde am 24. ej. begraben, [war] alt 2 Jahr 23 Wochen.

English

7\. Linse, on 20 April, [Sunday(?)], 8 a.m., died the little child of the miller Joh. Heinrich Wasemann [Wesemann], Ernst Heinrich, of smallpox, and was buried on the 24th of the same month, aged 2 years, 23 weeks.

Additional material from another version of this entry

Paragraphs already present above, word for word or nearly so, have been left out. Everything below differs from the text above in at least one reading, date, name or note, and is kept so that no reading is lost.*

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Linse, 20th of April, Sunday, at 8 o'clock in the morning, the miller Johann Heinrich Wäsemann's little son, Ernst Heinrich, died of convulsions/seizures, and was buried on the 24th of the same month, aged 2 years, 23 weeks.

This closes a loop from earlier today. Ernst Heinrich Wäßemann/Wesemann — the second child of the miller Johann Heinrich Wäßemann and Christine Kampen, baptized in entry 30 with a cross mark you'd noted but couldn't confirm — died at just over two years old. The cross was exactly what you suspected: a death notation. And this confirms the surname-index page (154) you found earlier, which listed "Ernst Heinrich" under the Wäsemann heading — this burial entry is very likely the entry that page number points to.

So the fuller picture for this miller family: Johann Heinrich Wäßemann/Wesemann and Christine Kampen had at least three sons — George Ludewig, Ernst Heinrich (died age 2), and Johann Ernst. If Johann Ernst is a fourth distinct child rather than a repeat naming after Ernst Heinrich's death (worth checking — it was common practice to reuse a name after a child died, so "Johann Ernst" born after this 2-year-old's death could actually be intended as his replacement/namesake), that's worth flagging explicitly in your spreadsheet, since the naming overlap could otherwise cause confusion between two different sons.

Re-read 12 October 2026

Linse am 20. Apr. … starb des Müllers, Jo. Heinr. Wäsemann, Söhnlein, Ernst Heinrich, an den Blattern, und wurde am 24. ej. begraben, seines Alters 2 Jahr 23 Wochen."*

*The cause is smallpox ("an den Blattern"), which settles the conflict above against "convulsions";