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Van Koughnett Family History
From Paul Russell "On the Origin of the Family Name, Von Gachnang"
http://genforum.genealogy.com/coughnet/messages/4.html
"Since the COUGHNET family originated in Switzerland in the Middle Ages in the village of Gachnang, spelling variations for the surname have been evolving. The original form of the surname was VON GACHNANG, granted to the knights of the village, probably by the Dukes of Wuerttemberg. However, not long after being enobled, the family lost its property, but maintained the surname. They moved from Gachnang to the surrounding villages near Zurich and to Zurich itself, where they were well-known and possessed rights as citizens. At the time of the Thirty Years War (1618-48), they migrated to Alsace, where one ancestor used the name VON GOCHNAT. For the next ... hundred years until the departure of Johann Eberhard VON GOCHNAT from Colmar to Philadelphia in 1751, the primary variation of the name was VON GOCHNAT. In the British Colonies, the name was once again adapted to local spelling conventions: VON KOCHNET, VAN KOUGHNET, COUGHNET, COUGHNUT, CONANT, COCONUT [sic!], KOCHNET, CONAT."
von Gachnang
Castle Gachnang - Originally a moated castle. The donjon dating back to the 13th century was surrounded by residential buildings even in the 16th-17th century. http://www.thurgau-tourismus.ch/en/navpage.cfm?category=CultureTG&subcat=HistoricTG&id=49210
o Bertold d.1241/ & ? ?
o Walter d.1263/ & ? ?
o Walter d.1316/ & Anna ?
- 1336 The family acquires Gachnang and the Schelleburg -
o Walter d.1345 & ? ?
o Hans d.1345/ & ? ?
o Walter d.1371 & Elisabeth von WESSENBERG /1367-1393/
o Walter d.1405 & Verena ?
Walter VON GACHNANG was killed in the Appenzeller War in the service of the Princes of Austria on the Feast of Corpus Christi, 1405. - Paul Russell, http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/tree/origin.html
By 1405 the abbot had found another ally and was ready to retake his land. Frederick IV, Duke of Austria provided the abbot with two Austrian armies to attack Appenzell.
On 17 June 1405, the main army marched into Stoss Pass on the border of Appenzell and there met the Appenzell army. Following a brutal battle, the Austrian army was forced to retreat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appenzell_Wars
Stoss Pass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoss_Pass
Stoss Pass - Elevation: 942 m (3,091 ft)
Location: Switzerland - Range: Alps
Coordinates 47°21'39"N 9°29'42"E 47.36083°N 9.495°E
Stoss Pass (el. 942 m.) is a mountain pass between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
History: On June 17, 1405 during the Appenzell Wars, there was a battle on the pass between 400 soldiers from Appenzell and 1200 Habsburg and abbatial soldiers. The Appenzellers were victorious and thereby won their independence from the Abbey of St. Gall. There is a monument on the site.
o Hans d.1436/ & Margaretha OTHEMANN
o Hans & ? ?
o Barbara & Hans Heinrich zum THOR †1479/
o Johann d.1395 & ? ?
o Margareta & Konrad von SCHIENEN d./1433
don·jon (dnjn, dn-) n.
The fortified main tower of a castle; a keep. [archaic variant of dungeon]
von Gochnat
In French: von GOCHNAT ; von GOCHNATH, Jean Evrard
http://www.roelly.org/~genealogie/genea/pag84.html
Emigré en Amérique du Nord en 1751, ne voulant pas vivre sous domination française.
Nom transformé en Van Koughnett. Descendants vivant au Canada.
In English: Johan Eberhard VonGochnat III
"...migrated to Alsace, where one ancestor used the name VON GOCHNAT. For the next ... hundred years until the departure of Johann Eberhard VON GOCHNAT III from Colmar to Philadelphia in 1751, the primary variation of the name was VON GOCHNAT. In the British Colonies, the name was once again adapted to local spelling conventions: VON KOCHNET, VAN KOUGHNET..."
Famille von GOCHNAT ; von GOCHNATH - SCHMUECKER
SCHMUECKER, Marie Barbe, Naissance: entre 1715 et 1716
Fille de Joseph Schmucker, tanneur et de X. Ziegler. Emigré en Amérique du Nord.
Johann Eberhard VONGOCHNAT
Born: 17 MAY 1650 at: Colmar, Alsace, Germany (now France)
Married: 17 FEB 1678/79 at: Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany
Died: 25 FEB 1693/94 at: Colmar, Alsace, Germany
Father:Jeremias VONGOCHNAT
Mother:Salome WUSTENHOFER
Johann Eberhard VONGOCHNAT II
Born: 17 OCT 1681 at: Colmar, Alsace, Germany
Died: 11 DEC 1732 at: Colmar, Alsace, Germany
Spouses: Anna Margaritha BARTH Marie Salomea BIRR
VanKoughnet
Georg Wilhelm William VonGochnat or VanKoughnet
Event(s) Birth: 1757, Johnstown, NY
Death: 15 Jan 1832, North Fredericksberg, Picton Co., ON
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Parents- Father: Johan John Eberhard VonGochnat III
Mother: Maria Barbara Schmucker
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Marriage(s) Spouse: Jannetje Keller
Marriage: abt 1785
Fredricksburg, Lennox & Addingston Co., ON
Johann
'John' Eberhard VONGOCHNAT III
Born: 14 DEC 1712 at: Colmar, Alsace, Germany
Died: 1770 at: Johnstown, New York, USA
Spouses: Maria Barbara
SCHMUCKER
http://www.paulcountryman.com/jacob.html
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