Jean Ranc

Jean Veltin Ranc, born in Paris in 1641, was per Ranc family tradition a Hugenot pastor during an era when the persecution of Protestants had been suppressed by the Edict of Nantes. When King Louis XIV of France revoked the edict and resumed unfettered persecutions, the Ranc family fled to Germany. The Elector Frederick of the Palatinate maintained his province as a safe haven for Protestants, and Mannheim became a center of French Hugenot settlement. It is presumed that Jean Veltin Ranc was married while in Paris, although his wife's name is unknown to us, and that his son Jean Valentin Ranc was also born there. The son's name became Hans Valentine Ranck after the move to Mannheim. Jean Ranc lived to see six grandchildren born to this son, four surviving childhood. When Hans died in 1710, the old man cared for his son's family until he himself died two years later, in 1712. As a religious leader, he no doubt had cared deeply about religious divisions that underlay political events in Europe. He did not live to know that at least three of the grandchildren he helped raise emigrated to freedom in America in 1728 and 1729.
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	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth		Paris France
Marriage
Death	17 Dec 1712	Mannheim, Germany

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 9              Generation 10           Generation 11                 
                                                     
                                                       
                                                        +--Jean Ranc 
                                                        |  (1641-1712)
                              +-- Hans Valentine Ranck--+     
                              |   (????-1710)           |
    Susanna Margaretha Ranck--+                         +--Unknown
      (1707-1767)             |
                              +-- Margaretha Philippes
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Children

(wife unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Hans Valentine Ranck	M	expect late 1660's or early 1670's	expect Paris, France	Margaretha Phillipes

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Paris, France		1641-1685
Mannheim, Germany	1685- 1712	1685 Edict of Nantes revoked

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Parish register, Reformed Church in Neckarau (Mannheim), Baden, Germany Veltin Ranck, at the marriage of his son Hans Velten (sic) Ranck to Margareth Philipes on February 17, 1699. Death of Valentin(sic) der Alte, on December 27, 1712, age 71 years.
2	"Descendants of Jacob Schneider" manuscript from JoAnn Cupp,(see contributors page)including data from Scneder Bible records, church records and other sources. See full transcript with source list, at right. Generation No. 1 JACOB SCHNEIDER was born 1667, died 1726. He married ELSA KLEIN. Child of Jacob Schneider and Elsa Klein: Johan Christian Schnaeder. Generation No. 2 JOHAN CHRISTIAN SCHNAEDER, born 1707 in Switzerland; died ~1793 in New Holland, Lancaster Co. PA. He married SUSANNA MARGARETHA RANCK about 1727 in Germany . SUSANNA MARGARETHA RANCK was a daughter of HANS RANCK & MARGARETHA PHILLEPES. SUSANNA MARGARETHA RANCK was born 29 Oct 1707 in Neckrau, Mannehim, Germany, and died 20 Jan 1767 in New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA. She was buried 23 Jan 1767 at New Holland Cemetery, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. PA .	Descendants of Jacob Schneider
3	The Ranks of Rancks, research manuscript of J. Allan Ranck, 1978, reprinted 1997. Available from Steve Loewen, 331 East Main St., New Holland, PA 17551, Phone 717-354-2200. Excerpt available online as "Brief History of the Ranck Family", Rank Heritage Center, at http://www.ranck.org/ This source lists pastor Jean Ranc, Hugenot pastor b. 1641 in Paris, d. 1712 in Mannheim Germany. His son Hans Valentine (Jean Valentin) Ranck (b. ___ d. 1710) married in Mannheim to Margaretha Philippes (Margarith Philipp) of French-Dutch descent. They had six children: Anna Barbara b. 1699; John Michael b. 1701; John Philip b. 1704; Rosine Katharine b. 1705 (died in childhood); Susanna Margaretha b. 1707; Johann Valentine b. 1710 (died in childhood). Susanna Margaretha Ranck married 26 Feb 1725 to Johann Valentin Weinkraus. Christian Schneder & wife Susanna Margaretha (Ranck), & daughter Margaret arrived in Philadelphia 11 Sept. 1729 on Ship Allen. They settled originally in Weaverland, later on 133 acres south of present Terre Hill.
4	Personal correspondence from JoAnn Cupp, 2007 - ongoing. See contributors' page.	N/A
5	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A

Research

The following material is of interest, but at this time a connection to our ancestry line has not been made.

Research Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
R-1	Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pg. 447, biography of David W. Ranck, his ancestors & descendants. Mention is made of his parents John Ranck (b. 1811) & Elizabeth Weidman; his grandfather John Ranck; great-grandfather Andrew Ranck; and great-great-grandfather the immigrant in 1740 Philip Ranck, of German & Swiss parentage, who took the oath of allegiance to King George in 1760. As this Ranck family immigrated in 1740, about13 years after Margaretha Ranck Snader, to Lancaster Co. PA, to Earl Twp., it is likely that they are related in some way to our Ranck family.