Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein m 3Sep1682 Anna Von Byon (Kesler*)

First of all these records show a connnection to Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein that married to Anna Von Byon (Kesler*) in Dill, Rhineland, Prussia in 1682. In his marriage record you find that he is listed as a "Junker" which is the German word for a "landed nobelman" and the Von in both of their names indicates a similar distinction. Furthermore either they were married at or lived at Schloss (castle) Simmern (shown in the record by abbreviation Sim.). He has two children that were born here in Neckarwestheim. They are Hans Jacob Koberstein born in 1701 and Anna Katharina Coberstein born in 1705. In these days there were no standardized spelling, they were phonetic, consequently Kopperstein, Koberstein or Coberstein are the same name. There are even more variations.

Here is the FamilySearch link to the much augmented Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein family.

* Upon researching the source for this last name of Kesler I found it to be an extracted version of the original marriage record given below. It seem impossible to read Kesler from this, but you be your own judge.

Here is Castle Simmern at the time of this record.

This is a picture of the Castle ruins in Dill Germany and modern map of Dill with the Burgruine (Castle ruins) area.

Here is a Wiki quote about the ruins:

Castle Dill

It is not known with any certainty when Burg Dill was built, but it is assumed that this happened in the 11th century, and that it might have been built on the ruins of an earlier Roman or Celtic complex.

At the complex's highest point, in the north, is the Oberburg (“upper castle”). Not much of the four-floor residential tower, whose sides measured 18 × 12 m, is left other than three outside walls; the east wall is missing. On the north wall's outer side is a garderobe. Parts of the barrel-vaulted cellar may still be visited. West of the upper castle, remnants of the girding wall have been unearthed. They exhibit a herringbone pattern in their construction.

On the area of the Niederburg (“lower castle” or “bailey”) to the east stand an Evangelical church, built on the spot where the castle chapel once stood, a wellhouse, which has been expanded into a holiday home, and a modern house.

Of the Vorburg (“forward castle” or perhaps “outer bailey”) to the west and south, only remnants of the foundations and outer wall can still be found. Part of the area is used as a garden.

The castle is in private ownership and normally cannot be visited. However, once or twice a year, there are guided tours. The times are published.

Dill History

Dill's first confirmed documentary mention comes from 1107, when Adalbert, comes (“Count”) de Dille appeared as one of the witnesses in the founding document of Springiersbach Monastery. This was Adalbert II, Count of Mörsberg and Dill (b. about 1070; d. 30 August 1125) from the comital family of Nellenburg, who lived on Lake Constance’s western shores. Adalbert had holdings from his great-grandmother’s inheritance in the Nahegau, among which was Dill. Adalbert’s daughter Mechtild von Mörsberg wed Menginhard von Sponheim, thus bringing Dill into the County of Sponheim.

Between 1223 and 1237, the Sponheims’ territory was split in two, forming a “Further County” (vordere Grafschaft) and a “Hinder County” (hintere Grafschaft). Nevertheless, Dill was not specifically assigned to either, and was held by both comital lines jointly, as was the Sponheims’ seat, Castle Sponheim. In the years that followed, Castle Dill served more than once as a widow's seat or a younger son's seat. In 1329, during the Schmidtburg Feud, Dill was besieged by Archbishop Baldwin of Trier, and in the end, he took it over. In 1338, however, the Archbishopric gave the village back to the Sponheims, enfeoffing them with it.

Under Count Johann V, the Sponheims’ last male heir, Dill was granted town rights on 8 January 1427 along with leave to hold a weekly market and two yearly markets as well. Furthermore, Dill was the seat of a small Amt. Despite these special rights, Dill could not develop any functions befitting a central town. The nearby town of Kirchberg had a more favourable location on the trade roads and had already been granted town rights in 1259. Together with the small size of the Amt, which at first stretched no farther than Dill itself although by the 17th century it also included the neighbouring village of Sohrschied, these factors saw to it that Dill never measured up to the stature of a small town, and in the end it lost the title.

In the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession), Castle Dill was destroyed in 1697 by a French army under General Ezéchiel du Mas, Comte de Mélac. As a result of Evangelical Pastor Christoph Besold's intercession, the village itself was spared destruction.

When the County was finally dissolved and divided up, Dill passed in 1776 to the Margraviate of Baden. The small Amt, too, was dissolved and Dill became part of the Amt of Kirchberg. During the Napoleonic occupation, Dill belonged to the Mairie (“Mayoralty”) of Sohren. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna and thereby became part of the Rhine Province. It also became part of the Simmern district. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein m 3Sep1682 Anna Von Byon (Anna Von Kesler in Family Search index)

The marriage of Hans Jacob Coberstein's parents (Friederich Coberstein or as in the marriage record Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein) was in Dill, Germany as per this source. Dill is about 15 Km to the west of Simmern.

Name Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein
Spouse's Name Anna
Event Date 03 Sep 1682
Event Place Evangelisch, Dill, Rheinland, Prussia

"Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929," database, FamilySearch, Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein and Anna, 03 Sep 1682; citing Evangelisch, Dill, Rheinland, Prussia; FHL microfilm 493,289.

Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1643-1798 Konfirmationen 1643-1773
International Film 493289 Image 66 of 301.
Here is a clip of the record and a link to the full image (right page Second entry).

The Junkers (/ˈjʊŋkər/ YUUNG-kər; German: [ˈjʊŋkɐ]) were members of the landed nobility in Prussia. They owned great estates that were maintained and worked by peasants with few rights. These estates often stood in the countryside outside of major cities or towns. They were an important factor in Prussia and, after 1871, in German military, political and diplomatic leadership. Many Junkers lived in the eastern provinces that after World War II were annexed by either Poland or the Soviet Union. Junkers fled or were expelled alongside other German-speaking population by the incoming Polish and Soviet administrations, and their lands were confiscated. In western and southern Germany, the land was often owned by small independent farmers or a mixture of small farmers and estate owners, and this system was often contrasted with the dominance of the large estate owners of the east. (wikipedia).

Waldorf is a city about 90 Km north of Dill where this marriage took place. 

Most, but not all, surnames of the German nobility were preceded by or contained the preposition von (meaning "of") or zu (meaning "at") as a nobiliary particle.  So both Adam and Anna were nobility.

The Castle mentioned in this entry is suspected to be the Simmern Castle since the city of Dill is in the Kreise of Simmern with the main city being Simmeren. Here is a web site about this location and Castle.

Here is a section of the map of the Holy Roman Empire (before 1789). This empire had many small, non contiguous lands. We have to look at each location to see what land they were in. Both the two children of Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein (Hanss Jacob Coberstein and Anna Katharina Coberstein) as well as Christian Koberstein and all of his decendants that were in Neckarwestheim would be in the Duchy of Wurttemberg. Neckarwestheim is just below Heilbronn in the map section below. Here is a good website about this Duchy. This is key quote from this website that transformed the lives of the Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein family, "During the reign of Eberhard Ludwig (1676–1733), Württemberg met another destructive enemy, Louis XIV of France. In 1688, 1703 and 1707 the French entered the duchy, inflicting brutalities and sufferings upon the inhabitants. The now sparsely populated country welcomed fugitive Waldenses, who gave great effort to restore it to prosperity, but the extravagance of the duke, anxious to provide for the expensive tastes of his mistress, Christiana Wilhelmina von Grävenitz partly neutralized this benefit." This was probably a key event that led to the emmigration of Hans Jacob Koberstein to America.

Hanss Jacob Coberstein chr16Oct1701 (Son of Friderich Coberstein aka Adam Friederich Von Kopperstein)

Here is one of two records that extended this line:

Name Friderich Coberstein
Gender Male
Wife Anna Catharina
Son Hanss Jacob Coberstein
Name Hanss Jacob Coberstein
Event Date 1695 - 1876
Event Date 1701
Gender Male
Birth Date 16 Oct 1701
Birth Year 1701
Christening Place EVANGELISCH, NECKARWESTHEIM, NECKARKREIS, WUERTTEMBERG
Father's Name Friderich Coberstein
Mother's Name Anna Catharina
Citation
"Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4R7-5W3 : 28 November 2014), Friderich Coberstein in entry for Hanss Jacob Coberstein, ; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,184,923. Image 916 of 1422.

Here is a clip of the record and a link to the full image (right page entry #6).

Here is the original record for Hans Jacob Coberstein

Anna Katharina Coberstein b24Jan1704 daugher of  Friedrich Koberstein (aka Adam Friedrich Von Kopperstein) and Anna

Found an original document for Anna Katharina Coberstein daughter of Friedrich Koberstein and Anna born January 24, 1704 at Neckarwestheim, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg.

Taufen 1697-1772 (Liebenstein) Taufen 1699-1808 Taufen 1646-1698 Taufen 1772-1818, 1813-1875 Heiraten 1693-1809 Heiraten 1696-1809 (Liebenstein) Heiraten mit Familienbuch 1808-1932

International Film 1184923 DGS  101835631 Image 23 of 1422.

Here is a clip of the record and a link to the full image (right page 2nd entry).