Jacob or Jacobus Rehmann is the earliest member of this family that we have found...so far. He was born in 1710 in Germany and died in 1787 at the age of 77.

He was married to Christina Meusers who was also born in 1710 and passed away in 1771.

They had at least one child, Wilhelm.
 

Jacob or Jacobus - Wilhelm vs Wilhelmus - According to several sources on the internet, Jacob or Wilhelm is the standard German given name, while Jacobus or Wilhelmus is a Latinized, formal, or archaic variant derived from the same Germanic roots. The "us" suffix is often used in older church records (especially in Catholic churches) or in formal, government documents.

Of the ten families covered on this website, eight originated in Germany. Members emigrated to America from the mid to late 19th century.

The Heiden, Rambow, Knaack, Kanseyer, Dreier and Milhan families all lived in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin region (now called Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) We have followed the Roggerman family back to Rügen Island in the Baltic Sea.

So far, in the documentation for the German members of the Rehmann family, places in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate have appeared. We will continue to investigate this unusually widespread distribution in the future.