There were at least three different Johan Brünings born in Lohne around the beginning of the 18th century. The birth register for Johan Henrich, born 1724, is clear that his father was Joan Brüning and that his mother’s name was Gesina Bernhaus, or something close to that (the handwriting is very difficult). Taking age 20 as an estimate for Joan’s minimum age at Johan Henrich’s birth, we would have a birth date of 1704 as earlier. In fact, in 1784 there is a death listing for a Johan Brüning, aged 80. We would also expect to see a marriage record for Joan’s parents a while before 1704. Indeed, we find a marriage record for Johan Brüning and Petronella Bording in 1701.

What we don’t find, unfortunately, is a birth record for Joan, which should be there sometime around 1704 or earlier. So the ancestry further back remains uncertain.