Martin Knechtges and Gertrud Heucher of Landkern were his baptismal sponsors. Martin Knechtges was the son of Jakob Knechtges and Anna Froelich who lived in Landkern. Gertrud Heucher was probably Maria Gertrud Heucher of Villa Beauweiler, Landkern who married Johann Anton Weber in 1734 in Landkern. Her parents were Nikolaus Heucher and Maria Lauxen.