Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld. Source of the approximate year of his birth, the place and approximate year of his wedding, and the date and place of his death: Manfred Ruettgers.
He was a baptismal sponsor in 1682 for Katharine, the daughter of Johann Peter Esch and Maria Koehn of Kalt; in 1687 for Anna Maria, the daughter of Ludwig Oster and Anna Esch of Kalt; and in 1701 for Anna, the daughter of Johann Oster and Margarete Sauer of Kalt.
Ludwig and Maria had five children.

Source: Records of St. Martin and St. Severus Catholic Church in Muenstermaifeld. Source of the approximate year of her birth and the date and place of her death: Manfred Ruettgers.
She was a baptismal sponsor in 1695 for Maria, the daughter of Peter Kevenheim and Margarete Ackermann of Schrumpftal, Metternich.