Jan Teply was born in 1653!

Jan Teply
Jan’s baptism register provides a lot of information:
- Jan Teply was baptized May 1, 1653 at Polička
- His father was Vaclav Teply
- Jan’s family lived in Pustá Rybná
- Godparents: Matansse Fagnemon, Jan Czervenak, and Katerina Rimcova daughter
Katerina Javorsky
No baptism record for Katerina Javorsky. Based on her age at marriage and at death, we can estimate Katerina’s birth around 1649. Her father was Matej Javorsky.
Marriage
Jan and Katerina married January 18, 1676.

The marriage register tells us:
- Their marriage date was January 18, 1676
- Jan was the son of Vaclav Teply of Pustá Rybná
- Katerina was the daughter of Matej Zarovsky, deceased, of Sadku
- Witnesses were Matej Kastanek, Alzbeta, daughter of Valentin Buzvala, and Suzana, wife of Florentine Pegstova
Children
Here are Jan and Katerina’s children found so far:
- Jiri Teply b. about 1680 m. 1702
- Jan Teply b. about 1682 m. 1704
- Martin Teply b. Nov 5, 1684 m. 1710
- Magdalena Teply b. Oct 23, 1687 m. 1722
- Vaclav Teply b. about 1688 m. about 1710
- Katerina Teply b. Nov 2, 1692 m. 1716
So their tree is shaping up like this:

Grandchildren
If we look at grandchildren, you can see how fast the family was expanding in early 1700s.
Here’s a chart of Jan and Katerina’s 28 Teply grandchildren. It doesn’t include grandchildren of their daughters that have different surnames.

Residence
We don’t have house numbers. But from various citations, we can see that Jan and Katerina lived in Pustá Rybná their entire lives.
Later Years
Jan Teply, 69, was buried on New Years Eve, 1714 at Pustá Rybná.


Katerina Teply died in November, 1736, age 87. She was buried on the 6th at St. Bartholomew cemetery at Pustá Rybná.

Sources
- Jan Teply birth – 1653 – Zamrsk Archives, Czech Republic – s. 1652 – p. 40 – i. 24 – r. 2
- Jan Teply and Katerina Javorsky marriage – 1676 – Zamrsk Archives, Czech Republic – s. 1663 – p. 64 – i. 36 – r. 1
- Jan Teply death – 1714 – Zamrsk Archives, Czech Republic – s. 1673 – p. 50 – i. 29 – r. 12
- Katerina Teply death – 1736 – Zamrsk Archives, Czech Republic – s. 1673 – p. 160 – i. 84 – r. 40
- Chart of Descendents of Jan and Katerina Teply – MyHeritage.com