stuck on a word in a 1740 burial record in Pfalz

Tom Randolph

Burial record for Anna Maria Röller, 1740, Mühlhofen, Pfalz: I can't make out the word that looks something like 'e....iges' or 'r...iges' when describing the deceased daughter -- should be something like 'his' or 'legitimate' but doesn't look like 'eheliche'. Suggestions? Also, can I assume that end of the date 'Jan' is an added flourish and doesn't represent a letter? Thanks!

:Protestant Reformed Parish in Mühlhofen

 Transcription:

:1740 MDCCXL

:D. 24ten Jan: wurde begraben Anna Maria, Philipps Roelleren B:alhier ehleges?? Töchterlein seines alters 6 Jahr 3 M.

 Translation:

:1740

:The 24th Jan: Anna Maria, little daughter of Philipp Roeller [middle-class] citizen here, aged 6 years 3 months, was buried.

* '''Burial''': "Germany,

Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"<br/>Citing

Burial, Billigheim, Bergzabern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland, Alsenz,

Altenbamberg, Asselheim, Billigheim u Dernbach, German Lutheran Collection, various

parishes, Germany.<br/>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRN-V7H3

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:Name: Anna Maria Roellern;

:Burial Date: 24 Jan 1740;

:Burial Place: Billigheim, Bergzabern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland;

:Birth Date: 1734;

:Age: 6;

:Father's Name: Philipp Roellern

:Event Type: Burial

:Page Number: 106

:Church Name: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Alsenz (BA. Rockenhausen);

:Misc Note: Heiraten, Tote, Taufen u Konfirmationen 1715-1895

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Robert Seal_1

@Tom Randolph

Hello Tom,

I read the word as: ehliges.

I think you're on the right track here that the word may be some variant of "ehelich" = legitimate.

This would make the phrase: legitimate little daughter of . . .

I have not been able to find this word in the usual sources but I have found a few examples online.

Let's see if others weigh-in on this.

Robert Seal_1

P.S. Yes, that is an added flourish on "Jan" = Januar = January.

BaerbelJ

The flourish at the end of "Jan" likely represents the Latin ending "ius", commonly used at the time. And, yes, I also read that as "ehliges", which I have seen before as a variant of "eheliches". The letter "g" can also be pronounced as a "ch" sound. That happens more often at the end of a word, as in "Koenig", but is also used in the middle of a word.

Ulrich Neitzel

https://community.familysearch.org/de/discussion/comment/451003#Comment_451003

I have seen "ehlich" instead of "ehelich" many times. "ehlig" is new to me, but I agree with @BaerbelJ that this can be a (not correctly spelled) variant since the sound can be equal.

Tom Randolph

@Robert Seal_1 : Thanks! @Ulrich Neitzel ; @BaerbelJ : have you seen 'ehliges' as a variant of 'ehelich' before?

Tom Randolph

@Robert Seal_1 , @BaerbelJ : Thanks for the confirmation and additional info!

Tom Randolph

@Ulrich Neitzel , thanks!

BaerbelJ

Correct spelling is a modern concept. Before the advent of standardized spelling, especially the new Grimm's dictionary published in the mid-19th Century, anything that sounded right was fair game.