In the years 1736 to 1780 he beys property for 365 Gulden, but sells property for 1540 Gulden. On the occasion of another sale of property in 1777 he is asked to guarantee for the hereditary portion of his children. So he gives his brother and his son-in-law "a piece of garden near the church" each. His son Ferdinand Bernard doesn't increase the property essentially, but sells a couple of pastures, fields and one vineyard. According to Dillenius, the city bought of him a piece of land in order to enlarge the church yard. It was also Ferdinand Bernhard of whom his youngest grarndson Konrad says that he had been a member of the Prussian Army and that his discharge papers had been kept in the family for a long time. While being on his travels (in former times it was very common that young tradesmen went on travel for a few years before they got married) he was probably pressed to become a Prussian soldier; so in the Seven Years' War he fought on the side of the Prussian King while his country people were forced to fight for the French.

Our ancestors seem to have been strongly rooted in their home town. The combination of farming and craft was a very advantageous and was the reason that the family never had a problem to make a living. The statutes of the guilds guaranteed that there was not as much competition as in later times. That the family was also well respected is shown by the fact that many family members were elected in city councils or courts, a fact that was already mentioned above. Therefore they had the right to be called "Herr" In the 17th and 18th century there are many highly respected persons among the godfathers of the children of the family,