The earliest relative we were able to find so far in the German church records was Friedrich Heiden who was born in 1755 in the village of Nienhagen in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany.

We know that he died in 1811 at the age of 56 and that he and his wife, the former Hanna Christina Magdalena Teschenow, had two sons and a daughter.

  1. Johann Jochim Diederich Heiden (1776-1827) (Grandfather of August Heiden)
     
  2. Mina Marie Louisa Heiden (1781-1801)

  3. August Heinrich Ernst Heiden (1783-February 23,1802)