Erbitte Lesehilfe - some missing words

http://www.archion.de/p/e09de8aafa/

I can understand Anton died of a stroke on January 4th in Birlenbach and was buried on the 6th in Fachingen, but would like to fill in the blancs that I can't read very well (German not my first language), which I guess is about a doctor that was called in but came too late?

1793
Den 4t.Jan starb zu Birlenbach der heimburger
Anton Hatzmann an einem Schlagfluss
in seinem alter von 64 Jahr. Er hatte seit
.....zeit?.................................
befurcht? ...........Am?
................zu im gerufen aber zu
spat, und........Er wurde zu Fachingen
begraben den 6ten Jan(uar).
 
1793
Den 4t.Jan Starb zu Birlenbach der Heimberger
Anton Hazmann an einem Schlagfluß
in einem Alter von 64 Jahr. Er hatte seit
kurzer Zeit gekränckelt durch Schaden (?) wegen dem
befürchteten Einfall der Franzosen. Der
H(err) Hofrath Diel war zu im gerufen aber zu
spät, und so vergebens. Er wurde zu Fachingen
begraben den 6ten Jan(uar).
 
Thank you. Very interesting.

His father, also Heimburger died the year before in 1792 (so Anton was on his own). It can be Anton as Heimburger, (which is a kind of Burgermeister?) may have taken the news of the French invasion hard (stress, anxiety - causing stroke), feeling responsible for the village? Maybe that's what the pastor means?
 
Thank you. Very interesting.

His father, also Heimburger died the year before in 1792 (so Anton was on his own). It can be Anton as Heimburger, (which is a kind of Burgermeister?) may have taken the news of the French invasion hard (stress, anxiety - causing stroke), feeling responsible for the village? Maybe that's what the pastor means?

Yes, I think you are right. His health was not the best and he was very concerned about the upcoming war. And finally died by a stroke.
 
Heimberger seems to be a tax collector. I never heard the word before.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimbürger

In Birlenbach they first had a Schultheiss, then Heimburger (his son) -(and after 1848 it was called a burgermeister). It says in Wikipedia "Im dörflichen Bereich waren Heimbürger Amtsträger, die meist nicht (wie Schultheiß, Schulze oder Meier) vom Ortsherren, sondern von der Ortsgemeinde bestimmt wurden.", but in Diez/Birlenbach/Fachingen the job apparently went from father to son (six generations at least).

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schultheiß
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimb%C3%BCrger
 
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