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  • Name: Petter BRUPPACHER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt Dec 1596 in Wadenswil, Zurich, Switzerland b
  • Baptism: 10 Dec 1596 in Wadenswil, Zurich, Switzerland c
  • Death: Abt 1668 in Ibersheim, Germany d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Petter BRUBACHER Birth: Abt May 1566 in Wadenswil, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Mother:
  • Marg NEGELI

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Hans BRUPPACHER Birth: Abt Oct 1619 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1633
  2. Barbara BRUPPACHER Birth: Abt Aug 1621 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Abt 27 Mar 1625

Marriage: Children:
  1. Elsbeth BRUPPACHER Birth: 13 Mar 1625 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Abt 18 Sep 1629
  2. Peter BRUPPACHER Birth: Abt Mar 1626 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Abt 20 Sep 1629
  3. Hans Heinrich BRUPPACHER Birth: Abt Sep 1627 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: After 1662 in Ibersheim, Germany
  4. Peter BRUPPACHER Birth: 25 Oct 1629 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1661 in Alsace
  5. Hans Jacob BRUBAKER Birth: Abt Oct 1631 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Ibersheim, Germany

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Bruppachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, July 1993. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p[0-9]*].
  2. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol II. Provo, UT: author, 1997. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
bp 10 Dec 1596 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93],
parents:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22, Davis Emigrants v2p93]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
10 Dec 1595 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22],
place:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1668 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]
by 1668 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara STRELER
date:
by 1621 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23]
first marriage of Petter [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93],
child:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23, Davis Emigrants v2p93]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna PFISTER
date:
after 1622 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]
by 1625 [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93],
child:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23, Best BRUBAKER p24, Davis Emigrants v2p93]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaretha STRICKLER
date:
third marriage of Petter [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]
Research Notes:
before 1622: Anabaptist [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22, Davis Emigrants v2p93]

1633: lived in Spitzen, parish of Hirzel, age 38, where congregation generally met in his house [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22]

May 1637: imprisoned in Wadenswil with hans Landis and Jacob Rusterholtz, later in Oetenbach, Zurich, where he remained more than 40 weeks until he escaped [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22]

1637: in jail [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]

1640: property worth nearly 10,000 guilders confiscated [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22]

purchased land in Alsace [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22]

1647: living in Alsace [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]

1649: some of his family left for Rappoltsweiler in Alsace [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]

1651: his three sons left Switzerland to join him is Alsace [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]

1661: moved to Ibersheim in the Pfalz; reported in Zurich that he and his third wife, Margaretha Strickler as well as his son Hans Jacob (with a wife of Richterswil, named Hiestand and two children) lived on a farm two hours from Worms, Germany; Peter leased the farm, named Ibersheim, for 12 years [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]

1661: migrated to Palatinate after 13 years in Alsace; leased Ibersheim Hof for 12 years from Elector [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p22]

1668: 5,000 guilders confiscated by the Zurich authorities because he had died in "disobedience" [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p23]

1668: property in Switzerland was sold [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]

1668: report in Switzerland that Peter had died at Ibersheim and that 5000 pounds of his inheritance was confiscated [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p93]



Pedigree of Petter BRUPPACHER
          /-----Rutschli BRUBACHER
 /-----Petter BRUBACHER
|         \-----Anna WIS
Petter BRUPPACHER
 \-----Marg NEGELI



Descendants of Petter BRUPPACHER
1. Petter BRUPPACHER m1. Barbara STRELER m2. Anna PFISTER m3. Margaretha STRICKLER
m. Barbara STRELER
m. Anna PFISTER
m. Margaretha STRICKLER

2nd generation

6. Hans Heinrich BRUPPACHER m. Elisabeth RUSTERHOLZ
m. Elisabeth RUSTERHOLZ father: Jacob RUSTERHOLZ mother: Susanna VORSTER
8. Hans Jacob BRUBAKER m. Klinann HEISTAND
m. Klinann HEISTAND father: Hans HEISTAND

3rd generation

10. Hans BRUPPACHER m.
11. Anna BRUBAKER m. Hans Sr MEYER
m. Hans Sr MEYER father: Hans Jacob MEYER mother: Margareth KUNDIG
12. Hans BRUBAKER m.

4th generation

16. Hans BRUBAKER m1. Anna ERNST m2. Anna (BRUBAKER)
m. Anna ERNST
m. Anna (BRUBAKER)
17. Abram M BRUBAKER m. Maria HERR
m. Maria HERR
19. John MOYER m. Mary LENHARD
m. Mary LENHARD
20. Jacob BRUBAKER m.
21. John BRUBAKER m.
22. John Jacob BRUBAKER m. Barbara (BRUBAKER)
m. Barbara (BRUBAKER)

5th generation

23. John Jr BRUBAKER m1. Maria NEWCOMER m2. Maria DOWNER
m. Maria NEWCOMER
m. Maria DOWNER father: Michael DOWNER mother: Magdalena (DOWNER)
24. Jacob BRUBAKER m1. Susanna STEINMAN m2. Mary MARTIN
m. Susanna STEINMAN father: Christian STEINMAN
m. Mary MARTIN father: Peter MARTIN
25. Abraham BRUBAKER m. Barbara MILLER
m. Barbara MILLER
26. Peter BRUBAKER m. Barbara (BRUBAKER)
m. Barbara (BRUBAKER)
27. Joseph BRUBAKER m. Elizabeth WOOLSLAGEL
m. Elizabeth WOOLSLAGEL father: John WOOLSLAGEL
28. Henry BRUBAKER m1. Elizabeth BEAR m2. Anna (RESH)
m. Elizabeth BEAR father: Henry BEAR mother: Barbara WITMER
m. Anna (RESH)
29. Daniel BRUBAKER m. Anna DOWNER
m. Anna DOWNER father: Michael DOWNER mother: Magdalena (DOWNER)
30. David BRUBAKER m1. Elizabeth HERSHEY m2. Veronica D BARE
m. Elizabeth HERSHEY father: Andrew HERSHEY mother: Maria SCHNEBELI
m. Veronica D BARE father: John BARE mother: Elizabeth STONEMAN
31. Christian BRUBAKER m. Elizabeth BRUBAKER
m. Elizabeth BRUBAKER father: Peter BRUBAKER mother: Eleanor (BRUBAKER)
35. Maria BRUBAKER m1. m2. Abraham HACKMAN
m. Abraham HACKMAN
38. Abraham BRUBACHER m. Magdalena ESHLEMAN
m. Magdalena ESHLEMAN father: Daniel ESHLEMAN mother: Elizabeth BRUBAKER
41. Jacob BRUBAKER m. Maria HIESTAND
m. Maria HIESTAND
44. Christian MYERS m. Mary ERISMAN
m. Mary ERISMAN
45. John BRUBAKER m. Elizabeth HERR
m. Elizabeth HERR father: Isaac HERR
47. Peter BRUBAKER m1. Eleanor (BRUBAKER) m2. Anna BEAR
m. Eleanor (BRUBAKER)
m. Anna BEAR father: Henry BEAR mother: Barbara WITMER
49. Jacob BRUBAKER m. Mary NISSLY
m. Mary NISSLY
52. Elizabeth BRUBAKER m. Daniel ESHLEMAN
m. Daniel ESHLEMAN
54. Jacob BRUBAKER m1. Maria (BRUBAKER) m2. Anna (BRUBAKER)
m. Maria (BRUBAKER)
m. Anna (BRUBAKER)
56. John Jacob BRUBAKER m.
57. John BRUBAKER m. (Unk) OBERHOLTZER
m. (Unk) OBERHOLTZER
58. Dietrich BRUBAKER m.