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• Name: Jakob GRAF
• Sex: M
• Birth: Jan 1616 in Baretswil, Switzerland ^b
• Baptism: 28 Jan 1616 in Baretswil, Switzerland ^c
• Death: After 1683 in Steinsfurt, Germany ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Hans GRAF Birth: Before 1590 Death: Abt 1630 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
Mother:

• Elsbeth PETER Birth: Abt 1588 in Aaruti, Fischenthal Death: Abt 1637

Family:
Marriage:

• Anna SPORRI on 21 Jun 1636 .^m1
  
• Anna SPORRI Birth: Wolfensberg, Near Bauma, Baretswil, Switzerland

Children:

1. Hans GRAF Birth: Dec 1636 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1681 in Rauhof, Germany
2. Hans Heinrich GRAF Birth: Jan 1638 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1639
3. Hans Heinrich GRAF Birth: Jan 1639 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
4. Marx GRAF Birth: 1 Nov 1640 in Baretswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1716
5. Elisabeth GRAF Birth: Feb 1642 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1643
6. Elisabeth GRAF Birth: Feb 1643 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1645
7. Susanna GRAF Birth: Sep 1644 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
8. Barbel GRAF Birth: Dec 1645 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
9. Jakob GRAF Birth: Jul 1647 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
10. Elisabeth GRAF Birth: Apr 1649 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: 1729

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

bp 28 Jan 1616 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11],

place:

[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173],

parents:

[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:

28 Jan 1616 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p173]

Sources for baptism Information

date:

[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11],

place:

[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11]

Sources for death Information

date:

after 1683 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173],

place:

[Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p173]

Sources with Information about marriage to Anna SPORRI

date:

[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173],

child:

[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p11, Best SwissOrigins p12, Best SwissOrigins p13, Best SwissOrigins p15, Davis Emigrants v2p173]

Research Notes:
1633: listed as Hans Jacob, aged 18 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1634: lived with his mother [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1637: lived with his wife and son in his mother's household in Bettswil [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1640: lived in Bettswil with wife and two children [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1645: called a touffer [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p173]

1646: Anabaptist living in Bettswil with his brother's family [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1649: Anabaptist living in Wirzwil with wife and six children [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1651: moved near Sinsheim, Germany, with wife and 7 children [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173]

1651: two of Jacob's children died, one after being shot by soldiers. Jacob arranged with the Landvogt (governor) of Gruningen for a penalty refund [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p9]

Oct 5 1656: Mennonite living at Steinsfurt, with hans Meyer and Hans Mendt [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p173]

Oct 5 1656: signed a petition to the Elector of the Palatinate requesting leniency on behalf of the "Manisten alld Wider Tauffer" (Mennonites and Anabaptists) at Steinsfurt [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p9]

1657: Baretswil emigrant list showed that Jacob was under the government of Gruningen [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p9]

1661: moved to Steinsfurt, Germany [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p173]

1661: lived in Steinsfurt; attended Steinsfurt meeting [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1661: attended the illegal meeting with four members of his household [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p10]

1661: lived under jurisdiction of the Elector of the Palatinate, and had an assessed valuation of 200 florins [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p10]

1683: lived in Steinsfurt [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173]



Pedigree of Jakob GRAF
 /-----Hans GRAF
Jakob GRAF
 \-----Elsbeth PETER



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