512. Jacob Kauffman (III)
Probably the son of jacob, as his great grandson is said to have been the fifth having the name Jacob. Church records indicate he
was from Schopfen in the vicinity of Basel, Switzerland. He appears on the 1613-1614 muster roll of Thun, in Steffisburg Parish.
Married first by 1580 Christini Raber, who was the mother of three children, and died by 1584. Jacob married second May 11,
1584 in Steffisburg Parish. Either he or his son married Verena Barb on Dec. 13, 1613.
521. Barbli Schenk
EMIGRANTS,REFUGEES,&PRISONERS,RICH DAVIS,PG 209
528. Konrad Nusli
NAME&BIRTH: EMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND PRISONERS PG 297
576. Conrad Strickler
I here give an account of a Conrad Strickler persecuted in Switzerland for his religious faith, who, in all probability, was a relative of Conrad Strickler later found residing in America in the Colony of Pennsylvania. The Church records in Zurich may disclose the relationship. It is interesting in that it tragically answers the question: "Why did our ancestors come to America?"
---CONRAD STRICKLER: Persecuted in the City of Zurich ---
For the following information I am indebted to Mr. Oscar Kuhns of the Department of Romance Languages in the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut and author of several books touching upon the German and Swiss peoples.He says that the following description of Conrad Strickler is found in an appendix to the "AUSBUND," a hymn book of the Quakers, published by Christopher Sauer at Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1751 in which there is an account of the persecutions of the Quakers in Switzerland, the account of Conrad Strickler of Wadensuyl, or Horgan, being as follows:
"Conrad Strickler. An old man, he was made prisoner in June, 1644, and brought to the City of Zurich and shut up with others of the brethren. His wife was also shut up in the prison of Oetenback, where she remained a long time imprisoned; but now, thanks to God, has become free once more. They handed over his property to his son, but made him pay 500 Gulden (Florin) as a tax to the government." (Translated from Ein Warbaftiger Bencht, etc_
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Mr. Oscar Kuhns explains the situation in this way: "The Mennonites were Quakers, and are always called so in public documents. The Quakers really came from Holland Taufer or Baptists as they called themselves originally. They are called Mennonites after Menno, a Dutch Priest. Hence in stating in English what they were they would naturally call themselves Quakers.Fronschouer was the publisher of the Taufer (Baptist) or Mennonite (Quaker) Bible in Zurich. This is the name of the publisher of the ancient Strickler Bible
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Strickler - FORERUNNERS pp 12-13"He was an Anabaptist in jail in Zurich in 1640 and 1644 and was called an old man. His son Hans got his goods in 1644. He lived at Bruder Haus in Hirzel, Zurich. He died by 1649 at Hirzel Zurich. He married Anna Landis who also was an Anabaptist." -- Richard Warren Davis
960. Hans Hersperger
In 1581 he was brought before the authorities in Thurnen for his Anabaptist faith. In 1585 he spent eight weeks in prison and was then banished. He left behind a wife and five children.