Nafziger

Family/Spouse: Christian Burki. Christian (son of Johannes (Hans) Bürcki and Barbara Gungerich) was born about 1720 in Erlenbach-bei-Dahn, GR; died about 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Johannes Burki (Buercky, Burcky) was born about 1753; died on 23 Aug 1838 in Hennepin, Putnam Co., IL.
2. Barbara Burki was born about 1761; died on 26 Nov 1811 in Königsbach, Baden-Württemberg, GR.
3. Magdalena Bircky

Notes:

Birth:
Rodenhof

Johannes married Barbara Holly in 1738 in Erlenbach, Palatinate, GR. Barbara was born in 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
near Dahn

Notes:

“The Mennonite Nafzigers go back to these two brothers who immigrated to the border area between Alsace and the Palatinate from Uetendorf in Canton Bern, Switzerland, about 1705.

“Originally the family comes from Wurttemberg, where the name yet appears as Nefzer or Nefzger (meaning a slow easy going person). Zacharias Nafzger, a smith, settled in Thun in 1621. Since then his descendants have lived in the area as pewters and silversmiths.

“There are no records of Annabaptist origin but both men probably joined the Amish through marriage to Mennonite women. Christian was named as leaseholder in Birlenbach in Lower Alsace, where he had difficulties with the local clergyman. After a nine year lease, Christian left his homeland of Switzerland with his brother of his own free will, but under pressure from this clergyman.”

Ulrich + Magdalena Güngerich. Magdalena (daughter of Hans (The Old) Güngerich (Gungrich)) was born in 1694; died in 1759 in Essingen, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“General Notes: Magdalena was much in demand as a healer - Alfred Kuby has shown that she could accurately predict the term of existing pregnancies with the help of a urine sample. She was also a zealous advocate for her faith and quite an autocratic woman. For example, during a renovation of the house, she had her initials "MN 1738" carved in the arch of one of the gates, although her husband was still alive.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

“General Notes:
The large family of Mennonite Nafzigers (also Nafzier, Naftzger, Noftsger, and Noffsinger), goes back to two brothers, Christian and Ulrich, who immigrated to the border area between Alsace and Palatinate from Uetendorf near Thun in Canton Bern, Switzerland, about the year 1705. Originally the Nafzgers had come from Wurttemberg, where the name still appears today as Nefzger (Nehzer comes from the Swabian verb nefzen meaning to doze or nap, thus a designation for a slow, easy-going person). Zacharias Nafzger, a smith, settled in Thun in 1621. Since that time his descendants have lived around Thun as craftsmen (pewterers and silversmiths).
In 1707 he is named as leaseholder in Birlenbach in Lower Alsace (Bas-Rhin), where he had difficulties with the local clergyman (Robert Lutz). He had apparently left his Swiss homeland (Uetendorf in Canton Bern in Switzerland) of his own free will together with his brother Ulrich Nafziger, born in 1686. At least there are no indications of either banishment from their native land or of Anabaptist origin. Possibly the two young men set out to seek their fortunes and only because members of the Amish congregation through marriage to Mennonite women.”

Birth:
22 Mar 1649 according to Greg Wolf website

Died:
At age 105

Christian married Anna Schnyder on 28 Nov 1672 in Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW. Anna was born in 1651 in Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW; died on 30 Nov 1686 in Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW; was buried in Uetendorf, Thun, Bern, SW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
according to Greg Wolf website

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Minister
• Reference Number: 73
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 1693-1695, Echery, Haut-Rhin, FR

Notes:

Gungerich, Gingerich, Gungrich (sometimes Jungerich) = old Germanic first name.

Jean Kingerique (Gungerich) from Schwarzenegg was living at Erguel in the Swiss Jura in 1724, his name appearing in a list of Anabaptists.... Hans Gungerich, known as "der Alte," was a long-time minister at Steinseltz in Alsace, near the German border. He died around 1785 at the age of ninety or more. He could have been the same Jean (Hans) in the French records of the Jura in 1724. The migration to Hesse came later, and the emigration to America was from there around 1820.

Hans (The Old) was a minister by 1711. Hans lived at Fronsburgerhof, Alsace, for some time before his death. Hans was first Reformed, then Swiss Anabaptist, then Amish.

IMH Mar 1990: "Minister of Fronsburg congregation; moved 1695 to Reidseltrz, Alsace; moved 1712 to Fronsburgerhof, Alsace."

"Hans is documented in 1693 in Eschery near Markirch (Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines) where Jakob Ammann had "banned" him (Robert Baecher). " Guth


Hans "The Elder" GUNGERICH-2799
Notes from BausHaus Family History Chad Baus
Elder of the Fronsberg congregation
Around 1693 he is named as a resident of Echery near Markirch in Alsace (where, according to one record, Jakob Amman had "banned" him), and in 1695 (together with Jakob Amman), in the neighboring village of Kleinleberau.
After 1711 he is on the estate Fronsburg, where he eventually dies. In 1726 and 1736 Hans is recorded on the estate Fronsburg with his sons Valentin and Johannes as co-leaseholders. The estate is located below a castle of the same name, which towers from a steep cliff above. As early as 1439 the castle itself was destroyed by troops of the Bishop of Strasbourg because it was a seat of marauding knights. Rebuilt in 1481 by the Fleckensteins, it was burned down late in the seventeenth century by the French General Montclar. Today part of the estate is used as a forestry house. The border between Alsace and the Palatinate has always been controversial. Today, the Fronsburg estate is within the French border.

In the year 1726 we find "Hans the Elder" as a signer of a lease agreement for his son Christian, whereby the Pfalzhof would pass to him in hereditary tenancy. Christian signed this agreement with his mark. Heritary tendancy meant that the leaseholder received the lease for life. After death, heirs or someone designated by the leaseholder had the right to continue the lease. From an economic perspective, property so leased was like personally owned property.

Even as a 90-year-old took part in the assembly of Amish elders in 1759 in Essingen as a representative of the Fronsberg congregation.)
From: http://www.diannebauer.com/publicroots/NAFZIGER%20JANTZI/ANCESTORS/nafzigerj/pafn08.htm#2799)

“He lived at Echery from 1693 to 1695, then a La Petite Lièpvre in the same time frame that Jacob Amman was there (1695-1712). The two villages are located on the road leading south from Ste. Maris-aux-Mines. Hans was one of Amman's followers who was placed 'under the ban' at La Petite Lièpvre in 1695. The gesture was meant to express humility before the Reist faction in a fruitless bid to reconcile.

After 1712 Hans lived between Niedersteinbach and Lembach on the Alsace-Palatinate border, about 8 miles from Berwartstein Castle. He leased grounds near le Château de Froensburg, a ruined sandstone castle that had been used for artillery practice by French troops in 1677. The land was exempt from Alsatian expulsion orders because it belonged to Zweibrücken Wittelsbachs. The leases almost coincided.
Over the years Hans held meetings of ministers at his home. He attended the assembly of ministers held at Essingen in 1759, representing the Froensburg congregation. He was 90 years old, and died the following year. “

Residence:
Echery near Markirch and southwest of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

Died:
Near Lembach