Jakob Hostetler[1]
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Name Jakob Hostetler [2] Gender Male Person ID I6271 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 5 Oct 2008
Children 1. Elizabeth Hostetler, b. Abt 1706 2. Johannes Hochstettler, b. Sep 1708, LaPetite Liepvre, Markirch d. 1765, Asswiller, Alsace, FR (Age ~ 56 years) 3. Peter Hostetler, b. 1710, Ste. Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR 4. Jacob Hostetler, b. 1712, La Petite Liepvre, Haut-Rhin, FR d. Feb 1776, Bernville, Lebanon Co., PA (Age 64 years) 5. Verena Hostetler, b. Abt 1716 d. 20 Nov 1741, Ste. Croix-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, FR (Age ~ 25 years) Family ID F4405 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Anabaptist minister Jakob Hostetler was born at Winterkraut near Guggisberg, Bern (21 miles west of Steffisburg). He fled from prison in 1698, and settled at La Petite Lièpvre near Ste. Marie-aux-Mines [Ger. Markirch] in Upper Alsace. A Thun court document describes how 'Jacob Hoofstetter' had secretly returned from a stay in Markirch to hasten the emigration of several women who had been left behind. He was arrested and exiled again. It is also possible that he visited Baden briefly after the expulsion of Mennonites from Alsace in 1713. His wife's name is not known. [1]
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