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Notes for Isaac Kauffman and Anna Elizabeth Mergerdt

1653 Isaac Kaufman was baptized on November 20 at Steffisburg. [1]

1676 Isaac Kaufman and Elsbeth Mergerdt were married on February 18 at Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland. [2]

1685 Isaac, son of Isaac Kauffman and Elsbeth Megerdt?, was baptized on January 11 at Steffisburg. [3]

1690 Elsbeth, daughter of Isaac Kauffman and Elsbeth Mügerdt?, was baptized on February 9 with sponsors Christan Schärer, Cathrin Krabs, and Anna Schuÿler at Steffisburg. [4]

1693 Christan, child of Isaac Kauffman (Anabaptist) and Elsbeth Megardt?, was baptized on January 8 at Steffisburg. [5] [6]

1694 Isaac Kauffman lived on an Alpine pasture near Schangnau next to Täuffer Hans Raber when he was ordered arrested. He escaped with Hans Raber. [7]

1696 Hans, child of Isaac Kauffman (Anabaptist with note) and Elsbeth Megerdt?, was baptized on March 8 at Steffisburg. [8]

1699 On May 19, Isaac Kauffman was a Täuffer preacher of Homberg near Thun who was in jail in Bern. [9]

1700 Isaac Kauffman signed a letter in Alsace with Jacob Amman dated February 7 but was back in Switzerland on October 15, 1700, when he was to be arrested again. He escaped this time also. [10]

1701 Isaac Kauffman's wife was pregnant when she was brought before the court on July 12 to ask the whereabouts of her husband. [11]

1709 Isaac Kauffman of Grindelwald, Switzerland and Michael Mosimann, another Täuffer made a lease with the Prince of Montbeliard to work the lands at Montbeliard, Alsace. [12]

1720 Isaac Kauffman was still living there in 1720. [13]


Footnotes:

[1] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[3] Staatsarchivs des Kantons Bern, Steffisburg, Kirchenbuch 4, Taufrodel (1657-1701), Totenrodel (1700-1701), 352, left, [BernStateArchivesImage], [BernStateArchivesCatalog].

[4] Staatsarchivs des Kantons Bern, Steffisburg, Kirchenbuch 4, Taufrodel (1657-1701), Totenrodel (1700-1701), 427, right, [BernStateArchivesImage], [BernStateArchivesCatalog].

[5] Staatsarchivs des Kantons Bern, Steffisburg, Kirchenbuch 4, Taufrodel (1657-1701), Totenrodel (1700-1701), 463, right, [BernStateArchivesImage], [BernStateArchivesCatalog].

[6] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[7] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[8] Staatsarchivs des Kantons Bern, Steffisburg, Kirchenbuch 4, Taufrodel (1657-1701), Totenrodel (1700-1701), 494, left, [BernStateArchivesImage], [BernStateArchivesCatalog].

[9] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[10] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[11] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[12] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].

[13] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Kauffman A 132, [Website].