c 1642 Christian Herr was born. [1]
before 1671 Christian Herr married Grietgen/ Margret Lotscher, [?b. Oct. 3, 1645, daughter of Hans Lotscher and Anna Kammer of Erlenbach and Latterbachat, Bern, Switzerland, aged 28 in 1671]. [2]
1672 On 12 February, Christian Herr was a deacon who signed "a letter of the Swiss refugees to the Church at the Lamb, thanking them for the help received, describing their banishment from Bern, reporting that they have settled above Heidelberg, and humbly asking for more help. Five preachers and five deacons signed the letter. The letter speaks of refugees on both sides of the Rhine River." [3]
1672 On 6 April, an account of expenditures made by Dutch Mennonites on behalf of Swiss Anabaptists in the Palatinate listed Christian Herr, age 30 and wife Grietgen Lotscher, age 28. [4]
1672 Christian Herr, aged 30, was an Anabaptist minister in the Kraichgau. [5]
1685 Christian Herr was a Mennonite living at Mauer, Germany, near the Hohenharter Hof. [6]
1710 Christian Herr was a Mennonite farmer at the Hof, Mauer. [7]
[1] Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A Continuing Saga, Vol. 2 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 35, [GoogleBooks], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A Continuing Saga, Vol. 2 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 35, [GoogleBooks], [FHLCatalog].
[3] James W. Lowrey, translator, David Smucker and John Ruth, eds., Documents of Brotherly Love, Dutch Mennonite Aid to Swiss Anabaptists Swiss Migration to America: the Swiss Mennonites, Vol. 1 (Millersburg, Ohio: Ohio Amish Library, 2007), 417, [GoogleBooks].
[4] James W. Lowrey, translator, David Smucker and John Ruth, eds., Documents of Brotherly Love, Dutch Mennonite Aid to Swiss Anabaptists Swiss Migration to America: the Swiss Mennonites, Vol. 1 (Millersburg, Ohio: Ohio Amish Library, 2007), 455, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A Continuing Saga, Vol. 2 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 35, [GoogleBooks], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A Continuing Saga, Vol. 2 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 35, [GoogleBooks], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A Continuing Saga, Vol. 2 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 35, [GoogleBooks], [FHLCatalog].