c 1635 Peter Gut, perhaps the son of Anthoni Gut, was born in Michelfeld, Kraichgau, Germany. [1] [2]
Peter Good has been named as the likely father of Peter Gut [3], Anna Gut, and Jacob Gut [4].
Research Notes:
Several Good immigrants came to Pennsylvania in the early 1700's. Genetic testing of their descendants suggests that they were all descended from a common male ancestor, as are Good descendants currently living in Switzerland, and that they share the Y-DNA L2b haplogroup subclade, which is rare in Europe [5]. The specific relationships among these Good immigrants are uncertain and there is some disagreement among researchers about their relationships [6] [7].
One plausible European lineage, shown here, is based on two researchers. The ancestry back to Andreas Gutt (born 1532) is based on Jane Best [8]. The ancestry before Andreas Gutt is based on the research of Therese Leuzinger-Kamber of Switzerland. [9]
1672 On 12 February, Peter Gut was a preacher 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." [10]
1672 On 6 April, an account of expenditures made by Dutch Mennonites on behalf of Swiss Anabaptists in the Palatinate listed Peter Gut, age 41 and wife Barbara Graber, 37 years, with 7 children age 8 weeks through 14 years at Micheveldt. [11] [12]
Richard Davis lists the likely father of Peter (A1) as Christian Gutt, born 1605 (Family A). Peter Gutt was a Swiss Anabaptist refugee living at Michelfeld, Baden in April 1672, age 41. His wife was Barbara Graber, age 37. He had seven children with him, the oldest was 14 years and the youngest 8 weeks. He was given three beds and children's clothing for four. He signed a letter on 2 Feb 1672 as one of the Mennonite ministers on the west side of the Rhine. He was probably the Peter Gutt living at Michelfeld in the Kurpfalz in 1684 when his daughter Anna was married. His wife Barbara was probably from Uerkheim (or in the area) which was where the Graber family had their citizen rights. He was probably the father of Jacob, Anna, Peter, and Christian Gutt who lived in Germany. [13]
Davis suggests a fourth child of Peter. Peter Gut was the father of at least four children born at Michelfeld in Germany (GGG Newsletter 40). Davis reports that in 1693, a likely son Christian left the Pfalz and went to Friedrichstadt in Schleswig-Holstein with a group of Mennonites to avoid the war. At the time, he was not yet a baptized member of the Mennonite congregation. [14]
[1] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG581.
[2] Dale Kenneth Weber and Verlene Vaughn Weber, Peter Good, 1530-1995, Family Book (1995), 2, [FHLCatalog], [FHLBook].
[3] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, see discussion of Peter Good (GC).
[4] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 12, see discussion of Jacob Good (GA).
[5] Darvin L. Martin, "Unveiling the Deep Ancestry of Swiss Anabaptist Forebears," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 33 (July, 2010), 2-17, at 14.
[6] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Good, [Website].
[7] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 11.
[8] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG.
[9] Herbert Good, ed., Good/Gut/Guth Newsletter, 15.
[10] 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].
[11] 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), 439, [GoogleBooks].
[12] Charles Whitmer, "Swiss Anabaptist Refugees from Canton Bern in the German Palatinate in 1671," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April, 2001), 2-18, at 7.
[13] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Gutt, A, [Website].
[14] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Gutt, A, [Website].