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Notes for Andreas Gut and Margaretha Bär

c 1530 Andreas Gutt was born. [1] [2]

Andreas Gutt was the leader of Anabaptists at Lunnern, Ottenbach. [3]

1557 On 7 June, Andreas Gutt and Margretta Bär were married at Ottenbach. [4]

1565 On 16 December, son Walthi/Valentine Gutt was baptized. [5]

1589 On 3 April, Andreas Gutt lived at Affoltern when he wrote a document sent to Zurich authorities explaining Anabaptist attitudes toward government and institutions of the church. [6]

Research Notes:

We are researching the ancestors of Peter Good (c 1688-1754) [7], who emigrated from Europe to Pennsylvania in the early 1700's.

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 [8]. The specific relationships among these Good immigrants are uncertain and there is some disagreement among researchers about their relationships [9] [10].

One plausible European lineage, shown here, is based on two researchers. The ancestry back to Andreas Gutt (born 1532) is based on Jane Best [11]. The ancestry before Andreas Gutt is based on the research of Therese Leuzinger-Kamber of Switzerland. [12]

Andreas Gutt was a leader of Anabaptists of Lunnern, Ottenbach. He submitted petitions to the Zurich authorities. "Another is the petition of 23 April 1589, submitted by Andreas Gut of Affoltern on behalf of the brotherhood. A third petition, of 1589, possibly also drafted by Andreas Gut, entitled "Supplication an den Bürgermeister und Rat der Stadt Zürich von einigen Wiedertaufern," with the further title "Einfältig bekanntnus," treats five main points: the causes for the great division, the value of the Old Testament in comparison to the New, the relation of the fellowship of believers of the New Testament to those of the Old, the attitude toward the state and the holding of public offices, and baptism. The Zürich clergy replied to the "Bekanntnus" with a polemic document of its own, containing ten points of polemic description of the harmful influence of the Anabaptists upon the people, and pointing out their "opposition to the state," including nonswearing of oaths and rejection of military service." [13]

Andreas Gut and Martaretha were married in the Reformed Church.


Footnotes:

[1] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG.

[2] Dale Kenneth Weber and Verlene Vaughn Weber, Peter Good, 1530-1995, Family Book (1995), 1, [FHLCatalog], [FHLBook].

[3] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG.

[4] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG.

[5] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG and GG5.

[6] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG.

[7] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Peter Good, [JRWolfeGenealogy].

[8] Darvin L. Martin, "Unveiling the Deep Ancestry of Swiss Anabaptist Forebears," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 33 (July, 2010), 2-17, at 14.

[9] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Good, [Website].

[10] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 11.

[11] Jane Evans Best and Howard C. Francis, "Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part II," Mennonite Family History 9 (1990), 22-27, at 27, GG.

[12] Herbert Good, ed., Good/Gut/Guth Newsletter, 15.

[13] Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Z%FCrich_(Switzerland), content subject to change, [GlobalAnabaptistEncyclopedia].