c1575 Jost Engel was likely born about this time. He was of Grosshöchstetten, Bern, Switzerland. [1]
1598 Jost Engel, perhaps this one, married first MIss Baderschi on October 29 at Grösshochstetten. [2]
1600 Jost Engel and Anna Haldiman were married on 10 March, as recorded in the church records of the Signau Reformed Church. The lived at Vorder Schwändi, near Bowil. [3]
1605 Madlena Engel, daughter of Jost Engel and Anna Haldiman, was baptized on August 4, 1605, at Grosshöchstetten with patrons Hans Schindler, Madlen Re?und, and Dort Glas?. [4]
1608 Ulrich Engel, son of Jost Engel and Anna Haldiman, was baptized on September 18, 1608, at Grosshöchstetten with patrons Hans Rothsberger?, Uli Turig, and Barbli Haldiman (note). [5]
1613 Elsbeth Engel, daughter of Jost Engel and Anna Haldiman, was baptized on May 30, 1613, at Grosshöchstetten with patrons Christian Kreyebuhl, Elsi Haldeman, and Peter Engel. [6]
1616 Vli (Uli) Engel, son of Jost Engel and Anna Haldiman, was baptized on June 30, 1616, at Grosshöchstetten with patrons Uli Jost, Hans Mosiman, and Katrin ?. [7]
1619 Christina Engel, daughter of Jost Engel and Anna Haldiman, was baptized on March 21, 1619, at Grosshöchstetten with patrons Hans B?, Margrett Meier, and Margrett Rÿt. [8]
[1] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Engel A, [Website].
[2] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grosshöchstetten (Bern), Kirchenbuch, Taufen 1606-1668, FHL film 2005429 (available at Family History Centers), image 31, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Joanne Hess Siegrist, "Switzerland: Early Anabaptist Family Sites," Mennonite Family History 26 (2007), 6.
[4] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grosshöchstetten (Bern), Kirchenbuch, Taufen 1606-1668, FHL film 2005429 (available at Family History Centers), image 09, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grosshöchstetten (Bern), Kirchenbuch, Taufen 1606-1668, FHL film 2005429 (available at Family History Centers), image 46, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grosshöchstetten (Bern), Kirchenbuch, Taufen 1606-1668, FHL film 2005429 (available at Family History Centers), image 55, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grosshöchstetten (Bern), Kirchenbuch, Taufen 1606-1668, FHL film 2005429 (available at Family History Centers), image 60, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Grosshöchstetten (Bern), Kirchenbuch, Taufen 1606-1668, FHL film 2005429 (available at Family History Centers), image 65, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].