Hans Meili

Abt 1583 - Abt 1651  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Hans Meili
  Birth	Abt 1583	Switzerland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1651  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I29590	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of BAM
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Jacob Meili
  Family ID	F17649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsbeth Hochstrasser,   b. of Landikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
  Marriage	Abt 1604  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Cathrina Meili,   b. 1612   d. 9 Apr 1681, Ober Mettmensetten, Canton Zurich, Switzerland (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F17648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  He became an Anabaptist around 1609 and was later a minister and one of the leaders of the church. In 1636 he was accused of performing marriages and baptisms, and he was imprisoned four times. By 1650 he was in hiding in the Zurich highlands. It is said that the settlement of his estate took a hundred years because his heirs had to prove that they were members of the (official) Reformed Church in order to collect their share.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4291] Jane Evans Best, "A Bear Saga: The Birmensdorf Connection." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11, Apr 1988. [S4292] "Hans Meili (John Meily) / Elsbeth Hochstrasser Biography", by Charles Harrison Gander, posted to ancestry.com by "ipadgett1" 15 Feb 2018. Cites several works by Gander unavailable to us, including The Ancestral History of Thelma E. Adair and The Ancestral History of Barbara (Weber/Weaver) Gander.