Hans Heinrich Reiff[1, 2]

Male 1622 - 1684


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  • Born  12 Mar 1622  Wadenawil, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened  19 Mar 1621/22  Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender  Male 
    Died  1684  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From Richard Davis: 'He was living with his wife and son Michael in the household of his brother Joseph in 1654 at Zweierhof [farm] in W‰denswil. His brother Ulrich was single and living with Joseph also. Hans Heinrich was called an Anabaptist when he was living at W‰denswil in 1670 with his wife, four children and his brother Joseph and Joseph's wife Anna Hiestand. ... In 1678 the W‰denswil church minister wrote that Heinrich was "a Wiedert‰ufer" [anabaptist] and that he secretly left the village in January 1673 taking his son Joseph with him to the Pfalz. He was in the Ibersheim area in the Pfalz by 1680 as that is about the time his son Michael married K¸ngold Hiestand of Ibersheim. Heinrich was listed as a Mennonite and living at Ibersheim in the Pfalz in 1685 with six children in his household in the Mennonite census. His oldest son Michael had died in about 1684 at Mettenheim near Ibersheim so apparently Hans Heinrich had somebody's other children living with him in 1685, probably his grandchildren. ... In 1687 the minister wrote that Hans Heinrich had been a member of the Reformed Church and converted to the Anabaptist religion and left secretly.... The minister tried to talk the Reiffs into returning but only Hans Heinrich's brother Joseph returned.'
    • He is buried Springfield.
    Person ID  I4848  ShowalterFunk
    Last Modified  22 Feb 2009 

    Father  Jagli Ryeff,   b. Abt 1590, Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1633, Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Annali Tanner,   b. 1592, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1640, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  28 Feb 1613  Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F6242  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Anna Hitz,   b. 30 Mar 1617, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1690, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  9 Mar 1652  Wadenawil, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Michael Reiff,   b. 6 Jun 1652, Wadenswil, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1684, Mettenheim, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Joseph C. Reiff,   b. 6 Jan 1803, Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1883, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Joseph Reiff,   b. 8 Sep 1657, Wadenawil, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1720, Ibersheim, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F3293  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Anna Hitz,   c. 30 Mar 1617, Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1690, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  9 Mar 1652  Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Michael Reiff,   b. 6 Jun 1652, Wadenswil, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1684, Mettenheim, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Barbel Reiff,   b. 21 Feb 1655, Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location, Ibersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Josef Reiff,   c. 8 Sep 1657, Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1720, Ibersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Christen Reiff,   c. 21 Apr 1661, Wadenswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F6243  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S66] RootsWeb submission and/or GEDCOM file from Karen Clemens-Tober, online [worldconnect.rootsweb.com, database kayteelee], last updated 15 Jul 2005, accessed Jul 2005, His name is given as Hans Heinrich Ryeff..

    2. [S69] Mennosearch.com, Richard W. Davis online [www.mennosearch.com], His name is given as Hans Heinrich Reiff..

    3. [S78] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Reiff and Hiestand Families," Mennonite Family History Vol. 10, #1 (Jan 1992): Pg 4-9, [Q:2], Vol 11 #1 Pg 5, via Karen Clemens-Tober, His baptism date is given as 19 Mar 1621/22..

    4. [S78] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Reiff and Hiestand Families," Mennonite Family History Vol. 10, #1 (Jan 1992): Pg 4-9, [Q:2], Vol 10 #1 Pg 5, via Karen Clemens-Tober.

    5. [S69] Mennosearch.com, Richard W. Davis online [www.mennosearch.com], (names only on the Hitz page; names and date on the Ryeff page).


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