Historical records matching Benedict Althus Brackbill, Rev
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About Benedict Althus Brackbill, Rev
Sources:
1. freeepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/.../g0000027.html
2. Paul Herbig (1997), "Herbig-Cracken Family Chronicles.
email: prfssrpah@aol.com
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/Prairie/7074/
http:/www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/e/r/Paul-A-Herbig/
Born Switzerland c1635
Per Kevin Brunk, Brackbill Family Genealogy Forum:
Married c 1660 Anna Magdelena Muller
Children:
Benedict(us)
Barbara
Christian
possible others.
http://xrsi.angelfire.com/all_my_family/brightbill.html
1. Benedict1 Brechbuehler was born 1621-1666 in Switzerland, and died 1721. He married Anna Mueller 1646-1700. 1710-Expelled from Switzerland as Anabaptist 1711-Met Frederick, King of Prussia 1717-America Native of district of Trachselwald; resided on farm called Krummholtz (double farmhouse) in the Durrangrad (small stream). Family farm seized by gov't. because family dissented from state religion. Gov't. wanted to send group to East Indies. Frederick, King of Prussia offered land in what is now Lithuania; investigation proved it to be marsh land unsuitable for farming. Queen Anne helped the Swiss exiles to emigrate from Holland where the group found temporary refuge before emigrating to America on the ship "Phoenix"; most settled in Pennsylvania. Benedict settled in Chester County with his son Ulrich, who died in a wagon accident on October 19, 1739. More About Benedict Brechbuehler: Fact 5-occupa.: Farmer/Taufer Minister (Anabaptist) Fact 7-resided: Trachselwald, Switzerland; Manheim, Germany, Settled in Chester Co., PA Fact 13-commt: Swiss, Mennonite
Children of Benedict Brechbuehler and Anna Mueller are:
2 i. Barbara2 Brechbuehler, born 1649-1705; died 1666-1784.
3 ii. Ulrich Brechbuehler, born 1649-1705; died 1667-1782. + 4 iii. Christen Brechbuehler, born October 07, 1683 in Switzerland; died 1722-1777.
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Benedict Althus Brackbill, Rev's Timeline
| 1630 |
March 21, 1630
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Ruderswil,Bern,Switzerland
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| 1643 |
1643
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Baden, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland
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| 1658 |
October 22, 1658
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Rüderswil, Signau, Emmental, Bern (Ch)
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| 1661 |
April 26, 1661
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Rüderswil, Signau, Emmental, Bern (Ch)
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| 1665 |
1665
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Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland
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| 1673 |
1673
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Ruderswil Bern, Rüderswil, Signau, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
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| 1683 |
October 7, 1683
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Switzerland
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| 1685 |
1685
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Langanau, Berne Canton, Switzerland
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| 1720 |
April 27, 1720
Age 77
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Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
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