Stitzel and Stutsman family, Brethen and Mennonite families:Information about Martin Oberholtzer
Martin Oberholtzer (b. 1595, d. date unknown)
Notes for Martin Oberholtzer:
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Overholt(zer) Family
Richard W. Davis
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Martin Oberholzer, b. 1595, Wald, Zurich, Switzerland. He married Margret Schollenberger. He was called an Anabaptist in 1633 and 1644. He lived at Aa, Wald. He had six sons who emigrated from Switzerland between 1657 and 1667.
1. Hans Jagli Oberholzer, b. 23 Jan 1620, Wald. He was an Anabaptist. He lived at Immelhausen in the Pfalz in 1662, 1674, 1683 and 1685. He married Anna Buchman on 27 Jan 1646 at Wald.
2. Heinrich Oberholzer, b. 9 Dec 1621, Wald. He was probably dead by 1634 as he is not mentioned in the census of 1634.
3. Hans Conrat Oberholzer, b. 11 Apr 1624, Wald.
4. Barbel Oberholzer, b. 1 Feb 1626, Wald. She died before 1634. Twin.
5. Jacob Oberholzer, b. 1 Feb 1626, Wald. He died before 1634. Twin.
6. Samuel Oberholtzer, b. 17 Jan 1630, Wald. He emigrated from Wald in 1657 to the Palatine but returned by 1663 when he married Elsbeth Streler on 24 Mar 1663.
7. Hans Oberholzer, b. 1631, Wald. He emigrated by 1657 and was living in Strassburg, Alsace in 1663.
8. Marx Oberholzer, b. 9 Feb 1634, Wald. He emigrated in 1657 to Sinsheim in the Pfalz. He was an Anabaptist and died on 14 Sep 1680 at Buchenauerhof in the Pfalz. He married about 1661/1662 at Immelhausen, Margreth Dobler of Wald. Margreth was a servant of his brother Hans Jacob Oberholzer when she emigrated in 1657. He was of Immelhausen hof when he attended an illegal täufer meeting at Steinsfurt in 1661.
Martin Oberholtzer
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Birth: 1595
Father: Matheus Oberholtzer b: 1561
Mother: Anna Streler
Marriage 1 Margret Schollenberger
Children
Hans Jagli Oberholtzer b: 23 JAN 1619/1620
Marx Oberholtzer b: 9 FEB 1633/1634
Sources:
Author: Richard Warren Davis
Title: Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners, Volume I
Note: 299
1648 - 1660 Mennonite Refugees
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I [assume Richard W. Davis, site owner] have put this list together from emigration lists for Canton Zurich, court records of Bern and the list of Anabaptists taken at the time of their arrest for attending an illegal worship meeting at Steinsfurt, Germany.
Martin Oberholzer, b. 1595, Wald. -- Father
He left about 1657.
Hans Jacob Oberholzer, b. 1620, Wald. -- Son
He was living at Immelhausen, Kurpfalz by 1657.
Marx Oberholzer, b. 1634, Wald.-- Son
He was living in Sinsheim, Kurpfalz by 1657.
Samuel Oberholzer, b. 1630, Wald. He went to the Pfalz in 1657.
Hans Oberholzer, b. 1631, Wald. He went to Alsace in 1657.
Hans Heinrich Oberholzer, b. 1634, Wald. He went to Odenwald by 1657.
Martin Oberholzer, b. 1639, Wald. He was in the Pfalz by 1663.
Children of Martin Oberholtzer and Margret Schollenberger are:
- +Marx Oberholtzer, b. 09 Feb 1634, Wald Parish, Zurich Canton, Switzerland, d. 14 Sep 1680, Buchenauerhof, Pfalz.