Meili, Martin Chroniclar 1 2 3
Birth Name | Meili, Martin Chroniclar |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 51 years |
Narrative
Martin Meili was baptized as an infant on December 26, 1607 in Birmensdorf. After the death of his first wife, Katharina Wintsch, Martin met and married Anna Bar, an Anabaptist. The 1637 census of Stalikon lists him as an "Anabapist who allowed himself to be carried over by his wife" referring to Anna Bar. They must have been secretly married by the leaders within the Anabaptist movement because the birth of their first child, Elsbeth Meili, it is stated that she was generated by an unconsecrated marriage. Thus their marriage was never recognized by the state church.
On May 3, 1639, Martin Meili was imprisoned at Zurich; he escaped on Good Friday in the year 1641. His wife, Anna Bar, was imprisoned from 1638 to 1641. After her imprisonment, she moved to the Palatinate. All the children were placed in different homes. On March 28, 1649, Martin Meili secretly stole his son, Jakob, from his foster father with knowledge of the foster family. By 1650, Martin lived in Duhren, Germany.
In 1658, he wrote accounts of the persecution of the Zurich Anabaptists that were included in the Martyrs Mirror and the 1742 Ausbund.
Narrative
Death either in Heidelberg or Sinsheim
Narrative
Listed in Martyrs Mirror on page 1110.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | 1607 | Zürich, Canton Zürich, Switzerland | ||
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Death | 1658 | Heidelberg, Germany | ||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Meili, Hans | about 1583 | 1652 | |
Mother | Hochstrasser, Elsbeth | about 1583 | about 1650 | |
Meili, Martin Chroniclar | 1607 | 1658 | ||
Sister | Meili, Cathrina | 8 October 1612 | 9 April 1681 | |
Brother | Meylin, Hans | 1615 | after 1661 | |
Stepfather | Meili, Hans | about 1583 | 1651 | |
Mother | Hochstrasser, Elsbeth | about 1583 | about 1650 | |
Half-brother | Meylin, John | 1607 | 1660 |
Families
Family of Meili, Martin Chroniclar and Bär, Anna |
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Married | Wife | Bär, Anna ( * 1618 + after 1668 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Meili, Jacob | about 1639 | |
Meili, Elsbeth | about 1640 |
Family Map
Family MapPedigree
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Meili, Hans
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Hochstrasser, Elsbeth
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Hochstrasser, Elsbeth