Raths Manual Entry from Bern City, Switzerland
18 MAY 1734 - CHRISTIAN ÄBI[3] and JOHANNES (HANS) ÄBI[3]
BURGDORF: The Honorable Lords have allowed, after humble inquiry Hans and Christian Äbi from Heimismatt, Parish of Heimiswil, who want to establish themselves in Pennsylvania, to give up their citizenship, and remove their funds less a 10 percent tax. Also they will be obliged to take their mother who is still an Anabaptist (with them), or if she stays, reach an agreement with the community to look after her as the Honorable Lords will not. The correct deduction of (10 percent tax) should be collected (relinquished) for settlement by the Honorable Senior Civil Servant.
StAB, Raths Manual der Stadt Bern, AII 729p336.
Extract from a Dutch Mennonite Census Report on the Status of Swiss Anabaptists living in Germany.
06 APRIL 1672 - DURSS AEBI[B]
Names of the Ministers of the Word on the East side of the Rhine.
Jacob Gütt
Ulrich Ze˙ller
Thurs Aby
Ulrich Müller
Peter Gütt
Uricht Meyer
Ooswaldt Bahr
Hans Bochteld
Christian Bochteld his father.
City of Amsterdam Archives, Original Document, no. 1196, p.10.
A 1777, Militia Substitution Document where John Harkin is paid to substitute for Samuel Eabby.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Harrisburg,PA.
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