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Grandma’s Ancestors: 

The Forbearers of Eunice Verna CANOTE nee 

MCMAHAN 

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Compiled by Her Grandson, Paul Zebe 

Draft 2013 

8-‐Great Grandparents 

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1376 John JOHNSON 

14 Dec. 1663. Sam. Gocke of Great Wicocomako in Northumberland County, Virginia, gave 

and granted Jeffery Johnson, son of John Johnson, half of all of the land plantation and 

housing that he possessed. John Johnson and Anne, his wife, were to be allowed full use of 

the land and housing for their own benefit during the remainder of their lives. This was 

recorded on 20 Dec. 1666. 1 

19 May 1669. Henry Wicker, in his will dated 19 May 1669, gave Jeffery Johnson, son of 

John Johnson, one cow. The will was proved and recorded in Northumberland County, 

Virginia, on 22 June 1669. 2 

1377 Anne ??? 

1398 Richard NELMES 

Richard Nelmes and his wife, Ann, may be the parents of Alice Nelmes based upon the fact 

that Richard transferred 400 acres in Northumberland County that he patented 20 Nov. 

1652 to Richard Treadwell and Robert Jefferies, husband of Alice Nelmes on 18 March 

1663/64. 3 This transfer would seem to imply kinship. Of course, it should be recognized 

that Richard Nelmes might be an uncle or brother of Alice Nelmes, rather than her father. 

As an aside, it is not entirely clear why this transfer was recorded in the records of 

1 

Ruth & Sam Sparacio, eds., Deed and Will Abstracts of Northumberland County, Virginia, 1666-‐1670, 

The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 2, 82 (Johnson). 

2 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 2, 82 (Johnson). 

3 John Frederick Dorman, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds, Patents, Etc., 1665-‐1677, Part One, 

Washington, DC, 1973, pp. 58-‐59 (Nelmes & Jefferies).

Westmoreland County, Virginia. 

23 Jan. 1653/54. Richard Bennett, Esq., granted Abraham Moore 500 acres of land on the 

Great Wicocomocoe River for the transportation of 10 persons to the Colony of Virginia. On 

23 Jan. 1655/56, the patent was assigned by Seth Foster, attorney for Mr. Moore, to Richard 

Nelmes. This was witnessed by Dan Roberts and was recorded and acknowledged on 23 Jan. 

1655/56 in Northumberland County, Virginia. 4 

7 June 1656. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, Rich. Nelmes was one of the witnesses to 

Wm. Thomas appointing James Gaylard to represent him in court. 5 

18 May 1657. Laurence Dameron of Northumberland County appointed his well beloved 

friend Richard Nelmes as his attorney for the matter of bringing suit against the estate of 

Thomas Reade, deceased, in court on 20 May. This was recorded on 20 May 1657 in 

Northumberland County, Virginia. 6 

18 July 1659. Richd. Nealmes was a witness to Gevase Dodson appointing his wife his 

attorney to acknowledge the sale of 550 acres. This was recorded on 20 July 1659 in 


21 Jan. 1657/58. Richard Nealmes gave and granted land on the Yeocomoco (Yoacomoco) 

River to John Earle in exchange for him assuming the quit rents on the land. This grant was 

recorded on 26 Feb. 1660/61 in Northumberland County, Virginia. 8 

24 July 1657. Richard Nelmes was one of the buyers at the sale of the goods of Thomas 

Reade, deceased. The sale was recorded on 21 Nov. 1657 in Northumberland County, 

Virginia. 9 

8 Mar. 1661/62. Richard Nelmes was designated by Peter Knight as his attorney in the 

matter of acknowledging the sale of 200 acres to Robert King. On 20 Mar. 1661/62, Richard 

Nelmes acknowledged the sale, and that acknowledgment was recorded on the same date in 


Jan. 1662/63. Richard Nelmes renewed his patent on 400 acres on the Yeoacocomo River 

adjacent to William Walker. In Mar. 1663/64, he assigned this land to Richard Todwell and 

Robt. Jeffreys. This transfer was acknowledged and recorded on 8 Mar. 1663/64 in 

Northumberland County, Virginia. Anne Nelmes, his wife, consented to the transfer the same 

4 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 21, 88, 110 (Nelmes). 

5 Beverly Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 23, Westmoreland County, 1653-‐1657, Southern 

Historical Press, 1985, p. 53 (Nelmes). 

6 Ruth & Sam Sparacio, eds., Deed and Will Abstracts of Northumberland County, Virginia, 1655-‐1658, 


7 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 38, 79-‐80, 102 (Nelmes). 

8 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 38, 79-‐80, 102 (Nelmes). 

9 



10 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 38, 79-‐80, 102 (Nelmes).

day. 11 

1666. Rich. Nelmes recorded his mark for hogs and cattle in Northumberland County, 

Virginia. 12 

27 Jan. 1668/69. William Downing of Great Wicocomico River, Northumberland County, 

gave two sons 600 acres adjoining the land of Richard Nelmes. 13 

19 Mar. 1668/69. John Hayney of the Parish of Fairefeild in Northumberland County sold 

Thomas Lane a parcel of land adjoining that of Richard Nelmes. 14 

July 1670. Several persons provided statements to the court in Northumberland County, 

Virginia, concerning the illicit butchering of the hogs of Richard Nelmes, including his 

servant, George Whitthorne, 24, who appears to have been one of those involved in the 

activity. 15 

1399 Ann ??? 

1400 Thomas HARDWICH 

The HARDWICK (also HARDWICH, HARDWICHE, HARDWICKE, HARDICH, HARDWITCH, and 

HARWITCH) family originated in Westbury, Somerset, England. Thomas HARDWICH was 

the father of James HARDWICK, the immigrant to America. Thomas’s brother, William 

HARDICH, came to America, but died a prosperous merchant in Bristol, England. 

Unfortunately, the church books for the local parish of Westbury are of no use in identifying 

the parents of Thomas and William. Thomas and William both filed their wills with the 

Prerogative Court at Canterbury, England. William’s was probated in 1669 and Thomas’s 

was probated in 1681. Both had considerable property for the time. Several other 

HARDWICKs from Westbury (with their surname variously spelled) also filed Wills with the 

Prerogative Court at Canterbury, specifically: 16 

• Richard HARDWICKE, Yeoman (will probated in 1594) 

• John HARDWICHE, Yeoman (will probated in 1617) 

• Richard HARDWICHE, Yeoman (will probated in 1618) 

• John HARDWICH, Yeoman (will probated in 1621) 

• William HARDWICH, Husbandman (will probated in 1637) 

• Richard HARDWITCH (will probated in 1656) 

William, a grandson mentioned in the 1621 Will of John HARDWICH, might be William, the 

11 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 39, 121 (Nelmes). 

12 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 39, 121 (Nelmes). 

13 


The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1993, pp. 67, 78, 110-‐112 (Nelmes). 

14 



15 Ruth & Sam Sparacio, eds., Deed and Will Abstracts of Northumberland County, Virginia, 1666-‐1670, 


16 

Wills of the identified Hardwicks of Westbury, Somerset, from The National Archives, Great Britain 

(online).

other of Thomas the ancestor. Two Thomas HARDWICHs were witnesses to the 1656 

Will of Richard HARDWITCH. 38 One of those might be Thomas the ancestor. 

Unfortunately, probate records for the local jurisdictions in Somerset were destroyed during 

World War II, so identifying Thomas’s ancestry by searching through locally filed Wills and 

administrations is not possible. 39 Property records might hold the key, if they could be 

located. 

24 Oct. 1668. Thomas HARDICH and his sister Alice FOSTER are mentioned in the Will of 

their brother William HARDICH [sic] of Bristol, England (formerly of Virginia). The Will 

was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England, on 8 January 1669. His English 

Will refers to a Virginia Will, which has been lost. 17 William is sometimes mistakenly 

identified as the father of James HARDWICK of Virginia. 

8 Sep. 1680. The Will of Thomas HARDWICH of Westbury, Somerset, England, was dated 8 

September 1680. 18 The following heirs were identified in the Will: 

• Wife Joan 

• Son Joseph (“he being beyond the seas”) 

• Daughter Lydia STONE 

• Daughter Joan ARNEY 

• Son Henry 

• Grandson Thomas ARNEY 

• Granddaughter Lydia HARDWICH (child of deceased son Thomas) 

• Granddaughter Mary HARDWICH (child of deceased son Thomas) 

• Granddaughter Joan HARDWICH (child of deceased son Thomas) 

• Grandson Thomas HARDWICH (child of deceased son Thomas) 

• Granddaughter Grace HARDWICH (child of deceased son Thomas) 

• Son-‐in-‐law John HARDWICH 

• Son James (“he is now beyond the seas”) 

• Sister Alice FOSTER 

• Alice FOSTER’s daughters Joan and Jane 

Other relatives mentioned in the Will: 

• Cousin Benjamin ARNEY 

• Unnamed deceased wife 

The real estate that Thomas gave to his heirs in his Will consisted of the following: 

• Hollybrooke (six acres) 

• Gooseland (two acres) 

• Rodmeade (two acres) 

• Lords Place (one and one-‐half acres) 

• Roussells (house and tenement) 

• ? Orchard (including housing) 

• Longwest 

17 Will of William Hardich of Bristol from The National Archives, Great Britain (online). 

18 Will of Thomas Hardwich of Westbury, Somerset, from The National Archives, Great Britain 

(online).

• Overtrate 

• Carland (two acres) 

• Close at Coenstrale (an enclosed area) 

• Huiddiewaye (six acres) 

• Stonieland (one acre) 

• Rowmore (one acre) 

• Stokewood (one acre) 

• Stubble Close (an enclosed area with two acres) 

• Broadway (one-‐half acre) 

• Dagghole (house) 

• Furlonge (twelve acres) 

• His own house 

• Rodemeade (two acres) 

• Honddimoord (three acres) 

• Gooseland (two acres) 

Most of the names associated with these properties are likely the names given to Westbury’s 

fields in medieval times. Some of the properties were leased from others. Thomas may 

have given away his properties at Rodmeade/Rodemeade and Gooseland twice. Counting 

them only once, he had at least 40 acres of land and four houses. 

Because a deceased wife is mentioned in his Will, Joan HARDWICH, Thomas’s wife at the 

time of his death, was probably not the mother of James HARDWICK. 

James HARWICH, Thomas’s son and Eunice Verna’s ancestor, was named executor of the 

Will. Just in case he was not around (he was overseas at the time that the Will was written), 

trustees were named to act on his behalf. 

About June 1681. Thomas died and probably was buried in Westbury, Somerset, England. 

28 June 1681. Thomas’s Will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 

England. 19 

1402 John ARMSBY check references – some are probably wrong -‐ wrong dates on books. 

About 1604. Born, presumably in England (based on entries for Aug. 1635 and Sep. 1655). 

John ARMSBY of Virginia might be the John ARMISBYE who was likely born in Sep. 1604 in 

Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England. 20 A quick review using Familysearch.org shows that there 

are a number of other candidates, however, who were also born in about 1604. 

7 Aug. 1635. Jo. ARMSBY, age 30, was among those who embarked on the ship, Globe, of 

19 

Will of Thomas Hardwich of Westbury, Somerset, from The National Archives, Great Britain 

(online). 

20 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England, church books, Bishop's Transcripts [LDS Microfilm 0504734]: 

Baptism, Pinchbeck, 1604; Date: 16 Sept.; Child: John; Father: John Armisbye; Note: "ye Past day" 

[the birth?].

London from England for transportation to Virginia. 21 

Sep. 1642. John ARMSBY was among those called to the General Assembly of Maryland in 

September 1642 from Kent County. He attended through his proxy. 22 Evidently John 

ARMSBY was one of the settlers brought to Kent Isle. The settlement was meant to be part of 

Virginia, but was successfully claimed by Maryland after considerable legal and military 

struggles.[ ] 

30 Jan. 1650/51. John ARMESBEE received a Virginia land grant of 250 acres on the South 

side of Potomack River, Beg.g &c. on the west side of a creek which divides this land and the 

land of Joseph Mattrom. The grant was made for the transportation of five people to 

Virginia. 23 This land was not entered into the records of the Treasury Office until 3 Dec. 

1662, and the deed was not recorded in Northumberland County, Virginia, until 12 April 

1672. 24 

16 Sep. 1651. Tho. Youlle received a grant in Northumberland County, Virginia, for 300 

acres adjoining the property of John ARMSBY. 25 

17 May 1652. John ARMSBY of Nominye, Northumberland County, Virginia, recorded his 

mark for hogs and cattle. 26 

13 Sep. 1652. John ARMSBYE, Northumberland County, Virginia, is among those 

mentioned in the account of Abraham Johnson (Jansen) with Major Hallowes. This account 

was recorded, along with related material, on 13 Sep. 1652. 27 

1653. On 8 April 1653, Richard Cole, merchant, bound himself to deliver to John ARMSBYE 

of Nominye, Northumberland County, Virginia, a male servant of at least seven years of age. 

This was recorded on 19 Sep. 1653. 28 

Feb./March 1653/54. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, Walter Brodhurst deposed that 

he was given the task of delivering 432 pounds of tobacco from Henry Lilly to John 

Armslyes's house. 29 

21 Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-‐1660, Genealogical Publishing 

Company, Baltimore, 1987, pp. 160-‐161. Michael Tepper, Passengers To America, Genealogical 

Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1980, p. 97. 

22 William Hand Browne, Editor, Archives of Maryland, Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly 

of Maryland, January 1637/8-‐-‐September 1664, Published by Authority of the State, Under the Direction 

of the Maryland Historical Society, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, 1883, pp. 168-‐169. 

23 Virginia Land Office Patents No. 2, 1643-‐1651, p. 278. 

24 John Frederick Dorman, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Records, 1658-‐1661, Washington, DC, 

1970, pp. 3, 8, 29, 49, 50 (Armsby). 

25 

Beverly Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 23, Westmoreland County, 1653-‐1657, Southern 

Historical Press, 1985, pp. 9, 13, 14, 23, 32, 33, 34, 72, 79 (Armsby). 

26 Ruth & Sam Sparacio, eds., Deed And Will Abstracts Of Northumberland County, Virginia, 1650-‐1655, 

The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1992, pp. 47, 92 (Armsby). 



28 Ruth & Sam Sparacio, eds., Deed And Will Abstracts Of Northumberland County, Virginia, 1650-‐1655, 

The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1992, pp. 47, 92 (Armsby). 


Historical Press, 1985, pp. 9, 13, 14, 23, 32, 33, 34, 72, 79 (Armsby).

26 Mar. 1655. John ARMSBY, Westmoreland County, Virginia, was among those who 

appraised the inventory of the estate of John Tasker, deceased. The inventory and appraisal 

was recorded on 26 Mar. 1655. 30 

23 Sep. 1655. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, John ARMSBY, age 51 or thereabouts, 

deposed concerning what Tho. Youll said while at ARMSBY's house. 31 

1 Oct. 1655. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, Thomas Hawkins deposed that at the house 

of John ARMSBY he heard Thomas Youll caution the wife of Rich Wells concerning altering 

the ownership mark on a heifer prior to proving her rights to it. 32 

6 Oct. 1655. Edward Diggs transferred 300 acres in Northumberland County, Virginia, to 

Ralph Horsely. The land adjoined the property of John ARMSBY. 33 

15 Apr. 1657. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, John ARMSBY appears to have been one 

of the witnesses to an agreement between Edward Thomson and John Butler. 34 

3 Sep. 1657. George Watts received a grant in Northumberland County, Virginia, for 132 

acres adjoining the property of Jno. ARMSBY. 35 Another source says that this transaction 

occurred on 3 Sep. 1651. 36 

12 Sep. 1657. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, John ARMSBY appointed Ann ARMSBY 

his attorney. The appointment was witnessed by Rice Maddocke and Phillip Silvester and 

was recorded on 12 April 1658. 37 

20 Oct. 1657. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, Elizabeth Geffery deposed that the Searles 

went one day onto the property of Goodman ARMSBY and stole peaches, watermelons, and 

possibly other things. 38 

1657 and 1660. John ARMSBY of Nomony in Westmoreland County, Virginia, wrote a will 

dated 4 Sep. 1657. In the will, he named his wife, Anne, and his daughter, Anne, as his heirs 

(the will implies that Anne, the daughter, was under 16 at the time that it was written). Each 

was to receive half of his estate. The Executrix of the will was named as the wife of John, 

Anne ARMSBY. Rice Maddox and Richd. Flint witnessed the will. The will was proven on 10 







33 

John Frederick Dorman, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Records, 1658-‐1661, Washington, DC, 1970, 

pp. 3, 8, 29, 49, 50 (Armsby). 



35 


pp. 3, 8, 29, 49, 50 (Armsby). 

36 

Beverly Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 23, Westmoreland County, 1653-‐1657, Southern 



1970, pp. 3, 8, 29, 49, 50 (Armsby). 


Historical Press, 1985, pp. 9, 13, 14, 23, 32, 33, 34, 72, 79 (Armsby).

Jan. 1660. 39 

18 Aug. 1662. Richard Wright and wife sold 900 acres in Northumberland County, Virginia, 

to Nicholas Spencer. The land adjoined the property of John ARMSBY. 40 

24 Feb. 1663/4. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, the court ordered that the will not be 

proven nor administration of the estate of Rice Maddox be granted until the guardian of the 

orphans of John ARMSBY be interviewed. 41 

27 April 1664. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, the court ordered that Wm. Churme 

continue as guardian of Ann ARMSBY, orphan, until Mr. Brodhurst provided security for 

guardianship. 42 

25 May 1664. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, Mrs. Ann Bodhurst gave the court security 

for the guardianship of the orphans of John ARMSBY. 43 

31 Aug. 1664. In Westmoreland County, Virginia, Wilkes Maunder, security for the 

guardianship of Wm. Churme, was directed to deliver the estate of the orphans of John 

ARMSBY to Mrs. Ann Brodhurst. Wm. Churme was allowed 762 pounds of tobacco from the 

estate to cover expenses. 44 

1403 Anne ??? 

10 Oct. 1657. John Wood of Westmoreland County, merchant, transferred 200 acres on the 

"freshes" of the Potomac River in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Ann ARMSBY. The 

transfer was witnessed by John Nightingale and Rich. Browne, and was acknowledged by 

Wood on 20 Feb. 1657/58. 45 

1900 Richard NEW 

25 Jan. 1637. Richard NEW is one of the headrights listed in the patent of Edward TRAVIS 

for 900 acres in James City County, Virginia, dated 25 Jan. 1637. 46 


1970, pp. 3, 8, 29, 49, 50 (Armsby). 

40 


pp. 16, 22, 40, 50, 53, 58 (Armsby). 


1972, pp. 16, 22, 40, 50, 53, 58 (Armsby). 


1972, pp. 16, 22, 40, 50, 53, 58 (Armsby). 


1972, pp. 16, 22, 40, 50, 53, 58 (Armsby). 


1972, pp. 16, 22, 40, 50, 53, 58 (Armsby). 


1970, pp. 3, 8, 29, 49, 50 (Armsby). 

46 Virginia Patents, No. 1, 1623-‐1643, p. 531.

6 April 1655. Richard NEW patented 750 acres in James City County on the north side of 

the James River, east side of the head of Chickahominy Creek on 6 April 1655. The patent 

was acquired through a certificate for the transport of 15 Irishmen granted to Capt. [Francis] 

BARRETT. 47 

20 October 1662. Richard NEAW received a Virginia land grant of 750 acres in James City 

County, on the north side of James River, and on the east side of Chickahominy River. This 

land was "Formerly gtd. sd. Neaw Apl. 6, 1655." 48 

1681. Richard was mentioned in a land patent for Richard Browne. 49 Richard presumably 

died after this reference. 

1920 Heinrich ("Heini") STÄFFEN 50 

16 Feb. 1589. Baptized at the Reformed church in Kloten, Canton Zürich, Switzerland 

(parents: Joseph STEFFAN v[on] Cl[oten] and Vrenÿ HUBER and his sponsors were the 

Schmid v[on] Cl[oten] (Name illegible) and Annli KLEINPERER v[on] C[loten]). 51 

4 Dec. 1608. Married Susanna STEINER of Pfungen, Switzerland, at the Reformed church 

in Henggart, Canton Zürich, Switzerland. 52 

20 Mar. 1610. Baptism of daughter Verena STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggart. 

21 July 1611. 53 Baptism of son Joseph STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggart. 

1611. Wife Susanna died. 

7 May 1612. Married Verena MEIER of Rieden, Canton Zürich, Switzerland, at the 

Reformed church in Henggart. 

3 Oct. 1613. Baptism of son Hans Cünradt STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

11 Oct. 1614. 54 Baptism of son Hans Cünradt STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in 

Henggert. 

47 Virginia Patents, No. 3, 1652-‐1655, pp. 335-‐336. 

48 Virginia Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-‐1664, p. 406. 

49 

Ann Wall Allgood and Janet New Huff, The Family of NEW, Natchez, Mississippi, 1981, page not 

numbered (page heading: “RICHARD NEW”) 

50 Unless otherwise specified, everything was obtained from Daniel W. Bly, From the Rhine to the 

Shenandoah, Vol. III, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 2002, pp. 171-‐200. 

51 Baptism register for Reformed parish of Kloten, Canton Zürich, Switzerland, p.47 [LDS Microfilm 

996440]. 

52 Unless otherwise specified, everything was obtained from Daniel W. Bly, From the Rhine to the 

Shenandoah, Vol. III, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 2002, pp. 171-‐200. 

53 Ecclesiastical census, Henggart, Canton Zürich, Switzerland, 1634, p. 580 [LDS Microfilm 

1185139]. 


1185139].

19 Nov. 1615. 55 Baptism of daughter Barbara STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in 

Henggert. She was living in the household headed by her stepmother and paternal 

grandfather in 1634. 56 

5 Jan. 1617. Baptism of son Bernhardt STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

25 Jan. 1618. Baptism of son Hans Jacob STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

28 Feb. 1619. 57 Baptism of daughter Anna STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

11 June 1620. Baptism of daughter Verena STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

16 Mar. 1622. Baptism of daughter Verena STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

9 Nov. 1623. Baptism of daughter Elsbeth STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

About 1625. Wife Verena died 

3 Nov. 1626. Married Ursula SCHORTER of Rorbas, Switzerland, at the Reformed church in 

Henggart. 

16 Dec. 1627. Baptism of son Sebastian STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in Henggert. 

26 July 1629. 58 Baptism of son Hans Heinrich STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in 

Henggert. He was a servant in the household of his brother Joseph at the time of the 1649 

ecclesiastical census. 59 

14 Aug. 1631. 60 Baptism of daughter Verena STÄFFEN at the Reformed church in 

Henggert. She was a servant in the household of her brother Joseph at the time of the 1649 

ecclesiastical census. 61 

1631 -‐ 1634. Died at Henggart (alive at birth of last daughter but not living at time of 1634 

Henggart ecclesiastical census). 

1634. Joseph STEFFEN and Ursel SCHURTER, children Joseph, baptized 21 Jul. 1611, 

Hans Cunrath, baptized on 11 Oct. 1614, Barbel, baptized 19 Nov. 1615, Annli, baptized 28 

Feb. 1619, H. Heinrich, baptized 20 Jul. 1629, and Verenali, baptized 14 Aug. 31, along with 


1185139]. 


1185139]. 


1185139]. 


1185139]. 

59 Ecclesiastical census, Henggart, Canton Zürich, Switzerland, 1649, household 27, p. 492 [LDS 

Microfilm 1185149]. 


1185139]. 

61 Ecclesiastical census, Henggart, Canton Zürich, Switzerland, 1649, household 27, p. 492 [LDS 

Microfilm 1185149].

Hans WASER, Marth SCHWŸTZE, and Heinrich VILH made up one of the households included 

in the 1634 ecclesiastical census of Henggart. 62 

1637. Joseph STEFFEN, “Avus” [grandfather], Joseph STEFFEN, “Nepos” [grandson], 

Margreth SANTZ, children Annli, baptized 28 Feb. 1619, Hans Heinrich, baptized 20 Jul. 

1629, and Vrendli, baptized 14 Aug. 1631, along with Heinrich VRITH from Doungen and 

Trindli BAUM from Hoffen, made up one of the households included in the 1637 

ecclesiastical census of Henggart. 63 

1921 Verena MEIER 64 

About 1592. Born, probably in Rieden, Canton Zürich, Switzerland (based on marriage 

record). 

About 1625. Died at Henggart. 

1922 Elias SIGG 

Elias was born in about 1692, almost certainly in Canton Zürich, Switzerland, and likely in 

Adlikon, Switzerland, in the Reformed parish of Andelfingen. 

Elias’s ancestors are unknown. He is known to have lived his adult life in Adlikon. Marx and 

Kleinhans are the first SIGG mentioned in the records relating to Adlikon. They appear in the 

Urbar [a rent and tax list] of Amt Töß in 1560 (the Kloster [Monastery] at Töß was their 

landlord; the village may have had other landlords, as well). In 1571, they were the only 

SIGG householders among the 20 in Adlikon listed on the Zollrodel [custom’s roll] for that 

year. In 1582, Jaggli SIGG was identified as one of those from Adlikon belonging to the 

Schützengesellschaft Andelfingen [the Andelfingen shooter’s association]. In 1599, the 

Verzeichnis der Kriegsmannschaft [list of warriors] for Adlikon mentioned 17 men, including 

Felix SIGG among those with firearms, Felix and Peter SIGG among those who were 

Doppelsöldner [soldiers receiving double pay in exchange for agreeing to fight on the front 

line 65] with armor, and Kleinhans, Jakob, Benedikt, and Elias SIGG among those with spiked 

helmets and spears. 66 These men appear to have gone off somewhere with men from other 

communities in what was then the Reformed parish of Andelfingen, 67 and possibly from 

62 Ecclesiastical census, Henggart, Canton Zürich, Switzerland, 1634, Vol. 210a, p. 459 [LDS Microfilm 

1185139]. 

63 Ecclesiastical census, Henggart, Canton Zürich, Switzerland, 1637, Vol. 214, p. 1055 [LDS Microfilm 

1185141]. 

64 Daniel W. Bly, From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Vol. III, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 2002, pp. 

171-‐200. 

65 Wikipedia, 30 Jan. 2012; “Saint Maximilian,” “Glossary,” www.st-‐max.org/glossary.htm, 31 Jan. 

2012. 

66 Emil Stauber, Geschichte der Kirchgemeinde Andelfingen, 2 volumes, Buchdruckerei Berichthaus, 

Zürich, 1941, (Band II) p. 922. 


Zürich, 1941, Band II, various pages. In 1599, Alten provided 14 men (pp. 916-‐7), Dätwill provided 1 

(p. 925), Dorf provided 33 (pp. 935-‐6), Volken provided 36 (pp. 937-‐8), Gütighausen provided 2 (p. 

944), Dorlikon provided 3 (p. 947), and the Herrschaft Andelfingen [Lordship of Andefingen] (a 

possession of the city of Zürich) provided 46 men (p. 960), some of whom may have been included in

other Canton Zürich communities, as well. The Elias SIGG mentioned in the muster roll 

cannot be Eunice Verna MCMAHAN’s Elias, but he might be his father. 

The table below summarizes the SIGG baptisms for 1565-‐1585 and 1607-‐1625 in Adlikon. 

Elias’s baptism is not among them. Baptism records stop during 1585 and do not resume 

again until after the start of 1607. If he was born in about 1592 in Adlikon, Elias must have 

been born during the gap in the records. 

The SIGG Baptisms in Adlikon, 1565-‐1585 and 1607-‐1625 

Year Child Parents (Father is a SIGG) Sponsors 

1565-‐1585 

1566 Hans Otthman & Verena Pfiffer Claus Keller & Anna Brunner 

1567 Hans Peter & Elsÿ Brunner Hans Moser & Dorthen Giger 

1568 Hans Peter & Elsÿ Brunner Hans Moser & Küngolt Sprünglin 

1570 Anna Peter & Elsÿ Brunner Hans Pfiffer & Küngolt Iter 

1571 Verena Marx & Margret Ulman Ulrich Wolfen & Verena Waßer 

1573 Küngolt Peter & Elsÿ Brunner Bartlÿ Wasser & Küngolt 

Sprünglin 

1573 Anna Jacob & Elsÿ Frowenfelder Poleÿ Pfiffer & Anna Brunner 

1573 Barbel Marx & Grett Ulman Bath Sprünglin & Barbel Willer 

1575 Margret Peter & Elsÿ Brunner Jacob Willer & Küngolt Sprünglin 

1575 Hans Jacob & Elsÿ Frowenfelder Hans Wegman & Anna Brunner 

1576 Anna Heinrich & Verena Karer Casper Waßer & Anna Brunner 

1576 Felix Marx & Margreth Ulman Felix Willer & Dorothea Giger 

1576 Hans Jacob Heinÿ & Froneck Heinÿ Waßer & Verena Pfiffer 

Frowenfelderin 

1577 Cleinhans Jacob & Elsÿ Frowenfeld Hans Wegman & Anna Brunner 

1578 Heinrich Heinrich & Verena Karer Boleÿ Pfiffer & Anna Brunner 

1578 Eva Peter & Elsÿ Sigg Adam Sprüngli & Eva Knöpflin 

1579 Bath Marx & Margret Ulman Bath Bathofen & Ursula 

Frowenfeld 

1579 Küngolt Heinÿ & Froneck Jacob Huggenberg & Küngolt 

Frowenfelderin Sprüng 

1580 Elsÿ Heinrich & Verena Karer Poleÿ Pfiffer & Anna Brunner 

1580 Verena Peter & Elsÿ Brunner Peter Sprünglÿ & Verena Waßer 

1580 Jacob Jacob & Elsÿ Frowenfelder Hans Schaub & Margret Murbart 

1581 Margret Jacob & Elsÿ Helias Karer & Margret Murbarg 

Frowenfelderin 

1581 Madlen Marx & Margret Ulman Obervogt Bath Bathofen & 

Margret Wolfen 

1582 Heinrich Heinrich & Trina Karer Poleÿ Pfiffer & Küngolt Sprüngli 

1583 Margret Peter & Margret Widmer Andreas Wÿller & Margret 

Wolfen 

1583 Maria Jacob & Elsÿ Frowenfelderÿ Helias Karer & Margret Murbarh 

1583 Verena Heinrich & Verena Karer Helias Karer & Verena Wëber 

1584 Marx Marx & Margret Ulman Balthascer(?) Karer & Küngolt 

Sprüngli 

the counts for the individual communities. This list of the number of men by community is probably 

incomplete.

1584 Cunradt Heinÿ & Froneck Frowe'fel Curadt Moßer & Barbel Giger 

1584 Andreas Peter & Margret Widmer Andreas Willer & Anna Huber 

1585 Jacob Jacob & Elsÿ Frowenfelder Helias Karer & Margret Murbach 

[Gap In Baptism Records] 

1607-‐1625 

1607 Hans Jaggli & Elßbeth Isslicker Marx Waser & Margreth Peter 

Siggen Frow 

1608 Marx Felix & Barbel Knöpfli Benedict Waser & Küngolt 

Cacher(?) 

1609 Hans Heinrich & Cathrin ? Cleinhans ?Ler & ? ? 

1610 Jaggli Jaggli & Elßbeth Ÿslicker Marx Waser & Dorothea 

Fridschin 

1610 ? Heinrich & Cathrina ? Cleinhans Heppler(?) & ? ? 

1612 Hans Jacob Jaggli & Elßbeth Islicker Jaggli Waser & Dorothea ? 

1612 Heinrich Heinrich & Catharina ? Kleinhans Hoppler(?) & ? ? 

1613 Elßbeth Kläinhans & Elßbeth Schaub Peter Pfiffer & Elßbeth Waser 

1613 Hans Benedict & El? Waserin Cleinhans Hoppler & Dorothea ? 

1613 Elßbeth Jagli & Elßbeth Isslickeri Jagli Wasser & Elßbeth Möckli 

1615 Barbell Leÿas & Elsi Knöpfli H. Peter Keller & Maria Isslickeri 

1616 H. Heinrich M. Benedict & Elßbeth Wasseri H. Conradt Müller Undervogt & 

Anna Cleoschea(?) 

1617 Hans Leÿas & Elsi Knöpfli H. Peter Keller, Andelfingl, & 

Maria Isslickeri 

1617 Elßbeth Petter & Regula Ochssneri Bartli Ulman & Elßbeth Möckli 

1617 Anna Clephe M. Benedict & Elßi Wasser H. Conradt Müller & Anna Clephe 

Wolfin Vo' Andelfingl 

1617 Anali H. Jagli & Anali Wÿlla Felix Pfiffer& Anali Landolt 

1617 ? Jagli & Elßbeth Isslickeri Jagli Wasser & Elßbeth Brunneri 

1617 Petter Marx & Elßbeth Möckli Petter Pfiffer & Anali Wÿlla 

1618 Ursell Eleias & Elsi Knöpfli H. Pet. Keller & Maria Isslickeri 

1618 Anali Petter & Regela Ochssneri H. Petter Keller & Maria Möckli 

1618 Hans Jagli & Anali Wÿlla Felix Pfiffer & Anali Landolt 

1618 Jagli Benedict & Elßbeth Wasseri Jacob Keller Ehe. & 

Barbarbara[Sic] Rösse 

Von Heinkgart Pfarreri 

1619 Elssi Eleÿas & Elsi Knöpfli Felix Pfiffer & Elßi Hörni 

1619 Jagli Jagli & Elßbeth Isslickeri Jagli Wasser & Elßbeth Brunner 

1619 Marx Marx & Elßabeth Möckli Petter Pfiffer & Anali Wÿlla 

1620 Elssi M. Heinrich & Cathrina ?Ÿng H. Heinrich Nägel Von 

Wÿntherthur & Elßi Wasseri 

1620 H. Conradt H. Jagli & Anali Wÿlla Felix Pfiffer & Anali Landolt 

1620 Aegness Elias & Elßbethi Knöpfli Felix Pfiffer & Elßi Hörni 

1620 Eleÿas Petter & Regula Ochssneri Eleÿas Knöpfli & Maria Möckli 

1621 Salamon M. Benedict & Elßi Wasseri Jacob Keller Ehe. & Barbara 

Rösslin Pfareri Zu Heinckart 

1621 Ulrich H. Jagli & Anali Wÿla H. Conradt Uli & Elßbeth Möckli 

1621 Berbeli H. Jagli & Verena Schnideri Herr H. Heinrich Rah? & 

Dorothea Fritschin 

1621 H. Ulrich Petter & Regula Ochsneri Eleÿas Knöpfli & Elsbeth Möckli 

1621 Küngolt M. Heinrich & Cathrina Dÿng(?) Pantli ?R?Entz & Küngolt 

Freÿmülleri 

1622 Peter Leÿas & Elßbeth Knöpfli Peter Pfiffer & Elßbeth Hörni

Ulrich Ditto Ulrich Wÿlla & Maria Islickeri 

Jacob Ditto Ulrich Wÿlla & Maria Islickeri 

1622 Hans Jagli & Elßbeth Isslicker Hans Ulma' & Elßbeth Brunner 

1622 Anali H. Jagli & Verena Schnider Ulrich Wÿlla & Dorothea 

Fritschin 

1623 Anali M. Benedict & Elßbeth Wasseri Jacob Arbentz & Anna Mülleri 

1624 Ulrich Eleÿas & Elßbeth Knöpfli Ulrich Wÿlla & Anali Wÿlla 

1624 Felix H. Jagli & Verena Schnideri Ulrich Wÿla & Dorothea Fritschin 

1624 Madlena H. Jagli & Anali Wÿla Petter Pfiffer & Elßbethe Möckli 

1624 Anali Ulrich & Anali Brethgeri Hans Ulman & Margreth Ri?Teri 

1624 H. Conradt Jagli & Elßbetha Ißlickeri Gratz(?) Frauennfelder & Verena 

Mülleri 

Source: Baptism records for Adlikon, Canton Zürich, Switzerland in the Reformed parish of 

Andelfingen [LDS Microfilm 0996801]. 

Based on the baptismal sponsors identified in the table, particularly those for the years 

1565-‐1585, the SIGG in Adlikon from 1565-‐1625 were all likely related. 

The SIGG in Adlikon provided a major proportion of the baptisms in that community from 

1607-‐1625. 68 In 1670, about 44% of the families in Adlikon were SIGG. Some of these SIGG 

are reported to have come from the communities of Rudolfingen and Trüllikon, which were 

in Canton Zürich to the north of Andelfingen (which itself was north of Adlikon). By the 

census of 1740, over 33% of the families in Adlikon were SIGG. By 1826, only about 17% of 

the families were SIGG, and in 1850, about 20% of the families were SIGG. 69 

About 1592. Elias was born, probably in Canton Zürch, Switzerland, possibly in the 

community of Adlikon (based on age -‐ 48 years -‐ given in 1640 ecclesiastical census 70). 

27 Mar. 1614. Elias and Elßbeth SIGG were the baptismal sponsors of Elßbeth, the 

daughter of Andres MEŸER and Barbell KNÖPFLI (baptism no. 5, community of Adlicken 

[Adlikon]). 71 Given that Elias and Elsi KNÖPFLI had not yet married, Elßbeth SIGG is 

probably not Elsi KNÖPFLI. 

4 Dec. 1614. Married Elsi KNÖPFLI of Andelfingen, Canton Zürch, Switzerland (marriage 

no. 2, community of Attlicken [Adlikon]). 72 The SIGG and KNÖPFLI families are known to 

have had friendly relations prior to this marriage. For instance, in 1582 in the community of 

Andelfingen, one of the sponsors of Anna, the daughter of Gerg and Barbel KNÖPFLI, was an 

Anna SIGG (after whom the child was named). The baptismal sponsors of the SIGG children 

of Adlikon included Eva KNÖPFLI in 1578 and Eleÿas KNÖPFLI in 1620. Also, another SIGG-‐ 

KNÖPFLI couple in addition to Elias and Elsi resided in Adlikon: Felix SIGG and his wife 

68 Baptism register, Reformed parish of Andelfingen, Canton Zürich, Switzerland [LDS Microfilm 

996801]. 


Zürich, 1941, (Band II) p. 923. 

70 Canton Zürich, 1640 ecclesiastical census, vol. 217a, Reformed parish of Andelfingen, community 

of Adtlicka, p. 422 [LDS Microfilm 1185143 Item 2]. 

71 Baptism register for Adlikon, Reformed parish of Andelfingen, Canton Zürich, Switzerland [LDS 


72 Marriage register, Reformed parish of Andelfingen, Canton Zürich, Switzerland [LDS Microfilm 

996802].

Barbell KNÖPFLI of Adlikon had a child who was baptized in 1607. 73 

6 Aug. 1615. Lÿas and Elßbeth SIGG were the baptismal sponsors of Elßi, the daughter of 

Andres MEŸER and Barbell KNÖPFLI (baptism no. 9, community of Adlicken [Adlikon]). 74 It 

is not certain that Elßbeth SIGG is Elßbeth KNÖPFLI. 

29 Oct. 1615. Baptism of daughter Barbell SIGG (baptism no. 11, community of Adlicken 

[Adlikon]; parents: Leÿas SIGG and Elsi KNÖPFLI; sponsors: H. Peter KELLER, Andelfingl, 

and Maria ISSLICKERI). 75 

10 Nov.(?) 1616. Baptism of son Hans SIGG (baptism no. 18, community of Adlicken 

[Adlikon]; parents: Leÿas SIGG and Elsi KNÖPFLI; sponsors: H. Peter KELLER and Maria 

ISSLICKERI). 76 

19 Apr. 1618. Baptism of daughter Ursell SIGG (baptism no. 28, community of Adlicken 

[Adlikon]; parents: Eleias SIGG and Elsi KNÖPFLI; sponsors: H. Pet KELLER and Maria 

ISSLICKERI). 77 

17 May 1619. Baptism of daughter Elssi SIGG (baptism no. 36, community of Adlicken 

[Adlikon]; parents: Eleÿas SIGG and Elsi KNÖPFLI; sponsors: Felix PFIFFER and Elßi 

HÖRNI; this child died in 1625). 78 

30 July(?) 1620. Baptism of daughter Aegness SIGG (baptism no. 51, community of 

Adlicken [Adlikon]; parents: Elias SIGG and Elßbeth KNÖPFLI; sponsors: Felix PFIFFER 

and Elßi HÖRNI; this child died on 20 Mar. 1625(?)). 79 

1 Jan. 1622. Baptism of triplets: son Peter SIGG (baptism no. 59, community of Adlicken 

[Adlikon]; sponsors: Peter PFIFFER and Elßbeth HÖRNI; this child died); son Ulrich SIGG 

(baptism no. 60; sponsors: Ulrich WŸLLA and Maria ISLICKERI; this child died); and son 

Jacob SIGG (baptism no. 61; sponsors: Ulrich WŸLLA and Anali WŸLA). The parents of all 

three were Leÿas SIGG and Elßbeth KNÖPFLI. 80 

29 Mar. 1624. Baptism of son Ulrich SIGG (baptism no. 75; community of Adlicken 

[Adlikon]; parents: Eleÿas SIGG and Elßbeth KNÖPFLI; sponsors: Ulrich WŸLA and Anali 


996801]. 














Microfilm 996801].

WŸLA). 81 

About 1626. Birth of son Ulrich SIGG. 82 

About 1631. Birth of daughter Maria SIGG. 83 

1634. Helÿaß SIGG and Elsi KNÖPFLI, and children Barbell, 18, Hans, 16, Ulrich, 8, and 

Marÿa, 3, were included in the ecclesiastical census of Adlickhen [Adlikon] of 1634. 84 

About 1634. Birth of son Jagli SIGG. 85 

About 1638. Birth of son Hanß Jagli SIGG. 86 

1640. Helias SIGG, 48, Elsi KNÖPFLI, 43, and children Ulrich, 14, Maria, 9, Jagli, 5, and 

Hanß Jagli, 3, were included in the ecclesiastical census of Adtlicka [Adlikon] in 1640. 87 

1640-‐1643. Elias died. Elias was alive at the time of the 1640 ecclesiastical census but was 

dead by the 1643 census. 88 

1923 Elsi KNÖPFLI 

About 1597. Elsi was born, probably in Canton Zürich, Switzerland, possibly in the 

community of Andelfingen (based on her age in the ecclesiastical censuses of 1640 and 

1643). 

The KNÖPFLI were a prominent family in Andelfingen. In 1434, Johannes KNÖPFLI became 

the first Untervogt [deputy administrator] after Zürich took control of the Herrschaft 

Andelfingen [Lordship of Andelfingen]. At the time, the Obervogt [Zürich’s assigned 

administrator] resided in Zürich, so Johannes was the local representative of Zürich’s 

authority. 89 In the Zürich muster list of circa 1443, “Der Knöppfly” (first name not recorded) 

was the leader of the men from the community of Andelfingen with hand cannons. 90 This 




of Adlickhen, p. 558 [LDS Microfilm 1185139 Item 2]. 





85 Canton Zürich, 1650 ecclesiastical census, vol. 224, Reformed parish of Andelfingen, community of 

Attlichen, p. 517 [LDS Microfilm 1185149]. 




of Adtlicka, p. 422 [LDS Microfilm 1185143]. 


of Adtlicka, p. 422 [LDS Microfilm 1185143]; Canton Zürich, 1643 ecclesiastical census, vol. 219a, 

Reformed parish of Andelfingen, community of Attlichen, p. 262 [LDS Microfilm 1185146]. 


Zürich, 1941, (Band II) pp. 880, 1069, 1076. 

90 Albert Winkler, “Zurich’s Militia Records in the Fifteenth Century,” FEEFHS Journal, Vol. X, 2002, 

pp. 66-‐80.

leader was the next Untervogt, Heini KNÖPFLI, Johannes’s son, who succeeded his father in 

1442. In 1490, Hans KNÖPFLI, another member of the family, served as Untervogt. By this 

time, the Obervogt was operating out of the old castle in Andelfingen. 91 In the muster roll of 

1599 for Andelfingen, Hans Jakob KNÖPFLI was among those with firearms, Helias and Jakob 

KNÖPFLI were among those who were Doppelsöldner [soldiers receiving double pay in 

exchange for agreeing to fight on the front line 92] with armor and spears, Hans KNÖPFLI was 

among those with spiked helmets and spears, and a second Hans KNÖPFLI was among those 

with spiked helmets and short weapons. 93 

In the table below are the KNÖPFLI baptisms for 1581-‐1586 in Andelfingen. Elsi’s baptism is 

not among them. The baptisms in the table do provide candidates for her parents, however. 

Jacob and Elsbeth, Heinrich and Barbel, and Alexander and Verena all had two children each 

during this period. Of course, any of the couples listed might have been Elsi’s parents; 

additionally, a newly married couple or an older couple that is not on this list might have 

been her parents. 

KNÖPFLI Baptisms in Andelfingen, 1581-‐1612 

Year Child Parents (Father is a KNÖPFLI) Sponsors 

1581 Anna Jacob & Elsbeth Möcklÿ Hans Heinrich Hopplen & Anna 

Kübler 

1581 Margrete Davidt & Anna Kübler Jacob Libenspregen(?) & Anna ? 

1582 Anna Gerg & Barbel Guttkert(?) Cleinhans Keller & Anna Siggin 

1582 Cleinhans Heinrich & Barbell Meÿer Cleinhans Keller & Anna Kübler 

1582 Agta Alexander & Verena Magot Claus Keller & Agta Mordmüllerin 

1582 Anna Hans & Sara Ferin Cleinhans Schaub & Ursula ? 

1584 Adelÿ Heinrich & Barbel Meyer Cleinhans Keller & Anna Kübler 

1584 Hans Jacob Jacob & Elsbeth Möcklÿ Hans Vo' Schennis & Verena 

Seuckÿ 

1585 Hans Hans & Sara Ferin Cleinhans Schaub & Jacoba 

Arbentz 

1586 Margret Zander & Verena Magot Gerg A?Mis & Margret 

Geissmeÿerinn 

[Gap in baptism records] 

1607-‐1612 

1608 Helias Lÿas & Anna Sigg Cleinhans Schaub & Verena 

1608 Küngolt Kleinhans & Margreth Büler Ulrich Studer & Küngolt 

Freÿmüller 

1610 Madalen Hans & Anna Landenbergi Hans Jaggli Freÿmüller & 

Madalen Ufer(?) 

1610 Margreth Elias & Anna Sigg Hans Conradt Müller & Verena 

Frau? 


Zürich, 1941, (Band II) pp. 880, 1069, 1076. 

92 Wikipedia, 30 Jan. 2012; “Saint Maximilian,” “Glossary,” www.st-‐max.org/glossary.htm, 31 Jan. 

2012. 


Zürich, 1941, (Band II) pp. 880.

1611 Küngolt Cleinhans & Margreth Büler Ulrich Studer & Anna Sprünglin 

1612 Hans Conradt Hans Jagglins Sohn & Margreth Hans Conradt Müller & Anna 

Source: Baptism records for the community of Andelfingen, Canton Zürich, Switzerland in 

the Reformed parish of Andelfingen [LDS Microfilm 0996801]. 

As can be seen in the table, in 1582, one of the sponsors of Anna, daughter of Gerg and 

Barbel, was a SIGG, Anna. Thus, there was an early connection between the KNÖPFLI and 

SIGG in Andelfingen. After 1607, there were two KNÖPFLI-‐SIGG couples having children: 

Elias and Anna, and Hans and Margreth. Given Elsi’s birth in around 1597, she might be a 

daughter of any of the couples in the table. Her parents also might be a couple that started 

and finished having children during the gap in the records. 

The baptismal sponsors of the SIGG children of Adlikon included one KNÖPFLI, Eva, in 1578, 

and one, Eleÿas, in 1620. In addition, there was another SIGG-‐KNÖPFLI marriage in the 

village in addition to that of Elias and Elsi: Felix SIGG and his wife Barbell KNÖPFLI had a 

child in 1607. Thus, in Adlikon, there was a SIGG-‐KNÖPFLI connection from at least 1578. 

1622. Elßi KNÖPFLI was sponsor at the baptism of Jacob, a son of Ulrich WASSER and Anali 

KÜSLI (baptism no. 65; community of Adlicken [Adlikon]). 94 

1643. Elsÿ KNÖPFLI, 46, widow of Eeÿas SIGG, and children Ulrichli, 17, Maria, 12, Jagli, 

8, and Hanß Jagli, 5, were included in the ecclesiastical census of Attlichen [Adlikon] in 

1643. 95 

1646. Elßi KNÖPFLI, 49, widow of Leÿas SIGG, and children Ulrichli, 20, Maria, 15, Jagli, 

11, and Hanß Jagli, 8, were included in the ecclesiastical census of Attlikhen [Adlikon] in 

1646. 96 

1650. Elsi KNÖPFLI, 38 [sic], widow of Eÿas SIGG, and children Maria, 20, Jagli, 16, and 

Hanß Jagli, 12, were included in the ecclesiastical census of Attlichen [Adlikon] in 1650. 97 

1936 Claas RITTINGHAUSEN 

About 1638. Daughter Margaret was born. On 11 Aug. 1654, she married Jan vom BRÜHL. 

98 


996801]. 


of Attlichen, p. 262 [LDS Microfilm 1185146]. 


of Attlikhen, p. 145 [LDS Microfilm 1185148]. 



98 Calvin Kephart, “Rittenhouse Genealogy Debunked,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 

XXVI, No. 4, Dec. 1938, pp. 105-‐110.

1644. Son Wilhelm (“William”) was born. 99 

About 1648. Son Nicholas Heinrich (“Claus”) was born. He married Claesken RIDDERS 

in or near Mülheim in about 1675. Soon thereafter, they moved to the Netherlands, where 

he was involved in the production of paper. The couple had four children. Claus was an 

alderman in Rosendaal, and later a citizen of Dordrecht. He died in May 1718. 100 

1937 Maria HAGERHOFF 

About 1615. Born. 101 

1938 Peter KERSTEN 

1600-‐1620. Born probably in The Netherlands (based on birth years and birth country of 

his children). 

Before 1640. Married Claerken EVERTS. 

Possibly 1640s. Birth of son Jan Petersen LUBBERHUYSEN in the Reformed parish of Hall, 

The Netherlands (birth year range based on birth years of sisters). 102 

About 1640. Birth of daughter Agnes [PETERS?] in the Reformed parish of Hall, The 

Netherlands. 103 

About 1642. Birth of daughter Geertruid PIETERS, possibly in Eerbeek, The Netherlands, 

in the Reformed parish of Hall (birth year based upon being 66 in February 1708; birthplace 

based on place of origin indicated on marriage record). 

1646. In 1646, Peter KERSTEN leased the mill of Willem Staelwerck. At the time, it was a 

grinding mill, not a paper mill. 104 Presumably, this mill was in the vicinity of Eerbeek in The 

Netherlands. 

1 Feb. 1669. Willem RITTINKHUYSEN and wife Geertruid PETERS, along with Peter 

KERSTEN and wife Claerken EVERTS, came to an agreement with Jan Petersen 

LUBBERHUYSEN, the son of Peter KERSTEN, concerning “…the water serving Peter 

Kersten’s mill and the paper mill named Het Klooster (The Cloister), at the other side of the 


XXVI, No. 4, Dec. 1938, pp. 105-‐110. 


XXVI, No. 4, Dec. 1938, pp. 105-‐110. 


XXVI, No. 4, Dec. 1938, pp. 105-‐110. 

102 Genealogie Site van Jeroen en Gerdien Nikkels, 

members.chello.nl/~j.nikkels/gen/papier/families/family4.html#F302. 




members.chello.nl/~j.nikkels/gen/papier/families/family4.html#F302.

ook,” which was Jan’s. 105 Het Klooster was located in Eerbeek, The Netherlands. 106 Peter 

KERSTEN is identified with Het Oude Klooster [The Old Cloister], a former paper mill in 

Eerbeek, The Netherlands. 107 Co-‐located with Het Klooster [The Cloister], 108 it was the paper 

mill he was operating in 1669. Het Oude Klooster still exists. 109 

After 1 Feb. 1669. Died. 

1939 Claerken EVERTS 

After 1 Feb. 1669. Died. 

105 Henk Voorn, "William Rittenhouse in Holland," IPH-‐Yearbook, v. 4, 1983/4, pp. 315-‐323 

(IPH=International Paper Historians). 


members.chello.nl/~j.nikkels/gen/papier/eerbeek.html. 




members.chello.nl/~j.nikkels/gen/papier/eerbeek.html. 

109 Molenplaatsenregister, 

www.sprengenbeken.nl/veluwsesprengenenbeken/molenplaatsenregister/index.html.

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