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Hans Jacob NUSLI

Male 1596 - 1653  (56 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hans Jacob NUSLI was born 20 May 1596, Zell, Zurich, Switzerland; died 02 May 1653.

    Notes:

    Hans Jakob Nusli. He was an Anabaptist Mennonite and left Zell, Zurich ,Switzerland between 1646-49. He was jailed in Zurich for 1 year . He married Anna Mullhaupt. Jacob Nussli was arrested and brought to the City of Zurich in 1644 and was imprisioned in the dungeons of Othenbach, located about 8 miles Southwest of Zurich on the Reuss River. He was stripped of his clothes, dressed on a long grey coat, and then fastened with chains. He was among other Mennonites who about this time were also imprisioned in the horrible dungeons of Othenbach; namely; Conrad Strickler, Jacob Gachnauer, Jacob Baumgarter, Peter Brubach (Brubaker), Hans Huber (Hoover), Felix Landis, (son of Hans Landis who was beheaded in 1614 due to his Mennonite religion), Hans Mylin, Ulrich Milleer of Kiburg, Hans Rudolph Bauman (Bowman), and others, all well-known family names of pioneer settlers in Lancaster County, Pa. they were all chained and stripped of their garments and dressed in long grey coats for mockery and reproach.

    Hans married Anna MULLHAUPT 30 Oct 1627, Zell, Zurich, Switzerland. Anna was born 1608, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jacob NUSSLI  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Feb 1629, Zell, Zurich, Switzerland; died Aft 1685, Steinsfurt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob NUSSLI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hans1) was born 23 Feb 1629, Zell, Zurich, Switzerland; died Aft 1685, Steinsfurt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

    Jacob married Verena MEYER Abt 1655, Alsace-Lorraine Province, France. Verena was born Abt 1634, Zell, Zurich, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Anna NUSSLI  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1667, Zell, Zurich, Switzerland; died 1702, Steinsfurt Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Anna NUSSLI Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jacob2, 1.Hans1) was born Abt 1667, Zell, Zurich, Switzerland; died 1702, Steinsfurt Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

    Anna married Hans GOCHNAUER 1687, Steinsfurt Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hans (son of Heinrich GOCHENAUER and FNU LNU) was born Abt 1664, Fischenthal, Zürich, Switzerland; died 1717, Kohlhof Neunkirchen, Germany. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Jacob GOCHNAUER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1696, Kohlhof, Neukirchen, Germany; died 1758, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Jacob GOCHNAUER Descendancy chart to this point (3.Anna3, 2.Jacob2, 1.Hans1) was born 1696, Kohlhof, Neukirchen, Germany; died 1758, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Arrived on 23 Aug 1728 in Philadelphia from Rotterdam, last of Deal, Kent, England on the good ship Mortonhouse, John Coultas, Commander. Strassburger & Hinke incorrectly read the signature as Jacob 'Kegenhower.'

    Jacob married FNU LNU Abt 1717, Kohlhof Neukirchen, Germany. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Jacob GOCHNOWER  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1720, Germany; died 1800, Funkstown, Washington, Maryland.
    2. 6. Mary GOCHNOWER  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1722, Germany; died 7 May 1777, York, Pennsylvania.
    3. 7. John GOCHNOWER  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1724, Germany; died 1782, Virginia or North Carolina.
    4. 8. Joseph GOCHNOWER  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1726, Germany; died 1810, Dover, York, Pennsylvania; was buried Hershey Mennonite Cemetery, Dover, York, Pennsylvania.

    Jacob married Anna STIRTZ Abt 1734. Anna was born Abt 1695, Switzerland; died Abt 1738, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 9. Eve GOCHNOWER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Nov 1735, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died Abt 1806, German, Fayette, Pennsylvania.
    2. 10. Elizabeth COCGHNOWER  Descendancy chart to this point was born Sep 1737, Pennsylvania; died 1800, Cross Keys, Rockingham, Virginia; was buried Lindale Mennonite Cemetery, Edom, Rockingham, Pennsylvania.
    3. 11. Magdalena COCGHNOWER  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Mar 1738, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 1826, Nicholas, Kentucky.