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- == Biography ==
Martin was born in December 1607 in Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Martin died at the age of about 52 in about 1660 in Heidelberg, Germany.
• In the 1637 census of Stallikon, Martin Meili was called the “Anabaptist who allowed himself to be carried over by this wife”. On 3 May 1639 he and his brother Hans Jr. were imprisoned at Zürich in the former Oetenbach cloister.• Is he the same Martin MEILI who was with Hans MEILI and a Christian NEFF in Markirch (Upper Alsace)? If so: Martin MEILI emigrated into Upper Alsace (around Markirch, also called Ste-Marie-aux-Mines) in 1647. In 1649 he “secretly removed his child from a foster home designated by Zurich’s officials after theyd had broken up the MEILI estate at Knonau.” • 1650: “Die im Märtyrerspiegel wegen jahrelanger Haft im Kloster Oetenbach in Zürich erwähnten Familien Hans und Martin MEILI mit ihren Ehefrauen Anna und Barbara BÄR kamen als eine der ersten Täuferfamilien auf diesen Ruf der Freiherren von Venningen nach Dühren.”• To the Kraichgau, SE of Heidelberg, Germany: On 12 or 22 (Old vs. New Style calendar) January 1650 a permit was requested [from the Kurfürst of the Pfalz] by Hannibal von VENNINGEN and Georg Blenard von VENNINGEN, who owned devastated farm estates around Sinsheim, for Hans and Martin MEYLEN of Albis: Stallikon [and a BINGGELI or two] to settle at Dühren, near Sinsheim. This could be the two brothers Martin MEYLI b. 1607, d. after 2 March 1661, and Hans MEYLI Jr. b. 1614, d. after 2 March 1661 — or it could be Martin and his 17-year-old son Hans.• So by 1650 Martin had moved to Dühren in the Kurpfalz (Kraichgau, SE of Heidelberg) with his 2nd wife Anna BÄR, not too far from Ittlingen on the river Elsenz. In 1652 his brother Hans was recorded as living in Ittlingen.• In 1650 and in 1662 Martin was recorded as administering a farm owned by the Kurfürst of the Palatinate (Diefenbacher, Ortssippenbuch Dühren). This suggests that the von VENNINGEN brothers had recruited Swiss for both their own estates and those of the Kurfürst Karl Ludwig. https://web.archive.org/web/20070714194654/http://www.ocii.com/~fisher/neff/sprenger.htm • 1658 Martin MAYLE owned property in Dühren and was probably the man listed in the Register of Anabaptists as ‘Hans MAYLE’s son’, per the Sippenbuch developed on the early families of Dühren — individuals #1529 and #1530.• Martin was living there in Dühren [near Ittlingen, both on the river Elsenz] when he wrote the historical accounts of the persecutions in Switzerland. They appeared in the Martyr’s Mirror 1658 and later in the 1742 Ausbund. [Note: The Mennonite families at Markirch were later forced out by the French King Louis, about 1712, but were soon replaced by others from Switzerland.]• Dr. Elisabeth Kludas reports “Die im Märtyrerspiegel wegen jahrelanger Haft im Kloster Oetenbach in Zürich erwähnten Familien Hans und Martin MEILI mit ihren Ehefrauen Anna und Barbara BÄR kamen als eine der ersten Täuferfamilien auf diesen Ruf der Freiherren von VENNINGEN nach Dühren.” That is, Hans and Martin MEYLI, mentioned in the Märtyrerspiegel as having spent years imprisoned in the Klost Oetenbach in Zurich, arrived in Dühren [in the Kraichgau] with their wives Anna and Barbara BÄR among the first Anabaptist families recruited by the Lords von VENNINGEN. The von VENNINGEN at that time still ruled their own lands, although these were nominally held as fiefs from the Kurfürst of the Pfalz.• Some sources say The Sippenbuch of Dühren shows Martin MAYLE holding property there in 1658. A man of this name also appeared about 1661 in the registry of Anabaptists in Dühren. MEYLI died 1658, but if he was still administering a farm owned by the Kurfürst in 1662, use that date. ‘Martin MEILI’s son’ was among the Mennonites caught having a meeting in a cellar at Steinsfurt 2 Mar 1661 – could be Jacob or Peter.
== Sources ==
* Source: Title: A Bear Saga: The Birmensdorf Connection Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Vol. XI, No. 2 31-45 Author: Jane Evans Best Publication: April, 1988 Note: Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine
* Source: Title: Emigrants, Refugees, and Prisoners-- Volume II II Author: Richard Warren Davis
* Source: Title: Bear Saga Update: Part One Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Vol. 21, No. 3 11-26 Author: Jane Evans Best Publication: July, 1998 Note: Repository: Call Number: Media: Book
== Acknowledgements ==
* WikiTree profile Meili-19 created through the import of Susanna Kendig.ged on Aug 18, 2011 by [[Coggins-26 | Cody Coggins]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Meili-19 Changes page] for the details of edits by Cody and others.
* WikiTree profile Meili-31 created through the import of Reichard Martin Family Tree.ged on Apr 2, 2012 by [[Myers-1680 | Ryan Myers]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Meili-31 Changes page] for the details of edits by Ryan and others.
* WikiTree profile Meili-38 created through the import of JOSEPH~1.GED on Jul 14, 2012 by [[Stalnaker-102 | Joseph Stalnaker]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Meili-38 Changes page] for the details of edits by Joseph and others.
* WikiTree profile Meili-22 created through the import of Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by [[Welder-2 | Deborah Anne Welder]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Meili-22 Changes page] for the details of edits by Deborah Anne and others.
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1607 - Abt 1658 (50 years)
