Birth: 17 SEP 1639 Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Marriage: 1660 Aargau, Baden, Switzerland (Germany today) to Elizabeth Mylin Kendig
Birth of Son:1660
Name: Abraham Kendig Herr
Birth of Son:1663
Name: Rev. Christian Kundig Herr
Birth of Daughter: 1673
Name: Maria Margaretha Koch Herr
Birth of Son:ABT 1675
Name: Henry Kundig Herr
Birth of Son:1677
Name: Hans Kundig Herr
Birth of Son:1686
Name: Samuel Kundig Herr
Birth of Son:1687
Name: Isaac Kundig Herr
Birth of Son:1689
Name: Emmanuel Kundig Herr
Immigration: 1710
Details: Note: Reverend Hans Herr , also known as the Bishop Hans Herr , is described as ” of medium height , with long grey hair curled under at the ends and parted in the middle , … Heavy brows , dark hazel eyes , aquiline nose , mouth rather small with heavy lips , complexion florid , with full beard covering the face , the whole lighted by a countenance in which sweetness and austerity were gracefully blended . Clad in the coarsest homespun , his feet shod with wood , he at last arrived in the faroff land in which some strange prophecy told him he and his People would be prosperous and happy, however poor when arriving
“Hans Herr House” – actually built by son, Christian in 1719 – the oldest still standing Mennonite Meeting House in the western hemisphere – Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Died: 11 OCT 1725 West Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Burial: Willow Street Mennonite Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Parents are Hans Christian Herr and Catherine Haas
Elizabeth Mylin Kindig
Birth: 01 MAY 1639 Auslikon, Pfaffikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Died: 09 JUN 1730 Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Burial: Willow Street Mennonite Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Inscription: Elizabeth Mylin Kendig Herr His Wife Born in Switzerland, May 1, 1639 Died June 9, 1730
Note: Wife of the Rev. Hans Herr , Jr.
parents are Jorg Mueller Kindig and Barbel Huffellberg
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