Person:Peter Erb (1)

'On 3 Feb 1673, Peter's son [possibly Hans] harbored in his home the täufer [baptist] Wenger. The authorities decided to deal with him as they did his father. The authorities of Signau [a village in Emmental, Kanton Bern] reported that Peter Erb would not take the oath . . . Since Erb could not pay the fine he was ordered out of the land. He was later sent to the wood works in Bern.'^[2]

1. ↑ Ancestral File Number 2LX8-GNT, in Ancestral File.

   name: Peter Erb
   christening: 15 Jan 1607
   Reformed Church,Rothenbach,Bern,Switzerland

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 #14 in Erb Family "A", in Davis, Richard W. Mennosearch.

   'Peter Erb [son of Hans and Verena (Steiner) Erb], b. 15 Jan 1607, Röthenbach. He married Magdalena Kupferschmid on 3 Oct 1632 at Röthenbach. On 3 Feb 1673, Peter's son harbored in his home the täufer Wenger. The authorities decided to deal with him as they did his father. The authorities of Signau reported that Peter Erb would not take the oath, but did not know if Liechti belongs to the täufer sect. Since Erb could not pay the fine he was ordered out of the land. He was later sent to the wood works in Bern.'

   15 Jan 1607 is his baptism date, as indicated in the Ancestral File, and by an email from Richard Davis.