Person:Josef Rÿff (1)

'He went to the Palatine secretly with his wife and his brother Hans Heinrich in 1673. ... In the 1654 census of Wädenswil he was listed with his wife and no children and his brothers Hans Heinrich and Ulrich were living with him on Zweierhof farm. ... In 1678 he was listed in the Wädenswil clerical survey (the Reformed minister mistakenly called his wife Cathri Zäshler of Zofingl, when she was the wife of his brother Ulrich). By 1682 Joseph was living in the Pfalz at Freihof. The minister noted that Joseph still had citizenship at Wädenswil and that he could keep it if he returns. In the 1689 clerical survey of Wädenswil the minister noted that Joseph had regretted that he left and gone to the Pfalz and so returned to Wädenswil. He did not have any children.'^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} #7 in Reiff Family "B", in Davis, Richard W. Mennosearch.

   'Joseph Ryeff [son of Jacob and Annali (Tanner) Ryeff], b. 17 May 1624, Wädenswil. He went to the Palatine secretly with his wife and his brother Hans Heinrich in 1673. He was married to Anna Hiestand of Hutten on 26 Feb 1650. In the 1654 census of Wädenswil he was listed with his wife and no children and his brothers Hans Heinrich and Ulrich were living with him on Zweierhof farm. In the 1670 census he was listed with his wife and no children. In 1678 he was listed in the Wädenswil clerical survey (the Reformed minister mistakenly called his wife Cathri Zäshler of Zofingl, when she was the wife of his brother Ulrich). By 1682 Joseph was living in the Pfalz at Freihof. The minister noted that Joseph still had citizenship at Wädenswil and that he could keep it if he returns. In the 1689 clerical survey of Wädenswil the minister noted that Joseph had regretted that he left and gone to the Pfalz and so returned to Wädenswil. He did not have any children.'

   17 May 1624 is his baptism date, as indicated in an email from Richard Davis.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Best, Jane Evans. Swiss Reiff and Hiestand Families. Mennonite Family History. (Jan 1992)
   11:1:6.

   'Joseph Rÿff [son of Jagli Rÿff and Annali Tanner], bap. May 17, 1624, Wädenswil; in 1634, 1637, 1640, 1670 census; in 1682 lived with wife and 5 ch. in the Palatinate
   m. Feb. 26, 1650, Anna Hiestand of Hutten'

3. ↑ Harness, Helen Ummel. Rÿff / Reiff Family: From Switzerland to Pennsylvania. Mennonite Family History. (Jan 2005)
   24:1:29.

   'Josef Rÿff [son of Hans Jagli Rÿff and Annali Tanner] bapt. May 17, 1624, Wädenswil, Zurich, Switzerland. On Feb. 26, 1650, h m. Anna Hiestand.'