Person:Michael Rÿff (1)

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m. 9 Mar 1652
  1. Michael Rÿff1653 - 1684
  2. Barbel Reiff1655 -
  3. Joseph Reiff1657 -
  4. Christen Reiff1661 -
m. 1679
  1. Anna Heistand Rieff1682 - 1755
Facts and Events
Name Michael Rÿff
Alt Name[1] Michael Reiff
Gender Male
Christening[1][2][3][4][5] 13 Jun 1653 Wädenswil, Canton Zurich, SwitzerlandReformed Church
Marriage 1679 Ibersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germanyto Küngold Hiestand
Death[1][2][3] 1684 Mettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 #61 in Reiff Family "B", in Davis, Richard W. Mennosearch.

    'Michael Reiff [son of Hans Heinrich and Anna (Hitz) Reiff], b. 13 Jun 1652, Wädenswil, Zurich. He married Küngold Hiestand in about 1680 probably at Ibersheim, Hesse, Germany. Michael died in 1684 at Mettenheim near Ibersheim, Hesse, Germany. Küngold married secondly, Hans Stauffer of Ibersheim and later moved to Alsheim just north of Ibersheim. ...'

    13 Jun 1652 is his baptism date, as indicated in an email from Richard Davis.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Best, Jane Evans. Swiss Reiff and Hiestand Families. Mennonite Family History. (Jan 1992)
    11:1:5.

    'Michel Reiff [son of Hans Heinrich Rÿff/Reiff and Anna Hitz], bap. June 13, 1652; d. 1684; ... mentioned in 1670, 1682, 1689 census of Wädenswil
    m. 1679, Kungold Hiestand, bap. Jan. 10, 1658, Richterswil. She m. (2) Johannes Stauffer and had 4 more ch.'

  3. 3.0 3.1 Harness, Helen Ummel. Rÿff / Reiff Family: From Switzerland to Pennsylvania. Mennonite Family History. (Jan 2005)
    24:1:29-30.

    'Michael Reiff [son of Hans Heinrich Rÿff and Anna Hitz] bapt. June 13, 1652, Wädenswil, Zurich, Switzerland, and d. 1684, Mettenheim, Palatinate, Germany. In 1679, Ibersheim, Germany, he m. Küngold Hiestand bapt. Jan. 10, 1658, Richterswil, Zurich, Switzerland, and d. Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa.'

  4. Harness, Helen Ummel. Rÿff / Reiff Family: From Switzerland to Pennsylvania. Mennonite Family History. (Jan 2005)
    24:1:30.

    'Although his parents were Anabaptists, Michael was baptized on June 13, 1653 in the Reformed Church of Wädenswil parish in Can[t]on Zurich, Switzerland.'

  5. Christening date assumed to be June 1653 (as per one source) rather than June 1652 (as per same source as well as other sources), given that his parents were married Mar 1652.