Strickler Ancestry

Also Ruffner, Stöckli/Stickley and others

Sources:

Much appreciation to Daniel Bly who provided me the foundational information for the tree below as well as pointed me to additional sources.

Note on sources: Unless otherwise noted, the primary foundational sources for the tree below are first two sources listed above. Some trees use http://www.wendtroot.com/cockrill/d0004/rwi419.html or Forerunners: A History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families Their Kith and Kin, by Harry M. Strickler (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1925). However, that source is questioned and a better source is at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~kell/genealogy/mom/thomas/2mainabrahamstrickler_files/Abraham_Strickler.htm is a better resource. After checking with genealogist Daniel Bly, he had this to say about that source: "I read through the article and it looks like some good research. I am always skeptical of the old genealogies, like Harry Strickler's Forerunners, because they did relied a lot on oral tradition, which can give great clues, but unless are often not reliably accurate. This researcher does seem cautious and relies on documentation, but I still did not see enough to state with such certainty that he was an early Indian trader, though it appears he may have been here earlier than thought. I checked Richard Davis's work, and it looks like this researcher took a lot from Davis's outline, regarding the timeline and documents regarding his time in Virginia."

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  Rudolf Landis m. Anna Bruppacher According to WikiTree, I share Rudolf and Anna as common ancestors with famed actor Dick Van Dyke, making me his 12th cousin, once removed.                                                                                                                
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Conrad Strickler
"Conrad the Persecuted"
Leader in the Anabaptist movement
b. ca. 1579-1580, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
d. 1646 or 1648 in Ottenbach Prison,
Zurich, Switzerland
Konrad is an alternate spelling seen. 		Anna Landis
Also seen as Annali (little Anna) Landis or Anna Elizabeth Landis.
b. 20 May 1582, Bruderhaus, Hirzel, Horgen, Switzerland
d. 7 April 1657, Harüti, Hirzel, Switzerland 		Details for Anna Landis are from Biographies: Conrad the Persecuted.                                                                                                                      
m. 1599 in Horgen, Switzerland.
Property confiscated 1630.
Imprisoned with wife in 1644
(who was later released; he
later escaped but was eventually
back in prison).
Issue: They had 9 children. 		                                                                                                                       
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Hans Strickler
of Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland
b. 18 April 1605
Hirzel-Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland
d. 1 October 1701
Dates per Brenner, p. 9, and Biographies: Conrad Strickler the Persecuted		 m. 25 March 1634 in
Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland.
Source for marriage and wife: Brenner, p. 9, who mentions they had 10 children.		 Margaretha Hitz
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d. 		  Hans Asper
b.
d. 		m. Elsbeth Hiestand
b.
d. 		Asper/Hiestand generation is per Biographies: Hans Jakob Strickler.     Hans Ruffner
b. ca. 1610,
Endsdorf, Bern, Switzerland
d. 		m. Dorothea (maiden surname unknown)
b.
d. 		        Hans Stöckli
b. ca. 1601
d. 		m. ca. 21 July 1628 in Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland

Source for this couple: WikiTree: Hans Stockli (abt. 1601) and the research notes of Bruce Fosnocht		 Anna Beyeler
b. before 1601
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  Hans Jacob Strickler
b. 24 July 1636 in Hirzel
d. 1692 in Ibersheim (1688 according to Brenner, p. 9, who also gave locations)		 m. 1660
(20 November 1662 according to Brenner, p. 9, who indicated they had at least 3 children)		 Catherina (surname Schneider? per Duff, p. 3, but Anna Katherina Asper per Brenner, p. 9, and Biographies: Hans Jakob Strickler)
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d. 		    Löhrer/Schneider generation per Biographies: Hans Jakob Strickler. Johannes "Jonnas" Löhrer
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d. 		m. Anna Barbara Schneider
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d. 		      Christian Ruffner
b. 1642,
Ensdorf, Bern, Switzerland
d. 		m. 1665, Tsigriswil, Bern, Switzerland Madle Buhler
b. 1642,
Bern, Switzerland
d. 		            Christen Stöckli
b. ca. 18 April 1641, Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland
d. 		m. 31 Oct 1664 Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland

Source for this couple: WikiTree: Christen Stockli (1641) and the research notes of Bruce Fosnocht		 Anna Marti
b. before 1647
d. 		      Hans Glaus
b.
d. 		m. Anna Zbinden
b.
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Strickler
Vivemus Servare
We live to serve
(Adopted before 1685)
(Source: Biographies: Coats of Arms)

 Hans Strickler
b. ca. 1665 or 4/7 December 1669,
Hirzel, Switzerland, or Ibersheim, German Palatinate
d. ca. 1736/7,
Ibersheim, German Palatinate

Duff, p. 1, indicates he was Rev. Hans Strickler. Brenner, p. 9, lists his years as 1669-1737 and burial place as Mennonite Congregational Cemetery, Ibersheim. Biographies: Hans Strickler 1669-1737 indicates his life as 7 Dec. 1669-ca. April 1737 and that he was baptized 20 March 1670 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland.		 m. 1692
Brenner, p. 9, indicates they married in February 1693 near Ibersheim and had four children.		 Elsbeth Löhrer or Schneider (per Duff, p. 1, though Brenner, p. 9, adds support for Lohrer)
b. 1671 per Brenner
d. 25 May 1697,
Friedrichstadt, Germany. Biographies: Hans Strickler 1669-1737 indicates she died from "complications of childbirth."

Source for Elsbeth (left) and details for both the Strickler couple (left) and Ruffner couple (right) beyond Daniel Bly's original information is from Duff.

"[T]he Ruffner family shares a common origin with the Strickler family that is of Swiss Mennonite origins. The Ruffner family originated in Canton Bern in a small village high above Lake Thun near Interlaken. ... The Ruffner family settled in the Netherlands along the Rhine river where they opened and operated a then well known winery" (Duff, p. 6).

Hans Ruffner
b. 1666/9,
Ensdorf or Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland
Exiled to Holland 1711
d. after 1726,
near Amsterdam, Netherlands		 m. Elsbeth Thommen
b. 1672,
Tsigriswil, Bern, Switzerland
d. after 1715,
near Amsterdam, Netherlands		 Thommen is a Swiss name,
patronymic from a short
form of Thomas.		         Benedict Stöckli
b. August 1669,
Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland
d. after 1711,
Holland		 m. 1696,
Switzerland		 Anna Glaus
b. November 1667,
Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland
d. after 1711,
Holland		              
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According to Duff, p. 8, courtesy of a The Daily News Leader • 15 Apr 1992, Wed • Page 21 • (Staunton, VA) article "Fort Egypt at Page County", Abraham Strickler was one of the Shenandoah Valley's first settlers and a well-known Indian Trader who would "travel several times a year to meet the Indians traveling the Indian Road through Virginia.

"An old bible, often referred to as the Ancient Strickler Bible, contains but one entry for the Strickler family. Written there appears to be the birth date (or baptism) of Abraham Strickler. The name 'Abraham Strickler of' (two words) then 'was' then (a word) then 'Abraham Strickler' then '1693 6 D-'" (Duff, p. 1).

My other ancestor Jacob Stover sold land to Abraham Strickler on 15-16 December 1735 according to Wayland, p. 61

Luray Valley Museum - includes history about the home of Abraham Strickler, his Bible, and a meeting house used by the Strickler family

More about the home of Abraham Strickler, also called "Strickler Plantation" or "Fort Egypt" is in Duff, pp. 7-8, and Brenner, pp. 35-37.

Other considerations regarding Abraham Strickler: Biographies: Abraham Strickler c1693-1746

 Abraham Strickler

b. ca. 1694 or 6 December 1693,
Ibersheim or near Tetenbühl-Friedrichstadt, Schwelswig-Holstein, German Palatinate
d. April 1746 (Duff, pp. 1, 4-5),
Massanutten region, Shenandoah Co., VA
(Strickler Plantation, Egypt Bend, Page Co., VA)
Burial: Strickler Cemetery, Fort Egypt		 m. ca. 1718, Holland

They immigrated ca. 1723/4 to America.

"All of them arrived (ship unknown) in Philadelphia sometime before August 19, 1725 (Abraham is known to have paid local taxes on that date) and settled on a farm of 161.25 acres, purchased by Abraham, in what became several years later Hempfield Township, now West Hempfield Township [PA]" (Brenner, p. 2).

"Davis lists Abraham and Conrad Strickler [his brother] as immigrants arriving in 1726. ... Abraham Strickler and Conrad Strickler both took oaths of Naturalization in March 1728 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. It was often a few years before an oath of allegiance was taken. This indicates that Abraham and Conrad Strickler arrived as early as 1723 to 1724. ... Based on Abraham Strickler's approximate birth date of ca Dec 1693, it is probable that he married between the ages of 20 and 30, or 1714-1724. Approximate and unproven birth dates for his children suggest Abraham married about Nov 1718, probably in Holland (where the Ruffner family lived). ... It has been assumed by most that Peter Ruffner was asked to administer the estate because he was the brother of the widow. Thus the tradition is established that Abraham married Anna Ruffner. ... Ruffner family tradition in America states that the family was from Hanover, Germany. However, known records of the early Ruffner family place them in Tsigriswil, Bern, Switzerland. In 1711 many of the Ruffner families were expelled from Tsigriswil for being Tauffers (Anabaptist Mennonites). Amongst these families was the Hans Ruffner family who moved near Amsterdam. This family established a prosperous winery. The children of Hans Ruffner included one Anna Maria Ruffner b. 1696 and a Peter Ruffner b. 1705. Which indeed matches the tradition of Anna and Peter being brother and sister" (Duff, pp. 2-3).

Anna Maria Ruffner

(a.k.a. Mary Ruffner)
b. 7 April 1696,
Tsigriswil, Bern, Switzerland
Immigrated by exile
1711 to the Netherlands
from Canton Bern.
d. after 1751,
probably after 1767,
possibly in 1781.
Burial: Strickler Cemetery,
Strickler Plantation,
Egypt Bend, Page Co., VA		 Geni.com has the
father of Mary as
Jakob Peter Ruffner.
While it is a Master
Profile, it is not
sourced well. I've
asked for sources.

Duff, pp. 5-8, is the
source for info seen
to the left for Anna
Maria Ruffner. 		        Hans Stöckli (Stickley)
b. Fall 1697,
Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland
d. 1770,
Frederick Co., VA		 m.

Biographies: Joseph Strickler 1731-1795 indicates Hans was named Johannes and that Barbara's maiden surname was Morgan.

 Barbara
b. ca. 1706
d. after 1786,
Shenandoah Co., VA		      
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"Joseph Strickler born 1 September 1731 W Hempfield, Lancaster Co., PA md 1st Elizabeth Stöeklei=>Stickley md 2nd Barbara Harnish (who is also a Strickler descendant!) There has been little dispute over the birth date of Joseph Strickler. Tobias Miley reported Joseph's birth in his research and it has never been challenged. It appears to be an authentic date" (Duff, p. 3).

 Joseph Strickler
b. 1 or 3 September 1731,
Lancaster Co., PA
d. Summer 1795,
Massanutten, Shenandoah Co., VA		 m. Elizabeth Stickley
b. ca. 1732, PA
d. ca. 1773,
Massanutten, Shenandoah Co., VA		        
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	Geni.com has the father

	of Mary Strickler as

	Jakob Peter Ruffner.

	While it is a Master

	Profile, it is not sourced

	well. I've asked for sources.


	Thommen is a Swiss name, 

	patronymic from a short 

	form of Thomas.









Much appreciation to Daniel Bly who provided me this information.


Note on sources: Some trees use http://www.wendtroot.com/cockrill/d0004/rwi419.html or Forerunners: A History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families Their Kith and Kin, by Harry M. Strickler (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1925).  However, that source is questioned and a better source is at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~kell/genealogy/mom/thomas/2mainabrahamstrickler_files/Abraham_Strickler.htm is a better resource.  After checking with genealogist Daniel Bly, he had this to say about that source: "I read through the article and it looks like some good research.  I am always skeptical of the old genealogies, like Harry Strickler's Forerunners, because they did relied a lot on oral tradition, which can give great clues, but unless are often not reliably accurate. This researcher does seem cautious and relies on documentation, but I still did not see enough to state with such certainty that he was an early Indian trader, though it appears he may have been here earlier than thought.  I checked Richard Davis's work, and it looks like this researcher took a lot from Davis's outline, regarding the timeline and documents regarding his time in Virginia."



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