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| Birth: | 1659 in Baldenheim, Alsace 1 2 |
| Death: | 1743 in Lancaster County, PA 1 3 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Jacob Schnebele b. 1624 in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zurich, Switzerland |
| Mother: | Cattri Dilli b. 1626 in Affoltern am Albis, Canton Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Also Known As: Johann Jacob Snively |
| Occupation: Farmern Lancaster County |
| Changed: 6 Sep 2002 |
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| Unknown (Wife) b. About 1660 in Alsace
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 Christian Schnebele b. About 1685 in Boesenbiesen, Alsace, France
- Johan Schnebele b. 1690 in Boesenbiesen, Alsace, France
 Johan Jacob Schnebele , Jr b. 21 Dec 1694 in Boesenbiesen, Alsace, France
- Maria Schnebele b. 1702 in Boesenbiesen, Alsace, France
- Anna Schnebele b. Jan 1705/06 in Boesenbiesen, Alsace, France
- Eve Schnebele b. 1708 in Boesenbiesen, Alsace, France
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Elizabeth Wasburn writes: Johann Jacob was born in 1659, Baldenheim, Alsace. Soon after his parents moved to nearby Boisenbiesen. Here he grew up, became a farmer and married, although the name of his wife is unknown. The unrest that was sweeping through Europe and William Penn s promise of religious freedom induced him to move still farther west across the Atlantic Ocean to Pennsylvania, even though he was in his late fifties. The decision was prehaps a sudden one, for he was obliged to leave behind his flock of sheep and other farm property and produce, and almost certainly some of his family. Page 40
Elizabeth Wasburn writes: The basic cause of the Swiss emigration that finally led our ancestors to the shores of the New World was religious. The refusal of the Mennonites to bear arms, especially, displeased the state church. An edict issued in 1694 required that all males had to take an oath that if they saw a Mennonite they were to bring him into court; if they themselves were Mennonite they had to leave the country.
Both Baldenheim and Boisenbiesen were under the domination of the Strassburg Cathedral, Johan Jacob Schnebele and his family belonged to the Baldenheim parish. They came from Zurich Protestant backgrounds and belonged while in Alsace, to the Protestants of the Augsburg Confession. The social and economic state of the emmigrants forced Johann Jakob to join the Mennonites in order to find thus material and spritual support. (This from a letter by M. Baldensperger.)
The exodus from Switzerland reached its height between 1670 and 1720. But the refugees still could not out-run their trials, not only of religious intolerance, but poverty, floods and the billeting of foreign soliders, finally inducing them to join the movement which resulted in the settlement in the wilderness in Lancaster (then Chester) County, Pennsylvania. One strong inducement was the tolerant attitude of William Penn, the son of a Reformed Church Dutch woman. Pages 29 and 30
Elizabeth Washburn writes: Johann Jacob and his two sons, Johann Jacob, Jr. (usually referred to as Jacob) and Hans (or John), arrived in Lancaster Co. between 1715 and 1718 based on a list of settlers arriving between 1715 and 1720.
In 1728 Johann Jacob, Sr. built a substantial home on Kauffman Run. Still occupied and in good condition in 1983, it is about four miles northeast of the city of Lancaster on Route 272. It is believed to be the oldest continuosly occupied building in Lancaster Co. It remained in the posseion of Johann Jacob s descendants for 250 years.
It is not known when, if ever, Johann Jacob s wife came to America, though the comfortable and commodius new home seems to indicate that it was built to accomadate a large family. In addition to being the family home, it was a center for the Mennonite community and a wagon stop for travelers. page 42
The following is taken from "Genealogical Register of the Male and Female Descendants of John Jacob Schnebele, now Snively; and also the Male and Female Descendants of Samuel Bachtel and the Relationship Exsisting Between Said Two Families." Chambersburg, PA: Printed by M. Kiefer and Company, 1858: " John Jacob Schnebele emigrated from Switzerland, in Europe, to the United States, and arrived in Lancaster county, State of Pennsylvania, between the years A.D., 1707 and 1718. He was naturalized in the city of Philadelphia the 14th. day of October, A.D., 1729, in the third year of the Reign of King George the II.; and died at the age of eighty four years, leaving offspring of several children, one of whom was Jacob Schnebele ---."
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- Text: World Family Tree Pedigree 2346
- Type: Book
Author: Elizabeth F. Washburn
Periodical: Snively-Snavely, The Swiss Ancestors and American Descendants of Johann Jacob Schneble (1659-1743)
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1986
Text: Page 24
- Type: Book
Periodical: Genealogical Register of the Male and Female Descendants of John Jacob Schnebele, now Snively
Publication: M. Kiefer and Company, 1858
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