I3350: Abraham BRILLHART (____

Abraham BRILLHART

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DEATH: Germany (?)

Family 1 :

+ SON OF ABRAHAM Brillhart

[3114] "The Brillharts of America" (by J.A.Brillhart, pp. 16-17) reports that "in the year 1479 one of the youngest sons of Abraham Brillhard was the father of a large family and from one of his boys...Isaac Brillhard was born...." Also reported is that the presumed ancestor, Johannes Brill, in 1448 was "a citizen of Eichstadt, Germany, ...a young man with a wife and four small children, and was listed among the Reformers of his day striving for the liberty and freedom of conscience and the Word of God. The persecution was so terrible that when any one was discovered by the magistrate to be a dissenter they were at once called into question and imprisoned and punished frequently, to compel them to yield to the request of Rome. This man Brill along with a few others was disclosed and arrests were made. They were tried, tested, and severely punished for their faith and freedom of conscience. Some were drowned by frequent dipping in water, still asking them to renounce their faith. Others were tied and burned at the stake. Others were whipped and dismembered until death came and freed them from this cumbrous clay. Their property was seized.... Thus Johannes was killed. The terror-striken and heart-broken widow with her four little children fled northwest with others to a place not known to use, where either her relatives lived or where others of her faith were. Later, after some time elapsed, in lonely care for her children, she met with a man whose name was Hard and through their brief acquaintance they soon became united in marriage and to this union there were children born. They were both of the same belief, and lived a life devoted to each other and to their faith. According to the law or custom governing such marriages the widow and children retained their first name along with the last or second name, and they were now known by the name Brill Hard. When the second family came they were also known as Brill Hard children, using both words and the capitals, B and H. Later as the children became older the names were combined and as the boys entered into business life the name was spelled as one word, Brillhard." There is also some evidence that either the Brill or the Hard family had Jewish blood. It is not known which husband of the mother is the father of Abraham. [Cf. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/e/l/Robert-K-Nelson/ODT6-0001.html]

Abraham BRILLHART

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Leah Marie BUBECK

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William CHADBOURNE

____ - > 20 DEC 1652

Simeon CLOUGH

14 SEP 1775 - 5 FEB 1827

Charles S. ELLIOTT

1897 - 1987

Blanche Edna ERB

2 DEC 1895 - 13 NOV 1996

Gundrada of FLANDERS

CA 1045 - 27 MAY 1085

Pendleton FLETCHER

1655 - 1699

Ebenezer FOSTER

14 AUG 1794 - 23 MAY 1853

James GILMORE

18 FEB 1701 - 19 NOV 1773

Harry Dale HENDERSON

12 DEC 1905 - 2 DEC 1953

Richard HUBBELL

11 JUN 1598 - 1662

David KINSMAN

11 AUG 1819 - ____

Olive NEWCOMB

11 JAN 1805 - 6 NOV 1877

Mary Lynn RUPE

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Eva Catharina TREUSCH

15 OCT 1687 - 27 DEC 1767

John Allen WILLIT

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