Jacob Hutter (b.?-d.1536) - Tyrolean Anabaptist leader and founder of the Hutterites. (also Jakob Hutter) Anabaptists (Greek ana+baptizo re-baptizers, German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the so-called radical wing of the Protestant Reformation. ... Like the two best-known Anabaptist denominations, the Amish and the Mennonites, the Hutterites had their beginnings in the Radical Reformation of the 16th Century. ...
Jacob Hutter was born at Moos in the Puster Valley, near Bruneck (South Tyrol). He became a hat maker by trade. Hutter joined an Anabaptist group in Tyrol in 1529 and was baptized & chosen for a minister. While still in Tyrol, he joined an Anabaptist group in Austerlitz in Moravia, led by Jacob Wiederman. This article is about the Tyrol, the region in the eastern Alps. ... Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ... Moravia in relation to the current kraje of the Czech Republic Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava, German: Mähren, Polish: Morawy, Hungarian: Morvaország) is an historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. ...
In 1528 Wiederman became the leader of a group of German, Swiss and Tyrolean Anabaptists who had sought refuge in Moravia. Hutter moved to Moravia in 1533. Hutter was an outspoken leader, and he also espoused community of goods (meaning the equal sharing of all goods by the church membership). This body of Anabaptists led by Wiederman & Hutter became established, especially through the organizational skills of Hutter, and survive today as the Hutterites or Hutterian Brethren. Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ...
In May of 1535, Jacob Hutter married Katherine Purst. In November of 1535, Hutter was betrayed to the authorities, arrested and taken to Innsbruck for trial. He was interrogated, tortured and publicly put to death by fire on February 25, 1536. His wife Katherine was executed two years1 later. Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...
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Homepage of the Hutterian Brethren
Footnote
[1] Some sources say she was executed the same day.
Edward Sixtus Hutter was born on Sep 18, 1839 in Lynchburg, Virginia, died on Jun 22, 1904 in Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 64, and was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Harriet Risque Hutter was born on Dec 10, 1869 in Lynchburg, Virginia, died on Mar 22, 1942 in Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 72, and was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Kitty Walker Hutter was born on Mar 27, 1885 in Lynchburg, Virginia, died on Dec 7, 1885 in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia.
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