Meylin, Barbara and Elizabeth (17th century)
Barbara and Elizabeth Meylin, apparently the wives of Hans and Martin Meili, were imprisoned in 1639 at the Oetenbach prison in Zürich, Switzerland. They, however, managed to escape.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685. Part II: 813.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 1112. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 666. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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