Heinrich’s inheritance?

People from around the world are interested in their histories, their origins, and every day more of them post their discoveries online. André Gut of Switzerland, for example, has posted the results of his genealogical investigations on the Geneanet website.

Interesting to us is his list of the descendants of Heinrich Bühler of Zurich here. The key information is summarized nicely in the line of descent from Heinrich to André pictured below.

The line of descent lists two Heinrichs and two Felixes in alternating generations. Only the first pair is of interest to us, since the second Heinrich could not be ours, given the 1604 date of birth—too late for our Heinrich’s 1614 visit to Zurich as an adult.

Feldbach as viewed from Lake Zurich

The first Heinrich may be a different story. Elsewhere André Gut states that Heinrich was a farmer, miller, and lieutenant from Feldbach, a village on the north shore of Lake Zurich. He was, in other words, a citizen of Canton Zurich.

The date of his birth is unknown, but the year of his death is given as 1613 (indicated by the † symbol).

Think about that year within the context of the earlier post (see here) about Heinrich spending fifteen weeks in the Zurich prison. When was our Heinrich arrested in Zurich? What reason did he give the lords for journeying back to Zurich from his current home?

Maybe it is just a coincidence, but the juxtaposition of Heinrich the elder passing away in 1613 and our Heinrich arriving in Zurich ostensibly to deal with inheritance matters in mid-1614 is at least a little suggestive. It is too soon to draw conclusions (especially since our Heinrich is reported to have come from Brüttisellen, not Feldbach), but it would not be surprising to learn that this Heinrich was the father of our Heinrich. This would also mean that the first Felix listed in André Gut’s list was our Heinrich’s brother.

Another day, additional questions. Maybe André Gut has access to the original records that contain the answers to this set of questions.