Editing Jakob Ammann (section)

=== Conversion to Anabaptism ===
On 12 March 1671, he is noted as the sponsor for a baptism in the state church. In June 1680, government correspondence from [[Oberhofen am Thunersee|Oberhofen]] asked for counsel from authorities in Bern on how to deal with a Jakob Ammann who had "become infected with the Anabaptist sect". This is the first known reference to Ammann as an Anabaptist. This indicates a conversion to Anabaptism sometime between 1671 and 1680.<ref name="Identifying Jacob Ammann" /> Sometime between his conversion and 1693, he was ordained to the ministry, possibly by [[Hans Reist]] who would later become one of his greatest opponents.

By 1693, Ammann had moved from Switzerland to [[Heidolsheim]], [[Alsace]] where his father died and was buried in the neighboring village of [[Baldenheim]].<ref name="Baecher Patriarche" />{{rp|p.146}} Apparently shortly after the death of his father, he moved to the head of the valley at La Petite Lièpvre (Klein Leberau), near Markirch (today [[Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines]]), Alsace, remaining there until October 1712 when all the Anabaptists in the area were expelled by an edict {{Citation needed|date=May 2015}} of [[Louis XIV]]. After this date, no more records concerning Jakob Ammann have been found. He probably went to live with friends or relatives somewhere in Lower Alsace.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}