Michael Eby

Notes:

Dieter Eby Newman (284)

Michael married Barbara Baehr 18 Apr 1781, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Barbara was born 1762; died Aft 1831, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

1. Christian Eby was born 1782, Mt Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1840, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.
2. Johannes Eby was born 1784, Mt Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
3. Jacob Eby was born 1788, Mt Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died Aft 1840, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.
4. Benjamin Eby was born 12 Feb 1790, New Castle County, Delaware; died Aft 1860.
5. Joseph Eby was born 1789, New Castle County, Delaware.
6. Samuel Eby was born 27 Aug 1785, Mt Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 25 Jan 1844, Kitchener (Berlin) (Ebytown), Waterloo, Ontario; was buried Ben Eby's First Mennonite Cemetery Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario.
7. Michael Eby was born 1791, Drumore, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
8. George Moses Eby was born 1793, Drumore, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 1825.
9. Barbara Eby was born 1795, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Dieter Eby Newman: (166)(253)

Dieter states in his book that his date of birth was 12 Feb 1704. Headstone states date given.

He was buried in the Eby Cemetary on the hill behind the homestead.

Ezra Eby states in his book that Christian was born 12 Feb 1698 in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland but according to the Eby Family Bible, which was given to Andreas Eby who was born in 1747 and inherited the bible from his father Christian, it states Christian was born in 1704. Christian inherited it from his father Durst who died in 1727 at the age of 63.

In "Eby Papers" from the book by Dieter Eby Newman, Christian speaks of his marriage to "Elisabeth Mayerin":
"On the 26th day of April in the year 1730, I Christian Eby wedded Elisabeth Mayerin. O'ye seas and rivers bless ye the Lord, praise and exalt him of all forever. The song of Three Holy Children verse 56."

In the years to follow Christian was to obtain additional tracts of land. He built his home in 1754 and placed a plaque of stone over the front door with the inscription "Christian Ebi-Elisabetha, 1754." This home still stands today (2005) and is located across from his mill near the village of Lexington about 3 miles north of Lititz, Pennsylvania.

On 24 September 1760, the Orphans court ruled that the mill and plantation were valued at 1,400 pounds, consisting of the 249 acre property and Christian Eby, son of Christian Eby, took the property at that value. The other children that released this property were John Eby, Barbara Eby, Peter Eby, Anna Eby, Andreas Eby, George Eby, Elizabeth Eby, Samuel Eby and Michael Eby. Michael resided in Delaware when he signed the release.

Found in Ancestry is the Following:
Name: Christian Eby
Year: 1700-1756
Place: Pennsylvania
Family Members: family
Source Publication Code: 9968
Primary Immigrant: Eby, Christian
Annotation: Composed of 24 articles excerpted and reprinted from Pennsylvania Folklife. Especially important because of the difficulty in finding early numbers of this periodical.
Source Bibliography: YODER, DON. Rhineland Emigrants: Lists of German Settlers in Colonial America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. 170p.
Page: 129

Christian married Elizabeth Mayer, DD 26 April 1730, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born 1708, Germany ; died 12 Dec 1787, Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; was buried Eby Cemetery Lexington (Elizabethtown), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ezra Eby states she was born in Hammer Creek, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pa, but Dieter Eby Newman states she was not born there as he finds no records. He states she was probably born in Germany.

Also known as Mager, Meyer, Myer.
In "Eby Papers" from the book by Dieter Eby Newman, Christian speaks of his marriage to "Elisabeth Mayerin":
"On the 26th day of April in the year 1730, I Christian Eby wedded Elisabeth Mayerin. O'ye seas and rivers bless ye the Lord, praise and exalt him of all forever. The song of Three Holy Children verse 56."

Notes:

01/29/2014
From Denise LAHR:

This is a tale of three neighboring families in Old Warwick Township: the Erismans, Habeckers and Ebys.

Melchior Erisman?s wife, Edith, followed through on a survey her deceased husband had obtained in 1728 for 204 acres and bought the rights to an adjacent warranted and surveyed parcel of 334 acres. On Feb. 20, 1740 she obtained patents for both parcels, making her a landed woman with 538 acres that included Pine Hill and lands on both sides of the Hammer Creek.

Meanwhile, George Eby, son of Theodorus, obtained his warrant for 150 acres southeast of the Erisman parcels along the same creek in 1733. In 1760 it was patented to Christian Eby, his eldest son.

Edith Erisman died. Daughter Magdalena had married Christian Eby, son of George. Her sisters, Anna, Barbara, and Elizabeth had married Jacob and Joseph, and John Habecker, respectively.

Anna (Erisman) and Jacob Habecker got 207 acres, consisting of most of the Pine Hill section of the warrant

Barbara (Erisman) and Joseph Habecker resided in Manor Township.

Flash forward to 1789 when Jacob Habecker died. He left a very controlling will (F-1-105) dated 1784: His only son, Jacob Habecker Jr. was given 170 acres. Daughter Elizabeth was to get the other 100 acres together with ?a locked chest with all its contents and no one else is allowed to search the same. She also got the remaining 100 acres and a good ?bed.? By the time of probate, Elizabeth was married to Jacob ?Old Jock? Eby. The children had the land resurveyed and found an additional 80 acres!

Meanwhile, in 1890, Christian Eby, sold the Eby 150 acres to Jacob Shaeffer, and that land passed out of the family. Son? Old Jock? didn?t need it because he had land from his wife.

Old Jock and Elizabeth had three sons: Abraham, Daniel and Jacob (Grobschmeid). The boys appointed a group of trusted neighbors to divide up the land ?according to the places where they now live.?

Here?s where Hannes Eby saved the day. Abraham?s only son, Jacob (what else), died young in 1841. He left a widow, Susanna (Grube), and a daughter, Fianna, 11 months old when he died.

After that, Abraham gave his share to brother Jacob (Grobschmeid) and moved west to Sugar Creek, Ohio. His wife was called Catherine in the deed, which threw me a bit, because her gravestone says Maria C. It turns out that she was literate and signed her name in Old German ?Catarina Maria.? Thank goodness I learned to read that stuff.

Daniel, I believe, went to Allen County, Indiana. Fortunately, I am going to Indiana in March and can research there.

Anyway, by 1845, all but Jacob had skedaddled west. Jacob remained behind and died in 1858. The property went to his son, John. [I believe there was another son, David, who went west to Sugar Creek and Uncle Abraham.] John left a son, Jacob who died in 1935.

That?s the broad strokes. It needs a lot more work.....

.....I will be putting it into a much more formal format with sources. Maybe even a paper for the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Meanwhile you have the gist of it.

When working on Hannes Eby, I was dreadfully afraid of making mistakes. And I'm sure I did make some, but I always tried to say only what I was pretty darn sure of......

....In my work on this, I have also been forced to look at Jacob Eby's family, and I will be trying to sort out more of what happened to George Eby's other descendants.

I can't wait to get to Indiana and Ohio now.

Denise

Buried:
This cemetery is across the street in a cornfield from Theodorus's old homestead.

Theodorus married Unknown Unknown 1687, Kraichgau, (Upper Palatinate) Germany. Unknown (daughter of Henry or Heinrich Neff and Unknown Unknown) was born 1664, Probably Germany; died Bef 1705. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Dieter Eby Newman

Notes:

Dieter Eby Newman (122) His age is based on the 14 Dec 1671 Palantine Census where he is listed as 40 years old. His wifes name is Elsbeth Pladt with 8 children age 1-18.

Andreas married Elizabeth Pladt Blatti, DD 11 Mar 1652, Sumiswald, Trachselwald, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Elizabeth was born 1633, Trachselwald, Canton of Bern, Switzerland; died Aft 23 May 1683, Helmstadt, Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Dieter Eby Newman (122)

Notes:

Dieter Eby Newman

Henry — Unknown Unknown. Unknown was born Unknown. [Group Sheet]