Joseph CASSON.

Mary CHARLES was born in 1870.¹³⁵ She died in 1942.¹³⁵ She was buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Susanna COFFMAN.

Spouse: Isaac LONG. Children were: Anna LONG.

Catharine CORMENY was born on 2 Apr 1765.²⁶ She died on 28 Mar 1841.²⁶

Spouse: Jacob STRICKLER. Children were: John STRICKLER, Barbara STRICKLER, Elizabeth STRICKLER, Magdalene STRICKLER, Jacob STRICKLER.

Elizabeth CRAMER was born on 5 Jan 1807.^25,136 She died on 10 Feb 1894.^25,136 She was buried in Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery, Ephrata T.²⁵

Spouse: Samuel SWEIGART.

Catharina DANHERR¹ died on 15 Feb 1687 in Durrenentzen, Alsace. She was a member of the German Reformed Church in Markirch. Perhaps, Casper also became a member later in life. in that he received communion at the German Reformed Church in Markirch as noted in one of the church books.

Spouse: Caspar LANDIS. Caspar LANDIS and Catharina DANHERR were married on 2 Jun 1661 in Durrenentzen, Alsace.

Engel DANIG.

Spouse: Franziest HERSCHE. Children were: Hans HERSCHE.

Mary J. DENLINGER was born on 24 Nov 1835.¹³⁷ She died on 1 Oct 1916.¹³⁷

Spouse: John L. LANDIS.

John DENTLINGER was born in 1787.¹³⁸ He died in 1863.¹³⁸

Spouse: Feronica HORST.

Spouse: Christina HORST.

Johannes DETWEILER was born on 24 Aug 1721.⁸⁴ He died on 9 Dec 1806.⁸⁴ He was buried in Skippack Mennonite Cem, Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pa..⁸⁴ Son of Hans Detweiler and Susanna ______; resided at Skippack in Montgomery Co., Pa., where he owned 200 acres.

Spouse: Anna REIFF. Johannes DETWEILER and Anna REIFF were married on 1 Nov 1744.⁸⁴ Frances C. Wise Waite, Thomas G. Webb, "Hans Detweiler Family History (Doylestown, Pa.: Elias L. Detweiler Reunion, 1933), pp. 21-23; 33-38. See also Elizabeth A. Smith, "A Genealogical History of the Detweiler, Detwiler Family" (Bountiful, Utah;: Family History Publications, 1933). The 1744 marriage of Anna Reiff and John Detweiler is recorded in a Bible with a photocopy at Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Harleysville, Pa.

Abraham DEUTSCH.

Spouse: Maria MAYER. Abraham DEUTSCH and Maria MAYER were married on 21 Jun 1680 in Steinsfurt, Germany.¹³⁹

____ DIETZ.

Spouse: Peter MOSSER. Children were: John MOSSER, Christian MOSSER, Henry MOSSER, Anna MOSSER, Peter MOSSER.

Abraham DONER was born in 1732.²⁹ He died in 1789.²⁹

Spouse: Magdalena LANDIS. Abraham DONER and Magdalena LANDIS were married.

John DONER was born in 1726.²⁹ He died in 1803 in Lebanon County, PA.²⁹

Spouse: Anna LANDIS. John DONER and Anna LANDIS were married.

Sarah DOOLING was born in 1839.¹⁴⁰ She died in 1889.¹⁴⁰ She was buried in Kitchner, Ont..

Spouse: Daniel M. WEBER.

Charles DOUGHERTY was born in 1872.¹⁴¹ He died in 1932.¹⁴¹ He was buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Spouse: Martha HERTZLER.

Barbara DYER.

Spouse: Gordon Steffy HORST. Children were: Diane L. HORST, Randy Paul HORST, Rodney William HORST, Ronald Gregory HORST.

Anna EABY was born on 29 Mar 1763.⁹⁸ She died on 10 Sep 1831.⁹⁸ She was buried in Resh Cemetery.

Spouse: John BUCKWALTER. John BUCKWALTER and Anna EABY were married on 9 Mar 1784.⁹⁸ Children were: Abraham BUCKWALTER, Mary BUCKWALTER, Judith BUCKWALTER.

Barbara EBERLE.

Spouse: Johann Jacob SCHNEBELE. Johann Jacob SCHNEBELE and Barbara EBERLE were married on 14 Apr 1736.¹⁴²

Barbara EBERSOLE died before 1813.²⁰

Spouse: John MARTIN. John MARTIN and Barbara EBERSOLE were married.

Christian EBERSOLE.

Spouse: Anna WEBER.

Elizabeth EBERSOLE.

Spouse: Christian MARTIN. Christian MARTIN and Elizabeth EBERSOLE were married.²⁰

John EBERSOLE.

Spouse: Aadi WEBER.

Ruth L. EBERSOLE.

Spouse: Howard M. MUSSER. Children were: Rhoda Jean MUSSER.

Ann EBY was born on 4 Jan 1745.²² She died on 30 Jan 1826 in Elizabeth Twp Lancaster Co, PA.²² Nonemaker reports that King research has death date as July 1826 She was buried in Zimmerman Farm, Elizabeth Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, USA. Parents: Christian EBY and Elizabeth MAYER.

Anna EBY was born on 15 Dec 1800.¹⁴³ She died on 29 Feb 1896.¹⁴³ She was buried in Hershey Men. Cem (Old). Salisbury Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

Spouse: Abraham HERSHEY. Children were: Peter E. HERSHEY.

Christian EBY¹⁴⁴ was born on 12 Feb 1704 in Germany.⁶ He died on 15 Sep 1756 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co, PA.²² He was a miller.² Christian Eby, the oldest son of Theodorus Eby, came over a part of this trail (see note on Theodorus Eby, his father.) , and established his home on Ham-mer Creek, where he built the first mill in this section two miles north of Lititz before 1733. Jacob Hess, son of Samuel Hess, pioneer of that name of the Pequea colony, came over a long part of the same trail, and built his home near the site of the present Hess meetinghouse one mile east of Lititz, in 1734.
Parents: Theodorus (Durst) EBY.

Spouse: Elizabeth MAYER. Christian EBY and Elizabeth MAYER were married on 26 Apr 1730 in Earl Twp., Lanc. Co., PA.⁶ Children were: Christian EBY, Ann EBY, Elizabeth EBY.

Christian EBY⁸⁴ was born about 1734.⁸⁴ He died about 1793.⁸⁴ Resided in Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.; was married before with 6 children to first unknown wife.
I am now convinced that this is not Deacon Christian Eby.

Spouse: Fronica REIFF. Christian EBY and Fronica REIFF were married about 1774.⁸⁴

Christian EBY¹⁴⁵ was born on 22 Feb 1734.^91,145 He died on 14 Sep 1807.⁹¹ CHRISTIAN EBY, a grandson of Theodorus Eby who was born on the first Eby homestead on the Hammer Creek, February 22, 1734, just two years after the birth of Wash-ington, was the first deacon in the newly organized congre-gation, which has now grown to include the entire Hammer Creek bishop district. The date of his ordination is not known, but references to his duties and services in the Church point us to some time prior to the Revolution. He died Sept. 14, 1807, at the age of 73 years. There is little known as to his personal work, except that the congregation was so well organized and cared for by him and his ministerial brother, Christian Bomberger, the first preacher in the col-ony, that their work for the Church is a lasting monument to their memory. There were no separate meetinghouses in the colony during his lifetime, but he and his wife, who was Catherine Bricker, opened their dwelling, which was one of the largest in the community, as a place for regular services for many years. This house is still standing, originally built by the venerable deacon's father, Christian Eby, in 1754, and the historic barn, ninety-nine feet long, built by the dea-con himself, also remains in good condition as first design-ed. They are now owned by Harry H. Brubaker, a de-scendant of the family. The erection of this barn is men-tioned because of the reason for building it one foot short of one hundred feet. The devout leader of his people did not desire to exceed the length of another barn in the vicin-ity.

This large and influential family being in constant contact with the people of God, in their home and religious community, imbibed the spirit of their noted father, and several of their sons are often mentioned in the history and in the development of the Mennonite Church. One of them was Bishop Peter Eby, of the Pequea district, and another was Bishop Benjamin Eby, pioneer minister and bishop in Waterloo county, Ontario. Another deserves special men-tion as being the mainstay and possibly the originator of the German Land Company, by which the early Mennonite set-tlers in Waterloo county, Ontario, were saved from financial ruin and started on the royal road to success. This was John Eby, of Hammer Creek, who was married into the Wit-mer family of Weaverland, from which two sections the company drew its financial strength and the Church its religious support in the project of freeing 60,000 acres of mortgaged land in that new country which included many homes of their kinsmen and brethren in Canada. The fam-ily ties, as well as the brotherly fellow feeling, among thebrotherhood of Lancaster county were strengthened and their relations with the Canadian church were pleasant and upbuilding to both bodies of believers. Besides the final out-come was profitable in every way to both parties in the deal-ings which they had with one another.

This venerable leader of the Church has been erron-eously called a bishop instead of a deacon, which no doubt was started by some one not familiar with the terms of officers or servants in the Mennonite Church and unthink-ingly copied and often repeated by historians and others without investigation. In nearly all the deeds of convey-ances by which the Mennonite Church in Lancaster county holds property, in which the names of deacons appear and are used, (and there are many such) , their titles or distinctions are invariably, "Elder," or "Elders."
Parents: Christian EBY and Elizabeth MAYER.

Spouse: Catherine BRICKER. Christian EBY and Catherine BRICKER were married.⁹²

Elizabeth EBY was born on 12 Aug 1751.¹³ She died on 21 Jan 1835.¹³ Parents: Christian EBY and Elizabeth MAYER.

Spouse: Jacob HERSHEY. Children were: Anna HERSHEY, Susanna HERSHEY.

Elizabeth EBY was born on 13 Mar 1762.⁹⁸ She died on 19 Aug 1832.⁹⁸ Mervin Horst has death date as Aug 11

Spouse: Joseph BUCHER. Children were: Jonas BUCHER.

Elizabeth EBY²³ was born on 12 Jun 1807 in Paradise Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.²³ She died on 31 May 1897 in Paradise Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.²³ !Birth: IGI Film1396432, Batch 5000028 22, and Film 820188, Batch 7202603 26.

!Information taken from "Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage", October 1996, p. 33.

Spouse: Jacob HERSHEY. Jacob HERSHEY and Elizabeth EBY were married.

George EBY was born in 1694 in Emmental, Canton Berne, Switzerlan.⁸¹ He died on 27 Apr 1743.⁸¹ Parents: Theodorus (Durst) EBY.

Spouse: Barbara NEFF. George EBY and Barbara NEFF were married.

Isaac EBY⁸⁴ was born on 7 Sep 1758.¹⁴⁶ He died on 18 Mar 1850.¹⁴⁶ Resided in Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. Son of Christian Eby.

Spouse: Barbara REIFF.

Jacob EBY was born in 1698 in Emmental, Canton Berne, Switzerlan.⁸¹ He died in 1745.⁸¹ Parents: Theodorus (Durst) EBY.

Johannes EBY was born in 1685 in Emmental, Canton Berne, Switzerlan.⁸¹ He died in 1744.⁸¹ Parents: Theodorus (Durst) EBY.

Peter EBY was born about 1690 in Emmental, Canton Berne, Switzerlan.¹²⁵ He died about 1749.¹²⁵ Parents: Theodorus (Durst) EBY.

Spouse: Anna MYLIN. Peter EBY and Anna MYLIN were married.

Spouse: Barbara GROFF. Peter EBY and Barbara GROFF were married.

Theodorus (Durst) EBY¹⁴⁷ was born on 25 Apr 1663 in Emmental, Canton Berne, Switzerlan.^22,81 He died on 17 Dec 1727.²² THEODORUS EBY, son of Bishop Jacob Eby, of the Mennonite Church in Zurich, Switzerland, left his boyhood home in 1704, and went to the Palatinate where he re-mained eleven years. When the persecutions of his people became unbearable, he, with his family of sons and one daughter, and other coreligionists and their families, came to America. In 1715, this family settled on Mill Creek, two miles southwest from the present site of New Holland, where they with their own hands constructed the first grist mill in this region, from the trees and stones in the forest on the land which they had afterwards patented to them. The place was known, in order of succession, as Eby's, Ryan's, Roland's, and now for many years Hoober's mill. It is quite close to Zeltenreich's Reformed Church, lying between the Upper Conestoga and the Pequea settlements.
This family, besides being zealous in their devotions and well versed in mechanical skill, also had a broad vision of the requirements of the settlement of a new country. Their first homes and mill were selected and built along an old Indian trail, which extended southeasterly to beautiful hunting and fishing grounds of extensive area, formed around the big springs, and along the head waters of the Pequea, Mill Creek, Brandywine, Octoraro, and their small tributaries in this region, on the southern slopes and inclines of the Welsh Mountains, the trail passing the choice of their settlements northwesterly, crossing the Conestoga, and the Cocalico, and extending through the sections drained by the Hammer Creek, into the broad expanse of the two Chickies Creeks and opening on the Susquehanna.

This same trail, used by the early Indian traders, and part of its length made famous by Peter Bizellion, whose name it bears as a public highway, was also used by the stalwart sons of the Eby family, and other Men-nonites in exploring the country east and west of their homes, several of their families locating in Hammer Creek Valley, where they were joined by the Brubakers and others o£ the second generation from the Hershey-Brubaker colony west of Lancaster.

Further information available under his son Christian Eby.

Children were: Johannes EBY, Peter EBY, George EBY, Jacob EBY, Christian EBY.

Adelheid EGLI was born about 1593.¹⁴⁸ in 1633 Anabaptist for 7 years, aged 40; imprisoned at Oethenbach, escaped in
1646

Spouse: Felix LANDIS.

Anna EGLI.

Spouse: Jakob HESS. Jakob HESS and Anna EGLI were married. Children were: Hans HESS.

Barbel EGLI.

Spouse: Hans MEYER. Hans MEYER and Barbel EGLI were married before 1603.¹⁴⁹ Children were: Hans Heinrich MEYER.

Christina ENGEL.

Spouse: Ullrich WENGER. Children were: Christian WENGER.

Mary ERB was born about 1753.²⁹ She died before 3 Apr 1818.²⁹

Spouse: Henry LANDIS. Henry LANDIS and Mary ERB were married on 26 Mar 1771.¹

Spouse: Christian HAAS. Christian HAAS and Mary ERB were married.

Elizabeth ERTZINGER was born in 1593 in Eggerberg, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.¹ She was baptized on 16 Oct 1593 in Eggerberg, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.¹⁵⁰ in 1633, Anabaptist, aged 42 Parents: Uli ERTZINGER and \Unknown\ \UNKNOWN\.

Spouse: Hans LANDIS. Children were: Caspar LANDIS, Hans LANDIS, Margaretha LANDIS, Elsbeth LANDIS, Hans Heinrich LANDIS, Rudolf LANDIS, Anna LANDIS, Hans Jakob LANDIS, Verena LANDIS, Barbara LANDIS, Hans Rudolf LANDIS, Elsbeth LANDIS, Margaret LANDIS, Maria LANDIS.

Uli ERTZINGER.

Spouse: \Unknown\ \UNKNOWN\. Children were: Elizabeth ERTZINGER.

Albert ESHLEMAN.

Spouse: Mildred Lois MUSSER. Albert ESHLEMAN and Mildred Lois MUSSER were married. Children were: Gene ESHLEMAN.

Barbara ESHLEMAN was born on 28 Nov 1764.¹³ She died in 1813.¹⁵¹ Parents: Ulrich Wilhelm ESHLEMAN and Francis HERR.

Spouse: Abraham HUBER.

Gene ESHLEMAN. Parents: Albert ESHLEMAN and Mildred Lois MUSSER.

Spouse: Lori \UNKNOWN\.

Magdalena ESHLEMAN was born in 1784.¹⁵² She died in 1856.¹⁵² She was buried in Weaverland Cem, E Earl Twp, Lanc Co, PA.

Spouse: Samuel WEBER.

Spouse: Christian RUTT.

Peter ESHLEMAN¹⁵³ was born on 8 Nov 1798.¹⁵³ He died on 12 May 1876.¹⁵³ He was buried in Miller Mennonite Cemetery, Leitersburg, Washington Co., Md..¹⁵³ son of Abraham Eshleman and Susanna Graybill; resided in Lancaster Co., Pa.; moved to Washington Co., Md. in 1831; settled on a large tract of land near Reid along the Marsh Pike; members of the Miller Mennonite Church near Leitersburg; ordained to the ministry in 1832; ordained bishop in the fall of 1838 to serve the Mennonite churches in Washington Co., Md.

Spouse: Mary REIFF.