Durst Eby (bef. 1666 - 1727)

Born before 8 Apr 1666 in Sumiswald, Kanton Berne, Switzerland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Sep 1727 after age 61 in Mill Creek, (in 1889 known as Roland's Mill) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Colony

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Theodorus Eby was a Palatine Migrant. Join: Palatine Migration Project Discuss: palatine_migration

Biography

Note: Durs has a duplicate profile at Durs Aebi (bef.1666-abt.1727). After the merge, the biography will need to be updated.

Most sources agree that Theodorus Eby - named as Durst in the Eby family bible ^[1] - was the first immigrant of this name to arrive in Pennsylvania.^[2][3][4] He is believed to have been the ancestor of many, but not all, Eby descendants in North America.^[5]

Durss Abi was born about April, 1666 and was baptized in in Sumiswald, Kanton Berne on 8 April 1666 to parents Andreaß Äbej (Andreas Aebi) and Lisbet Blatti (Elspeth Blatti). ^[6]

Birth and parents : Addtional, and conflicting, birth dates are given for Theodorus. He is variously reported to have been :

• born on 25 April 1663. This date appears in the genealogy of the family prepared by Ezra Eby in 1889, citing the records of Bishop Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), great-grandson of Durst.^[7][8] and is also recorded by Jane Evans Best who appears to have relied selectively on the 1889 Eby Genealogy.^[9]
• born on 25 April 1665.^[10] This date appears to reference Eby's genealogy for the day and month, but the year has been corrected to be consistent with the Eby Family Bible (see following).
• "in his 63rd year" in 1727,^[1] and thus born c.1664-1665. This information comes from the Eby Family Bible, and was probably recorded by Theodorus's grandson, Andreas, in 1772. While Andreas may have had imperfect knowledge or recollection of his grandfather's birth and death details, his account was made (relatively) shortly after the event, and, in the absence of evidence to support other dates, is assumed to be correct.

Family tradition holds that Theodorus was born in "Canton Schweitz".^[5] He is believed to have been the son of Bishop Jacob Aebi, and grandson of Dorsz Aebi of Trachselwald.^{[2][3][4][10]} One researcher identifies him as the son of Johannes Aebi and Barbara Erb of Oberbuchsitern, Solothurn,^[9] but no evidence is located to confirm this claim.

Marriage and children : Theodorus was the father of :

1. John ^[11]
2. Peter ^[11]
3. George ^[11]
4. Christian ^[1][11]
5. Jacob ^[11]
6. Barbara m. Henry Bare ^[11] (Eby records that the daughter who married Henry Bare was named Elizabeth, and not Barbara. It's possible the 1734 deed, which identifies two daughters named Barbara, and appears to confuse Ann and Elizabeth, is in error. Further research needed to clarify.)
7. Barbara ^[11]
8. Mary ^[11]
9. Ann / Elizabeth ^[11] (The 1734 deed names Theodorus's fourth daughter first as Ann and later as Elizabeth)

Eby records a sixth son named David. Further research is needed to clarify.

The family were Mennonites and had originated in Switzerland, but fled persecution in their native country c.1704 and took refuge for some time in the "Pfaltz" in Germany.^[5][10]

Immigration : Theodorus and his family are variously reported to have immigrated to Pennsylvania in either 1712,^[12] 1715 ^{[2][3][4][5][10]} or 1717.^[13] The 1717 date is perhaps most likely, since Theodorus is first recorded as purchasing land in 1718 (see following).

Land records : In 1718, Theodorus warranted a 300-acre tract of land in Lancaster County,^[11] at Mill Creek (known later as Roland's Mill), south of New Holland, and near the line of Earl and Leacock townships.^[5][10] Note: The previous sentence confuses two parcels: The first parcel was in the City of Lancaster – 300 acres warranted by Theodorces Ebey on May 10, 1718 (#41 on the warrant map) (he is called Toris Eby on his survey). It is on the west side of Conestoga Creek, abuts Henry Funk’s 350 acres (#36).^{[14] [15]}The second parcel appears to refer to the land at 407 Peters Road, Gordonville, s. of New Holland. That parcel is 370 acres in the southern part of Earl Township, warranted on November 22, 1717 by Peter Eby, Patent A11-257. ^[16] Neither parcel is the Christian Eby homestead in the southern part of Elisabeth Township at 402 Snavely Mill Road, Lititz.

Theodorus and his sons were reported to have been "skilled in the various mechanical arts; so that with their assistance he built a mill, and erected such other buildings as were needed, without employing persons outside of his family, except for the purpose of burning charcoal to supply the smith forge, which they did not themselves sufficiently understand."^[3][4][5] "Torey Ebys" is included in the 1718 assessment list of Conestoga, which included all of Lancaster County from Strasburg to the river, and as far north as what is now Manheim.^[10]

Death : Theodorus died at the family homestead in September 1727,^[1] and was buried in the Eby Homestead Graveyard.^[7][8] (Eby incorrectly gives a death date of Sep 1737.)^[3][4]

A deed dated 1734 records that his land in Conestoga was sold by his heirs to Hans Moser :

THIS INDENTURE, made the Twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty-four, between John Eby, Peter Eby, George Eby, Christian Eby and Jacob Eby, the sons of Theodorus Eby, late of Corestogo, in the County of Lancaster, yeoman, deceased, and Henry Bare, Barbara his wife, Barbara Eby, Mary Eby and Ann Eby (The said Barbara Bare, Barbara Eby, Mary and Ann being the daughters of the said Theodorus) of the one part, and Hans Moser, of Conestogo aforesaid, yeoman of the other part ... ^[11][17]

From "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania" Published by J. H. Beers & Co., 1903 - Pages 268, 316, 480, 511, 1180.

Page 268.

"SIMON PETER EBY, distinguished in horticulture, arboriculture and the law, is a descendant of a family who came to America from Switzerland in 1715 to escape religious persecution at home. He is a direct descendant of Theodorus Eby, who was horn in Canton Zurich, Switzerland, April 25, 1663.

When William Penn threw open the doors of Pennsylvania to honorable men of all religious persuasions, there were many Mennonites to avail themselves of the opportunity for a home and life in a land of peace and honor. Among them was Theodorus Eby, son of Bishop Jacob Eby, who came in 1715; his nephew, Peter, arrived five years later, and Nicholas Eby, of the same family, crossed the ocean more than a hundred years afterward. The Ebys were long prominent in the Mennonite Church. Rev. Benjamin Eby, presiding bishop of the Mennonites in Canada, married a Brubaker and left a family of eleven children. Bishop Peter Eby, elder brother of Bishop Benjamin, was noted for his eloquence, and was likened by many to the distinguished Thaddeus Stevens. He was a Mennonite bishop in Lancaster county for many years.

Page 316.

BISHOP ISAAC EBY was born in Salisbury township, Lancaster county, Jan. 26, 1834, and is in the sixth generation from Theodorus Eby, who emigrated from the Palatinate in the year 1715, and settled sometime in August of that year on Mill creek, in the locality now known as Roland's Mill, southwest of New Holland. In 1720 the family received an addition by the emigration to Lancaster county of Peter Eby, who was either a son or other relation of Theodorus. In early days the name was spelled "Abye," but later "Eaby," and still later "Eby."

Page 480.

JOHN N. EBY, a retired farmer of Leacock township, was born Oct. 7, 1841, on the old Eby homestead, which was acquired from Jeremiah Job in 1767. The Eby family has a history in Lancaster county that begins with the coming of Theodorus Eby from Switzerland, in 1715, and his settlement in Earl township, Lancaster county, where he built a mill on Mill Creek, and engaged in the milling and farming business the rest of his life. Theodorus Eby was the great-great-great-grandfather of John N., whose name appears above. Jacob Eby was his son, and Abraham Eby, his son, was the greatgrandfather of John N. Eby. Abraham Eby was born in 1735 and died Jan. 8, 1815. John Eby, the grandfather of John N., was born Sept. 7, 1758, and died Nov. 2, 1842. He married Fannie Bare, who was born in Upper Leacock township, and died in April, 1842, at the age of eighty years, lacking nine days. They were the parents of Abraham, Catherine, Barbara, Elizabeth, Mary and John, the father of John N. AH the progenitors of John N. were buried in the private cemetery on the Eby homestead, with the exception of Theodorus and Jacob. John N. Eby is planning to erect a monument in the Eby cemetery, a memorial stone weighing about eight tons, and having cut on it the Eby descent from Theodorus down to the present day.

Page 511.

The paternal great-grandparents of Mr. (Henry) Eby were Christian and Catherine (Bricker) Eby, who spent their lives on the old homestead, in the township of Elizabeth, where both were born. Christian Eby was the son of Christian, and the grandson of Theodorus, the pioneer settler of the family in this part of the state. Theodorus Eby was a noted man in the family records. The son of Bishop Jacob Eby, he was born in Switzerland in 1663, and, because he was a devoted Mennonite, was compelled to leave his native country in 1704 to escape unendurable persecution. For about eleven years he made, his home in the "Palatinate," Germany, but here persecution was quite as severe as at home, and with other co-religionists he left for Philadelphia, Pa. in the spring of 1715, and some time, in August of the same year effected a settlement in Lancaster county, where he lived until his death, in the full enjoyment of that liberty that seemed denied elsewhere through all the world. He died Dec. 11, 1737, leaving four sons and one daughter, as follows : Peter; Hannes; Jacob; Christian; Elizabeth, who married Hannes Baehr. The sons were all skilled in the mechanical arts of the day, and it is a matter of tradition that their father built an important mill with no other assistance than they were able to render him.

Page 1180.

Among the early pioneers of Lancaster, county, Pa., was Theodorus Eby, who came from Switzerland in 1719, and settled in Salisbury township. From him have descended all of the family name in the State, including several of more than a. local reputation." ^[18]

Research Notes

An earlier version of the profile identified Theodorus as "Bishop" Theodorus Eby. While Theodorus is reported to have been the son of Bishop Jacob, and was the ancestor of Bishops Isaac, Peter and Benjamin, no evidence is located to indicate that he himself used the title.

Earlier generations : This Dorsz Aebi grandfather of Theodorus was condemned by the gentle and pious Zwinglian Lutherans of Zurich to become an outcast, to be shunned by all good people, to be banished, to be branded with hot iron if caught, because he was a Mennonite or Swiss Quaker, in other words a Noncomformist. The son of this Dorsz Aebi was the Jacob Aebi mentioned by Ernst Muller, Geschicte Der Bernischen Taufer, on page 209. This Jacob Aebi was ordained Bishop of the Swiss Mennonites in 1683, in the midst of great religious turmoil, when the holding of such an office among the Mennonites of Switzerland meant certain banishment or death at the hands of the officials of Berne and Zurich, controlled by the Zwinglian Lutherans. This Jacob Aebi is the Bishop Jacob Eby mentioned on pages 4 and 5, History of the Eby Family, by Ezra Eby, as being the father of Theodorus Eby. Son of Bishop Jacob AEBI, Zurich, Switzerland. Note that the Eby genealogy contains numerous errors and can not be relied upon.

Ezra Eby : Various sources quote "The Eby genealogy" and A Biographical History of Waterloo Township, which duplicate each other (and consideration should be given to wrapping them into a single reference). Eby's work contains numerous errors and should not be relied upon.

The Eby genealogy (pp.3-5) gives a colourful account of the ancient history of the family, asserting that they were a Celtic people "of Asiatic origin" who had lived in the northern part of Italy but spread through southern, central and western Europe. The ancestors of the Mennonite immigrants to Pennsylvania are believed to have come from Switzerland (specifically, cantons Bern, Luzerne, Zurich and Schwyz).

Eby asserts that Jacob Eby was ordained a Bishop of the Mennonite Church in Canton Zurich in 1683, but fled with his family and other Mennonites to the German "Palatinate", or Pfaltz, settling in Manheim, Zweibruecken and Heidelberg. They later emigrated to Pennsylvania.

The immigrants included :

• Theodorus Eby (son of Bishop Jacob Eby, ordained in 1683), who came in 1715
• Peter Eby, nephew of Theodorus, who came in 1720
• Nicholas Eby, a descendant of the same family, who came more than a century thereafter.

Eby apparently quotes from "Bishop Benjamin Eby's records" that Theodorus :

• was the son of Bishop Jacob Eby,
• was born in Canton, Zurich, Switzerland, on the 25th April, 1663
• was a strict Mennonite and fled Switzerland for Germany in 1704
• emigrated to PA in the spring of 1715
• settled in Aug 1715 at "Mill Creek, at a place now known as Roland's Mill, situated south of New Holland and near the line of Earl and Leacock Townships, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania."
• died at his home in Sep 1737
• had five sons and one daughter : Peter, Hannes, Jacob, Christian and David, and Elizabeth (married to Hannes Baehr)
• "These sons were all skilled in the various mechanical arts, so that with their assistance the old ancestor Theodorus built a mill and erected such other buildings as were needed, without employing persons outside of the family, except for the purpose of burning charcoal to supply the smith forge, which process they themselves did not sufficiently understand."

Eby also gives an account of the sons :

1. Peter Eby (eldest) had four sons of his own : Peter, John, Jacob, and Christian (see pages 100-113 130-131)
2. Hannes Eby, left four daughters.
3. Jacob Eby, left two sons, Peters and Christians (see pages 1 13-130).
4. Christian Eby, had a family of ten children (see pages 6, 57, 60, 83 and 99).
5. David Eby, the youngest son of Theodorus Eby, had a family of five children (see pages 49-56).

Rupp, I. Daniel : History of Lancaster County, p.118

SIMON PETER EBY, distinguished in horticulture, arboriculture and the law, is a descendant of a family who came to America from Switzerland in 1715 to escape religious persecution at home. He is a direct descendant of Theodorus Eby, who was born in Canton Zurich, Switzerland, April 25, 1663.

When William Penn threw open the doors of Pennsylvania to honorable men of all religious persuasions, there were many Mennonites to avail themselves of the opportunity for a home and life in a land of peace and honor. Among them was Theodorus Eby, son of Bishop Jacob Eby, who came in 1715; his nephew, Peter, arrived five years later, and Nicholas Eby, of the same family, crossed the ocean more than a hundred years afterward. The Ebys were long prominent in the Mennonite Church. Rev. Benjamin Eby, presiding bishop of the Mennonites in Canada, married a Brubaker and left a family of eleven children. Bishop Peter Eby, elder brother of Bishop Benjamin, was noted for his eloquence, and was likened by many to the distinguished Thaddeus Stevens. He was a Mennonite bishop in Lancaster county for many years.

Brubacher : Material needs transferring to profiles for Christian, Elisabeth and Maria :

Maria Eby was born October 12th, 1787, and died April 16th, 1864, aged 76 years, 6 months and 4 days. Her father was a son of Christian and Elisabeth (Meyer) Eby. Christian Eby was a son of Theodore Eby who emigrated from the " Pfalz," in Germany, in the year 1717. Christian Eby, son of Theodore, died September 15th, 1756. His wife Elisabeth died December 12th, 1787." ^[19]

Harris gives :

In 1728, it appears that two persons were naturalized under the name of "Abye". These may have been sons of either Theodorus or Peter, and their names erroneously spelled by the government agent. It is to be observed that the descendants of Theodorus have always scrupulously adhered to the literal translation of the name, while some of the others have adopted the pronunciation of the German into the English, and wrote themselves "Eaby". So far as can be judged from the oldest known members, they must originally have been an active, quick-tempered, brown-eyed, dark-haired family. ^[5]

Eshleman : Eshleman quotes Ezra Eby and Daniel Rupp in his account of the early history of the Eby family, and includes a number of observations of his own.^[10] Specifically :

• pp.138-139 : Eshleman references Benjamin Eby's "Geschchten Der Mennoniten," p. 151
• p.200 : The Eby family is numerous in this section, and the original home seems to be on Mill Creek, at a point Known as Eby's Mill, Theodorus Eby was the ancestor. According to Bishop Benjamin Eby's records, found In the "Eby Family," pages 2 and 3 Theodorus Eby was a son of Jacob Eby, and came to America in 1715. Peter Eby, a nephew of Theodorus, came in 1720; also Nicholas Eby. These are all Swiss. But it is said that earlier generations of the family came into Switzerland from Northern Italy. Menno Eby, a young lad living near Terre Hill, is the 9th generation descendant of Theodorus Eby.
• p.210 : Vol. 19 of the Second Series of the Pennsylvania Archives records (p.637) the warrant of 300 acres on Conestoga Creek to Theodorus Eaby. This land was on Mill Creek, and Eshleman describes it as being "at the point where the Old Peters Road [in 1917] crosse[d] that creek, known as the Ressler Mill. This mill of Theodorus Eaby is referred to in the laying out of a road in 1726, (the records of which are in Chester County), extending from near Downingtown, originally, to the junction of the Cocoalico and Conestoga Creeks.
• p.224 : In 1726 John Eby requested a grant of a vacant piece of land on a branch of Conestoga Creek to build a grist mill upon as a convenience to the neighborhood (Vide 745). This is no doubt the origin of Eby's Mill on Mill Creek, a branch of the Conestoga, because in 1728, when the old Peter's Road was recognized and first laid out by law as appears in the Road Records of Chester County, (which I have personally examined), one of the courses surveyed extends to Torus or Dorus Eby's Mill, this being a contraction of Theodorus Eby. Likely Theodorus was a son of John, the original applicant for land.

Aebi surname: The name AEBI as it was originally spelled in Switzerland did not cause any problems to people who spoke the Swiss-German dialect. However, the problems began as they immigrated to other countries where the rules of pronunciation were different. For instance, the first change is recorded when the family moved to Germany. In Switzerland the "A" in the name AEBI was was pronounced the same as in English (Ee-bee) but in Germany it would have been pronounced Ah-bee. For this reason the Aebis in Germany dropped the "A" in their names and spelled it EBI or EBY. Thus their new spelling when pronounced by the German people was consistent with the Swiss sound. These pronunciation problems continued when some immigrated to America, and as they tried to spell their names to preserve the correct sound, many variations were developed. These variations were found by Groff and Newman in researching "The Eby Reports" : Abey, Abee, Abi, Abie, Aby, Abye, Aebi, Aebich, Aeby, Eabi, Eaby, Eavy, Ebbe, Ebby, Ebe, Ebee, Eben, Eber, Ebey, Ebi, Ebich, Ebie, Ebig, Eby, Evi, Evie, Evy, Ewi, Ewie, Ewig, Ewy, and Uebi." ^[20] Also there are several variations of Theodorus some of them are Theodore, Doers, Doris, Durss, Torus, Toris and Durst.

Durs Aebi appears in the church birth records of Sumiswald, Trachselwald, Emmental, Bern, Switzerland. Record shows Durs Aebi, born 1666 (Fred Hebel)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Schmitt, Allison (2020). The Eby Family Bible. Lancaster History, viewed at https://www.lancasterhistory.org/exhibitions/digital-exhibitions/eby-bible/
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Rupp, I. Daniel (1844). History of Lancaster County to which is prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Early History of Pennsylvania compiled from Authentic Sources, p.118. Lancaster, PA : Gilbert Hills. Viewed at http://archive.org/stream/historylancas00rupp/historylancas00rupp_djvu.txt
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Eby, Ezra A. (1896). A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and Other Townships of the County: Being a History of the Early Settlers and Their Descendants, Mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch Origin : as also much other Unpublished Historical Information chiefly of a local character pp.534-536. Berlin, ON : np. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/cihm_10020
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Eby, Ezra E. (1889). A Biographical History of the Eby Family, Being a History of Their Movements in Europe During the Reformation, and of Their Early Settlement in America, p.5. Berlin, Ontario, Canada : Hett & Eby, printers. Viewed at :
   • https://archive.org/details/cu31924029840695/page/n7
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5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Harris, Alex. (1873). A Biographical History Lancaster County being a History of Early Settlers and Eminent Men of the County; as also much other Unpublished Historical Information, Chiefly of a Local Character pp.176-177. Lancaster, PA : Elias Barr. Viewed at https://archive.org/stream/biographicalhist00harr#page/176/mode/2up
6. ↑ "Eodem die getaufft ihm (On the same day was brought/presented) Durß...Parentes: (Parents) Andreaß Äbej, Lisbet Blatti". Image 249. Last bp on that day. "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66JD-D6SJ : 4 April 2023), Andress Abi in entry for Durss Abi, 1666.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112912894/theodorus-eby: accessed 22 June 2023), memorial page for Theodorus Eby (25 Apr 1663–Sep 1737), Find A Grave: Memorial #112912894, citing Eby Homestead Graveyard, Leacock, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Darla Burkholder Nolt (contributor 48155910). Image of old grave-marker is included, noting that it is no longer legible. Two images are provided of new grave-markers (recording dates 1663-1727) which have been erected by descendants, and which are known to include incorrect dates. Denise Witwer Lahr notes : "At the time it was erected many assumed that Durst Eby died in 1737 because that is when certain of his lands were patented. However he died in 1727 when his estate was filed for probate in Chester County (before the formation of Lancaster County)." Entry also references the Eby Family Bible which records that "Durst Eby was born in Switzerland and died in Pennsylvania in 1727, at the age of 63 years", and Ezra Eby's A biographical history of the Eby family (image of p.4 included). Screenshot of text at https://mediasvc.ancestry.com/v2/thumbnail/namespaces/1093/media/bd3d16fb-acbd-4978-bdf4-dd4069650cc4.jpg?Client=SearchUI&MaxSide=160&suppressNotFound=true
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Bernethy, Mila Eby (nd). Our Family History and Ancestry Bernethy-Eby-Scribner-Hord, viewed at http://www.bernethy-eby-scribner.com/getperson.php?personID=I519979052&tree=Eby, citing :
   • Eby, Ezra (unreliable source)
   • Eby Family Bulletin
   • Eby Family Bible, currently housed at the Lancaster County Historical Society, and translated by a Mrs. Charles M. Coldren in 1938 : "This Bible belongs to me, Andreas Eby (b 1747) and I inherited it from my father, Christian Eby, and he inherited it from his father Durss Eby, who was born in Switzerland and died in Pennsylvania in 1727, at the age of 63 years."
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Best, Jane Evans (1989). Guth Families of Ottenbach, Switzerland, Part 1. Mennonite Family History, Vol.VIII, No.4, p.137. [Identifier A7111 : Durst Aebi (1663-1727)] Note Best apparently references the Eby genealogy for Durst's birth date, but identifies him as the son of different parents, without providing evidence.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6} Eshleman, H. Frank B. E., M. E.. LL B. (1917). Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania and of Their Remote Ancestors, from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War, pp.3, 49, 63, 110, 134, 138, 139, 200, 205, 206, 207, 210 & 224. Lancaster, PA : np. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/historicbackgrou01eshl
11. ↑ ^{11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10} Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds GG-391 : Indenture dated 20 Feb 1734 between (i) John Eby, Peter Eby, George Eby, Christian Eby, Jacob Eby, Barbara Bare (wife of Henry), Barbara Eby, Mary Eby, and Ann Eby, all children of Theodorus Eby, yeoman, late of Conestogo, Lancaster, and (ii) Hans Moser, yeoman of Conestogo. Records that on 30 Mar 1718, a 300-acre tract of land was surveyed to Theodorus Eby, who died intestate without completing the purchase of the land. His heirs assigned their right in the land to Hans Moser. The land is described as being on the West side of Conestogoe Creek, and adjoins land of Henry Funk.
12. ↑ Rupp, I. Daniel (1927). A Collection of Upwards of 30,000 Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727 to 1776, with a Statement of the Names of Ships, whence they sailed, and the date of their arrival at Philadelphia, Chronologically Arranged, Together with the Necessary Historical and other Notes, also, An Appendix containing Lists of more than one thousand German and French Names in New York prior to 1712 (2nd ed) p.437. Philadelphia : Leary, Stuart. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/collectionofupwa00rupp (image 436/495)
13. ↑ Brubacher, Jacob N. (1884). The Brubacher Genealogy in America, p.18. Elkhart, IN : Mennonite. Viewed at https://archive.org/stream/brubachergenealo00inbrub#page/18/mode/2up
14. ↑ Survey D88-137 at https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-114CopiedSurveyBooks/Books%20D1-D90/Book%20D88/Book%20D-88%20pg%20273.pdf.
15. ↑ See Lancaster-Conestoga Manor map at https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-522WarranteeTwpMaps/r017-Map2828-Lancaster-ConestogaManorWeb.pdf.
16. ↑ See Earl Warrant Map at https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-522WarranteeTwpMaps/r017Map2816LancasterEarlWeb.pdf.
17. ↑ Aby, Franklin Stanton (1924). The Eby Family Bulletin No.1-2, Chicago : np. Viewed at http://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/3/3b/Eby-512-1.pdf
18. ↑ "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers, Illustrated, Publishers: J. H. Beers & Co. - 1903 Pages 268, 316, 480, 511, 1180"
19. ↑ Brubacher, Jacob N. (1884). The Brubacher Genealogy in America, p.18. Elkhart, IN : Mennonite. Viewed at https://archive.org/stream/brubachergenealo00inbrub#page/18/mode/2up
20. ↑ B-D-Quast. Descendants of Theodorus Aebi (December 2008) : FamilyTreeMaker genealogy published at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/q/u/a/B-D-Quast/GENE11-0001.html

See also :

• Administration of Estate of Dorus Eby. File # 307, filed 2 April 1728. Administrators, John Eby, John Widmer? and David Jones. Probate Records. Chester County Pennsylvania. "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. FamilySearch Image
• FamilySearch image gallery for Theodorus Eby
• Eby, Ezra E. From Pennsylvania to Waterloo viewed at http://ebybook.region.waterloo.on.ca/getperson.php?personID=I7380&tree=Eby
• Early Assessments for Conestoga Township, p.9 viewed at https://www.lancasterhistory.org/images/stories/JournalArticles/vol20no7pp155_194_937411.pdf
• U.S. And Canada, Passenger and Immigration List Index, 1500s – 1900s : Theodorus Eby, Arrival Year : 1712. Arrival Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [(1715 given in “A biographical history of the Eby family” by Ezra Eby – 1889.)]
• Geni.com profile for Theodorus Durst Eby : https://www.geni.com/people/Theodorus-Eby/6000000001596302286
• "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8V2P-PB2M : 16 September 2021), Theodorus Eby.
• Mennonite Record: "Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014"
  Original data: Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60592 #645694 (accessed 5 February 2024)
  Name: Durst (Theodorus) Eby (Aebi); Relationship: Child; Birth Date: 25 Apr 1663; Death Date: 1727;
  Household Members (Name) Relationship:
  Johannes Eby (Aebi) Head
  Johannes Aebi Father
  Magdalena Gut Mother
  Barbara Erb Spouse
  Durst (Theodorus) Eby (Aebi) Child
  Christian Eby (Aebi) Child
  Jacob Eby (Aebi) Child.

Acknowledgements

• Eby-492 was created by Shelley Burleyson through the import of Burleyson Family Tree.ged on Aug 10, 2014.
• Cheryl Eby, Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Cheryl and others.