Elizabeth (Mayer) Eby (abt. 1714 - 1787)

Born about 1714 in Switzerland

Ancestors

Wife of Christian Eby — married 1734 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1787 at about age 73 in Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth (Mayer) Eby migrated from Switzerland to America.

Elizabeth Mayer was born c.1713,^[1][2] and is believed to be the daughter of John Meyer and Barbara Landis.^[3]

She married Christian Eby ^[3][2] whose family had immigrated with hers, and they settled on Hammer Creek in Lancaster County, PA. Between 1734 and 1755 they had ten children - seven boys and three girls. ^[4]

Elizabeth died on December 12, 1787. ^[5]

Notes

The profile for Elizabeth's father-in-law, Theodorus Eby, gives that they arrived in Pennsylvania in 1715 and settled in Mill Creek, Lancaster County. At first glance this might suggest that Elizabeth was connected to the Mühlbach Meyer family. A history of that family reports that Henry Meyer arrived at Mill Creek in the early 1720's, and that his daughters all "went south". However there was also a Hans (John) Meyer in the area, believed to be brother to Henry.^[6]

If Elizabeth's father, tentatively identified by Best ^[3] as John Meyer (m. Barbara Landis), were brother to Henry Meyer, then Henry could not also have been brother to Hans Meyer (m. Anna Brubaker) as theorised by Davis.^[7] Further research is needed to clarify.

Sources

1. ↑ Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 (citing (i) "Joanne Hoover, 644 Coleman Pl., Westfield, NJ : 1978", (ii) Denise Lahr, 709 Cricket Glen Road, Hummelstown, PA" and (iii) Glenn Eby, 130 Manor Pl., Apt 2, Hot Springs, Ark. 71901 (1978)") viewed at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60592/images/43954_345977-01004
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, citing (i) Penna. Gen. Soc., 1947, Vol. XV, Nos. 2-3 (ii) Deed & Wills, ASK (1847) "Will in G & K Scrap book" (iii) Stauffer Gen. (AKS), p.59a, 123 (iv) "This family record is pasted in Bishop Peter Eby Bible, housed in Muddy Creek Farm Library (2000)" viewed at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60592/images/44308_347538-02718
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Best, Jane Evans. "Meyer Families Update", Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, April 1998, citing the Huber-Hoover History pp.25-26 which records a statement by Isaac Hoover, grandson of Vincent Myer (1721-1797). (Elizabeth Meyer identifier : MS3341.2)
4. ↑ 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 : as Also Much Other Unpublished Historical Information Belonging to the Family - page 6.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60177284/elizabeth-eby : accessed 08 July 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Mayer Eby (1708–12 Dec 1787), Find A Grave: Memorial #60177284, citing Eby Cemetery, Lexington, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Denise Witwer Lahr (contributor 47356680). Record includes image of headstone which is clearly modern and presumed to have been placed by recent descendants, and cites Ezra Eby's Biographical History of the Eby Family.
6. ↑ Meyer, Henry (1890). Genealogy of the Meyer Family, p.27, p.129, Rebersburg, PA : Author. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogyofmeyer00meye/page/n6 and also at https://cdn.website-editor.net/020d9c979f77483189db333592c7de7f/files/uploaded/Genealogy%2520of%2520the%2520Meyer%2520family%2520%25201890_m6ZCfUqpTnm1gDJhlIZQ.pdf
7. ↑ Davis, Richard Warren (1995). Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners: An Aid to Mennonite Family Research, Volume 2 p.302. np : Author.

See also :

• Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 26:1 (January 2003), pp. 9-17, "The Life and Legacy of Peter Eby of Warwick Township