Moses Eby

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• Eby ID Number: 00087-5116.1
• Residence: 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Moses Eby, "the only child of Samuel Eby and his wife, Magdalena Erb, was born March 10th, 1799, and died March 8th, 1854. He was married to Barbara Pannebecker who was born May 24th, 1801, and died January 19th, 1842. They had a family of ten children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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One of the icons of Doon Heritage Crossroads' collection, as an example, is the Moses Eby desk, made in 1817 by the apprentice cabinetmaker Moses Eby, who had emigrated to Waterloo County from Pennsylvania. Its elaborate marquetry, inlay and other construction details attest to the skill and fine workmanship of Eby and many of those early builders who crafted beautiful furniture without benefit of mechanical power.

Liz Hardin, "A Collecting Plan For Doon Heritage Crossroads, Connecting to the Past Shaping our Future"; report, 2007; Doon Heritage Crossroads. pg 17

Moses — Barbara Pannebecker. Barbara (daughter of Cornelius Pannebecker and Anna Detweiler) was born 24 May 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Jan 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Eby was born 17 Jan 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1911, Near, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Magdalena Eby was born 29 Jul 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1905, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States; was buried , South Union Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart, Indiana, USA.
3. Samuel P. Eby was born 15 Sep 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Nov 1926; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. David Eby was born 18 Jan 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Anna "Nancy" Eby was born 4 Sep 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Moses P. Eby was born 25 Feb 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Leah Eby was born 9 Nov 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Dec 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Lydia Eby was born 16 Jan 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Cornelius Eby was born 10 Jan 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
10. Barbara Eby was born 19 Jan 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Moses — . [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Eby was born 17 Jan 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1911, Near, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81744071
• Name: Indian Sam
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2543
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 001NW, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 018, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Samuel Eby, "(known as "Indian Sam") the second son of George Eby, was born February 20th, 1772, and died February 10th, 1840. He was married to Magdalena Erb who was born February 2nd, 1777, and died December 26th, 1864. In company with his brother, George, and a few others he left Pennsylvania in the spring of 1804 and moved to Canada. He took up north-west part of lot No. 1, German Company's Tract, in the township and county of Waterloo, Ontario. At that time there were but few white settlers in this beautiful county and the Indians were his next neighbors. He spent much of his time among the Indians and taught them many good things, in fact he was their law-giver, minister, interpreter and peace-maker. He had a family of one son"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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"Mennonite entrepreneur "Indian Sam" Eby, for instance, established a distillery in 1804 at a crossroads where he traded whisky in exchange for the Mississaugas' furs. Fellow settlers in 1808 then complained to the provincial legislature that Eby's actions had caused the Mississaugas "to get drunk and lie about and not follow their hunting, and [to leave] their young ones starving and begging for food." The Mississaugas eventually reacted by converting to Methodism and giving up the use of liquor. The Mississaugas also strove to become exemplary models of middle-class culture, leading one German immigrant to Waterloo in 1833 to remark that the Aboriginals he had met were "the most peaceable people, a large number of them Christians."

UW Gazette, October 25, 1995

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INDIAN SAM EBY

Samuel Eby of Lot No. 18 was called "Indian Sam" because he was the Indians' minister, interpreter and lawgiver, says Ezra Eby. In a vacant log house on his clearing the first school in the settlement was opened in 1808, with John Beatty as teacher. He taught only in the winter months and parents who sent their children to school paid him for his services. The rate is unknown, but in the early eighteen-forties Benjamin Burkholder, a Waterloo teacher, charged a child two dollars for three months' instruction, with two terms during a winter. In addition every pupil had to contribute a share of the firewood to heat the schoolroom.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937

Samuel — Magdalena Erb. Magdalena (daughter of Christian Erb and Maria Scherch) was born 2 Feb 1777, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 26 Dec 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81744103
• Name: Magdalena Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2543.1
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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In Wilmot Township, Waterloo Co., C. W., on the 26th of December, our sister Magdalena Eby, aged 87 years, 10 mo., and 26 days. She was a widow, and entirely blind for some years, yet under all her afflictions she manifested the greatest Christian fortitude and the living hope of a better life, after her sufferings here were over. Her maiden name was Erb; she was a sister to Benjamin Erb of Wayne Co., Ohio. She has a sister still living here, who is in her 91st year and still able to go about with ease. Bro. Brubaker from Pennsylvania, who was here on a visit, preached on this occasion, from the words in Isa. 40: 6, 7, 8; and the writer from Hebr. 4: 14. DAVID SHERK.

Herald of Truth February 1865 - Vol. II,

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• Eby ID Number: 00031-2420.6

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George Eby, "the fifth son of Christian Eby and his wife, Elizabeth Mayer, was born December 11th, 1748, and died June 10th, 1800. He was married, September 17th, 1769, to Barbara Sensenig who was born in January, 1750, and died April 24th, 1787. They resided in Lancaster County, near Lititz, where they had a family of nine children, namely: Christian, Samuel, David, George, Joseph, Esther, Anna, Elizabeth, and Susannah. None of this family settled in Canada save Samuel and George."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

George married Barbara Sensenig 17 Sep 1769. Barbara was born Jan 1750; died 24 Apr 1787. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2542.1

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58525406
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2777

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Christian Erb, "was born in Warwick Township, in October, 1734. He was married, in 1756, to Maria Scherch. She was born in 1737. They resided in Warwich [Warwick] Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When well advanced in years they came to Canada, and made their home with their daughter, Elizabeth (Mrs. Christian Schneider), who resided at Doon where they both died. He died July 7th, 1810, and she died August 17th, 1814. Both lie buried in the Blair cemetery. They had a family of twelve children, namely:...Of the twelve children of the family, seven, namely Abraham, Jacob, John, Magdalena, Anna, Mary, and Elizabeth, resided in Canada, and two of the children of Susannah, Mary and John."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Christian married Maria Scherch 1756. Maria was born 1737, Of, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 17 Aug 1814, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2777.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00031-2420

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Christian Eby, "the fourth son of Theodorus Eby, was born in Switzerland, February 12th, 1698. He was married to Elizabeth Mayor, a member of one of the families that emigrated with Theodorus. Christian and his wife settled on Hammer Creek, in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about three miles north of Lititz. Here he died about the 15th day of September, 1756, and his wife died December 12th, 1787. They had a family of ten children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Christian — Elizabeth Mayer. Elizabeth was born Abt 1700, Of, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Dec 1787. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Eby
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2420.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00032-2775.3

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"Christian and Maria Erb resided in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near his father's homestead. Their family consisted of four children".


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Christian married Maria Winger 1725. Maria was born Abt 1703, , Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2775.6