Moses Hagey

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• Eby ID Number: 00047-3487
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Moses Hagey, "was born August 3rd, 1855. He is a farmer and resides at Port Elgin, Bruce County. He is married to Leah Heigroth. Their family consists of three 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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HAGEY, M. Born in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 3, 1865. Lived for 12 years in Bruce County, Ontario. Married Lea Heckroe, daughter Of C. and Annie Heckroe. She was born in Waterloo County, Ontario. There are three children, Malinda, 20; Ella, 16, and Abraham, 8 years old.


Title: Plat book of Huron County, Michigan : also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co. Mich. with biographical sketches / compiled and drawn from personal observations and the county records by E. B. Foote and corps of assistants.
Author: Foote, E. B. (Ernest B.)

Moses married Leah Heckroth 13 Nov 1883, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Caspar Heckroth and Catherine Schweitzer) was born 12 Mar 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1932, Clinton Township, Macomb Co., Michigan; was buried , Memorial Cemetery, Sebewaing, Huron, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

1. Simon Hagey
2. Melinda Hagey was born 26 Mar 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jun 1946, Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, United States; was buried , Siilverlawn Cemetery, Sebewaing, Huron, Michigan, United States.
3. Ella Hagey was born 1 Jan 1888; died 14 May 1960, , Macomb Co., Michigan; was buried , Clinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb Co., Michigan.

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• Eby ID Number: 00047-3479
• Occupation: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Land: 1861, 4500 Fountain St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Isaac Hagey, "the fourth son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bergey) Hagey, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, March 20th, 1820. When two years of age his parents moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Preston, where he was raised. In 1842, he was married to Nancy, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Erb) Gingerich. She was born near Preston, February 25th, 1825. Soon after their marriage they moved on his father's old homestead near Preston where they resided three years, then they moved to Chicopee, on the Grand River, about two miles north of Freeport, where they have since resided. They have had a family of nine 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.].

Isaac married Nancy Gingerich 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of John Gingrich and Elizabeth Erb) was born 25 Feb 1825, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1900; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Nancy Hagey
• Eby ID Number: 00047-3479.1
• Residence: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Nancy Gingerich, "is married to Isaac Hagey. They reside at Chicopee, near Freeport. Their family consisted of nine 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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• Eby ID Number: 00047-3455
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 24E, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Daniel Hagey, "the second son of Jacob and Susannah (Schwartz) Hagey, was born July 12th, 1784, and died November 14th, 1859. He was married, in 1806, to Elizabeth Bergey (Bergey then spelled Birgi), who was born February 26th, 1784. They resided in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, until 1822 when they, with their four children, moved to Canada. With them came Henry Clemmer, father to John Clemmer, Joseph Bergey, and Abraham Becker. It took them 21 days to make the journey, arriving at Preston about the 20th of October. They settled on a farm, a little north of Preston, where they both died. She died September 16th, 1854. Their family consisted of six 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.].

*Bergey then spelled Birgi.

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One who will soon be classed among the old settlers of Preston is Christopher Kress, who by his energy and pluck has accumulated considerable property and who has greatly aided in giving Preston a good name as a desirable place of resort for the cure of rheumatism and kindred diseases, through its mineral baths.

The mineral springs were struck by one Peter Erb while boring for salt in 1838, which he never obtained. He placed no value in the sulphur water he had so struck. After abandoning boring, the water of the spring was employed for driving an overshot wheel of a wagon making shop, occupied by one Daniel Hagey, until Mr. Samuel Cornell obtained from Mr. Joseph Erb sufficient land near the spring to erect an hotel. Mr. Cornell with great energy built suitable premises and a bath house with boiler to enable him to furnish hot and cold baths.. His undertaking proved successful but death terminated his career. The property was sold and Christopher Kress became its owner. He greatly enlarged, improved and ornamented it and the invalids who have sought and obtained relief at the Preston mineral baths count by the hundreds.

Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917 pg 32

Daniel married Elizabeth Bergey 1806. Elizabeth (daughter of Isaac Bergey and Veronica Hunsberger) was born 26 Feb 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 16 Sep 1854, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Hagey
• Eby ID Number: 00004-850

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Elizabeth Bergey," was married to Daniel Hagey. Her descendants are all in Canada."


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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• Eby ID Number: 00039-3131

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John Gingerich, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 17th, 1785, and came to Canada with his parents in 1801. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John Erb of Preston. She was born March 3rd, 1790, and died January 2nd, 1867. They resided a little north of Preston, on the farm now occupied by Peter Fach. They had a family of nine 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.].

John — Elizabeth Erb. Elizabeth (daughter of John Erb and Magdalena Schantz) was born 3 Apr 1790, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 2 Jan 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2780
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Elizabeth Erb, "the eldest in family, was born April 3rd, 1790, and died January 2nd, 1867. She was married to John Gingerich. They resided near Preston, on the farm now possessed by Peter Fach. To them was born a family of nine 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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• Eby ID Number: 00047-3454

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Jacob Hagey, "youngest son of Andrew Hagey,(Hagey then spelled Hege) was born Saxony, Germany, in 1749. In 1767, when eighteen years of age, he emigrated to America and settled in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Here he was married to Susannah Schwartz. They had a family of five children.... The first Abraham died aged only a few days. Of Jacob we have some information. He was a clock-maker like his father, and sold his farm in Montgomery (Lower Salford) County, March 21st, 1828. He had a small family, the descendants of which are still in Montgomery County. Of Abraham nothing is known, quite likely his descendants are yet to be found in Montgomery County. Catharine was married to one named Eli Clemens. She never came to Canada."


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.].

Jacob married Susannah Schwartz 1772, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. Susannah was born Abt 1750, Of, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Hagey
• Eby ID Number: 00047-3454.5

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42900223
• Eby ID Number: 00004-822

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Isaac Bergey, "the eldest son of old Hans Bergey, was born about the year 1740. He resided at first near Germantown, but after his marriage to Mary Hunsicker he moved to Montgomery County where quite a number of his co-religionists had already formed several small communities. Here he lived until about the year 1791 when he died. With his first wife he had three children, namely: III John, III Jacob, and Isaac. None of the descendants of the three sons reside in Canada. Their descendants are to be found in Montgomery and other counties of Pennsylvania and in some of the Western States. After the decease of his first wife he married to Veronica Hunsberger, with whom he had 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.].

Isaac — Veronica Hunsberger. Veronica was born Abt 1740; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Veronica Bergey
• Eby ID Number: 00004-822.5

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• Name: Abraham Gingerich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3087
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 05, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Abraham Gingerich, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1751. He was married to Barbara Hunsicker and had a family of eleven children, ten of whom came to Canada. The father not being able, financially to procure a home for each of his sons in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, resolved to emigrate to some country where land could be purchased cheap, consequently his son David was requested to go on a journey to the much-spoken-of Canada and make a thorough inspection of the nature of the soil, timber, water, and of the advisability of settling there. No sooner had his son arrived in this part of he country, now Waterloo County, than he found everything far beyond his expectations and immediately a lot on which he intended to settle the following spring, was selected. This lot was west of Doon. Late in fall he returned to Pennsylvania where he and his father made ample preparations to move to Canada the following spring. In April, 1801, old Abraham Gingerich with his wife and family of ten children, of whom his son David and several daughters were married, moved to Canada, arriving at old Joseph Schoerg's (Now spelled Shirk and Sherk) place, opposite Doon, the first week in June. To their great surprise they found on their arrival that another party (This party was Henry Bechtel) had located on the lot selected by young David the fall previously. This caused the father and his sons to make another selection of a lot on which to settle. They then settled a little east of Preston. Abraham, the father, settled on the farm afterwards purchased by Isaac Bergey, where he died about the year 1814, while his son David settled on the farm now in possession of his grandson, Jacob S. Gingerich. The family of Abraham Gingerich consisted of eleven 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.].


From page 690
"N. B. - You will find the names of the eleven children of old Abraham Gingerich, but they may not be given in their proper order of birth. The family record, showing dates of birth is lost."

Abraham — Barbara Hunsicker. Barbara was born Abt 1751, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Gingrich
• Eby ID Number: 00039-3087.1

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21698950
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2779
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 075E, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 004W, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 011, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 104W, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 020E, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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John Erb, "the third son of Christian and Maria (Scherch) Erb, was born December 8th, 1764, and was married to Magdalena Schrantz who was born in June, 1770. In 1805 he, in company with his wife and family, William Corwell, Henry Kraft and family, Peter Hammacher and family, Matthias Scheirich and family, Abraham Stauffer and family, and other families moved to Canada and settled in the township and county of Waterloo. John Erb settled on the Speed River about 200 rods from where now Erb's Mill, of Preston, stands. He proved to be the founder of Preston. In 1806 Mr. Erb erected his saw mill. Before this time no sawed lumber could be obtained nearer than Toronto or Niagara. A year thereafter (1807) he erected his grist mill which were rebuilt by their son, Joseph, in 1834. In a very short time Preston proved to be quite a business centre. Here he died September 2nd, 1832. His wife died June 2nd, 1826. They had a family of nine 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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Preston (Bechtel or Hagey) Mennonite Church


The second meeting house in Waterloo County was built, probably in 1814, by John Erb, a wealthy miller of Preston. This brick meeting house served as a community church and was located "near Jacob Hagey's", which was on the road running from the top of the Kress Hill west and "adjoining the Kitchener Highway" (Witmer 1967: 26). Another meeting house, known as the Union Meeting House, was built in the area around 1824. A meeting was held in the Union church on November 20, 1824 to commence recording the accounts of the congregation in Hagey's Deacon Book. The deed of land for the Union Meeting House and burial ground, which was for one acre of part Lot 22, Beasley's Broken Front, was transacted in 1835.

Hagey Meeting House was buiilt of red brick in 1842 on part Lot 23, just north of Preston on the west side of the Breslau Road, and slightly north of the Union Meeting House site. The deed, dated February 2, 1842, recorded the purchase of the land from John Hilborn and stressed that the property was to be for "the purpose of public worship by the Mennonist Society" (Witmer 1967: 28). Joseph Bechtel was the first minister in the area, from 1804-1837; he was followed by David Sherk (1838-1843). Next came Joseph Hagey (1844-1877), who was ordained bishop in 1851, and then Jacob B. Gingrich from 1878 to 1901. Services were held every four weeks until 1890 when bi-weekly services were begun. A Sunday School was established in 1842 with the congregation of Wanner Meeting House near Hespeler, but it was discontinued because of a difference of opinion regarding the need for Sunday Schools. On April 26, 1891 a Sunday School was organized at Hagey's, with deacon Abraham Oberholtzer as superintendent. Five years later, on June 10, 1896, a Sunday School was organized at the Wanner church.

Major changes were made to the church building in 1927-1928 when the basement was excavated, new windows were installed and the roof was raised two feet. Fire on January 15, 1950 caused extensive damage to the interior and furnishings of the church. The building was completely renovated and also enlarged at the same time; dedication was on July 2, 1950. Another fire, on Feburary 19, 1953, completely destroyed the church. A congregational decision was made to build a new church, on Concession Road in Preston, and the cornerstone was laid on Thanksgiving Day, October 12, 1953. Official dedication services in the new Preston Mennonite Church were held on May 16, 1954. The building was enlarged in the summer of 1989.

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

John — Magdalena Schantz. Magdalena was born Jun 1770, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Jun 1826, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00032-2779.1