Elizabeth Wildfong

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73170524
• Name: Elizabeth Grody
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8099.5

Elizabeth — Daniel Grody. Daniel (son of Jacob Grody and Elizabeth Shoemaker) was born 1816, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 30 Jun 1889, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hampstead, North Easthope Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Aaron Grody was born 16 Nov 1850, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jun 1930, Mancelona, Antrim, Michigan, United States.
2. Elisabeth Grody was born 17 Sep 1855, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1934; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario.
3. Jacob Grody was born 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died 1928, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario; was buried , Hampstead Cemetery, Hampstead, Perth Co., Ontario.
4. Ellen Grody was born 6 Mar 1863, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1929, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
5. Amanda Grody was born 19 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Feb 1937, Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA.

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• Eby ID Number: 000131-8099

Notes:

Benjamin Wildfong, "was married to Polly Hammacher. They resided in Wellesley for a number of years, then moved to Perth County, near Listowel, Ontario. To them were born seven 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

Benjamin — Maria Caroline "Polly" Hammacher. Maria (daughter of Peter Hammacher and Elizabeth Shaefer) was born 16 Aug 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1872, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Caroline "Polly" Wildfong
• Name: Polly Hammacher
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3673

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Polly Hammacher, "was married to Benjamin Wildfong. They resided in Wellesley County Township, Waterloo County, thence they moved to Perth County, near Listowel.


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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• Interesting: pioneer, story, slavery
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8078
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Jacob Wildfong, "was born in 1753. After he had attained the age of twenty years he was married to Susannah Ruth. During the latter part of the last century when the question of slavery was brought up and sanctioned by the state government, these Moravians were strenuously opposed to the measure, so much so that numbers of them left the state (North Carolina) and moved to Pennsylvania, "the Quaker State", while others left some years later after the independence of the thirteen colonies was declared. Among the latter number was old Jacob Wildfong, the pioneer settler (of that name) in this country. About the year 1796 he, with his wife and family of three or four children, moved north to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he resided for six years, then he, in company with others, moved to Canada in 1802 and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west band of the Grand River a little below the Toll Bridge, on the farm now owned by Ferdinand Miller. Here he resided until his son, Jonas, took possession of the farm then he moved a little west of what is now Strasburg where he died probably as early as 1830. His family consisted of seven 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.].

Jacob — Susan Ruth. Susan was born Abt 1760, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susan Wildfong
• Eby ID Number: 000131-8078.1

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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3657.8
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract Lot 02, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Peter Hammacher, "the youngest of the family, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1773. About the year 1796 he was married to Elizabeth Shaefer. In the year 1805 they, (When on their way coming to Canada they had to stop for a few days at Buffalo, owing to the sickness and death of their eldest child, Rebecca, who died and was buried at Buffalo, New York) with their small family and others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near the village of Doon where he died in 1840. 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.].

Peter — Elizabeth Shaefer. Elizabeth was born 8 Jul 1772, Of, Pennsylvania; died 19 Feb 1848; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Hammacher
• Eby ID Number: 00049-3658.1

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• Eby ID Number: 000131-8077

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George Wildfong, "the original ancestor of the numerous family of this name, was a native of Bohemia, emigrated to America and settled in North Carolina, U.S., as early as 1750 or 1751. He was a pious man and belonged to the society known as Moravians. His family consisted of several children but none of the names were received save that of Jacob and Mary who was married to Andrew Sararas."


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: 00049-3657

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Peter Hammacher, "the forefather of this family, was a native of Wurtenburg, Germany, where he was born probably as early as 1735. We find that in 1763 he emigrated to America and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he died aged about sixty years. It cannot be ascertained to whom he was married, but we know that his family consisted of twelve children. It is doubtful whether they all attained the age of twenty-one years, as the oldest members in the family never knew of more than eight, namely:....Quite likely the remaining four died quite young.(It was not customary in olden times to give names to children until several months old and if one died ere it was named, it was seldom registered, and such is supposed to have been the case with the above family)"


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.].