Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

John Eby

Male 1737 - 1794  (56 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Eby was born 28 Sep 1737, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Christian Eby and Elizabeth Mayer); died 1794, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2420.2

    Notes:

    John Eby, "second son of Christian and Elizabeth (Mayer) Eby, was born September 28th, 1737. In 1762 he was married to Rebecca Hershey. They resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Lititz, where he died in 1794. To them were born seven children, of whom four settled 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    John married Rebecca Hershey 1762. Rebecca was born Abt 1750, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Daniel Eby was born Jan 1773, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Nov 1820, , Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Joseph Eby was born 13 Dec 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Mar 1855, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Rebecca Eby was born 14 Apr 1781, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 4 Nov 1861, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Samuel B. Eby was born 27 Jun 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Aug 1878, Wyandot, Wellington Co., Ontario.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Christian Eby was born 12 Feb 1698, , Switzerland (son of Theodorus Eby); died Abt 15 Sep 1756, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2420

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Mayer was born Abt 1700, Of, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Dec 1787.

    Other Events:

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

    Children:
    1. Christian Eby was born 22 Feb 1734, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 14 Sep 1807, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    2. 1. John Eby was born 28 Sep 1737, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1794, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    3. Barbara Eby was born Abt 1739, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Peter Eby was born Abt 1741, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Anna Eby was born Abt 1743, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Andrew Eby was born Abt 1745, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. George Eby was born 11 Dec 1748; died 10 Jun 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    8. Elizabeth Eby was born Abt 1750, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Samuel Eby was born Abt 1753, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Michael Eby was born 29 Dec 1755; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Theodorus Eby was born 25 Apr 1663, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland (son of Jacob Eby); died Sep 1737, Mill Creek, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2357

    Notes:

    Theodorus Eby, "our ancestor, was the son of Jacob Eby (From Rev. Benjamin Eby's records) who was ordained bishop of the Mennonites in Switzerland in 1683. He was born in Canton, Zurich, Switzerland, April 25th, 1663. He being a strict Mennonite in faith, left Switzerland about the year 1704 on account of the religious persecutions. From 1704 till 1715 he resided in the Palatinate, Germany. Finding persecutions equally severe as in the country previously left, he in company with his family and other co-religionists, left for Philadelphia in spring of 1715. Some time in August of the same year he settled on what is now called 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, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (From S. P. Eby's notes). Here he resided until his death and enjoyed the privileges and freedom of religion for which he had to suffer persecutions and trials in Europe. He died in September, 1737. His end was peace. The old progenitor had a family of six children, five sons and a daughter. Their names were...The sons were skilled in the various mechanical arts so that with their assistance the old ancestor built a mill and erected such other buildings as were required, without employing persons outside of his family save for the burning of charcoal to supply the smith forge which process they themselves did not sufficiently understand."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Peter Eby was born Abt 1696, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 2. Christian Eby was born 12 Feb 1698, , Switzerland; died Abt 15 Sep 1756, Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob Eby was born Abt 1640, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2357.1

    Notes:

    Eby, "The Ebys belong to the Celts, an ancient race of Asiatic origin who formerly inhabited southern, central and western Europe. During the early ages they lived in the northern part of Italy where they were brought from heathendom to the worshipping of the true and living God through the labors of the Vaudois, with whom they came in contact at a very early date. They soon became strict adherents to the Vaudois' faith. Between the years 1300 and 1320 the Ebys, with others, left Lombardy, their Italian home, crossed the Alps and, after leading a wandering life for some years, settled in Canton, Berne. Here they led a God-fearing life and were rigid in the keeping of their primitive faith and form of worship.

    During the reformation they were subjected to the same persecutions as other protestants in northern Europe. After the founding of the Mennonite body in 1537 by one of the early reformers named Simon Menno, a native of Holland, the Ebys, with others, united with Simon Menno's party, now known as the Mennonites.

    As early as 1683 we find in some old records that one named Jacob Eby was ordained bishop of the Mennonite body in Canton, Zurich. The State party again getting the ruling power into their hands laid the Mennonites open to persecution, and not wishing to resist the authority of the State, a number of these Mennonites left Switzerland and went to the "Palatinate" or Pfaltz, an old German division now discarded on maps. Here they resided for some time when they were again troubled by their enemies for not conforming to the laws and church of the State. The laws of the state were not so much violated by these parties, only they would not take up arms nor would they speak in favor of war but took a decided stand against all manner of war, hence their frequent abuses by the State parties.

    When William Penn, by his agents, offered free homes to persons of all religious denominations, quite a number of Mennonites from Switzerland, Germany, Pfaltz, and Holland moved to America and settled in Pennsylvania.

    They had his assurance that if once in Pennsylvania, they could worship God according to their views of the teaching of the Bible and the dictates of their own consciences, which they considered more than a recompense compared with their losses and privations in forsaking their native land. Among the numerous parties thus quitting their parental homes and coming to the wilds of America was Theodorus Eby."


    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.].

    Children:
    1. 4. Theodorus Eby was born 25 Apr 1663, Canton, Zurich, Switzerland; died Sep 1737, Mill Creek, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.