Samuel W. Eby^{[1, 2]}

1805 - 1847  (42 years)

• Name	Samuel W. Eby
  Born	18 Aug 1805	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00031-2690
  Died	11 Oct 1847	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I21792	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	George S. Eby,   b. 8 May 1776, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Nov 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Barbara Wenger,   b. 1780, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Sep 1834  (Age 54 years)
  Married	1 Apr 1797  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F4279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Capplen,   b. 8 Nov 1810, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1830  [3]
  Children	1. William K. Eby,   b. 11 Jul 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1910, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   2. Elizabeth Eby,   b. 15 Jul 1833, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 77 years)   3. Aaron Eby,   b. 17 Jan 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1902, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 66 years)   4. Leah Eby,   b. 11 Feb 1839, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1902  (Age 63 years)   5. Menno Eby,   b. 14 Jun 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Dec 1914  (Age 71 years)   6. Cyrus Eby,   b. 2 Aug 1844, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1906, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   7. Amanda Eby,   b. 14 Apr 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1902, , Morgan Co., Missouri, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F5294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Eby, "("Potter Sam"), the fourth son of George and Barbara (Wenger) Eby, was born August 18th, 1805. He was the first white child that was born on lot No. 1, German Company's Tract. He married, March 10th, 1830, to Susannah Capplen who was born November 8th, 1811, and died June 18th, 1876. He died in New Hamburg October 17th, 1847. They had a family 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 599. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 633. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 600. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 15 Oct 1847 Page 42. Samuel W. Eby Died 11 Oct 1847 42 years old [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 587. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 630.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Aug 1805 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Oct 1847 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth