Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker

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Husband Christian Eby ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1734 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Sep 1807 2 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Christian Eby (1698-1756) 1 2 4
         Mother: Magdalena Mayer (      -1787) 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Catharine Bricker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1807
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 13 Mar 1762 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Aug 1832 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Bucher (      -      ) 3 5

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2 M Christian Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 16 Oct 1763 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Aug 1824 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Veronica Hershey (      -      ) 5

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3 M Peter Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 14 Oct 1765 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1843 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margarette Hess (1764-1846) 5
           Marr: Jul 1788 5

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4 M John Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 23 Oct 1767 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 May 1845 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Witwer (      -      ) 5

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5 M Andrew Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 27 Oct 1769 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 May 1809 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Stauffer (      -      ) 5

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6 F Catharine Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 30 Oct 1771 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Mar 1856 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Abraham Burkholder (      -      ) 3 5

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7 F Barbara Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 27 Apr 1774 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1843 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Schneider (      -      ) 5

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8 F Anna Eby ^{3 5 6}

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           Born: 9 Sep 1777 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Apr 1829 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jacob Wissler (      -      ) 3 5 6
           Marr: 1800 6

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9 M George Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 30 Sep 1779 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1793 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 F Maria [1] Eby ⁵

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           Born: 4 Nov 1781 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Apr 1783 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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11 M Rev. Benjamin Eby ^{3 5}

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           Born: 2 May 1785 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jun 1853 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Brubacher (      -      ) 5

         Spouse: Magdalena Erb (      -      ) 5

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12 F Maria [2] Eby ^{5 7}

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           Born: 12 Oct 1787 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Apr 1864 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jacob Brubaker (1782-      ) 8

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General Notes: Husband - Christian Eby

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He retained the family mansion place on Hammer Creek, in Elizabeth township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which he greatly improved by building a new stone dwelling house, the date of which was 1754, a large barn, and a new mill and a dwelling house and barn for his son John.
He was a large, well-proportioned and athletic man, retaining unusual health and vigor of both body and mind, up to the time of his death. He was elder in the Mennonite church, and wore a long beard, which in his later years had turned white. Regular stated Mennonite meetings were held at his house, until a building for that special purpose was erected in the neighborhood.
He lived during the Revolutionary war, and foraging parties carried off some of his horses and cattle, as also large quantities of flour and grain out of his mill. On one occasion his wife's pewter dishes and spoons, and an oven full of newly baked bread and pies shared the same fate.
During the winter in which the American army was encamped at Valley Forge, a number of disabled soldiers were quartered in the old Lutheran church, near Brickerville, and were supplied weekly with milk and other necessaries from his and other neighboring farms.

1 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 177.

2 Jacob Eby, A Brief Record of the Eby Family (Lancaster, PA: 1923), Pg 3.

3 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 178.

4 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 908.

5 Jacob Eby, A Brief Record of the Eby Family (Lancaster, PA: 1923), Pg 4.

6 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 707.

7 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 90, 178.

8 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 90, 184.