Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker

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Husband Christian Eby ¹

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         Father: Christian Eby (      -1756) 1 3
         Mother: Magdalena Mayer (      -1787) 3

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Wife Catharine Bricker ¹

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1 F Elizabeth Eby ²

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         Spouse: Joseph Bucher (      -      ) 2

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2 M Christian Eby ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Hershey (      -      ) 2

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3 M Peter Eby ²

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4 M John Eby ²

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5 M Andrew Eby ²

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6 F Catharine Eby ²

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         Spouse: Abraham Burkholder (      -      ) 2

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7 F Barbara Eby ²

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         Spouse: Joseph Snyder (      -      ) 2

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8 F Anna Eby ^{2 4}

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         Spouse: Jacob Wissler (      -      ) 2 4
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9 M George Eby ²

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10 M Rev. Benjamin Eby ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Erb (      -      ) 5

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11 F Maria Eby ⁶

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         Spouse: Jacob Brubaker (1782-      ) 7

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

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

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

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

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

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