Christian Eby
5 Andreas Eby b: 1695 in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany d:6 Oct 1769 in Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa
Emigrated: 24 Aug 1728.
+Barbara Bachman b: Abt. 1702 m: Abt. 1720 in Germany
6 Christian Eby b: Abt. 1723 in Heidelberg, Baiertahl, Baden, Germany d: August 01, 1802 in Georgetown, Frederick County,MD
Emigrated:24 Aug 1728
+Catherine Wolfhart b: Abt. 1720 m: Abt. 1742 in Lancaster County, PA
7 Christian Eby b: 1743 in Manheim, Lancaster, PA d: Bef. 1811 in Probably Lancaster County, PA
7 Jacob Eby b: 1745 in Manheim Twp. Lancaster Co. , PA d: September 01, 1807 in Georgetown, Frederick Co. , MD
7 Mary Eby b: 1757 in Georgetown, Frederick County,MD
7 Barbara Eby b: 1759 in Shrewsbury, York County, PA d: 1811
7 Anna Eby b: Abt. 1761 in Georgetown, Frederick County,MD
7 John Eby b: Abt. 1762 in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, PA d: July 11, 1825 in Georgetown, Frederick Co. , MD
CHRISTIAN EBY (/ ANDREAS EBY / Jacob Aebi / Johannes Aebi ) was born Abt. 1723 in Heidelberg, Baiertahl, Baden, Germany.
He died 01 Aug 1802 in Georgetown, Frederick County, , Maryland.
He married CATHERINE WOLFHART Abt. 1742 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
She was born Abt. 1720 in probably Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
She died Aft. 1802 in Frederick Co., Maryland.
More Notes on Arrival to America
"The migration pattern of many Maryland Germans is exemplified by that of Christian Eby (c. 1723-1802), the father of Mary Eby, who made the quilt shown in Plate V. Lured by entrepreneurs promoting settlement in the Colonies, he came to America with his parents during the great wave of German immigration in the 1740s. The Eby family arrived in Philadelphia, and shortly thereafter moved to southeastern Pennsylvania, where they stayed for several decades. Christian married Catherine Wohlfort (c. 1720-c. 1802) and continued working the family's small farm and gristmill, but as land became more populated and expensive he moved on to western Maryland, settling in Frederick County, which had the largest population of Germans in the state.
Mary Eby's quilt is similar to those made in the mid-Atlantic region by Germans and non-Germans alike, showing that she had absorbed the traditions of other cultures besides her own. Flower baskets such as the one in the center of her quilt are found on furniture [ILLUSTRATION FOR Pl. IV OMITTED], stoneware, textiles, and illuminated manuscripts made in Pennsylvania and Maryland by craftsmen of German, French, and English ancestry."
Georgetown
"Georgetown was founded in 1751 in Frederick County, Maryland (in a section later divided to become into Montgomery County) by George Beall and George Gordon as the "Town of George". Given the curious coincidence of the both of the founders' first names and that of the English king at the time, historians dispute the source of the name of the town: One theory suggests that it was designated to honor King George II, while another argues that it was named for its founders."- Wikipedia
1800 Maryland Census - Frederick
⇐Andreas Eby1695-1769 Jacob Eby 1743-1807⇒