Christian Eby

5 Andreas Eby  b: 1695 in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany d:6 Oct 1769 in Warwick, Lancaster Co., 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: Aug 01, 1802 in Georgetown, Frederick Co.,MD Emigrated:24 Aug 1728
   +Catherine Wolfhart  b: Abt. 1720 m: Abt. 1742 in Lancaster Co., PA 
      7 Christian Eby  b: 1743 in Manheim, Lancaster, PA d: Bef. 1811 in Probably Lancaster Co., PA
      7 Jacob Eby  b: 1745 in Manheim Twp. Lancaster Co. , PA d: Sep 01, 1807 in Georgetown, Frederick Co. , MD
      7 Mary Eby  b: 1757 in Georgetown, Frederick Co.,MD
      7 Barbara Eby  b: 1759 in Shrewsbury, York Co., PA d: 1811
      7 Anna Eby  b: Abt. 1761 in Georgetown, Frederick Co.,MD
      7 John Eby  b: Abt. 1762 in Warwick Township, Lancaster Co., 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 Co., , MD.

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., MD.

More Notes on Arrival to America

"The migration pattern of many MD 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 MD, settling in Frederick Co., 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 MD by craftsmen of German, French, and English ancestry."

Georgetown

"Georgetown was founded in 1751 in Frederick Co., MD (in a section later divided to become into Montgomery Co.) 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 MD Census - Frederick