Johann Conrad Euler (bef. 1678 - abt. 1751)

Born before 20 Jan 1678 in Dillich, Hessen-Kassel, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Anna Margaretha (Gemelick) Eyler — married 3 Jul 1709 in London, England

Descendants

Died about 1751 after about age 72 in Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Johan Conrad/Hans Curt was christened on 20 Jan 1678 in Dillich. He was the son of Johannes Euler and his wife Martha nee Bock. His godfather was his grandfather Otto Bock.^[1]

He was also known as Conrad Eyler.^[2]

Emigration: 1709 England^[3]

Occupation: farmer.

Marriage: Anna Margaret Gemelcks from Griesheim July 3 1709 London, England

It is not known why the couple did not travel to America afterwards.

They probably moved back home to Griesheim together with their relative, presumably his wife's brother Michael Gemelick or Melk, and his wife and child.

He was godfather to the son Johann Conrad of his brother Johannes in 1716 and was named as living in Griesheim. Since his wife came from this place, there is an identity.^[4]

Death: 1751 Manheim, York, Pennsylvania, USA

Wife: Anna Margaret Eiler (born Gemelcks) 1686 - 1763

Siblings:

1. Elisabeth 1674 -
2. Anna Catharina 1676 -
3. Hanß Georg 1680 -
4. Johannes 1683 -
5. Catharina 1685 -
6. Elisabeth 1689 - 1690
7. Elisabeth 1691 -
8. Hanß Heinrich 1695 - 1696

Children:

1. Elizabeth Schnepp (born Eyler) 1714 - 1764. She married Lawrentz Schnepp.
2. Catharina Eiler 1715 - ?. She married Jacob Verdriess, 9 Mar 173 (??) in Warwick, PA
3. Maria Dorothea Gelwicks (born Eyler/eiler) 1716 - 1785. She married Frederick Galewix, 10 Apr 1733, in Providence, PA.
4. John Valentine Oyler 1717 - 1790
5. Johan Jacob Eyler 1718 - 1790
6. Anna Barbara Croyder (born Eiler) 1719 - 1830. She married Frederick Croyer, 19 Sep 1740, in Conewago, PA.
7. Anna Barbara Kreuter (born Eyler) 1724 - 1765
8. Barbara Grider Kreuter (born Eiler) 1729 - 1765
9. Catarina Verdriess (born Eyler/eiler) ^[5]

Arrival

Conrad Iller (1678-1751) came to Philadelphia on the "Allen" in September 11, 1729 from Rotterdam, Netherlands, with Alexander Mack (founder of the Church of the Brethren), he was accompanied by his wife Margaret (Margaretha) and six children. He settled Cordorus Creek near Hanover, PA. They originally came from S. Bavaria. This and other information comes from the Brethren Encyclopedia. These reference books can be found in most libraries of Church of the Brethren congregations.

They took their " oath of Allegience on 29th September 1729.

York Co., Pa Deed Book F: 510. "Lawrintz Schnep of the Atkin [Yadkin] River in North Carolina and Elizabeth, his wife, one of the daughters of Conrad Eyler, late of Lancaster Co., PA., deceased, for ten shillings paid by Valentine Eyler of Mayheim twp., York Co., their share of a tract of land which was granted to Conrad Eyler by Warrant on 3 Oct. 1738 on the west side of Susquehanna River, containing 200A. Dated 2 Jan. 1764.
Witnesses: John Lewis Beard, Michael Karli, Christina Bentz."

The Deposition of Valentine Eyler, 1746 Lancaster County, ss
Valentine Eyler, of Lancaster County, aged 24 years, or thereabouts, taken this 29th day of August, 1746, Before Thomas Cookson & George Swope, Esq'rs, two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace, for ye sd. County, who being sworn of the Holy Evangelists, Deposeth & saith:

That Conrad Eyler, the Deponent's Father, about twelve years ago, settled on a piece of Vacant Land adjoining a Tract of M'r John Digges, at Conewago, & improved the same. William Logstone, an old Settler in those parts, informed his sd. Father on his first settling there, that ye Land was vacant; That he was well acquainted with the Lines of M'r Digges's Land on that side, and that this was clear of him & he might safely settle. That was about eight years ago this Depon's sd. Father obtained a Warr't from the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania for ye Survey of 200 acres where he was Settled, and had the same Surveyed, and continued in ye peaceable possession of the same under his right from the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania.

That on ye Running of M'r Digges's Lines by M'r Beatty, There was a small Corner of about ten Acres taken off the Survey, But that M'r Digges's, on a Re-survey made last fall, has taken in One half of his sd. Father's Plantation, and insists that he shall purchase it of him, or he will sell it to another, and further this Dep't saith not. [Signed:] Valentine his X mark Eyler
Taken the day and year above, before us, Tho. Cookson Geo. Swoope

Pennsylvania Archives Records
"Among the other early settlers in the new community whose names have been preserved were many whose descendants are still to be found in the tiny town of Hanover and it's prosperous vicinity. As early as 1731 Nicholas Forney and Peter Zarcih were there. In 1732 and 1733 we find that John Lemmons, Adam Millier and Adam Messier had had survey's made to them on Digges' tract. In 1734 Conrad Eyler and his son Valentine had settled there receiving their warrants in 1738."

from, The Beginning of the German Element in York County Pennsylvania - Adelle Ross Wentz B. D, Ph.D, Lancaster, PA. 1916 Pennsylvania German Society p. 76, "Chapter VII - The "Little Conewago" settlement - "Digge's Choice - Land Purchases in 1734, 1738 and 1742
The settlement made by Adam Shriver was in the proprietary tract, "Digges' Choice." John Digges, an Englishman, had received a grant from Lord Baltimore, whose conflicting claim with Penn's claims under his grant was the "disputed lands." Digges' took out his warrant in 1727 and had it surveyed in 1732. It was the oldest land title and the earliest survey in the strip of disputed lands. The tract as surveyed contained 6, 822 acres and was described as lying on "Little Conewago." It principally lay in what is now Adams County, but passed into York County. In this county it comprised the present limits of Germany and Conewago Townships. Littletown is in the southwestern extremity of this tract.

As stated in a preceding chapter, the earliest settlement in this county was made by purchasers under Digges. Soon there came others who had purchased rights from Penn, and their the conflict between Penn and Baltimore soon passed to the settlers, and turmoil and lawlessness, and at times violent acts with bloodshed, were for years continued. Digges' commenced selling to settlers as early as 1731. In public documents relating to the affairs of the earliest land transactions here are found as purchasers in 1734 - the year Andrew Shriver came - Martin Kitzmiller, William Longstone, Martin Ungefar and Valentine Eyler."

from History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part 2 Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, Ill. 1886 p. 23
Note: "Among the very first settlers in the present county, who entered in the early and middle 1730s, were Germans who established their homes in the very southeastern part, in what was called the Conewago settlement. As early as May 1735, a Lutheran pastor, John Casper Stoever, who lived near New Holland, in Lancaster County, began visiting them about twice a year. During the next seven years, he baptized about 60 children in this settlement. A German Reformed pastor may have made similar visits. The Lutheran congregation in the Conewago settlement (now St. Matthew's in Hanover) was organized in 1743 and built its first church in that year. The Reformed followed suit a few years later. When the Rev. Michael Schlatter visited them in 1747, he found a Reformed congregation already organized; it is now Christ United Church of Christ, east of Littlestown."

This Rev. John Casper Stoever baptised both Conrad Eyler's Schnepp grandsons at Opeqon Settelment in Virginia and his Gelwicks grandchildren at Conewago Settlement.

Notes

Religion - Dunkard

Sources

1. ↑ Kirchenbuch Dillich, Archion (subscription required) > Hessen > Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck > Kirchenkreis Homberg > Dillich > Kirchenbuch 1656-1744 > picture 611 (accessed 30 March 2024)
2. ↑ Source: #S169 Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: USA
3. ↑ Immigrants to the Middle Colonies: "Immigrants to the Middle Colonies" List of Germans from the Palatinate Who Came to England in 1709 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 30 March 2024)
4. ↑ Kirchenbuch Röllshausen, Archion (subscription required) > Hessen > Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck > Kirchenkreis Ziegenhain > Röllshausen > Kirchenbuch 1714-1785 > side 3 picture 1384 (accessed 30 March 2024)
5. ↑ MyHeritage

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcdanielshowland/html-va/ciler.txt
• http://www.rootspi.org/getperson.php?personID=I140&tree=CatherineKing
• http://www.archives.gov
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-339603711-1-500320/johan-conrad-euler-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=206901051
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209378113/petrus_johan-conrad_david-eyler

• Publication Number: M881. Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Publisher: NARA. National Archives Catalog ID: 570910. National Archives Catalog Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784. Record Group: 93. Date: 1775-1785. Short Description: NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Roll: 1094. State: Virginia. Regiment: Virginia. Record Type: Individual. Surname: Oyler. Given Name: Conrod. Surname Starts With: O. Related surnames: ELLER, EYLER, AYLOR, OYER, OLLER, EILER, OEHLER, EHLER, UHLER, OHLER, ILER, OLER, ALER, OILER, ALLAR, OYLER, EULER

• Source: S169 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Our ancestors : a record of these families Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Eiler, Homer,. Our ancestors : a record of these families .... Grenola, Kan.: Printed by J.S. Dancy, 1929.Original data: Eiler, Homer,. Our ancestors : a record of these fa; NOTE Eiler (Iler), Boon, Anderson, Scothorn, Witten -- Hanson, Wall -- May, Hanson, Pollard, Philips -- Sharrock, Everard, Stevens.

See also: http://www.fold3.com/image/23284220/ https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Surname&s=OYLER&order=dobup

Acknowledgments

• Eyler-214 was created by Paul Linden
• Leslie Shapiro.