David Davis Eby (1742 - 1823)

Born 1 Jan 1742 in New Holland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Died 20 Dec 1823 at age 81 in Stark County, Ohio, United States

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David Eby is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P152836
Rank: Unknown

David Eby is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A036190.

Biography

David was born in 1742. David Eby ... He passed away in 1823. ^[1]

Excerpt from Eby Bioraphical History:

David Davis Eby was born at Roland's Mills, near New Holland, and near the present line of Earl and Leacock Townships, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1742.* When but a young man he left home and went to Virginia, where he sojourned until the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in which he enlisted and remained a soldier until the war closed and the Independence of the Thirteen Colonies was established. After the close of the war he settled in Virginia. To whom he was married was not ascertained, but it is known that in the year 1807 two of his sons settled in Stark County, Ohio, to which place he followed them a few years later. He settled down near his sons and resided there until his death, which took place in 1823. This famous champion of Independence attained unto the advanced age of 81 years. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Kathryn Spangle, Monday, June 23, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Eby, Ezra E. A Biographical History of the Eby Family, Being a History of Their Movements in Europe during the Reformation, and of Their Early Settlement in America; as Also Much Other Unpublished Historical Information Belonging to the Family. Hett & Eby, Printers, 1889, Google Play Books, play.google.com/books/reader?id=-tAUAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA49.

• Mennonite Vital Records: "Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014"
  Original data: Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60592 #643273 (accessed 2 October 2023)
  Name: David Davis Eby; Relationship: Child;
  Household Members (Name) Relationship:
  David Eby Head
  Theodorus Eby Father
  Maggie Davis Spouse
  Samuel Davis Eby Child
  David Davis Eby Child.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLQ-627: accessed 27 March 2019), David Eby Sr, Plain, Stark, Ohio, United States; citing p. 191, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 94; FHL microfilm 181,400.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #39294531

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