Mary (Eby) Hiestand (abt. 1759 - 1822)

Born about 1759 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Hiestand — married about 1775 in York, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1822 at about age 63 in Sinking Spring, Highland County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Eby, the daughter of Christian Eby and an unnamed mother who was believed to be "a Huber/Hoover" was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania around 1760.^[1]

She married Jacob Hiestand of York county, Pennsylvania some time around 1775, and their first daughter was born in Hopewell in about 1776.^[2] She was enumerated in the 1790 U.S. Census with her husband and children in Hopewell.^[3]

Based on land purchase records, we know that the young family moved to Botetourt County, Virginia in 1792.^[4] Her two eldest daughters were married there.^[5][6]

In 1806, the family sold their property in Virginia and moved to Highland County, Ohio.^[7] Her two eldest daughters and their husbands joined the family in 1810.^[8]

She and her husband settled in the town that would be named Sinking Spring.^[8] She was enumerated with her family (though not named) in the 1820 census of Brush Creek, Ohio.^[9]

She died in 1822 and is buried beside her husband in the Suiter-Williams Cemetery.^[1]

Research Notes

Although Ezra Eby's Biographical history states that Christian married "a Huber" there is no record to verify this, or that gives her forename. At this point we have no evidence that Catharine Huber was her mother. I have removed Catharine, with this note, pending future sources.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 August 2018), memorial page for Mary Polly Eby Hiestand (1759–1 Aug 1822), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24978097, citing Suiter-Williams Cemetery, Sinking Spring, Highland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Maredia Haddock (contributor 47027498).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25003508/catharine-amen : accessed 26 February 2022), memorial page for Catharine Hiestand Amen (27 May 1776–10 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25003508, citing Byrd Cemetery, Sinking Spring, Highland County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Kim Graham (contributor 46628967) .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1790". Citing p. 333, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . FamilySearch (accessed 26 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00182. Jacob Easton in Hopewell Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
4. ↑ "Personal property tax lists, 1783-1851". Catalog: Personal property tax lists, 1783-1851 Personal property tax lists, 1795, Botetourt County; Film number: 007849091 > image 254 of 697. FamilySearch Image (accessed 26 February 2022)
5. ↑ "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989". Citing Marriage, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia. FamilySearch (accessed 26 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00212. Catharine Hesston marriage to Danl Amon on 11 Jun 1796 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States.
6. ↑ "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989". Citing Marriage, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia. FamilySearch (accessed 26 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00323. Christina Heston marriage to Peter Garman on 6 May 1801 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States.
7. ↑ "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850". Citing multiple county courthouse offices, Brushcreek Township, Highland, Ohio, United States, p. , Tax records indexed by Ohio Genealogy Society; FHL microfilm 004849183. FamilySearch (accessed 26 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00634. Tax Assessment Place: Brushcreek Township, Highland, Ohio, United States; Name: Jacob Histend; Tax Assessment Date: from 1806 to 1807.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Maj. H. N. Easton, “Synopsis of the History of the Hiestand Family Read at the Sinking Spring Reunion August 2d, 1890,” The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio), 25 Sept. 1890. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038161/1890-09-25/ed-1/seq-1/); accessed 6 Jul 2021
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1820". Citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . FamilySearch (accessed 26 February 2022) FamilySearch Image Image number 00071. Jacob Heistan in Brush Creek, Fayette, Iowa, United States.

See also:

• J.W. Klise, The County of Highland : a history of Highland County, Ohio, from the earliest days, with special chapters on the bench and bar, medical profession educational development, industry and agriculture and biographical sketches, (Madison, Wis. : Northwestern Historical Association, 1902), pages 337-339.
• 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, (Berlin, Ontario: Hett & Eby, Printer 1889) p. 119, digital images, Hathi Trust, (Slide 123 : accessed 26 Feb 2022).