Anna Maria (Eck) Weibel (1727 - 1807)

Born 4 Feb 1727 in Oberbuchsiten, Solothurn, Switzerland

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Died 13 Jun 1807 at age 80 in Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Name: Anna Maria /Eck/^[1]

Anna Maria Egg/Eck (1727-1807) married Valentine Johan Weibel/Weiber/Waibel/Wibbels (~1720-1777). The couple had the following children:

1. Anna Barbara (1750-1827) m John Gouker/Gaucker (1743-1814) in 1770; 11 children
2. Elizabeth Anna (1752-1783) m Philip Henrich (1754-1827); 5 children
3. Anna Catharine (1753-1805) m Conrad Allwein (1753-1816); 9 children
4. John (1754-1777) m Anna Margaret Henrich (~1744- ) 20 Nov 1775 at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, Berks County, Pennsylvania
5. Joseph ( d. 1825) m Margaret Ohrendorff (~1756-1826); 3 children
6. Anna Mary (1758-1850) m Joseph Burge/Burk/Burky (1756-1832); 6 children
7. Maria Eva (1760-1815) m Matthias Riffel (~1765- )
8. Anna Regina (~1764- )
9. Eva (1768-) m Jacob Burgy/Burky/Borckey

As per the Goshnehoppen Register, Catholic Church records: The couple lived in Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. With no Catholic church in the immediate area at that time, when a priest was available, they attended church services at Asperum Collem, the name given to a private home owned by the Christian Henrich family situated on a small mountain near the Greenwich/Albany Township line just northeast of Lenhartsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

As per the will of Valentine Weibel dated 20 Feb 1777: He names seven children: Anna Barbara, Elizabeth Anna, Anna Catherine, John, Joseph, Mary Eva and Anna Regina.

Research Notes

Anna Maria was married in 1748 or 1749, the exact date is unknown. When her father’s will was written 13 Feb 1748, she signed her name as Anna Maria Eggin as a witness along with her sister, Anna, and three brothers, Hannes, Jacob and Johannes; it was not accepted by the court. She was apparently married by 3 Aug 1748 when her father’s estate inventory was turned in to the court by her brother, Hannes, and Valentine Weibel.

Church records have the oldest daughter's name as Mary Barbara but the father's will and Strausstown Roots has it as Anna Barbara. A child, Susanna, was removed as the seventh child from the list above because her name apparently does not appear anywhere except the One World Tree on Ancestry com. The list above agrees with the Goshenhoppen Registers, Strausstown Roots and Eck Families. Is it possible that Susanna was a nickname for Anna Regina?

The two children omitted from the father's will are Anna Mary and Eva. It seems odd that they are not mentioned since both were still living and residing in the same general area. Does the fact that they both married into the Burgy/Burky family explain the reason for the omission?

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry OneWorldTree

• FindAGrave memorial ID 41486833
• Strausstown Roots
• Source: S02222 Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d. Repository: Note: #NS22223 Call Number: Media: Ancestry.com

No NOTE record found with id NS22223.

• Goshenhoppen Registers - Catholic missionary work began outside of Philadelphia in 1716. In 1741, records, though fragmentary, of the Goshenhoppen area began in a missal written by Rev. Theodore Schneider. He was the founder of St. Paul's Chapel in 1752 after the land was deeded to the church; it was usually known as the Goshenhoppen Mission at Chuchville. In 1835, a large addition was made to the front side of the chapel and the name was changed to Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The location is in southeastern Berks County near the border with Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When the postal service began Rural Free Delivery in 1896, many villages needed to be renamed because of the duplication of names, Churchville was renamed Bally. This name was a tribute to the priest, Rev. Augustine Bally. He had served the Catholic Church there and in outlying areas from 1837 to 1882.
• Catholic Church Records, Oberbuchsiten, Solothurn, Switzerland, Microfilm #1600457, items 8 and 10. Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Will of Valentine Weibel, Will Book Vol. 2 p. 270; Berks County Courthouse, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
• der Familien name Eck Vol. 4 p. 2 , Vol. 5, p. 27-28; Newsletter published by Shirley (Heaney) Buirch of Lodi, California
• Helen E. Arkey, Eck Families Primarily Listing Descendants of Jacob Egg/Eck and Anna Maria Margaret Kilcher pp. 159; Allentown, PA, 1992; Data Contributors: Mary Germaine (O'Neill) O'Neil, William Cochran, Don t. Mitchell, Barbara (Brady) O'Keefe

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Eck-68 created through the import of Longmore.GED on May 7, 2012 by Morley Longmore