Son of Catherine (Bricker) and Christian Eby, husband to Maria Brubacher/Brubaker.
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Died at the age of 68y, 1m, 26ds∼BENJAMIN EBY, farmer, Mennonite minister, bishop, educator, and author
Born. 2 May 1785 at a homestead on Hammer Creek, Lancaster County, Pa.
Died. 28 June 1853 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada.
Son of Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker
Married. 1st - 25 Feb. 1807 Mary Brubacher (d. 1834), and they had eight sons and three daughters
Married 2nd - Magdalena Erb, widow of Abraham Erb; they had no children
Benjamin Eby, the sixth son and eleventh child of German-speaking Mennonites, “received a fair common school education” while working on the farm and in his father’s cooperage. He was among the minority of Mennonites in Pennsylvania who were unhappy at the prospect of remaining under American rule in the aftermath of the revolutionary war, and in 1806 visited Upper Canada to inspect the land in Waterloo Township that fellow Mennonites Daniel Erb and Samuel Bricker had purchased from Richard Beasley on behalf of the German Company. After claiming lot 2 of the Beasley Tract he went back to Pennsylvania to marry and then, in the company of other settlers, returned to Upper Canada, reaching his homestead on 21 June 1807. The role he played as a founder and leading citizen of the community was reflected in its being named Ebytown, or Ben Eby’s, in his honour.
Eby made a major contribution to the Mennonite church and to the preservation of German-language education in the province through a number of published works.
In 1836, in an effort to enrich the church’s worship and congregational life in general while respecting the various traditions of its adherents, he compiled a hymn-book called Die Gemeinschaftliche Liedersammlung. Reprinted several times in both Canada and the United States, it was in use until the end of the century.
His first original work was a primer, Neues Buchstabir- und Lesebuch, published in 1839.
Other works of a religious and educational nature followed, including his most important book, Kurzgefasste Kirchen Geschichte (1841), a study of the Mennonite church’s history and doctrine.
Children of Maria Brubacher and Benjamin Eby (11)
Isaac Eby..1808–1874
Elias Eby..1810–1878
Susannah Eby..1812–1819
Catharine Brubacher Eby..1814–1867
Maria Eby..1816–1861
Benjamin F Eby..1818–1872
Henry Eby..1820–1855
Christian Eby..1821–1859
Abraham Eby..1823–1885
Jacob Brubacher Eby . SR..1826–1882
Peter Eby..1828–1894
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Died at the age of 68y, 1m, 26ds∼BENJAMIN EBY, farmer, Mennonite minister, bishop, educator, and author
Born. 2 May 1785 at a homestead on Hammer Creek, Lancaster County, Pa.
Died. 28 June 1853 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada.
Son of Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker
Married. 1st - 25 Feb. 1807 Mary Brubacher (d. 1834), and they had eight sons and three daughters
Married 2nd - Magdalena Erb, widow of Abraham Erb; they had no children
Benjamin Eby, the sixth son and eleventh child of German-speaking Mennonites, “received a fair common school education” while working on the farm and in his father’s cooperage. He was among the minority of Mennonites in Pennsylvania who were unhappy at the prospect of remaining under American rule in the aftermath of the revolutionary war, and in 1806 visited Upper Canada to inspect the land in Waterloo Township that fellow Mennonites Daniel Erb and Samuel Bricker had purchased from Richard Beasley on behalf of the German Company. After claiming lot 2 of the Beasley Tract he went back to Pennsylvania to marry and then, in the company of other settlers, returned to Upper Canada, reaching his homestead on 21 June 1807. The role he played as a founder and leading citizen of the community was reflected in its being named Ebytown, or Ben Eby’s, in his honour.
Eby made a major contribution to the Mennonite church and to the preservation of German-language education in the province through a number of published works.
In 1836, in an effort to enrich the church’s worship and congregational life in general while respecting the various traditions of its adherents, he compiled a hymn-book called Die Gemeinschaftliche Liedersammlung. Reprinted several times in both Canada and the United States, it was in use until the end of the century.
His first original work was a primer, Neues Buchstabir- und Lesebuch, published in 1839.
Other works of a religious and educational nature followed, including his most important book, Kurzgefasste Kirchen Geschichte (1841), a study of the Mennonite church’s history and doctrine.
Children of Maria Brubacher and Benjamin Eby (11)
Isaac Eby..1808–1874
Elias Eby..1810–1878
Susannah Eby..1812–1819
Catharine Brubacher Eby..1814–1867
Maria Eby..1816–1861
Benjamin F Eby..1818–1872
Henry Eby..1820–1855
Christian Eby..1821–1859
Abraham Eby..1823–1885
Jacob Brubacher Eby . SR..1826–1882
Peter Eby..1828–1894
Son of Catherine (Bricker) and Christian Eby, husband to Maria Brubacher/Brubaker.
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Died at the age of 68y, 1m, 26ds∼BENJAMIN EBY, farmer, Mennonite minister, bishop, educator, and author
Born. 2 May 1785 at a homestead on Hammer Creek, Lancaster County, Pa.
Died. 28 June 1853 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada.
Son of Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker
Married. 1st - 25 Feb. 1807 Mary Brubacher (d. 1834), and they had eight sons and three daughters
Married 2nd - Magdalena Erb, widow of Abraham Erb; they had no children
Benjamin Eby, the sixth son and eleventh child of German-speaking Mennonites, “received a fair common school education” while working on the farm and in his father’s cooperage. He was among the minority of Mennonites in Pennsylvania who were unhappy at the prospect of remaining under American rule in the aftermath of the revolutionary war, and in 1806 visited Upper Canada to inspect the land in Waterloo Township that fellow Mennonites Daniel Erb and Samuel Bricker had purchased from Richard Beasley on behalf of the German Company. After claiming lot 2 of the Beasley Tract he went back to Pennsylvania to marry and then, in the company of other settlers, returned to Upper Canada, reaching his homestead on 21 June 1807. The role he played as a founder and leading citizen of the community was reflected in its being named Ebytown, or Ben Eby’s, in his honour.
Eby made a major contribution to the Mennonite church and to the preservation of German-language education in the province through a number of published works.
In 1836, in an effort to enrich the church’s worship and congregational life in general while respecting the various traditions of its adherents, he compiled a hymn-book called Die Gemeinschaftliche Liedersammlung. Reprinted several times in both Canada and the United States, it was in use until the end of the century.
His first original work was a primer, Neues Buchstabir- und Lesebuch, published in 1839.
Other works of a religious and educational nature followed, including his most important book, Kurzgefasste Kirchen Geschichte (1841), a study of the Mennonite church’s history and doctrine.
Children of Maria Brubacher and Benjamin Eby (11)
Isaac Eby..1808–1874
Elias Eby..1810–1878
Susannah Eby..1812–1819
Catharine Brubacher Eby..1814–1867
Maria Eby..1816–1861
Benjamin F Eby..1818–1872
Henry Eby..1820–1855
Christian Eby..1821–1859
Abraham Eby..1823–1885
Jacob Brubacher Eby . SR..1826–1882
Peter Eby..1828–1894
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Died at the age of 68y, 1m, 26ds∼BENJAMIN EBY, farmer, Mennonite minister, bishop, educator, and author
Born. 2 May 1785 at a homestead on Hammer Creek, Lancaster County, Pa.
Died. 28 June 1853 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada.
Son of Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker
Married. 1st - 25 Feb. 1807 Mary Brubacher (d. 1834), and they had eight sons and three daughters
Married 2nd - Magdalena Erb, widow of Abraham Erb; they had no children
Benjamin Eby, the sixth son and eleventh child of German-speaking Mennonites, “received a fair common school education” while working on the farm and in his father’s cooperage. He was among the minority of Mennonites in Pennsylvania who were unhappy at the prospect of remaining under American rule in the aftermath of the revolutionary war, and in 1806 visited Upper Canada to inspect the land in Waterloo Township that fellow Mennonites Daniel Erb and Samuel Bricker had purchased from Richard Beasley on behalf of the German Company. After claiming lot 2 of the Beasley Tract he went back to Pennsylvania to marry and then, in the company of other settlers, returned to Upper Canada, reaching his homestead on 21 June 1807. The role he played as a founder and leading citizen of the community was reflected in its being named Ebytown, or Ben Eby’s, in his honour.
Eby made a major contribution to the Mennonite church and to the preservation of German-language education in the province through a number of published works.
In 1836, in an effort to enrich the church’s worship and congregational life in general while respecting the various traditions of its adherents, he compiled a hymn-book called Die Gemeinschaftliche Liedersammlung. Reprinted several times in both Canada and the United States, it was in use until the end of the century.
His first original work was a primer, Neues Buchstabir- und Lesebuch, published in 1839.
Other works of a religious and educational nature followed, including his most important book, Kurzgefasste Kirchen Geschichte (1841), a study of the Mennonite church’s history and doctrine.
Children of Maria Brubacher and Benjamin Eby (11)
Isaac Eby..1808–1874
Elias Eby..1810–1878
Susannah Eby..1812–1819
Catharine Brubacher Eby..1814–1867
Maria Eby..1816–1861
Benjamin F Eby..1818–1872
Henry Eby..1820–1855
Christian Eby..1821–1859
Abraham Eby..1823–1885
Jacob Brubacher Eby . SR..1826–1882
Peter Eby..1828–1894
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