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Individual Record for: Christian (Ii) Eyman (male)

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There are numerous questions about who this Christian Eyman was. Many date him to 1731 and consider him the eldest son of Ulrich. Others believe this to be a grand-son of Ulrich (m. Elizabetha Weiss), by his own son who remained behind in Germany . Tax and military data show the possibility of two Christian Eymans in the Conestoga area, in addition to the Christian of Hardy.

The genealogy shown here follows the assumption that a grandson of Ulrich arrived in America with him, though there are some questions about this. The Torsten Eyman records of this person suggest further that the person had lived in Wayne Co., Ohi o, though this is quite unlikely. The children of the Christian Eyman who died in 1834 in Conestoga surely migrated in that direction, but it's unlikely that this person did. This child, if he had arrived with Ulrich, was not mentioned in the wil l or in orphan court proceedings.

As noted by johnkyt@aol.com, "A Christian Eyman married Susan Graybill in 1788, in Lancaster Co., PA. There is some confusion if this is the son of Ulrich Eyman. Per information received from Richard Yoder in 1990, there is a fracture of the bir th of Abraham Eyman, son of Christian Eyman and wife Susan Heissin."

National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volumes 1-85, 1600s-1900s__ Volume 44, Bible Records: Moorman, Nicholas, Thomas Wakefield; Henry L. Fehl; Herring Bibles, Page 169
which shows a Christian Eyman and Susana Eyman buried in the
Henry L. Fehl Cemetery, in Maryland.

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Fehls in the Cemetery:
farm of Henry Lantz Fehl on North Side of Long Lane on the site of Postelethwaite's Tavern
Jacob 1762
Andreas Fohl b 1730, d 1798 - ancestors of all Conestoga Fehls sons Andrew, George, Jacob, Frederick.
Lenhardt b 1823 d 1899
Landis, William d 1922 24 yrs old
Brenneman, Mary, w/Meleher died 1815 at 21 -- Mary was a daughter of George Fehl of Conestoga, her husband being a son of Henry 1765-1820

farm now owned by George Fehl.. was Andrew's in 1770.
IN 1778 Andrew Fehl was overseer of the poor. An earlier record showed that an Andreas Fehl had run away from indenture with another person.

This Christian may be an Eyerman, as an 1811 will of a Christian Herr, granting Eyman the right to purchase the farm adjoining Fehl's describes himself as "brother-in-law". The will also specifies funding for several young Lehman children, perhap s orphaned of the Maria Eyman (of Manor) and Daniel Leyman married in 1791 at the First Reformed Church

See susannA NOTES

In 1811, a Christian Herr died in Conestoga. This is a person with whom Christian Eyman had been involved in land transactions. In the will of Christian Herr were provisions for Christian (said to be Herr's 'brother-in-law') and Susannah to purcha se from him the land on Long Lane adjoining the Fehl's farm where several Eymans are buried.

A successful application was made to DAR for this Christian Eyman under the impression that the wife was Susan Graybill, though lack of documentation for her was noted by application reviewers:

Christian Eyman/Eyeman (2) b 1760 Germany d. Lancaster 6 Sept 1834 (age 74) and his wife Susan Graybill b 1772 (1780?) Lancaster d. Lancaster 01 Mar. 1826 (age 54 yrs). Marriage 1788 (1801?) bur Lantz-Fehl Farm burial Grounds, Conestoga Twp, Lanca ster.
Applicant a descendant of John Eyman b. 12 Dec 1793 (1801?) Lancaster, died Wayne CO., Ohio 1847. John married Mary Ann McMillan b. 1794 in 1824 at Lancaster. Died at Frankun, Wayne, OH, buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Wayne
Reviewers note the availability of probate for Christian Eyman. No record provided showing wife; birth date assumes 18 at marriage. Wife not mentioned in 1834 probate.
Descendants consistent with 1834 probate, all born Lancaster:
Catherine 1789 m Jacob Harnish at Lanc. Trininty Lutheran church m: 29 Sept 1807
Anna (Nancy) Eyman 18 Jun 1791 m Adam Brenneman m:08 Jan 1811
John Eyman 12 Dec 1793 m Mary Ann Mc Millan 1824
Christian Eyman 11 March 1798 me. Maria Mary Martin m: 15 Mar 1811
Jacob Eyman b. 15 Feb 1805 m Eve Brenneman m: 02 Feb 1832
David Eyman b. 1808 m Elizabeth Bott
Magdalena Eyman (unk b) m. Henry Farrer
Abraham Eyman

Service: 4th Class, of the 1st Battalion of Lancaster Co., PA under Captain Samuel Henry's command. Served as Private with Lancaster County Militia. The service was 1783 which was after he appeared on fine list in 1780-1781. Sources: PA Archives , 5th Series, Vo. 7. p.78-79. See also PA Archives, Series 3, Vol VI, p. 416-417, No. VIII, Captain Henry's Co. 1780-1781, Fall. PA Archives, Series 6, Vol III p.563-564 5th Co., 7th Batt. Capt. Henry, 1784.

Residence during Rev: Lancaster CO., PA Conestoga Township. Found on Lancaster Co. tax list from Conestoga Twp for 1779, PA archives, 3rd Series, Vo.l 17, p. 540 listed as a freeman.

(3) DAR Application Number 786158, 1998.

(note that both Henry and Christian seem to have served under Capt. Henry)

1800 census by "Pennsylvania in 1800" showe din Lancaster:
Christian Eiman 2 1 1 1 0 - 0 2 0 0 1
2 boys under 10, 1 10-16m 1 16-26, 1 26-45, 2 girls 10-16, a woman over 45.
This is consistent with a Christian born after 1755, a woman a bit older than he is, and boys ranging from infants to maturity. There is no elder Chrstian Eyman in the household.

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