John Eckman, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
Name: John Eckman
Gender: Male
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 16 Jun 1746
Event Place: FIRST REFORMED CHURCH,LANCASTER,LANCASTER,PENNSYLVANIA
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Father's Name: Hieronimus Eckman
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Mother's Name: Ann Barbara
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C51142-1
System Origin: Pennsylvania-ODM
GS Film number: 1035732
Reference ID. View Tree for Johannes Adam EckmanJohannes Adam Eckman (b. June 10, 1746, d. September 16, 1804)
Johannes Adam Eckman (son of Hieronomus Eckman) was born June 10, 1746 in Lancaster Co, Pa., and died September 16, 1804 in Lancaster Co, Pa..
More About Johannes Adam Eckman:
Burial: Unknown, Eckman Graveyard, Strasburg Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa..
Military service: Lieut. in Capt. Thomas Porter's Co. in the Revolutionary War..
More About Johannes Adam Eckman and :
Marriage: 1776, Lancaster, Pa..
Children of Johannes Adam Eckman are:
+Daniel Eckman, b. January 28, 1777, Lancaster Co, Pa., d. May 19, 1832, Lancaster Co, Pa..
Elizabeth Eckman, b. February 28, 1779, New Providence, Lancaster Co, Pa., d. date unknown, Lancaster Co, Pa..
+John Eckman, b. August 28, 1781, Lancaster Co, Pa., d. November 20, 1859, Lancaster Co, Pa..
+Martin Eckman, b. November 11, 1783, Little Britian Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., d. July 17, 1838, Lancaster Co., Pa..
+Jacob Eckman, b. April 09, 1786, Lancaster Co, Pa., d. November 18, 1858, Colerain Twp, Lancaster Co, Pa..
+Henry Eckman, b. November 22, 1788, Lancaster Co, Pa., d. July 25, 1878, Bart Twp. Lancaster Co, Pa..
Barbara Eckman, b. April 25, 1789, Lancaster Co, Pa., d. date unknown.
Catherine Eckman, b. January 16, 1790, Lancaster Co, Pa., d. May 26, 1876. View Tree for John EckmanJohn Eckman (b. 10 Jun 1746, d. 16 Sep 1804)
John Eckman (son of Jerome Hieronamus Eckman and Anna Barbara Slaymaker) was born 10 Jun 1746 in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 16 Sep 1804 in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine Fautz on 13 Nov 1782 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster County, PA, daughter of Jacob Fautz and Eve Elizabeth Eckman.
Includes NotesNotes for John Eckman:
There are several dates of birth within 1746 -- and also some with 1757references. The most consistent referenced date of birth is June 10, 1746 -- and is what's on John's headstone.
Johannes Peter ECKMAN
John ECKMAN 1
Varying birth dates and marriage
year to web forum information
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Birth: 19 Jan 1745/46 in Bart Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1
Death: 16 Sep 1804 1
Burial: Eckman Cemetery - Strasburg Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 2
Event: Alt. Birth 10 Jun 1746
Event: Revolutionary War Military Service
ECKMAN, John
Birth: PA 10 Jun 1746
Service: PA
Rank: Lt
Death: PA 16 Sep 1804
Patriot Pensioned: No
Widow Pensioned: No
Children Pensioned: No
Heirs Pensioned: No
Spouse: (1) Catharine Foutz
According to the Lancaster County Cemeteries, vol 13, he served in Capt. Darrington Wilson's Co., of Col. Thomas Porter's Battalion of Associators. He was mustered into service on 15 August 1776 and served in the Jersey Campaign. The source cited is "Vide Penna. Archives, 5th Series, Vol 7 pp 1067, 1068." DAR Patriot Index also lists him as a Lt. in the American Revolution 3
Father: Jerome Hieronamus ECKMAN b: 12 Mar 1717/18 in Waldorf, Pfalz, Germany
Mother: Barbara SLAYMAKER b: 26 Feb 1724/25 in Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Marriage 1 Catharine FOUTZ b: 26 Apr 1757
Married: 1776
Children
Elizabeth ECKMAN b: 28-29 Feb 1779
Daniel ECKMAN b: 28 Jan 1777
John ECKMAN b: 28 Aug 1781
Martin ECKMAN b: 11 Nov 1783
Jacob ECKMAN b: 09 Apr 1786
Henry ECKMAN b: 22 Nov 1787
Catharine ECKMAN b: 16 Jan 1790
Sources:
1. History of the descendants of Mathias Slaymaker : who emigrated from Germany and settled in the eastern part of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 1710, Author: Henry Cochran Slaymaker; Clyde L. Groff and Samuel R. Slaymaker II (Added), Lancaster Press, b1909, Revised 1969;
2. Abbrev: laplante.ged, * The Cameron and Paige Report *, Patricia A. (Wren-Simon) LaPlante Publication: Everett, WA: Compiled 2001-2006;
3. Military Service
Family Data Collection - Individual Records Record
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Johannes John Eckman born in 1746 New Holland, Lancaster, PA to Heironimus Eckman and Anna Barbara Slaymaker. Married Catherine Foutz in 1776 in Lancaster, PA. Died in 1804.
Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. The Family Data Collection - Individual Records database was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease.
Family Data Collection - Births Record
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Eckman, John born 10 June 1746 in Strasburg, Lancaster, PA to Jermome Hieronymus Eckman and Anna Barbara Slaymaker
Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2001. The Family Data Collection - Births database was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease.
Millennium File Record
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John Eckman born 10 Jun 1746 in Strasburg, Lancaster, PA to Anna Barbara Slaymaker.
Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. The Millennium File is a database created by the Institute of Family Research to track the records of its clients and the results of its professional research. It contains more than 880,000 linked family records, with lineages from throughout the world, including colonial America, the British Isles, Switzerland, and Germany. One of the focuses of the Millennium File is linking to European nobility and royalty.
Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks
and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 Record
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John Eckman was born [or baptized] Jun 16, 1746, Lancaster Co., PA. He was baptized at First Reformed Congregation at Lancaster, PA
Note: All these children of Hieronimus Eckman have been bapt., but the time was not remembered. The parents wanted the children recorded.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Extracted from microfilmed transcriptions of the original church records. The microfilmed records are located at the Family History Library.
Revolutionary War
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Johannes Eckman (10 June 1746 16 September 1804) -- According to the Lancaster County Cemeteries, vol 13, he served in Capt. Darrington Wilson's Co., of Col. Thomas Porter's Battalion of Associators. He was mustered into service on 15 August 1776 and served in the Jersey Campaign. The source cited is "Vide Penna. Archives, 5th Series, Vol 7 pp 1067, 1068." DAR Patriot Index also lists him as a Lt. in the American Revolution He is the sone of Jerome and Barbara Slaymaker Eckman. He is the husband of Catharine Fautz.
Revolutionary War
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Col. Thomas Porter's battalion. The earliest entry in the minutes of the Council of Safety, in 1776, concerning this command is dated August 13th, when Robert Towers (commissary) was directed to deliver arms to "Capt. Ross, of Col. Porter's battalion of Lancaster County," August 29th. "Mr. Robert Towers, commissary, was directed to deliver Maj. Ewing 100 Stand of Arms for the Use of Col. Porter's Battalion of Lancaster County." Same date, Capt. Thomas Morrison (of Porter's battalion) was allowed Ð25 2s. 6d. for mileage of sixty-seven men ninety miles, "and Ð6 10s. for a Riffle, to be charged to Col. Porter." September 13th. The Council of Safety allowed Ð2 8s. 9d. for "dieting" sixty-five men of the company of Capt. William Ross, in the battalion of Col. Thomas Porter, and Ð1 9s. 3d. "for dieting, 39 meals, of Capt. John Boyd's Company, Col. Thomas Porter's Battalion."
Mention is also found of the companies of Capts. Boyd, John Eckman, and John Patton, of Porter's battalion. (Source: History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men Chapter VII. War of the Revolution)
http://www.eckmannews.com/war.htm
1790 Lancaster, PA
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Likely sons of Jerome Heirmonious Eckman
Eronimus Eckman Bart
John Eckman Strasburg <---
Martin Eckman Strasburg
Jacob Eckman Strasburg
Other Eckmans
Henry Eckman Lampeter
Peter Eckman Lancaster Borough
Daniel Eckman Strasburg
1800 Lancaster, PA
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Likely sons of Jerome Heirmonious Eckman
Jacob Eckman Strasburg
Martin Eckman Strasburg
Eckman Lancaster
Could be John's son (Daniel, John, Martin, Jacob, Henry)
Daniel Eckman Strasburg
Martin Eckman Bart
Other Eckmans
John Eckman Lampeter
Peter Eckman Strasburg
1810 Lancaster, PA
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Widow Heckman Strasburg (possibly Catherine?)
Could be John's son (Daniel, John, Martin, Jacob, Henry)
Danl Heckman Strasburg (possibly Eckman?)
Henry Eckman Martic
Martin Heckman Strasburg (possibly Eckman?)
Other Eckmans
John Eckman Earl
Dietrich Eckman Little Britain
Martin Eckman Little Britain
Joseph Eckman Martic
ECKMAN BURIALS AT THE ECKMAN CEMETERY, Strasburg
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This cemetery is located on private property now off of Sawmill Road in Strasburg Township.
There are several ECKMAN burials:
John and Catharine --
ECKMAN, John Esq. (58 years 2 months 15 days) b. 10 June 1746 d. 16 Sept. 1804
ECKMAN, Catharine (73 years 13 days) d. 11 May 1830
John's parents --
EAEKMAN, Hieronymous (66 years 1 month 9 days) d. 21 April 1784
ECKMAN, Barbara (70 years) d. 19 Aug. 1796
John and Catharine's son --
ECKMAN, Daniel b. 29 Jan. 1777 d. 19 May 1832
Unknown relationship
EAEKMAN, Daniel (5 years 4 days) d. 9 August 1768
EAEKMAN, Henry (28 years 8 months 9 days) d. 15 Jan. 1781
EAEKMAN, Mary (7 years 14 days) d. 21 Jul 1779
EAKMAN, Jacob (47 years) d. 19 Jan. 1779
ECKMAN, Elizabeth, w/o Martin
ECKMAN d. 7 Feb 1841
ECKMAN, Hieronymous (15 years 3 months 14 days) d. 26 July 1805
ECKMAN, John Slaymaker b. 17 Dec. 1807 d. 18 May 1832
ECKMAN, Martin (60 years) d. 4 Oct. 1809
ECKMAN, Nancy b. 11 Aug. 1789 d. 12 Feb 1864
http://www.eckmannews.com/newsletters/Eckman1-2.pdf
Summary of Following Web Forum information
for John Eckman who married Susannah Groff
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Parents of John Eckman, who married Susanna Groff are:
John Jacob Eckman, born January 1, 1757 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died sometime after 1784 and
Catherine Foutz born April 26, 1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died September 19, 1823 [There's also a unsourced date of death of 11 May 1830]. They were married November 13 1782 [several unsourced references says in 1776] in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster. They are both buried in the Eckman Cemetery, now part of a private home, in Lancaster County.
The parents of John Eckman and grandparents of your John Jacob Eckman were
Jerome Hieronimus/Eronimus Eckman born March 2, 1718/1719 Waldorf, Pfalz. Bayern, Germany and died April 22, 1784 Bart Township, Lancaster County, PA and Anna Barbara Slaymaker born February 26, 1725/26 Strasburg Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania (Later Lancaster County) and died August 19, 1796 Bart Township, Lancaster County, PA They were married October 16, 1744 New Holland, Lancaster County, PA They are both buried in the Eckman Cemetery, now part of a private home, in Lancaster County.
Anna Barbara was the daughter of Mathias Slaymaker and Catherine (last name unknown). Mathias was born 1685 in Germany and Catherine 1685 in Germany. Mathias died December 18, 1762 in Strasburg township, Lancaster County. He and Catherine are buried in the Old Leacock Cemetery in Lancaster County.
Grandparents of John Eckman
Hieronimus was the son of Johannes Eckman and Eva Dorothea Seitz. Johannes died in 1755 in L.C. and she was born about 1696 in Germany and died in L.C. Johannes and wife Dorthea Seitz arrived in Phildelphia PA from the Palatinate in Germany 18 Sept 1727 on the ship Willian and Sarah. On the same ship were several other Eckman relatives, including brother Jacob and his wife. Johannes and his family settled in Lancaster PA, Hans Jackson Eckman and his wife settled at Goshenhoppen, Montgomery Co PA (then in Philadelphia Co).
Web Forum
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Posted by: Linda Zinger (ID *****8468) Date: March 05, 2005 at 12:59:25
In Reply to: Jacob ECKMAN, b. 1791 VA, d. 1877, OH, m. Margaret LIND by Shuri Simmons
My records indicate that JOHN Jacob Eckman was the son of John Jacob Eckman
born January 1, 1757 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
died sometime after 1784
and
Catherine Foutz
born April 26, 1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
died September 19, 1823
They were married
November 13 1782 in Trinity Lutheran Chruch, Lancaster
I show them having 5 children
Susanna Eckman,
Elizabeth Eckman,
Marie Eckman,
John Eckman, who married Susanna Groff
John Jacob Eckman
The parents of John Eckman and grandparents of your John Jacob Eckman were Jerome Hieronimus/Eronimus Eckman
born March 2, 1718/1719 Waldorf, Pfalz. Bayern, Germany
died April 22, 1784 Lanc. Co., Pa.
and Anna Barbara Slaymaker
born February 26, 1725/26 Strasburg Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania (Later Lancaster County)
died August 19, 1796 Bart Twp., Lanc. Co., Pa.
They were married October 16, 1744 New Holland, Lanc. Co., Pa.
Anna Barbara Slaymaker was the daughter of Mathias Slaymaker.
Web Forum
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Re: John ECKMAN Willson, b 1805 in PA
Posted by: linda frew zinger Date: May 08, 2000 at 13:02:47
In Reply to: John ECKMAN Willson, b 1805 in PA by Connie C. Cook of 420
Information I have in my notes is that one Thomas Willson, born about 1775 probably Lancater County, Pa., married one Elizabeth Eckman. Elizabeth was the daughter of Johannes (John) Eckman and Catherine Foutz.
Elizabeth Eckman was born February 28, 1779 in New Providence, Lancaster County, Pa.
Elizabeth and Thomas had the following children - John 1799-1802; Sarah 1801-1802; Daniel 1803-1826; John Eckman 1805-1890; Catherine 1807-1935; Elizabeth 1810 -?; Susan Bell 1813-1843; Thomas 1815-?; Hugh James 1818-1828; and Clark 1820-1887.
Elizabeth's parents were again Johannes Eckman 1746-1804. Catherine Foutz 1757-1830. They were married in 1776 in Lancaster County and both are buried in the Eckman Cemetery which is now part of a private home in LC. These residents have keep this very small cemetery in excellent condition.
Johannes (John) was the son of Jerome Hieronimus Eckman b.1718-Germany to d.1784 Bart township and Anna Barbara Slaymaker b. 1725 Strasburg township to d. 1796 Bart township. They too are buried in the old Eckman cemetery. They were married in 1744 in New Holland, L.C., Pa.
Hieronimus was the son of Johannes Eckman and Eva Dorothea Seitz. Johannes died in 1755 in L.C. and she was born about 1696 in Germany and died in L.C.
Anna Barbara was the daughter of Mathias Slaymaker and Catherine (last name unknown). Mathias was born 1685 in Germany and Catherine 1685 in Germany. Mathias died December 18, 1762 in Strasburg township, Lancaster County. He and Catherine are buried in the Old Leacock Cemetery in Lancaster County.
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Re: Book on Hans Jacob ECKMAN of PA
Posted by: Kay Date: July 07, 2001 at 09:16:54
In Reply to: Re: Book on Hans Jacob ECKMAN of PA by Nancy Hess
Hans Jacob Eckman and his wife arrived in Phildelphia PA from the Palatinate in Germany 18 Sept 1727 on the ship Willian and Sarah. On the same ship were several otgher Eckman relatives, consistin gof the family of Johannes Eckman and wife, Dorothea Seitz.
Johannes and his family settled in Lancaster PA, Hans Jackson Eckman and his wife settled at Goshenhoppen, Montgomery Co PA (then in Philadelphia Co).
IN the 1760's Hans moved his family to Creagerstown, Frederick Co MD where he died 1778.
George Eckman was a son of Hans and he was born in Pennsylvania on 4 April 1754. He married Sofphia Schley of Frederick MD and they were parents of 12 children.
Daniel Schley Eckman, the son of George and Sophia, was born in Frederick Co MD ca 1796 and he married Anna Mariah Wilson in 1828 at Graceham, Frederid Co MD and they were parents of 10 children, all born in MD. Three of their sons went to TX in 1857, JOhn Wilson, Robert V., and Daniel Webster Eckman. Daniel first settled in Richmond, Ft Bend Co TX. They left Frederick Co and went to Cincinnati OH via Baltimore and Ohio Railway. From OH they went to New Orleans to Galveston TX on a river steamer and then on over to Richmond TX. John Wilson Eckman stayed at Richmond TX where he was a blacksmith. He remained their until his death in 1911. Robert joined the Confederate Army in 1862 at Richmond and later married and lived with his family in Vicksburg MS.
Descendants of Daniel W Eckman ended up in Lee Co TX.
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From:
[email protected] Subject: [PALANCAS] Family of John Eckman and Catherine Pfautz
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 14:49:04 EST
Yvonne,
My records indicate that John ECKMAN and Catherine PFAUTZ had the
following 9 children:
Daniel ECKMAN b. 1/28/1777, d. 5/10/1858, m. Nancy WOOD
Elizabeth ECKMAN b. 2/28/1779, d. unknown, m. Thomas WILSON/WILLSON
John Slaymaker ECKMAN b. 8/20/1781, d. 11/20/1859, m. Elizabeth DRAUCHER
Martin ECKMAN b. 11/11/1783, d. unknown, m. his cousin Susannah ECKMAN
Jacob ECKMAN b. 4/9/1786, d. 1/13/1858, m. Catherine MILLER
Henry ECKMAN b. 11/22/1788, d. 7/28/1828, m. Hannah SHERTZ
Catharine ECKMAN b. 1/16/1791, d. 5/26/1876, m. Adam DRAUCHER
Son ECKMAN b. abt. 1793, apparently died in infancy
Child ECKMAN b. abt 1794, apparently died in infancy
If anyone has corrections to this information, they will be most welcome.
Cheryl (Wilson) Hopp
More About John Eckman:
Burial: Unknown, Eckman Cemetery - Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Christening: First Reformed Congregation, Lancaster, PA.
More About John Eckman and Catherine Fautz:
Marriage: 13 Nov 1782, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster County, PA.
Children of John Eckman and Catherine Fautz are:
+John Eckman, b. 05 Jan 1796, Lancaster Co, PA, d. 18 Jun 1846, Lancaster Co, PA.