Individual Details

Eva Margaretha LEICHTMAN

(Abt 1737 - 5 May 1804)

Events

Birth1 January 1735Rechenbach, , Alsace-Lorraine Province, France
BirthAbt 1737, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
MarriageAbt December 1760, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Johannes ETTER
Alt. Marriage-sharedDecember 1760(Johannes ETTER) to Eva Margaretta Leigchtmann - Herzogenbuchsee, Bern, Switzerland
MarriageAbt 1765Of , Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Georg Heinrich ETTER
Death5 May 1804Mt. Joy, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Alt nameMarget
Biography
Biography-shared(Georg Heinrich ETTER)

Families

SpouseGeorg Heinrich ETTER (1733 - 1808)
ChildHenry ETTER Jr. (1767 - 1825)
ChildElizabeth ETTER (1769 - 1840)
SpouseJohannes ETTER (1723 - 1767)
ChildJohannes ETTER (1762 - )
ChildSamuel ETTER (1765 - 1808)

Notes

Biography

Birth: Jan. 1, 1735, France
Death: May 4, 1804
Mount Joy
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Parentage unknown. Born at Rechenbach, Alsace-Lorraine Provence.

Married about 1760 (1) Widower, Johannes "Hans" Etter, at Pennsylvania.

Eva was received into the Donegal Moravian Church 23 November 1762; her first communion was given in June of 1764. The life story of Johannes and Eva is contained in the Church Records.

They had two children of record, Johannes 1762-1822 and Samuel 1765-1809. Eva was widowed in 1767 when Johannes died on 9 June.

Eva married again, about 1768 (2) Georg Heinrich "Henry" Etter at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He and their son, Henry Jr., were buried at the Etter Farm, aka "Etter Graveyard", aka "Spring Garden Cemetery", Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Their daughter, Elizabeth, married John Ebersole; they are buried alongside one another at the Old Swamp Cemetery, Carrolton, Carroll, Ohio.

Biography-shared

Birth: Apr. 22, 1733
Alsace, France
Death: Nov. 16, 1808
Mount Joy
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania, USA

Son of Mr. & Mrs. Hans George Etter (mother was Anna Wein or Mirgit Otlersin). Born at Rittershoffen, Germany, now Alsace, France.

His father immigrated 25 August 1735 aboard the Billender Oliver.

George "Henry" came later, immigrating 28 August 1750; Ship, Phoenix.

Married Eva Margaretha Leichtman about 1768 , probably Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Revolutionary War Veteran - Service, May 1778; Lancaster Co. Mititia, Col. Lower's Battalion, Capt. Robinson's Company.

Family records state "burial plot on the Etter Farm, Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania." (Now known as Spring Grove Cemetery)

Endnotes

1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch   (http://new.familysearch.org), accessed 2 Jan 2015), entry for Eve, person ID LHVZ-MQH..

2. (callaco-tkb.msn.com).

3. (callaco-tkb.msn.com).

4. Etter - from Greenawalt, Dee C..

5. Findagrave.com.

6. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch   (http://new.familysearch.org), accessed 2 Jan 2015), entry for Eve, person ID LHVZ-MQH..

7. Findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66866377.

8. Findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66865582.