The

Philadelphia

EISENBREY

Family

 

 

From

 

Peter Eysenbreit

to

 Eugene Eisenbrey

 

 

 

 

 

Preface:

Compiled by:  Philip R.  Snow                                                                                                 

 

How it started for the 21^st century Eisenbrey  family of Elmer, New Jersey…….

Up until the year 2010, one of the youngest generations of Eisenbreys from Elmer, New Jersey had no idea of the family background, other than going  “down Delaware” to visit the Eisenbrey family in southern Delaware for family holidays, reunions, weddings or funerals.  It is through the world wide access of the Internet that Amelia Snow did a “Google” search on herself to find the Eisenbrey family tree created by Heinz Aisenbrey, Kenneth Aisenbrey and Jack Conway.  From the family papers held by Gene and Hilda Eisenbrey, Amelia’s grandparents, I subsequently have found some of the records that were put together by them to support Eugene Eisenbrey’s part of the family tree that Amelia found on the internet. After seeing that the Eisenbrey family in the 1700s owned a plantation, Amelia asked the question, with fear in her voice… “ Were we slave owners? ”  This started the author’s journey to research this question and find the information below to support the answer …                                    ” No, the Eisenbrey’s of Philadelphia were not slave owners.” 

This information supports and supplements other family members around the country and back in Germany about the Eisenbrey family history. Always interested, as a History major at Rutgers University, in the Colonial era of America, this simple question has taken the author back in time to research both on the internet and in physical locations at archives in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the States of Maryland and Delaware.

As of December 2012, what an interesting path it has led to the following information:

 

 

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PETER EISENBREY

Born:           January 11, 1716, in Gündelbach, Germany    

Married:      Sophia Dorothea Majer (Dorothy)  was born April 2, 1715 in Germany

Died:           Age 62 in September 9, 1778, in Philadelphia, PA

 

Peter (xx) Eysenbreit arrived from Cowes, England through Rotterdam in Philadelphia on the Ship “Brother” on Sept. 26, 1753 (see Pennsylvania German Pioneers, page 654 and  Pennsylvania Archives, 2^nd Series also shows him as taking the Oath of Allegiance as Peter Isingbrid – age 27 - he would have been age 37 based on family tree). Passengers that were not indentured passengers in order to cover the expense of ship passage would have signed an Oath of Allegiance to the Province and the King of England upon arrival in the English colony of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Peter arrived in 1753, with his wife Sophia Dorothea Majer and son, Johann (John) Erhard Eisenbrey, who was only 10 months old at the time of the emigration, having been born in Gündelbach, Germany on November 28, 1752.  Dorothy’s daughter, Maria Dorothea also emigrated with the family. She was born on August 18, 1736. She had a child, Dorothy and married a man named Rafin and no more is known about her. Sophia Dorothea also had a son, Johann Georg, who was born on December 17, 1745 and died on September 9, 1746 in Gündelbach.

  As many as 12000 German immigrated through Crowes to Philadelphia in 1749.  Philadelphia was the preferred city because the Germans were traditionally mistreated by the officials in New York City.

Tax lists vary greatly in the amount of information they give.  In some cases only the name of the person and the amount of tax assessed is given.  In other cases the name is followed by an assessed value upon which a tax amount is based.  The actual tax amount is then given after the name and assessed value columns.  Occasionally tax lists stated the acres of land owned, occupation, horses, horned cattle, sheep, cows, etc.  In other cases the lists give the number of occupants in the household. Prior to the American Revolutionary War which began in 1776 tax lists were denominated in the currency of pounds, shillings and pence using the English system.  Even after the end of the war, Pennsylvania continued to use this system although values were modified and, therefore, not equivalent to the same amounts as the British Pound.  Later, in the early 1800’s the Dollar and Cent currency convention we are familiar with today became the common medium of exchange replacing the British based system. 

The neighborhood east and north of this was, prior to 1854, a separate district, known as the NORTHERN LIBERTIES TOWNSHIP, and is now the centre of much commerce and considerable manufacturing enterprises. The " Liberties" was a term or name applied by William Penn to a certain tract of land north and west of the original city of Philadelphia. It contained what was called "the liberty land of free lots," because the proprietaries gave to the first purchasers of ground in the colony, according to the extent of their purchase, a portion of the land within those limits free of price. The original idea of Penn, as stated elsewhere, was to lay out a great town of ten thousand acres. When the commissioners came to survey this space of ground it was found somewhat difficult, and when Penn arrived, in 1682, be determined to divide the town into two parts, one to be called the city and the other the "Liberties." The city contained about 1820 acres. The Liberties extended north of Vine Street to the mouth of the Cohoquinoque Creek, or Pegg's Run, and up the same so as to go around the land of Jurian Hartsfelder, which had already been granted away before Penn came to the colony. There were also Swedish, Dutch and English grants of land made, before Penn came to be the proprietary, that had to be respected, so that the liberty lands were very irregular in their boundaries, and ran by various courses along the Cohocksink, Wissanoming, Tacony, "Wingohoeksing, and other streams, and Germantown and Bristol townships to the Schuylkill, over the same and out to Cobb's Creek, and down the same and along the west side of the Schuylkill to a point opposite Vine Street at the north city line, and along the same to the place of beginning This survey was made in 1682, and the Liberties contained on the east side of the Schuylkill nearly 9162 acres ; west side, 7074 acres, 2 q., 17 p. ; total 16, 236 acres, 1 q., 20 p. These liberty lands on the east side of the Schuylkill became a township nearly from the time of survey, and were called the Northern Liberties, while the Western Liberties, beyond the Schuylkill, became a portion of the township of Blockley. The territory between the Delaware and the Schuylkill was subsequently divided. The western part was called Penn Township and the eastern part was sometimes called the Unincorporated Northern Liberties. Whenever so spoken of, the reference was to that portion of the township which had not been taken up by the formation of districts, and by the time of consolidation (1854) the area of the town was very small, the districts of Northern Liberties, Spring Garden, Kensington, Penn, Richmond, and the Township (if Penn and the boroughs of Aramingo and Bridesburg having been carved out of it. In 1850’s the township, or Unincorporated Northern Liberties was a space of land north of Kensington, west of Richmond and Aramingo, and a portion of Frankford, south of a portion of Oxford and Bristol townships, and part of Penn Township. A part of it was west of Frankford road, and all of it was east of the Germantown road as stated in the foregoing, was a portion of the Township of the Northern Liberties, and this district was the first object of particular care by act of assembly of March 9, 1771, which provided for the appointment of persons to regulate streets, direction of buildings, etc. By act of March 30, 1791, the inhabitants of that portion of Northern Liberties between Vine Street and Pegg's Run, and the middle of Fourth Street and the Delaware River, were empowered to elect three commissioners to lay taxes for the purpose of lighting, watching and establishing pumps within these bounds. On March 28, 1803, the legislature passed an act to incorporate that part of the township of the Northern Liberties lying between the west side of Sixth Street and the river Delaware, and between Vine Street and Cohocksink Creek. By the same act the corporation was created by the title of '-the Commissioners and Inhabitants of the Incorporated District of the Northern Liberties." The district was principally composed of a tract of land originally called Hartsfield. This was a title given in a patent and some maps to the ground granted March 25, 1676, to Jurian Hartsfelder. It included all the ground bounded by the Delaware between Coakquenauque (Peggs's Run) and the Cohocksink Creeks, and extended westward about as far as the line of Ridge road. In the tract was nearly the whole of the ground afterward the Northern Liberties, and a portion of Spring Garden and Penn districts. Hartsfelder sold a portion of this     property in 1679-80 to Hannah Salter, and another portion to Daniel Pegg in 1688-89, the latter having previously bought Hannah Salter's interest. "William Penn patented the whole Hartsfield

(Source: Illustrated Philadelphia, it’s wealth and industries, 1889.)

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In the City of Philadelphia Magistrate’s Ledger Book, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Licenses for Marriages, Taverns, and Pedlars, 1761-1776. Ref# Am.2014, 2nd vol.  :

This ledger book shows Tavern keeper Licenses for a tavern keeper with the name of         Peter Icenbrey on April 6, 1770, location of “City”, with a time of recommended date of April 1770, a Price of £2.6.0 and continues to pay this licensing fees through August 12, 1775 on this date of £3.6.0 , the last date for the listing of Peter Icenbrey.  With a date of January 8, 1776, the same ledger book shows John Icenbrey for Tavern keeper’s license fees being paid with a location of “City”, time of recommended –Jan. 1776 and a Price of £2.6.0, which would be date Peter transferred the running of the tavern to his son, John. 

The ledger,  “ A List of Public House Keepers recommended July Session, 1773” from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows Peter Icinbry with an “abode” of Cor. 5^th & Race St.                                                                  

By 1774, based on the 1774 Philadelphia City Provincial Tax List, Peter Isinbrey was not shown located in Northern Liberties but is shown as being located in the Mulberry Ward of Philadelphia, due to the fact that the Eisenbrey’s home was at the corner of 5^th and Race Streets, based on City Magistrate records of 1773, although the tavern was still at the southwest corner of Vine and Crown at least through 1785, based on the City Directory.  This section of the city was known for its German residents and would be a familiar place in the “big city” of approx. 25,000 people to resettle with his family of Sophia (Dorothy) and son John, now age 22. Peter is listed as a “t. k. - tavern keeper” with a tax of £ 4.4.0.

 A “tavern keeper” during the colonial period typically is different than an “inn keeper”. Usually a tavern keeper serves beer, rum, Madera wine but does not serve extensive meals or lodging with the full services and accoutrements of an Inn. It was a way to build a business and customer base given your location in the city and a way to struggle out of poverty during the colonial times. In Philadelphia during the pre-revolutionary war era, there were some 175 taverns/inns in Philadelphia (approx. 25% owned by women) with a strict licensing process with annual renewal. Based on being in the Mulberry Ward, the location of the tavern was at the know locations of the Samson and Lion, at Vine and Crown Streets and 5^th and Race Street. (See history of Samson and Lion to follow).

Base on available records, there is no indication that Dorothy took over the running/ownership of the tavern at Peter’s death in 1778, which would have been the custom of a widow taking over a tavern license to support a family. Dorothy died shortly after Peter in 1778. Peter’s son John took over the tavern in 1776. John was scheduled to muster into the Philadelphia City Militia as a Corporal, but was listed as “sick” in the September 17, 1778 muster rolls.

Will: Eisinbry, Peter. City of Philadelphia. Tavern Keeper. Jan 26, 1774. Sept 9, 1778, R.103. Wife: Dorothy. Child: John. StepDaughter’s Child: Dorothy Rifin. Brother: Simon (in Germany). Exec: Dorothy Eisinbrey, John Lorentz, Henry Kammerer. Wit: Philip Hall, George Gottfried Whelpper (Abstracts of Phila. County (Pennsylvania) Wills, 1777-1790 by F. Edward Wright. Page 17-18). Original Will is located in Register of Wills, in City Hall, Philadelphia (you can go in and view Will in this office). See copy of original Will and inventory of Assets and transcript of Will. 

The Eisenbrey connection with Philip Hall, one of the witnesses in Peter’s Will, who was listed in the 1785 City Directory as a shopkeeper at Race between 4^th and 5^th (#81 Race St.) and in the 1791 Directory as a Butcher at 146 Sassafras, other than being around the corner on Sassafras, is that Peter’s son, John and Philip Hall were members of the Assistance Fire Company (see below). There seems to be some connection to John Lorentz, according to Lawrence/Lorentz family histories. Henry Kammerer is listed in the 1785 Philadelphia Directory, as capt., papermaker, Market Street between 3^rd and 4^th.  He was President of the German Republican Society in the 1785 Philadelphia Directory, and based on City Militia muster rolls was a captain (cap.), and owned a newspaper.  The 1785 Directory lists George Whelper located at 76 Sassafras between 4^th and 5^th on the south side. Possibly church connections may have existed between these families. 

There may be a clue to the  location of the Ridge Rd plantation which seems to connect with the directions to Philip Eisenbrey’s house, as follows:

“26 February 1851. At the office during the morning and in the afternoon about 3 o'clock drove out of town about 8 miles to see a Mr. Philip Eisenbrey and his wife upon some matters of business. Carrie accompanied me. We had a very nice horse. Went out the 2nd Street road to just beyond the 6th mile stone, and then turned off to the right, proceeded about 1/2 a mile & then turned to the left, and in a short time arrived at the house. They were perfect strangers to us, but treated us with much politeness and kindness.”

Source: Bryn Mawr. Edu : Journals of J. Warner Erwin noted his activities, almost daily throughout his life. The journal that follows covers the years from 1839 to 1853, from age 14 to 29, that include his marriage in 1850 and the responsibility of a daughter a year later. A chronicle of a dozen and a half years in the life of a young Philadelphia gentleman, a conveyancer, who describes mid-nineteenth century living in the city, trips throughout the country by steamship, rail and carriage, as well as numerous social events including his courtship, marriage and the birth of his two children. J. Warner Erwin was a conveyancer, a 19th-century term for a writer of deeds, leases, property transfers, real estate agreements, and other legal matters. In 1843 he worked with his father, but in 1845 started his own office.

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Peter Eisenbrey was buried within the German Reformed Church (St Michael’s and Zion Lutheran Church) burial grounds which in 1778 was located between 6^th and 7^th and Race and Vine Streets. This location was called Northeast Square, now known as Franklin Square. Franklin Square was turned into a park in the 1830s-1850s, and in 2006, a family fun park, with a restored fountain, hamburger stand and miniature golf course with Philadelphia historical sites. The graveyard was dug up to the extent of building the Ben Franklin Bridge around 1925 (when John Jr.’s grave, son of John and Catharine, was moved to Laurel Hill Cemetery in a mass grave with other family members and other church members reinterred ). The Eisenbrey family graves including Peter’s grave may still be in Franklin Square along with other undiscovered members of the church.

The only church records for Dorothy found to date is a reference to Sophia Eisenbrey being a sponsor for the baptism of a child in the German Reformed Church records.  Dorothy did not have a Will probated at the Philadelphia Register of Wills. There are St Michael’s Lutheran Church records of Dorothy’s burial. There have been no other records for Dorothy located.

 

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JOHANN (John) ERHARD EISENBREY

Born:           November 28, 1752, in Gündelbach, Germany

Died:           September 15, 1793, at age 40 in Philadelphia, PA               

Buried :       German Lutheran Church graveyard in Franklin Square       

Married:      Catharine Rathschlag in Philadelphia, PA on Sept. 30, 1773 at St Michael’s & Zion Lutheran Church   

Children:

CATHERINE EISENBREY                                                                                                         CATHERINE was born on August 27th, 1774. She died at the age of 11 months, with burial on July 30, 1775.

PETER EISENBREY                                                                                                                           PETER was born on October 10th, 1777. He died at the age of 83 in Maryland in 1860.

HENRY E EISENBREY
HENRY E was born on March 29th, 1780.  He died at the age of 74 in 1854.

JOHANNES EISENBREY
JOHANNES was born on June 26th, 1782.  He died at 2 months old on August 27th, 1782.

JOHANNES EISENBREY
JOHANNES was born on July 22nd, 1783.  He died at the age of 69 on April 10th, 1853, living at 8^th Street below Noble and is buried at St John’s Church, now in mass grave in Laurel Hill Cemetery (see death notice).

GEORGE EISENBREY
GEORGE was born on November 18th, 1785.  He died at the age of 27 on February 12th, 1813.

JACOB EISENBREY
JACOB was born on December 11th, 1787.  He died at the age of 1 on February 17th, 1789.

JACOB EISENBREY
JACOB was born on November 16th, 1789.  He died at the age of 33 on November 12th, 1823.

PHILIP EISENBREY
PHILIP was born on May 13th, 1793.  He died at the age of 92 on February 1st, 1886.

 

 

Johann (John) Erhard Eisenbrey at age 26 in 1778 served as one of three Corporals in the Philadelphia Militia commanded by William Bradford, Esq., Colonel, under Captain Isaac Cooper’s 1^st company, of the Seventh and Eighth classes. He is listed in the Pennsylvania Archives, 2^nd Series, Vol.XIII (Pub. by W.S. Stenger – Edited by William H. Egle,M.D.) under the Associated Battalions and Militia of the Revolution listed in the muster rolls as:  John Isenbery, app. September 17, 1778; seventh; sick.  It could be he is listed as sick due to the timing of Peter Eisenbrey, his father’s death in September, 1778.  John Isenbry is also listed in the Pennsylvania Abstract Index Cards as serving again in the Philadelphia City Militia commanded by Lt. Col. William Will of the 3^rd Battalion, 1^st Company under Capt. Alexander Quarrier, 8^th class, with a rank of Private (authority – Gen. M/R Br#1, p.121 – see copy of original Muster Roll obtained from PA State Archives) dated 1780-1781.   Captain Isaac Cooper commanded men mustered from the Dock Ward of Northern Liberties, while Capt. Alexander Quarrier commanded men mustered from West Mulberry. Quarrier is listed as Quarrier and Hunter, coach and harness makers located at Filbert betw. 7^th and 8^th streets, as listed in the 1785 Philadelphia Directory. Isaac Cooper is listed in the City Tax lists as a carpenter. The Eisenbrey connection to both Northern Liberties and the Mulberry Ward areas of Philadelphia County supports this Militia service of John Eisenbrey. Vine Street was the dividing line between Northern Liberties district and Mulberry section of the city. In 1778 and 1780 during John’s service in the Philadelphia City Militia, the family tavern was located at 5^th and Race Sts.

John Eisenbrey has been admitted in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as an approved Ancester (Ancester #A208730) on October 6, 2012. He was admitted from the State of Pennsylvania, with a rank of Corporal. He is listed by the DAR as Johan Erhard Eisenbrey on the Daughters of the American Revolution website. You can use this ancester number in applying to the DAR in addition to their required documentation back to John's service in the Philadelphia City Militia during the Revolutionary War.

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Pennsylvania Militia Historical Background:

At the outbreak of hostilities between the Crown and the colonies in 1775 the Pennsylvania Assembly opposed any form of mandatory military service. During this period, activist elements among Pennsylvania's population organized local volunteer "associations" that were eventually formed into fifty-three battalions. These voluntary "Associators" never represented more than a fraction of the state's total population. When General Washington asked for the middle Atlantic states to provide additional reinforcements willing to serve for six months duty in 1776, the Associator units were tapped as a manpower pool, though the individual units did not themselves become part of the Pennsylvania Line forces. The individuals who volunteered at this time were formed into battalions by county and were known as "Flying Camps" that served on active duty until November 30, 1776. By the end of that year, Pennsylvania had adopted a new more radical constitution that wrested control from the older conservative Assembly and in early 1777 the new Assembly passed Pennsylvania's first militia law requiring compulsory military service.

The "Act to Regulate the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" passed 17 March 1777, and the subsequent Militia Act passed March 20, 1780, together with their amendments, required all white men between the ages of 18 and 53 capable of bearing arms to serve two months of militia duty on a rotating basis. Refusal to turn out for military exercises would result in a fine, the proceeds from which were used to hire substitutes. Though the act provided exemptions for members of the Continental Congress, Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, Supreme Court judges, masters and teachers of colleges, ministers of the Gospel, and indentured servants, as a practical matter anyone could avoid serving either by filing an appeal to delay their service for a period of time or by paying a fine to hire a substitute. (It should be noted, however, that a person serving as a substitute for someone else was not thereby excused from also serving in their own turn.) The act called for eight battalion districts to be created in Philadelphia and in each of the eleven extant counties. The geographical boundaries for each district were drawn so as to raise between 440 to 680 men fit for active duty as determined by information contained in the local tax rolls. A County Lieutenant holding the rank of colonel was responsible for implementing the law with the assistance of sub-lieutenants who held the rank of lieutenant colonel. Though they held military titles, these were actually civilian officers not to be confused with the military officers holding the same ranks in the Continental Army. The County Lieutenants ensured that militia units turned out for military exercises, provided the militia units with arms and equipment at the expense of the state, located substitutes for those who declined to serve, and assessed and collected the militia fines. It should be noted that these fines were not necessarily intended to be punitive. Recognizing that personal circumstances might in some cases make it inconvenient or even impossible for a particular individual to serve, the fine system was in part devised to provide money in lieu of service in order to hire substitutes. It also provided an avenue for conscientious objectors to fulfill their legal obligation to the state without compromising their religious convictions.

The men in each battalion elected their own field officers who carried the rank of colonel, lieutenant colonel and major and these officers were then commissioned by the state and expected to serve for three years. Within each county, the colonels drew lots for their individual rank, which was then assigned to their battalion as First Battalion, Second Battalion, Third Battalion, etc. When new elections were held for field officers in 1780 and 1783, the colonels elected at that time again drew lots for their rank and this resulted in a new order for the battalions. The names of men in each company of each battalion were listed on a roll called "General Returns of the Battalion" together with the names of any substitutes that were provided. On these permanent billet rolls the men in each company were listed as being either part of the first class, second class, third class, etc. and were required to show up for their two months of active duty at the time and in the order that their class was called up. When several classes were called up for active duty, a separate roll for each company listed the names of the men who actually served, either in person or as substitutes. This active-duty roll was therefore a completely different roll from the permanent billet roll. These active duty rolls could be distinguished from the permanent billet rolls by the fact that instead of being listed by individual classes as they were in the permanent rolls, the names of the men were here listed under the name of the company captain. Under the provisions of the Militia Law, the men called up for active duty were automatically assigned to companies whose numbers were different from their own company numbers on the permanent billet rolls. They were instead the numbers of the battalions from which the men came. For example, men listed on the permanent roll as belonging to the 2nd Class of the 7th Company of the 6th Battalion would in the active duty battalion be automatically placed in the 6th Company of the 2nd (Active Duty) Battalion. Since the company captain and lower officers were also called up, their identities provide a clue to the permanent class, company, and battalion to which a particular individual belonged. The battalion colonels, lieutenant colonels, and majors were called to active duty in a specific order. For example, when the 1st Class was called up, the colonel of the 1st Battalion, the lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, and the major of the 3rd Battalion entered into service commanding the 1st Class active-duty Battalion. For the 2nd Class, the colonel of the 2nd Battalion, lieutenant colonel of the First Battalion, and major of the 4th Battalion entered service in command of the 2nd Class active-duty battalion. For the rotation of field officers on active duty, it was therefore necessary to substitute Colonel for Captain, Lieutenant Colonel for 1st Lieutenant, Major for 2nd Lieutenant, etc in the column under each Battalion for Company. After each tour of duty was completed, all of the privates and the company and field officers were returned to their permanent battalion billets. For this reason, a separate permanent billet record and an active duty record would have existed for each individual who saw active duty.

 With the death of John Eisenbrey’s father Peter during the first few years of the Revolutionary War in September 1778, and with John’s Tavern License recorded in January 1776 as referenced above, it would be assumed that John’s wife Catharine ran the tavern during John’s active duty in the Militia. It was extremely common for the widow of a tavern keeper to take over the operations of a tavern or inn at this time in Philadelphia. It would require her to petition for an annual tavern license with the  Magistrates of the Courts of Quarter Session.  In order to obtain a license, the keeper would have to be known to be sober, honest and conscientious. During the 1780 service of John, the tavern may have also been run by Henry Smith, t.k. – “For the John Eisenbrey’s est.”  John’s estate was valued at £10,000 with a tax of £27.10.0 for the City of Philadelphia Effective Supply Tax - 1780, as referenced in Pennsylvania Archives, 3^rd Series, (pub. by David Martin, edit.  by William Henry Engle, Vol. XV).  Also, in the Effective Supply Tax, County of Philadelphia -1779 he is listed in Northern Liberties, West Part --John  Eisenbrey, d.,  ..Amount of  Tax  £ 8. (Pennsylvania Archives, 43 Vol. XIV -3^rd Series, 1897, page 669).  With the event that the tavern and wealth was handed down from Peter Eisenbrey to his only son, John Eisenbrey, the tax increase from just over £4 in 1769, £8 in 1779 to just over £27 in 1780 showing the growing fortunes of the Eisenbrey family during the Revolutionary period of Colonial Philadelphia.

John Eisenbrey – Inn Keeper:

With establishing the Samson and Lion tavern being at Vine and Crown Streets by Peter      Icenbrey in 1770 and John taking over in 1776, with the Philadelphia oral history showing it to be there as well in 1785, well after Peter Eisenbrey’s death, based on available records it cannot be determined the exact date that the tavern moved locations and changed from being a Tavern and became an Inn, with the Samson and Lion being located at 110 N. Fifth Street, Philadelphia. It occurred sometime between 1785 and 1791. There seems to be some evidence that it was 1785.

 

John Eisenbrey had married Catharine Rathschlag in St. Michael’s & Zion Lutheran Church on Sept. 30, 1773 and had six children as referenced above.

In the 1790 Federal Census for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, the first ever “national” census taken in the colonies, it shows:

                                            Free White

Firstname    Lastname         16+                 0-16     Freeman          Other               Slave

John            Isenbrey          1                      3                      1          -                       -

Cath. Eisenbrey is shown in the 1810 Census as a female, tavernkeeper at 110 Fifth .

John Eisenbrey was a member of the local fire company, as shown as follows:

Assistance Fire Company, founded December 28, 1789; located on the east side of Fifth Street, below Race. The Assistance Fire Company was formed principally by persons living in the neighborhood of Fourth and Race Streets, among whom were members of the Lutheran Church, a fact which will account for the choice of the German motto, " Bereit" (Heady), originally inscribed under the badge of the company. The members were Isaac Pennington, Henry Smith, Zachariah Lesh, Philip Odenheimer, Henry Harberger, Jacob Hansell, Philip Hall, John Long, Henry L. Stroop, Henry Peiffer, Godfrey Zeppernick, Valentine Hoffman, John Henchman, Samuel Mechlin, Conrad Sherer, Henry Nagel, John Isenbrise, Andrew Cressman, Martin Borhiff (or Boraeff), Peter Walter, John Muller, George Keeley, John Etris, Henry Ries, Daniel Frismuth. Isaac Pennington was the first president; Samuel Mechlin, vice-president; Philip Hall, treasurer; George Keeley, secretary. The original meetings were held at Smith's Tavern, and a few months afterward at Henry Meyer's Tavern, sign of the Old White Bear, corner of Fifth and Race Streets, where the members met for many years. The company was afterward located on Fifth Street, below Race. In 1800, the engineers of this company procured a box to carry the hose in, for which thanks were returned by the company for their 'ingenious invention," this seeming to be the first employment of a box for that purpose. A bell was presented to the company by Thomas M. Levering, in 1819, which was placed upon the engine house in 1826. In 1808, the trustees of St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church granted to the company the use of a lot on the Southwestern portion of their property- on Race Street, on a lease of twenty-one years — the house to be built of brick.

Peter Lex was a member of the Diligent Fire Company. The Diligent Fire Company was instituted at the Spread Eagle Tavern, on Market Street, near Eighth, kept by Frederick Hubley.

Henry Meyer, the tavern keeper of the Old White Bear mentioned above, was located based on City Directories at 108 North Fifth Street, the south-west corner of 5^th and Race Streets (across the street from the Eisenbreys)– today, this would be located at the site of the Constitution Center, part of the National Park Service, Independence Mall, which is three blocks from Independence Hall.

Through the following Philadelphia City Directories, we can trace location and “ownership” changes through John Eisenbrey’s death in 1793 of Yellow Fever during the epidemic that devastated Philadelphia by approximately 10 -25 percent of its population at the time.  At John’s death, the average life expectancy in Colonial America was 45 years.

 

 The Directories show as follows:

•     Ifenberry John, sign Sampson and Lion, corner of Vine and Crown f(s)treets

 

Source: Francis White, Philadelphia Directory 1785 (page 39)

 

•     Ifenbry John, innkeeper, 110, No. Fifth St. 

                                                                                                        

Source: Clement Biddle, Philadelphia Directory 1791 (page 64)

 

•     Eifenbrey John, innkeeper, 110 No. Fifth St.

Source: James Hardie, Philadelphia Directory 1793 (page 40)

 

•      Eifenbrey, Catharine, innkeeper, 110 No. Fifth St.

Source: James Hardie, Philadelphia Directory 1794 (page 45)

 

•      North Fifth Street, West Side, Continued

Crofs Race – ftreet

110        Catharine Efenbrey, widow,   - Innkeeper.

Author’s Note : The Directory notes that 29 persons died on North 5^th Street during the epidemic of 1793.

Vine Street – South side / cross Fourth St & Pennington’s Alley (Crown)

#144 Scherer Conrad – innkeeper

(Authors Note - this is old address of Samson and Lion, corner of Vine and Crown Sts.)

  Source: Edmund Hogan, The Prospect of Philadelphia and Check on the Next Directory,Part 1, 1795 (page 52)

 

•      Effenbrey, Catharine, widow, inn keeper, 110, corner of Race & Fifth f(s)t

       Source: Thomas Stephens, Philadelphia Directory 1796 (page 57)

 

•      Efenbrey Catherine, widow, innkeeper, 110 north fifth f(s)t.

Source: Cornelius William Stafford, The Philadelphia Directories for 1797 (page 66)

 

•      Eifenbry Catherine, innkeeper, corner of fifth and Race f(s)t.

Source: Stafford, Philadelphia Directory 1798 (page 51)

 

•      Efenbrey Catherine, widow, innkeeper, 112 north Fifth f(s)t.

          Lex and Eifenbrey, grocers, 283 Market f(s)t

          Scherer Conrad, innkeeper, 144 Vine f(s)t

Source: Stafford, Philadelphia Directory 1799 (page 50)

 

•    Efenbrey Catherine, innkeeper  110 north Fifth  f(s)t

Source: Cornelius William Stafford, The Philadelphia Directory for 1800 (alphabetic order) (page 46)

 

•    Efenbry, Catharine, 112 north Fifth St. (Author’s Note: this may be adult daughter)

          Lex and Eifenbrey, grocers, 283 Market f(s)t.

Source: The New Trade Directory for Philadelphia 1800 Annotated (pub. in 1799) (page 185).

 

•    North Fifth St

          110 Eifenbrey Catherine, innkeeper, Race St

            Race St

          228 Eifenbrey Peter, grocer, corner of 7^th St

            Vine St

          132 Smith John, innkeeper, corner of Crown (page 88)

      Source: Stafford, Philadelphia Directory 1801 (page 36)

 

•      Eifenbrey Peter, grocer, 118 N Seventh

          Eifenbrey Catherine, innkeeper, 110 N Fifth

          Smith John, innkeeper, 154 Vine

Source: Robinson, Philadelphia Directory 1802 (page 80)

 

•      Eifenbrey, Peter, grocer, corner Sassafras & Seventh

          Eifenbrey Catharine, innkeeper, 110 N Fifth

        Source: Robinson, Philadelphia Directory 1803 (page 80)

 

•      Eisenbrey Henry, tobacconist, 62 N Water

          Eisenbrey Peter, grocer, corner Sassafras & 7^th

          Eisenbrey Mrs., widow, 177 Sassafras

          Schreiner Eliz., shopkeeper, 11 Cherry

          Smith John M. – innkeeper, 154 Vine

        Source: Robinson, Philadelphia Directory 1804 (page 76)

                                                                                                            

•      Eisenbrey Henry, tobacconist, 176 Sassafras

          Eisenbrey Peter, grocer, corner Sassafras and 7^th

          Eisenbrey Mrs., tavernkeeper, 110 north 5^th

Source: Robinson, Philadelphia Directory 1805 (page 78)

 

•      Eisenbrey Peter, grocer, corner Sassafras and Seventh

          Eisenbrey Henry, tavernkeeper, 110 north Fifth

Source: Robinson, Philadelphia Directory 1806 (page 96)

Directory also shows:

                                   Houses                                    Inhabitants

1749                           2076                            20,000

1776                           5460                            40,000

1806                           13000                          90000 to 100,000

 

•      Eisenbrey, Elizabeth, widow, 177 Sassafras

          Eisenbrey, Henry, tavern keeper, 110 north Fifth

          Eisenbrey, John, grocer, corner Sassafras and Seventh

Source: James Robinson, Philadelphia Directory of 1807 (page 106)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Elizabeth, widow, 177 Sassafras

          Eisenbrey, Catharine, tavern keeper, 110 north Fifth

          Eisenbrey, John, grocer, corner Sassafras & Seventh

Source: James Robinson, Philadelphia Directory of 1808 (page 119)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Elizabeth, widow, 177 Sassafras

          Eisenbrey, Catharine, tavern keeper, 110 north Fifth

          Eisenbrey, John, grocer, corner Sassafras & Seventh

          Eisenbrey Henry, tobacconist, 179 Sassafras

Source: James Robinson, Philadelphia Directory of 1809 (page 96)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Elizabeth, widow, 177 Sassafras

          Eisenbrey, Catharine, tavern keeper, 110 north Fifth

Source: James Robinson, Philadelphia Directory of 1810 (page 91)

 

•     Eisenbrey, Catharine, tavern keeper, 110 north Fifth

Source: Jane Aitken, Census Directory of 1811 (page 98)

 

•    Eisenbrey, Catharine, widow, 177 Race

            Eisenbrey, Jacob, tallow chandler, 179 Race

Source: John A. Paxton, Philadelphia Directory of 1812 (page 140)

 

•      Isenburg, Catharine, widow, 177 Race

                          Jacob, tallow chandler, 179 Race

Source: K&T Kite publishers, Philadelphia Directory of 1814 (page 239)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Jacob, soap manufactory, 365 south Fourth

          Eisenbrey ______, coachmaker, 142 Cherry

          Eisenbrey, Catharine, 177 Sassafras

          Eisenbrey Henry, carter, 4^th near Popular lane

Source: James Robinson, Philadelphia Directory of 1816 (page 137)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Jacob, soap manufactory, 365 south Fourth

          Eisenbrey John, coachmaker, 142 Cherry

          Eisenbrey, Catharine, 57 Zane

          Eisenbrey Henry, carter, 4^th near Popular lane

Source: James Robinson, Philadelphia Directory of 1817 (page 156)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Catharine, widow, 116 N 7th

          Eisenbrey, Henry, 92 north Eleventh

          Eisenbrey, Jacob, soap manufactory, 365 south Fourth

          Eisenbrey John, coachmaker, 142 Cherry

          Eisenbrey Jacob, tallow chandler, 4^th ab Popular

          Eisenbrey, Philip, coachpainter, S 8^th –d.h. 37 Zane

Source: John Adems Paxton, Philadelphia Directory of 1818 (page 120-121)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Henry, superintendent, 179 Race

          Eisenbrey, Jacob, tallow chandler, 4^th ab Popular

          Eisenbrey John, coachmaker, 142 Cherry shop ab 5th

          Eisenbrey, Philip, coachpainter, south 8^th –d.h. 37 Zane (d.h.=dwelling house)

Source: John Adems Paxton, Philadelphia Directory of 1819 (page 148)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Jacob, tallow chandler, 4^th ab Popular

          Eisenbrey, Jacob, carpet weaver, 4⁴³ north Third

          Eisenbrey John, grocer, 142 Cherry

          Eisenbrey, Philip, coachpainter, south 8^th –d.h. 37 Zane

Source: Edward Whitely, Philadelphia Directory and Registry 1820 , 1821 and 1822

 

•      Eisenbrey, Jacob, tallow chandler, 4^th ab Popular

          Eisenbrey John, coachmaker, 116 north Seventh

          Eisenbrey, Philip, coachpainter, south Eighth –d.h. 37 Zane

Source: Robert DeSilver, Philadelphia Directory 1823 (page 137) 1824 (page 157)

 

•      Eisenbrey Philip, coach painter, 37 Zane

                           John, 116 N 7th

           Eidenbries John, carver 116 N 7^th

Source:  Robert DeSilver,  DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide 1826 (page 24)

 

•      Eidenbries John, carver 116 N 7^th

          Eisenbrey  Philip, coach painter    37 Zane

                            John, 116 N 7^th

Source:  Robert DeSilver,  DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide 1828 (page 61)   

                

•      Eidenbries John, carver 116 N 7^th

          Eisenbrey  John jr., 29 Old York road

                            John, 116 N 7^th

                            Philip, coach painter    37 Zane

Source:  Robert DeSilver,  DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide 1829 (page 56)

 

•      Eidenbries   John, carver 116 N 7^th

          Eisenbrey    John, jr   65 Walnut   (see Stephen Girard’s letter to John dtd. 10/20/1831 – Girard died Dec. 26, 1831 - rent shown as received from John in Girard’s estate accounts in1832)

                              John, 116 N 7^th  

           Eisenbrey     Philip, coach painter    37 Zane

Source:  Robert DeSilver,  DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide 1830 (page 56) 1831 (page 62)

 

•      Eidenbreis  John,   carver   116 N 7^th

          Eisenbrey   John, jr,   Spruce ab (above) 2d

                             John,    116 N 7^th

 (Authors note – 1844 City directory shows Sam. Armstrong, cap maker at this address- 116 N. 7th.,also in 1844, Samuel White, then 22 years old, began manufacturing artificial teeth at 116 N. Seventh Street, working in an attic over a first floor store).

                             Philip,   coach painter   37 Zane

Source: Robert DeSilver, DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide for 1833 (page 62)

 

•   Eisenbrey John, jr  carver    117 Spruce                                                                                                      

                       John, coach mr (merchant)  Lawrence above Ward                                                       

                    Philip, coach painter    37 Zane

Source:  Robert DeSilver, DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide for  1835 & 1836 (page 66)

 

•      Eisenbrey     John, jr ., mer., 222 Pine

          Eisenbrey     P., coach painter, h 37 Zane

          Eisenburg, John, coach-mr., 14 Lawrence

Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory 1837 (pages72-73)

 

•      Eisenbrey   John, labourer, N 9^th n Brown

          Eisenbrey    John, jr ., mer., Pine ab 9th

          Eisenbrey     P., coach painter, shoemaker, h 37 Zane

Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory 1839 (pages72-73)

 

•      Eisenbrey    John, jr ., mer., Pine ab 9^th

          Eisenbrey    John, coachm., h 113 Wood

          Eisenbrey     P., coach painter, shoemaker, h 37 Zane

Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory 1840 (pages72) 1841 (page 76)

 

•      Eisenbrey    John, jr ., mer., Pine ab 9^th

          Eisenbrey    John, coachm., h 113 Wood

          Eisenbrey    J.H. stationery, 197 S. 5th

          Eisenbrey     P., coach painter, shoemaker, h 37 Zane

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory 1842 (page 75)

 

•      Eisenbrey    John, jr ., mer., Pine ab 9^th

          Eisenbrey    J.H. stationery, 197 S. 5th

          Eisenbrey     P., coach painter, shoemaker, h 37 Zane

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory 1843 (page 80)

 

•      Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer.(merchant), Pine ab (above) 9^th. 

          Eisenbrey  John    179 N 8^th

          Eisenbrey  J.S. cordw. (cordwainer or shoemaker)  7^th ab Poplar (assume – Jacob)

          Eisenbrey  P., coach painter, Shoemaker, h (house) 37 Zane  (Philip)

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1844, 7^th Edition (page 89)

 

•      Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer.(merchant), Pine ab (above) 9^th. 

                           John Sen. 179 N 8^th

                           John Jun, & Co., mahogany steam mill, Pear and Dock

                           J.S. cordw. ,  7^th ab Poplar (assume – Jacob)

                           P., coach painter, Shoemaker, h (house) 37 Zane  (Philip)

                           Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1845,  (page 103)

 

•      Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer.(merchant), Pine ab (above) 9^th. 

                            John Sen. 179 N 8^th

                            John Jun, & Co., mahogany steam mill, Pear and Dock

                           J.S. cordw. (cordwainer or shoemaker), Alder ab Girard’s av (assume – Jacob)

                           P., coach painter, Shoemaker, h (house) 37 Zane  (Philip)

                           Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1846,  (page 100)

 

•      Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock

                            John Jun, & Co., mahogany steam mill, Pear and Dock

                            J.S. cordw. 259 N 9th

                            Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1847,  (page 98) 1848 (page 101)

 

•      Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock , h 273 Pine

                            John Jun, & Co., mahogany steam mill, Pear and Dock

                            Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1849,  (page 106 ) 1850 (page 118)

 

•       Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock , h 273 Pine

                            John Jun, & Co., mahogany steam mill, Pear and Dock

                            Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1849,  (page 106 ) 1850 (page 118)

 

•       Eisenbrey  Edwin T., saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 81 Pine

          Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock , h Pine ab 8th

          EISENBREY  JOHN & SON,  mahogany steam mill, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1853,  (page 116 )

 

•      Eisenbrey  Edwin T., saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 81 Pine

          Eisenbrey Frank A., clerk, 174 Market

          Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock , h Pine opp Penn. Hospital

          Eisenbrey  Mary A. dressmr., 34 Dunston (K)    K= Kensington

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1854,  (page 149 )

 

•       Eisenbrey  Edwin T., saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 81 Pine

          Eisenbrey Frank A., clerk, 128 S 6th

          Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock , h Pine opp Penn. Hospital

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  J. Alfred, Pine ab 8th

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Sassafras

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1855,  (page 154 )

 

•      Eisenbrey  Edwin T., saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 81 Pine

          Eisenbrey Frank A., clerk, 128 S 6th

          Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock , h Pine opp Penn. Hospital

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  J. Alfred, Pine ab 8th

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Race, h 116 N 7th

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1856,  (page 180 )

 

•      Eisenbrey  Edwin T., saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 81 Pine

          Eisenbrey Frank A., clerk, 128 S 6th

          Eisenbrey  John, jr.,  mer., Pear and Dock , h Pine opp Penn. Hospital

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  J. Alfred, Pine ab 8th

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, N.E. 5^th and Race, h 116 N 7th

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1856,  (page 180 )

 

•       Eisenbrey Conrad, baker, 837 N 15^th

          Eisenbrey  Edwin T., saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 925 Pine

          Eisenbrey  John, mer., Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  J. Alfred, 814 Pine

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, S.E. 5^th and Race, h 156 N 7th

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1858,  (page 190 )

 

•      Eisenbrey Charles, milkman, Haines (GT)                      ( GT=Germantown)

          Eisenbrey  Edwin T., mer, Pear and Dock, h  925 Pine

          Eisenbrey  John, merchant, Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  J. Alfred, Pear and Dock, h 21^st bel Walnut

          Eisenbrey Wm., tailor, S.E. 5^th and Race, h 156 N 7^th

          Eisenbrey Wm, Limekiln pike (GT)

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1859,  (page 199 )

 

•      Eisenbrey Alfred J., sawyer, Pear and Dock h 422 S 11th

          Eisenbrey  Edwin T., mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 925 Pine

          Eisenbrey J. Alfred, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock, h S 11^th n Pine

          Eisenbrey  John, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SONS, (Edwin T. & J. Alfred) steam saw mill and mahogany yard, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  W. Harrison, clerk, 814 Pine

          Eisenbry, Isaiah, milkman, Limekiln Pike

          Eisenbrey William, milkman, Limekiln Pike

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1860,  (page 272)

 

• Additions, Corrections and Remarks:

                Eisenbrey Alfred , sawmill Pear and Dock, h 422 S 11th

                Eisenbrey  Edwin T., steam saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 925 Pine

                Eisenbrey John, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 814 Pine

                Eisenbrey  John, Jr., mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

                EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, (John & Edwin T. Eisenbrey) steam saw mill and mahogany yard, Pear and Dock

                Eisenbrey  William H., accountant, 814 N front

                Eisenbrey William Harrison, clerk, 904 Chestnut, h 814 Pine

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1861,  (page 273)

 

•      Eisenbrey  Edwin T., steam saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 925 Pine

          Eisenbrey John, mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock, h 814 Pine

          Eisenbrey  John, Jr., mahogany saw mill, Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

          Eisenbrey, J. Alfred, merchant, 814 Pine

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, (John Eisenbrey Jr., Edwin T.) steam saw mill and mahogany yard, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  William H., book keeper , 814 N Front

          Eisenbrey W. H., clerk, 908 Chestnut, h 814 Pine

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1862,  (page 187)

 

•      Eisenbrey John, mahogany mill, Pear and Dock, h 814 Pine

          Eisenbrey John, Jr., saw mill, Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

          Eisenbrey, J. Alfred, merchant, 814 Pine

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, (John Jr. & Edwin T. Eisenbrey) steam saw mill and mahogany yard, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  William, furnisher and clothier, SE 5^th & Race, h 156 N 7th

          Eisenbrey W. H., clerk, 908 Chestnut, h 814 Pine

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1864,  (page 206)

 

•      Eisenbrey, Edwin T., sawmill, Pear and Dock, h 925 Pine

          Eisenbrey, Isaiah, carpenter, Queen ab Green

          Eisenbrey John, mahogany mill, Pear and Dock, h 814 Pine

          Eisenbrey  John, Jr., saw mill, Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

          Eisenbrey, J. Alfred, merchant, 814 Pine

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, (John Jr. & Edwin T. Eisenbrey) steam saw mill and mahogany yard, Pear and Dock

          Eisenbrey  William, furnisher and clothier, SE 5^th & Race, h 156 N 7th

          Eisenbrey W. H., clerk, 908 Chestnut, h 814 Pine

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1865,  (page 210)  1866 (page 221)

 

•      Eisenbrey  Charles, coachmaker, 1849 N 6^th

          Eisenbrey Charles, umbrella frame maker, 106 Ellen

          Eisenbrey, E. T., sawmill, Pear and Dock, h 925 Pine

          Eisenbrey, Isaiah, carpenter, 126 Queen

          Eisenbrey  John, Jr., merchant, Pear and Dock , h 814 Pine

          EISENBREY, JOHN & SON, (John Jr. & Edwin T. Eisenbrey) mahogany, Pear and Dock

         Eisenbrey J. Lehman, dentist, 141 N 10^th

         Eisenbrey Louis, store, 115 Dana

         Eisenbrey, William, clerk, 719 N Front

         Eisenbrey  William, gents’ furnishing goods,  5^th & Race, h 7^th below Race

         Eisenbrey, William, milkman, 1216 Oxford

         Eisenbrey W. Harrison., merchant, 908 Chestnut, h 814 Pine

      Source:  McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory for 1867,  (page 224)  

 

(Authors Note: In the above Directories,  where the directory reflects an “f”, which the style of writing as “s” during this time.)

 

With Johann (John) Eisenbrey’s death in 1793, the children and grandchildren of John eventually took on different careers although there seemed to be evidence of several joint projects. It seems that the sons of John had a Mahogany Saw Mill at Dock and Pear Streets in Philadelphia. The sawmill’s location at Dock and Pear Streets is the exact location of the Morris family brewery established by Anthony Morris. This brewery produced the porter beer that George Washington drank during his presidency in Philadelphia. It seems that John Jr. had the controlling interest in this business and is listed as a merchant in the Directories above. The Philadelphia City Council in 1850 paid from public funds to the saw mill:

1850, . . .

To John Eisenbrey & Son, for sawing circular

plank into handles, felloes, &c, for wheel- barrows,

 

 Source: Frank H. Taylor, Old Philadelphia Prints, "Along Old Pear Street"

 

The saw mill continued in the Eisenbrey family well into and after the Civil War era. The following in the Philadelphia Directory of 1861 –CoPartnerships and Dissolutions:

Eisenbrey Albert, sawmill, Pear, h(house) 422 S 11^th.

In the 1880 Federal Census, Isaiah Eisenbrey is listed in Philadelphia with an occupation shown as “working in saw mill.

Albert (John Alfred –Born: Aug. 29, 1833) was the child of Johann Eisenbrey (Born: May 25, 1807), the grandchild of John Jr.  John Alfred composed music and sheet music is available for a polka he composed.

 Another of Johann’s (known as John Sr. in directories but not John – Peter’s son who died in 1793) children was Edwin T. Eisenbrey (Born:  Nov. 22, 1828). Edwin T.  in Feb. 18, 1888, was located at 200 Pear Street, Philadelphia. It seems that Edwin T. arranged for the Historical Society a Banquet in Commemoration of the Framing and Signing of the Constitution of the United States at the Academy of Music, given by the Learned Societies of Phila. , on Sept. 17, 1887- he was involved with other banquets for the HSP --see Letter to Mr. F.D. Stone with Menu for Feb. 22, 1888.  Edwin T. was committeemen to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP). He was involved in the expansion of the HSP. See Letter from Addison Hutton, Architect – As to Historical Society Hall, and he was also involved as a Trustee in the Centennial celebration of the Constitution.

Edwin T’s brother, William Harrison Eisenbrey was involved with constructing trails in the Delaware Water Gap, now part of the National Park Service, during the 1860s.  A cliff at the Delaware Water Gap was named for him:

 

A old map of the trail and location of Eisenbrey Cliff is available at the Library of Congress.

The Sawmill was destroyed by fire as follows:

Oct. 1st, 1847. A fire broke out in the mahogany sawing-mill of Eisenbury & Co., on the corner of Pear and Dock streets. The buildings and contents were completely destroyed. Loss $30,000.

(Source: The Firemen: The Fire Departments of the United States with a Full Account of All Large Fires by David D. Dana, 1858.)

John Eisenbrey, Jr. was known to be one of the wealthiest Philadelphians with an estate of $50,000. John Jr. also built a house at 814 Pine Street across from the Pennsylvania Hospital, which the family supported. The house was used by Oprah Winfrey in the movie “Beloved“, and currently, as of Feb. 2011, listed for sale for $4.9 million.

John Eisenbrey, Jr. is shown as the head of the household with 7 family members total in the 1820 Federal Census located in the South Mulberry Ward of Philadelphia. John Jr.’s wife, was Suzanna Heyler. Her parents were John (shop keeper who died in 1821) and Suzanna Heyler.

 Upon John’s death in 1793, his Will was probated on November 17, 1793 (after the end of the Yellow fever epidemic) in the office of the Register of Wills in Philadelphia, and is available to see, along with the copy of the original Will and Inventory attached.  John leaves his entire estate to his wife Catherine. John’s Will lists his brother-in-law Peter Lex as an Executor of the estate. Peter Lex was married to Catharine’s sister Elizabeth Rathschlag (married in Zion Lutheran Church on 2/21/1779) and was a grocer (Herbst & Lex on Market Street.) Peter was first listed as a butcher in Phila. Directory and he also served in the City Militia – see copy of original Quarrier Muster Roll, First Class. Other Philadelphia Lex family members listed in the Philadelphia Directories are Andrew Lex, butcher on Cresson’s Alley and Jacob Lex, also a butcher on Brown St between 3^rd and 4^th.  Also signing the Will was Henry Helmuth, the Lutheran Minister that accounts for John’s death in his Account of the Yellow Fever Epidemic told below, as well as John Etris, who’s land/alley is on the block of the 5^th and Race location of the family tavern and is shown in the 1791 Directory as a grocer and tallow chandler at 130 North Fifth St.  Jacob Hansell was listed as a witness in the Will and was married to Catherine’s sister Maria Rathschlag on May 9, 1786 in St Michael’s & Zion Church. Hansell named his brother-in-law Peter Lex as executor of his Will and was listed in 1807 City Directory as a Blacksmith and Storekeeper at 162 Sassafras.  

John’s Will was dated/signed September 4, 1793, with his death on September 15^th and Rev. Helmuth’s account below mentions his burial in his September 18^th entry, with the German Lutheran Church burial records showing John’s burial on September 17th (probably  incorrectly written in the church records weeks/months after burials). It was generally agreed that the victim of the disease would suffer and die a horrendous death within eight days of infection from a mosquito bite. This would mean John would have been infected on around the 7^th of September, right at the crisis stage of the epidemic sweeping through Philadelphia. It is suspected that John wrote his Will as the crisis was building as a means to ensure the passing of his estate to his wife and children. It is not known if he knew he was infected or not at the time he created his will.  It is also not known if the remainder of the family fled the city and John stayed to operate the inn. There are no facts to suggest that    John was treated by a doctor, or who the doctor was that may have treated him, was Doctor Benjamin Rush.  John was not taken to Bush Hill, based on records reflecting who was taken to this hospital. (There is an account that follows from Carey on the plague.)

The following inscription, translated from German, is (was ?) on a tombstone in the Burying ground of The German Lutheran Church located at Eighth and Franklin Streets, between Vine and Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

In memory of John (Johann) Eisenbrey who departed this Life September 15th, 1793 aged 42 years 5 months, also Catherine Eisenbrey Wife Eisenbrey who departed this life July 5th (1831) aged 73 years.

John and Catherine were not relocated to Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1924 with the building of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Their son John (know as John Sr. in directories) and his son John Jr. are buried there. There is a mass grave with other family members and other church members of the Evangelical Luthern Church of St. John, which was located at 8^th  between Race and Vine Sts.  It seems that Peter, Dorothy, John and Catherine may still buried in Franklin Square.

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Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia,   1793
	With a  population of approximately 55,000 in 1793, Philadelphia was America's largest city, its capital and its busiest port. The summer of that year was unusually dry and hot. The water levels of streams and wells were dangerously reduced, providing an excellent breeding ground for insects. By July the city's inhabitants were remarking on the extraordinary number of flies and   mosquitoes that swarmed around the dock area. That same month, a trickle of refugees escaping political turmoil in the Caribbean Islands became a torrent of thousands as ship after ship unloaded its human cargo on Philadelphia's docks. Unbeknownst to the city's inhabitants, all the necessary ingredients for an unprecedented health disaster were now in place. With them, the Caribbean refuges brought Yellow Fever.   Philadelphia's ravenous mosquitoes provided the perfect vehicle for spreading the disease by first lunching on an infected victim and then biting a healthy   one. The first fatalities appeared in July and the numbers grew steadily. The afflicted initially experienced pains in the head, back and limbs accompanied by a high fever. These symptoms would often disappear, leaving a false sense   of security. Shortly, the disease would announce its return with an even more   severe fever and turn the victim's skin a ghastly yellow while he vomited black clots of blood. Death soon followed as the victim slipped into a   helpless stupor. Unaware of the link between the mosquito and the disease's progress, Philadelphia's medical community was dumbfounded. Dr. Benjamin Rush, the city's leading physician and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, advised citizens to flee the city. He worked tirelessly to comfort and save the the hapless victims, but with little success. A good portion of the population, along with members of Congress, President Washington and his Cabinet, abandoned the city. The disease subsided and finally disappeared with the arrival of cold weather in November. It is estimated that 2,000 died. "The horrors were heart rendering." Samuel Breck was a Philadelphia merchant newly arrived to the city: "I had scarcely become settled in Philadelphia when in July, 1793, the yellow fever broke out, and, spreading rapidly in August, obliged all the citizens who could remove to seek safety in the country. My father took his family to Bristol on the Delaware, and in   the last of August I followed him... I was compelled to return to the city on the 8th of September, and spend the 9th there. Everything looked gloomy, and forty-five deaths were reported for the 9th. And yet it was nothing then to what it became three or four weeks later, when from the first to the twelfth of October one thousand 'persons died. On the twelfth a smart frost came and checked its ravages. The horrors of this memorable affliction were extensive and heart rending. Nor were they softened by professional skill. The disorder was   in a great measure a stranger to our climate, and was awkwardly treated. Its rapid march, being from ten victims a day in August to one hundred a day in October, terrified the physicians, and led them into contradictory modes of   treatment. They, as well as the guardians of the city, were taken by surprise. No hospitals or hospital stores were in readiness to alleviate the sufferings of the poor. For a long time nothing could be done other than to furnish coffins for the dead and men to bury them. At length a large house in the neighborhood was appropriately fitted up for the reception of patients, and a few pre-eminent philanthropists volunteered to superintend it. At the head of them was Stephen Girard, who has since become the richest man in America. In private families the parents, the children, the domestics lingered and died, frequently without assistance. The wealthy soon fled; the fearless or indifferent remained from choice, the poor from necessity. The inhabitants were reduced thus to one-half their number, yet the malignant action of the disease increased, so that those who were in health one day were buried the next. The burning fever occasioned paroxysms of rage which drove the patient naked from his bed to the street, and in some instances to the river, where he was drowned. Insanity was often the last stage of its   horrors." "The attendants on   the dead stood on the pavement soliciting jobs" Breck recounts the experience of his father's neighbor: "...Counting upon the comparative security of his remote residence from the heart of the town, (he) ventured to brave the disorder, and fortunately escaped its attack. He told me that in the height of the sickness, when death was sweeping away its hundreds a week, a man applied to him for leave to sleep one night on the stable floor. The gentleman, like everyone else, inspired with fear and caution, hesitated. The stranger pressed his request, assuring him that he had avoided the infected parts of the city, that his health was very good, and promised to go away at sunrise the next day. Under these circumstances he admitted him into his stable for that night. At peep of day the gentleman went to see if the man was gone. On opening the door he found him lying on the floor delirious and in a burning fever. Fearful of alarming his family, he kept it a secret from   them, and went to the committee of health to ask to have the man removed. That committee was in session day and night at the City Hall in Chestnut Street. The spectacle around was new, for he had not ventured for some weeks so low down in town. The attendants on the dead stood on the   pavement in considerable numbers soliciting jobs, and until employed they were occupied in feeding their horses out of the coffins which they had provided in anticipation of the daily wants. These speculators were useful, and, albeit with little show of feeling, contributed greatly to lessen, by competition, the charges of interment. The gentleman passed on through these callous spectators until he reached the room in which the committee was assembled, and from whom he obtained the services of a quack doctor, none other being in attendance. They went together to the stable, where the doctor examined the man, and then told the gentleman that at ten o'clock he would send the cart with a suitable coffin, into which he requested to have the dying stranger placed. The poor man was then alive and begging for a drink of water. His fit of delirium had subsided, his reason had returned, yet the experience of the soi-disant doctor enabled him to foretell that his death would take place in a few hours; it did so, and in time for his corpse to be conveyed away by the cart at the hour appointed. This sudden exit was of common occurrence. The whole number of deaths in 1793 by yellow fever was more than four thousand." References:    Samuel Breck's account appears in Hart, Albert Bushnell, American History Told by Contemporaries, vol. 3 (1929); Powell, John Harvey,   Bring Out Your Dead, The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793   (1949). Article:   "Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia, 1793," EyeWitness to History,   www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2005).

 

 

The head of the Eisenbrey family would not escape the description of the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia during the summer of 1793. As you can see from the records and description of the Yellow Fever epidemic that follow by Mathew Carey’s – A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, John Eisenbrey, tavern-keeper is specifically shown in the list of the dead:

 

 

The Yellow Fever epidemic started with the first death reported on August 19, 1793 and was thought to end on the 31^st of October. John Eifenbrey, tavern keeper is accounted for twice on the last page shown (mis-spelled Eyfenbry) and is part of the September statistics. The city began to recover, families returned from the outer city and the city returned to operating back to normal, if that could be said – but not for the Eisenbrey family.

John’s sickness and burial from Yellow Fever in 1793 was noted as follows:

J. Henry C. Helmuth wrote a memoir of his experiences as a Lutheran minister during the 1793 epidemic entitled Short Account of the Yellow Fever in Philadelphia for the Reflecting Christian. The diary he kept during the epidemic is at the Lutheran Seminary in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. It is in German and has been translated. An article on Helmuth's experiences, "Pastoral Heroism in a Panic," by Tappert, appeared in the Lutheran Church Quarterly in 1940. Below is a translated portion of the Diary of Henry Helmuth which highlights the September 4th visit to John and the September 18^th entry referring to John Eisenbrey’s burial. Copies of the entries that refer to John Eisenbrey by Pastor Helmuth are from Volumn 21 (of approximately 90 volumns) in the Lutheran Seminary archives in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia ans from the following journal entries you can see John's fate and the fate of his friends, family and neighbors :

 

4 September, Wednesday: I confessed to the Lord all the virtues I pretended to possess, and all my sins. The pretended virtues are the worse and they are really a mockery in the side of God.  I prayed, I preached, I visited Kornien and accompanied Luise. Oh, my sins- my sins- Lord Jesus forgive them and have the atonement work for me. D. Wistar is ill and D. Hutchenson is not better yet.

Ships arrived are from Ireland where a contagious fever runs ramped. Twenty left the ships and are hiding inside the city and the residents are getting very scared.
French: 300 French were put in prison yesterday, they had come from New York , carrying weapons and they wanted to get to Governor Galbout.

A blacksmith in the Market Street, namely a Mister Essler, died of the fever. – He was still healthy and working last Friday. A carriage maker, the son of Dipperger, died also with the same fever.
His wife, which had just entered childbed, is dying right now.
The wife of Bartow in the 4^th street, who prepares the dead bodies, also died of that fever.

Mrs.  Greenleaff said good bye, she is fleeing into the county side.
Scripture:  “ Repent and believe in the Gospel”. Barbara is not well and there is not one person in the house that could have gotten her a drink of water.

I went to Stockards – Mrs. Roehn – Henzmann, whose wife is severely ill - went to the front street and stopped in to see a girl in Crehk’s home – went to the blacksmith Schlessmann’s home where there are three sick people and a French Doctor who prescribed several cool therapies, to cool down the temperature of the bodies.

In Hahn’s house two more children took ill – we buried the wife of Batow.

Visited Mrs. Hoffmann and Schwaab’s in Campt – the first will probably die, but Schwaab is feeling better again.

Mr. Christler brought me to the door – I visited Eisenbrey for a long time.  He told me all about his wild life and seemed to feel much remorse for his actions.  I “referred him to Jesus”- The Bieler girls came and helped me in the house.

At 7 o ‘clock we buried the young Dibberger
He did not die yesterday as people thought, but he only died at 2 pm in the afternoon today.

 

11 Sept.: Visited the old Beck, but he was unconscious. Buried Mrs.Deis and later a child from Campt[own?]. Talked to two people at the funeral, Ritter and Karcker, about religion. At noon was asked to come to the Frontstr., visited also the sick girl of Schwaap's. In the afternoon again to Krehre's son. Buried the old Mrs.Kempf and Mrs.Dewis. Made a poem about the present hardship of the town. Late at night was asked to visit a man named Tryon who felt very humble. ["Verlegenheit", religious meaning]

[entries for Sept.12-15 missing]

16.Sept. Monday I am afraid that today the number of burials will exceed yesterdays. Schmidt preached in the morning service, the church was very full. Visited Kraser's son, then Henzmann's wife, then Diderich's son and a woman in Spiels and the corpse of the young Schubert. In the afternoon in Crostsum's[?] Alley - to a Selber-Gut Peter Hartmann's wife. Six or seven more corpses. A lot of work till late, came home very tired. At night again to the Zucker-Alley at 8th Str to visit a sick person. Met Dr. Duffield there.

17.Sept. Tuesday Weather changed, fresh wind from the north. Will hopefully change the hardship. Went to P.Schmidt - opened the windows in the church - went to see the sister of Wagner in the Moravian Alley, but she was already dead. Preached and prayed at Zion, crowded.

18.Sept. Wednesday Went to the widow Wegman whose son has been sick since yesterday. Went to Morgan's, his wife is sick, but better. Buried Eisenbrey. Visited a sick person in the Front- between Wirestr. and Ardbuckle Row. Was asked to come to Roler's house, but the sick person was already dead. Visited Kraft's, the daughter is dying. Spent a lot of time with the old Herzmann, who also lay down and wanted to write down his will. Visited Stucker's, he had a heart attack and is dying. Buried the young Weissmann and Katto. Preached about how important and blessed it is to live with Jesus. Met D.Rush who is feeling well and confident. Felt bad myself. Lord, your will may be done!

19.Sept. Thursday Visited Mrs.Strubelin - Stacker's - Krafft and daughter. Smelled the breath of death for the first time since all this hardship began, was scared.

(entries for Sept.20-22 missing] [page 91

[Sept.22?] Schreyer and his wife dead - also Kroll. Buried Stucker. It was decided to have services again in both churches. Visited the child of Mr.Krebser who got the fever, also the oldest child and the apprentice. P.Schmidt's servant got an attack, too. Baptized some children. Preached at Zion in the afternoon, blessed. Visited Mrs.Meineke. Visited Bock's sister in Kensington. Visited Mrs.Richter in Frontstr.  Mr. Lex spent a lot of time here. Barbara changed her mind, she does not want to go to Germantown. Schrager and his wife were buried today, also Flech - etc.

23.Sept. Monday Segitz was buried early this morning. He left the congregation Ll00. Visited a sick man and woman in Campt. Visited Samuel Becker who is going to die. Went to the sick Beck who is also close to his end. Visited Schlesmann, the other baker, who is also very sick. Talked to Christler who seems to be better. Prayed with Mrs.Meineke who said she was feeling better. Krebser's children and apprentice are well again. Buried Kinzler - Kesler's son and Denberger. Knaker's son came and told me that his father has to be buried tonight.

[entries for Sept.24-28 missing]

[28.Sept.?] Mrs.Gasner very sick. Prayed for her. Krafft better - Hawkins with the whole family very bad. Many good news from Bush Hill that sick people get better.

29.Sept. Sunday The sickness and death are all around us. Lord Jesus, help us. Do not leave us alone. You know what I am hoping for myself and my family. Visited the wife of the young Stockard and prayed with her. Preached in Zion. Had to sing myself because no schoolmaster was there. Baptized a child. Was asked to come to the old Forstberg who is dying. Buried Carl Sing who had still been sitting in front of his door last night. Went to Schleicher who is going to die this time. Went to Holtenius who is very weak. Talked and prayed with a couple in the Lombard Str. who are very sick. Baptized the child of Bock's. Was asked to visit Morgan-Schmidt in the Walnutstr.

[entries for Sept.30-Oct.11 missing]

[Oct.11?] Met Riese's daughter. Visited Jacob and his English wife. Then to widow Knodel who was better. Visited Hazard's English and German servant. Went to Mich.Keppele and again to G.Keppele. Talked to two Quaker and tried to convince them that this was a very blessed time for Philadelphia. One of them was moved and started to cry. D.Rodgers has also lost his wife. Was feeling very well, had taken some of -'Keinles Mixtur" Our servant who had wanted to leave this morning because she was afraid of getting infected because I had so much to do with sick people decided to stay.

Margin: 21 corpses

12.Oct. Saturday P.Schmidt, Fridrich and Gotfried were better, also Georg Keppel. Drove to Camptown - Mrs.Weiser was dead - the young Strauss better, also Schneider and Walter and his wife. Sturmfels still sick - Janus better, but his child dying - Michael Hay and his wife dying, also Stahlin. The young Anthony and Mrs.Stuckard dead. Walter in 4th Str. still very sick. Becker and his wife better. Ries better, his daughter very sick and son's wife sick, too. Burkhard very sick - his wife almost well. Daum better, his wife dying. Schiller better - Mrs.Buss in Campt. very sick. Rain in the evening. Feeling not as well as yesterday, afraid that I will become sick, too.

Margin: Buried 17 today. 130 were buried in our congregation during the last week.

13.Oct. Sunday Strong Northwestwind during the whole night. Perhaps God wants to help this poor city and bring back it's health by this wind. Went to P.Schmidt, he seems to be better. Keppeler's servant is about to die. I am afraid the poor G.Keppele will cause a lot of problems for his family - he talked to me today for a much too long time about his contestations. Lord Jesus, help him! Preached to a large gathering about Jes.26,1. I showed that Philadelphia is a very blessed city - the Lord is among us and especially in our congregation. I proved this with examples of dead and still living people. Baptized a child. Announced that I could not be with the corpses, that the sick should be reported to me in the morning so that I could [next page missing, perhaps "visit them in the afternoon"]

[entries for oct.14-18 missing]

19.Oct. Saturday Visited the widow Holz and prayed with her. Mr.Otts son told me that his father was sick. Visited him, he was better. Burnes asked me to visit his servant Bahlmann in the Frontstr. I found her to be very weak, talked and prayed with her in English (because of her relatives) and in German. The widow Gottschall and her sister had become sick yesterday, were both better today - prayed with them. Widow Noltanius is also better, prayed with her, too. The old Roehn is a bit better, but still dangerous, prayed with him. The daughter of Lehmann very weak. It was a blessed visit. I found Daum's son better and him completely well. Emerig's son seemed to be very bad. Hagener's daughter was more quiet in her feelings today than yesterday. Kockenberger still very weak. Mrs.Buck a bit better. - Neumann had already left the house. Wall was also better.

In the last week 96 members died, what is 34 less than last week - praise be to God - on the condition that not too many will have to be buried this afternoon, but I do not expect that.

Margin: This week 101 members of our congregation were buried.

The weather changed, strong wind, but no rain.

[entries for Oct.20-26 missing]

[26.Oct.?] Valentin Krieg a bit better. Talked with Burkhard, both he and his wife almost well. Wagener's wife very bad. Hailer had again become sick, but better. Haass and his wife better, but still weak. Kerle and Wagener's wife buried today. Emmerig's son very sick.

Margin: 5 corpses.

27.Oct. Sunday Eight buried yesterday at Fischer's. One corpse today, Rieb. Visited Peter Gabels wife after church in Campt. and the widows. Muff better, daughter in law dying. Buried Rieb after the service. Very cold, but no rain.

Margin: one corpse.

28.Oct. Monday Cold northwind. Buried the widow Pab - and Muff's wife - in the afternoon Emmerig's son. Visited the widow Dischong and her son, then Boshard's wife and Hagener's daughter.

Margin. 6 corpses

29.Oct. Monday(sic) Ice, very cold.

[entries for Oct.29-Nov.2 missing]

Visited Hanna Biehler - she got the fever a couple of days ago.

Margin: 3 corpses

3.Nov. Sunday Heralds of coming punishment in this city: the theater [Commodien Haus] plays the new theater, Sabbath breaking, making fun of the gospel, perjury - miserliness - deception

Sermon: The Lord brought all this dying to our town. He makes no differences in his punishment.

Baptized two children. Visited Hanna Bieler who is better. Buried a woman from Southwark - and the mother of H.Scheiblegt.

Margin: 5 corpses.

4.Nov. Monday Was asked to visit Bernhard Bock who was very sick of the rampant sickness. Prayed with him. He vomited just when I was there. Baptized a child in Campt. in Merkel's house. The sickness declines, but it was very warm yesterday and many people were afraid of the consequences. Spend a lot of time with P.Schmidt.

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According to Mathew Carey’s Account shown above, there were 10 buried under the accounts of the German Lutheran’s on September 18^th . One of these would have been John Eisenbrey. During his account, the German Lutheran’s buried 641 of the 4041 accounted as being buried during the epidemic. Other names in Mathew Carey’s Account were prominent Philadelphians such as Pemberton, Drinker, Cresson, Emlens, Pennington, Powel and John Ross (Betsy Ross’s husband). In addition others related to or familiar to the Eisenbrey’s also died during the Yellow Fever Epidemic. Names of these individuals are Hansell, Barnet's wife - tailor, Hansell, Mr. - Germ., John Hall, Philip Hall – butcher, John Cline – bricklayer, Philip Cline –baker, John Lawrence’s wife, Jacob Lawrence’s two children, Nicholas Steinmetz – labourer, Casper Steinmetz, John Steinmetz, cooper and Mary, his mother, Philip Phile – musician, Conrad Sherer (bought Crown and Vine tavern house),  George Lex – butcher, Jacob Lex’s child, Widow Leybrandt, Jacob Schreiner Sr., age 57 yrs., 1 mo., 2 weeks buried on Sept. 13^th,  John Stillwaggon (Johannes Stelwagen)–hatter, buried on Sept. 18^th, and Elizabeth Schreiner buried on Sept. 29^th. The Yellow Fever Epidemic was a devastating event for the City of Philadelphia, and the Eisenbrey family.

 

 

CATHARINE  EISENBREY (nee RATHSCHLAG)

Born :          March 2, 1756

Married:      John Eisenbrey on September 30, 1773 at St. Michael’s and Zion Church, Phila.

Died:           July 5, 1831

 

 

Portrait of Catharine Rathschlag Eisenbrey

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Father – Joh. Henrich Rathschlag              Mother – Maria Elisabeth Rathschlag

Catharine Rathschlag’s father,  Joh. Henrich Rathschlag immigrated to Philadelphia on October 21, 1754 on the Ship Friendship, Charles Ross, Captain from Amsterdam, last of Gosport, England. The inhabitants were from Franconia and Hesse. Catharine Rathschlag’s parents were married in Germany and Catharine was born in Philadelphia.

The first child of  Joh. Henrich and Maria Elisabeth Rathschlag , Maria Cathrina (Catharine) was born March 2, 1756 and  with a baptismal entry of March 7, 1756   in the records of the St Michael and Zion Lutheran Church with sponsors of widow, Maria Cathrina Schepp (m) Johannes Frank.

Sister – Elizabeth Rathschlag, who was born July 9, 1758, baptized at St. Michael’s on July 15, 1758, with sponsors Johannes Grannier (Ref) and wife Catherina, and  married Peter Lex on February 21, 1779 at St Michael’s.   

Brother – Martin Rathschlag, who was born August 3, 1761 and baptized at St Michael’s on August 23, 1761. Martin died approximately July 28, 1762. In ”The Journals of Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg”, see copies of pages 540 and 541 of translated book in Volume I, the Rev. Henry Muhlenberg cites on July 28, 1762, Wednesday …”In  the evening buried Henrich Rathschlag’s little son, Martin. Mr. Rothenbuhler went along. Two other children, those of Messrs.Odenheimer and Lehman, were added, and I preached a funeral sermon for them on Job 1:19-22. Another sad and comfortless night followed.” On July 31, Saturday, he also notes:  “ Received 7s. 6d. from Henrich Rathschlag for the funeral of his child.

Brother – Johann Georg Rathschlag, who was born June 5, 1763 and baptized at St Michael’s on  June 12, 1763, with sponsors of sponsors of Johann George Reusch and wife.

Brother – Henrich Rathschlag, who was born February 7, 1766 and baptized on the same date, with church sponsors of his father and Adam Tatz and his wife.

Sister –  Anna Maria Rathschlag, who was born July 9, 1767 , baptized at St. Michael’s on   July  19, 1767 and  married Jacob Hansell on May 9, 1786. Her sponsors were George Reusch and wife, Anna Maria.

In the 1791 Philadelphia Directory, there is an entry – Rathfschlach, Elizabeth, widow, 120, No. Fifth St.  This must be Henrich Rathschlag’s wife, since Elizabeth was still married to Peter Lex in 1791. Elizabeth is listed in the 1793 City Directory with a last name spelled, Roachlock with the same description as in the Directory of 1791. She is still listed in the 1798 Philadelphia City Directory as Rothf(s)lacken and 1801 Directory as Widow (last Directory she is listed).

Catharine’s sister, Elizabeth was married to Peter Lex on February 21, 1779, who was a butcher at the time of their marriage, but a grocer on Market Street. Herbst & Lex, grocers are listed in the Philadelphia City Directories in 1785 with an address of 713 Market Street and 1791 at 283 Market Street, which would be in the center of the block between 7^th and 8^th Streets. In 1791, Thomas Jeffereson lists a payment to Herbst and Lex in his family papers. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence at 230 Market. Peter Lex continues the grocery store and becomes Lex and Eisenbrey, where Peter Eisenbrey joins Peter Lex for a short time in 1799.  Peter had contributed substantially to the founding of the German Lutheran Aid Society in 1790 and was known as a wealthy grocer. The Lex family, including Peter’s father, Andrew had a strong connection to the Eisenbrey family.  Andrew was a butcher and lived on Race Street, between 5^th and 6^th Streets, at the present location of the Constitution Center.  Andrew Lex died on May 30, 1772.  In Peter Lex’s estate accounting available in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Claxton Family Papers, Ref# 2152, (Claxton related to Rehn family. Casper Rehn married Dorothea Lex) shows Philip Eisenbrey in 1836 and 1843 being paid for painting houses owned by Peter Lex’s estate. The Eisenbrey/ Rathsclag/ Lex families lived very close to each other throughout the families lives. Peter Lex was born in Germany in 1750 and died on January 10, 1831. Elizabeth Lex (nee Rathschlag) died in November 30,1843, leaving a Will, a copy of which is on file in source documents and found in Claxton Family Papers, with an estate valued at $52,829.06,  a substantial amount at the time and had grown significantly since Peter’s death. Peter and Elizabeth Lex's graves were recently rediscovered at the Woodlands Cemetery, near the University of Pennsylvania , in Philadelphia.

Portrait of Peter Lex, Attributed to John Paradise

This portrait was painted by John Paradise, a family friend. John Paradise, a native of New Jersey, studied for a short time under Volozan, and came out as a professional portrait-painter in Philadelphia in 1803. He left this city in 1810 to settle in New York, where he was engaged in his profession for many years. He died in New Jersey.

The above portrait of Catharine Eisenbrey, although references are “Mrs. Peter Eisenbrey” –is incorrectly referenced on the portrait. Portrait available and held by family.

Catharine ran the tavern from 1793 to approximately the year 1813 at 110 N. Fifth Street upon which the tavern was sold to William Hurlick. This would confirm the 1813 date being at the top of the Samson and Lion sign as mentioned in the Philadelphia Annals. Catharine would live at various locations on Sassafras St and at N. 6^th Streets prior to her death after the sale of the tavern.

Upon Catharine’s death on July 5, 1831, at age 73, she possessed a significant amount of 
real estate that was distributed between her sons John, Henry and Peter. She was buried in
 the German Lutheran Church cemetery in Philadelphia.  See copy of Catharine’s Will. 

Philip Eisenbrey was a Trustee of the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia,
 in May 1833. It was said in the “Services Commemorative of the Seventy Seventh Anniversary
 of the Union…, by Ellwood Haines Stokes and Robert J. Carson, “Philip Eisenbrey (still living),
 kind to all, rich and poor alike,…”. 

As referenced above, Philip is paid as a house painter in Peter Lex’s estate in 1839. Philip is 
shown in the 1850 Federal Census located in the Lower Dublin Ward of Philadelphia, listed 
as a farmer, married to Maria with 7 children.
Portraits of Philip and Maria Lyband Eisenbrey are available and held by the family.



 Philip Eisenbrey



Maria Lybrand Eisenbrey, wife of Philip Eisenbrey


Philip's family would go on to establish Minch & Eisenbrey, a famous mahagony furniture and
department store in down town Baltimore. This store was established by Louis Philip Eisenbrey.

 
		

	


His brother, E. C. Eisenbrey would establish a shirt shop on Market Street in Philadelphia.


                                  

In Catharine's Will, the houses and lots in Philadelphia were transferred to her son, John. The plantation
 in Bucks County was transferred to Henry and the ownership of Worton Manor
 in Kent County, Maryland was held in trust for Peter. The Will of Catherine also provided for 
her grandchildren, Jacob and Marie – children of her deceased son, Jacob.

 Peter (son of John and Catharine Eisenbrey) had served in the War of 1812 – “Eisenbray, Peter.
 Sergeant in Capt.  (William)Roney's co. 39th rgt. “ (Source: The British Invasion of Maryland, 
1812-1815, William M. Marine.) The 39th, part of Fowler’s regiment was positioned in the trenches of 
Ft. McHenry in the event of a land attack on the fort.

 Peter married Catherine Sutor  (Johan Nicholas Sutor). She was born between 1781 and 1789, in
 Pennsylvania. She died between 1840 and 1850, in Kent County, Maryland. She married James
 Proctor, 14 June 1804, in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. James was born before 1775,
 in Maryland; and died before 1830, in Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland.Catherine Sutor
 married Peter Eisenbrey, on 30 September 1837, in Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland.
 Peter died before 1860 in Maryland.

In Catharine’s Will, it requires the property at Worton Manor to be held in trust for Peter. It seems that Peter petitioned the Chancery Court in Maryland to sell the property in 1841.                    

In the Chancery Court (Chancery Papers) shows:

Date: 1841/08/05  7734: Peter Eisenbrey vs. Henry Eisenbrey, John Eisenbrey, Philip Eisenbrey, Jacob Eisenbrey, and Maria Eisenbrey. KE. Petition to sell Worton Manor. Recorded (Chancery Record) 157. p. 567. Accession No.:17898-7734 MSA S512-10-7734 Location:1/38/3/

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HENRY E. EISENBREY

 

Born:           March  24, 1780                     

Married:      Sophia M. Stillwagon  (or Stellwaggon)  Died – August 19, 1863               

Death:         November 30, 1854 at age of 74. See photos of Original Meeting House and Church, with cemetery and headstones at Lahaska United Methodist Church York and Street Rds. Lahaska, PA Bucks County, Pennsylvania

 

Henry (Heinrich) Eisenbrey was born on March 24, 1780 in Philadelphia. He was baptized on April 2, 1780 and sponsored by his grand-parents, Heinrich Rathschlag and his wife, Elizabeth, according to the German Lutheran Church records (see copy of church records). His parents were John and Catharine Eisenbrey.

In the Philadelphia Directories, Henry Eisenbrey is first listed in the 1804 directory with the address of 62 N. Water, as a tobacconist, again in 1805, located at 176 Sassafras. He is then listed as a tavern keeper in 1806 and 1807, located at 110 north Fifth. The 1809 Directory shows him as a tobacconist at 179 Sassafras. Henry is listed in the 1816 and 1817 directories as a “carter”, located at 4^th near Popular lane and then in 1818 with no occupation listed at 92 north Eleventh. Finally, Henry is listed in the 1819 Directory as a superintendent with an address of 179 Race.

It is in 1819 that Henry purchases 127 acres in Solebury Township, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the area of Lumberville, New Hope and Lakasha. Henry took back a mortgage and transferred the property to his mother, Catherine in 1820. Henry inherits the “plantation” from Catharine at her death in 1831 according to her Will.

Henry and Sophia lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the Lumberville area. He was a farmer living on the plantation transferred from Henry’s mother, Catharine at the time of her death in 1831.  The plantation had approx. 127 acres, and tenement house. See copy of deeds between Henry purchasing property in 1818 and transferred to Catherine in 1820.

Henry is listed in the 1850 Federal Census as a farmer in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Also listed under the household is Henry’s son, John Stillwagon (shown as Stillwagon) shown as a preacher, and the same census shows Henry’s son, Peter in the Township of Horsham, listed as a farmer.

Henry was married to Sophia Maria Stillwagon (Stellwaggon). Sophia died on August 19, 1863. Her address listed on her death certificate was 1212 Citron St, Philadelphia (Citron located between N. 11^th  and N. 12^th Sts. north of Green St.). Sophia’s father was John Stellwagon (Stillwagon), his mother was Elizabeth Schreiner (Will probated 11/8/1823 -8.98) (was married to Valentine Stillwagon). Elizabeth’s father was Daniel Steinmetz, who was in revolutionary war.  Sophia’s mother was Margaret Kraft. Sophia was born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania in 1789. The Stillwagon’s were another prominent German family during the Colonial period in Philadelphia and related to the Steinmetz family located in the same area of Philadelphia. Sophia’s father was John Stillwagon and grandfather was John Stillwagon, who also served in the Revolutionary War and grandmother was Elizabeth Schreiner. (see copy of Elizabeth Schreiner Will and Will Abstract of John Stillwagon). Steinmetz and Stillwaggon’s died during the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic, according to list in Mathew Carey’s Account. See History of John Stillwagon and Family attached.

The Bucks County Intelligencer, a newspaper in Bucks County, Pennsylvania has an index compiled in 1939 by the Bucks County Historical Society shows Henry Eisenbrey Sen., at his residence, date of death of November 30, 1854 (age 74 years, 8 months, 5 days) based on a death notice in the paper of December 12, 1854. Henry's original Will is located in the Buck's County, PA court house at the Register of Wills.

 

Henry and Sophia Eisenbrey are both buried in the Lahaska United Methodist Church, York and Street Rds., Lahaska, PA (Bucks County). See photos.

Henry (Sr.) and Sophia’s two children had the following impact in their local community (Author does not believe the below references Henry and his brother Peter who was in Maryland but Henry Sr. and Sophia’s children):

In the history of the Lehman Memorial United Methodist Church founded in 1835, it is said:

“In the spring of 1834, two brothers, Peter and Henry Eisenbrey, moved to a farm in Horsham from Lumberville where they had been converted to Methodism at evangelistic meetings the previous year. They became active in the Union Sunday School, but soon organized the Methodists into a Class Meeting which withdrew from the Union Sunday School and began their own Sunday School and preaching services in a “little red (octagonal) schoolhouse” at the corner of York and Monument Avenues. (This was the original site of Crooked Billet monument).” –

Historical Reference - The Battle of Crooked Billet took place May 1, 1778 when American Patriots under the command of General John Lacey were attacked in the early morning hours by the British Redcoats, led by Lieutenant Colonel Ambercromby. The American troops had stopped on what is now school land to rest during their journey to deliver fresh food to troops at Valley Forge.

 

The church records of St  John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, Rev. Philip F. Mayer, D.D.,  Race St. above 5^th,  shows the following:

Born                                                                                                  Baptized

July 19, 1806     Henry                                Oct. 12, 1806

                  son of Herny & Sophis Eysenbrey*

                  Sponsers: Thomas Cooper & Margaret Farnor

 

*indicated letter of name is not readable (source:usgwarchives.net)

Henry E. Eisenbrey Sr.’s child, Henry E. (Ebner) Eisenbrey (Jr.) (Born -1809) was a Methodist minister.  It is assumed that the references above to two brothers in 1834 are Henry Sr.’s children, Henry Jr. and Peter, below also based on the ages of children at this time the fact that of the above reference and Henry Jr.’s being a Methodist minister following this calling, as referenced in federal census reports.

Rev. Henry E. and Mary Ann Walker Eisenbrey’s child, Edward H. was a doctor who studied at Haunaman in Philadelpia and lived in NY. Also see web documentation of Rev. Henry E. Eisenbrey’s child, Dr. J. Lehman Eisenbrey who served in Civil War, was a dentist and committed suicide due to illness. Mary Ann and J. Lehman’s original Wills are located in the Bucks County Register of Wills office in Doylestown, a short distance from Lakasha, PA. Mary Ann came from a Philadelphia Quaker background and was buried in the Lakasha/Solebury Township area Quaker cemetery.

John Stillwagon Eisenbrey was born on December 7, 1807, to Henry and Sophia Eysenbrey in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and christened in St. John’s Lutheran Church on January 3, 1808 (FHL Film #1312442). He was one of 12 children, of which Edwin James Eisenbrey was one of his younger brothers.

The following information about John S. Eisenbrey was found in the Pittsgrove (New Jersey) Baptist Church Records (FHL Film # 441469 Item 2, pages 23-36). It lists John S. Eisenbrey as their fourth pastor and says:

"He commenced his pastorate in October, 1837, and it continued until March 1842. He was born in Philadelphia, November 7th, 1807, was sprinkled in infancy and brought up strictly in the German Reformed or Lutheran faith. When nineteen years of age, was converted and embraced Christ as his Redeemer. Rev. Elisha Cushman baptized him on November 12th, 1826, and received him into the New Market Street Baptist Church. Soon afterward, he removed his membership to the Lambertville Church, New Jersey. Here he exercised his gifts with a view to the ministry, and was licensed to preach in October, 1836.

"In 1837 he came to Pittsgove, with a letter of introduction from Brother Levi G. Beck. He was heartily welcomed by the little church, consisting of only four males and twenty females. He preached for them a few times, and left to attend the association at Cohansey. In the course of a week, and after his return to his home in Philadelphia, Deacon John Coombs waited on him, with the earnest call of the church to become their pastor at an annual salary of one hundred dollars. The call, after consideration, having been accepted, on October 5th, 1837, two teams conveyed himself, his family and effects to Pittsgrove. At the call of the church, Brethren H. Smalley, William Bacon, William Sheppard and Samuel Huggins assembled in council and ordained Brother Eisenbrey on November 7th, 1837.

"He preached statedly twice on the Sabbath in the meeting house, morning and evening, whilst on Sabbath afternoons he preached alternately at Deerfield, Pennytown, Washington School House near Allowaystown, and at the parsonage. And sometimes he went out in the pine woods, to a distance of twenty miles, to preach at the solicitation of Brethren John and Thomas Dixon, residing there. During his ministry twenty four persons were added by baptism to the church, and others united with neighboring churches. He was a faithful, energetic pastor, and a zealous advocate of temperance. Through the efforts of his pious companion, female prayer meetings were established and sustained throughout his pastorate. Conjointly with his pastoral labors, he farmed the parsonage, taught the district school, and a class in music. He is now in the enjoyment of good health, living at Holly, Michigan where, as opportunity affords, he occasionally preaches."

Another article was found concerning his ministry – this one in Plumstead, New Jersey:

"During the summer of 1849, the Plumstead believers met at the old River Hill schoolhouse, with Rev. John S. Eisenbrey preaching for them. The distance from Point Pleasant to Hilltown made it very inconvenient to enjoy church privileges, and soon a desire came to have a church nearer home. Sometime during the summer of 1849, they decided to form a congregation of their own, and on July 21, 1849, they requested that the Hilltown church grant them permission to do so.

"Accordingly, a council consisting of Rev. Joseph Matthias of Hilltown, Rev. Joseph Wright of Solebury, and Rev. Herman Lincoln of New Britain, met with the brethren at the River Hill schoolhouse on Saturday, September 1, 1849, to organize a church body. Rev. John. S. Eisenbrey was the minister. The name of this newly formed congregation became the ‘Plumstead Baptist Church.’ On the following Sunday, September 2, 1849, the church celebrated its first communion and received the first new members by letter of transfer.

"At the beginning of 1850, the little band of church members numbered 35 persons, were fairly well organized and in good working order. The meetings were held part of the time in the River Hill schoolhouse and part of the time at the school house at Smith’s Corner. During the winter of 1849-1850, a revival meeting was held and 2 persons were baptized, being the first to come into the congregation in this manner. Rev. Eisenbrey was pastor until September 1, 1850, when he resigned."

On the 1850 Census in Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Stilwagon Eisenbry and Sarah are listed as parents with children Martin, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Edwin and Samuel. Stilwagon is listed as a preacher. (Sarah’s maiden name was Lemke, found on a marriage record of one of her children.)

In addition to the 1850 Census, John Eisenbrey was found in the 1820 (in Philadelphia), 1830 (in Philadelphia), 1840 (in Pitts Grove, Salem, New Jersey), 1860 (in Colerain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania), 1870 (in Rose, Oakland, Michigan), and 1880 (in Rose, Oakland, Michigan) censuses. On the 1860 Census another son, William, age 10, is listed. Sarah died on September 7, 1858, in Colerain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

John moved west and settled in Holly, Oakland, Michigan. He remarried to Sylvania Madden on May 14, 1863, in Springfield, Oakland, Michigan. She was 29 years younger than he. He was 62 and she was 33. They had two daughters: Sarah and Clara. Although she was so much younger than her husband, Sylvania died before he did. She was ill and passed away on September 11, 1886, and he died about 8 months later on May 14, 1887 at age 79½. The Milford Times, Saturday, May 28, 1887 records: “At length Rev. Eisenbrey has passed away after suffering untold agonies for some months. Less than one year ago he buried his wife and, consequently, his two young lady daughters have become orphaned, but not friendless. They have the sympathies of all in their bereavement. The old gentleman was an octogenarian, a man of sterling integrity, an earnest Christian worker, and he will be missed as since his sojourn among us he has made many friends.” They are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, near Holly, Michigan.

 

Children of Henry E. Eisenbrey and Sophia Stillwagon Eisenbrey:

 

CATHERINE MARGARETHA EISENBREY

CATHERINE MARGARETHA was born on April 9th, 1805.

Henry and Sophia’s daughter, Catherine Margaret Eisenbrey, (born Apr. 9, 1805 in Philadelphia, PA and died on July 9, 1885 in Mountain View, Passaic, New Jersey.) was married to Jonathan Wilder Fairbanks on May 24, 1826 and had six children , with Eisenbrey family first names.

 

JOHN STILLWAGON EISENBREY                                                                                   

JOHN STILLWAGON was born on November 7th, 1807.

 

MARY ANN EISENBREY

MARY ANN was born on July 19th, 1808.  She died at the age of 63 on January 25th, 1872. Mary Ann was married to John Marston.  It seems from Henry Sr.’s Will that there may have been some marital issues between Mary Ann and John, her husband. 

 

HENRY E EISENBREY

HENRY E was born on December 21st, 1809.  He died at the age of 95 on December 30th, 1904. In the 1870 Federal Census, he is show as located at Vine St in Philadelphia, married to Mary A., with 3 children. 

                                                                                                                                                               

 Maria Charlotte Eisenbrey 

 MARIA CHARLOTTE was born on June 26^th, 1811. She died at the age of  1 on August 25th, 1812. She is buried in a mass grave in Laurel Hill Cemetery, with no headstone.

 

EDWIN JAMES EISENBREY

EDWIN JAMES was born on July 1st, 1813.  He died at the age of 56 on May 31st, 1870.

 

SARAH YOUNG EISENBREY

SARAH YOUNG was born on July 2nd, 1815.  She died at the age of 56 on October 16th, 1871.

 

CHARLES PETER EISENBREY

CHARLES PETER was born on July 31st, 1817.  He died at 11 months old on July 20th, 1818.

He is buried in a mass grave in Laurel Hill Cemetery, with no headstone.

 

PETER YOUNG EISENBREY

PETER YOUNG was born on January 18th, 1819.  He died at the age of 43 on August 9th, 1862. He was married to Doritha Bisbing on February 25, 1841 in Salem County, New Jersey. The 1850 Federal Census shows him as a farmer with children and his mother and sister-in-laws living in the household located in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

 

SOPHIA EISENBREY

SOPHIA was born on January 1st, 1821.  She died at the age of 21 on December 20th, 1842.

 

MARIA EISENBREY

MARIA was born on February 5th, 1823.  She died at the age of 26 on December 15th, 1849.

 

ISAAC LARGE EISENBREY

ISAAC LARGE was born on November 15th, 1824.

 

CHARLES STILLWAGON EISENBREY

CHARLES STILLWAGON was born on November 1st, 1826.  He died at the age of 70 on January 11th, 1897.

 

WILLIAM MUSSER EISENBREY

WILLIAM MUSSER was born on December 8th, 1828.

William M. Eisenbrey was married to Sara Ann (Sally) FENTON, who was born 1 Jun 1828
William M. EISENBREY was born in Belfry Montgomery county PA, and was married on  12 Oct 1851. William’s child was Ada (1854-). See Fenton family history thru Google search.

 

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EDWIN JAMES EISENBREY

 

Born:           July 1, 1813 in Philadelphia

Married:  Elizabeth Hunt       Born: August 18th, 1815.  Died: January 21st, 1853.

Married:  Sarah J. Ward          Died: February 17th, 1873.

Died:           May 31, 1870 at age 56.

 

Edwin J. Eisenbrey's parents were Henry and Sophia Eisenbrey. Edwin J. Eisenbrey is listed in the 1850 Federal Census located in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware and is listed as a Coach maker with his wife, Elizabeth and his children, with John Marston Eisenbrey listed as age 10. John Marston is shown as born in Pennsylvania in this census report. Their child, Edwin J (Jr.), age 7 is shown as born in Delaware, so the family moved from Pennsylvania to Delaware at least in 1843. In this same census report, it shows Elizabeth’s brother, John M. Hunt, age 22 under the same household.

Copy of original church birth record of Edwin James Eisenbrey:

With Elizabeth Eisenbrey’s death in 1853, the Delaware marriage records show Edwin J. marrying Sarah Ward on May 14, 1858.  Elizabeth Hunt Eisenbrey is buried at St. Ann’s Episcopal Church of Middletown, Old St. Anne’s Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.

The 1860 Federal Census report shows Edwin J. Eisenbrey married to Sarah located in Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware as a Carriage Maker.

In the 1870 Federal Census report Edwin J. and Sarah are reported as located in South Murderkill Sub. No. 15, Kent County, Delaware, with an occupation as a carriage builder and a personal estate valued at $300.

The Edwin J Eisenbrey may have moved from Lumberville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Middletown, Delaware because there may have been a tradition of Harness and Coach building in the area as evidenced in the History of the State of Delaware below:

“There were only a few houses at the Middle-
   town cross-roads in 1816, but by 1850 the inhabitants num-
   bered 368, and to-day it is the largest town in the Hundred.
   Robert A. Cochran bought and improved the Middletown
   hotel in 1837, and it is now owned by his daughter, Mrs.
   William A. Comegys. After 1855 the town grew fast, being
   incorporated in 1861 with five commissioners having the usual
  powers of making municipal laws, improvements, etc. A
  severe fire in 1882 destroyed the carriage shops of J. M. Cox
  & Bro., the new P. E. church and other buildings, and but
  for the coming of five fire-engines from Wilmington might
  have wiped the town out.

          Middletown has now about 1600 inhabitants. Ebeling says :
         " Middletown, a little village of about 120 inhabitants, lies on
         an arm of the Appoquinimink, which here turns several mills.
         The people are Presbyterians." It is an important station on
          the Delaware Railroad, and is also connected by trolley with
          Odessa. It has a system of water works and an electric light
          plant, both owned by the town. It is the center of an exceed-
          ingly fertile and highly cultivated farming district. Farms
          for miles around were once valued, with their fine barns and
          handsome residences, at $100 an acre, and will at no very
          distant day again reach that figure. There are several manu-
          facturing industries. Joseph C. Parker & Son Co. is an incor-
          porated company engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of
          harness goods and in the sale of carriages. W. Reese Parker is
          president and Joseph C. Parker treasurer and secretary. They
          have a capital of $75,000, and manufacture $100,000 worth of
          harness goods yearly, and do a carriage business of the same
          amount. They employ twenty-five men. The Parker & Son
          Co.'s harness has won a high reputation for superior quality
          and honest workmanship, which explains the handsome
          growth that the business has shown. Twenty-five years
          ago Mr. Joseph C. Parker began manufacturing harness in a
          small way, and has seen his business, which is still expand-
          ing, reach its present magnitude.”

Source: History of the State of Delaware (1908), Volume 2, by Henry Clay Conrad

Edwin and his business partner took on an indentured apprentice to assist with their carriage making business. See copy of indenture from Delaware State Archives in sources.

 

The 1850 U.S. Census Report shows Edwin James Eisenbrey as the head of household, coach maker, with his wife Elizabeth, his six children at the time, Elizabeth’s brother – John Hunt, the indentured apprentice, Robert Warren, three other unknown persons with the last name Burr, and a 35 year old free black female, named Caroline Wilkins. The Census Report of 1850 has a supplement schedule for Slaves, which shows EJ Eisenbrey, having a 7 year old black female, with a notation that there was one manumission of a slave.

Slavery in Delaware prior to 1865 and the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, and in 1850 was at its lowest levels due to a number of factors; it was a neighbor to non-slave states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the tobacco crops of the deep South had been transformed in Delaware to corn and wheat, and strong abolitionism since the late 1700s. Although Quakers and others still owned slaves in Delaware in the early 1800s, they had transformed slavery in Delaware to a form of indentured apprenticeship or servitude for a term of years. For those Abolitionists, like Edwin James Eisenbrey it was a way to take slaves out of slavery by buying a slave or slaves from a neighbor slaveholder, who could not afford owning slaves any longer (the economics in Delaware did not support it in 1850) and after a term of service to offset the small cost of the purchase of the former slave, the abolitionist would manumission or free the slave with no further conditions.  The price of slaves had decreased significantly in Delaware due to laws which limited their trade and farmers could free a slave and hire them back as a “freeperson” for less money than to fully support them as a slaveholder. To take on the position that Edwin was an “Abolitionist” is assumed for these reasons: If he truly believed in slavery he would not have freed these individuals prior to 1865 with the “Emancipation Proclamation”, which in the 1860 U.S. Census reports shows that Edwin did not own ANY slaves. He already had white Indentured Apprentices, as shown above with one of the two indenture contracts that he had negotiated into with Robert Warren, in 1846 and later with Lorenza Truitt in 1866. Also, since Delaware was a state that supported both the Union and the Confederacy. It can be assumed that Edwin was an Abolitionist, due to the fact that his son, John Marston registered for Union service for the State of Delaware, as well as his son Edwin James Eisenbrey, Jr. serving in the Pennsylvania Infantry for the Union forces during the Civil War.

There is a wetland site off Route 13 in Middletown called the Eisenbrey Wetlands, which may be related to Edwin J. Eisenbrey’s location in Middletown based on wife Elizabeth being buried as referenced above. No other connection to Middletown found at this point.

Bucks County, PA Miscellaneous Deed Dockets 1857-1900 by Thomas F. Myers –        Edwin J. Eisenbrey of Harrington, Kent Co, DE assigns to the other heirs of Sophia M. Eisenbrey, late of Easton, his share of her estate.  Bk. 15/pg. 84, Dec. 9, 1863.

 

Children of Edwin James and Elizabeth Hunt Eisenbrey:

JOHN MARSTON EISENBREY
JOHN MARSTON was born on June 19th, 1840.  He died at the age of 78 on February 18th, 1919.

MARY A EISENBREY
MARY A was born in 1841.

EDWIN J EISENBREY
EDWIN J was born in 1843.

 In 1900 Federal Census, he is listed as a farmer, married to Lizzie located in Harrington, Kent County, Delaware.

GRETH H EISENBREY
GRETH H was born in 1845.

NATALE EISENBREY
NATALE was born in 1846.

WILLIAM B EISENBREY

WILLIAM B was born in 1849 in Delaware.  He died at the age of 67 on March 3, 1916. In the 1870 Federal Census, William is part of the Edwin J. household but is shown as a carriage builder.

 

 Children of James Edwin Eisenbrey and Sarah J. Ward:

SAMUEL W EISENBREY
SAMUEL W was born on April 5th, 1859.  He died at the age of 9 on August 5th, 1868.

HORATIO NOBLE EISENBREY
HORATIO NOBLE was born on December 3rd, 1863 in Claymont, Delaware.  He died at the age of 77 on February 7th, 1941.  His burial was in Greenmount Cemetery,  Phila.PA.

CORA EISENBREY

SALLIE EISENBREY

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JOHN MARSTON EISENBREY

 

Born:           June, 19, 1840                        

Married:  Rebecca Graham           Born:  October 25th, 1843.  Died:  March at the age of 78

Died:            February 18, 1919 at age 78

           

 

John Marston Eisenbrey

   

Rebecca Graham Eisenbrey   

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John Marston Eisenbrey's parents were Edwin J. and Elizabeth Hunt Eisenbrey. In the previously cited 1850 Federal Census, John M. Eisenbrey is shown as being born in Pennsylvania. The Delaware Marriage Records show John M. Eisenbrey and Rebecca Graham being married on January 10, 1863.

In the 1870 Federal Census for Mispillion, Delaware and listed as a Black Smith, John M. Eisenbrey is shown to have a value for real estate of $600.00 and a personal estate valued at $200.00.

John M. Eisenbrey is listed in the US Federal Census of 1880 in Mispillion, Delaware as a Farmer, married to Rebecca (keeping house), with 8 children including Adona (age 9).

John M. took on an indentured apprentice to assist the family farm.  See copy in sources.

(Author’s Note: The above Delaware State Directory shows the Cain family in both Harrington and Vernon. Adonna Eisenbrey, son of John M. Eisenbrey would marry  Georgiana Cain later in 1890s.)

Based on the 1868 Beers Atlas of Delaware, Mispillion Hundred, you can see J. Eisenbrey located south west of Vernon. On the same map you can see the Graham and Cain families.

 

Under the Delaware State laws enacted and Passed at Dover, April 6, 1885:

“AN ACT to incorporate the Pint Branch Ditch Company.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met [two-thirds of each branch of the Legislature concurring):

 Section 1. That the owners of the marsh and low grounds lying upon and contiguous to Pint Branch, in Mispillion hundred in Kent county and the State of Delaware, shall compose a company, to be called the Pint Branch Ditch Company, for the purpose of effectually ditching and draining the said marsh and low grounds.

Section 2. That John Eisenbrey, Alexander Simpson and John Williams, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, who shall go upon and view the said marsh and low grounds and lay out such ditch or ditches as they may deem necessary for the purpose of draining the same. The main ideation oi ditch shall commence at a fence on lands of Mary A. Walton, and extend thence in a westerly direction with the old Pint Branch ditch through lands of B. F. Anderson, lands of Z. D. Merriken, lands of S. A. Tharp, lands of William H. Knox, lands of William Tharp and lands of Peter Callaway, until it reaches the main ditch of the Marsh Hope Improvement may lay on Company. The said commissioners shall have power ditches. to lay out any lateral ditch or ditches which they, or a majority of them, may deem necessary to complete the drainage of any low grounds adjacent or contiguous to the said Pint Surveyor, Branch Ditch. If they deem it necessary, they may take with them a surveyor. They shall make out a plot and return, showing the dimensions, courses and distances of the ditch or ditches, and by general delineations, without survey, the boundary lines of the low grounds and of each taxable's portion thereof, or of any land benefited, and the estimated recorded, number of acres. The said plot and return shall be lodged in the Recorder's Office in and for Kent County, and be by him recorded. The commissioners and surveyor, if any shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, sworn, be sworn or affirmed to faithfully and impartially discharge the same. All the commissioners must after, but a majority OF DITCHES may decide any matter. In case of a vacancy occurring in vacancies, the commissioners by death, resignation or refusal to act. Or how fill do otherwise, -the others or other may fill such vacancy or vacancies.”

(Source: Laws of the State of Delaware 1883, Volume 17, Parts 1-2, Delaware General      Assembly)

 

This may be John Marston Eisenbrey’s first entry into public life in Kent County, Delaware.

John M. Eisenbrey served in Delaware General Assembly (GA) in the House of Representatives at least in the 86^th GA from Jan. 6, 1891 to Jan. 3, 1893, representing Kent County, Delaware.

At the State Convention of the People’s Party, the New York Times dated Oct. 12, 1892, states that: “The only prominent man in the convention was John M. Eisenbrey, a Democratic member of the lower house of the present General Assembly.”

In the 1920 Federal Census, Rebecca Eisenbrey is shown as the head of the household, and a widow in Wilmington Ward 7, New Castle, Delaware with two daughters, a dressmaker and a teacher (business college) and a granddaughter as part of the household.

John M. Eisenbrey is buried in Harrington, Delaware in the Hollywood Cemetery.

 

Children of James Marston and Rebecca Eisenbrey:

MARY EISENBREY
MARY was born on October 30th, 1863.  She died at the age of 81 on December 8th, 1944.

SAMUEL EDWARD EISENBREY
SAMUEL EDWARD was born on July 29th, 1865 in DELAWARE.  He died at the age of 89 on January 11th, 1955 in San Francisco area, CA.

SAMUEL EDWIN EISENBREY
SAMUEL EDWIN was born in 1866.  He died at the age of 94 in 1960.

JOHN HUNT EISENBREY
JOHN HUNT was born on June 9th, 1868 in Dover, Delaware.  He died at the age of 83 on November 19th, 1951.

ISAAC G EISENBREY
ISAAC G was born on July 31st, 1869.  He died at the age of 24 on February 15th, 1894.

ADONNA EISENBREY
ADONNA was born on December 16th, 1871.  He died at the age of 65 on July 6th, 1937.

ELIZABETH EISENBREY
ELIZABETH was born in 1874.

ELMER T EISENBREY
ELMER T was born on August 16th, 1876 in Wilmington, Delaware.  He died at the age of 70 on October 29th, 1946. He served in World War I.

FRANCES E EISENBREY
FRANCES E was born in 1878.  She died at the age of 76 in 1954.

ALVA MORRISON EISENBREY
ALVA MORRISON was born on April 20th, 1881.  He died at the age of 58 on December 14th, 1939.

HOWARD JUMP EISENBREY
HOWARD JUMP was born on April 18th, 1883.  He died at the age of 70 in 1953. He served in WWI.

REBECCA EISENBREY
REBECCA was born on August 16th, 1885.  She died at the age of 83 on June 4th, 1969.

 

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ADONNA EISENBREY

 

Born:           December 16, 1871                

Married:  Georgiana Cain    Born:  April 2, 1874.  Died:  March 18, 1959 at the age of 84

Died:           July 6, 1937 at the age of 65

 

Adonna Eisenbrey

Georgiana Cain Eisenbrey

 

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Adonna Eisenbrey's parents are John M. and Rebecca Eisenbrey. In the 1880 Federal Census, Adona Eisenbrey is shown as son of John M. Eisenbrey, head of household in Mispillion, Kent Co., Delaware, age 9.

In the Delaware Marriage Records, Adona Eisenbrey is shown as marrying Georgia Cain on February 8, 1897.

The 1910 Federal Census reports Adonna as head of household, born in Delaware, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Delaware with an occupation listed as farmer on a general farm and was renting the land. Also shown is Georgiana, who was born in Delaware, father born in Delaware and mother in Maryland; with five children listed, ages 2 through 10.

The 1920 Federal Census records Add. and Georgia, with a difference from the 1910 census of Georgiana’s mother being born in Delaware versus Maryland listed in 1910. As a farmer, Adonna is also shown as Farm-grain farmer and of the eight children listed in this census report, Eugene Eisenbrey is listed as a son of Adonna, age 5.

In this 1920 Census, Annie Cain is also listed in the household as mother-in-law, age 70 and born in Delaware, with both parents born in Delaware.

Finally, in the 1930 Federal Census, Adonna and Georgia Eisenbrey are listed with an occupation indicated as Farm- grains stock. Eugene Eisenbrey is listed in the household as son, age 15. Mary Eisenbrey, sister (to Adonna) is also listed in the census report  and her age is shown as 66.

Adonna and Georgiana Eisenbrey are buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Harrington, Kent County, Delaware.

 

Children of Adonna and Georgiana Eisenbrey:

RALPH EISENBREY
RALPH was born on February 2nd, 1898.  He died at the age of 2 on February 7th, 1900.

JOHN CLIFTON EISENBREY
JOHN CLIFTON was born on August 14th, 1899 in Kent, Delaware.  He died at the age of 67 on July 3rd, 1967.

PRESTON EISENBREY
PRESTON was born on April 14th, 1902.  He died at the age of 68 on December 18th, 1970.

ELDRIDGE EDWIN EISENBREY
ELDRIDGE EDWIN was born on January 25th, 1907 in Delaware.  He died at the age of 51 on April 19th, 1958 in Sacramento, CA.

HELEN EISENBREY
HELEN was born on May 10th, 1908.

MARY REBECCA EISENBREY
MARY REBECCA was born on May 10th, 1908.

MARSTON BARRETT EISENBREY
MARSTON BARRETT was born on August 13th, 1910.  He died at the age of 60 on August 10th, 1971.

EUGENE EISENBREY
EUGENE was born on July 11th, 1914.

WILLIAM HOWARD EISENBREY
WILLIAM HOWARD was born on May 30th, 1916.

W. Howard “Ike” served during World War II in the 212^th Service Company, 47^th Infantry Division of the 8^th Division.  He and his brother Eugene met in May 1944 during their training in Tauton, England prior to D-Day.  He returned to Milford, Delaware and married, Grace Hufnal and was a farmer.  Howard died on October 8, 2010.

 

 MARY EISENBREY

 

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EUGENE EISENBREY

Born:            July 11, 1914                         

Married:  Hilda Edith Charles    Born: July 24, 1925.  Died: March 24, 2010 at the age of 84

Died:            February 28, 2008 at the age of 93

Eugene Stanley Eisenbrey was born July 11, 1914 in Bridgeville, Delaware. His parents were Adonna and Georgiana Eisenbrey. Coming from a large family farm with nine children in his family and growing up during the depression years taught him the value of hard work and the struggles of lean times. After graduation from Milford High School in 1932, he worked several jobs learning his craft and received additional vocational training in electricity. He was a foreman mechanic for service at King Refrigeration Service Co at the time of his induction into the Army on May 2, 1941. He was working on motors and circuit devices, which helped to determine his Army service during World War II.

Eugene (Army Serial No. 32072890) was inducted through Trenton, New Jersey at Ft. Dix, with three and a half months of basic training, he was sent to Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina to train in the Signal Corps. He was assigned ultimately to Company “C”, 56^th Signal Battalion, V Corps, 1^st Army. After basic training, he spent six months as a T/5 with a specialty as a Teletype mechanic. With the Battalion’s transfer to Northern Ireland and England, prior to D-Day, Eugene was promoted to a Sergeant T/3 (Technical Third Grade) with a primary responsibility as an Installer of telephones and teletypes for the V Corp. At the wars end, he remained in the Army in order to go back to Ireland to marry Hilda Charles. He was re-assigned during this time, his last two months of service, with the 357^th Infantry before being discharged at Fort Dix, New Jersey on December 4, 1945. He had served one year and two months in the U.S. and over four years in foreign service. During his time of service, after being stationed for training near Lurgan, Ireland where he met Hilda Charles, his future wife, he went to Taunton, England where he was able to meet with his brother, Howard, who was also serving in the Army in an Infantry division. Eugene then departed Plymouth, England with the 56^th Signal Battalion, scheduled to land on Omaha Beach, Easy Red on D-Day, but was delayed landing on the beach until D-Day+1, in order to assist further deployment of  command posts and communications for the V Corp.

During the war, the 56^th Signal Battalion as part of the forward echelon companies traveled attached with various divisions over 1229 miles and was attached to Patton’s 3^rd Army in May 1945 located near Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the wars end on May 8, 1945. During these 1229 miles with the V Corp, Eugene traveled through France, including Paris, Bastone and Eupen Belgium, Ramagen Bridge into Germany, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Grafenwohr and finally Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.  He received Army decorations of a Meritorious Unit award, American Service, American Defense Service, European/Africa/Middle Eastern Service, World War II Victory, Army of Occupation (Germany), and Good Conduct medals for the Ardennes, Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, and Rhineland battles and campaigns during World War II. Eugene was able to go to Munich, staying at the Hotel America, (an Army run hotel for GIs) after the war with the Army before being discharged. Upon discharge, Eugene returned to Ireland to pick up his war bride.

Eugene and Hilda Eisenbrey moved to the Elmer, New Jersey area in 1949 and initially lived in the Friendship Methodist Church parsonage in Monroeville, with their children Ian and Elizabeth. He worked for Chew’s Electric in Elmer and built his home on land acquired from Mr. Chew. Daughters Christine and Denise were born after moving into the Mill Road house. Eisenbrey Electric and Refrigeration Service began as the need for that service increased in the area and the local southern New Jersey farming communities.

Eugene served his church and Elmer community in many capacities. For more than 50 years at Friendship United Methodist Church, he held posts of Sunday School Superintendent, member of the Administrative Council, church choir, Sunday school teacher and member of the Board of Trustees. He went on several mission trips to South and Central America to help build churches and homes with OMS International –Men for Missions. In his community, he served as a volunteer ambulance driver and member of the Odd Fellows. Eugene sponsored a bowling team and participated in league play, bowling with family and friends until he was 92 years old.

Eugene enjoyed gardening, fishing at his Florida winter home, family picnics and dinners on all holidays. These affairs often included his four children with spouses, ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. His life represented a devotion to his family, his country and community, hard work and kindness to all people.

Hilda E. (Charles) Eisenbrey was born in London, England, on July 24, 1925, to Edith and Herbert Charles. Her sister is Elizabeth (Charles) Shaw of Belfast, Northern Ireland.  Hilda Edith Eisenbrey grew up outside of Belfast, Northern Ireland.  After her schooling in Ireland, she trained as a nurse at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she cared for soldiers during World War II.

Later she met American soldier Eugene Eisenbrey, while he was stationed in Lurgan, Ireland prior to D-Day during World War II, whom she married in Port Stewart, Ireland, as soon as the war was over, on October 6, 1945. Hilda Eisenbrey came to the United States on the Ship “Queen Elizabeth” with Eugene and arrived in New York City on January 1, 1947. She  became a US citizen, and except for a brief period of time, living in Newport, Delaware, Eugene and Hilda Eisenbrey and their children made 168 Mill Road, Elmer, New Jersey their home from 1950 to 2010.

Hilda also worked part time outside the home as a maternity nurse in Elmer Hospital for many years. When her husband began his business, Eisenbrey Electric and Refrigeration, she acted as his business partner keeping the books, ordering supplies and answering phones.

In addition to working, she still found the time to knit, embroider, sew all her daughters clothes and mastered countless other crafts. She also donated her time to Olivet School in Pittsgrove, New Jersey, acting as a homeroom mother, PTA president, and leading Girl Scout troops. She was a longtime active member of Friendship United Methodist Church. When relaxing, she enjoyed traveling, working in her flower gardens, baking desserts, and visiting with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

 

Eugene Eisenbrey died on February 28, 2008 and Hilda E. Eisenbrey died on March 24, 2010.

Eugene and Hilda Eisenbrey are buried in the Friendship United Methodist Cemetery, Monroeville, New Jersey.

 

 Eugene and Hilda Eisenbrey marriage October 6, 1945

 

Eugene and Hilda Eisenbrey  - 50th Wedding anniversary

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Children of  Eugene and Hilda  Eisenbrey:

IAN EISENBREY
IAN was born in 1948 in Wilmington, Delaware.

 

ELIZABETH EISENBREY
ELIZABETH was born in 1949 in Wilmington, Delaware.

 

CHRISTINE EISENBREY
CHRISTINE was born in 1954 in Elmer , New Jersey.

 

DENISE EISENBREY
DENISE was born in 1959 in Elmer, New Jersey.