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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



EBEY.--The origin of the family in America was with George Ebey, a native of Holland, who came to this country probably about 1750. On landing in Philadelphia he was sold for money to pay for his passage across the ocean. He was taken to Lancaster county, Pa., and after serving out his time, married and raised a family. He was a soldier in the Revolution, under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and was one of a number of soldiers called a "forlorn hope," at the storming of Stony Point. The assault was successful, but George Ebey was among the slain. His son--

GEORGE EBEY, married in Huntington county to Mary Ellabarger. They moved to Franklin county, O., in Dec. 1805. They had nine living children, and Mrs. Mary Ebey died March 15, 1815, in Ohio. Of their children--

MARY, married in Ohio to A. Hutchinson, and never came farther west.

ELIZABETH, born about 1792 in Pennsylvania, married in Franklin county, O., to Wm. Sells, and remained there.

JACOB, born in 1794 in Pennsylvania, married in Ohio to Sally Blue, and come in 1831 to what is now Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county; in 1840 moved to Adair county, Mo.; and in 1850 to Whitby's Island, Puget Sound, where Jacob Ebey and wife died a few years ago. Their son, ISAAC N., had gone there before his parents, and laid out the town of Port Townsend. He was killed by Indians, leaving a widow in Port Townsend. His sister, MARY Ebey, is now [1874] a widow Bozarth, and lives at Port Townsend.

HENRY, born in 1797 in Pennsylvania, came to Sangamon county in 1828. He died in 1858, leaving a widow and son in Fulton county.

BARBARA, born in Pennsylvania June 25, 1800, married in Franklin county, Ohio, to Rev. William Royal. See his name. He died, leaving a family at Salem, Oregon.

SUSAN, born Jan. 28, 1803, in Pennsylvania, married in Ohio to Daniel Hutchinson, and died, leaving three children.

JOHN N., born Sept. 10, 1805, in Huntington county, Pa., raised in Franklin county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county Nov. 15, 1825, in what is now Woodside township. He was married May 28, 1826, to Mary Brunk, sister to George Brunk. They have ten living children, LEONIDAS C.. MARIA J., GEORGE W., JOHN V., ELIZABETH E., HARRIET E., WILLIAM H., was killed at the battle of Belmont, Mo., Nov. 7, 1861. BARBARA A., ANGELINE B., and CHARLES B. Nearly all the living children are married. Mrs. Rebecca Ebey died June 2, 1873, and John N. Ebey resides at Whitehall, Greene county, Ill.

GEORGE, born Jan., 1811, in Ohio, came to Sangamon county in 1828, married in Ohio, in 1832, to Matilda Kirkpatrick. They had three sons in the Union army; one of them was killed in battle at Pittsburg Landing. George Ebey resides at Winchester, Scott county, Ill.

ROSANNA, born Jan. 28, 1813, in Ohio, came in 1828 to Sangamon county, and married David Beam. See his name.

George Ebey, Sen., came to Sangamon county in 1828, and died in 1848, at Winchester, Scott county, Ill.



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