Benjamin Eby

Bishop
Benjamin Eby
Born(1785-05-02)2 May 1785
Hammer Creek, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died28 June 1853(1853-06-28) (aged 68)
Berlin, Canada West
Burial placeFirst Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
OccupationMennonite minister
Known forFounder of Ebytown
Spouses
Mary Brubacher
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(m. 1807; died 1834)​
  • Magdalena Erb
Children11
Parents
  • Christian Eby (father)
  • Catharine Bricker (mother)

Bishop Benjamin Eby (2 May 1785 – 28 June 1853) was a Canadian minister, schoolteacher, farmer, author, and community leader. He was a pioneer of the Mennonite community in Canada [1][2][3] and a strong proponent of nonresistance.[4][5]

  1. ^ B.J. Boyd Cressman (1956). "Eby, Benjamin". Mennonite Encyclopedia, II. pp. 138–139.
  2. ^ J.Boyd Cressman (1941). "Bishop Benjamin Eby" (PDF). Waterloo Historical Society (29): 152–158.
  3. ^ Ezra E. Eby and Eldon D. Weber (1971). A Biographical History of Early Settlers and their Descendants in Waterloo Township. pp. 136–137.
  4. ^ Josephson 1985.
  5. ^ Epp 1974.