John Eberman, Sr

1722 - 1805  (83 years)

• Name	John Eberman
  Suffix	Sr
  Nickname	Johannes
  Birth	18 Jul 1722	Schwaigern, Landkreis Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Clockmaker
  Death	26 Dec 1805	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I10291	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Buchter, Gross, Hackman, Peiffer, Roth (P)
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Anna Juliana Schweig,   b. Bef 6 Jan 1723, Wolfersweiler, Palatinate, Saarland, Germany d. 26 Sep 1753, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	1743
  Children	+ 1. Maria Philippina Eberman,   b. 14 Mar 1746, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Mar 1795, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 49 years)   2. John Eberman, Jr,   b. 14 Nov 1749   d. 15 Jan 1835 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F3032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Son of John and Maria Elizabeth (Hoffner) Eberman. Johannes Eberman came to this country when he was ten years old, having left Germany from the village of Schwaigern (just to the west of Heilbronn, in what is now Baden-Wurttemberg). Landed in Philadelphia, with his parents and 16yo sister (Maria), on 18 Sep 1732. (Info found in the LCHS Bulletin, Vol. XLIII, p 150-151) Son of Johannes Eberman and Maria Elizabeth Hoffner. Married 1743 Juliana Schweigin and 1754 Anna Marie Xander. Info taken from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records (Ancestry). Originally buried at the now-defunct-and-gone Moravian Church in Lancaster. Supposedly, the remains were moved in the 1916-7 era. Lancaster New Era, Pennsylvania, 01 Aug 1917, p7 -- An interesting article on the various grandfather clock makers from Lancaster. The Ebermans had quite a write-up, the beginning of whih is quoted here. Definitely worth a read, if you're interested in the Ebermans or any related topic. "EBERMAN -- Among the most extensive and best-known families of old clockmakers were the Ebermans. They rank with the Shreiners, Hoffs and Gorgas, both in the extent and quality of their work, and in point of time they were among the earliest in the field, and three generations of them were engaged in the business in Lancaster City, and specimens of their handicraft are found in many of our modern homes. To them, also, belong the distinction of having made the town clock that for many years told the time for our city and, no doubt, marked its flight for hundreds of our people who had no clocks in their houses. This was the clock in the Court House belfry. This old clock itself is still in the loft of the Court House, though no longer in use." The most fabulous piece of genealogical work on a German immigrant family can be found in the "Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Volume 91, No. 3, pp 90ff". There is a copy of that issue online in September 2021 -- just do a google search. There is so much amazing material on this man that I can only say to "do an internet search".

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231562313/john_eberman.