 1741 - 1791 (50 years)
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| Name |
Conrad Eckert |
| Born |
06 Feb 1741 |
Langenselbold, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
12 Feb 1741 |
Langenselbold, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany |
| Died |
25 Jul 1791 |
Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
Saint John's (Hain's) Church Cemetery, Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Person ID |
I061420 |
Strausstown Roots | ~HasslerFreeman |
| Last Modified |
9 Feb 2009 |
| Father |
Johannes Eckert, b. 17 Oct 1707, Streitberg, Germany , d. before 13 Aug 1770, Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Angelica Hix, b. 10 Dec 1712, Langenselbold, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany , d. 21 Apr 1786, Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
16 Jan 1732 |
Langenselbold, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany |
| Family ID |
F28527 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elisabeth Hahn, b. 26 May 1750, d. 29 Sep 1808, Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 58 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. John Eckert, b. about 1767 |
| | 2. David Eckert, b. about 1768 |
| | 3. Conrad Eckert, b. about 1769 |
| + | 4. Peter Eckert, b. 12 Nov 1771, Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. about 1839 (Age 67 years) |
| | 5. George Eckert, b. 11 Feb 1774, d. 24 Sep 1840 (Age 66 years) |
| | 6. Barbara Eckert, b. Apr 1776 |
| | 7. Catharine Eckert, b. about 1778 |
| | 8. Daniel Eckert, b. 20 Apr 1783, d. 28 Jul 1791 (Age 8 years) |
| | 9. Solomon Eckert, b. 12 Aug 1783 |
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| Family ID |
F28526 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Headstones |
 | Eckert, Conrad
Hier ruhen die Gebeine das Verstorbenen Conrad Eckert - Er erbliette das licht dieser Welt den 6 Tag February 1741 - starb den 25 Juli 1791 - brachte sein Alter in dieser Welt auf 50 Jahr 4 Monat u 3 Wochen |
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| Sources |
- [S165] Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 (CD), (Broderbund Software CD #209) (Reliability: 3), 12 Sep 1791.
To eldest son John my plantation containing 150 acres also personal property, paying £1400.
To dau. Catharina £80.
To Peter, George, Barbara, David, Daniel, Solomon, and Conrad £100 each.
To wife Elisabeth all the land I bought of Jacob SLEHELY during life to bring up minor children.
Exrs: Wife Elisabeth and brother Nicholas ECKERT.
Wits: Jost FISHBACH and John ECKERT, Esq.
- [S151] Montgomery Bios, Morton L. Montgomery, (. H. Beers & Company of Chicago, 1909), p. 796.
Capt. Conrad Eckert (grandfather of Isaac Eckert, whose sketch appears in this publication) was born at Langenselbold, in the Kingdom of Hanover, Feb. 6, 1741. During that year his father, John Eckert, emigrated to Pennsylvania, and settled in Heidelberg township, Lancaster (now Berks) county. He was brought up to farming, and when a young man became a blacksmith, which calling he pursued for some time. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was one of the active Associators of the county. As such he commanded a company which was raised in Heidelberg township, and became a part of the 1st Battalion, commanded by Col. Henry Haller. This battalion marched to service in New Jersey in December, 1776, but the companies returned home without permission, because they had not been paid according to the terms of their enlistment. Captain Eckert is the "Captain Echard" mentioned by General Israel Putnam as one of the captains who informed him that "their companies had run away to a man, excepting a lieutenant, sergeant and drummer."
Captain Eckert's company afterward formed a part of Spyker's Battalion, and participated in the campaign at and about Germantown and White Marsh during the fall of 1777. He was wounded in the battle at Germantown, and his health in consequence became so impaired that he never fully recovered. Subsequently, in 1778 and 1780, his company was connected with the 4th Battalion of county militia.
He officiated as a county commissioner from 1785 to the time of his death in 1791. It is said that during the Revolution he carried on a powder-mill in the southern extremity of Heidelberg township, along the head waters of Spring creek. His farm where he resided adjoined the "Corner Church" property on the east.
Upon his return from military service, Captain Eckert carried on farming on the Eckert homestead, near Robesonia, until his death, Aug. 25, 1791. He was married to Elizabeth Hain, daughter of _______ Hain, in Heidelberg township, by whom he had seven sons -- John, Peter, George, David, Daniel, Solomon and Conrad -- and two daughters -- Catherine (m. to Henry Copenhaven) and Barbara (m. to Daniel Reeser). His remains were buried in the graveyard connected with Hain's Church. Col. Valentine Eckert, whose sketch appears in this publication, was an elder brother.
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