THE EARLY ECKARDS AND THEIR ANCESTRY
| Hans Christian Ruhlmann | Catherina (maiden name unknown) | Born in what is now northern France. Ruhlmann has also been seen as Ruhleman, Rolman, and even Rubman. | ||||||||
| b. ca. 1675 d. 17 Aug. 1741 |
m. | b. ca 1675 d. 11 Nov. 1742 |
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| Jacob Ruhlmann | Appolonia Herkel | |||||||||
| b. Jan./Feb. 1696 d. ? |
m. 16 Feb. 1719 | b. ? d. ? |
Jacob Ruhlmann was baptized February 5, 1696. He was born at Sultzbach, Alsace, in what is now France. He married Appolonia Herkel at Longensaultzbach, Alsace, in what is now France, on February 16, 1719. Appolonia was born at Roth/Wissembourg, in what is now France. | |||||||
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| Johann (John) Casper Eckhardt (Eckert) (Also seen as Johnannes Caspar Heckert) | Maria Cat(h)arina Ruhlman(n) (Ruhlman or Rolman) | Johann (who went by "Casper") was from Germany. Maria was born in Langensoultzbach in what is now France and was baptized 16 December 1723. Maria came to America aboard the ship Hope in 1733 with her father, mother, and brother. They settled in Pennsylvania. Johann (Casper) and Maria married November 29, 1743, in Carcoosing, PA, by Rev. John Stoever (as per Linda Custer). Several land transactions indicate that Casper and Maria Catherina were alive in 1773 (as per Ron Eckard). John Caspar Eckard first appears in 1738 in the New Holland Lutheran Church. | ||||||||
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m. 29 Nov. 1743 | b. late 1723 | ||||||||
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| Philip Eckard, Sr. "The Pioneer" |
Barbara Propst | Coming from Pennsylvania and perhaps stopping in Maryland, Philip Eckard, Sr., settled in what is now Stony Run of the Sugar Grove District of Pendleton County, WV, around 1776. Barbara died in the 1790s. Philip, Sr., then married Sophia Rexroad Fleisher in 1799 and they later divorced in 1803. | ||||||||
| b. btwn 1747 & 1751 (ca. 1749) in PA d. 1820 Philip's will Abraham's will (Philip's brother, not son) |
m. ? | b. ? d. btwn 1793 & 1798 |
Philip, Sr., was one of the men in Captain Jacob Hoover's company according to the Sept. 6, 1794, Muster Rolls of Pendleton Militia and joined Captain Peter Hull's company of the Highland Militia in 1779, which had gone to Yorktown according to the US GenWeb VA Highland History. | |||||||
| Also see A Handbook of Highland County - Philip Sr. witnesses a murder. | ||||||||||
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| Abraham Eckard | Sarah "Sally" Ann Fend (Faint) | |||||||||
| b. ca. 1791 d. 1860 |
m. 27 Dec. 1817 OR 21 Dec. 1814 (latter date as per Linda Custer) in Pendleton Co. of what is now WV. | b. 1795 d. ? |
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| Absalom Eckard | ↑ Sarah J. Lamb |
Buried at St. Michael's Church cemetery where many of the early Eckards are buried. Click
here for a picture of the church from the view of the cemetery. Picture taken 31 Oct. 1998. Location: Sugar Grove, WV. |
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| b. 18 April 1825 d. 16 Feb. 1898 |
m. 5 Oct. 1844 marriage document |
b. 22 July 1825 d. 10 Mar. 1903 in dropsy |
Also see The Parish Register, St. Michael's
(Wildfang's Church, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Volume I, 1807-1881, translated and transcribed,
1966, by George M. Smith or St. Michael's Lutheran-Reformed Church Pendleton County, West Virginia, baptismal and birth records. |
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THE EARLY ECKARDS AND THEIR ANCESTRY
Hans Catherina Born in northern FRANCE.
Christman + (maiden name Ruhlman has also been seen
Ruhlmann | uknown) as Ruhleman, Rolman, and
b. approx. | b. approx. even Rubman.
1675 | 1675
d. Aug. 17, | d. Nov. 11,
1741 | 1742
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Jacob + Appolonia Jacob Ruhlman was baptized
Ruhlmann | Herkel February 5, 1696. He was born
b. 1696 | at Sultzbach, Alsace, France.
| He married Appolonia Herkel at
| Longensaultzbach, Alsace,
| France on February 16, 1719.
| Appolonia was born at
| Roth/Wissembourg, France.
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Johann Maria Johann was from GERMANY. Maria
(John) + Cat(h)arina came to America aboard the ship
Casper | Ruhlman(n) Hope in 1733 with her father,
Eckhardt | (Ruhleman mother, and brother. They
(Eckert) | or Rolman) settled in Pennsylvania. Johann
| b. 1723 and Maria married Nov. 29, 1743,
Also seen as | Langensoultzbach, in Carcoosing, PA, by Rev. John
Johannes | Germany (France) Casper Stoever (as per Linda Custer).
Caspar | Baptized Dec. 16, Several land transactions
Heckert | 1723. indicate that Casper and Maria
| Catherina were alive in 1773
| as per Ron Eckard.
| John Caspar Eckard first appears
| in 1738 in the New Holland
| Lutheran Church.
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Philip Barbara Coming from Pennsylvania, and
Eckard + Propst perhaps stopping in Maryland,
Sr. | Philip Eckard, Sr., settled in
"The | what is now Stony Run of the
Pioneer" | d. btwn Sugar Grove District of Pendleton
b. btwn | 1793 & County, West Virginia, around 1776.
1747 and | 1798 Barbara died in the 1790s.
1751, PA | Philip Sr. then married
(c.1749) | Sophia Rexroad Fleisher in 1799
d. 1820 | and they later divorced in 1803.
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| Philip, Sr., was one of the men in
| Captain Jacob Hoover's company
| according to the Sept. 6, 1794, Muster
| Rolls of Pendleton Militia and joined
| Captain Peter Hull's company of the
| Highland Militia in 1779, which had
| gone to Yorktown according to the
| US GenWeb VA Highland History.
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| Also see A Handbook of Highland County - Philip Sr. witnesses a murder.
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| Click HERE for Philip's will.
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| Click HERE for Abraham's will.
| (This is not the will of the Abraham below.
| Rather, it is the will of the brother of
| Philip Eckard, Sr., who is named Abraham)
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Abraham Sarah "Sally" Married December 27,
Eckard + Ann Fend (Faint) 1817, but Linda Custer
b. approx. 1791 | b. approx. 1795 reports the date as
d. 1860 | December 21, 1814,
| in Pendleton Co., WV.
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Absalom Sarah
Eckard + J. Absalom Eckard Marriage Document
b. April 18, 1825 Lamb
m. abt. 1844 b. July 22, 1825
d. Feb. 16, 1898 d. March 10, 1903 in Dropsy
Buried at St. Michaels Church cemetery where
many of the early Eckards are buried. Click
here for a picture of the church from the view
of the cemetery. Picture taken 31 Oct. 1998.
Location: Sugar Grove, WV.
Also see The Parish Register, St. Michael's (Wildfang's Church, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Volume I, 1807-1881,
translated and transcribed, 1966, by George M. Smith
or St. Michael's Lutheran-Reformed Church Pendleton County, West Virginia, baptismal and birth records.