Jacob Bergey

Notes:

From Ezra Eby Book

Jacob Bergey, "the second son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wagner) Bergey, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, September 1st, 1818, and came to Canada with his parents in 1822. They settled near Preston, on the farm known as "Henry Brower's." Here young Jacob was raised. On April 11th, 1844, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Moses and Barbara (Pannabecker) Eby. She was born January 27th, 1824. On May 2nd, 1849, they moved on Lot No. 4, Bleams Road, Wilmot Township, near Mannheim, where they have resided ever since. They are quite smart for their age. Their family consisted of ten children, of whom two died in infancy.

Jacob married Elizabeth Eby on 11 Apr 1844. Elizabeth (daughter of Moses Eby and Barbara Pannebecker) was born on 17 Jan 1824 in Ontario; died on 19 May 1911 in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David E. Bergey was born on 2 Jul 1845 in Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario; died on 25 Mar 1932 in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario; was buried on 28 Mar 1932 in Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blandford-Blenheim Township, Ontario.
2. Nathaniel Bergey was born on 12 May 1847 in Ontario; died on 23 Feb 1929; was buried in Mannheim Latschaw Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
3. Leah Bergey was born on 14 Feb 1850; died on 21 Aug 1854.
4. Sarah Bergey was born on 13 Jun 1852; died on 27 Aug 1854.
5. Susannah Bergey was born on 5 Oct 1854 in Ontario; died on 9 Feb 1925; was buried in Mannheim Latschaw Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
6. Hannah Bergey was born on 25 Jul 1857 in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
7. Elizabeth Bergey was born on 6 May 1860 in Mannheim, Ontario; died on 9 Feb 1946 in Kitchener Waterloo Hospital, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario.
8. Lydia C. Bergey was born on 9 Aug 1862 in Ontario.
9. Jacob E. Bergey was born on 2 Aug 1865 in Ontario; died after 1946.
10. Aaron E. Bergey was born on 22 Dec 1868; died after 1946.

Notes:

From Ezra Eby Book

Joseph Bergey, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1792. He was married to Elizabeth Wagner. They had a family of eight children.

Joseph married Elizabeth Wagner. Elizabeth was born in 1788 in USA; died on 18 Apr 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Ezra Eby Book

Isaac Bergey, "the eldest son of old Hans Bergey, was born about the year 1740. He resided at first near Germantown, but after his marriage to Mary Hunsicker he moved to Montgomery County where quite a number of his co-religionists had already formed several small communities. Here he lived until about the year 1791 when he died. With his first wife he had three children, namely: III John, III Jacob, and Isaac. None of the descendants of the three sons reside in Canada. Their descendants are to be found in Montgomery and other counties of Pennsylvania and in some of the Western States. After the decease of his first wife he married to Veronica Hunsberger, with whom he had ten children.

Isaac married Veronica Hunsberger. Veronica died in 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(2005). "Hunsberger." Canadian Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Mennonite Historical Society of Canada. Retrieved 23 Feb 2005

Hunsberger is a Mennonite family name, evidently Swiss in origin, found in the Franconia (PA) and Ontario districts of the Mennonite Church (MC). Bishop Henry Hunsberger (1768-1854) of the Blooming Glen, PA Mennonite congregation (MC) was assistant moderator of the Franconia Conference in 1847 by virtue of being second in seniority in years of service as a bishop. Because the moderator, Bishop John Hunsicker (d. 17 November 1847), sympathized with the vision and concerns of John H. Oberholtzer and sat with the Oberholtzer party in the Franconia meetinghouse on 7 October 1847 when the final secession of the Oberholtzer group occurred, Hunsberger served as moderator of the October 1847 session of the Franconia Conference. Jacob B. Hunsberger (1836-1919) served as preacher in the Coventry and Vincent congregations of the Franconia Conference from 1877 until his death over 41 years later. Christian R. Hunsberger (1823-1906) was a preacher in the Upper Skippack congregation (MC) of the Franconia Conference from 1879 until 1906. The Ontario Mennonite (MC) preachers included Abraham K. Hunsberger (1827-1889) of the Moyer congregation, and Noah Hunsberger, who was ordained preacher in 1903 and served in Sherkston and Waterloo. Bishop Ephraim Hunsberger (1814-1904) of the Eastern District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM) served as preacher in the Hereford congregation (GCM) beginning in 1849. In 1852 he moved to Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio, where he organized a congregation which he served for 50 years.

Notes:

Source Ezra Eby

Hans Bergey, " a native of Saxony. Germany, emigrated to America shortly after the Mennonites had formed settlements in and around Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was a strict adherent to the Mennonite doctrines. Dates of his birth and death and to whom he was married could not be obtained when the writer was last to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and it is doubtful whether any records are preserved that will give us more information pertaining to this old progenitor. His family consisted of *four sons...."

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Source
Descendants of:
JOHN ULRICH BERGEY
http://home.cogeco.ca/~familytree/bergey.html

John Ulrich Bergey and his wife Mary were Mennonites as shown by the fact that he was one of the originators of the congregation in Salford, Pennsylvania, in 1738. His name appears among those to whom the meeting-house, and tract of land on which it stood, were transferred by the ministers and deacons of the congregation.

At a session of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, held in Philadelphia on the 12th and 13th days of April, 1743, John Ulrich Bergey was naturalized. He had conscientious scruples to taking an oath and was affirmed.

John Ulrich Bergey made his will November 9, 1762, and it was probated December 11, 1762, indicating that he died between these two dates. He was a comparatively young man as shown by the fact that only the older children were married, while the younger children were still under age.

John Ulrich Bergey and his wife Mary are buried at the Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse. Their graves were marked with field stones until July, 1907, when a granite monument was erected on the spot by the Bergey family association, and unveiled with an appropriate ceremony 27 September, 1907.

The Family Name

In a deed, given in 1728, in which John Ulrich Bergey conveys 100 acres of land to Jacob Enger he writes his name Hans Ulrich Burgy. This is the earliest signature that has been found and it is presumed that this is the original spelling of the family name. John Ulrich's name as appended to his will is either written with assistance or it is an attempt to anglicize it so as to make it more readily comprehensible by English speaking persons.

John Ulrich Bergey's sons used three different renditions: Bergey, Berge and Berky. The greater number of the descendants of John Ulrich write their name Bergey. Some of the descendants of John write the name Berky. A few of the descendants of Isaac and all the descendants of Abraham write the name Berge. Some of the descendants of Isaac also write the name Bergy.

From: "The Genealogy of the Bergey Family" by David H. Bergey, 1925

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Source:
bownehistory.org

Of the Mennonite faith, Bergey came from Switzerland in 1719. He had 11 children. Progenitors of a large family in Pennsylvania, Ontario and the Mid-West. This house stands as a memorial to him and his progeny.”