Hannes Brech

Abt 1725 - Abt 1780  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Hannes Brech
  Born	Abt 1725	Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1780	Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I04521	All
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2006

  
  

  Children	1. Elizabeth Brech,   b. Abt 1755   2. John Brech,   b. Abt 1759, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. Abt 1802, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Family ID	F1030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Source Ezra E. Eby Hannes Brech, "the ancestor of the family in this country, was a native of Switzerland and emigrated to this country at a very early date. He was of Mennonite ancestry, and in order to escape the threatened destruction of their party in Europe, he, with others, selected Pennsylvania as their place of refuge. Tradition has it that the old ancestor emigrated to America about the year 1751 and settled in what is now Dauphin(From the late Mrs. Samuel Eby, a grand-child of the old ancestor)County, Pennsylvania, where he died, probably in 1780. It is impossible at so late a date to ascertain the names of all their children, however, we know of two, a daughter named II Elizabeth, married to one named Betzner, who never resided in Canada, neither is there anything known of their descendants; and a son named II John."