Eva Margaretha Etter (Leichtman) - the second husband of Eva

Eva Margaretha Leichtman Etter-Demler
BIRTH
1 Jan 1735
France
DEATH
4 May 1804 (aged 69)
Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Milton Grove Cemetery
Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID
66866377 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 5
Parentage unknown. Born at Rechenbach, Alsace-Lorraine Provence.

Married about December 1760 (1) Widower, Johannes "Hans" Etter, at Pennsylvania.

Eva was received into the Donegal Moravian Church 23 November 1762; her first communion was given in June of 1764. The life story of Johannes and Eva is contained in the Church Records.

They had two children of record, Johannes 1762-1822 and Samuel 1765-1809. Eva was widowed in 1767 when Johannes died on 9 June.

According to records of the Donegal Moravian Church, Eva married again, about 1768 (2) Jeorg Peter Demler rather than to George Heinrich "Henry" Etter, as was earlier reported. (George Heinrich "Henry" Etter must have married an EVE unknown).

Many thanks to VBuckwalter for the following record from the Moravian Church histories:

"5 Jul 1804, widow Eva Margareth Demler (formerly widow Etter) nee Lichtmann; b. 1 Jan 1735 at Rechenbach, Alsace; Lutheran. Came as a 15-year-old girl with her parents to America. She m. in Dec 1760 widower Johannes Etter; was accepted by the Mount Joy congregation in 1762, to communion 1763, then through change in her behavior lost her fellowship with our Brethren. After her 1st husband d. 28 Sep 1767, she mar. (2) in 1768 Jeorg Peter Demler, with whom she lived in Chester Co. near Philadelphia for 7 yrs. From the two marriages she had 2 sons and a dau. Widowed a 2nd time, she dwelled in the little house near our school and was an object of general pity. Age 69 yrs, 6 mos, 5 days."