According to the Brethren Encyclopedia, the Eiler family was not the same as the Eller family. Alternative spellings of Eiler include Oyler and Iller. Dwayne Wrightsman ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Thomas" <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] Eiler Questions > Not sure if you are talking the same family, but Henry Eller of the > Beaverdam Congregation, was a friend of Daniel Seiler. Both are also > listed > in the Conestoga Congregation, both lived near each other in present day > Lebanon County, and appear to have moved to Maryland about the same time. > The Seiler family was likely Amish or Mennonite prior to becoming > Brethren. > Have nothing else on the Eller family beside's this short bio. > > Bill Thomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:36 AM > To: brethren@rootsweb.com; DebbyBliss@aol.com > Subject: [BRE] Eiler Questions > > Eiler Questions: > > Conrad Eiler (Iller) and family came over on the Ship Allen in 1729 with > Alexander Mack and his party of Brethren followers. Can anyone document > that Conrad Eiler was Brethren other than the fact that he was on the > ship? > (Incidentally, I have not seen John S. Eiler's work other than his Eiler > entry in the Brethren Encyclopedia, but I would be surprised if he didn't > get the idea that Conrad Eiler was Brethren from Martin Grove Brumbaugh > (1899) who assumed that all Ship Allen passengers were Brethren.) > > There are indeed Brethren Eilers but are they descendants of Conrad Eiler? > If so, what is the evidence? If not, who was the first Brethren Eiler? > > Dwayne Wrightsman

>From Emmert Bittinger I have noted the messages recently sent regarding the Eiler family. I am in the process of breaking up my family history collection. I am in posession of Dr. John S. Eilers large Genealogical History of the Eiler, Eilar, Eyler, Iler, Oyler and Associated Families published in l973. It is hard bound and consists of nearly 350 pages. If anyone is willing, they may purchase it for the best offer above the cost of my investment in it plus postage, which is approximately $50.00. I am not sure if this is a ligitimate item to place on the Brethren roots web, but if not the web master may remove it. Emmert Bittinger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwayne Wrightsman" <dwayne55@comcast.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Eiler Questions > > According to the Brethren Encyclopedia, the Eiler family was not the same > as > the Eller family. Alternative spellings of Eiler include Oyler and Iller. > > Dwayne Wrightsman > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Thomas" <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net> > To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [BRE] Eiler Questions > > >> Not sure if you are talking the same family, but Henry Eller of the >> Beaverdam Congregation, was a friend of Daniel Seiler. Both are also >> listed >> in the Conestoga Congregation, both lived near each other in present day >> Lebanon County, and appear to have moved to Maryland about the same time. >> The Seiler family was likely Amish or Mennonite prior to becoming >> Brethren. >> Have nothing else on the Eller family beside's this short bio. >> >> Bill Thomas >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman >> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:36 AM >> To: brethren@rootsweb.com; DebbyBliss@aol.com >> Subject: [BRE] Eiler Questions >> >> Eiler Questions: >> >> Conrad Eiler (Iller) and family came over on the Ship Allen in 1729 with >> Alexander Mack and his party of Brethren followers. Can anyone document >> that Conrad Eiler was Brethren other than the fact that he was on the >> ship? >> (Incidentally, I have not seen John S. Eiler's work other than his Eiler >> entry in the Brethren Encyclopedia, but I would be surprised if he didn't >> get the idea that Conrad Eiler was Brethren from Martin Grove Brumbaugh >> (1899) who assumed that all Ship Allen passengers were Brethren.) >> >> There are indeed Brethren Eilers but are they descendants of Conrad >> Eiler? >> If so, what is the evidence? If not, who was the first Brethren Eiler? >> >> Dwayne Wrightsman > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message