John Horst (1801-1875) was the son of Christian Horst (1755-1837) and Susanna Nolt of Lancaster Co., PA and Washington Co., MD. He was the grandson of Joseph Horst who emigrated from Switzerland in 1730. He married (1) Elizabeth Eshleman (b.1801), daughter of Abraham Eshleman and Susanna Grabill, in 1820. They were the parents of eleven children. He married (2) Frances Boyer (1815-1886). His son Christian Horst married Leah Smith (b.1819) and they were the parents of nine children. Several generations of descendants are given. Descendants lived in Maryland. Other places of descendant residence not shown in text.
A genealogy of the descendants of Theodorus Eby born 25 Apr 1663 in Switzerland. He came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1715 and settled on what is now called Mill Creek, south of New Helland, Lancaster County. He died in 1737.
A biographical history of the Eby family, being a history of their movements in Europe during the reformation, and of their early settlement in America; as also much other unpublished historical information belonging to the family
Hannas (John) Weber died in Switzerland in 1721, and left 3 (or perhaps 4) sons, George, Jacob, Henry, and John, all of whom emigrated to the U.S. and settled in Lancaster co., Pennsylvania.