Martin F Gaby, Sr.

From: <Spetry2@aol.com> To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 8:31 PM Subject: [BRE] Martin Gaby - parents

I can confirm now that the parents of early Brethren minister, Martin
Gaby, were Ulrich and Maria Gabi of Oberbipp, Switzerland. The record of
Martin's baptism on May 6, 1742 is on microfilm # 2005651 from the Family
History Library. His record is on Page 10 of Part 2 of this film. The
baby's
name is written "Marti" as best as I can make out. The script on this
old
film is very hard to read. This is also confirmation that Martin was
born in
Switzerland, not in Germany as some have stated.

Gaby researchers have long speculated/assumed that this was the case, but
I
had not seen a source cited. Now I have seen the film.

Sherry Petry

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Martin F. GABY SR. was born on 9 May 1742 in Germany. He died in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Martin Gaby, husband of Conrad Price's oldest daughter, Susanna, was a Dunker, the name given to a baptist sect to distinguish them from Mennonites. a brief history of Pricetown PA mentions the German Baptist (Tunker) meeting house and the cemetery where its builder, Martin Gaby (Gaube) is buried. His grave stone is one of the few stones still legible. The Pricetown Meeting house also receives mention in the Brethren Encyclopedia. The meeting house is the oldest unaltered church building in the Brotherhood.on the land which he had purchased from Conrad Price.
A biography of Martin Gaube states that he was an early Brethren settler, and a leading figure in the Maiden Creek congregation, in the Oley region of Berks County, where he settled in 1766, near what came to be known as Pricetown. Martin became the minister of the congregation in 1770 and in 1780 was ordained elder. The meeting house is six miles northeast of Reading, PA. Martin's farmhouse is reportedly across the road from the meetinghouse.

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GEDCOM Note

The following information is what I have found in my research of the Gaby name startig with Ulrich Gaby and Descending for 4 generations. Only names I can place are listed. A lot of it has been copied from other internet sites, but I have checked carefully to make the information correct. A small amount on Martin Gaby Sr. was obtained from library sources and the LDS Family History Centers and their internet sites. As far as I can determine Isaac, son of Martin Gaby Sr. is the only Gaby to go to from PA to TN by way of MD. and VA. Other sons and daughters, I know not which ones, of Martin Gaby Sr went to Indiana.

FIRST GENERATION

1. Ulrich GABY was born in Germany.

He was married to MARIA UNKNOWN. Ulrich GABY and MARIA UNKNOWN had the following children:

+2 i. Martin F. GABY SR..

SECOND GENERATION

2. Martin F. GABY SR. was born on 9 May 1742 in Germany. He died in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Martin Gaby, husband of Conrad Price's oldest daughter, Susanna, was a Dunker, the name given to a baptist sect to distinguish them from Mennonites. a brief history of Pricetown PA mentions the German Baptist (Tunker) meeting house and the cemetery where its builder, Martin Gaby (Gaube) is buried. His grave stone is one of the few stones still legible. The Pricetown Meeting house also receives mention in the Brethren Encyclopedia. The meeting house is the oldest unaltered church building in the Brotherhood.on the land which he had purchased from Conrad Price.

A biography of Martin Gaube states that he was an early Brethren settler, and a leading figure in the Maiden Creek congregation, in the Oley region of Berks County, where he settled in 1766, near what came to be known as Pricetown. Martin became the minister of the congregation in 1770 and in 1780 was ordained elder. The meeting house is six miles northeast of Reading, PA. Martin's farmhouse is reportedly across the road from the meetinghouse.

Susannah PRICE (daughter of Conrad PREISZ (PRICE) and Catharine BARSTLER) was born about 1744. Martin F. GABY SR. and Susannah PRICE had the following children:

+3 i. Martin GABY.

4 ii. Peter GABY.

+5 iii. Isaac GABY.

+6 iv. Catherine GABY.

+7 v. Susan GABY.

+8 vi. Abraham GABY.

+9 vii. Jacob GABY.

+10 viii. Daniel GABY.

+11 ix. Esther GABY.

12 x. Matthias GABY was born about 1779 in Berks Co. Pennsylvania.

+13 xi. Salomi GABY.

+14 xii. Solomon GABY.

From "A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America, Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Brethren Publishing House, Mount Morris Ill 1899: Oley Congregation-As early as 1732, Peter Becker Preached at Oley. Among the members... In 1770 about twelve families were identified with the Oley congregation...Martin Gaby, Minister and wife, John Joder, minister, and wife, Conrad Price and wife, David Price and Wife, David Kinsey and wife, Christian Kinsey and wife, Peter Kleine, Elizabeth Ellis, Margaret Harpine, Catherine Plank, Daniel Kleine and wife. At the Little Swatara meeting, 12 August 1780, Martin Gaby was ordained elder of this congregation by Elders Christopher Sower and Martin Urner. At the same time and place Brother Daniel Kintzy was ordained to the office of deacon in the Oley Congregation...." copied by me off the Brethrenrootsweb.com

History of Berks County in PA, Morton L. Montgomery, Everts, Pect and Richards, Philadelphia 1886 (Carnegie Lib, Pittsburgh) "...In 1807 Martin Gaube conveyed to the "Old Baptist Society" composed of members in and about the twp of Ruscomb-manor, a lot of ground containing one acre, and a "House of Divine Worship" thereon erected. This lot is part of the Price tract. The trustees of the society then were Martin Gaube, David Kinsey, Christian Kinsey and John Beyler...Among the members were persons belonging to Kenzie, Reublemoyer, Fiant and Price Families...." p 1008 (copied off of Brethren@rootsweb.com)

The Brethren Encyclopedia says of the Kintzi (Kinsey, Kinzie) Family: p 697, vol 2 K-Z: "

The following information is what I have found in my research of the Gaby name startig with Ulrich Gaby and Descending for 4 generations. Only names I can place are listed. A lot of it has been copied from other internet sites, but I have checked carefully to make the information correct. A small amount on Martin Gaby Sr. was obtained from library sources and the LDS Family History Centers and their internet sites. As far as I can determine Isaac, son of Martin Gaby Sr. is the only Gaby to go to from PA to TN by way of MD. and VA. Other sons and daughters, I know not which ones, of Martin Gaby Sr went to Indiana.

FIRST GENERATION

1. Ulrich GABY was born in Germany.

He was married to MARIA UNKNOWN. Ulrich GABY and MARIA UNKNOWN had the following children:

+2 i. Martin F. GABY SR..

SECOND GENERATION

2. Martin F. GABY SR. was born on 9 May 1742 in Germany. He died in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Martin Gaby, husband of Conrad Price's oldest daughter, Susanna, was a Dunker, the name given to a baptist sect to distinguish them from Mennonites. a brief history of Pricetown PA mentions the German Baptist (Tunker) meeting house and the cemetery where its builder, Martin Gaby (Gaube) is buried. His grave stone is one of the few stones still legible. The Pricetown Meeting house also receives mention in the Brethren Encyclopedia. The meeting house is the oldest unaltered church building in the Brotherhood.on the land which he had purchased from Conrad Price.

A biography of Martin Gaube states that he was an early Brethren settler, and a leading figure in the Maiden Creek congregation, in the Oley region of Berks County, where he settled in 1766, near what came to be known as Pricetown. Martin became the minister of the congregation in 1770 and in 1780 was ordained elder. The meeting house is six miles northeast of Reading, PA. Martin's farmhouse is reportedly across the road from the meetinghouse.

Susannah PRICE (daughter of Conrad PREISZ (PRICE) and Catharine BARSTLER) was born about 1744. Martin F. GABY SR. and Susannah PRICE had the following children:

+3 i. Martin GABY.

4 ii. Peter GABY.

+5 iii. Isaac GABY.

+6 iv. Catherine GABY.

+7 v. Susan GABY.

+8 vi. Abraham GABY.

+9 vii. Jacob GABY.

+10 viii. Daniel GABY.

+11 ix. Esther GABY.

12 x. Matthias GABY was born about 1779 in Berks Co. Pennsylvania.

+13 xi. Salomi GABY.

+14 xii. Solomon GABY.

From "A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America, Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Brethren Publishing House, Mount Morris Ill 1899: Oley Congregation-As early as 1732, Peter Becker Preached at Oley. Among the members... In 1770 about twelve families were identified with the Oley congregation...Martin Gaby, Minister and wife, John Joder, minister, and wife, Conrad Price and wife, David Price and Wife, David Kinsey and wife, Christian Kinsey and wife, Peter Kleine, Elizabeth Ellis, Margaret Harpine, Catherine Plank, Daniel Kleine and wife. At the Little Swatara meeting, 12 August 1780, Martin Gaby was ordained elder of this congregation by Elders Christopher Sower and Martin Urner. At the same time and place Brother Daniel Kintzy was ordained to the office of deacon in the Oley Congregation...." copied by me off the Brethrenrootsweb.com

History of Berks County in PA, Morton L. Montgomery, Everts, Pect and Richards, Philadelphia 1886 (Carnegie Lib, Pittsburgh) "...In 1807 Martin Gaube conveyed to the "Old Baptist Society" composed of members in and about the twp of Ruscomb-manor, a lot of ground containing one acre, and a "House of Divine Worship" thereon erected. This lot is part of the Price tract. The trustees of the society then were Martin Gaube, David Kinsey, Christian Kinsey and John Beyler...Among the members were persons belonging to Kenzie, Reublemoyer, Fiant and Price Families...." p 1008 (copied off of Brethren@rootsweb.com)

The Brethren Encyclopedia says of the Kintzi (Kinsey, Kinzie) Family: p 697, vol 2 K-Z: "

The following information is what I have found in my research of the Gaby name startig with Ulrich Gaby and Descending for 4 generations. Only names I can place are listed. A lot of it has been copied from other internet sites, but I have checked carefully to make the information correct. A small amount on Martin Gaby Sr. was obtained from library sources and the LDS Family History Centers and their internet sites. As far as I can determine Isaac, son of Martin Gaby Sr. is the only Gaby to go to from PA to TN by way of MD. and VA. Other sons and daughters, I know not which ones, of Martin Gaby Sr went to Indiana.

FIRST GENERATION

1. Ulrich GABY was born in Germany.

He was married to MARIA UNKNOWN. Ulrich GABY and MARIA UNKNOWN had the following children:

+2 i. Martin F. GABY SR..

SECOND GENERATION

2. Martin F. GABY SR. was born on 9 May 1742 in Germany. He died in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Martin Gaby, husband of Conrad Price's oldest daughter, Susanna, was a Dunker, the name given to a baptist sect to distinguish them from Mennonites. a brief history of Pricetown PA mentions the German Baptist (Tunker) meeting house and the cemetery where its builder, Martin Gaby (Gaube) is buried. His grave stone is one of the few stones still legible. The Pricetown Meeting house also receives mention in the Brethren Encyclopedia. The meeting house is the oldest unaltered church building in the Brotherhood.on the land which he had purchased from Conrad Price.

A biography of Martin Gaube states that he was an early Brethren settler, and a leading figure in the Maiden Creek congregation, in the Oley region of Berks County, where he settled in 1766, near what came to be known as Pricetown. Martin became the minister of the congregation in 1770 and in 1780 was ordained elder. The meeting house is six miles northeast of Reading, PA. Martin's farmhouse is reportedly across the road from the meetinghouse.

Susannah PRICE (daughter of Conrad PREISZ (PRICE) and Catharine BARSTLER) was born about 1744. Martin F. GABY SR. and Susannah PRICE had the following children:

+3 i. Martin GABY.

4 ii. Peter GABY.

+5 iii. Isaac GABY.

+6 iv. Catherine GABY.

+7 v. Susan GABY.

+8 vi. Abraham GABY.

+9 vii. Jacob GABY.

+10 viii. Daniel GABY.

+11 ix. Esther GABY.

12 x. Matthias GABY was born about 1779 in Berks Co. Pennsylvania.

+13 xi. Salomi GABY.

+14 xii. Solomon GABY.

From "A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America, Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Brethren Publishing House, Mount Morris Ill 1899: Oley Congregation-As early as 1732, Peter Becker Preached at Oley. Among the members... In 1770 about twelve families were identified with the Oley congregation...Martin Gaby, Minister and wife, John Joder, minister, and wife, Conrad Price and wife, David Price and Wife, David Kinsey and wife, Christian Kinsey and wife, Peter Kleine, Elizabeth Ellis, Margaret Harpine, Catherine Plank, Daniel Kleine and wife. At the Little Swatara meeting, 12 August 1780, Martin Gaby was ordained elder of this congregation by Elders Christopher Sower and Martin Urner. At the same time and place Brother Daniel Kintzy was ordained to the office of deacon in the Oley Congregation...." copied by me off the Brethrenrootsweb.com

History of Berks County in PA, Morton L. Montgomery, Everts, Pect and Richards, Philadelphia 1886 (Carnegie Lib, Pittsburgh) "...In 1807 Martin Gaube conveyed to the "Old Baptist Society" composed of members in and about the twp of Ruscomb-manor, a lot of ground containing one acre, and a "House of Divine Worship" thereon erected. This lot is part of the Price tract. The trustees of the society then were Martin Gaube, David Kinsey, Christian Kinsey and John Beyler...Among the members were persons belonging to Kenzie, Reublemoyer, Fiant and Price Families...." p 1008 (copied off of Brethren@rootsweb.com)

The Brethren Encyclopedia says of the Kintzi (Kinsey, Kinzie) Family: p 697, vol 2 K-Z: "

Family records and his will spell his name and that of his daughter as GABY.
(Thanks to contributor McCauley-Mitchell(#48842935)for the above.

Brethren records indicate that GAUBE is the original spelling of Martin's last name, not as seen on the modern headstone.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 13 2023, 16:04:44 UTC