Ebel (Müller)

Johann Adam Ebel, son of Johann Werner & Anna Margaretha Ebel, was born in Zell and baptized 26 November 1719.

Johann Adam Ebel married on 3 February 1743 in Billertshausen to Elisabetha Bambeÿ, daughter of Conrad Bambeÿ from Angenrod.

The births of five children born to Johann Adam Ebel & Elisabetha Bambeÿ have been located: (1) Johann Heinrich, born 30 October 1743 in Billertshausen, baptized 1 November 1743; (2) Johannes, born 22 January 1751 in Zell, baptized 24 January 1751; (3) Johann Heinrich, born 22 February 1755 in Zell, baptized 23 February 1755; (4) Johann Conrad, born 7 April 1758 in Zell, baptized 9 April 1758; and (5) Anna Elisabeth, born 18 September 1761 in Zell, baptized 20 September 1761, died 7 January 1763, buried 9 January 1763.

Adam Ebel, a farmer, his wife Elisabeth, and children (Johann, age 23; Johannes, age 17½; Heinrich age 13; Konrad, age 8) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 19 July 1766 aboard the barque named Fortitudo under the command of Skipper John Scott.

They settled in the Volga German colony of Müller on 16 August 1767 and are recorded there on the 1767 census in Household No. 28.

Johann Heinrich Ebel from Müller and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Stephan in Household No. Sp12.

Johann Heinrich Ebel from Stephan and his family are recorded on the 1857 census of Gnadentau.

The Oranienbaum passenger list records that Adam Ebel came from the German region of Darmstadt. The 1767 census records that he came from the German village of Zell in the Darmstadt region.