The Eby Family Bible By MRS. CHARLES M. COLDREN The oldest Bible in possession of the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety, is the "Eby" Bible, printed in 1596, and purchased and presented to the Society last year by Ralph W. Eaby, Jr., after its whereabouts was discovered by Henry J. Young

." Jacob Eby was a Bishop of the Mennonites in Switzerland as early as 1683. His son, Theodorus, came to America and located south of New Holland where he died in 1737. He was the progenitor of all the Ebys in America. The eldest son, Peter, was married to Annie Mylin. They belonged to the Pequea colony of