An American Family History

Eva Elizabeth Beil (Weil) Bauman was born on April 6 1720 in Germany. Her parents were Johann Georg Beil and Anna Maria Delp.

She immigrated to America with a group of neighbors and fellow church members when she was only 18 years old. She came on the ship "Billender Thistle"captained by George Houston. She arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 28, 1738 . Her name was recorded as "Eveles Byle."

On August 21, 1739 she married Johann Dietrich Bauman at the Goshenhoppen Church at Red Hill, Montgomery County (then Philadelphia County), Pennsylvania.

Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Dietrich and Elizabeth Bauman.

She died in 1773 in Towamensing, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.