Taken by indians after her husband, Adam Ernst, and some others were killed, she was forced to walk the indian paths to Detroit with those who had murdered her husband. She spent nine years working at the fort to buy her freedom, and that of the two children with her. After making her way back, she married Conrad Samel, the father-in-law of her son George.
Her name is also listed as Eva Hillebard, as well as Eve Imler, Eve/Eva Earnest, Eve Sammel, and Eve Samuel (her 2nd Husband was Conrad Sammel/Samel/Samuel). Other maiden names attributed to her are Heltzel/Helsel and Dibert.
Note: Fort Duquesne was destroyed by the French in 1758, 19 years before Indian Eve was taken.
Note: There are may disagreements on who Eve's parents were. She is currently linked to George Adam Hillebard, but that may not be her father.
Her name is also listed as Eva Hillebard, as well as Eve Imler, Eve/Eva Earnest, Eve Sammel, and Eve Samuel (her 2nd Husband was Conrad Sammel/Samel/Samuel). Other maiden names attributed to her are Heltzel/Helsel and Dibert.
Note: Fort Duquesne was destroyed by the French in 1758, 19 years before Indian Eve was taken.
Note: There are may disagreements on who Eve's parents were. She is currently linked to George Adam Hillebard, but that may not be her father.
Taken by indians after her husband, Adam Ernst, and some others were killed, she was forced to walk the indian paths to Detroit with those who had murdered her husband. She spent nine years working at the fort to buy her freedom, and that of the two children with her. After making her way back, she married Conrad Samel, the father-in-law of her son George.
Her name is also listed as Eva Hillebard, as well as Eve Imler, Eve/Eva Earnest, Eve Sammel, and Eve Samuel (her 2nd Husband was Conrad Sammel/Samel/Samuel). Other maiden names attributed to her are Heltzel/Helsel and Dibert.
Note: Fort Duquesne was destroyed by the French in 1758, 19 years before Indian Eve was taken.
Note: There are may disagreements on who Eve's parents were. She is currently linked to George Adam Hillebard, but that may not be her father.
Her name is also listed as Eva Hillebard, as well as Eve Imler, Eve/Eva Earnest, Eve Sammel, and Eve Samuel (her 2nd Husband was Conrad Sammel/Samel/Samuel). Other maiden names attributed to her are Heltzel/Helsel and Dibert.
Note: Fort Duquesne was destroyed by the French in 1758, 19 years before Indian Eve was taken.
Note: There are may disagreements on who Eve's parents were. She is currently linked to George Adam Hillebard, but that may not be her father.
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Indian Eve
Wife of Adam Ernst
1740 - 1815
Captured by Indians 1777. Held prisoner 8YS. Detroit, 1YR. Ft. Duquesne. Rode Pony home. Her descendants are from coast to coast.
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