Eve Schell was a daughter of John Christian Schell and Maria Elizabeth Petrie. She was born at Schell's Bush, near Herkimer, New York. Catherine Petrie and Dieterich Petrie were sponsors at her baptism.

The summer of 1781 was tumultuous in the Mohawk Valley and the Schells were not to go unscathed. On August 6th a band of sixty-six tories and Indians attacked the Schell's fort. They took the twin boys captive, but the rest of the family made it to safety in their fort and warded off the attack. They had injured 29 of the 66 and captured, the leader. Because of this defeat the enemy swore vengeance against the family and lurked around their farm for days. "At one time they surprised Eve Schell, one of John Christian's daughters, in the woods, at some distance from the house, they scalped her and left her for dead. A pipestem attached to the tomahawk, had become fastened in her head; when she regained consciousness, she extracted the obnoxious stem and struggled home. She recovered and afterwards married Mr. Plank and became the happy mother of children." Resource: "Schell Researches after the Descendants of John Christian Schell and John Schell", by Christian Denissen.

The family wasn't done with tragedy, for in [dates vary] Sept 5, 1781 or July, 1782, the men of the family were ambushed while working in the fields. John Christian and his son Denis were fatally wounded and Frederick was wounded. Their neighbors came to their rescue, but John Christian died at Fort Dayton three days later and Augustinus "Denis" died nine days after the attack. Frederick was lame for the rest of his life and Eve was deformed. The twins were eventually allowed to return home about eight to ten years after their capture.

After the passing of their mother, in the 1790's one after another of the children married and moved to Canada. Eve's brother, (twin) Henry was the last to leave, selling the family homestead in the spring of 1798.

In 1796 Eve married William D. Plank in New York.

Ontario Genealogy Society has her listed in the Quaker Hill Cemetery (Friends). http://ogs.on.ca/durham/cemeteries/quakhill.htm
Her memorial was found in the Friends' Burial Ground. These are two separate cemeteries.