Ebert Marriages in New York before 1784

from the book  "Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784" I found some Ebert marriages that we may want to look into. 
1.   10 July 1779  Ebart, John and Mary Elizabeth Pelletreau 
2.  15 April 1736  Ebbets, Ellenor and John Nevill
3.  12 September 1753 Ebbets, Richard and Jane Waldron
4.  4 October 1758  Ebbitt, John and Margaret Smith
5.  16 May 1781 Ebert, Catherine and William Powers
6. 14 December 1770 Ebert, Margaret and Charles Meal
7.  15 September 1762 Ebet, John J. and Mary Loman

#1, on the face of it this marriage looks very promising(correct time frame of 1779), however, after doing some preliminary searching on the internet, the John Ebart/Ebert who married Mary Elizabeth Pelletreau is probably not the same John Ebert who lived near Albany, New York.  Descendants of John Ebert and Mary Elizabeth Pelletreau went back to Germany (at least one of the daughters did, according to a SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) record for Theodore Pelletreau Ebert Stein at Ancestry.com)
  I suppose they could have married in New York, had children born in New York, and then gone back to Germany, leaving some children behind.  I find that highly unlikely.  However, eliminating 'suspects' is just as important as proving descent, so if anyone else has thoughts, or more info, please let me know.
Following is some of the info I found on this couple:

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/sons-of-the-american-revolution-indiana/indiana-society-of-the-sons-of-the-american-revolution-register-for-nineteen-hun-sno/page-10-indiana-society-of-the-sons-of-the-american-revolution-register-for-nineteen-hun-sno.shtml
THEODORE PELLETREAU EBERT STEIN. Born in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 21 ; National
No. 1621. Son of Ernest Christian Frederick Stein and Catherine
Elizabeth Stein (nee Kurzrock) ; grandson of Ernest Christian Clem-
ens (von und zum) Stein and Maria Amalia Stein (nee Ebert) ; great-
grandson of Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Pelletreau Ebert and John Ebert;
great-great-grandson of John Elias Pelletreau, who was a private sol-
dier in Captain Zephaniah Rogers' Company of the Suffolk County, N.
Y., Minute Men, commanded by Colonel Josiah Smith ; this company
took part in the battle of Flatbush or Long Island (now in the heart
of the city of Brooklyn) and also in the battle of Monmouth. A paper
containing the signature of John Elias Pelletreau pledging his support
to the patriot cause in May, 1775, is on file in the New York State
Library; see pages 166 and 167 of a manuscript volume, entitled "Vol-
ume 30 Associations" ; see also history of Southampton, Long Island,
by W. S. Pelletreau ; also page 20 of Volume 28 of Marriage Bonds
in the State Library at Albany, N. Y. It is of interest to note that
Mr. Stein's great-grandfather, John Ebert, was Assistant Commissary-
General of the Hessian Army on the staff of General Baron von Knyp-
(page) 112
hausen, participating in the Battle of Long Island with John Elias
Pelletreau, but on the opposite side. See "Our Allies," a Hessian work
relative to the Hessian Auxiliary troops, by von Eelking.


http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/max-von-eelking/german-allied-troops-in-the-north-american-war-of-independence-1776-1783-hci/page-15-german-allied-troops-in-the-north-american-war-of-independence-1776-1783-hci.shtml
Commissaries of Stores.
John Ebert, 1778-82.
- Lorenz, 1782.

Hessian Soldier
1974 , The Gallimaufry Press
Johann Georg Ebert, Hessian Officer who served as a mercenary with the British during the American Revolution.
Johann is said to have been an officer, but this could be questioned because of his age.  Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that both military rank and marriage seemed to have been achieved earlier in the 18th century.  The Marquis de Lafayette, another participant in this war, held the rank of general at the age of 21.  Despite the Hessian soldier's allegiance to George III, the Hessians were reluctant defenders of the Crown.  This passage from The German Americans:  An Informal History by Richard O'Connor throws light on the role of the Hessian soldier in the Revolution:
"One of the few popular successes in fictional or dramatic form dealing with the Amercian Revolution was produced thirty-odd years ago by the Theatre Guild.  It was Lawrence Langner's play The Pursuit of Happiness and it dealt with a Hessian soldier who deserted his regiment, took refuge with an American family and learned the colonial custon of "bundling" with the daughter of the household and other delights of a free country.
"And that was exactly what many Hessians, as all the German soldiers involuntarily serving under the British colors were called, did the moment they found an opportunity.  Hessian almost became a synonym for deserter.  The muster rolls of the Hessian regiments showed that 29,875 were sold into British service in the Colonies and only 17,313 eventually returned to their various German states.  Of the remaining 12,562 many lost their lives fighting under the Union Jack, but thousands, probably much more than half, simply took to their heels and settled down as peaceful citizens of the Colonies they had been sent to subdue."


I have not investigated any of the other marriages as of 20 September 2011. 

 Carol H.