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Hettie, married Benjamin Bankes ; Jacob, mar- ried Ann Miller ; Ephraim, married Polly Straus- ser ; John, married Hannah Wagenhorst; Han- nah, married Ephraim Miller; Isaac, married Elizabeth Mengel; Joseph, married Matilda Fraunfelder ; Henry, married Sophia Berg; Hel- ena, married Jacob Miller ; L. Margaret, married Frank Goldstein; Joshua, died young.
Isaac U. Leiby, who lives upon the homestead above Virginsville, in Berks county, was born there Aug. 14, 1830. He was a stone mason for many years; later he became the proprietor of the "Leiby Stone Quarry," where flat ston were quarried for curbing and building purposes and
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shipped to Reading and Philadelphia and other places. He and family are Reformed members of Dunkel's church, which he served as a trustee. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Mengel, and their thirteen children were:
Catharine Ann, married Mahlon Miller; Han- nah Ann, married James Baer; Samuel, married Priscilla Adam; Mary Ann, married Alfred Stertzler ; Hettie Ann, married Jacob D. Dreibel- bis; Susanna Ann, married Thomas G. Gruber ; Elizabeth, died in infancy; Emma, died in in- fancy; Jacob W., married Amelia Schappel; Sariah, died in childhood ; Thomas, died in child- hood; Milton, married Mary Wagaman; Sarah Elmira, married Horace Smith.
Jacob Leiby, a son of the ancestor, was a farm- er in Berks county. He had a son, Johannes, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, hav- ing enlisted from Berks county, Aug. 23, 1778, in Captain Meeker's company, Lieutenant Col- onel Spencer's regiment of the Continental troops. Between July and September, in 1779, he was transferred to Captain Abraham Mely's com- pany. Between August and December, in 1780, he was again transferred to Captain James Gregg's company, First New York regiment, commanded by Col. George Van Schank. His name last appears upon the muster roll of the last named organization, dated May 21, 1781. He had four sons: Johann Friederick; Jacob, married to a Miss Hermann, and they settled in the Dutch Valley, Columbia county, Pa .; An- drew ; and John, who moved to Ohio.
Johann Friederick Leiby was. born May 18, 1779, and died upon his farm in Lynn township, March 14, 1849. He had a large tract of land which is now divided into three farms. The old homestead is still in the family name and now owned by his grandson, Jacob G. Leiby. His wife, Christiana, was a daughter of Daniel Brobst, born June 23, 1792, and died Dec. 6, 1880, in her 89th year. Their children were:
Reuben, born July 4, 1814, is still living ; Dan- iel, settled in Iowa; John, died, aged 25 years; Jacob F., mentioned later ; Isaac, settled in Ohio ; Samuel, died in Lynn; Catharine, married Mi- chael Kistler ; Rebecca, married Charles Haring ; Elizabeth, married Benjamin Reinhard; Polly, married John Dietrich; Sally Ann, married Jacob Frey. The above are all deceased, except Reu- ben, Mrs. Dietrich, and Mrs. Frey.
Andrew Leiby, son of Johannes, was born in Berks county, Feb. 8, 1783, and he died near Jacksonville, Feb. 14, 1855. He was a farmer and his farm was very large. He and his family were members of the Reformed congregation of Jacob'S church. His wife, Eva C. Brobst, was born in 1795, and died in 1875, in her eightieth
year. Their children were: Jacob A .; Eliza- beth, married Issac Moyer ; Hettie, married Jacob Everett; Sallie, married a Mr. Everett; Re- becca, married Edwin Follweiler; and Polly, married John P. Reitz.
John F. Leiby, son of Johann Friederich, suc- ceeded his father to the homestead. In 1860 he built the present house. Originally this farm was several hundred acres, but now it is only 68 acres. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of George Bausch. Their children were: Carolina, married Daniel Billig; Elvina, married Lewis Henry; Mary, married Daniel Feinour; Nathan ; Jane, married Clinton Weaver ; Sarah, married Ellsworth Reitz; Malinda, married Charles Foll- weiler ; and Jacob G., born in 1866, and owns and farms the homestead since 1891. He is married to Minerva Scherer, and they had four children : Beulah; Edward and Gertrude, both deceased ; and Guy. Mr. Leiby taught school nineteen terms in Lynn.
Jacob A. Leiby, son of Andrew, was born April 7, 1819, and died Oct. 18, 1888. He was a farmer in Heidelberg and there owned the farm now owned by Alfred Fink, from 1848 until his death. This farm was 125 acres. He also owned the adjoining farm of 120 acres and another tract of 30 acres. He was an apple-jack distiller for fully half a century. He was a strong Democrat. In 1871 he was elected a county commissioner, serving the office for the full term. Many political conferences were held at his home. He and his family were members of the Reformed congregation of the Ebenezer church at New Tripoli, and there he and his wife are buried. He served the church as deacon and trustee. He married Eve Neifert, born Dec. 23, 1829, and died Feb. 6, 1894. Their children were: Wil- liam; Mary, m. Joseph Fink; Elvina, who died aged three years; David; Edwin, Alice, Oliver J., and Moses J.
Daniel Leiby, son of Andrew, was born Jan. 5, 1821, and died Sept. 3, 1896, in his 76th year. He was a farmer and his 148-acre farm at Mosserville, in Lynn, is now owned by his son, Daniel. He served his township as a school director, and also as a supervisor. His wife was Angelina Reitz. She was a Lutheran and he a Reformed member of the Ebenezer church, where they are both buried. Their children are: Elias; James ; Daniel; Monroe; Sarah, married Charles Wetherhold; and Rosa, married to William Sny- der.
David Leiby, another son of Andrew, was a life-long farmer and his farm near Lynnport is now owned by A. B. Smith. At one time he owned the land upon which the historic Fort Everett stood. He and his wife, Mary, nee
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Smith, are buried at the Jacksonville church. They had two sons: Amandus; and Henry S., a farmer at Wessnersville, in Albany township.
Amandus Leiby, a farmer near Wanamaker's, in Lynn, was born April 18, 1859. He owns the Jesse Follweiler farm, where in 1855 light- ning destroyed the barn where stood the old wag- on upon which the historic Liberty Bell was hauled from Philadelphia to Allentown by Fred- erick, Leaser, in 1777. The wagon was burned with the contents of the barn. Jesse Follweiler, was a brother of Daniel Follweiler, whose wife, Dorothea, was a daughter of Frederick Leaser. Daniel Follweiler obtained the Leaser homestead, and his brother, Jesse, obtained a part of this farm. In 1855, he (Jesse) built the present barn and likewise the house. Amandus Leiby, the present owner, married Mary Kerschner, in 1880. Their children are: Minnie S .; Robert A .; and Milton D., a graduate of the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown, class 1908. He is a public school teacher.
David Leiby, a son of Jacob A., was born in Heidelberg, March 10, 1855. He began teach- ing school at the age of seventeen years, in his native township, and taught there two terms. From 1876 to 1890 he farmed his father's farms. Afterwards for seven years he was engaged in the grain business at New Tripoli, and the next three years he conducted the Ashland House, at Ashland, Pa. Since 1900, he has been en- gaged in a large lumber business, which gives employment to a number of men. In 1890, he removed to New Tripoli, where the family are members of the Lutheran congregation of the Ebenezer church. He served as a deacon and is now a trustee. He is a Democrat and served Heidelberg township as a school director and Lynn as a supervisor. He married Messetta H. Sensinger in 1876. Their children are: Clinton E., Howard E., Allen E., and Ralph E.
William N. Leiby, son of Jacob A., was born Dec. 24, 1848, in Rush township, Schuylkill county. He learned the milling trade at the old custom mill located on the road leading from Jordan Valley in Heidelberg township to the Blue mountain, then operated by Stephen Bitt- ner. Mr. Leiby owns and occupies the home- stead of Bernhard Neff, a pioneer settler of the township, a landmark of the county, which ap- pears elsewhere in this volume and is still standing on his farm.
Mr. Leiby was married to Sarah J. Schleicher, who died in 1911. They had the following chil- dren: Granville O., Richard F., William A., Benjamin, Mary M., and Eva J.
Benjamin Leiby, son of William A., was born Aug. 3, 1888, near Jordan Valley, at what is lo-
cally known as "Leiby's Mill." He learned the milling trade in "Leiby's Mill," which his father conducted for some years in connection with farm- ing. He assisted his father until in 1913, when he and his brother, Richard, rented the farm and mill from their father. Mr. Leiby is also a pho- tographer and does commercial work in his com- munity. He was confirmed at the Heidelberg church in 1901 by Rev. N. A. Helfrich, a Re- formed minister. He is actively identified with Mantz's Sunday school, which he serves as its secretary.
Clinton Elias Leiby, the oldest son of David, was born Oct. 18, 1876. He came to New Trip- oli in 1898 and there he lives to this time with the exception of several years when he was a clerk in a general store at Ashfield, Pa. He was elected auditor of Lynn in 1911. He is a Democrat. In 1899 he married Ella Gildner. She is a daugh- ter of Elias Gildner, a shoe merchant at New Tripoli.
James Leiby, a son of Daniel, was born in Lynn, Dec. 26, 1846, and he died Nov. 21, 1909, in his 63d year. He was a farmer and live-stock dealer ; also a potato shipper from New Tripoli and Germansville. He married Jane C. Geary, daughter of Daniel and Susanna (Kern) Geary. Geary was an Irishman and at one time lived in the coal regions, but afterwards located at Slating- ton, Pa. His daughter was born Jan. 26, 1852, and died April 29, 1888, in her 37th year. She and her husband are buried at New Tripoli. They had ten children : Lewis D .; Emma, married George Long; Alice ; James, constable at Coplay, Pa .; William; Howard, partner of his brother Lewis D .; Henry, Edwin, Elmer, and Wilmer.
LEWIS D. LEIBY, miller at Germansville, ex- tensive potato shipper and dealer in flour, grain, coal and cement was born in Heidelberg town- ship, September 12, 1869. At the age of sixteen years he went into the woods to work at lumber- ing and this avocation he pursued until in 1892, at which time he engaged in the lumber business for himself, in which he employed from ten to fifteen men. At the same time he dealt in grain and potatoes at Germansville, and by 1899 he dealt very extensively in potatoes. In 1908 he purchased the long-established "German's Mill," at Germansville, which he operates on a large scale, employing four men.
Mr. Leiby is an enterprising and capable busi- nessman and in connection with his various enter- prises he cultivates his large farm situated near Germansville, where he resides. He and family are members of the Reformed Church. In 1892 he was married to Alice Krum, a daughter of James and Julian (Rex) Krum. They had six
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children: Raymond A., Tilda J., Ida S., Minnie A., Perma J. and Lewis J.
Daniel Leiby was born in 1815 at Danville, Pa. He was a carpenter and wood-worker, and was extensively engaged in building operations. He became prominent in his community and ac- cumulated considerable wealth which was swept away through the panic of 1873. During the Civil War he operated vessels on and about the Potomac river, carrying United States supplies, etc. Sub- sequent to 1873, he located in Queen Anne county, Md., where he purchased a farm and fol- lowed general farming. In his latter years he lived with his son Isaiah in Allentown, where he died, October 12, 1890, and was interred in Union cemetery. He was a member of the Re- formed Church.
He married Esther Shillhart, who died Jan- uary 23, 1898, while staying with her son, Isaiah, in Allentown, aged 78 years. She was also a mem- ber of the Reformed Church and was buried by the side of her husband in Union cemetery. Issue : Herman, who was drowned from the boat his father operated during the Civil War; Frank, who died in Queen Anne county, Md .; Isaiah W., who died in Allentown ; Ann, deceased, mar- ried Nathaniel Butterweck, and Daniel Frey Leiby.
DANIEL FREY LEIBY, son of Daniel and Esther (Shillhart) Leiby, was born June 3, 1860, at Danville, Pa., and was educated in the public schools of that place and of Queen Anne county, Md. In his young manhood he assisted his fa- ther on the farm until the family removed to Allentown. He found employment in Dorney's furniture factory, where he remained for several years, during this time in his leisure moments he studied and read much on medicine, ultimately engaging in making and selling medicines, con- tinuing this business for about fifteen years, up to the time of his decease, January 9, 1908. He is interred in Union cemetery. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a member of the Reformed Church and also of several fraternal organizations. He was devoted to his home and family and was highly respected by all who knew him.
Daniel Frey Leiby, Jr., married, April 2, 1882, Laura Augusta Hunter, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. (Conner) Hunter, a native of Eastern Maryland. Mrs. Leiby has for twenty years fol- lowed the trade of dressmaking. She is a mem- ber of the Reformed Church. Their children are : Claude S., a farmer near Coopersburg, married, August 22, 1903, to Huldah Williams. Issue : Laura, George and Marion F. Leiby. James P., a telegrapher, married, October 12, 1910, Gwendolin Piper, no issue; Mary Esther, educat- ed in the public schools of Allentown and Co-
lumbia University of New York. She is a teacher in the public schools of Allentown, and Coralie A., residing at home.
JOHN HENRY LEICKEL.
John Leickel, a native of Germany, was born June 22, 1822. When he came to America he located at Catasauqua, where he remained until he died, July 14, 1859. He was actively iden- tified with the Presbyterian church. He fol- lowed butchering for a number of years. He was married to Lucinda Nagle, a daughter of Frederick and Peggy (Hemphill) Nagel, of Weaversville. They were the parents of the fol- lowing children; Margaret, married to William Moat; Frederick, of Catasauqua; J. Henry, of Catasauqua; Elizabeth, .deceased; George, de- ceased ; John T., deceased.
John Henry Leickel, of Catasauqua, was born in that borough January 20, 1855. He learned the trade of boiler making and engineer- ing, which he followed four years. He operated an engine for the Crane Iron Company for four years. From 1877 to 1880 he was in the butch- ering business, after which he engaged in the general contracting business, such as concrete work, laying pipes and excavating cellars. He filled the office of street commissioner in the borough of Catasauqua for two terms. In 1908 he was appointed Chief of Police of the borough. In 1876 he was married to Mary Gillespie, a daughter of David and Sarah (Donlap) Gil- lespie, a native of Coleraine, Ireland. Four children were born to them, Harry, deceased ; John, of Rochester, N. Y .; Sallie, wife of Ray Weisel, of Allentown, and Mary, a teacher in the public schools of Catasauqua, a graduate of the Catasauqua High School 1907, and the West Chester State Normal School, 1909.
FREDERICK W. LEICKEL, electrician at Allen- town, whose home is at Catasauqua, was born at Catasauqua, February 16, 1885, and received his education in the public schools. After working for Koch Bros., clothiers, at Allentown, as trim- mer for four years, he went to Rochester, N. Y., to learn the trade of electrician and remained five years. Upon returning to Allentown he was em- ployed by several parties for a time, then engaged in the electrical business with R. T. Uhl, and have since traded as Uhl & Leickel, with their plant at No. 131 N. Law street. Mr. Leickel is a member of the Evangelical Church, and in poli- tics is a Republican.
His father is Frederick William Leickel, who followed the butchering business for twenty years at Catasauqua, but since recent years has been employed as a boiler-maker. He was married to Pollie Asch, of Hanover township, and they had
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eight children: Frederick W .; Ella, m. Alvin Eckert; Emma, m. Arthur J. Davis; Mabel and Machetta, twins; Anna, a graduate nurse at Al- lentown Hospital, and two, twins, who died in infancy.
LEISENRING FAMILY.
The Leisenring family originates from Silesia and later located at Hildburghausen, where John Andrew Leisenring died, March 5, 1734. The name was also spelled Leisenrinck. John Conrad Leisenring, the second son, was born June 29, 1727. He emigrated to America as a young man, accompanied by a relative named Sebastian Leisenring, and landed at Baltimore. The first mention of him in the Lehigh region is on May 22, 1750, when his name appears in the list of communicants at the Upper Saucon Lutheran church. In 1755, he married Sibilla Veit. In 1765, he warranted a tract of 60 acres in Spring- field township, Bucks county, where he resided until he purchased 150 acres along the Lehigh in Whitehall township from Joseph Showalter on April 1, 1771. At the time of purchase, 90 acres of the tract were cultivated. He subse- quently acquired 6212 acres adjoining on the north. Conrad Leisenring died Aug. 14, 1781, and was buried in the old Egypt graveyard, where his tombstone can be seen, surrounded by an iron fence. His widow died March 14, 1821, aged 93 years. They had nine children.
I. Anna Maria, born Jan. 20, 1756, married John Grob. He was born Jan. 26, 1753 and died April 2, 1831. He was the son of Henry and Adelheit ( Hitz) Grob, and was a shoemaker and farmer. The stone house and barn he built on the Leisenring tract is still standing. He had eight children: John, Joseph, Peter, Henry, Jonas, Tobias, Sarah, and Daniel. Henry Grubb was born April 26, 1785. He was a gunsmith, married Barbara Washburn and moved to Craw- ford county. Jonas Grubb was born Nov. 4, 1787, and died March 20, 1854. He married Sarah Wiser and moved to Crawford county, and in 1839 to Illinois. His son, George W., lived at Liberty, Ill., and had a daughter, Ella M., teacher in a high school and former county superintendent of schools of Adams county. Among the grandsons of Jonas Grubb were Hon. Scott Wike, Hon. Perry D. Grubb, and Prof. Jonathan Grubb. Tobias Grubb was born Jan. 29, 1792 and died June 15, 1872. He married (first) Hanna, and (sec- ond) Elizabeth Graff. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Jonathan Saeger, of Saegertown, Pa. Sarah Grubb, born Oct. 12, 1794, died Dec. 4, 1830, married Theodore Storb, an organist, They had a son, Albert, born 1827, who lived
at Pottstown. Daniel Grubb was born Nov. 20, 1798, and died May 31, 1883. He married Cath- arine Graff and moved to Crawford county. Among his children were: Joseph, of Saeger- town; Stephen, of Cheney, Wash .; and Mrs. Mary Parsons, of Irving Park, Ill.
II. Elizabeth, born Sept. 11, 1757, married Jacob Herman, of Maxatawny township. Their daughter, Catharine, married Jacob Yohe.
III. John Conrad Leisenring was born Nov. 6, 1759. At the age of seventeen he served with his team in the Revolution. He received his fa- ther's farm of 212 acres under the terms of the will and in 1796 built a stone house still stand- ing. He was a member of the Egypt Lutheran congregation and was confirmed in 1770 at Kreid- ersville. He died Feb. 10, 1824. He married, Oct. 7, 1783, Catharine Grob, born Aug. 3, 1759, died Sept. 11, 1828. They had nine chil- dren :
I. Daniel Leisenring, born Oct. 4, 1784, died May 30, 1844; married, Oct. 8, 1815, Anna Graff. They had three children: Edmund D., William, and Amelia, who died young. Edmund D. Leisenring, a well known editor, was born Sept. 13, 1816, and died Feb. 20, 1882. He was in the newspaper business 40 years and over 30 years editor and one of the proprietors of the Friedensbote. He married, (first) Matilda Blumer, and had four children: Anna C., mar- ried John S. Kessler; Olivia A., married George H. Gerhart; Mary J., married Aaron Amich ; and Martha, married Charles Eidel ; and (sec- ond) married Eliza Quier, and had six children : Richard D .; Martin; Stephen; Henry; Hannah, married Eugene Lochman; and Lydia E., mar- ried Charles D. Weirbach. William Leisenring was born June 5, 1818, and died April 6, 1906. He married Clarissa Schissler and had children: Lavinia, married William S. Rodearmel; and George D., of Pittston.
2. Eva Catharine, born Oct. 3, 1786, died May 31, 1866, married Jacob Schreiber.
3. Barbara, born Sept. 20, 1788, died Oct. II, 1865; married Daniel Schreiber.
4. Peter Leisenring, born Oct. 3, 1790, mar- ried Margaret Kleppinger. His children were: Catharine, Maria, Mrs. Annie Laub, Mrs. Sa- lome Roth, Mrs. Sybilla Gangawere, John K., Joseph, Mrs. Elizabeth Seal, Caroline M., Mrs. Charlotte Rothacker, and Emma.
5. John Leisenring, born Feb. 7, 1793, died July 9, 1853. He learned the currier trade in Philadelphia and removed to Lehighton and in 1833 to Mauch Chunk, where he kept the Man- sion House and later was a merchant. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married, March 6, 1814, Anna Maria Stedman, born Feb.
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9, 1794, died Sept. 26, 1858. They had nine children : Conrad, born 1815, died 1839; Juliet, married Nathan Fegley; John; Theodore, born 1821, died 1846; Emelie, married Washington Salkeld ; Mary A., married Andrew A. Douglas; Alexander W., born 1826, died 1893, married Ann Ruddle and had sons: John and William; Charles E. W., born 1833, died 1873; and Anna M., married Dr. George S. Wentz.
John Leisenring, son of John, was born Feb. 5, 1819. He was a civil engineer, successful coal operator, capitalist and associate judge of Carbon county. He died at Mauch Chunk in 1884. He married, May 12, 1844, Caroline Bertsch and had five children: Edward B., born 1845, died 1894, married Annie W. Wickham, and had a son and a daughter; Annie L., married Mah- lon S. Kemmerer ; Mary D., died Sept. 19, 1913, married John S. Wentz; Hon. John Leisenring, born 1853, died 1901, member of Congress, 1895-97, married Mary Simpson ; and Mrs. Cath- arine Middleton.
6. Conrad Leisenring, born May 7, 1795.
7. Maria, born Aug. 26, 1797, died April 23, 1840; married, April 13, 1817, Conrad Beil, and had four sons and eight daughters.
8. Salome, born July 30, 1801, died Oct. 24, 1861 ; married, Nov. 10, 1822, Solomon Troxell, and had children: Peter, Alexander, Catharine, Reuben, Tilghman H., Eliza A., and David.
9. Tobias Leisenring, born Feb. 5, 1804, died Feb. 25, 1818.
Conrad Leisenring, born 1795, died Sept. 6, 1860. He was a farmer on the old homestead and married, Dec. 3, 1815, Lydia Rhoads, born Aug. 27, 1798, died May 21, 1875. They had twelve children :
I. Caroline, born Dec. 10, 1816, married Wil- liam Steckel.
2. Maria, born Jan. 19, 1819, died March 4, 1859, married Reuben Fenstermacher and had a daughter, Olivia, married John Hill.
3. Catharine, born Nov. 3, 1820, died Aug. 23, 1890.
4. Sarah Anne, born Sept. 9, 1822, died 1828.
5. Reuben Leisenring, born July 7, 1824, died at Cementon, July 17, 1910, unmarried.
6. Francisca, born Jan. 16, 1826, died 1889, married Reuben Cole and had children: John Q .; Annie L .; Frances, married J. J. Bevan ; Thomas; and Walter.
7. Walter Leisenring, born April 27, 1829, died May 29, 1867, married Mrs. Mary A. (Price) Kemmerer, born Aug. 27, 1823, died Feb. 6, 1899. He was a coal operator at Mauch Chunk and had five children : Gertrude H., born 1851, died 1901, married, Oct. 28, 1870, Thomas M. Righter, and had children: Jane
and Walter; Ada L., married H. M. Neale; Mary W., married Dr. W. C. Gayley; Albert C., married Lillian Jessup; and Walter, de- ceased.
8. Celinda, born April 28, 1832, married George W. Daniels and had children: Sabina; Josephine, married Allen Kichline; and Mahlon.
9. Edward Leisenring, born April 11, 1834, died Oct. 11, 1898, married, Oct. 12, 1875, Mary C. Gross and had one son, Charles C.
10. Abigail M., born April 27, 1836, died 1914, married, Aug. 12, 1852, Henry K. Laury, and had one son, David C. Laury.
II. Amelia, born March 28, 1838, died March 27, 1907; married Reuben Steckel and had ten children: Rev. Oscar P .; Lydia E., married Israel J. Ritter ; Howard D .; Samuel L .; Reu- ben C .; Edmund E .; Abbie, married J. W. Ravert; Gertrude, married George Laub; Hat- tie G .; and Amelia.
12. Lydia B., born Jan. 29, 1842, died March 7, 1891.
IV. John Sebastian Leisenring, second son of John Conrad, the emigrant, was born April 15, 1762. In 1789 he was a potter in Maxatawny township, Berks county. He removed to North- umberland county and died at Sunbury in 1843. He had eight children: John; Elizabeth, mar- ried Jacob Singer, of New York; Sarah, mar- ried Joseph Rickert; Catharine, married Solomon Bergstresser; Hannah, married Henry Grove; Mary, married Stine Vickery; Rebecca, married Henry Roth; and Lydia, married Michael Hel- lenbach.
His son, John Leisenring, was born in Kutz- town, Sept. 27, 1784, and died in Northumber- land, Pa., Jan. 24, 1859. He married (first) Mary Logue, born 1789, died 1816, and had six children, and (second) Jane Hair, born 1800, died 1878, and had ten children. The children were: 1. William, born 1808, died 1860; mar- ried Margaretta McPherson and had children ; Mary, married William E. Tomlinson; John, born 1832, died 1873; Samuel M., born 1834, died 1868; James B., born 1837, died 1900; William K .; Joseph . R. ; and Henry M.
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