Angus LeRoy LIGHTNER (1885-1955)

8.

John LEITNER, son of Johann Christian LEITNER and Marie Eva FEHLER, was born on 21 Sep 1783. He married Catharine LEITNER in 1855. He died c. 1856 in Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

9.

Catharine LEITNER, daughter of Johann Jacob LEITNER and Anna Margaret NOLL, was born on 14 Aug 1787 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. She was christened on 24 Aug 1787 in Hamlin, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. She died in 1873 in Womelsdorf. She and John LEITNER had the following children:

10.

Andrew WALTER, son of John WALTER and Margareth LAFETE, was born on 5 Mar 1809 in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Elizabeth ACHENBACH on 3 Jul 1829. He died of Broken neck in Apr 1864 in Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. He was buried in Annville.

Death: Grandaughter, Rebecca Lightner, told Angus LeRoy Lightner, Jr. (in 1954), "He was a stone mason, fell off a roof when repairing a chimney and broke his neck. I was a year old in August and he was killed in September.".

11.

Elizabeth ACHENBACH (also known as ELIZABETH Walter), daughter of Peter ACHENBACH and Catharina, was born on 28 Oct 1806 in Jonestown. She and Andrew WALTER had the following children:

16.

Johann Christian LEITNER, son of Johann Wilhelm LEUTNER and Maria Elizabeth SCHIRMANN, was born in 1743. He married Marie Eva FEHLER on 21 Feb 1773 in Himmel Church, Schwoven Creek Valley, Northumberland Co, PA.

17.

Marie Eva FEHLER was the daughter of Johann Jacob FEHLER and Anna Margaret LEBENGUTH.

Marie Eva Fehler's Lebengut grandparents were killed by Indians and her mother and 2 younger siblings taken captive and not heard from again.

Johann Christian LEITNER and Marie Eva FEHLER had the following children:

19.

Anna Margaret NOLL was the daughter of Balthaser or Balzer NOLL and Anna Maria STEIN. She and Johann Jacob LEITNER had the following children:

20.

John WALTER, son of John WALTER and Anna BOEHN, was born in 1786. He married Margareth LAFETE in 1808 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. He died in 1871.

21.

Margareth LAFETE (also known as MARGARETH Walter) was born in 1787. She died in 1816 in North Annville, Pennsylvania, USA. She and John WALTER had the following children:

22.

Peter ACHENBACH, son of Johann ACHENBACH, died in Nov 1854 in Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Catharina.

24.

William MUIR married Rebecca NAGLEE.

25.

Rebecca NAGLEE was the daughter of Rebecca. She and William MUIR had the following children:

26.

Charles? or Joseph ADAMS has few details recorded about him.

Charles? or Joseph ADAMS had the following children:

27.

George COPE, son of Philip Jacob COPE and Maria Salome WEBER, was born on 26 Sep 1783 in Hilltown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Lydia BERGER on 21 Jun 1807.⁷ He married her on 21 Jun 1807 in Pennsylvania. He died on 8 Aug 1822. He was buried in 1822 in Souderton, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.

28.

Lydia BERGER, daughter of Henry BERGER Bergey Bergey Bergey and Elizabeth CASTLE, was born on 6 Apr 1788 in Pennsylvania. In 1850 she lived in Hilltown, Hilltown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 2 Jun 1867. She was buried in 1867 in Souderton, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. She and George COPE had the following children:

29.

David EBERHART,^8,9 son of John Peter EBERHARD and Sophia FISCHER, was born on 17 Feb 1778 in Lower Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 25 Jul 1853. He married Elizabeth BRAUN.

Pennsylvania German Marriages by Donna Irish, p. 338.

30.

Elizabeth BRAUN, daughter of Christian BRAUN, was born "22 JUL" in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Adccording to Uriah Eberhard, David married a Reitnauer.

David EBERHART and Elizabeth BRAUN had the following children:

31.

Johann Wilhelm LEUTNER, son of Johann Adam LEITNER and Maudlin, was born bef 1700 in Palatinate, Germany. He died in 1770 in Bethel Township, Berks Co., PA. He married Maria Elizabeth. He married Maria Elizabeth SCHIRMANN.

JOHANN WILHELM LEUTNER was probably born about 1714 - derived from actual and estimated birth years of siblings and approximate marriage date. Because Wilhelm spent his adult years in Tulpehocken Township, Lancaster/Berks County, it had been assumed that the Leutner/Leitner/Lightner family had been among the 1709ers who removed to the Tulpehocken from Scoharie, New York, but no record of the family has been found, on this side of the Atlantic, among others in that migration.

The first record found of him to date appears in the records of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, PA where Wilhelm is given as a Sponsor at the 1 September 1734 baptism of Joh. Wilhelm son of Ignatius (Nathaniel) Leitner.

It's not known when Wilhelm had married, but most likely about 1735 since his eldest son, Joh. Peter, was likely born in 1736. He then begins to appear, though somewhat indirectly, in the Land records of Lancaster County: 1) On 2 April 1736, a Land Warrant was granted to Leonard Tabler for "200 Acres of Land situate in Tulpehoccen Township (whereon he has been 3 years settled) & adjoining to William Leidner in the said County of Lancaster". His name appears on surveys associated with this warrant - one made 23 June 1737 (Copied Survey Book, C-107-92) and another made at a later date (Copied Survey Book, C-107-112) - as occupant of adjoining land; 2) On a Land Warrant granted to Peter Leppo, dated 23 January 1737 [unsure if old- or new-style year], for "100 Acres of Land more or less situate between Peter Clupp & William Leydenaar in the said County of Lancaster". This property, located several tracts to the East of that in "1)" above, wasn't surveyed until 1861, when it was divided into three separate tracts. Adjoining lands on the East are labeled on the survey as "formerly William Leydenaar" and adjoining lands to the West are labeled "formerly Peter Clupp". Peter Clupp (Klob, Klopp, Glopp, &c.) also held two tracts of land bordering to the East and South of that "William Leydenaar" land. It doesn't appear that Wilhelm was ever granted a Land Warrant in his own right.

Wilhelm and Maria Elisabetha's eldest son, Joh. Peter, may have been named after one of these neighboring Peters - in which case, one may have been a baptismal sponsor and/or Maria Elisabetha's father.

"Joh. Wilhelm Leitner and his wife" were sponsors at the baptism of Maria Elisabetha Bortner 30 April 1738 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Little Tulpehocken, near Bernville, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. This is circumtancial evidence for the Christian name of Wilhelm's wife, at the time, since at baptism a child was most often named for one of the sponsors. Baptisms for just five of his own children appear later, beginning in 1744, in the Stoever Record; though, son Peter, aged 21 years, was confirmed and admitted to Holy Communion at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania, on Pentecost (14 May) 1758 placing his birth in 1736 or 1737.

Additionally, William Leidner witnessed the will of Mary Tabler of Talpahalm (sic.) Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, proved in Philadelphia County March 26, 1738/39. And on the 1743 list of charter members of Christ (Tulpehocken) Luthean Church, Stouchsburg, Berks Co. was a William LEITNER. The church was formed in May, 1743 largely from former members of Ried's Lutheran which was founded about 1727.

The 1767 (1768) tax list for Tulpehocken Township, Berks, County shows William Leidner (Leydner) possessed of 100 acres, 2 (3) horses and 2 (3) head of cattle. Letters of Administration were granted at Berks County to his eldest son Peter on6 March 1770, his widow Maria Elisabetha having renounced her right to administer the estate.

Maria Elizabeth and Johann Wilhelm LEUTNER had the following children:

32.

Maria Elizabeth SCHIRMANN, daughter of Simon SCHIRMANN and Catharine, was born in 1711 in Oberhuchstadt, Palz, Germany. She migrated in 1732. She and Johann Wilhelm LEUTNER had the following children:

33.

Johann Jacob FEHLER¹⁰ was born on 30 Jan 1720. He had his estate probated on 31 Mar 1760.¹⁰ He married Anna Margaret LEBENGUTH.

34.

Anna Margaret LEBENGUTH, daughter of Johann Jacob LEGENGUT and Anna Margaret ARTZ, was born on 5 May 1722. She died in 1758 in In Indian captivity. Her Indian massacre at Tulpehocken was 'Indian massacre at Tulpehocken' in Tulpehocken Township, Pa. She and Johann Jacob FEHLER had the following children:

35.

Maria Elizabeth married Johann Wilhelm LEUTNER.

Johann Wilhelm LEUTNER, son of Johann Adam LEITNER (bef1689- ) and Maudlin ( - ), was born bef 1700 in Palatinate. He died in 1770 in Bethel Township. He married Maria Elizabeth SCHIRMANN. He and Maria Elizabeth had the following children:

36.

Balthaser or Balzer NOLL, son of Johann George NOLL and Anna Margaret, was born in Apr 1735 in Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. He died aft 1805. He married Anna Maria STEIN.

37.

Anna Maria STEIN was the daughter of Johann STEIN and Anna Maria VOLMER. She and Balthaser or Balzer NOLL had the following children:

38.

John WALTER married Anna BOEHN on 11 Oct 1779. He married Anna BOEHN.

39.

Anna BOEHN (also known as ANNA Walter) was born c. 1761.

Quitapohila Hill Eu. Luth. Church records 1743-1943

also Bühnen (a Mennonite).

John WALTER and Anna BOEHN had the following children:

40.

Johann ACHENBACH, son of Johann ACHENBACH and Anna Margreth RICHTER, was born in 1732 in Germany. He migrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States on 28 Sep 1753. He married Anna Maria HEILMAN on 15 Jun 1759. He died on 18 Mar 1772 in Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Johann ACHENBACH had the following children:

Anna Maria HEILMAN, daughter of Peter (Johann Peter) HEYLMAN (HEILMAN) (1712-1777) and Salome FREY (1719- ), was born on 14 Nov 1739. She and Johann ACHENBACH had the following children:

41.

Rebecca has few details recorded about her.

Rebecca had the following children:

42.

Philip Jacob COPE, son of Johann Adam COPE Sr Sr, was born in 1740. He married Maria Salome WEBER on 14 Jun 1763 in Indian Field Lutheran Church, Franconia Township, PA. He died on 6 Jun 1813.

43.

Maria Salome WEBER was born on 14 Jun 1747 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 30 Aug 1813 in Franconia. She was buried in Immanuel Leidys Church Cemetery, Souderton, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. She and Philip Jacob COPE had the following children:

44.

Henry BERGER Bergey Bergey Bergey married Elizabeth CASTLE.¹¹

45.

Elizabeth CASTLE was born in 1779. She and Henry BERGER Bergey Bergey had the following children:

46.

John Peter EBERHARD,¹² son of Joseph EBERHARD, was born on 23 Jul 1744. He died on 19 Nov 1796. He married Sophia FISCHER.

47.

Sophia FISCHER was born on 23 Jul 1746.¹² She died on 30 Nov 1786.¹² She and John Peter EBERHARD had the following children:

48.

Christian BRAUN has few details recorded about him.

Christian BRAUN had the following children:

49.

Johann Adam LEITNER was born bef 1689. He died in Lancaster Co., PA. He married Maudlin.

Biography

Johan Adam "Adam" Leitner was likely born before 1689. (This is a very rough estimate based on his being married when he emigrated from Holland in 1709.)

Emigration

On 3 July 1709, Adam Leitner, his wife Magdalena, and two children, boarded a ship in Rotterdam bound for London. They were part of a large contingent of emigrants from the Palatinate who travelled to London that summer. It has generally been assumed that the two children belonged to Adam and Magdalena, but it's possible that they were either Adam or Magdalena's younger siblings instead. [1]

Cecil County, Maryland

"Adam Lytner and Macklen his wife" next appeared in Cecil County, Maryland, where their daughter, Macklen, was born on 19 March 1716. [2]

There are several theories for how the Leitners traveled from London to Cecil County, Maryland:

•They may have arrived in New York with many other 1710 immigrants, and then made their way south to Cecil County.

•They may have come directly to Cecil County in 1710. A ship full of immigrants from the Palatinate arrived unexpectedly in Chesapeake Bay that spring, and it's possible that the Leitners were aboard.

Adam owned 100 acres in Bohemia Manor, which was a large tract of land in Cecil County located between Bohemia River and Back Creek on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay. His land was on the south side of Back Creek, and is now the site of the Back Creek Golf Club. When the Mason-Dixon line was set in the 1760s, this area became part of New Castle County, Delaware. No deeds have been found for Adam purchasing or selling the land, but he is mentioned in several records:

•A 1723 Cecil County lease was for land "taken up by Adam Lightner and by him sold unto [Thomas] Bettel being part of Bohemia Manor. [3]

•A 1722 Cecil County lease to John Noackre was for land adjacent to Adam's land. [4]

A number of Cecil County residents, some of them close neighbors to Adam, moved to Leacock Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where they were again close neighbors. Several of those families intermarried with the Leitners:

•Conrad Rutter was a witness when Samuel Bayard signed his will in Cecil County in 1717. He later owned land in Lancaster County adjoining Adam's land. Four of Conrad's grandchildren married four of Adam's grandchildren.

•John Noacker leased land in Cecil County adjacent to Adam Lightner, and later owned a farm in Lancaster County several miles west of Adam.

•Henry Skiles owned land in Lancaster County a mile east of Adam.

•Jeremiah Everts owned land in Lancaster County a mile west of Adam.

•Dietrich Elrod owned land in Lancaster County 4 miles northwest of Adam.

Chester / Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

By 1725, Adam and his family had moved to Chester County, Pennsylvania, where Adam appeared in the January 1724/5 tax list. [5] He also appeared in the 1725/6 and 1726/7 tax lists.

In 1736, Magdalene acquired a warrant for 200 acres of land in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, from Anthony Prettor. (Lancaster County had been created from western Chester County in 1729.) She sold the land to her son Nathaniel in 1744. In order to create a clear title, Nathaniel had the patent confirmed on 13 March 1749. According to the document, the land was on

a Branch of Mill Creek, formerly in Chester County, now in the County of Lancaster, And Whereas the said Anthony Pretter, by Deed Poll dated the fourth Day of March 1736, granted two hundred acres … unto Maudlin Lightner, And the said Maudlin Lightner by an Indorsement on the aforesaid Deed Poll dated the Eighteenth day of January 1744 for the Consideration of the Sum of twenty Pounds granted the said Two hundred acres unto her Son Nathaniel Lightner … [6]

The land was located just north of what is now the village of Intercourse, between N. Hollander Road and N. Westview Drive, extending north from the intersection of N. Hollander Road and Diller St. The stream that runs through the property is Muddy Run, a tributary of Mill Creek, which eventually joins the Conestoga River. [7] The land survey identifies the creek as a branch of Pequea Creek, which appears to be incorrect. [8]

Adam and his wife Magdalena were sponsors at the baptism of their grandson, Ignatius Leitner, who was born 7 August 1736. The baptism took place at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Holland, Lancaster County, not long after his birth. [9] New Holland was about 5 miles north of the Leitner farm. Adam (or sometimes Joh. Adam) continued to serve as a sponsor at baptisms in New Holland through 1743, but it is not clear whether it was this Adam or his son.

Children

Provisional list of Adam and Magdalene's children:

•Nathaniel Ignatius Leitner

•Regina Leitner, m. Wilhelm Scheil, 1730, Lancaster County

•Johann Wilhelm Leitner

•Magdalen Leitner, b. 19 March 1716, St. Stephens, Cecil County, m. Martin Noecker, 1737, Lancaster County

•Susanna Leitner, m. Johann Peter Ernst, 1738, Lancaster County

•Johannes Leitner, b. 31 December 1722, St. Augustine's, Cecil County

•Johann Adam Leitner

Sources

1↑ Rotterdam Embarkation List (5th Party - partial, 1709 United Kingdom Public Record Office, National Archives, T1/119. Source: FamilySearch Person: LZP4-GF1 (Johan Adam Leitner, 1678-1736). (Accessed Feb. 2024)

2↑ St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Earleville, Cecil County, Maryland, Parish Register, Volume 1 (1687-1837), page 46. Compiled by Annie Walker Burns, 1939.

3↑ Maryland State Archives. MDLandRec (Access requires free registration.) Cecil County, Maryland, Deed Book 4 (1723-1751), page 78. (MSA CE 133-6)

4↑ Maryland State Archives. MDLandRec (Access requires free registration.) Cecil County, Maryland, Deed Book 3 (1716-1723), page 533. (MSA CE 133-5)

5↑ Chester County, Pennsylvania, Tax Rolls: 1724/5, page 35.

6↑ Pennsylvania, Patent Books, 1676-1960, Book A15, page 360. FamilySearch film #008248623, image 322 of 929.

7↑ Pennsylvania Warrantee Township Maps, Leacock Townshp, Lancaster County Records of the Land Office, RG-17, Pennsylvania State Archives.

8↑ Pennsylvania Copied Surveys (1681-1912), Book D-78, page 202. Pennsylvania, Records of the Land Office, RG-17.

9↑ Records of Pastoral Acts of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1730-1799, page 4. Translated and edited by Glenn P. Schwalm and Frederick S. Weiser, published by the Pennsylvania German Societ, 1977. FamilySearch film #1305845.

See also:

•Tracking the Early Lightner Family in America, by Paul Lightner Whitehouse, no date. Available at FamilySearch Person: LZP4-GF1 (Johan Adam Leitner): Memories (accessed Feb. 2024).

•Conrad Ritter / Rutter: Pennsylvania Pioneer, by Chris Rutter (accessed Feb. 2024).

•FamilySearch Person: LZP4-GF1 (Johan Adam Leitner)

Emigrated from Palatinate to London 1709.

To New York 1710.

To Pennsylvania 1723 (via Bohemia Manor, Maryland).

50.

Maudlin has few details recorded about her. She and Johann Adam LEITNER had the following children:

51.

Simon SCHIRMANN, son of Ulrich SCHUERMANN, was born in Niederhochstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He married Catharine.

52.

Catharine was born c. 1693. She and Simon SCHIRMANN had the following children:

53.

Johann Jacob LEGENGUT, son of Hans Peter Lebenguth LEGENGUTH and Margaretha QUIRIN, was born in Jan 1698 in Schalkendorf, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He married Anna Margaret ARTZ on 30 Jan 1720. He married Margareth GOTZ on 15 May 1725. He died in Apr 1758 in Tulpehocken Township, PA.

Jacob, Margareth, ch. Jacob, Ana Margaretha and Anna Barbara arr; with Palatinates, 1710; to Tulpenhocken in 1723. In April 1758 Jacob and wife were killed and scalped by Indians. Their daughter Margaretha and her 2 youngest (of 8) children (John Peter and Johan George) were carried away and never heard from again.¹³

Margareth GOTZ and Johann Jacob LEGENGUT had the following children:

54.

Anna Margaret ARTZ, daughter of Hans Georg ARTZT and Anna Rosina VOGEL, was born c. 6 Apr 1688. She died in Tulpehocken Township.

Killed by Indians and her daughter and 2 grandchildren (John Peter and Johan George) taken captive and not heard from again.

Johann Jacob LEGENGUT and Anna Margaret ARTZ had the following children:

55.

Johann George NOLL was born in 1696. He migrated on 25 Sep 1732. He died in 1766 in Bethel Township, Berks Co., PA. He married Anna Margaret.

56.

Anna Margaret has few details recorded about her. She and Johann George NOLL had the following children:

57.

Johann STEIN made a will on 21 Jan 1749. He married Anna Maria VOLMER.

58.

Anna Maria VOLMER was the daughter of Jacob VOLMER and Appalonia. She and Johann STEIN had the following children:

59.

Johann ACHENBACH was born c. 1705 in Hitner, Westfalen, Prussia. He married Anna Margreth RICHTER.

60.

Anna Margreth RICHTER has few details recorded about her. She and Johann ACHENBACH had the following children:

62.

Joseph EBERHARD was born in Württemberg, Germany. He migrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States on 10 Jun 1760. He married Catharina.

Joseph EBERHARD had the following children:

63.

Ulrich SCHUERMANN has few details recorded about him.

Ulrich SCHUERMANN had the following children:

64.

Hans Peter Lebenguth LEGENGUTH, son of Hans LEBENGUTH, was born in Schalkendorf, Département du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He married Margaretha QUIRIN.

65.

Margaretha QUIRIN was the daughter of Hans Casper QUIRIN. She and Hans Peter Lebenguth LEGENGUTH had the following children:

66.

Hans Georg ARTZT, son of Hans George ARTZ, was born on 22 Mar 1657 in Ringendorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He was born in Ringendorff. He was a Linen weaver. He married Anna Rosina VOGEL on 22 Nov 1681 in Ringendorf.

67.

Anna Rosina VOGEL, daughter of Hans Georg VOGEL and Ursula VOGEL, was born on 6 Dec 1657 in Ringendorf. She died on 5 Feb 1705 in Ringendorf. She and Hans Georg ARTZT had the following children:

68.

Jacob VOLMER married Appalonia.

69.

Appalonia has few details recorded about her. She and Jacob VOLMER had the following children:

70.

Yost COPE was born in 1700 in Wittenberg, Prussia. He migrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States on 2 Oct 1727. He married Dorothea Barbara BUCHER.

Immigrated to Pennsylvania on "Adventure".

Arrived in Philadelphia 2 October 1727 with 53 Palatines and families, about 140

Both Yost and Dorothea buried in Leidy's Church cemetery

per web site The German COPE family (http;//www2.fwi.com/~migen/cope/german.htm)

Wuerttemberg, the city of his birth, is in former Prussian, Saxony, reputed to be the city where the Reformation started in 1517. The garrison church contains the graves of Luther and Melanchton. Luther's Cell and Melanchton's house are said still to be preserved.

Yost Cope and his family arrived in Pennsylvania on October 2, 1727 on the ship, the Galley Adventure, and was naturalized on Sept. 25-27, 1740. He came into possesion of a tract of land in the southeastern corner of Franconia township, bounded by the Cherry Lane, County Line, Hatfield Township line. The western was not certain, but believed to be the Hatfield Road, Washington Avenue extension, on the eastern border of present Souderton. The original homstead was located in the center ofthe tract, where the present house and barn stand.

There was 150 acres surveyed to him by Penn's Commissioners by warrant dated January 8, 1734. (Hist. Soud.)

He was one of the petitioners requesting the Court at Philadelphia, March, 1739, to open a public road, now known as the Cowpath Road. In 1744 he was a petitioner on the request for the opening of a public road on the County Line of Bucks and then Philadelphia county, from the vicinity of Cherry Lane to Line Lexington, the present County Line Road, and now also partly Highway Route 309. (Hist. Soud.)

Rev. John Peter Miller, in the Old Goshenhoppen Church Record, recorded a baptism on "Aug. 22, 1731, of Johann Adam, son of Johann Jost Kob and wife-witness, Johann Adam Beuscher & wf," showing the Yost Cope and his wife were Reformed in their faith. It is, therefore, a fair assumption, that when this new Reformed Congregation started here in 1744-45, it being considerable closer home, they actively engaged in worship here, evidenced by three sons marrying three daughters of families ofthis congregation, and themselves active in its affairs during their lifetime.

The above mentioned tract was in the possession of Yost Cope in 1755. In 1769 a resurvey was made, because errors were discovered in the draft of the tract that was surveyed had three owners, Jacob Leidy, John Cope and William Althouse. Patents of "confirmation" deeds were issued to Jacob Leidy for 246 acres, to William Althouse for 94 acres, to John Cope for 148 acres, less the usual six percent allowance for roads. (Hist. Souns.)

Yost Cope later moved to Bucks County where his sons, Abraham and Adam had purchased land in 1759. Yost Cope did not appear on any of the Indian Creek Church Contribution Lists, but his sons did beginning with the first record in 1768 and until 1796. Thus Abraham Cope, Adam Cope, John Cope, Michael and Henry Cope all were on these lists. Margrette Cope appears on the 1805 list. The farm on which Yost Cope lived was surrounded by other farms all in the possession of members of the IndianCreek Church. His three oldest sons married into two of these families. It seems, thus, reasonably certain that he and his family were in the audience at Indian Creek when Rev. Michael Schlatter preached on Oct. 20, 1746, and no doubt with at least two of his sons, Adam who

was 15 years of age, and Abraham who was 12 years of age.

We know that Yost and Dorothea Cope had at least six children, with the three oldest sons members of the Indian Creek Church until the time of their death." (A. History of Christ Reformed Church at Indian Creek (Indianfield).

He was a cooper by trade.

His will is recorded in Philadelphia, Pa.

Marriage 1 Dorothea Barbara b: 1700 in Germany

Children

Johann Nicolas Cope b: 1717 in Heidelberg, Germany

John Adam Cope b: 2 JUL 1731 in Montgomery Co., PA

Abraham Cope b: 11 AUG 1734 in Montgomery Co., PA

Catharine Cope b: 1729 in Montgomery Co., PA

George Cope b: 12 DEC 1737 in Montgomery Co., PA

Phillip Jacob Cope b: 1740 in Montgomery Co., PA.

71.

Dorothea Barbara BUCHER (also known as DOROTHEA BARBARA Cope), daughter of Jainnis Nicholaus BUCHER and Eva, was born on 30 Nov 1692 in Waldorf-Heidelberg, Prussian Saxony, Germany. She died on 6 Oct 1784 in Franconia Twp, Montgomery CO, Pennsylvania, USA. She was buried in Oct 1784 in Leidy's Burial Ground, Souderton, Montgomery CO, Pennsylvania, USA.

1762

RELEASE

DOROTHEE COPE & OTHERS

TO

JACOB

ISAAC

THIS INDENTURE, made the Fourth day of June, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Two

BETWEEN Dorothea Coope of Franconia Township in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Widow Relect of Yost Coope, late of said Township Yoeman Deceased, John Adam Coope of the same Township, his wife, John Coope of Franconiaaforesaid farmer and Jacob Coope of the same place Cooper (they the said John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope, John Coope and Jacob Coope being four of the sons of the said Yost Coope deceased) of the One Part and Jacob Isaac of upper Salford in the County of Philadelphia, Innholder of the other part,

WHEREAS by virtue of a Proprietary Warrant dated January the Eighth, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-Four and a survey made in purusuance thereof the said Yost Coope was entitled unto and possessed of a certain Tract of Land situate in upper Salford aforesaid being at a marked black oak in a line of David Young's land thence by the same and land of Christian Leman and cacant land, North West one hundred & eighty-eight perches to a post, Then by land of John Michael Ryher North Eastward one hundred and thirty-five perches to the place of beginning Containing one hundred and fifty acres of land, and the allowance of six acres Pr Cent. As in and by the said Warrant _______ survey remaining in the Surveyor General's Office atPhiladelphia relation being thereunto had appeareth.

AND WHEREAS the said Yost Coope did not, in his lifetime dispose of or give away the fee of the said described Tract of Land the same descended unto his six children, Nicholas Coope and Catherine hentz and the above named John Adam Coope, AbrahamCoope, John Coope, and Jacob Coope,

AND WHEREAS by a certain Deed Poll dated the twenty-third day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Six under the hands and Seals of the said Nicholas Coope and Michael Hentz and Catherine, his wife (she being the daughter of the said YostCoope deceased) for a full and valuable consideration in the same Deed Poll mentioned did remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said John Adam Coope all their Right title and Interest of, in, and to the Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattles and Effects of the said Yost Coope deceased of what nature, kind or quality soever it be within the Province of Pennsylvania, the Estate of said Yost Coope in the Province of Maryland excepted,

AND WHEREAS the said John Adam Coope did on or about the thirteenth day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven (may be a bad copy) for the consideration of Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds by the said Jacob Isaac to him the said John Adam Coope for the uses aforesaid well and truly paid, bargain and sell unto the said Jacob isaac to him the above described Tract of one hundred and fifty acres of Land and the said Jacob isaac hath ever since the sale so made to him as aforesaid been and is now in the quiet and peacable possion of the said Tract of one hundred and fifty Acres of Land,

NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that as well in consideration of the premises and the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope, John Coope, and Jacob Coope having had and received their just and full whare of the above mentioned purchasemoney as the further sum of five shilling a piece unto them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope at or immediately before the sealing and _________ delivery hereof by the saidJacob Isaac well and truly paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged they the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope have remised, released and forever quit claimed and by thepresents do and each of them doth remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said Jacob Isaac and his heirs and assigns,

ALL AND singular the parts, purports, shares and dividends and other Estate whatsoever of them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coopr and Christina his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope of, in, and to the said above described Tractof Land containing one hundred and fifty acres and of an in all the Rights members and appurtencances thereunto belonging,

AND the Reversions and Remainders thereof

AND the Estate Right Title Interest claim and demand whatsoever of them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope, of, in, and to the same

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said parts, purports, Shares and Diviends and all other Estate whatsoever of them the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope and Jacob Coope, of in, and to the above described Tract of Land of one hundred and fifty acres of Land, ereditaments and premises hereby released of mentioned so to be with the appartenance unto the said Jacob Isaac, his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper use and Behoof of him the said JacobIsaac, his Heirs and Assigns forever

UNDER and subject to the pament of the residue of the purchase money due to the honourable Proprietaries for the said Tract and the Interest and Quitrent thereof So that neither they, the said Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christina, his wife, John Coope, and Jacob Coope or either of them their or their Heirs, Executors or Administrators or any of them or any other person or person whosoever by and with their or any of their means privity or procurements shall or mayat any time from hence forth __________ Clain, Challenge or Demand any Estate Right, Title, Part, Share, Dividend or other Estate whatsoever of, in and to the premises hereby released

BUT from all such claims and demands for the consideration aforesaid shall and will be excluded and forever debarred by those presents

IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to these presents have interchangeably set their Hands and Seals hereunto Date the Day and year first above written.

SEALES & DELIVERED in the

presence of us:

The Day of A.D. 1762 Before me, John Koplin, Esq., One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace personally appeared the above named Dorothy Coope, John Adam Coope, Abraham Coope and Christine, his wife, John Coope, and Jacob Coope and severally andrespectively Acknowledged the above written Indenture to be their Act and Deed and desired the same to be recorded as such. The said Christine Coope thereunto voluntarily consenting. She being of full age, secretly and apart thereon examined andthe contents of the above writing being first made know unto her,

WITNESS my Hand and Seal the Day and Year abovesaid.

[There were then six seals (most likely wax) shown]. I, James Wilson Cope, have typed this as my copy was typed with punctuation and capitol letters as they are typed in any legal document.]

Price's book, "A History of Christ Reformed Church at Indian Creek," says that a Johann Adam Buescher and wife witnessed th baptism of John Adam Cope along with the child's parents, Johann Jost Kob and wife. So maybe Dorothea's maiden name was Beuscher.

The actual record is written that Dorothea Barbara was Dorothea Barbara Beuschel who was christened on Novembere 30, 1692 at Kulshiem, Baden, Germany. Source: Parish Register KA1/2lsheim Church Records.

Yost COPE and Dorothea Barbara BUCHER had the following children:

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Hans LEBENGUTH has few details recorded about him.

Hans LEBENGUTH had the following children:

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Hans Casper QUIRIN has few details recorded about him.

Hans Casper QUIRIN had the following children:

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Hans George ARTZ¹⁵ has few details recorded about him.

Hans George ARTZ had the following children:

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Hans Georg VOGEL was born c. 1621 in Hoerdt, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He was a Weber in Ringendorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He died on 14 Nov 1677 in Ringendorf. He married Ursula VOGEL.

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Ursula VOGEL was born c. 1623 in Hoerdt. She died on 1 Apr 1690 in Ringendorf. She and Hans Georg VOGEL had the following children:

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Jainnis Nicholaus BUCHER was born btw 1670 and 1680 in Prussian Saxony, Germany. He died in 1765. He married Eva.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwcndcftm101&id=I02706&style=TABLE

It appears that Wilhelm Bucher b.1683 who died in Bern, Switzerland is related to the Nicholas Bucher line that emigrated from Bern, Switzerland to York County, Pennsylvania in the early 1700's. Wilhelm is the ancestor of Beat Bucher, who lives today in Bern, and after Beat joined our Bucher Y-DNA research project, we learned his Y-DNA test on 12 markers match 10 out of 12 markers to our three other American Buchers we tested who are descendants of the immigrant Nicholas Bucher line.

While 11 or 12 out of 12 is considered a recent match, not 10 out of 12, we believe when we compare 37 marker tests that will more precisely prove when these Buchers are related. Upgraded Y-DNA tests are at the lab now and we will get the answersat the end of May.

Nicholas and Wilhelm are from the same area in Canton Bern, so it's logical they are from the same ancestors. Although both were born about 1680, since there are at least two mutations in their DNA markers, we know they cannot be brothers, and weare more likely to learn they shared the same grandfather or great grandfather.

To date, our Bucher Y-DNA research has identified four related males in this particular line. Prior to testing, we didn't know any of the four were the same Bucher family:

Wilhelm Bucher b.1683 who died in Switzerland is in Beat Bucher's tree at:

http://www.lemas.ch/familie/karteiblatt107.html

Nicholas Bucher b.1670 who lived in York County, Pennsylvania is at:

http://www.Siteservers.net/family/tree/2935.htm

Adam Bucher b.1767 died lived in York/Adams Counties but we do not yet know his father. Adam is at:

http://www.siteservers.net/family/tree/4804.htm

Another Nicholas Bucher b.1808 immigrated in the 1800's to Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He is at:

http://www.siteservers.net/family/tree/3890.htm

You can see the actual DNA marker results for our R-007 Bucher Family males in the tan area at the bottom of the table at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Bucher/index.aspx?fixed_columns=on

The Bucher Y-DNA Research Project has now tested 3 males related to the 1727 immigrant Nicholas Bucher of York Co. PA, as well as 35 males total, and those DNA results invalidate many trees published on the Internet, while revealing new evidenceabout Nicholas' family (details at http://www.SiteServers.net/family/dna )

The "myths" that are not true about Nicholas:

1) Nicholas is definitely not related to Bartholomew Bucher of Frederick Co., MD as many Internet trees suggest. Their DNA is very different.

2)Nicholas is not related to Peter Bucher/Booher of Fayette Co. PA.

3)Nicholas is not related to the Bucher lines living in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, as some trees show.

New truths about Nicholas:

1)Nicholas is related to another Bucher line from Switzerland that immigrated in the early 1800's to Northampton County, PA, in which another Nicholas born in 1808 moved in 1837 to Northumberland County where he is buried.

2)Many early 1700's branches of Nicholas line have never been identified before for lack of documentation, but our DNA tests are able to discover them. For instance, the DNA of Adam Bucher born 1767 who died in Adams County, PA is identical to Nicholas Bucher's line. As more Bucher males are tested more missing sons will be uncovered.

We are now testing a male Bucher living today in Canton Bern, Switzerland who could match Nicholas, as this is where he is reportedly from. Consult http://www.SiteServers.net/family/dna for future news.

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Eva was born in Prussian Saxony, Germany. She and Jainnis Nicholaus BUCHER had the following children: