Philip Lesher1

M, #3691, b. 7 July 1771, d. 1 January 1853
  • Name Variation: Johann Philipp Läscher2
Last Edited: 24 Sep 2019

Parents:

Father: John Lesher1 b. c 1739, d. 22 Aug 1811
Mother: Catharine Wolfart1 b. c Dec 1741, d. 24 Jun 1815

Family:

Elisabeth Becker

Notes

  • Note*: On 5 Jan 1804 Philip Lesher of Tulpehocken Twp. yeoman, in consideration of 37 pounds
    granted to John Levergood of the same place, in consideration of £30.10, a list of goods that read like a probate inventory - from cows and hogs to beds and teacups.4
  • Note: See article on 'Johann Philipp and Elisabetha (Becker) Lesher' in "The Lesher Families of Sandusky County Ohio" by Frederick J Nickolson, in "Lesher Families in America", Vol. 5 Number 1, March 1991, p. 167 at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~lesherancestry/genealogy/Lesher%20Families%20in%20America/Leshers%20in%20America-1991bw.PDF, pdf page 2.

Citations

  1. [S341] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196. Berks Co., Estate files, 'Estates 1800-1850 Leiby, Jacob-Levan, Jacob L.', File: 'Lesher, John TU 1811', image 1816.
  2. [S216] Humphrey, John T., Pennsylvania Births, Berks County, 1710-1780 (Washington D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1997), p. 203, citing #18, Altalaha Lutheran, Tulpehocken Twp..
  3. [S373] Records of Christ Church in Tulpehocken, Berks Co., Pa. also known as Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tulpehocken. Typescript, translation by P. C. Croll & W. T. Stauffer of photo stat copy from Penn. Gen. Soc. FHL microfilm 20528, Item 4. [at Stouchsburg]. p. 331.
  4. [S28] Berks County, Pa., Open Records, Recorder of Deeds, online https://www.countyofberks.com/departments/recorder-of-deeds, Deed Book 20, p. 265.