Person:Adam Lietner (1)

Johann Adam Lietner

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m. 1703

Facts and Events

Name	Johann Adam Lietner
Alt Name	Johann Adam Lightener
Unknown^[3]	Johann Adam Leutner
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	1678	Germany
Marriage	1703	Germanyto Magdalene "Maude" Kastl
Emigration^[2]	1709	Germany
Immigration^[2]	1709	Ulster, New York
Residence^[2]	1723	Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death`^?`	1736	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

References

Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14206186/person/1169212455/facts
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Ellis, Franklin, and Samuel Evans. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. (Everts and Peck, 1883)
Chapter LXII. Upper Leacock Township, p. 926 Image 1079, Ancestry.com.

Adam Lightner and Maude his wife fled religious persecution along the Rhine in 1709. They were Lutheran. Their son William was born in Germany. Their son Nathaniel was born 1709 near London, England.
They immigrated to Ulster, New York in 1709, and settled among the La Rues, Farrees, and Le Fevres.
In 1723 the settled in the Peaqua Valley upon the northern boundary of Leacock Township [Lancaster County, Pennsylvania], about a mile northeast of the village of Intercourse.
Sons William and George returned to Germany.
Son Nathaniel married Margaret La Rue (b. 1713 in France). They had 19 children.
↑ National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
National Number 91453, Image 366. Ancestry.com.