Person:John Leiter (20)

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John Leiter
b.Abt 1734 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
d.Abt 1790
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1733
  1. John LeiterAbt 1734 - Abt 1790
  2. Christian Leiter1736 - 1817
  3. Abraham Leiter1740 - 1818
  4. Barbara LeiterBef 1748 - Aft 1764
  5. Anna LeiterBef 1748 - Aft 1769
  6. Fronika LeiterBef 1748 - Bef 1764
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John LeiterAbt 1734 - Abt 1790
  • W.  B (add)
m. Bef 1758
  1. John Leiter1758 -
  2. Jacob LeiterAbt 1759 -
  3. Abraham LeiterBet 1760 & 1767 -
  4. Joseph Leiter1768 -
  5. Christian LeiterAft 1768 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1776
  1. Eve Margaretha Leiter1776 -
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Facts and Events
Name John Leiter
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1734 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United Statesestimated date based on birth date of next oldest child
Marriage Bef 1758 based on birth of oldest son; probably had at least two other children, names unknown
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Residence[1] 1759 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesDerry Township
Other[1] 8 Feb 1764 named in father's will
Residence[1] 1771 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesDonegal Township
Marriage Bef 1776 based on baptismal record of daughter
to Catharine _____
Death? Abt 1790
Probate[1][2] 22 Apr 1790 Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United Statesinventory of estate recorded
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Leiter, John A. History and genealogy of the Leiter families : including Lighter-Liter-Lyter. (Portland, Oregon: Leiter, c1971, 1977).

    - John (eldest son of Jacob Leiter Sr), was b. ca. 1734, (two years earlier than the next oldest son, born in 1736. His father Jacob was living in Conestoa, Lancaster County, PA.
    - Unlike his father, John Leiter remained in Lancaster County, PA. He is recorded as an early (1759) settler in the west end of Derry Township (Egle's Notes & Queries, 3-1-375. John also remained remained a Mennoite.
    - On 20 Jan 1763, John Lighter, lent money to Jacob Bishop of Derry Twp. (land records of Lancaster Co.)
    - John was named in his father's will, written 8 February 1764, in which he was give ten shillings "money of Pennsylvania".
    - The name of John's first wife is unknown, other than her first initial was "B". They were likely married before 1758, when their oldest son, also named John, was born. John, son of John, renounced all claim to the real estate owned by his grandfather in 1791 in a document made in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and filed in Washington County, Maryland.
    - Another child of John and his first wife was apparently Joseph "Loiter, listed in the Census of 1790, Dauphin County, PA.
    - John's seventh child was named Christian. He may be the Christian Leither, listed in the 1790 Census, Cocalico Township, Dauphin County. He may also be the Christian listed in the 1850 Census in Harrisburg, living with Jacob Boas, age indicating birth about 1775-77. If the age is right, he could not be the one in the 1790 Census. If the age is wrong, he might be both.
    - In 1771 John Leiter, was taxed on 150 acres, Donegal Twp., Lancaster Co.
    - John's second wife was named Catherine. She is listed as the mother of John's eighth child, Eve Margaretha, born 1 April 1776, shown by the record of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Lancaster, as a daughter of Johan and Catharine Lyder. (Pennsylvania German Society, vo. 4, p. 194)
    - On 20 August 1777 John Lyder, Sr., paid for exemption from military service, Paxtang Twp,., Lancaster Co. (PA Arch.)
    - An inventory of the estate of John Leyder, Sr. was recorded on 22 April 1790, Paxton Township, Dauphin County., PA

  2. ↑ Dauphin County, Orphans' Court docket index 1785-1937 G-M, in Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994: Images. (FamilySearch)
    p. 99 Image 385 on FamilySearch.

    1790, Leider, John, Paxtin Township, file 125, Accounts (12 pages)

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