Person:John Lesher (8)

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John Lesher
b.5 Jan 1711 Germany
d.5 Apr 1794 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
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  1. John Lesher1711 - 1794
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  2. Maria Lesher1765 - 1823
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Name John Lesher
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 5 Jan 1711 Germany
Marriage to Margaret Hess
Immigration[3] 1734 Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Naturalization[3] 1743
Residence[1] 1744 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Death[1][3] 5 Apr 1794 Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Served as Deputy Wagon-master in the French and Indian War. Represented Berks County, PA in the Constitutional Convention of 1776 as a member of the committee that prepared the Declaration of Rights.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 V. John Pott, in Historical Society of Schuylkill County (Pennsylvania). Publications of the Historical Society of Schuylkill County. (Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States: Daily Republican Print)
    Vol 1; pp 34-36.

    In 1786 he married Maria Lesher (b. July 9, 1765, d. April 21, 1823), daughter of John Lesher and his second wife, Margaret Hess. (1735-1833).

    John Lesher (Jan. 5, 1711-April 5, 1794), son of Nicholas Lesher, (1668-1750), and wife, Mary Joanna Dreehr...

  2. ↑ Horatio Trexler, in Pennsylvania German Society (Pennsylvania). Proceedings and addresses (Pennsylvania German Society). (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1973, 1977)
    Vol 10; part 1; p 29.

    ...who was son of John Lesher, b. January 5, 1711 (Germany), d. April 5, 1794...

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 John Lesher, in Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther). History of Berks County, Pennsylvania in the Revolution, from 1774 to 1783. (Reading, Pennsylvania, United States: Chas. F. Haage, Printer, Seventh and Court Streets, 1894)
    pp 237-238.
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