[Ancestor] Löscher

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1 M Johannes Löscher

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           Born: Abt 1739 - Tulpehocken Twp, Berks Co, PA
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           Died: 22 Aug 1811 - Tulpehocken Twp, Berks Co, PA
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         Spouse: Anna Catharina Wohlfahrt (1741-1815)
           Marr: 23 Jul 1758 - Berks Co, PA 1

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Löscher

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The Leasure family of Pennsylvania is descended from the ancient French family of Le Sueur, who were of royal origin, and have frequently appeared in later French history. Eustache Le Sueur was, in 1617-55, one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting, and was the son of Catherine Le Sueur, a turner and sculptor in wood. He became one of the famous painters of France, and left numerous paintings and drawings that are highly valued and carefully preserved. A latter day artist of the family, Eugene, and a relative of the branch that came to America, amassed a large fortune through his art. A brother of Eustache was Francois Le Sueur, a French Huguenot, who came to this country, and in 1659 was living in Kingston, New York. He married Willdebrand Patterson, of Amsterdam, Holland, and is the American ancestor of the Lasher family of New York. The name in early colonial records is spelled in every conceivable way, and from Le Sueur has come both the Lasher, Loescher, Le Chaire, Lashier and Leasure families in the United States. This branch of the family were Huguenots and held prominent positions. They were Masters of Horse and held their positions until the persecutions became so fierce that they were obliged to flee. They came to Pennsylvania with the DuPont family, of Philadelphia and Delaware. The name became quickly anglicized, but just when the present form Leasure became generally used does not appear. The emigrants settled on the shores of the Susquehanna, where they farmed, and made salt, furnishing the colonial forts and posts with that article, and sending their product as far west as Fort DuQuesne. [GPHAV, 6]

There is some indication that this family was of French Hugenot origin. Many of these, owing to steadfast loyalty to their religious faith, were obliged to seek homes elsewhere in order to worship according to their conscience. Journeying from France into Germany, and thence to Holland, they were among those who availed themselves of the invitation of Queen Anne of England, who offered to transport a large number of emigrants to the New World. Arriving in England Christmas evening, 1709, they were among the four thousand who thus set sail for America, fourteen hundred dying on the way over. They landed at New York, and shortly afterward were sent up the Hudson, remaining in New York State until 1723. When they heard that William Penn had been in Germany and brought about the immigration of a large number of Germans, thirty-three families under the guidance of an Indian made their way to Pennsylvania, down the Susquehanna River into the fertile valley of the Tulpehocken, in what is now Berks County. In a sketch of Conrad Weiser we find the following concerning these colonists: Whilst in his fourteenth year he (Weiser) emigrated with his father and family (which included himself and seven other children) to New York, landing June 17, 1710. At that time several thousand Germans were sent to America by Queen Anne. Shortly after their arrival they were removed to Livingston Manor by the governor of New York, to burn tar and cultivate hemp to defray the expenses incurred by Queen Anne in conveying them from Holland to England and from England to America. They labored till 1713 in this employment under the direction of commissioners; then, finding that they were existing under a form of bondage, they protested against the treatment, and thus effected their release. About one hundred and fifty families of them, including the Weiser family, removed to Schoharie, forty miles west of Albany. The settlers having been disturbed in their possessions, Conrad Weiser's father and a number of others migrated to Pennsylvania. They located in Tulpehocken in the spring of 1723, in the midst of the Indians; and there they also commenced the improvement of the land without permission from the land commissioners. The Indians complained, but the settlers were not disturbed. Subsequently the Indians released their rights and about 1733 they removed beyond the Blue Mountains.

1 Lesher Families in America, Pg 34.