Henry Lesher

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Husband Henry Lesher ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1711 - Schauffhausen, near Zweibrucken, Switzerland 3
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         Father: [Ancestor] Lesher (      -      )
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Children

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1 M John Lesher ⁴

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           Died:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Henry Lesher ⁴

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           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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         Spouse: [Unk] Zette (      -      ) 5

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3 M Jacob Lesher ⁶

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           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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           Died: 31 Dec 1813 5
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         Spouse: Fanny Gingerich (      -1798) 7

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4 M Casper Lesher ⁴

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Hummer (      -      ) 4

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5 M Christian Lesher ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] Hochman (      -      ) 5

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6 F Maria Lesher ⁵

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         Spouse: Peter Brubaker (      -      ) 5

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7 F Barbara Lesher ⁵

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Anna Lesher ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Lesher

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He was born in Switzerland, emigrated to Pennsylvania as a young man, sixteen years old, and settled in Lancaster County.

The first of the Lesher family to land in America was Henry Lesher, who, with two sisters, orphan children, came with Hans Hege from Switzerland - their home in that country having been near Zweibrucken, at Ebersten Haff. The good ship "James Goodwill" from Rotterdam, with David Crocket, captain, brought them to the port of Philadelphia, on the 27th of September, 1727. They belonged to a company of fifty-four families. Hans Hege and his brother-in-law Hans Lehman, were both kindred of Henry Lesher, who was then a lad of sixteen years, and all were members of the Mennonite Church. After landing the emigrants appeared before the proper authorities and repeated and then signed the British declaration, promising to bear true allegiance to King George the Second. This ceremony performed they were permitted to pass on to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and there they settled on fertile lands of Rapho township, near Hanheim, then denominated Sticklestown.

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 949.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 504, 700.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 504.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 504, 701.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 505, 701.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 202, 504, 701.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 202, 505.