Christopher Lobingier and Unknown

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Husband Christopher Lobingier ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - ? Germany
     Christened: 
           Died: 1772 4
         Buried:  - Hummelstown, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA

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         Father: [Ancestor] Lobingier (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Anna Catherine Hubele (      -      ) 5 - 9 Sep 1739 5

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Wife Unknown ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bet 1736 and 1739 - Hummelstown, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Maria Catharine Lobingier ⁵

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           Born: 1730 5
     Christened:  - Swatere Church, Hummelstown, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA
           Died: 
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2 M John Jacob Lobingier ⁵

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           Born: 1734 5
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3 F Anna Barbara Lobingier ⁵

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           Born: 14 Jun 1736 5
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General Notes: Husband - Christopher Lobingier

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He came from Mecklenberg, Germany, and settled in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was married before leaving Germany. Little is known of him except that he was a farmer, and that both he and his wife died, and are buried in Dauphin County. They had one son, Christopher.

He emigrated with his brother Jacob from Wittenberg, Germany, prior to 1735 and settled near Harrisburg, in what was then Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [HWC 1906 iii, 298]

He was a native of Wittenberg, Germany. [HLC 1883, 247]

He was the founder of the Lobingier family in America. He came from the Province of Wurtemberg, Germany, together with his first wife and two children, on the ship "William and Sara", which arrived in Philadelphia, September 18, 1727. His immediate family, according to tradition, escaped from France about the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, or during the persecution of the Huguenots because of their religious beliefs. The family, when driven from its native land, consisted of the father, mother and two children. The French Law prohibiting the taking of children of these refugees out of the country, was successfully evaded by hiding the children in the family baggage under strict orders to make no noise or outcry. One was slightly wounded in the shoulder when the border guards thrust their swords into the bags to determine whether anyone was concealed therein. All finally arrived in southern Germany and established a new home. One of this family, Christopher, made his way down the Rhine early in 1727, sailed for the New World from Rotterdam. Settling, soon after his arrival, in that part of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which later became Dauphin County, he became a land owner and influential citizen in or near Hummelstown on the Swatere Creek. All the passengers on this ship (William and Sarah) were required to take an oath of Allegiance to their new country before they were allowed to land at Philadelphia. He and his wife apparently were members of the Swatere Church, where the Baptisms of their children are recorded. [GLF, 1]

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 652.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 488.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 298.

4 Kenneth Lobingier, Genealogy of the Lobingier Family 1374 - 1974 (Mt. Pleasant, PA: Privately published, 1974), Pg 39.

5 Kenneth Lobingier, Genealogy of the Lobingier Family 1374 - 1974 (Mt. Pleasant, PA: Privately published, 1974), Pg 2.