Trust the following info helps to clarify some of the comments I have recently read on the Heinrich LESHER lineage. I was able to compile the following unverified info re subject lineage over the past 10 years. Questions and/or corrections to my work would be appreciated. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Henry Lesher nee Heinrich Lescher is the first generation of this family and our American progenitor who at 16 years emigrated to America from the Palatinate area (Zweibrucken) of Germany with two sisters. They were orphans and traveled in the company of their Uncles Hans Lehman and Hans Hege and their families. There is reason to believe that immigrant Hans Lehman with his wife Anna Hege,sister of Hans Hege, and three children moved from Schaffhausen, Switzerland to Germany for a time uncertain prior to departing Europe in 1727AD. The family of Hans Hege ,his wife Maria Lehman, the sister of Hans Lehman, and the three Lesher orphans also moved to Germany about the same time. Henry and his sisters were the children of Barbara Hege, sister of Hans Hege; and an unidentified Lesher. ( See the article on: Bishop Hans Lehman in the "Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Quarterly" Volume III, Number 4 October 1980; see also "The History of Franklin County Pennsylvania" by Warner, Beers and Company, Chicago, 1887 and the "Genealogical Register of the Hege, Lesher and Lehman Families" by M. Kieffer and Company 1859, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.) We do not have a record of their journey from Switzerland to Germany to Rotterdam but one could speculate that they traveled many days as they gradually made their way down the Rhine River as so many of the emigrating Protestants had during the period 1700 - 1750. In Rotterdam,fifty three families (some 200 people) accompanied them for their long voyage aboard the ship " James Goodwill," David Crockett,Captain, from Rotterdam, last of Falmouth or Portsmouth, England to Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania where they landed September 27 1727AD. >From Philadelphia, Henry Lesher was found to have settled in Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married a Maria, last name is not known, but she may also been a passenger with her family on the ship. On 10 December 1737, a warrant was granted Henry Lesher for a tract of land called "Leasures Quarter," consisting of 193 acres and the patent was issued in 1776. ( See book: Brethren in Christ History and Life," Volume 18, Number 1, April 1995, E. Morris Sider, Editor, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania 17027) In 1963, a bible reportedly printed in Zurich, Switzerland in 1538 and brought to America by Henry Lesher was donated to the Kittochtinny Historical Society, Franklin County, Pennsylvania from a Daniel G. H. Lesher, of Waynesboro,Pennsylvania. (See article in th "Record Herald" Waynesboro, April 21 1986 ) It is not known if family information is contained therein. One of Henry's sister may have been Catherine Lesher Longenecker, husband of a Jacob Longenecker who was aboard the ship "James Goodwill." ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I am also a descendant of H LESHER > H Lesher Jr>H Lesher II> John LASHER nee Lesher >Martin Brant LASHER> Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [LESHER] Very complete Lesher lineage here > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: johnth553 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lesher/51.181.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi cousin Lynn, > > I also descend from Casper Lesher, son of Henrich Lesher. Henrich's uncles > were Hans Hege and Hans Lehman (Anna Hege's husband). They arrived in > Philadelphia on 27 Sept 1727 and eventually settled in Lancaster County, > PA. > Henrich had just turned 16 on the voyage so wasn't listed on tha manifest. > > I do have scads more information about Henrich family - including the > names of your David's eleven children and some of their descendants. > > Cousin John > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >