Hello Joan; You have made my day, week, year!!!! I am going to the web site as soon as I finish this mailing to you. Thank you so much. I will write to you soon. Enormous Hug. Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Connections to the famous > > In a message dated 8/13/2007 2:57:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, > scott1@embarqmail.com writes: > > HI Joan; Thank you for your answer. I am always searching for my brick > wall and one source says my Maria Leib was a Quaker in Lancaster Co. Pa. > Yes, I grasp at straws or anything else I can that might give me a clue. > Yes I am a desperate woman!!!! The info you sent is very interesting and > I > will google. Thanks again, Sally > > > > Sally- > > I don't know who told you the Lancaster County LEIBs were Quaker--they > were > Mennonites. They first appear on the Mennonite census in Germany in the > early 1720s as being taxed but unable to pay the tax to the gracious > landowner > who let them live on his estate because they were poor. Ulrich LEIB came > to > Philadelphia in 1727 on the Molly and settled in Lancaster County where > he soon > had a couple land warrants and then purchased more land in York County. > His > relative Johannes LEIB came over in 1727 on the William and Sarah and > settled in York County. > > I descend from both LEIB lines. Since your Maria is from Lancaster > County > she is most likely a descendant of the Ulrich LEIB line. > > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joan_young&id=I604 > > Tell me a bit more about her--perhaps I can help. > > Joan > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >