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Descendants of Nicholas (Theobold?) Leatherman

Generation No. 2

2. JOHANN CHRISTIAN³ LEATHERMAN, SR (NICHOLAS (THEOBOLD?)², HANS DEWALT¹ LEDERMAN) was born August 27, 1730 in Falchner Swamp, Pennsylvania, and died Abt. 1818. He married CATHERINE ??? Abt. 1750. She was born Abt. 1730.

Notes for JOHANN CHRISTIAN LEATHERMAN, SR:
Leatherman-Lederman Note

In KEYHOLE for October 1991, XIX, 177, is a record of Daniel
Leatherman, who died November 9-1797 in Frederick County, Maryland.
Two of his sons: Daniel, died 1799 and Michael, died 1811, came to
Washington County (Pa), as did a Christian Leatherman.
Annette K. Burgert in her 1992 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EMIGRANTS FROM
THE NORTHERN ALSACE lists a Daniel Lederman, baptized at Langen-
soultzbach, Alsace November 6-1718 and a Christian Lederman born
August 27-1730, baptized at Falckner Swamp (Pa). These were sons
of Diebold Lederman and his wife, Mary Engel, of Mattstall, Alsace.
Diebold landed at Philadelphia in 1727. Is this Daniel of 1718 the
one who died in 1797?

The Raymond M. Bell Anthology

The Leatherman Family of Washington County, Pa.
Two Leatherman brothers, Daniel and Michael, sons of Bishop
Daniel Leatherman, came from Frederick County, Maryland in
the 1770s. They were members of the Church of the Brethren
(Dunkard - German Baptist). Daniel, the younger was also
a minister. His grandson, Jonathan Letterman 1824-1872, is
listed in the DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.

Before the Revolution, four members of the Leatherman family
staked out 400-acre tracts on Pigeon Creek in Washington County.
Christian Sr 1774; Son Christian Jr 1774
?Brother Peter 1772; ?cousin Daniel 1776.
All of these tracts, except that of Christian Jr, were surveyed
after the War. Located on the Somerset-Bethlehem Township
boundary, they totaled almost 1000 acres.
Daniel to the west 393 acres; Peter to the east 276 acres
Christian to the south 364 acres.
Daniel died on his farm in 1799. Christian sold his farm to
George Myers and went to Kentucky. Peter sold his farm to
Michael Hosick and may have gone to Ohio.

Daniel's younger brother, Michael,was in the first (1782)
Washington County tax list; he was single. He died in West
Bethlehem Townshop in 1811. Other Leathermans listed in early
Washington County tax lists are:
Frederick, Peter son of Christian, Jacob son of Peter.
All the Leathermans served in the militia in 1781-82.

Where Christian settled in Shelby County, Kentucky about
1785 came to be known as the Leatherman Settlement. Research
in Kentucky will give more data on these Leathermans.

1790 census
Frederick Co, Md: Daniel 1 1 3, Godf'rey 1 2 5, Henry 1 0 5,
Jos 1 0 2 Washington Co, Pa: Daniel 1 3 3, Michael 1 1 3,
Frederick 2 1 4 Donegal Twp
(Donegal Twp)
Washington County Tax Lists beginning 1782
Frderick:: Fallowf'ield 1782-84, Bethlehem 1785
Christian Jr: Somerset 1782-84
Peter: Somerset 1783 - no land
Daniel: Bethlehem 1782+
Michael: Bethlehem 1782+
Christian: Bethlehem 1783
Peter: Bethlehem 1783
Jacob: Bethlehem 1783 single

SOURCES
Cemetery, Census, Church, Deed, Estate, Tax Records
Penna Archives (printed)
Letherman, I John: All Leatherman Kin History,
Napponee, Ind 1940
Schildknecht, Calvin E: Monocacy & Catoctin I,
Shippensburg, Pa 1985
Tracey, Grace L & John P Dern: Pioneers of' Old Monocacy,
Balt, Md 1987

Bishop DANIEL LEATHERMAN b c1710 buried Nov 11-1797 Frederick Co, Md
m c1753 Catharine (daughter of' Michael & Rosina) Bigler b c1730
living 1790 - Daniel organized Church of' Brethren congregation
near Hanover, Pa 1738 - land Frederick Co c1752 - she may have d Ohio
1.Daniel b c1754 d 1799 Washington Co, Pa m c1772 Elizabeth---
to Pa 1776 - minister
a. Theobald b 1773 d Jan 23-1803 - land in Ohio
b. (Dr) Jonathan b 1775 d Apr 1844 m Anna Ritchie
Ch:Jonathan 1824-1872 see below, Craig 1826-,
William 1832-1881, Elizabeth (Smith)
c. Elizabeth c1777- living 1799
d. Hannah c1779- m Lazier
e. (Mary) Salome 1781- m 1800 Gabriel Swinehart 1774-1804
German Twp, Montgomery Co, Ohio
Ch:Anna (Shidler)1801-, Elizabeth (Ellis) 1803-, Gabriel 1804-
f. (Dr) Joseph b 1783 d Apr 20-1837 m Sarah Mercer
Ch: Blackstone 1817-1822, (Dr) Joseph H (1819-1886)
2.Peter b Nov 15-1757 d Nov 2821845 m Sep 2 1786 (Mary) Anna Swigart
(dau of Daniel) b Dec 9-1764 d May 10-1835 - Maryland
Ch: Catharine, Jacob, Mary, Hannah, Peter
3.Rosina b c1759 d young
.
4.Michael b Jan 9-1761, see below - m Catharine (dau of George)Balmer
5.Susanna b 1763 d 1804 m John Moser, son of Conrad - d bef 1799
Washington Co, Pa
Ch:Anna, Jonathan, Catharine, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah
6.Catharine b Apr 7-1765 d Sep 22-1844 m Nov 28-1784
George Custer, son of Paul - 1744-1829 Tuscarawas Co, Ohio
7.Joseph b Dec 10-1766 d Dec 7-1837 ml Elizabeth Margaret Rechner,
dau of Peter - d 1818, m2 Deborah --- b Dec 25-1766 d Dec 29-1853
no issue - Maryland
8.Hannah b 1769 m John Baker
9.(Anna) Mary b Apr 2-1772 d Oct 6-1841 ml Apr 22-1802 Isaac
Shriver d c1827, m2 Jonathan Moser 1785-1836 - no issue - Md

10.Magdalena b Aug 11-1774 d 1843 m Abraham Moser b 1767 d before
1805 Fayette Co, Pa - she to Ohio
11.John b 1776 d Feb 21-1867 m Nov 28-1798 Catharine Miller, dau
of Joseph - b 1777 d Sep 18-1850 - Tuscarawas Co, Ohio
Kosciusko Co, Ind
Ch: Daniel, Sarah, Catharine, Nancy, Elizabeth, Joseph,
Isaac, Polly, John, Hannah

JONATHAN LETTERMAN (Jonathan, Daniel, Daniel,)
b Dec 11-1824 Canonsburg, Pa d Mar 15-1872 Sar~ Francisco, Cal
M.D. Jefferson Medical College 1849. Organizer of the field
medical service of the Union Army in the Civil War. He completely
reorganized the field medical service. On Nov 13-1911 the
military hospital at San Francisco was designated the Letterman
General Hospital.
(Dictionary of American Biography.)

MICHAEL LEATHERMAN b Jan 9-1761 d Apr 23-1811 m 1785
Catharine Palmer b 1765 d Apr 25-1844 - Washington Co, Pa
1.Elizabeth b 1786 m Jacob Custer 1782-1830 - she d Jan 21-1852
Ch:Catharine, Susanna, Samuel, Elizabeth, George, Peter, Jacob,
John, Jonathan, Hannah, Daniel, Elijah

2.John b Sep 2-1788 d Sep 20-1867 Washington Co, Pa m Apr 11-1816
Christina Myers b Oct 31-1792 d Feb 6-1881
Ch:Demas, Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Lydia, Catharine,
Rueanne, Lucy, Elvira Jane

3.Magdalena b 1790 - Allen Co, Ohio m 1809 Jacob Swinehart 1787-1829
Ch:David, Jacob, Sarah, Catharine, Susanna, Mary A, Elizabeth,
Lucinda, Rachel, Magdalena

4.Catharine b Dec 25-1792 d Oct 18-1876 Knox Co, Ohio m 1813
John Diehl Baker d 1859
Ch: Jacob, John, Park, Addison, Eliza, Amos, Maria, Michael,
Catharine, Isaac, Sarah

5.Daniel b 1794 d 1854 Linn Co, Iowa m Nov 24 1836 Rachel Swain
d Apr 1892 to Allen Co, Ohio; then Iowa
Ch: John, Susanna, Mary, Daniel

6 Peter b Jan 24-1795 d Jun 29-1874 Tuscarawas Co, Ohio m1 Elizabeth
Diven d 1863, m2 Susanna Madden 1828-1898 (Mar 11, 1819
Ch: Jacob, Phoebe, Michael, Deborah, Margaret, Simon, Demas,
Daniel Moses; William Jonathan

7.Joseph b Jan 21-1797 d Sep 4-1881 Licking Co, Ohio ml Sarah -- -
1797-1867, m2 Catharine Miller (Bishop) b 1829 d 1908
Ch: George, Cyrus, Jack, Henry, Josie

8.Michael b Jan 16-1799 d Jul 22-1866 Allen Co, Ohio m Dec 20-1820
Hannah Oller 1801-1886
Ch: Henry, Hiram, Michael, Sarah, Adam, John, Elizabeth, Thomas,
Catharine, Hannah
9.Susanna b Nov 30-1801 d Mar 1-1878 Whiteside Co, Ill m Mar 11-
1823 George Hurless - Tuscarawas Co
Ch: Samuel, Cephas, Abner, Catharine, Parker, Martin

10.Maria b Jul 2-1803 d 1883 Allen Co, Ohio m 1822
Richard Hill d 1847
Ch: Asa, Eleanor, Polly, Elizabeth, Thomas

11.Sarah b Aug 3-1805 d Feb 2-1896 Allen Co m Apr 6-1826
Robert Guthrie 1803-1887
Ch: Catharine, John, Margaret, Maria, Demas, Elizabeth,
Susanna, Joseph, Sarah, Robert, Mary, William

More About JOHANN LEATHERMAN and CATHERINE ???:
Marriage: Abt. 1750

Children of JOHANN LEATHERMAN and CATHERINE ??? are:

JOHN⁴ LEATHERMAN, b. Abt. 1758, Pennsylvania; d. Aft. January 15, 1796, Shelby, Kentucky; m. HANNAH TEAGARDEN, December 31, 1789, Nelson County, Kentucky; b. 1776.

Notes for JOHN LEATHERMAN:
Page 548 ALL LEATHERMAN KIN HISTORY
ing this road of all flesh, don comment my soul to my God hoo gives it son my body may be desently Intared at the decration of my Relations and Executors doo Leave and bequeath my Estat and Chattles as follows,
(viz) First that all my Legal Debts be duly paid and if it please God that say wife Hanney Should Survive mee after my Death Shee is to have all my Rail Estate with all that I possess of Chattles and incomes partaining thereunto soo long as She lives and at the death of my wife the Pleas Places that I now live on to fall unto Christian Leatheman Ould son of Peter Leatherman my Brother now living in County and Settlement above mentioned and I leave and bequeath to Brazele Teegarden thirty pounds which is to be paid to Same by Adam Rival for Value Received from John Leatherman the Testator and if we both should die all my chattles to be equally as my Executors shall see cause to my Brother’s children. Witness my hand and seal this fifteenth day of Januany One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety Six.
(Executors)
David Miller in Hartman Settlement
George Humphris in Leatherman Settlement
Witness John Leatherman (SEAL)
"Thomas Craig Testator, his mark X"
Jos Ivan Housle
Henry Newman
John Harrison."

Shelby- Co., Ky, Will and Abstracts, page 93.

More About JOHN LEATHERMAN and HANNAH TEAGARDEN:
Marriage: December 31, 1789, Nelson County, Kentucky

3.	ii.		JOHANN CHRISTIAN LEATHERMAN, JR, b. Abt. 1755, Pennsylvania; d. Aft. August 16, 1786, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
4.	iii.		PETER LEATHERMAN, b. Abt. 1760, Pennsylvania; d. Dayton, Montgomery County, OH?.

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