Bishop Hans Jung Lehman

Bishop Hans Lehman b. ca. 1702, Canton Bern, Switzerland.

In 1727 Hans & Anna sailed with 3 children from Rotterdam, Holland aboard ship James Goodwill and landed in Philadelphia, PA.They settled in Rapho Township, Lancaster County, PA. Hans bought 197 acres of land northwest of Manheim, between present day Colebrook Street and Hernley.

Hans was a minister & bishop in Hernley Mennonite Church. This cemetery, where three generations of Lehmans are buried, has since been obliterated and the tombstones laid down so it can be plowed over.(Daniel R. Lehman, genealogist and researcher, correspondence with Ruth Runion-Slear, 2007)(Lehman, Daniel R."Bishop Hans Lehman, Immigrant of 1727" Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, October 1980, pp. 16-23) Find a Grave

Hans Lehman in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

• Name: Hans Lehman
• [Hans Lahman]
• Arrival Year: 1727
• Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Family Members: Wife Anna Hege; Son Jacob; Son Peter; Daughter Anna
• Source Publication Code: 4594
• Primary Immigrant: Lehman, Hans
• Source Bibliography: LEHMAN, DANIEL R. "Bishop Hans Lehman, Immigrant of 1727." In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, vol. 3:4 (Oct. 1980), pp. 16-23.
• Page: 16

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 Name Relationship

• Hans John Lehman Head
• Catherine Lehman Child
• John J. Lehman Child
• Magdalena Lehman Child
• Barbara Lehman Child
• Abraham Lehman Child
• Elizabeth Lehman Child
• Jacob Lehman Child
• Maria Lehman Child
• Peter Lehman Child
• Daniel Lehman Child

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