Jacob Leyenberger, II

Jacob Leyenberger, Jr. was born in Germany c. 1730 to Jacob Leyenberger and Elizabeth. He married Catherine in 1750 in Germany. They had at least two children:

• Jacob Lineberry, III b. 1751 m. Mary Catherine Youngblood
• William Lineberry b. about 1750

Jacob died in 1779 in Chatham County, North Carolina. (Conflicting data: Val Baugh has said that he died in 1792 in Randolph County, North Carolina. The conflicting county may be a result of changing county lines later on, so where he died may be Randolph County now or vice versa, but which year is correct?)

-Jacob Leyenberger (as documented in Angela Lineberry Jenkins' "Lineberry" book):

It is unsure from what is written in the book if this is the Jacob that married Catherine or Elizabeth. The book says he married Elizabeth, but the children are Catherine's; her name may be Catherine Elizabeth.

In any case, the book speaks about the Jacob, born c. 1725, as coming from the Hartz mountains of Germany in what is now known as the province of Brunswick Germany. He came to North Carolina around 1752. He was accompanied by at least two sons: William and Jacob who was a baby at the time. They, like many other people in that day, were persecuted on account of their religious opinions, and they came to America where they could worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences. They settled in what was then Orange County, NC. Orange County was formed in 1752. Later, a part of Randolph County and Chatham County was formed from Orange County. The Lineberrys lived near the Randolph-Chatham line or Alamance-Chatham line.

Lineberry is not the German form of the name - the “Line” was undoubtedly “Lein”, and the “berry” was certainly differen t- berry is not a German form. In the voucher for pay to Jacob Lineberry for militia service for the North Carolina Revolutionary Accounts, Volume IX, page 106, folio 1, the name given is “Jacob Lineberger”- obviously meant for “Lineburger". In the deed from Jacob Lineberry and wife Catherine to George Lineberry (their son) recorded in Book 1, page 271, of the Guilford County Public Registry, one of the signatures as transcribed on the record and so indexed is “Linberger.” From this, it would seem that the name in German was Leinberger, pronounced Lineberger.

It was once thought that these were the only Lineberry ancestors that came to America. Further research suggests others may have as well according to this website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tqpeiffer/Documen...

Immigration records show a number of people bearing the name of Leyonberger, Lineberger, or one of its variants, arriving in North America between the 17th and 20th centuries. One of these immigrants was Hans Leyenberger, who came to America in 1735 on the ship Billander Oliver. In 1739, Fraus [?] Leyenberger arrived in America on the ship Robert, and Alice as well as Nicholas Leinberger, came over that same year on the ship Snow Betsy.

Sources:

• Angela Lineberry Jenkins' "Lineberry" book, by Leo and Aline Lineberry, Glenn Lineberry, and Louise Wagoner (see sources tab)
• "Biography of The Lineberry Family," by Winfield Scott Lineberry (to be added soon)