Johann Jacob Leidy, Sr.

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Arrived at Philadelphia, PA on 2 Oct 1727 aboard the "Adventure" from Germany Resided in Hatfield, Montgomery Co., PA Individual Note Jacob is the ancestor in this country of the eminent naturalist and physician Prof. Joseph Leidy of the Univ. of PA The Leidy Family One of the Series of Sketches To Be Embraced in the Old Philadelphia Families

Following close after the pilgrimage of William Penn into the Rhenish Palatinate, came to this country a wave of migrants from Germany that began about 1688 and contributed an important element to American stock. Among the old eighteenth century families who were swept into PA on the flood-tide of this remarkable German emigration were the Leidys, whose ancestor, John Jacob Leydig, came to America in 1727. In the old world the name was spelled variously, Leydig, Lydig, and Leidig and was anglicized later by the English authorities in PA into Leidy. The family, however, is traceable back four centuries beyond the pioneer John Jacob to John Leydig, who as early as 1338 was living at Wilsnach in Swabia. Among his descendants was a chief burger of Wilsnach. Joachim Leydig, whose son, the Rev. Matthew Leydig, studied theology with Luther at Wittenberg and was ordained by him in 1550. In 1552 he was called to the German Reformed Church in Halle where he died in 1601. He published a translation of the Bible (Berlin 15860 and later the Lutheran vespers and psalms of David. Another of the family, Joachim Leydig. Also a native of Halle, served as pastor of the Reformed Church at Koniegsberg, Prussia until in 1571, as the result of controversy, returned to Halle. Jacob Leydig, grandson of Rev. Johan Leydig, and a scholar of note, published in 1677 a history of the ancient electors of Prussia. It was in this, the seventeenth century, that armorial hearings were granted to the head of the house. Joachim Leydig, in recognition of his public services in founding a hospital. It is interesting to note that this same family has produced in recent years one other highly distingusihed biologist, Professor Franz Leydig of Wurzburg and Bonn whose great grandfather was a brother of Dr. Joseph Leidy?s great grandfather. Following the Thirty Years War the Palatinate was subjected to religious persecutions and as a direct result of these , John Jacob Leydig or Leidy, emigrated from Wittenberg. He arrived in Philadelphia October 2, 1727, and settled in Philadelphia now Montgomery Co.. This early settler's son, Carl Ludwig Leidy, established a settlement known even to the present day as Leidytown, Bucks Co., although the post office bearing that name is all that remains of the original town. John Jacob Leidy was an organizer of the Indian Creek Reformed Church, an offshoot and afterwards, along 1854, was organized and known locally as "Leidy's Church."? John Jacob or Jacob Leidy was married in Germany; his family came with him to America. His children, of whom we have any record, were as follows: Paul, Jacob, Carl Ludwig and Magdalena. Magdalena Leidy, the youngest child and daughter of Jacob Leidy, the immigrant, was born in Philadelphia Co., Jan. 24, 1739 and died in New Britain Township, Bucks Co., Pa., Aug. 5 1804. She married in 1755, Lt. Col. Jacob Reed, born in Salford Township, Phila. Co., July 1 6, 1730, and died in New Britain Township, Nov. 2, 1820. Lt. Col. Jacob Reed was the most notable figure in Hatfield Township during the Revolution. He was the eldest son of Johann Phillipp Reed (or Reid), born 1698, died 1783, who came from Mannheim, Germany, to Philadelphia, Oct 16, 1727, settled in Salford Township, and married in 1724, Fronica Berckyain of Switzerland. Paul Leidy, the eldest child of Jacob Leidy, immigrant, as early as Feb. 27, 1739, acquired lands from the Penns, located in Hatfield Township, Phila Co., Pa. At the timeof his death he owned 240 acres. He died Dec. 1752; his window, Jacopura Leidy, in 1778. In her will dated April 3, 1778, she mentions five children as follows: Johannes: Conrad: Mary, married to Henry Scheib: Margaret, married to John Kunkle: and Catherine Hoffman. Conrad Leidy and Henry Scheib were members of Captain Phillip Reed's company of Hatsfield militia during the Revolution.

Arrived Oct. 7, 1727 on the ship Adventurer in Philadelphia.

The Leidy Family One of the Series of Sketches To Be Embraced in the Old Philadelphia Families

Following close after the pilgrimage of William Penn into the Rhenish Palatinate, came to this country a wave of migrants from Germany that began about 1688 and contributed an important element to American stock. Among the old eighteenth century families who were swept into PA on the flood-tide of this remarkable German emigration were the Leidys, whose ancestor, John Jacob Leydig, came to America in 1727. In the old world the name was spelled variously, Leydig, Lydig, and Leidig and was anglicized later by the English authorities in PA into Leidy. The family, however, is traceable back four centuries beyond the pioneer John Jacob to John Leydig, who as early as 1338 was living at Wilsnach in Swabia. Among his descendants was a chief burger of Wilsnach. Joachim Leydig, whose son, the Rev. Matthew Leydig, studied theology with Luther at Wittenberg and was ordained by him in 1550. In 1552 he was called to the German Reformed Church in Halle where he died in 1601. He published a translation of the Bible (Berlin 15860 and later the Lutheran vespers and psalms of David. Another of the family, Joachim Leydig. Also a native of Halle, served as pastor of the Reformed Church at Koniegsberg, Prussia until in 1571, as the result of controversy, returned to Halle. Jacob Leydig, grandson of Rev. Johan Leydig, and a scholar of note, published in 1677 a history of the ancient electors of Prussia. It was in this, the seventeenth century, that armorial hearings were granted to the head of the house. Joachim Leydig, in recognition of his public services in founding a hospital. It is interesting to note that this same family has produced in recent years one other highly distingusihed biologist, Professor Franz Leydig of Wurzburg and Bonn whose great grandfather was a brother of Dr. Joseph Leidy?s great grandfather. Following the Thirty Years War the Palatinate was subjected to religious persecutions and as a direct result of these , John Jacob Leydig or Leidy, emigrated from Wittenberg. He arrived in Philadelphia October 2, 1727, and settled in Philadelphia now Montgomery Co.. This early settler's son, Carl Ludwig Leidy, established a settlement known even to the present day as Leidytown, Bucks Co., although the post office bearing that name is all that remains of the original town. John Jacob Leidy was an organizer of the Indian Creek Reformed Church, an offshoot and afterwards, along 1854, was organized and known locally as "Leidy's Church."? John Jacob or Jacob Leidy was married in Germany; his family came with him to America. His children, of whom we have any record, were as follows: Paul, Jacob, Carl Ludwig and Magdalena. Magdalena Leidy, the youngest child and daughter of Jacob Leidy, the immigrant, was born in Philadelphia Co., Jan. 24, 1739 and died in New Britain Township, Bucks Co., Pa., Aug. 5 1804. She married in 1755, Lt. Col. Jacob Reed, born in Salford Township, Phila. Co., July 1 6, 1730, and died in New Britain Township, Nov. 2, 1820. Lt. Col. Jacob Reed was the most notable figure in Hatfield Township during the Revolution. He was the eldest son of Johann Phillipp Reed (or Reid), born 1698, died 1783, who came from Mannheim, Germany, to Philadelphia, Oct 16, 1727, settled in Salford Township, and married in 1724, Fronica Berckyain of Switzerland. Paul Leidy, the eldest child of Jacob Leidy, immigrant, as early as Feb. 27, 1739, acquired lands from the Penns, located in Hatfield Township, Phila Co., Pa. At the timeof his death he owned 240 acres. He died Dec. 1752; his window, Jacopura Leidy, in 1778. In her will dated April 3, 1778, she mentions five children as follows: Johannes: Conrad: Mary, married to Henry Scheib: Margaret, married to John Kunkle: and Catherine Hoffman. Conrad Leidy and Henry Scheib were members of Captain Phillip Reed's company of Hatsfield militia during the Revolution.

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The Swiss spelling for Leidy is Lichti. The German spelling is Leidich. Presumptive evidence is that Jacob, Sr. came ahead of the family, on 2 Oct 1727 on the ADVENTURE, made a home for them in what is now Montgomery Co., and sent for them to come later with relatives. On the SAMUEL with Jacob, Jr. were Frederick Layday (Leidy) age 38 and his wife Maria Mattline Leidy age 37, also Michael Lyday age 13, Wolbrick age 4 and Catharine age 1. Jacob Leidy, Sr. settled on a tract of land located south of the present Souderton, on which stands Leidy's Church, the Hatfield - Franconia Township line and Cowpath Road. He was a member of the Skippack Congregation and in 1730 was a signer of the Petition to the Classis of Amsterdam opposing the acceptance of Rev. John Philip Boehm as their pastor. In 1739 both Jacob and his son, Paul signed a petition for the opening of a new road along County Line to Line Lexington, to connect with the Old Bethlehem Road to Philadelphia.

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