John George Leidy

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John George Leidy (Leydig)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 27, 1809 (76-77)
Newberry, York, York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Johann Jacob Leidy, Sr.; Johannes Jacob Leyde; Hannah Elizabeth Leidy and Elizabeth or Hannah Leyde
Husband of Arriantje Leyde and Arriantje Rosenkrans
Father of Jacobus James Leidy; John Leidy, II; Jacob Leidy, III; Benjamin Leidy; Hendrikus Leidy and 2 others
Brother of Lieut Johann Jacob Leidy, Jr.; Paul Leidy; Carl Ludwig Leidy; Magdalena Reed and Paul Leidy

Managed by: Eugene Thomas
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About John George Leidy

Served in the militia during the French and Indian War. He moved to Pennsylvania with his 5 children around 1769. Around this time he married a woman named Maria and had 2 more children. He rejoined the militia for the Revolutionary War. He is buried in Old Amsterdam Cemetery near Slippery Rock, PA.

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John George Leidy's Timeline

1732
1732
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
1759
January 27, 1759
Orange County, New York, USA
1760
November 9, 1760
Orange County, New York, USA
1762
December 12, 1762
Orange County, New York, USA
1763
1763
1763
1765
January 6, 1765
Orange Co, New York, USA
1767
August 30, 1767
Minisink Township, Orange Co, NY
1809
December 27, 1809
Age 77
Newberry, York, York County, Pennsylvania, United States