Swore to the the younger sons of the Landgraf (or count) of Hesse.

Heinrich and Barbara were both born at Oberdorfelden. They were married at the Evangelical Congregation Church at Langenselbolt, a small town near Frankfort on the Main. It is stated in the church register that Heinrich was a "linen-weaver" of Birthen-Roth, Riedaleschen.

Heinrich must have moved to Hochstadt, Bavaria at some time. There he is listed a school sexton. His last child, Andreas was baptized in the Evangelical Church in Hochstadt.

Heinrich was buried at Oberdorfelden Evangelical Church on April 15, 1716.

Sources of the names of his children are Baptismal records of the Evangelical Church in Langenselbodt except that of Andreas.

According to the research of Donald J. Lineback, Johann Heinrich moved to Langenselbold where he met and married Barbara, whose parents lived there. After their marriage in 1672 they settled in Langenselbold and their first five children were born there.

They moved from Langenselbold to Hochstadt between 1685 between 1685, when Anna Margaretha was born and 1689 when their first son Andreas was born.

Fredrick was trained as a tailor in Germany, farmed in America on inherited land. In April 1767 he and his wife went to the Moravian community at Graceham, Maryland to live. They are both buried in Graceham Moravian graveyard.

From Genealogical Data from the Registers of the Moravian Congregation in Oley Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania," compiled by Franz Rink and Frederick S. Weiser. Published in the Quarterly, by the Pennsylvania German Society. "Fredrich Leinbach was born at Hochstadt in Germany July 15, 1703 and baptized right afterwards by Pastor Bender, the pastor there, in the Reformed religion. His parents were Johannes Leinbach and Elisabeth, nee Kleiss. He learned the trade of tailor in his youth. He emigrated to Pennsylvania with his parents in 1723. He married June 2, 1737, Elisabeth Frey. In 1742, he was received into the congregation at Oley."

Johannes was christened April 15, 1674 in Langenselbold, Wetterau, GER. Johannes' godfather was Johannes Lerch according to the Ream-Stuckey Genealogy by Elmer Leonidas Denniston, 1939.

Johannes, his wife and all his children immigrated from Germany to Berks Co., PA (then Philadelphia Co.) They settled on a 250 acre farm, which grew to 400 acres, about 2 miles south of the settlement of Oley.

In the Church book in Oley, Johannes spelled his name Leinbach.

JOHN FREDERICK LEINBACH FAMILY from the Historical Review of Berks Co., PA. April 1938, page 87.

Johannes Leinbach, teacher and organist, born in Germany, died 1747 in Nazareth, PA; married 1700, Anna Elizabeth Kleiz, born 1680, in Germany, died April 25, 1765 in Nazareth, PA. They came to America in1723, and settled in Oley, PA. After the death of Johannes his widow moved to Bethlehem, PA and later to Nazareth. Three sons and two daughters survived their mother.

Johannes Leinbach, born February 18, 1712 in Hochstadt, near Frankfurt am Main, died March 14, 1766 near Bethania, N.C. His parents' names were not given, but he was probably a son of Johannes Leinbach, of Oley, PA. married 1735 Anna Catharine Riem, born February 15, 1716, in the Palatinate, died November 5, 1803, Bethania, N.C.

They bought 2000 acres of land in Wachovia and moved there in 1765. (This tract wsa Lot. 1 of the "Society Lane," and lay in the northwest corner of Wachovia, directly north of Bethania, N.C.) About 1771 the tract was divided into five 400 acre lots which were taken by Johann, Joseph and Ludwig Leinbach, their brother-in-law, Michael Ranke, and Johannes Ranke, who was possibly a brother of Michael. In 1770 Abraham and Benjamin Leinbach, the other sons of Johannes, Sr. had bought together a 640 acre lot on the headwaters of Stewart's Creek, a stream flowing into Muddy Creek from the west. They had twelve children, of whom one son and one daughter remained in Lititz, PA., when the family moved to N.C. Two children (or three, for one record says 13 children) evidently died in childhood.

More notes from Don Lineback:

Count Zinzendorf visited the original log home of Johannes, in Oley, many times and inducted Johannes into the Moravian congregation in Oley on April 9, 1742. Elizabeth, and several of the children, joined the church December 11, 1742. This association with the Moravian led son Freidrich to move to the English speaking Moravian settlement of Graceham, MD; son Johannes, Jr. purchased and moved to Moravian land near the church settlement of Bethania, N.C.; daughter Maria Barbara married Moravian Bishop David Nitschmann and became a missionary.

Married in the Reformed Church in Altenhablau, across the river Kingzig from Gelnhausen, about four kilometers from Eidenges. (Research of Don Lineback)

In 1765 Johannes and his wife and seven younger children moved to Wachovia, the Moravian land in NC, after a five week trip in two wagons and where Johannes had purchased 2,000 acres, using the proceeds from sales of his stone house and land near Oley. Within 4 weeks of their arrival they had built and moved into the small log cabin on a hill on the southwest side of the creek and a week later he was clearing his land to plant turnips.

The cabin was about twenty feet wide, with a sleeping loft for all nine members of the family. Johannes was in declining health and died in March, only nine months after his arrival in NC. His five younger sons inherited this land, and all remained on it except John, Jr. who went back to PA.

Maria Barbara joined the Moravian congregation at Bethlehem, PA. in November 1742 along with her mother and was given in marriage to the beloved Moravian Missionary, Frederick Martin. She returned with him to his field in what is now the Virgin Islands, West Indies. They lived at Nisky on St. Thomas; but Frederick died in St. Croix while on a trip and is buried there. After his death Maria Barbara returned to Bethlehem with her daughter Agnes Martin. She is requested to be the second wife of the aging bishop who had done so much to establish the Moravian church in America, and consented to do so. After his death, she lived in the widow's house in Bethelehem and is buried in the Moravian graveyard there.

Memoirs from Maria Barbara: "After my marriage to Friedrich, he was sent to New York City, and on the way became deathly sick. I followed him on foot and found him in a sad condition. He recovered miraculously, and by March 1742 we were able to go to St. Thomas. We spent the next 7 years alternately on three Islands, but departed in 1747 for a visit to Europe, taking along our 1-1/2 year old daughter, Joanna Elisabeth. After the child's death, we stayed a year and were returning to the Virgin Islands on a ship from Amsterdam when we were captured by a French Caper at Guadaloupe. We were held at St. Eustachius as prisoners for several weeks. When we were finally released to return to St. Thomas we had nothing left of our property and faced some hard times."

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Heinrich and Barbara were both born at Oberdorfelden. They were married at the Evangelical Congregation Church at Langenselbolt, a small town near Frankfort on the Main. It is stated in the church register that Heinrich was a "linen-weaver" of Birthen-Roth, Riedaleschen.

Heinrich must have moved to Hochstadt, Bavaria at some time. There he is listed a school sexton. His last child, Andreas was baptized in the Evangelical Church in Hochstadt.

Heinrich was buried at Oberdorfelden Evangelical Church on April 15, 1716.

Sources of the names of his children are Baptismal records of the Evangelical Church in Langenselbodt except that of Andreas.

According to the research of Donald J. Lineback, Johann Heinrich moved to Langenselbold where he met and married Barbara, whose parents lived there. After their marriage in 1672 they settled in Langenselbold and their first five children were born there.

They moved from Langenselbold to Hochstadt between 1685 between 1685, when Anna Margaretha was born and 1689 when their first son Andreas was born.

According to Philip Frye, Rosier was related to Lord Hermann Otto, Earl of Limburg and Brunkhorst.

Daniel and Margaretha moved to Greencastle, PA in 1787 census. The family followed the Wilderness Road southwestward through the Cumberland Gap, then northwestward into KY. They settled in Bardstown, KY where Daniel became its first hatter. During the 1820's Daniel, then in his 60's, moved the remainder of his family southward to Russellville, KY where his sons, Thomas and Samuel had settled

The Will of Jacob Linebaugh names firstly the property that has been given to his son Daniel Lineback and says it is his own, and gives all the rest of his property to Daniel to dispose of as he sees best for the rest of the children: son Joh, son Jacob and my daughters Catherine Coffman and Elisabeth Heafly and Mary Keller and Rosana Keller. Grandchildren: Jacob Keller, son of daughter Mary Keller, son of Jacob Lineback and grandson Jacob Lineback, son of son of Jacob, as executors. 15th April 1826 Witnessed: Daniel Olinger and Barbary (her mark) Lineback signed. Jacob Leinbach, "The Last Will and Testament of Jac. Linebaugh, sen. executed ? April 1826 for probate and contested by Ben Keller and wife, and Daniel Keller and wife.

He moved to Greene Co., TN with his parents in 1790 or 1791 but he and Elizabeth Reisor were married in Shenandoah Co., VA. He laid claim to land in a disputed area between Hawkins Co, TN and what is now Scott Co, VA. The dispute was not settled until many years later. The end of Hawkins Co., TN and parts of three counties in VA were put together to form Scott Co., VA. That is the reason some of the children were born in TN and some in VA, although in all probability, John did not move.

Johannes Linebaugh's estate was administered on November 14, 1834 in Fountain Co., IN. He ay be buried in a small cemetery near the Lutheran Cemetery in Wallace, IN, which was subsequently bulldozed.

Served in the Pennsylvania Blues unit during the Revolutionary War under the command of Capt. John Nyce. Fought in the battle of Long Island; was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, rejoined his unit under the command of Col. Walter Stewart. Eventually went to Charleston, SC for part of the war. Served a total of six years, drawing a pension May 21, 1818.

The children of Samuel and Maria were all christened in Apples Lutheran and Reformed Church, Thurmott, MD with the exception of William. The 1820 census shows Samuel living in Creagerstown, MD with fourteen children. He died between the 1820 and 1830 census.