Amelia Elizabeth (Frey) Leinbach (1717 - 1781)

Born 2 Jun 1717 in Skippack, Philadelphia, Colony of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Johann Friedrich Leinbach — married 10 Jun 1737 (to 5 Jun 1781) in Berks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1781 at age 64 in Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland, USA

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Biography

N.B. I am changing Amelia’s birth information from 1 Jul 1719 to 2 June 1717 in so that it is in line with her Findagrave.com entry. (I am leaving her place of birth as Skippack, Philadelphia County, rather than changing it to FAG's Montgomery County as Montgomery County did not exist at the time of her birth). If you have information (and a source) in re the correct date of birth, please enter the information here and notify me and/or one or more of the other profile managers. Thank you. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 27 October 2018)

Amelia Elizabeth Leinbach formerly Frey was born on 1 July 17199^[1][2] or 1 July 1719^[3][4] in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, or in Skippack, Philadelphia County, the youngest of twelve children and five daughters of Heinrich and Anna Catherine Levering Frey.

Alternate birth information: in Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^[5]

On 10 June 1737, when she was not quite eighteen years old, she married Frederick Leinbach, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.[6] A native of Prussia who had migrated to [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Oley_PA Oley, Lancaster (later Berks) County, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a tailor and farmer. Born in 1705, Frederick was almost twice Amelia's age and appears not to have been married previously.

On 6 May 1842--nearly five years after her marriage, Amelia was baptized by Count Zinzendorf (then a bishop), at Germantown, Philadelphia County, thereby becoming related to the Moravian Church.

She bore Frederick seventeen children, nine of them boys, thus contributing her share to creating what has been called "the immense family of Leinbachs" of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and other localities.^[7]

Children

1. John Leinbach 1738-1746
2. Henry Christian Leinbach 1739-1792 married Anna Rosina Paus
3. Jacob Leinbach 1740-1826 married Susanna Nein For more on the Linebaugh/Leinbach family go to their page and Nuen page too.
4. Benjamin Leinbach 1741-1823 married Margaret Nuss
5. Elizabeth Leinbach 1743-?
6. Nancy Ann Leinbach 1745-Abt 1792 married Enoch Frey
7. Johanna Leinbach 1746-? married Jacob Protzman
8. ___Leinbach 1747-1747
9. Joseph Leinbach 1748-Abt 1819 married Magdalena___
10. Maria Leinbach 1750-? married ___Stover
11. Magdalena Leinbach 1751-? married ___Weller
12. John Leinbach 1753-?
13. Rosina Leinbach 1755-? married ___Weller
14. Catherine Leinbach 1757-?
15. Fredrick Leinbach 1760-?
16. Daniel Leinbach 1760-?
17. Samuel Leinbach 1762-?

Note

URL: http:/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dynamo53/LeveringFamilyHistorypage108.html p 108 42. VII. AMELIA4: b. July 1, 1719, at Skippack, in (then) Philad. Co., Pa.; m. June 10, 1737, to Frederick Leinbach, of Oley, Berks Co., Pa., tailor and farmer, who was b. July 15, 1703, at Hockstadt, in the Wetteran, who, with two brothers and two sisters, arrived in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 1723, with their father, John Leinbach, Sr. (organist), and his wife, Anna Elizabeth, who was a dau. of Adam Kleiss.

Amelia4 was baptized by Count Zinzendorf (then a bishop), at Germantown, Philad., May 6, 1842--nearly five years after her marriage--thereby becoming related to the Moravian Church. She was the mother of seventeen children, as will appear in place. With nine sons she contributed her share to creating what has been called "the immense family of Leinbachs" of Penna., N. Car. and other localities.

(88) The recent (Nov., 1895) discovery of these family records in the old Moravian Church archives at Oley, Berks Co., Pa., by Bishop Levering, of Bethlehem, Pa., appears to explain the absence of local record information at Roxborough, of Anna Catharine3 (dau. of Wigard Levering), and her husband, Henry Frey, after their marriage, at Germantown, on April (O. S.) 26, 1692. The birth of Amelia4 at Skippack, 27 years after, suggests continued residence there of the family.

The records of Oley, referred to, names Elizabeth as having married to Frederick Leinbach, but Abraham H. Cassel, the antiquarian, of Harleysville, Montg. Co., Pa., has legal documents of that period, signed by the parties, which show that Amelia married Mr. Leinbach and Elizabeth married Johannes Miller. Mr. Cassel, who is well informed as to Henrich Frey, states that he "had nine children by Anna Catharine, six sons and three daughters; that four of the sons settled in Virginia, Jacob and John remained in Penna." p108

Death

She died on 5 June 1781 in Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland,^[8] Frederick County, Maryland, or on 6 June 1783, a month before her sixty-fourth birthday.

Alternate death date: 3 June 1783.^[9]

Gravestone for Amelia Frey Leinbach, 1717-1783. Photograph frpm Findagrave.com.

From Findagrave.com

Amelia Elizabeth Frey Leinbach

Birth: Jun. 2, 1717, Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Death: Jun. 5, 1781, Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland, USA.

Amelia Elizabeth Frey b. 01 JUL 1719 Skippack, Montgomery Co., PA; d. 05 JUN 1781 Graceham, Frederick Co., MD; m. 10 JUN 1737 PA; Johann Frederick Leinbach of Oley, Berks Co., PA, tailor and farmer, b. 15 JUL 1703 Germany; d. 06 JUL 1784 Graceham, Frederick Co., MD. Both buried: Graceham Cemetery, Graceham, Frederick Co., MD.

FREY SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS: Free, Frei, Frey, Fry, Frye, etc.

NOTES From: "The Levering Family History and Genealogy" by Col. John Levering (page 108):

1) Frederick emigrated "...with two brothers and two sisters, arrived in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 1723, with their father, John Leinbach, Sr. (organist), and his wife, Anna Elizabeth, who was a dau. of Adam Kleiss."

2) "Amelia was baptized by Count Zinzendorf (then a bishop), at Germantown, Philad., May 6, 1842 [should read "1742"-km]--nearly five years after her marriage--thereby becoming related to the Moravian Church. She was the mother of seventeen children, as will appear in place. With nine sons she contributed her share to creating what has been called "the immense family of Leinbachs" of Penna., N. Car. and other localities."

3) "The recent (Nov., 1895) discovery of these family records in the old Moravian Church archives at Oley, Berks Co., Pa., by Bishop Levering, of Bethlehem, Pa., appears to explain the absence of local record information at Roxborough, of Anna Catharine3 (dau. of Wigard Levering), and her husband, Henry [Heinrich/Henrich-km] Frey, after their marriage, at Germantown, on April (O. S.) 26, 1692. The birth of Amelia4 at Skippack, 27 years after, suggests continued residence there of the family. The records of Oley, referred to, names Elizabeth as having married to Frederick Leinbach, but Abraham H. Cassel, the antiquarian, of Harleysville, Montg. Co., Pa., has legal documents of that period, signed by the parties, which show that Amelia married Mr. Leinbach and Elizabeth married Johannes Miller."

CHILDREN (All born: Oley, Berks Co., PA):

1) John Leinbach b. 1738 d. 10 JAN 1746

2) Henry Leinbach b. 02 FEB 1739

3) Jacob Leinbach b. 02 APR 1740

4) Benjamin Leinbach b. 20 SEP 1741

5) Elizabeth Leinbach b. 07 APR 1743

6) Anna Leinbach b. 11 JAN 1745

7) Johanna Leinbach b. 09 FEB 1746

8) STILLBORN b./d. 17 JUN 1747

9) Joseph Leinbach b. 25 AUG 1748

10) Maria Leinbach b. 03 MAR 1750

11) Magdalena Leinbach b. 11 AUG 1751

12) John Leinbach b. 21 JUN 1753

13) Rosina Leinbach b. 09 MAR 1755

14) Catharina Leinbach b. 08 JAN 1757

15) Frederick Leinbach (TWIN) b. 23 MAR 1760

16) Daniel Leinbach (TWIN) b. 23 MAR 1760

17) Samuel Leinbach b. 25 JUL 1762

PARENTS: Anna Catharine Levering b. MAR 1676 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Emigrated from Germany with her parents aft. 20 MAR 1685 to Pennsylvania; d. (date unknown) Montgomery Co., PA; m. 26 APR 1692 Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA; Heinrich "Henry" Frey b. (date/place unknown); Emigrated from Altheim, Alsace, Germany 1680 to Pennsylvania; d. (date unknown) Montgomery Co., PA. Both buried: Bertolet's Mennonite Church Cemetery, Frederick, Montgomery Co., PA.

NOTE: Anna Catharine (nee Levering) and her husband Heinrich "Henry" Frey were honored in 1910 by their descendents as pioneering Huguenots with a memorial in the cemetery where they are buried [links above] with some of their family history upon it.

SIBLINGS:

1) Jacob Frey b. 1694

2) William Frey b. 1695

3) Henry Frey b. 1698

4) Abraham Frey b. 1700

5) Benjamin b. Abt. 1700

6) John Frey b. 1703

7) George Frey b. 1705

8) Elizabeth Frey

9) Rebecca Frey b. 1718

10) Amelia Frey [SELF]

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Magdalena Böker [spelled "Boeker" in English] m. John Wigard Levering.

PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Elizabeth Van De Walle m. Rosier Levering. 2) Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers m. Willem "William" Böker. BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end; Böker spelled in English: "Boeker"): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc..

Family links: Parents: Heinrich Frey (1653 - 1734), Anna Catherine Levering Frey (1676 - 1754); Spouse: Frederick Leinbach (1703 - 1784); Children: Maria Magdalena Leinbach Weller (1751 - 1822); Siblings: Benjamin Frey (___ - 1753), Elizabeth Barbara Frey Miller (____ - 1758), Jacob Frey (1694 - ____), William Frey (1695 - 1770), Benjamin Frey (1696 - 1753), Henry Frey (1698 - ____), Abraham Frey (1700 - 1768), John Frey (1703 - 1766), George Frey (1705 - 1750), Elizabeth Frey Miller (1718 - 1758), Rebecca Frey (1718 - 1732).

Burial: Graceham Cemetery, Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland, USA^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Levering, John. ‘’Levering family; history and genealogy’‘’ ([Indianapolis?] Levering historical Association, 1897). URL: https://archive.org/stream/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve#page/n0/mode/2up. PDF URL: https://ia902608.us.archive.org/16/items/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve_bw.pdf. Accessed 23 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin. p108
2. ↑ Spears History from Spears Family Association. Rec'd 19 Nov 1998. Information from Hank's direct line.
3. ↑ Levering, John. ‘’Levering family; history and genealogy’‘’ ([Indianapolis?] Levering historical Association, 1897). URL: https://archive.org/stream/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve#page/n0/mode/2up. PDF URL: https://ia902608.us.archive.org/16/items/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve_bw.pdf. Accessed 23 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin. p108
4. ↑ Dice, Craig <cdice -at- oak.edu>, "Craig & Michelle's Genealogy," Our Online Family History And Gedcom Updated 3 November 1999.
5. ↑ Scott, Wendy <wendyscott -at- comcast.net> , Scott/Cauffman Family Database, The Scott Family Home copyright 2000-2005 . Last updated on November 11, 2004 URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jjswbs&id=I03855.
6. ↑ Dice, Craig <cdice -at- oak.edu>, "Craig & Michelle's Genealogy," Our Online Family History And Gedcom Updated 3 November 1999.
7. ↑ Levering, John. ‘’Levering family; history and genealogy’‘’ ([Indianapolis?] Levering historical Association, 1897). URL: https://archive.org/stream/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve#page/n0/mode/2up. PDF URL: https://ia902608.us.archive.org/16/items/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve_bw.pdf. Accessed 23 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
8. ↑ Source: #S18
9. ↑ Dice, Craig <cdice -at- oak.edu>, "Craig & Michelle's Genealogy," Our Online Family History And Gedcom Updated 3 November 1999.
10. ↑ Kati McSweeney, "'Amelia Elizabeth Frey Leinbach," Findagrave.com. Record added: Dec 23, 2009. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45734300. Accessed 24 June 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

See also:

• Dice, Craig <cdice -at- oak.edu>, "Craig & Michelle's Genealogy," Our Online Family History And Gedcom Updated 3 November 1999.

• Haden, Kay. “Amelia Elizabeth FREY,” Some Descendants of Hans Heinrich "Henry" Frey. © Copyright 2016. URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/fry/index.html. Accessed 28 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• Levering, John. ‘’Levering family; history and genealogy’‘’ ([Indianapolis?] Levering historical Association, 1897). URL: https://archive.org/stream/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve#page/n0/mode/2up. PDF URL: https://ia902608.us.archive.org/16/items/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve/leveringfamilyhi00byuleve_bw.pdf. Accessed 23 July 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• McSweeney, Kati. "'Amelia Elizabeth Frey Leinbach," Findagrave.com. Record added: Dec 23, 2009. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45734300. Accessed 24 June 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com.

• Scott, Wendy <wendyscott -at- comcast.net> , Scott/Cauffman Family Database, The Scott Family Home copyright 2000-2005 . Last updated on November 11, 2004 URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jjswbs&id=I03855. Jacob Fry, ID 125186.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Frey-263 was created through the import of Moody-Howell_2011-06-05.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Robert Moody.

• WikiTree profile Frey-348 was created through the import of Lois for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden.

• Thank you to Stephanie Allen for creating Frey-746 on 22 Aug 13.