Johann Peter
(Peter)
Leiss
aka Lays
Born in Marienberg, Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen, Germany
Ancestors 
Brother of
Johann Henrich Leiss, Christopher Leiss, Anna Maria (Leiss) Brecht, Adam Leiss and Catharina Elisabeth (Leiss) Keyser
Husband of
Anna Margaretha (Seiler) Leiss
— married
1780 in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Johann Peter Leiss
Died
at age 72
in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Johann Peter Leiss/Lays was born in 1748 in Marienberg, Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen, in what is today Germany. He was a son of Johann Peter Leiss (1725-1806) and Catharina Elizabeth Mann (~1725-bef. 1781).
Immigration: 29 Sep 1753 arrived at the port of Philadelphia aboard the ship Rowand, Capt. Arthur Tran, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes.
Military service
5 Sep 1776. Sergeant Peter Leis appears on a muster roll for Captain Michael Furrer's Company of the Berks County Militia, stationed at South Amboy. Other sergeants listed include Adam Anspach, Philip Anspach, and Henry Spang.[1]
Revolutionary War - Col. John Patton's Battalion, Capt. Michael Furrer's Company, Berks Co., PA Militia - Sergeant
About 1780, Peter Leiss married Anna Margaretha Seiler (1754-1817), probably a daughter of John Christ Seiler (b.~1725- ) and Elisabetha Gertraud Schuman.[2] The couple had the following children:
- Anna Maria (1781-1865) m Johannes Filbert (177-1857); 8 children
- Johannes Peter (1782-1837) m Catharine Barbara Keiser (1784-1854); 4 children. Migrated to Miamisburg, Ohio
- Anna Margaretha (1784- ) m Martin Gerhard; 4 children
- Henrich (1792-1825) m1 Elizabeth Spang (1792-1814); 1 daughter, m2 Barbara Schulman; 2 sons
Research Note
24 Jul 1819. Peter Leiss married Anna Barbara Seiler (1772-1853) at Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Witness was Eva Spang. ?? This Anna Barbar Seiler was christened 16 Aug 1772 at Host, Berks, Pennsylvania.
Sources
- ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pennsylvania_Archives/Ql00AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=schell
- ↑ Westerwald to America: Some 18th Century German Immigrants, Burgert, Annette Kunselman and Jones, Henry Z. Jr., (Name: Picton Press, Camden Maine 1989;), Page 202.
- Our Tulpehocken Roots
- Meyer 250+ Years in America
- Information from Suella Jane Leis, Suella Jane Leis.
- Zion Lutheran And Reformed Church, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA Records.
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