Gottfried Leatherman Sr. (1712)

Born 21 Feb 1712 in County Palatine of the Rhine, Holy Roman Empire

Husband of Hannah Elizabetha (Boltz) Leatherman — married 17 Jan 1736 in Evangilisch Reform Kirche, Barbelroth, Pflaz, Bavaria, Germany

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Biography

Birth

Name: Godfrid Lederman

Gender: Male

Baptism/Christening Date: 21 Feb 1712

Baptism/Christening Place: Barbelroth, Rheiland-pfalz, Germany

Father's Name: Johannes Lederman

Mother's Name: Anna Catharina^[1]

Marriage

17 Jan 1736, Evangelisch Reformierte Kirche, Barbelroth, Pfalz, Bavaria

Name: Gottfried Ledermann

Spouse's Name: Elisabetha Boltz^[2]

Children

They had eight children, incuding

Frederick Jakob Leatherman (1737 - 1806)

Anna Maria Leatherman (1739 -ca 1807), m. Peter Richter

Juliana Leatherman (1741 - )

Elizabeth Leatherman (1747 - )

Godfrey Leatherman Jr. (1748 - ), married Mary Ann Richer

Immigration to America

Gottfried married in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany in Jan 1736/37 (Julian calendar), and had children in the Palatinate as late as 1741; but Gottfried had children in America from 1747 on, so he must have come over with his wife and perhaps his children between 1741 and 1747.

Research Notes

Parents

Some family tree sources indicate that Gottfried's father was a Hans Theobald (or Dewalt) Ledermann, who came over to America with the rest of his family on the James Goodwill in 1727 to Pennsylvania. However, Gottfried did not accompany them; in fact, he did not came to America until after 1741. He also took a wife while still in Germany during this time. Although sometimes family members will stay behind for a time in the "old country" to tie up various estate matters, it does not seem reasonable that he: 1) Would have taken nine years to do so; and 2) Meanwhile take a wife and have several children before emigrating. His birth record also shows his father as Johannes, not Hans, Ledermann. For these reasons, I'm skeptical that Gottfried was a son of Hans Theobald Ledermann. (Bechman-4 14:33, 6 January 2017 (EST))

Death / Burial

FindAGrave.com, Gottfried Leatherman (Memorial #74754302), showing Gottfried dying in 1800 in Wolfsville, Maryland, was unlinked from this Wikitree profile, as the FindAGrave memorial page actually refers to Gottfried Leatherman, Jr. So we don't currently have a source of when and where Gottfried Sr. has died. (Bechman-4 14:33, 6 January 2017 (EST))

Sources

1. ↑ Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898, database, FamilySearch (accessed 28 November 2014), Godfrid Ledermann, 21 Feb 1712; citing Reference Number: Vol 3 p17; FHL microfilm 193,777; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I05613-2; System Origin: Germany-EASy.
2. ↑ Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929, database, FamilySearch (accessed 26 December 2014), Gottfried Ledermann and Elisabetha Boltz, 17 Jan 1736; citing Evangelisch Reformierte Kirche, Barbelroth, Pfalz, Bavaria; FHL microfilm 193,777; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M99741-1; System Origin: Germany-ODM