Georg Christoph Ley (abt. 1695 - bef. 1742)

Born about 1695 in Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Barbara Bayer — married 1739 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 26 Apr 1742 before about age 47 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Biography

Georg Christoph Lay arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 25, 1732 on the ship Loyal Judith, where he signed the qualification papers at the courthouse. According to the passenger list, he was 37. ^[1] This is the earliest mention we have of him, as no baptism or other record of his life before then has been found. He was probably born in the Palatinate and, given his age, he may have arrived with a wife and/or children, but women and children aren’t included on the passenger lists for that ship.

In 1739 he purchased a beautiful parcel of land in what is now Jackson Township in Lebanon County. It was in the western part of a grant which was left, in the 1711 will of William Penn, to John, Thomas and Richard Penn (called “Fell’s Manor”), and appears on the attached map. According to the same map, there is a deed dated December 2, 1751 to this land (which would have been after Christopher’s death), but it needs to be located and reviewed. Christopher’s son Michael Ley (1739-1824) later built a home on the land that became known as Tulpehocken Manor Plantation. ^[2]

Christopher did not have long to enjoy his property, as he had died by April 26, 1742, when his wife Anna Barbara remarried Johannes Immel (or Emmel), a neighbor and another landowner in Fell’s Manor. She is referred to on her second marriage record as Anna Barbara Lay. ^[3]

He and Barbara left the following four children, who appear in his estate records. ^[4]

• Anna Barbara (born January 2, 1732, died September 5, 1811, who became the wife of Johannes Rammler (1726-1780);

• Maria Margaret Ley (abt.1733-1820), who became the wife of Martinus Walborn (1733-1816);

• Catherine Lay (1738-1787), who became the first wife of John Nicholas Mosser (1738-1824); and

• Michael Ley (1739-1824), who became the husband of Eva Magdalena (Lauer) Ley (1744-1815).

Research Notes

No evidence has yet been identified that his wife Anna Barbara’s last name at birth was Beyer.

Wikitree for John George Loy (1705-1765): The Loy Family in America" by Jennie Stewart refers to the legend that Christopher had brothers John George Loy (1705-1765), (who arrived on ship Elisabeth in 1733), Johan Henrick Ley (also on ship Elisabeth in 1733), and Mathias Loy (1706-1783) (arrived on ship Samuel in 1733). Research needed.

Christopher Ley is a German Palatine immigrant, arriving in Pennsylvania in 1732. He is the grandfather of Christian Ley, Pennsylvania Statesman.^[5]

Name

Name: Christopher (Georg Christoph) /Ley/^[6][7]

Name: Georg Christopher /Ley/^[8]

Event

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: 1732

Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, LL.D., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, edited by William John Hinke, Ph.D., D.D., Pennsylvania German Society, Norristown, PA, 1934. Volume 1.
2. ↑ Wikipedia for Tulpehocken Manor Plantation, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpehocken_Manor_Plantation.
3. ↑ Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever: baptismal and marriage, 1730-1779, available at https://archive.org/details/recordsofrevjohn01stoe.
4. ↑ Orphans Court records dated September 2, 1760. In Lancaster County Miscellaneous Book, 1760-1763. “Christopher Lay, deceased. Report from the sheriff. Lands in the court order from 3 Sep last are confirmed to eldest son Michael Lay, he to pay the other heirs. The widow Annna Barbara, now the wife of John Emmell, is to receive a yearly sum. Distribution to said Michael Lay (e.s.), Anna Barbara Lay, Maria Margaret Lay, & Catharine Lay.” Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA Orphans Court Records 1742-1767 compiled by Edward N. Wevodau, p. 70.
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ley
6. ↑ Source: #S35 Page: Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1732; Page Number: . Data: Text: Arrival date: 1732 CONT Arrival place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
8. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
9. ↑ Source: #S35 Page: Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1732; Page Number: . Data: Text: Arrival date: 1732 CONT Arrival place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Viola K Mohn, "Shadows of the Rhine along the Tulpehocken", 1986.
• Walborn Genealogical History of America, by Herman W Walborn.
• Source: S17 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R2 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Source: S35 Author: Gale Research Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge; Repository: #R2

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Ley-61 created through the import of Leehawk201202171001146495.ged on Feb 18, 2012 by Chilton Hawk. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chilton and others.
• Ley-146 was created by David Higgs through the import of Brown-12 Generations_2014-07-23.ged on Jul 23, 2014.