Biography

Children include: Hannetta, John Phillip (1748-1788), Margaret, Mary Elizabeth, and Apollonia (1740-1812). [Ancestry]

May have been born 1696 in Germany. May have died in 1778. "He was the father of one son, John Philip Nicholas, of whom later, and three daughters, who married respectively, Daniel Bridigan, Charles Wilstach, grandfather of William P. Wilstach, who presented the library to Philadelphia; and John Newman." [Kelker, Luther Reily. History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Vol. 3. Page 481. New York: Lewis Pub., 1907. Google Books. Web. 13 Aug. 2016.]

"Notes for Johannes Philip Liebrich [1702-1785] and Catharina Hansin by Karl C. Leebrick, 1996 The first member of the Leebrick family to arrive in America was Johannes Philip Liebrich, who arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Adventure" out of Hamburg, Germany in 1754. Church records show he was born 15 January 1702 in Mannheim, Germany and died 17 September 1785, age 82 years 8 months 2 days in Manheim, Pennsylvania and is buried in the cemetery of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Manheim, Pennsylvania. The church record of burials was compiled in 1942 from grave stones, some of which were severely eroded. Also the early ones were written in German. Also in the church record is a Catharina Liebrich, born February 1, 1717, died December 9, 1785 who was his wife. John and Catharine had five surviving children, John Philip Nicholas Liebrich, born 1748 and four daughters. The first was Apollonia, who married Valentine Gardner; the second, Mary Elizabeth, who married Daniel Newman 15 December 1775; the third, Hannetta, who married Charles Wilsbach, and the fourth Margaret, who married Daniel Briligam. His will, recorded in the Lancaster County courthouse, Lancaster Pa. was drawn 30 April 1785. He names his children as above and places Nicholas after Apollonia and Mary Elizabeth. In 1984, I visited the Zion Lutheran Church in Manheim with the cemetery in the side yard. The Leebrick stones are mostly red sandstone and about the fifth row back from the street and more ore less centered. One stone in German is Johannes Liebrich. He took the Oath of Allegiance on 8 July 1777 in Lancaster Country Pa. with five other men. *"

Sources

• Recorded by Rebecca Selin, 24 Sept 2014.