He is married to Maria Barbara Mueller.
They got married about 1745 at Mutterstadt Germany.
Child(ren):
Found all family information for this family online at Geneology.com. Website for The McDonald-Farmer story. Index of Individuals. Please note the different spellings of Leckliter. Apparently the spelling changed from Germany on down to the present Leckliters. I assume it is based on the way it was spelled on the different documents referenced. See the following surname message I found on the Lichlyter Page on Gen Forum online: Home: Surnames: Lichlyter Family Genealogy Forum Re: The First Lichlyter Posted by: Neal Lecklider (ID *****4585) Date: March 31, 2002 at 08:18:31 In Reply to: The First Lichlyter by Jeffrey Lichlyter of 15 Hi Jeffery: Maybe this will help you and all those who might be beginning research of the Leichleiter family names. I have no idea what you may know about your family background, so I ll assume that you re in the dark and give you much more than you really want to know. My name is Neal Lecklider and I ve done a lot of research about my family ever since I was a kid. I ve learned much and could still stand to learn much more. Here s some information that I hope you will find useful. Johann Conrad Leichleiter was born December 24, 1724. In historical terms he is categorized as being a Palatine immigrant. This means that he came from what is now the region of southwest modern day Germany which borders France. He came to this country in the year 1741 aboard the ship Friendship . He was administered the oath of allegiance at the Port of Philadelphia on October 12, 1741. In one of my references of the passengers of the Friendship he is identified as Joh. Conrad Lechleiter (and yes, they did leave out the first i in his surname when they printed this reference. Misspelling?). While in this country Johann Conrad Leichleiter married Maria Barabara Mueller (another Palatine immigrant). They initially settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania and eventually ended up in the Frederick, Maryland area. Johann and Maria had 11 children. On his tombstone, Johann s last name is spelled Leichleider (He died September 5, 1781). Here s where the real fun begins. If you are trying to trace your Leichleiter family roots there is a key that can help you.--the boys in Johann s family did not spell their last names Leichleiter . In fact, some of their own children would change the spelling of the last name as well. This is how I know that you and I are distant relatives and that Johann is our common ancestor. When you look at the last names of Johann s sons please pay careful attention to how they are spelled and you will be able to figure out which son was your Great, Great....Grandfather. Here we go! (Children are listed in order of birth with female married name in parenthesis): 1. Catharine Barbara (Pinkley) 2. Johann Jacob Lechleiter (Some later generations use the Lichliter and Lechliter surnames) 3. Johannes Lichlyter (Jeffery--guess who this is.) 4. John Licklider 5. Johann Adam Licklider 6. Johann Peter Leckliter (Some later generations also use the Lickliter surname) 7. Johann George Licklider 8. Conrad Licklider 9. Elizabeth (Hering) 10. Barbara (Creager) 11. Ludwig (Lewis) Lecklider So what do you think about all of the boys first names? When you research them and their children it really does get confusing trying to figure out just who is whom. You can see how the name has evolved into different spellings--you even created one! LeitchLeiter? There are many more spellings out there--sorry if I left you out folks. Another kind of key that can help you is that prior to the beginning of the 20th century the various branches of the family tended to stay in certain specific areas of the country. There were many exceptions to all of the following, but basically the core of the Leckliter families stayed in the states of Virginia and Maryland. The Leckliders migrated to western Ohio in the early 1800 s and today, as in the past, you generally find us in western Ohio, eastern Indiana and Southern Michigan. Many Lickliters could be found in central Indiana. The Licklider group was in most of the previously mentioned states, but it also has a large group of families in Missouri. Also, some later immigrants that were certainly somehow distantly related kept the Leichleiter and Leichleider spellings. You find them in Pennsylvania and the Louisville, Kentucky area. Lichlyters in the past and present are generally found in Southern Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Askansas. Jerry, without even knowing how old you are I would still suspect that your Grandparents or Great Grandparents would be from one of the four states I just mentioned. For all I know, you might even live in one of these states. When you look up the Leichleiter families in old census records you ll probably be wasting time looking in states like Rhode Island, Montana and Hawaii. Stick with the mid Atlantic and Midwest states west to Kansas and you ll find them. Today we re all over the place, but the various core families are still generally near the places where they first settled. When I was a child Dad would tell me a story about how the first Lecklider came to this country and raised a large family consisting of many sons. When the boys reached adulthood their father would give each one of them a gun and enough money to buy land, then he would send them out on their own to start their own families. I basically considered this story a tall tale. When I was a senior in high school I went to the library and happened upon a book that I wish I had today. It was a book of poetry written by (I believe the name was John) Leckliter (another distant relative) sometime just after World War I. In the preface to his book was a story about his family. What I couldn t believe was that basically the same factless tale my Dad had been telling me since I was a child was right there in front of me, in print, in a book my dad would have never read or even known about, written by a man my dad would have never met or known. When I came home and told Dad what I had read I received several I told you so-s . I ve been able to find a lot of information in print (there are family books written by various family members out there). If you have an older relative like I did, someone that knew the family history or had it written down, you ve hit gold. Dianne Stark Thurman (a Leckliter descendant) wrote a pretty good book back in 1976 titled Leichleiter and Variants which covers the various Leichleiter families. She and Alene Lichlyter Netherton compiled a second book in 1978 that was more or less a sequel with additional family info. They re good books if you can find them. I sent in my family information for the second book, but I ve noticed that there are some errors in the book (not really sure where the mistakes were made). My wife s maiden name was Faw and not Fau as printed in the book. The birth order of my dad and uncle are switched. My Grandfather Elmer was born in Ridgeville, Indiana and not Ridgeville, Ohio. My Great Grandfather was Claudius Gables Lecklider, not Claudius Galen Lecklider. He married Nancy Jennie Burns, not Jennie Barnes. I never got around to sending corrections to Dianne after the second book was published. Unfortunately due to the miracle of computer technology people tend to place the information from the books on the web, CD roms and will probably include it in later books--errors and all. The information could be wrong if they didn t have later postings of the family newsletter for reference. Many families sent in corrections that were later sent out in the Leichleiter and Variants newsletter which I ll discuss next. Then there are people like me that haven t been in too big of a hurry to point out mistakes in the books. Back in the 1970 s and 1980 s the Leichleiter and Variants historical society was going pretty strong. They had--and still have--a family newsletter that s put out once a year (at one time this was done twice each year). The newsletter would contain tidbits of information about the family such as recently discovered historical information, newsbriefs about current family members, births and deaths, trivia, etc. It even contained pictures. Dianne Stark Thurman was the family historian at the time. They had a cookbook published which contains recipes from various family members. I think this is in its 3rd printing. More recent newsletters seem to deal more with the Licklider branch of the family. I suppose that if you were to contact the Leichleiter and Variants group somebody connected with them could help you trace your roots. I m not sure where Dianne is now, but I can send you an address to contact someone in the Leichleiter group (I don t think it needs to be posted on the web). The Licklider families host a family reunion each year in Sullivan, Missouri at the end of June. At one time it was open to all of the various Leichleiter branches. I think it still is. I took my family to this almost ten years ago. If you went to this someone might be able to help you trace your family line as well. I know that Dianne Thurman would attend these in the past. You can find much information about our families if you spend time in the genealogy sections of libraries. You ll be especially lucky if you live near a library specifically dedicated to genealogy. There is a lot of information on the internet as well, but there are problems . With our last names the biggest problem is trying to navigate a straight path through the obstacles of misspellings, missing information, misinformation, misprints and worst of all those frequently used first and middle names that always seem to be combined with all of the previously mentioned problems. As mentioned earlier, all of the wrong material is and will be printed over and over again--it seams to snowball. You start out with the first generation of wrong , then this information is printed wrong as well and you end up with a kinda right, but all wrong end result. The internet is a great tool for family research, but there s a lot of wrong out there. I just hope I didn t contribute more to the wrong because this really wasn t my intention. Jeffery, you should be glad that you have a unique family name like Lichlyter. Sure, almost nobody other than family members can pronounce or spell it properly and if you have sisters they re probably counting days to the wedding so that they can lose it, but consider this--you and I should be able to trace our roots much more easily than my Burns, Keller, White and Casey relatives can. After all, there are far fewer of us out there in the past and present. We re lucky not to have one of those more common names. By the way, in modern day Germany you will find the surnames Leichleiter and Leichleider. Also, Johann Conrad Leichlieter s trail in Germany seems to have disappeared once he got on the Friendship . Good luck if you decide to do more research on your branch of the family.--Neal
Found all family information for this family online at Geneology.com. Website for The McDonald-Farmer story. Index of Individuals.
Please note the different spellings of Leckliter. Apparently the spelling changed from Germany on down to the present Leckliters. I assume it is based on the way it was spelled on the different documents referenced.
See the following surname message I found on the Lichlyter Page on Gen Forum online:
Home: Surnames: Lichlyter Family Genealogy Forum
Re: The First Lichlyter
Posted by: Neal Lecklider (ID *****4585) Date: March 31, 2002 at 08:18:31
In Reply to: The First Lichlyter by Jeffrey Lichlyter of 15
Hi Jeffery:
Maybe this will help you and all those who might be beginning research of the Leichleiter family names. I have no idea what you may know about your family background, so I?ll assume that you?re in the dark and give you much more than you really want to know. My name is Neal Lecklider and I?ve done a lot of research about my family ever since I was a kid. I?ve learned much and could still stand to learn much more. Here?s some information that I hope you will find useful.
Johann Conrad Leichleiter was born December 24, 1724. In historical terms he is categorized as being a ?Palatine? immigrant. This means that he came from what is now the region of southwest modern day Germany which borders France. He came to this country in the year 1741 aboard the ship ?Friendship?. He was administered the oath of allegiance at the Port of Philadelphia on October 12, 1741. In one of my references of the passengers of the Friendship he is identified as Joh. Conrad Lechleiter (and yes, they did leave out the first ?i? in his surname when they printed this reference. Misspelling?).
While in this country Johann Conrad Leichleiter married Maria Barabara Mueller (another Palatine immigrant). They initially settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania and eventually ended up in the Frederick, Maryland area. Johann and Maria had 11 children. On his tombstone, Johann?s last name is spelled ?Leichleider? (He died September 5, 1781).
Here?s where the real ?fun? begins. If you are trying to trace your Leichleiter family roots there is a ?key? that can help you.--the boys in Johann?s family did not spell their last names ?Leichleiter?. In fact, some of their own children would change the spelling of the last name as well. This is how I know that you and I are distant relatives and that Johann is our common ancestor. When you look at the last names of Johann?s sons please pay careful attention to how they are spelled and you will be able to figure out which son was your Great, Great....Grandfather.
Here we go! (Children are listed in order of birth with female married name in parenthesis):
1. Catharine Barbara (Pinkley)
2. Johann Jacob Lechleiter (Some later generations use the Lichliter and Lechliter surnames)
3. Johannes Lichlyter (Jeffery--guess who this is.)
4. John Licklider
5. Johann Adam Licklider
6. Johann Peter Leckliter (Some later generations also use the Lickliter surname)
7. Johann George Licklider
8. Conrad Licklider
9. Elizabeth (Hering)
10. Barbara (Creager)
11. Ludwig (Lewis) Lecklider
So what do you think about all of the boys? first names? When you research them and their children it really does get confusing trying to figure out just who is whom. You can see how the name has ?evolved? into different spellings--you even created one! LeitchLeiter? There are many more spellings out there--sorry if I left you out folks.
Another kind of ?key? that can help you is that prior to the beginning of the 20th century the various branches of the family tended to stay in certain specific areas of the country. There were many exceptions to all of the following, but basically the core of the Leckliter families stayed in the states of Virginia and Maryland. The Leckliders migrated to western Ohio in the early 1800?s and today, as in the past, you generally find us in western Ohio, eastern Indiana and Southern Michigan. Many Lickliters could be found in central Indiana. The Licklider group was in most of the previously mentioned states, but it also has a large group of families in Missouri. Also, some later immigrants that were certainly somehow distantly related kept the Leichleiter and Leichleider spellings. You find them in Pennsylvania and the Louisville, Kentucky area.
Lichlyters in the past and present are generally found in Southern Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Askansas. Jerry, without even knowing how old you are I would still suspect that your Grandparents or Great Grandparents would be from one of the four states I just mentioned. For all I know, you might even live in one of these states. When you look up the Leichleiter families in old census records you?ll probably be wasting time looking in states like Rhode Island, Montana and Hawaii. Stick with the mid Atlantic and Midwest states west to Kansas and you?ll find them. Today we?re all over the place, but the various ?core? families are still generally near the places where they first settled.
When I was a child Dad would tell me a story about how the first Lecklider came to this country and raised a large family consisting of many sons. When the boys reached adulthood their father would give each one of them a gun and enough money to buy land, then he would send them out on their own to start their own families. I basically considered this story a tall tale. When I was a senior in high school I went to the library and happened upon a book that I wish I had today. It was a book of poetry written by (I believe the name was John) Leckliter (another distant relative) sometime just after World War I. In the preface to his book was a story about his family. What I couldn?t believe was that basically the same factless tale my Dad had been telling me since I was a child was right there in front of me, in print, in a book my dad would have never read or even known about, written by a man my dad would have never met or known. When I came home and told Dad what I had read I received several ?I told you so-s?.
I?ve been able to find a lot of information in print (there are family books written by various family members out there). If you have an older relative like I did, someone that knew the family history or had it written down, you?ve hit gold. Dianne Stark Thurman (a Leckliter descendant) wrote a pretty good book back in 1976 titled Leichleiter and Variants which covers the various Leichleiter families. She and Alene Lichlyter Netherton compiled a second book in 1978 that was more or less a sequel with additional family info. They?re good books if you can find them.
I sent in my family information for the second book, but I?ve noticed that there are some errors in the book (not really sure where the mistakes were made). My wife?s maiden name was Faw and not Fau as printed in the book. The birth order of my dad and uncle are switched. My Grandfather Elmer was born in Ridgeville, Indiana and not Ridgeville, Ohio. My Great Grandfather was Claudius Gables Lecklider, not Claudius Galen Lecklider. He married Nancy Jennie Burns, not Jennie Barnes.
I never got around to sending corrections to Dianne after the second book was published. Unfortunately due to the miracle of computer technology people tend to place the information from the books on the web, CD roms and will probably include it in later books--errors and all. The information could be wrong if they didn?t have later postings of the family newsletter for reference. Many families sent in corrections that were later sent out in the Leichleiter and Variants newsletter which I?ll discuss next. Then there are people like me that haven?t been in too big of a hurry to point out mistakes in the books.
Back in the 1970?s and 1980?s the Leichleiter and Variants historical society was going pretty strong. They had--and still have--a family newsletter that?s put out once a year (at one time this was done twice each year). The newsletter would contain tidbits of information about the family such as recently discovered historical information, newsbriefs about current family members, births and deaths, trivia, etc. It even contained pictures. Dianne Stark Thurman was the family historian at the time. They had a cookbook published which contains recipes from various family members. I think this is in its 3rd printing. More recent newsletters seem to deal more with the Licklider branch of the family. I suppose that if you were to contact the Leichleiter and Variants group somebody connected with them could help you trace your roots. I?m not sure where Dianne is now, but I can send you an address to contact someone in the Leichleiter group (I don?t think it needs to be posted on the web).
The Licklider families host a family reunion each year in Sullivan, Missouri at the end of June. At one time it was open to all of the various Leichleiter branches. I think it still is. I took my family to this almost ten years ago. If you went to this someone might be able to help you trace your family line as well. I know that Dianne Thurman would attend these in the past.
You can find much information about our families if you spend time in the genealogy sections of libraries. You?ll be especially lucky if you live near a library specifically dedicated to genealogy. There is a lot of information on the internet as well, but there are problems .
With our last names the biggest problem is trying to navigate a straight path through the obstacles of misspellings, missing information, misinformation, misprints and worst of all those frequently used first and middle names that always seem to be combined with all of the previously mentioned problems. As mentioned earlier, all of the wrong material is and will be printed over and over again--it seams to snowball. You start out with the first generation of ?wrong?, then this information is printed wrong as well and you end up with a kinda right, but ?all wrong? end result. The internet is a great tool for family research, but there?s a lot of ?wrong? out there. I just hope I didn?t contribute more to the ?wrong? because this really wasn?t my intention.
Jeffery, you should be glad that you have a unique family name like Lichlyter. Sure, almost nobody other than family members can pronounce or spell it properly and if you have sisters they?re probably counting days to the wedding so that they can lose it, but consider this--you and I should be able to trace our roots much more easily than my Burns, Keller, White and Casey relatives can. After all, there are far fewer of us out there in the past and present. We?re lucky not to have one of those more common names.
By the way, in modern day Germany you will find the surnames Leichleiter and Leichleider. Also, Johann Conrad Leichlieter?s trail in Germany seems to have disappeared once he got on the ?Friendship?.
Good luck if you decide to do more research on your branch of the family.--Neal
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