Category: Family History
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Joseph Leisey’s Will
December 10, 1825 In the name of God amen! I Joseph Leisey of Cocalico Township in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, weaver, being old and weak in body but of sound and dispoiling mind, memory and understanding (praised be God for it) and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of Continue reading
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Book Excerpts About the History of Joseph Leisey and His Family
Book Excerpts from “Denver 1900-2000” and “History of Bucher Thal and Denver” about the history of Joseph Leisey and his family. In November, 2008 Don Leisey purchased the following books from the Historical Society of Cocalico Valley in Ephrata, Pennsylvania: (1) DENVER 1900 – 2000: 100TH ANNIVERSARY, by Willis L. Shirk, Jr. (2) Journal of Continue reading
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Joseph Leisey and His Family
Bucherton, Plans For a Town As year after year, emigrants from the Rhineland came to Pennsylvania, Hans Bucher saw other settlers coming into the valley of his choice and Cocalico Township becoming the home of many, he conceived the idea of laying out a town. He swore out a warrant for about sixty acres of Continue reading