Category: Family History
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Joseph Leisey’s trip down the Rhine River on his way to the Colonies
Last October I took a cruise down the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland to Antwerp, Belgium. The major purpose of the trip was to trace the journey Joseph Leisey took at age 14 in 1768, as an indentured servant on his way to boarding a ship from Rotterdam to Philadelphia in the Colony of Pennsylvania. Continue reading
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Remembering My Youth In Honey Brook, Pa
by Donald E. Leisey, Ed.D. Growing up in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania during the 1940s and ’50s was a very meaningful and wonderful experience. Honey Brook is a small, rural town nestled in the northeast corner of Chester County near the borders of Lancaster and Berks Counties. It is one of the most serene, picturesque and Continue reading
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The History of Joseph Leisey: The First Known Leisey in America
From the Leisey Family File — Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, PA Joseph Leisey was born in Germany on February 7, 1754. Records in the United States show nothing of his early years, but fragments indicate that he was born in the Palatinate part of Germany. (The western part.)* Joseph and his sister Catherine came Continue reading