Leisey Family Website

Family and genealogical information concerning the descendants of Joseph Leisey, who came to the U.S. from Germany circa 1770.

Category: History

  • 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

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  • Excerpt from History of Denver, PA

    The following is a narrative of the early years of the Leisey family in America taken from: History of Bucher Thal and Denver. J. R. Johns, MD, 1896. John Bucher, having no children of his own, selected from a company of emigrants at the Port of Philadelphia, a boy and a girl who had come Continue reading

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