The emigrant, Johanne Adam Leitner, his wife and two children sailed with the 5th party, Palatine Emigration, 15 Jul 1709. They first went to Ulster, New York but by 1717 they moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where many of these Germans had already gone. They purchased land from John Penn, son of William Penn. Nataniel Married Margaret LaRue who had also come from Germany or France at the same time he did. They had 19 children, all of them. evidently growing to manhood except one, who died young.
John Adam and Maud had the following children: William, George (who came to America but later returned to Germany where he married and had a daughter), Nathaniel (b. 1708 near London d. 1783 and buried near New Holland, PA m. Margaret LaRue), Johannes (who married Esther Franciscus), John William (b. 1720 d. 1783), Adam (m. Mary Trout), Magdelena (m. Martin Koehler), Regina (m. william Scheil), Susanna (m. Johannes Ernst), and Maria (m. John Dollinger).Abia Lightner was the son of Adam and Mary Trout Lightner, a merchant in Lancaster, PA, of Dutch Ancestry, who died when Abia was young. Abia operated a cabinet shop in Cincinnati, then a grist mill and saw mill in Lexington. In June of 1849 he captained a wagon train of 20 ox drawn wagons and brought his family to California, arriving near Pomona 1 Jan 1850. They traveled north to santa Clara then to Keyesville where he acquired the "Old Mammoth Mine". In 1858 he settled in Walker Basin where he engaged in agriculture. "There was not a pioneer of Kern County who lived a more active life and left to posterity a more honorable name - a man of great ambition, strength of character and sense of humor. His influence was most satisfactory in shaping and regulating the social and civic affairss of the community in which he lived."
Abia and Jemima had 9 children: 1.) Sarahann b. 25 Nov 1835 in Lexington MO d. 18 Sep 1836 in Lexington, MO; 2.) Diana b. 3 Apr 1831 in Lexington d. 4 Jun 1917 in Brandon, Oregon m. 12 Sep 1850 in Santa Clara, CA to Joseph Franklin Barrows; 3.) Isaac b. 6 Jul 1835 in LExington d. 19 Sep 1903 on the Walser Ranch in Walker Basin m. in 1860 to Lizzie Easly; 4.) William b. 11 Sep 1837 in Lexington d. 3 Jan 1905 on the Lightner ranch and buried in the Rankin cemetery; 5.) Daniel b. 17 Jul 1839 in Lexington d. 1904 in San Jose, Central America; 6.) Mary Florida b. 26 Jan 1845 in Lexington d. 22 Feb 1924 in Palo Alto, CA buried in Rankin Cemetery: 7.) Lavenia Estelle b. 17 Oct 1847 in Lexington d. 14 Feb 1948 on the Lightner Ranch and is buried in the Rankin Cemetery m. Walker Rankin Sr. at the Rankin Ranch; 8.) Abia Jr. b. 1 Jan 1850 in Pomona, CA d. 12 Feb 1934 in Bakersfield, CA m1. Ida Packard, mother of Lola Lightner, m2 Tena Morrell in 1860.
John Adam and Maud had the following children: William, George (who came to America but later returned to Germany where he married and had a daughter), Nathaniel (b. 1708 near London d. 1783 and buried near New Holland, PA m. Margaret LaRue), Johannes (who married Esther Franciscus), John William (b. 1720 d. 1783), Adam (m. Mary Trout), Magdelena (m. Martin Koehler), Regina (m. william Scheil), Susanna (m. Johannes Ernst), and Maria (m. John Dollinger).Abia Lightner was the son of Adam and Mary Trout Lightner, a merchant in Lancaster, PA, of Dutch Ancestry, who died when Abia was young. Abia operated a cabinet shop in Cincinnati, then a grist mill and saw mill in Lexington. In June of 1849 he captained a wagon train of 20 ox drawn wagons and brought his family to California, arriving near Pomona 1 Jan 1850. They traveled north to santa Clara then to Keyesville where he acquired the "Old Mammoth Mine". In 1858 he settled in Walker Basin where he engaged in agriculture. "There was not a pioneer of Kern County who lived a more active life and left to posterity a more honorable name - a man of great ambition, strength of character and sense of humor. His influence was most satisfactory in shaping and regulating the social and civic affairss of the community in which he lived."
Abia and Jemima had 9 children: 1.) Sarahann b. 25 Nov 1835 in Lexington MO d. 18 Sep 1836 in Lexington, MO; 2.) Diana b. 3 Apr 1831 in Lexington d. 4 Jun 1917 in Brandon, Oregon m. 12 Sep 1850 in Santa Clara, CA to Joseph Franklin Barrows; 3.) Isaac b. 6 Jul 1835 in LExington d. 19 Sep 1903 on the Walser Ranch in Walker Basin m. in 1860 to Lizzie Easly; 4.) William b. 11 Sep 1837 in Lexington d. 3 Jan 1905 on the Lightner ranch and buried in the Rankin cemetery; 5.) Daniel b. 17 Jul 1839 in Lexington d. 1904 in San Jose, Central America; 6.) Mary Florida b. 26 Jan 1845 in Lexington d. 22 Feb 1924 in Palo Alto, CA buried in Rankin Cemetery: 7.) Lavenia Estelle b. 17 Oct 1847 in Lexington d. 14 Feb 1948 on the Lightner Ranch and is buried in the Rankin Cemetery m. Walker Rankin Sr. at the Rankin Ranch; 8.) Abia Jr. b. 1 Jan 1850 in Pomona, CA d. 12 Feb 1934 in Bakersfield, CA m1. Ida Packard, mother of Lola Lightner, m2 Tena Morrell in 1860.
The emigrant, Johanne Adam Leitner, his wife and two children sailed with the 5th party, Palatine Emigration, 15 Jul 1709. They first went to Ulster, New York but by 1717 they moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where many of these Germans had already gone. They purchased land from John Penn, son of William Penn. Nataniel Married Margaret LaRue who had also come from Germany or France at the same time he did. They had 19 children, all of them. evidently growing to manhood except one, who died young.
John Adam and Maud had the following children: William, George (who came to America but later returned to Germany where he married and had a daughter), Nathaniel (b. 1708 near London d. 1783 and buried near New Holland, PA m. Margaret LaRue), Johannes (who married Esther Franciscus), John William (b. 1720 d. 1783), Adam (m. Mary Trout), Magdelena (m. Martin Koehler), Regina (m. william Scheil), Susanna (m. Johannes Ernst), and Maria (m. John Dollinger).Abia Lightner was the son of Adam and Mary Trout Lightner, a merchant in Lancaster, PA, of Dutch Ancestry, who died when Abia was young. Abia operated a cabinet shop in Cincinnati, then a grist mill and saw mill in Lexington. In June of 1849 he captained a wagon train of 20 ox drawn wagons and brought his family to California, arriving near Pomona 1 Jan 1850. They traveled north to santa Clara then to Keyesville where he acquired the "Old Mammoth Mine". In 1858 he settled in Walker Basin where he engaged in agriculture. "There was not a pioneer of Kern County who lived a more active life and left to posterity a more honorable name - a man of great ambition, strength of character and sense of humor. His influence was most satisfactory in shaping and regulating the social and civic affairss of the community in which he lived."
Abia and Jemima had 9 children: 1.) Sarahann b. 25 Nov 1835 in Lexington MO d. 18 Sep 1836 in Lexington, MO; 2.) Diana b. 3 Apr 1831 in Lexington d. 4 Jun 1917 in Brandon, Oregon m. 12 Sep 1850 in Santa Clara, CA to Joseph Franklin Barrows; 3.) Isaac b. 6 Jul 1835 in LExington d. 19 Sep 1903 on the Walser Ranch in Walker Basin m. in 1860 to Lizzie Easly; 4.) William b. 11 Sep 1837 in Lexington d. 3 Jan 1905 on the Lightner ranch and buried in the Rankin cemetery; 5.) Daniel b. 17 Jul 1839 in Lexington d. 1904 in San Jose, Central America; 6.) Mary Florida b. 26 Jan 1845 in Lexington d. 22 Feb 1924 in Palo Alto, CA buried in Rankin Cemetery: 7.) Lavenia Estelle b. 17 Oct 1847 in Lexington d. 14 Feb 1948 on the Lightner Ranch and is buried in the Rankin Cemetery m. Walker Rankin Sr. at the Rankin Ranch; 8.) Abia Jr. b. 1 Jan 1850 in Pomona, CA d. 12 Feb 1934 in Bakersfield, CA m1. Ida Packard, mother of Lola Lightner, m2 Tena Morrell in 1860.
John Adam and Maud had the following children: William, George (who came to America but later returned to Germany where he married and had a daughter), Nathaniel (b. 1708 near London d. 1783 and buried near New Holland, PA m. Margaret LaRue), Johannes (who married Esther Franciscus), John William (b. 1720 d. 1783), Adam (m. Mary Trout), Magdelena (m. Martin Koehler), Regina (m. william Scheil), Susanna (m. Johannes Ernst), and Maria (m. John Dollinger).Abia Lightner was the son of Adam and Mary Trout Lightner, a merchant in Lancaster, PA, of Dutch Ancestry, who died when Abia was young. Abia operated a cabinet shop in Cincinnati, then a grist mill and saw mill in Lexington. In June of 1849 he captained a wagon train of 20 ox drawn wagons and brought his family to California, arriving near Pomona 1 Jan 1850. They traveled north to santa Clara then to Keyesville where he acquired the "Old Mammoth Mine". In 1858 he settled in Walker Basin where he engaged in agriculture. "There was not a pioneer of Kern County who lived a more active life and left to posterity a more honorable name - a man of great ambition, strength of character and sense of humor. His influence was most satisfactory in shaping and regulating the social and civic affairss of the community in which he lived."
Abia and Jemima had 9 children: 1.) Sarahann b. 25 Nov 1835 in Lexington MO d. 18 Sep 1836 in Lexington, MO; 2.) Diana b. 3 Apr 1831 in Lexington d. 4 Jun 1917 in Brandon, Oregon m. 12 Sep 1850 in Santa Clara, CA to Joseph Franklin Barrows; 3.) Isaac b. 6 Jul 1835 in LExington d. 19 Sep 1903 on the Walser Ranch in Walker Basin m. in 1860 to Lizzie Easly; 4.) William b. 11 Sep 1837 in Lexington d. 3 Jan 1905 on the Lightner ranch and buried in the Rankin cemetery; 5.) Daniel b. 17 Jul 1839 in Lexington d. 1904 in San Jose, Central America; 6.) Mary Florida b. 26 Jan 1845 in Lexington d. 22 Feb 1924 in Palo Alto, CA buried in Rankin Cemetery: 7.) Lavenia Estelle b. 17 Oct 1847 in Lexington d. 14 Feb 1948 on the Lightner Ranch and is buried in the Rankin Cemetery m. Walker Rankin Sr. at the Rankin Ranch; 8.) Abia Jr. b. 1 Jan 1850 in Pomona, CA d. 12 Feb 1934 in Bakersfield, CA m1. Ida Packard, mother of Lola Lightner, m2 Tena Morrell in 1860.
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