Frederick Leathers II was born about 1729 in Lancaster County (became York County in 1748), PA to Frederick I and Anna Elizabeth Leathers (Leder). Frederick Leathers Revolutionary War Record shows he served in the Revolutionary War as a Private with the Centre Co., PA company. His Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor Record Number is A068155 (Source: Kevin Staten). He married Jane Stricker in about 1752 in Dover, York Co., PA, and they had 8 children (Frederick III, Jacob, Jr., John K., Daniel, Barbara, Mary, Susannah, and Joseph).
In 1790, the Leathers family moved to Bald Eagle Valley in Centre Co., PA along with the Shirk family, the Hubers, Bechtels, and other residents of York Co. This was a "new" area opening up. It had been purchased from the Indians in 1769. Iron was discovered there and several forges began springing up along the Creek which flows along the Bald Eagle Mountains. The Leathers land was on the west or north side of the Bald Eagle Creek (probably near what is now Milesburg, PA).
Frederick II married a second time about 1792 in York Co., PA to Jane Dill Lewis (They had no children together). Two years later, he died in 1796 in Bald Eagle Valley (Mifflin Co. until 1800, now Centre Co.) and was buried in Centre Co., PA. According to family members, his second marriage to Jane Dill Lewis was an unfortunate match. She was considerably younger than Frederick. His marriage to her was a shock to the Leathers children. Frederick had been a man of substance when he left York Co., and yet he only left 5-10 shillings to each of his children and left the rest of his estate to his wife. All of his children went to court to try the validity of his will.
Not long after he died, son Frederick III moved to Ohio and gave his brother Jacob the power of attorney to dispose of his property.
In 1790, the Leathers family moved to Bald Eagle Valley in Centre Co., PA along with the Shirk family, the Hubers, Bechtels, and other residents of York Co. This was a "new" area opening up. It had been purchased from the Indians in 1769. Iron was discovered there and several forges began springing up along the Creek which flows along the Bald Eagle Mountains. The Leathers land was on the west or north side of the Bald Eagle Creek (probably near what is now Milesburg, PA).
Frederick II married a second time about 1792 in York Co., PA to Jane Dill Lewis (They had no children together). Two years later, he died in 1796 in Bald Eagle Valley (Mifflin Co. until 1800, now Centre Co.) and was buried in Centre Co., PA. According to family members, his second marriage to Jane Dill Lewis was an unfortunate match. She was considerably younger than Frederick. His marriage to her was a shock to the Leathers children. Frederick had been a man of substance when he left York Co., and yet he only left 5-10 shillings to each of his children and left the rest of his estate to his wife. All of his children went to court to try the validity of his will.
Not long after he died, son Frederick III moved to Ohio and gave his brother Jacob the power of attorney to dispose of his property.
Frederick Leathers II was born about 1729 in Lancaster County (became York County in 1748), PA to Frederick I and Anna Elizabeth Leathers (Leder). Frederick Leathers Revolutionary War Record shows he served in the Revolutionary War as a Private with the Centre Co., PA company. His Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor Record Number is A068155 (Source: Kevin Staten). He married Jane Stricker in about 1752 in Dover, York Co., PA, and they had 8 children (Frederick III, Jacob, Jr., John K., Daniel, Barbara, Mary, Susannah, and Joseph).
In 1790, the Leathers family moved to Bald Eagle Valley in Centre Co., PA along with the Shirk family, the Hubers, Bechtels, and other residents of York Co. This was a "new" area opening up. It had been purchased from the Indians in 1769. Iron was discovered there and several forges began springing up along the Creek which flows along the Bald Eagle Mountains. The Leathers land was on the west or north side of the Bald Eagle Creek (probably near what is now Milesburg, PA).
Frederick II married a second time about 1792 in York Co., PA to Jane Dill Lewis (They had no children together). Two years later, he died in 1796 in Bald Eagle Valley (Mifflin Co. until 1800, now Centre Co.) and was buried in Centre Co., PA. According to family members, his second marriage to Jane Dill Lewis was an unfortunate match. She was considerably younger than Frederick. His marriage to her was a shock to the Leathers children. Frederick had been a man of substance when he left York Co., and yet he only left 5-10 shillings to each of his children and left the rest of his estate to his wife. All of his children went to court to try the validity of his will.
Not long after he died, son Frederick III moved to Ohio and gave his brother Jacob the power of attorney to dispose of his property.
In 1790, the Leathers family moved to Bald Eagle Valley in Centre Co., PA along with the Shirk family, the Hubers, Bechtels, and other residents of York Co. This was a "new" area opening up. It had been purchased from the Indians in 1769. Iron was discovered there and several forges began springing up along the Creek which flows along the Bald Eagle Mountains. The Leathers land was on the west or north side of the Bald Eagle Creek (probably near what is now Milesburg, PA).
Frederick II married a second time about 1792 in York Co., PA to Jane Dill Lewis (They had no children together). Two years later, he died in 1796 in Bald Eagle Valley (Mifflin Co. until 1800, now Centre Co.) and was buried in Centre Co., PA. According to family members, his second marriage to Jane Dill Lewis was an unfortunate match. She was considerably younger than Frederick. His marriage to her was a shock to the Leathers children. Frederick had been a man of substance when he left York Co., and yet he only left 5-10 shillings to each of his children and left the rest of his estate to his wife. All of his children went to court to try the validity of his will.
Not long after he died, son Frederick III moved to Ohio and gave his brother Jacob the power of attorney to dispose of his property.
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