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Jacob (Peter) LICHTY

b. 7 Aug 1730 (Berne?) Switzerland
d. 24 Apr 1788

m(1) Maria?
d. PA

(1) Barbara (1757)

(2) Joseph J. (1759)

(3) Mary

(4) Christian (1764)

m(2) [several names have been proposed in various sources] ?Catharine ?(Elizabeth LANDIS) d/o
b.
(5) Catherine (1766)

(6) Magdalena (1768?)

(7) Maria [m. Hileman]

(8) John (1773)

The Lichty family was of Swiss origin, coming fom a small village north of Bern. The name Lichty, meaning "light" in German, indicated that they were the people who lived in the clearing or lighter area in the forest. The family came to US in 1765 from Switzerland. He settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before moving to Somerset Co., PA. He was in York County at the time of John's birth.

1 Barbara LICHTY d/o Jacob Peter and ? Lichty

b. 26 Jul 1757 Switzerland
d. 17 Dec 1840 Somerset Co., PA (age 83-4-21)
m. ca. 1796 Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Abraham BEACHY/BITSCHE s/o Peter Bitsche b. 1754 ?(15 Oct 1757 Switzerland)
d. 18 Sep 1833 (age 79) Somerset Co., PA

(1) Peter A., son

With his family Abraham came to America from Switzerland in 1767. "They landed in Philadelphia and located in Lancaster county, Pa. [or near Baltimore, MD?] In 1785 [Peter?] went to Somerset county, then a part of Bedford county, Penna. and had a land warrant surveyed for 500 acres in Elk Lick township and reaching to the Maryland line on the south. A draft of this tract of land can be found in the survey book in the Somerset Countycourt house. The tract was called "Bargeldt". Abraham in 1795, just two years after his father located in Somerset county, bought the Jacob Markley farm, adjacent to the present village of West Salisbury."
Ada & Evan Maust, May 28, 1995: Say he came from Carroll Co, MD
"PA Historic Resource Survey Form": Located along Rt 669, 1/4 mile S. of West Salisbury. "The Beachy house is noteworthy for its stone construction and its integrity of design. The dwelling, dated 1809, is one of the few early stone structures in Somerset Co, an area not well known for its building stone. … The first occupant of the West Salisbury house was Abraham Beachy, a miller, cooper, papermaker, tanner, shoemaker, and farmer. He was an immigrant from Switzerland.
The stone portion of the house, built of uncoursed sandstone rubble and cut sandstone quoins, is a banked structure consisting of 3 rooms on each level and an interior chimney. The chimney serves a large kitchen fireplace. A date stone bearing the year 1809 and the builder's name, I.J. Fuller, is high in the gable end of the house.
The house was built along the Casselman River near the crossing of the Turkeyfoot Trail. Near the home Beachy and his son Peter built a tub mill on what is now known as Tub MIll Run. The mill processed feed and flour for a large area and also produced paper. Cooper says Frederick Charles Goeb, early printer, bought paper here."
He took out a patent for a tract of land covering 1000 acres, keeping several hundred acres. Amish. Both Barbara and Abrahham are buried in the Beachy Cemetery, north of old road leading form West Salisbury to Springs, Elklick twp., Somerset Co., PA

Peter A. BEACHY s/o Abraham and Barbara (Lichty) Beachy

b. 23 Mar 1797 Somerset Co., PA
d. 29 Aug 1854 (57-5-6) Somerset Co., PA
m. Elk Lick, Somerset Co., PA
Anna LIVENGOOD d/o Christian and Elizabeth (Forney) Livengood
b. 13 Jul 1797 Elk Lick, Somerset Co., PA
d. 22 Oct 1869 Somerset Co., PA (72-3-9)
both bur. Beachy Cemetery, Elk Lick twp., Somerset Co., PA

(1) Samuel (1816)

(2) Elizabeth

(3) Matilda (1822)

(4) Susanna (1823)

(5) John W. (1826)

(6) Abraham P. (1828)

(7) Anna

(8) Lucinda (ca. 1831)

(9) Daniel L. (1832)

(a) Sarah Ann (1834)

(two who died young)

Peter inherited his parents farm (later owned by son Abraham P. and then Lloyd Beachy) in Somerset Co., PA. Mennonite

2 Joseph J. LICHTY s/o Jacob Peter and ? Lichty

b. 20 Oct 1759 (13 Oct 1758) Switzerland
d. 13 Apr 1847 Somerset Co., PA (age 88-5-28)
m. ca. 1790
"Frana" Veronica FORNEY d/o Joseph and Phillipina (Coughannour) Forney
b. 23 Aug 1773 PA
d. 28 Nov 1844 (age 71-3-5)
first buried on farm; later moved to Husband Cemetery, Somerset, PA

(5) Jacob(1797/twin 1800?)

He first lived in York County, PA; later the family moved west to Somerset Co., PA. He bought a 264 acre tract called "Highland Farm" Somerset Co., PA He voted Republican.

Barbara LICHTY d/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. ca. 1790
d. by 1847
m. 22 Sep 1811 Elklick twp., Somerset Co., PA
Jacob SAYLOR s/o Jacob and Mary (Livengood) Saylor
b. 1 Apr 1792 Elk Lick, Somerset Co., PA
d. 1843 Milford twp., Somerset Co., PA

(1) Mary (1813)

(2) Veronica (1814)

(3) Jacob

(4)Jeremiah (ca. 1820)

(5) Elizabeth (12 May 1820)

(6) Barbara (1822)

(7) Anna (1825)

(8) Samuel (ca. 1826)

(9) Sarah (1829)

(a) Susanna (1831)

(b) Daniel (died in infancy)

22 Catherine LICHTY d/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. ca. 1792 Somerset Co., PA
d. by 1847 Somerset Co., PA
m. ca. 1813 Somerset Co., PA
Christian SAYLOR s/o John and Elizabeth (Blough) Saylor
b. 23 Jun 1793 Somerset Co., PA
d. 27 Sep 1871

(1) Barbara (1814)

(2) Abraham (1816)

(3) Lydia (1819)

(4) Jonathan (ca. 1820)

(5) Emanuel (ca. 1821)

(6) Elizabeth

(7) D.M., a son

Elk Lick twp., Somerset Co., PA (1820)

23 Abraham LICHTY s/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. 12 Sep 1794 Pennsylvania
d. 11 Sep 1882 near Waterloo, Blackhawk Co., IA (87-11-29)
bur. Orange Center Cemetery, Orange twp., Black Hawk Co., IA
m. ca. 1818 Somerset Co., PA
Elizabeth MEYERS d/o Michael and Maria (Beeghly) Meyers
b. 20 Mar 1801 Somerset Co., PA
d. 3 May 1864 (PA?)

(1) John Abraham (1819)

(2) Elias M (1820)

(3) Catherine (1822)

(4) Adeline (1824)

(5) Mary (1826)

(6) Levi (1828)

(7) Anna (1830)

(8) David (1831)

(9) Samuel A. (1833)

(a) Daniel A. (ca. 1834)

(b) Franklin (ca. 1837)

(d) Josiah (1841)

(e) William M. (1844)

(f) Ephraim (1846)

(g) Lydia (1848)

Somerset Co., PA, to Black Hawk Co., Iowa

24 Peter LICHTY s/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. ca. 1794
d. 1848 Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., PA
m. Elizabeth MILLER d/o Abraham and Elizabeth ( ) Miller
b. ca. 1801
d. 1887 (age 86) Somerset Co., PA

(1) Joseph (1821 - 25)

(2) Jacob P. (1824)

(3) Harriet (1826)

(4) Eliza (ca. 1825)

(5) Mary (1830 - 35)

(6) Peter (1830 - 35)

(7) Elizabeth (ca. 1833)

(8) Lydia ( ca. 1835)

(9) Simon P. (ca. 1840)

- possibly Anna (1836) and others

Farmer, Somerset Co., PA German Baptist.

25 Jacob LICHTY s/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b.27 Apr 1798 or twin of Ann
d. 27 Apr 1863 (age 65) Somerset Co., PA
m. 9 Apr 1926
Catherine HUNTER
b. 4 May 1802
d. 27 Jan 1858 (age 55)
both bur. Husband Cemetery, Somerset Co., PA

(1) Edward (ca. 1827)

(2) Lewis (1828)

(3) John Hunter (1820)

(4) Mary Ann (1833)

(5) Ezra (ca. 1834)

(6) Silas (1836)

(7) Lydia (ca. 1938)

(8) Joseph (ca. 1841)

(9) Lavenia (ca. 1844)

Somerset Co., PA

26 Elizabeth LICHTY d/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. 2 May 1798
d. 2 Dec 1873 (age 75-7-5)
m. 14 Jun 1823
John J. SAYLOR s/o H. John and Elizabeth (Blough) Saylor
b. 17 Mar 1799 Somerset Co., PA
d. 17 May 1880 Somerset Co., PA
bur. Saylor Hill, Somerset Co., PA

(1) Henry L. (1823)

(2) Sarah (1825)

(3) Rachel (1827)

(4) Martin (1828)

(5) Joseph (1830)

(6) Veronica "Fannie" (1832)

(7) William L. (1834)

(8) John L. (1841)

farmer. In 1829 he built his home Saylor Hill. Member of German Baptist Church.
Lived near Meyersdale, Somerset Co., PA

27 Ann (Susanna?) LICHTY d/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. 2 Nov 1800 PA
d. 8 Dec 1890 Falls City, NE
m.
Henry MEYERS s/o Michael and Marie (Beeghly) Meyers
b. 29/9 Nov 1797 Somerset Co., PA
d. 8 Dec 1877

(1) Sarah (1827)

(2) Phillip

(3) Anna

(4) Mary (1827)

(4) Fanny (1829)

(6) Elizabeth

28 John J. LICHTY s/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. ca. 1802
m. ca. 1825
"Polly" Mary MILLER
b.

(1) female

(2) female

(3) Joel M. (1830)

(4) Sarah (ca. 1832)

(5) Elizabeth (ca. 1834)

(6) Henry (ca. 1836)

(7) David (ca. 1838)

(8) Charles (1840)

(9) Cyrus (ca. 1841)

Somerset Co., PA

29 Daniel J. LICHTY s/o Joseph J. and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. 13 Dec 1804 Elklick twp., Somerset Co., PA
d. 25 Jun 1874 Somerset Co.,PA
m. 8 Mar 1831 Somerset Co., PA
Sarah COBAUGH d/o John and Rebecca (Good) Cobaugh
b. 10 Apr 1812 Somerset Co., PA
d. 25 Nov 1900 somerset Co., PA
Both bur. on the original Lichty homestead.

(1) George Cobaugh (1831)

(2) Rebecca Cobaugh (ca. 1837)

(3) Mary Cobaugh (ca. 1846)

David moved from Somerset Twp., to Jenner twp. until 1848 when he moved back to Somerset Township and bought the original property he had helped his father clear and develop as a boy. After his death the farm transferred to his son George Cobaugh Lichty. Evangelical Church. Republican

2a Christian LICHTY s/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. 3 Oct 1807
d. 1 May 1852 (44-6-28)
m.
Elizabeth
b. 1803
d. 13 May 1866 (63-1-11)

bur. on Highland Farm, them moved to Husband Cemetery, Somerset, PA. An invalid, he read law with attorneys Ogle and Forward of Somerset while bedridden. One source said he did not marry.

2b Mary LICHTY d/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. 27 Oct 1808
d. 23 Mar 1892 (83-4-27) Van Buren Co., IA
m. 1825
Peter MILLER s/o Abraham and Elizabeth (Lybarger) Miller
b. 25 Dec 1795 Somerset, Somerset Co., PA
d. 15 Apr 1873 Van Buren Co., IA
both bur. White Cemetery

(1) Chauncy Oliver (1826)

(2) Sarah Anna Eliza (1828)

(3) Joseph John Andrew (1829)

(4) Elisha Ezekial (1831)

(5) Elizabeth Mary (1833)

(6) Lydia Caroline (1836)

(7) Susannah Rebecca (1838)

(8) Zebulon William Monroe (1840)

(9) James Washington Warren (1843)

(a) Henrietta Clarisa (1845)

(b) Simon Peter (1848)

His family moved from Somerset Co., PA, to Westmoreland Co., PA (border of Fayette Co.) to VanBuren Co., Ia, March, 1854, coming from Pittsburg, PA, to Keokuk, IA, by steamboat in two weeks, then by wagon to Bonaparte.

2c Magdalena LICHTY d/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b.
m(1) after 1847
MEYERS
m(2)
Daniel SHAFFER

2d Samuel J. LICHTY s/o Joseph and Frany (Forney) Lichty

b. ca. 1814
d. by 1880
m.
Sarah J. RHOADS
b. [20 Jun 1814] PA
d. 19 Sep 1880 Black Hawk Co., IA
bur. Fairview Cemetery, Waterloo, IA

(1) Mary A. (ca. 1838)

(2) Mahlon (ca. 1841)

(3) Sarah (ca. 1842)

(4) Cyrus

(5) Oliver (1845)

(6) Elias (ca. 1847)

(7) Lydia (ca. 1849)

(8) Nelson M. (1851)

(9) male (1853)

(a) Anna E. (ca. 1859)

farming; Brothersvalley twp, Somerset Co., PA

2e Lydia LICHTY d/o Joseph and Frany J. (Forney) Lichty

b. ca. 1819
m. after 1847
Michael Longdorf

6 Magdalena LICHTY d/o Jacob [first or second marriage??]

b. ca. 1768/ or earlier
m. George FOLK

b. 25 Oct 1761
d. 25 Dec 1825, Somerset Co., PA

came to Somerset Co., PA, in 1785.

(1) John

(2) Catherine

(3) George

(4) Jacob

61 John FOLK s/o George and Magdalena (Lichty) Folk

b. ca. 1784
m. Regina GUNDY

Daniel, John, 7 others

62 Catherine FOLK d/o George and Magdalena (Lichty) Folk

b. ca. 1786

63 George FOLK s/o George and Magdalena (Lichty) Folk

b. ca. 1788 Somerset Co., PA
d. 28 Jun 1833 Somerset Co., PA
m. Catherine SAYLOR d/o Jacob and Mary (Livengood) Saylor

26 Dec/Nov 1815 Elk Lick twp., Somerset Co., PA
b. 29 Mar 1798 Elk Lick, Somerset Co., PA
d. 21 Aug 1861 Somerset Co., PA

(1) Jacob

(2) Samuel

(3) Lydia

(4) Magdalena

64 Jacob FOLK s/o George and Magdalena (Lichty) Folk

b. 6 Dec 1790 Somerset Co., PA
d. 9 Mar 1858 Somerset Co., PA
m. 22 Feb 1818 Elk Lick twp., Somerset Co., PA Elizabeth SAYLOR d/o Jacob and Mary (Livengood) Saylor

b. 18 Jan 1800 Elk Lick, Somerset Co., PA
d. 10 Mar 1867 Somerset Co., PA

ch: Mary, John J., Elizabeth, Abraham, Christina, Reuben, Catherine, Jonas, Barbara

65 Barbara FOLK d/o George and Magdalena (Lichty) Folk

b. 25 Dec 1792 Somerset Co., PA
d. 1836 Somerset Co., PA
m. 3 Jun 1814 Somerset Co., PA John L. SAYLOR s/o Jacob and Mary (Livengood) Saylor

b. 17 Feb 1794 Somerset Co., PA
d. 8 Sep 1864 Somerset Co., PA

ch: John J., Magdalena, Catherine, Barbara, Elizabeth, Joseph, Elias, Levi, David, Jacob, Mary, Daniel

66 Magdalena FOLK d/o George and Magdalena (Lichty) Folk

b. 3 Jan 1798 Somerset Co., PA
d. 2 Apr 1848 Somerset Co., PA
m.10 May 1818 Elk Lick twp., Somerset Co., PA Peter SAYLOR s/o Jacob and Mary (Livengood) Saylor

b. 13 Mar 1796 Somerset Co., PA
d. 23 Jan 1870 Somerset Co., PA

ch: Peter, ?son, ?dau, George P., Daniel, ?dau, ?dau, Edward, Lewis, Elizabeth, Anna, Catherine

8 John LICHTY s/o Jacob and ? ( ) Lichty

b. 10 Feb 1773 York Co., PA
d. 7 Apr 1861 Elk Lick twp., Somerset Co., PA
m. 17 May 1796 Frederick Co., MD Elizabeth MILLER d/o Peter and Rebecca (Gaver) Miller

b. 25 May 1771 Frederick Co., MD
d. 24 May 1858 Somerset Co., PA bur. Boynton, Somerset Co., PA

(1) Peter (1797)

(2) Mary "Polla" (1799)

(3) Elizabeth (1800)

(4) Jacob J.(1802)

(5) Sarah (1804 - 1810)

(6) John (1806)

(7) Catharine (1808)

(8) Anna "Nancy" (1810 - 1861)

(9) Susanna (1813)

81 Peter LICHTY s/o John and Elizabeth (Miller) Lichty

b. 13 Jun 1797 Somerset Co., PA
m. "Sally" Salome/Sarah PECK

b. 16 Dec 1804 PA
d. 14 Feb 1865 Somerset Co., PA

ch: Eliza, Catherine, Anna, Susanna, Elizabeth, Mary, Mahlon P. res: Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA

82 Mary "Polla" LICHTY d/o John and Elizabeth (Miller) Lichty

b. 25 Mar 1799 Somerset Co., PA
d. 16 Feb 1891
m. George KIMMEL

b. 12 Aug 1793
d. 18 Nov 1866

ch: John, Samuel, Emanuel, Maggie, Katie, Peggy, Aaron, Betsy

83 Elizabeth LICHTY s/o John and Elizabeth (Miller) Lichty

b. 23 Nov 1800 Somerset Co., PA
d. 24 Oct 1889
m. Jonathan (Jonas?) BERKLEY/BARKLEY s/o John and Elizabeth (Sheets) Berkley

b. 17 Dec 1793 near Berkley's Mills, Somerset Co., PA
d. 17 Mar/Nov 1856

ch: Susanna, Lydia, Ezra, Diana, Sarah, Caroline, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Catherine, Samuel, Edward, John J., Joel, Mary, Anna "Nancy" [order unknown] Somerset Co., PA

84 Jacob J. LICHTY s/o John and Elizabeth (Miller) Lichty

b. 4 Jul 1802 Somerset Co., PA
d. 28 Oct 1886
m. Rebecca "Peggy" SHUMAKER

b. ca. 1810
d. by 1860

ch: Mary Anne, Edward, Gabriel, Sally Somerset Co., PA

86 [Johannes] John LICHTY s/o John and Elizabeth (Miller) Lichty

b. 30 Mar 1806 Somerset Co., PA
d. 19/17 Apr 1839 Somerset Co., PA
m. Marie LIVENGOOD d/o Christian and Elizabeth (Forney) Livengood

b. 6 Jan 1807 Elk Lick, Somerset Co., PA
d. ca. 1867 (age 60)

ch: Ezra, Rebecca, Isabella, William, Simon, Christian, Josiah Somerset Co., PA

87 Katherine "Katie" LICHTY d/o John and Elizabeth (Miller) Lichty

b. 30 May 1808 Somerset Co., PA
d. 1895 Elk Lick twp., Somerset Co., PA
m. 1845-50 John ENGLEs/o Clement and Elizabeth (Graeff) Engle

b. 1 Oct 1787
d. 1 Mar 1863

no children.

89 Susanna LICHTY d/o John and Elizabeth (Miller) Lichty

b. 26 May 1813 Somerset Co., PA
d. 03 Sep 1896 Liscomb, Marshall Co., IA
m. ca. 1831 Somerset Co., PA Douglas BOYD s/o James and Anna Maria (Youler) Boyd

b. 06 Oct 1803 Somerset Co., PA
bap. 2 Sep 1804 Somerset Co., PA
d. 26 Jul 1878 Liscomb, Marshall Co., IA both bur. Liscomb, IA

ch: Samuel, Manasses, John, William, Matilda, Frances, James [see Boyd #6+ for more.]

Douglas was a farmer in Somerset Co., PA; "in 1854 Douglas Boyd purchased the John Lichty farm consisting of 296 acres of land." In 1854 Douglas built a home on the farm of spruce logs 34 feet long and hewed out 10 inches thick and two feet wide. The house is approximently 22 feet wide. The cellar contained a huge fireplace where the cooking and canning was done. The stone foundation was of huge rocks found on the place. In 1911 Harden May added to the house, making it 50 feet long. There is a kitchen on the main floor today and two rooms on the other side of a central stairs. Upstairs there are 5 bedrooms. In 1977 there was a chimney on the north side of the house. A fire in 1968 destroyed the old chimney. An outside door and porch are on the west. New siding has been added along the way. The 34 foot long barn was destroyed in 1974 by a snow storm. In 1862 the family was forced to draw up papers to have Douglas declared unfit to conduct his own business. Susanna came to Iowa in 1865 and purchased the Israel D. Gager farm north of Liscomb. They moved to Iowa in 1866.

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