LIVINGOOD/LIVENGOOD/LIEBENGUT of Pennsylvania by Robert Mclaren et al. 22 Jan 1990 ------------------------------------------------ LIVENGOOD in Berks, Somerset, and Bedford Counties in PA: One was John C. LIVENGOOD, b. PA, m. Mary HERSHBERGER. About 10 children, including Peter J. LIVENGOOD, b. 17 Mar 1850, m. Laura Ellen KELSO ca. 1870. I checked and did not find any LIVENGOOD or variants in Bedford Co. However, did find some in Berks and Somerset. . From "Berks County, Pennsylvania, Births, Volume One, 1705-1760"; HP Publishing, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1988: . NAME BIRTH DATE FATHER MOTHER ------------------------ ------------- --------- ------------- LEVENGUD, Cathairne 16 Nov 1753 John Catherine LEWEGUD, * 26 Jan 1752 Jacob Catharine LEWENGUD, Anna Catharine 23 Feb 1758 Jacob Anna Catharine LEWENGUD, Anna Margaret 29 May 1755 Jacob Catharine LEWENGUD, Maria Margaret 24 Apr 1758 Viet Susanna LEWENGUT, Catharine 8 Jan 1756** John Viet Susanna . All baptised at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchburg * No name recorded ** Baptismal date . As you can see, looks like these may be only two families. ...................................... From "Berks County, Pennsylvania, Marriages, Volume Two, 1730-1800"; HP Publishing, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1987: . LEBEGUTH, George, s/o John Veit, Penn Tp; Anna Maria WERNER, d/o Henry, Tulpehocken; 16 Nov 1773 KIESECKER, John Nicholas, s/o Philip, Tulpehocken; Margaret LEBEGUTH, d/o Jacob, Tulpehocken; 7 Jun 1774 . Both of these appear to be children of the two couples mentioned in Berks Co. births -- Margaret may be Anna Margaret? ------------------------------------------------ From I. Daniel Rupp, "History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon"; G. Hills, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1844; Reprint, The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1984: . Page 75 Extract of a letter, dated, Tulpehocken, April 8, 1758 I and Mr. KERN have just arrived at Mr. Jacob SHERMAN's, where we have been informed that a woman was killed and scalped by the Indians last night, about three miles from here. We are now ready to prusue them. The persons killed, besides one taken captive, are two young men at Swatara -- brothers, by the name of SHETTERLY -- one Michael Sauter, and William Hart, and a widow woman taken captive. At Tulpehocken, a man by the name of LEBENGUTH and his wife were killed and scalped. At Northkill, Nicholas GEIGER's wife and two of his children were killed; and also Michael DITZELAR's wife was killed -- these were all scalped. The Indians have divided themselves into small parties, and surprise the settlers unawares... (the letter continues, but no futher mention of LEBENGUTH) . Page 126, Amity Township, Berks Co. In 1752, the following persons were returned as taxables to the county commissioners, namely: ..., Peter LIVERGOOD, ..., Adam LIVERGOOD, ... . Page 143, Douglass Township, Berks Co. In 1755, the following persons resided in this township: ..., Peter LEVENGOOD, ... . Page 191, Heidelberg Township, Berks Co. These expected in 1728, fifty families more, "who, if they might be admitted on certain conditions," would come and settle among them at Tulpehocken. In 1729, there was an important accession. Among these were the HOEHNs, FISCHERs, LAUERs, ANSPACHs, Badtorfs SPICKERs, CRISTs, CADERMANs, NOACREs, LEBENGUTHs, Conrad WEISER and his sons -- the latter settled near Wommelsdorf, ... . Page 224, Hereford Township, Berks Co. The following were the taxables in 1758: ..., Jacob LEBENGUTH, ... . Page 246, Tulpehocken Township, Berks Co. The first white settlers were Palatines, who had emigrated from New York, of whom a general notice has been given, when speaking of the first settlers in Heidelberg township, to which the reader is referred. ..., John LIVENGOOD, ..., Jacob LIVENGOOD, ... . Page 480, List of the Justices of the Peace of Berks County Douglas Township, Jacob LEVENGOOD, 25 April 1840 . Page 511, 520; List of subscribers Tulpehocken Township, John LEVENGOOD Douglass Township, Jacob LIVENGOOD, Esq. ------------------------------------------------ From Morton L. Montgomery, "History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the Revolution, from 1774 to 1783"; Chas. F. Haage, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1894; Reprint, Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, Pennsylvania: . Page 140: Company of Capt. Jacob LIVINGOOD By the Colonial Records it appears that Jacob LIVINGOOD, of Middletown (Womelsdorf), formed a company of riflemen in Heidelberg township during the latter part of September, 1781, but I could not find the roster. In commissioning Capt. LIVINGOOD, the Executive Council took the following action on October 3, 1781: "Ordered, That Captain Jacob LIVINGOOD be appointed Captain of a Company of Riflemen, enlisted to serve until the first day of January next; that he be commissioned accordingly, the said commission to continue in force until the first day of January next, unless sooner revoked by this Council, and all emoluments, pay and perquisites of the said office to cease on the said first day of January, or when the same shall be so revoked; that the said commission bear date the twenty-first instant." On January 16, 1782, the Council drew an order in his favor for 246 pounds, 9 shillings, 4 pence, specie, "in full for the pay and subsistence of himself and the company of riflemen under his command, raised agreeably to the orders of his Excellency, General WASHINGTON, the same to be charged to the United States of America." And on January 23rd, he was paid 15 pounds specie in full for his services as captain of this company. I have not been able to ascertain where the services were rendered. . Page 241, Sketches Jacob LIVINGOOD, a captain of a company of riflemen during the Revolution in 1781, was born in Tulpehocken township, Berks County, on January 26, 1752, (AHA! See the unnamed LEWEGUD, son of Jacob and Catharine LEWEGUD in Berks Co. Births. Bob) on the property commonly known as the "Livingood Mill", which is situated on a branch of the Little Swatara, within a mile of its outlet into that stream. His father and grandfather, both of the same name, had lived there for a number of years, the latter having migrated from New York in 1729 with a small colony of Germans, under the leadership of Conrad WEISER. He was brought up to farming and milling. In the Fall of 1781, he raised a company of riflemen at and near Womelsdorf for the Continental Army, which was in service for ninety days. Upon his discharge and return home, he resumed his advocation as a miller. For some years afterward, he was engaged in the grain business, disposing of the grain collected at Philadelphia. He was also at Reading for a time. Subsequently, he returned to Tulpehocken and lived by himself in a small log building, which was erected by members of the family expressly for him, on the Mill premises, where he frequently entertained the surviving members of his company. It is stated that the meetings of this Continental associates were occasions of great hilarity, and he always welcomed them in his military uniform. So proud was he of this dress that he died with it on; and out of respect for his known wishes, he was thus laid to rest in the burying ground of the Lutheran Church, a mile west of Stouchsburg. The day of his decease is not known. ------------------------------------------------ From Donna R. Irish, "Pennsylvania German Marriages"; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1984: . Page 76, Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Exeter Twp, Berks Co. LEIBENGUTH, Joseph; Maria SCHRACK, Amity, 25 Mar 1797 ................................ From Bob and Mary Closson, "Index to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Wills, 1795-1900"; Closson Press, Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1984: . NAME FILE DATE ---------------------------- ---- ---- LIVENGOOD, Barbara 17 1844 LIVENGOOD, Christian 28 1837 LIVENGOOD, David 21 1870 LIVENGOOD, Elizabeth 89 1885 LIVENGOOD, Jacob 30 1885 LIVENGOOD, Jacob S. 56 1889 LIVENGOOD, Jacob T. 83 1898 LIVENGOOD, John 8 1839 LIVENGOOD, John C. 16 1859 LIVENGOOD, John C. 36 1870 (This could be your John C.) LIVENGOOD, Nancy 52 1898 LIVENGOOD, Peter 28 1861 LIVENGOOD, Rebecca 94 1890 LIVENGOOD, Sally 35 1884 LIVENGOOD, Samuel J. 69 1886 LIVENGOOD, Samuel P. 13 1860 LIVENGOOD, Sarah D. 86 1887 HERSHBERGER, Abraham 4 1823 HERSHBERGER, Benjamin 46 1861 HERSHBERGER, Christian 54 1848 HERSHBERGER, Christian 23 1858 HERSHBERGER, Daniel 29 1880 HERSHBERGER, Daniel 19 1900 HERSHBERGER, Franey 17 1891 HERSHBERGER, Henry 25 1837 HERSHBERGER, Henry 61 1870 HERSHBERGER, Henry K. 75 1894 HERSHBERGER, Jacob 37 1864 HERSHBERGER, Jacob 38 1873 HERSHBERGER, John 55 1848 HERSHBERGER, John 60 1866 HERSHBERGER, Joseph 49 1855 HERSHBERGER, Nancy 18 1891 HERSHBERGER, Peter 15 1827 ------------------------------------------------ That's the dump from Berks and Somerset Counties. Looks like the LIVENGOODS got to Somerset Co. around the 1830s or slightly earlier. I think I've got one of yours, John C. LIVENGOOD, above in the wills. I threw in the HERSHBERGERs in case you were also tracking them. If I read the records right, looks like Jacob LIVENGOOD was the originator of this line -- he came from New York to Berk Co. in 1729. Of course, this assumes the Somerset LIVINGOODs stem from the Berks Co. LIVINGOODs, perhaps too great a leap of faith. In addition, you show a Peter LIEBENGUT as the originator, coming from Switzerland ca. 1750. If this is so, then we have two lines in the area. Guess you need to start with the info you have proven and work carefully back. The list of wills should be useful, since I expect you may want to get likely ones (these can show children, brothers, wifes, etc.). LIEBENGUT-LIVENGOOD by Harry Yoder 3 April 1990 ------------------------------------------------ I. Hans Jacob Liebengut Sr. m (?) Barbara Waber -Although originally Swiss, the Leowengths or Leibundguts emigrated to this country from Alsace, France, where they lived over 70 years in the town of Schalkendorf near Strassbourg. -arrived on the ship "Phoenix" in 1750; The ship was from Rotterdam, last from Cowles, sailing on August 28, 1750. John Mason was her captain. -occupation schoolteacher, residing Berks Co, PA A. Peter Leibungut, Sr. 14 May 1730--27 Apr 1826 Biog sketch: 1884: The History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, PA, Waterman Watkins County: First settled in New Jersey, but after 2 years, returned to his fatherland. The next year, he returned to America, this time settling in Berks County, PA 1m Emmen Zurich. Perhaps she had died before Peter came to America the second time since he was listed as a single male on the ship's list of 1750 and would have been only 20 years old at the time. 2m Elizabeth Barbara Nafziger in 1760 who d 1844 -Lived in Berks Co, PA for about 15 years. Farmer, also minister, called "Reverend". -purchased land in Somerset Co, PA, in 1775 Amish Mennonite but later German Baptist Brethren. 1. Christian Sep 14, 1761-Feb 2, 1857 m Elizabeth Forney/Forn (Mennonite Family History, Vol V, # 3, July 1986 by Pauline R. Northington, 1001 S. Tipton St., Visalia, CA 93277 a 7th generation descendant of Peter and Barbara (Nafziger) Liebengunt Sr. of Berks, Lancaster, Somerset Cos, PA a. John C. Livengood b 24 May 1801 Elk Lick Twnship Farmer and wagoner on the National Pike - John C. Livengood was called "Bella Han" because of the bells he had on his teams of horses hitched to his Conestoga wagon. He was a freighter travel- ing on the old pike between Baltimore, Maryland, and wheeling, WVA. His bells could be heard quite a distance. When neighbors heard them, they would say "Do kummt der Bella Hans". (Here comes Bella Hans). The wheels and running gear of his Conestoga wagon are in the Springs Historical Society. There was a tradition among these wagon drivers that when any of them could not make a trip without assistance from another driver, he had to surrender his bells to the one who assisted him. So, when a driver arrived at a station without his bells, the others knew he had more trouble than he could handle. It was these drivers that coined the phrase, "I'll be there with bells on." (MFH, Vol IV, # 4 Oct 1985 by Dorothy J. DeGruchy, 351 Preswick Way, Severna Park, MD 21146 ggggranddaughter of John C.) * Origin: Edge CBCS - Grand Rapids MI - (616-363-7360) (1:228/4.0) 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � This file appears on The Source of Magic BBS, Ridgefield CT � � 203-431-4687, specializing in genealogy, radio, and writing. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸