When Conrad Leichleiter was born on 11 August 1756, in Colebrookdale Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Johann Conrad Leichleider, was 31 and his mother, Maria Barbara Mueller, was 31. He married Anna Margaretha Froschauer about 1786, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 22 December 1844, in Shepherd's Town, Jefferson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Lutheran Graveyard, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States.
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South German: topographic name from Middle High German lēhen ‘to hold land as a feudal tenant’ + līte ‘mountain slope’. See also Lechner , compare Lechliter , Leckliter , Leichliter , Lichliter , and Lickliter .
History: Johann Conrad Lechleiter arrived from Germany to PA in 1741. His surname was also recorded as Leichleider and Leichleiter (these forms are not found in Germany), while his descendants also bear the surnames Lechliter, Leckliter, Leichleiter, Leichliter, Lichliter, Lichlyter, Licklider, and Lickliter.
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