Christian and his wife are my Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandparents! :)
Christian Lesnett was born in Hesse-Castle, Germany. He came to the U.S. around 1752, landing in Baltimore, MD. He settled in Frederick, MD and was a woodworker and cabinet maker.
In 1757, he married a woman named Christiana, whom came over on the same boat that he did. Her husband had died aboard the ship, and she had also given birth en route to America. That child was named Nancy Agness.
In 1758, Christiana gave birth to their first child together - Frederick. He was the first male child born in Frederick, Md., so the founder of the town asked that he be named after himself and the town and to commemorate the occasion, gave him a silver ring with a large F set in the top that was used in those times to mark and seal a writing. The ring was in the family up to the time of the death of Frederick's eldest born son, John.
Christian's woodshop burned down, and the family then moved to Haggerstown, MD.
Christian joined Col. Henry Boquet's Army and was assigned to "repair and defend the wagons." In 1764, they arrived at Ft. Duquesne. Christian liked the area and when William Penn opened his land office in Philadelphia in 1769, Lesnett filed a claim.
Lesnett took out a tomahawk claim of 1, 000 acres in South Fayette Twp., Allegheny Co. Under PA law, he was only able to retain 414 acres 20 perch. He named it "Berlin". He had a surveyors warrant issued in 1785, but didn't get a patent until Feb. 13, 1800!
Between 1769-1770 - Christian and sons, Frederick* 12 and Frank 14, came to the land, cleared some ground, built a cabin, planted rye, turnips, and corn. Also with them was a neighbor, Gillian, whom settled on what is now Heidleberg. In the fall of '69, Christian and Gillian went back to Hagerstown, MD to retreive the families. They were delayed by a lawsuit and winter set in. They did not return to the boys until the latter part of April 1770. The winter left Frederick* with rhumatism for the rest of his life.
Christian died in 1807 and Christiana in 1810. They were buried in the grounds of St. Luke's Cemetery. This church had an addition put on in 1852, and supposedly the Lesnetts and others graves were covered over. Their remains are now underneath the church!
This church has a great history all its own at oldsaintlukes.org.
Christian Lesnett was born in Hesse-Castle, Germany. He came to the U.S. around 1752, landing in Baltimore, MD. He settled in Frederick, MD and was a woodworker and cabinet maker.
In 1757, he married a woman named Christiana, whom came over on the same boat that he did. Her husband had died aboard the ship, and she had also given birth en route to America. That child was named Nancy Agness.
In 1758, Christiana gave birth to their first child together - Frederick. He was the first male child born in Frederick, Md., so the founder of the town asked that he be named after himself and the town and to commemorate the occasion, gave him a silver ring with a large F set in the top that was used in those times to mark and seal a writing. The ring was in the family up to the time of the death of Frederick's eldest born son, John.
Christian's woodshop burned down, and the family then moved to Haggerstown, MD.
Christian joined Col. Henry Boquet's Army and was assigned to "repair and defend the wagons." In 1764, they arrived at Ft. Duquesne. Christian liked the area and when William Penn opened his land office in Philadelphia in 1769, Lesnett filed a claim.
Lesnett took out a tomahawk claim of 1, 000 acres in South Fayette Twp., Allegheny Co. Under PA law, he was only able to retain 414 acres 20 perch. He named it "Berlin". He had a surveyors warrant issued in 1785, but didn't get a patent until Feb. 13, 1800!
Between 1769-1770 - Christian and sons, Frederick* 12 and Frank 14, came to the land, cleared some ground, built a cabin, planted rye, turnips, and corn. Also with them was a neighbor, Gillian, whom settled on what is now Heidleberg. In the fall of '69, Christian and Gillian went back to Hagerstown, MD to retreive the families. They were delayed by a lawsuit and winter set in. They did not return to the boys until the latter part of April 1770. The winter left Frederick* with rhumatism for the rest of his life.
Christian died in 1807 and Christiana in 1810. They were buried in the grounds of St. Luke's Cemetery. This church had an addition put on in 1852, and supposedly the Lesnetts and others graves were covered over. Their remains are now underneath the church!
This church has a great history all its own at oldsaintlukes.org.
Christian and his wife are my Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandparents! :)
Christian Lesnett was born in Hesse-Castle, Germany. He came to the U.S. around 1752, landing in Baltimore, MD. He settled in Frederick, MD and was a woodworker and cabinet maker.
In 1757, he married a woman named Christiana, whom came over on the same boat that he did. Her husband had died aboard the ship, and she had also given birth en route to America. That child was named Nancy Agness.
In 1758, Christiana gave birth to their first child together - Frederick. He was the first male child born in Frederick, Md., so the founder of the town asked that he be named after himself and the town and to commemorate the occasion, gave him a silver ring with a large F set in the top that was used in those times to mark and seal a writing. The ring was in the family up to the time of the death of Frederick's eldest born son, John.
Christian's woodshop burned down, and the family then moved to Haggerstown, MD.
Christian joined Col. Henry Boquet's Army and was assigned to "repair and defend the wagons." In 1764, they arrived at Ft. Duquesne. Christian liked the area and when William Penn opened his land office in Philadelphia in 1769, Lesnett filed a claim.
Lesnett took out a tomahawk claim of 1, 000 acres in South Fayette Twp., Allegheny Co. Under PA law, he was only able to retain 414 acres 20 perch. He named it "Berlin". He had a surveyors warrant issued in 1785, but didn't get a patent until Feb. 13, 1800!
Between 1769-1770 - Christian and sons, Frederick* 12 and Frank 14, came to the land, cleared some ground, built a cabin, planted rye, turnips, and corn. Also with them was a neighbor, Gillian, whom settled on what is now Heidleberg. In the fall of '69, Christian and Gillian went back to Hagerstown, MD to retreive the families. They were delayed by a lawsuit and winter set in. They did not return to the boys until the latter part of April 1770. The winter left Frederick* with rhumatism for the rest of his life.
Christian died in 1807 and Christiana in 1810. They were buried in the grounds of St. Luke's Cemetery. This church had an addition put on in 1852, and supposedly the Lesnetts and others graves were covered over. Their remains are now underneath the church!
This church has a great history all its own at oldsaintlukes.org.
Christian Lesnett was born in Hesse-Castle, Germany. He came to the U.S. around 1752, landing in Baltimore, MD. He settled in Frederick, MD and was a woodworker and cabinet maker.
In 1757, he married a woman named Christiana, whom came over on the same boat that he did. Her husband had died aboard the ship, and she had also given birth en route to America. That child was named Nancy Agness.
In 1758, Christiana gave birth to their first child together - Frederick. He was the first male child born in Frederick, Md., so the founder of the town asked that he be named after himself and the town and to commemorate the occasion, gave him a silver ring with a large F set in the top that was used in those times to mark and seal a writing. The ring was in the family up to the time of the death of Frederick's eldest born son, John.
Christian's woodshop burned down, and the family then moved to Haggerstown, MD.
Christian joined Col. Henry Boquet's Army and was assigned to "repair and defend the wagons." In 1764, they arrived at Ft. Duquesne. Christian liked the area and when William Penn opened his land office in Philadelphia in 1769, Lesnett filed a claim.
Lesnett took out a tomahawk claim of 1, 000 acres in South Fayette Twp., Allegheny Co. Under PA law, he was only able to retain 414 acres 20 perch. He named it "Berlin". He had a surveyors warrant issued in 1785, but didn't get a patent until Feb. 13, 1800!
Between 1769-1770 - Christian and sons, Frederick* 12 and Frank 14, came to the land, cleared some ground, built a cabin, planted rye, turnips, and corn. Also with them was a neighbor, Gillian, whom settled on what is now Heidleberg. In the fall of '69, Christian and Gillian went back to Hagerstown, MD to retreive the families. They were delayed by a lawsuit and winter set in. They did not return to the boys until the latter part of April 1770. The winter left Frederick* with rhumatism for the rest of his life.
Christian died in 1807 and Christiana in 1810. They were buried in the grounds of St. Luke's Cemetery. This church had an addition put on in 1852, and supposedly the Lesnetts and others graves were covered over. Their remains are now underneath the church!
This church has a great history all its own at oldsaintlukes.org.
