Father | Date of Birth | Mother | Date of Birth |
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Mathias Loy | 22 Feb 1706 | Cathrine Anna Maria Kumpf | 27 Feb 1710 |
Partner | Date of Birth | Children |
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Margaretha Lempert | 1743 | Jung Michael Loy Anna Maria Loy Maria Catharina Loy Nicholas Loy Elizabeth Barbara Loy Margaretha Loy Eva Loy Susannah Loy Johannes Loy Michael Loy George Michael Loy John Loy |
Event Type | Date | Place | Description |
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Birth | 02 Jul 1740 | Greenwich, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Marriage | 1762 | Greenwich, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Religion | Lutheran | ||
Death | 19 Jul 1823 | Loysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Burial | Lebanon Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard, Loysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Fact | Description |
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Fact MILI | @N215@ |
Michael was a son of Mathias Ley and Anna Maria Kemp, German immigrants who landed in Philadelphia in 1733. |
Michael married Margaret Lambert about 1762, and resided in Berks County between Kutztown and Reading. |
Cofounder of Lebanon Lutheran Church, Loysville, Pennsylvania. |
During the American Revolution, Michael served as a Private in Captain Abraham DeHuff's Company of the Pennsylvania Battalion of Musketry, and in Samuel John Atlee's Company, encamped near King's Bridge. |
The town of Andesville (originally called Red Hook) was built on a portion of a tract of land purchased by him in October 1788, and sometime after 1842, the name was changed to Loysville in honor of him. |
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 65 page 182 (DAR ID Number: 64519): Michael Loy (or Lei) (1740-1823 DAR: A069120) PAID SUPPLY TAX 1781 Also see DAR ID: 738682 |