John Leffel was born about 1753 in Amity Twp., Berks County, Pennsylvania.
John is recognized by the Daughters of the Revolution as a Patriot Ancestor.[3] John paid a supply tax in 1783.[4]
Death
John died about 1801 in Berkeley Co., West Virginia.[5]
Research Notes
Record of marriage for daughter Elizabeth: Botetourt Co., Virginia, USA,
"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRJL-SPV : accessed 24 June 2015), John Leffel (D) in entry for William Dodd and Elizabeth Leffel, 15 Sep 1807; citing Botetourt Co., Virginia, reference 2:3VVQVRT; FHL microfilm 30,734.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45339618/john-leffel : accessed 28 July 2018), memorial page for John Leffel (1753–1801), Find A Grave Memorial no. 45339618, ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) Unknown.
↑ Leffel, Russel D. The Leffels of Glengary Bridge, pp. 4-5.
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 20, 2018), "Record of John Leffel", Ancestor # A132153.
↑ Pennsylvania History and Museum Commission, Records of the Comptroller General, Tax and Exoneration Lists 1762 - 1801. RG-4, Roll #318. Accessed 20 November 2018.
↑ It is mentioned that John's wife (Anna) Margaret was "widowed by 1801," as cited in: Leffel, pp. 4-5.
Leffel, Russel D. The Leffels of Glengary Bridge, pp. 4-5.
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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