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We have traced our Lineberry ancestors
back to our 7th great-grandfather Jacob
Leyenberger. Jacob is
recognized as the progenitor of this family line in America having come to
the Province of Pennsylvania
from Germany in 1738. He is listed as a passenger on the ship Elizabeth which docked at
Philadelphia on 30 October 1738. It is
most probable that prior to emigrating he was a living in Braunschweig located in the present day German state of Lower Saxony (Neidersachsen). Subsequent to their arrival in Philadelphia
Jacob and his family moved west to Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania where their youngest son George, through whom we are descended,
was born in 1741. Searching for more opportunities
in America, Jacob his wife Elizabeth and their three son joined the throngs
of Scots-Irish and German pioneers who traveled the “Great Wagon Road” south
into Virginia and North Carolina. They
eventually settled in the sprawling area of Orange County, North Carolina, (see migrations routes). George
Lineberger, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Leyenberger, was born around
1740 came to Orange County, North Carolina in
and died 1826 in Guilford County, North
Carolina. George married Unity Greason and together they had at least
eight children between 1774 and 1789.
George’s second marriage was to Catherine
Euliss who was at least 20 years younger than he. George and Catherine had 6 more children
probably between 1790 and 1803. We
believe that their son Jacob who is our 5th great-grandfather, is
a product of the union, with Unity Greason. Jacob was born in Guilford County. He married Rebecca
Christman also a native of that area.
Together they had at least five children one of whom is our 4th
great-grandmother Rosanna Lineberry. Jacob died in Randolph County. Rosanna was born in North Carolina around
1800. She married John Bennett in Orange County, North
Carolina most likely at some time around the year 1815. After marrying the couple moved on to
Tennessee. Rosanna is acknowledged as
to having at least nine children with John.
She is known to have been living with her sons in St. Clair County, Illinois in 1850. Rosanna passed away around 1873. Her daughter Sarah
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An Introduction to the
Surname
The practice of inherited family surnames
began in England
and France during
the late part of the 11th
century. Surnames were
first utilized in the Germanic
regions of central
Europe during the second half of the 12th century. The custom of taking on surnames began in
the southern areas of Germany,
and gradually spread northward during the Middle Ages. It took about three hundred years for this
tradition to apply to most families and become a constant part of one’s
identity. With the passing
of generations and the movement of families from place to place many of the
original identifying names were altered into some of the versions that we are
familiar with today. Over the
centuries, most of our European ancestors accepted their surname as an
unchangeable part of their lives. Thus
people rarely changed their surname.
Variations of most surnames were usually the result of an involuntary
act such as when a government official wrote a name phonetically
or made an error in transcription. Research into the record of this Lineberry family
line indicates that the variations, meanings and history of this surname are
most likely linked to that area of Europe where German linguistic
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Source(s)
& Meaning(s)
of the Surname
Most
modern German family names are a means conveying lineage. For the most part, German
surnames were developed from four major sources: (1) Patronymic & Matronymic surnames most common in northern Germany are based on a
parent’s first name, such as Niklas Albrecht (Niklas son of Albrecht); (2) occupational
surnames are last
names based on the person’s job or trade for example Lukas Fischer (Lukas the Fisherman); (3) descriptive
surnames are based on
a unique quality or physical feature of the individual like Karl Braun (Karl with brown hair); (4) geographical surnames are derived from the location of the homestead
from which the first bearer and his family lived such as Leon Meer (Leon from by the sea), or derived from
the state, region, or village of the
first bearer's origin for example Paul Cullen (Paul from Koeln/Cologne). Lineberry is an Americanized spelling of
its variant German names such as Leyenberger, Liujenburger, Lineberger, Leinberger, Lineburger, and Leinburger. In some cases it is a habitational name for
someone from Leinburg in Bavaria, or other community with a similar
spelling. The name can also be a
topographic name from Middle High German lin ‘flax’ + berg
‘mountain’. The surname Lineberger is a German, Swedish and Dutch topographic name for someone
who lived by a conspicuous lime tree, derived from the Old German word LINDE.
Variants of the name was also used in a number of Old
German women's names, with the meaning 'shield' or 'spear' (shields and spears being made from the
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History
of the Surname
Leyenberger is a very early Germanic name
and is one of the very first recorded in that country. Due to its popularity and duration this name, and its variant spellings, have traveled widely in many forms throughout Europe. This surname was first found in
the northern part of Germany. There are several places, especially in northern Germany,
named with this word, and the name may also be a habitation name from any of
these. This is true of our Lineberry family who reportedly originated in Braunschweig, Germany. Braunschweig is a city of almost 250,000
people located in the federal-state of Lower
Saxony, Germany. It
is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of
the Oker
river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. There are
several notable persons with this family name or a close variant such as
Johannes van der Linden (l756-l835) Dutch jurist, and Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) the American
aviator. Another notable of the name was Rudolf Lindau (1829-1910) the German
author and diplomat. His brother Paul Lindau (1839-1919) founded 'Die
Gegenwart' and wrote books of travel and works of criticism. This German surname appeared quite early into the former British colonies of North America, especially William Penn’s Province of Pennsylvania. One reason for this was that after the prince of the Electorate of Hanover, in Germany also became king of England in 1715, German emigration to America was greatly encouraged. Thus the German name does tend to be confused with the English versions due to the fact that name from both countries is often in the same spelling, which is perhaps not surprising as they share similar pre 7th century "Anglo-Saxon" roots. This is true in the case of the Leyonberger / Lineberger surname after the family came to the United States when immigration from both countries was at its height in the 18th century, after which it was transformed into Lineberry. Many of these German immigrants, particularly those with easy English equivalents, were encouraged and in some case required to change to an English spelling. Also many German surnames were re-spelled in America because of the close relationship between the English and German languages. This was the case with many sea captains or their agents who, when making up the ships passenger lists, found it easier to use a more familiar English spelling. Also after the start of World War One, Germans in the United States, in great numbers, Anglicized their names in an effort to remove all doubt as to their patriotism. Today 14.3 persons per million in the United States have the Lineberry surname. The heaviest concentration of the name is found in the states of Virginia and North Carolina. In Germany almost 40 persons per million have the Lindenberg (a close variant) surname. The most significant clustering of the name is found in the northern states especially Brandenburg. |
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Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have
continued to unfold and expand often leading to an overwhelming number of
variants.
As such one can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames because
in early times, spelling in general and thus the spelling of names was not
yet standardized. Later on spellings
would change with the branching and movement of families. Spelling
variations of this family name include: (English) Linbury, Lynbury, Lynnbury, Linnbury, Limbury, Lymbury, Linboro, Linberry, Lynberry, Lineberry, and
(German) Lindenberg, Leyenberger, Liujenburger, Lineberger, Leinberger, Lineburger, Leinburger, Linburgh, Limburgh and many
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The complexity of researching records is compounded by the
fact that in many cases an ancestors surname may also have been
misspelled. This is especially true
when searching census documents. The Soundex Indexing System was developed in an
effort to assist with identifying spelling variations for a given
surname. Soundex is a method of
indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 US Census, and can aid genealogists in
their research. The Soundex Code for Lineberry
is L516. Other surnames sharing this Soundex
Code: LAMBARD | LAMBERT | LAMBERTON | LAMBOURNE | LAMBRECHT | LAMBRIGHT | LAMPHERE | LAMPHIER | LAMPORT | LAMPRO | LANPHEAR | LANPHERE | LINEBERGER | LINEBERRY | LINFORD | LOMBARD | LOMBARDI | LOMBARDO | LYMBERY |. |
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In the Middle Ages heraldry came
into use as a practical matter. It originated in the devices used to distinguish
the armored warriors in tournament and war, and was also placed on seals as
marks of identity. As far as records show, true heraldry began in the middle
of the 12th
century, and appeared almost simultaneously in several countries
of Western
Europe. In the British Isles the College of Arms (founded in 1483) is the Royal corporation of heralds who record proved pedigrees and grant armorial bearings. |
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ARMORIAL BEARINGS There are at many associated armorial bearings for Lineberry and close variant spellings recorded in Reitstap’s Armorial General. The following additional information has
been found regarding the coats-of-arms shown at the left: FIGURE 1: This coat-of-arms is attributed to
probably a Dutch or German Leemburg FIGURE 2: These arms were granted to a Lindenberg of Brandenburg, Germany FIGURE 3: Armorial bearings attributed to Lindenberg probably Dutch or German FIGURE 4: These arms have been accredited to a Linberger of Germany. FIGURE 5: This coat-of-arms is attributed to Lineberry or Linbury of England FIGURE 6: The shield of van Limburgh of Alkmaar, Amsterdam, and Utrecht, all of
these places are in the Netherlands. MOTTO(ES) No mottoes for Lineberry or variant spellings are known of. It
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A Coat of Arms is
defined as a group of emblems and figures (heraldic
bearings) usually arranged on and around a shield and serving as the special
insignia of some person, family, or institution. Except for a few cases, there is really no
such thing as a standard "coat of arms" for a surname. A coat of arms, more
properly called an armorial
achievement, armorial bearings
or often just arms for short,
is a design usually granted only to a single person
not to an entire family or to a particular surname. Coats of arms are inheritable property, and
they generally descend to male lineal descendents of the original arms
grantee. The rules and traditions
regarding Coats of Arms vary from country to country. Therefore a Coat of
Arms for an English family would differ from that of a German family even
when the surname is the same. The art of designing, displaying, describing, and
recording arms is called heraldry. The use of coats of arms by countries,
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Crest - The word crest
is often mistakenly applied to a coat of arms. The crest was a later development arising from the love of
pageantry. Initially the crest consisted
of charges painted onto a ridge on top of the helmet. Wreath or Torse – The torse is a twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest. Always shown
as six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second
the tincture of the metal, and so on. Mantling – The mantling is a drapery tied to the helmet above the
shield. It forms a backdrop for the shield. Helm or Helmet - The helmet or helm is situated above the shield
and bears the torse and crest. The style of helmet displayed varies according
to rank and social status, and these styles developed over time, in step with
the development of actual military helmets. Shield or Arms - The basis of all coats of arms. At their simplest, arms consist of a shield with a plain field on which appears a geometrical shape or object. The items appearing on the shield are known as charges. Motto - The motto was originally a war cry,
but later mottoes often expressed some worthy sentiment.
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Jacob Leyenberger Sr.-1 was born
on Abt. 1704 in Germany. He died on Aft. 1780 in North Carolina, USA. He
married Elizabeth Leyenberger (nee?). Children of Jacob Leyenberger Sr. and
Elizabeth Leyenberger (nee?) are: i. Francis Lineberger, B: Abt. 1730 in
Germany, D: 1781 in Guilford County, North
Carolina, M: Abt. 1767 in Orange County,
North Carolina. ii. Jacob Lineberger II, B: Abt. 1732 in
Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, D:
Abt. 1792 in North Carolina, USA, M: 1750. iii. George Lineberger, B: 13 Jun 1741 in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, D: 1826
in Guilford County, North Carolina, M: Abt.
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George Lineberger-2(Jacob
Leyenberger Sr.-1) was born on 13 Jun 1741 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
He died on 1826 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He married Unity Greason
on Abt. 1770. She was born on 1749 in Orange
County, North Carolina. She died on Aft. 1789 in Guilford County, North
Carolina?. He married Catherine
Euliss on Abt. 1790 in Guilford County, North Carolina?. She was born on Abt.
1765. She died on Aft. 1812. Children of George Lineberger and Unity
Greason are: i.
Jacob Lineberry, B: Abt. 1766 in Guilford County, North Carolina, D:
Randolph County,
North Carolina, M: Abt. 1786 in Guilford County, North Carolina. ii. Barbara
Lineberry, B: 30 Apr 1774 in Guilford County, North Carolina, D: 16 May 1836 in
North Carolina, USA. iii.
Catherine Lineberry, B: 1779 in Guilford County, North Carolina, D: 02
Dec 1844 in
Orange County, North Carolina. vi. Daniel Lineberry, B: Jan 1780 in
Guilford County, North Carolina. v.
Susannah Lineberry, B: Abt. 1780 in Guilford County, North Carolina,
D: 04 Mar 1856 in
Guilford County, North Carolina. vi. Adam Lineberry, B: Abt. 1788 in
Guilford County, North Carolina, D: May 1863 in Guilford County, North Carolina, M: 06 Dec
1815 in Orange County, North Carolina.
vii.
Eve Lineberry, B: 02 Dec 1789 in Guilford County,
North Carolina, D: 16 Feb 1853,
M: 1816 in Guilford
County, North Carolina. viii.
Margaret Lineberry, B: Guilford County, North
Carolina. ix.
Mary Lineberry, B: Guilford County, North Carolina,
D: Abt. 1838 in Wayne County, Tennessee. Children of George Lineberger and Catherine Euliss
are: i.
Eleanor Lineberry. ii.
Sophia Lineberry, B: Abt. 1790, D: Bet. 1818-1884,
M: 11 Jan 1812 in Guilford County,
North Carolina. iii.
Elizabeth Lineberry, M: 22 Nov 1819 in Guilford
County, North Carolina. iv.
George Lineberry, B: Abt. 1800, M: 21 Jan 1813 in Guilford County,
North Carolina. v. William Lineberry, B: 28 Aug 1803 in
Guilford County, North Carolina, D: 06 Jun
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Jacob Lineberry-3(George
Lineberger-2, Jacob Leyenberger Sr.-1) was born on Abt. 1766 in Guilford
County, North Carolina. He died in Randolph County, North Carolina. He
married Rebecca Christman on Abt. 1786
in Guilford County, North Carolina, daughter of Jacques
"Jacob" Christman and
Barbara Kraemer. She was born on 1766 in Reedy Fork, Guilford Co., North
Carolina. Children of Jacob Lineberry and
Rebecca Christman are: i. Rosanna Lineberry, B: Abt. 1787 in
North Carolina, USA, D: Abt. 1873, M: Sep
1807 in Orange County, North Carolina. ii. Jacob Lineberry Jr., B: Abt. 1790 in
Guilford County, North Carolina, D: 03 Nov
1857 in Hardeman County, Tennessee, M: 12
Nov 1821 in Guilford County, North Carolina. iii.
Barbara Lineberry, B: 08 Feb 1792, D: 03 Dec 1854
in Knox County, Tennessee, M: 06 Sep 1811 in Orange County, North Carolina. iv.
Margaret Lineberry, M: Abt. 1786. v.
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Rosanna Lineberry-4(Jacob
Lineberry-3, George Lineberger-2, Jacob Leyenberger Sr.-1) was born on Abt.
1787 in North Carolina, USA. She died on Abt. 1873. She married John Bennett
on Sep 1807 in Orange County, North Carolina, son of Elisha Bennett and
Elizabeth Gobel. He was born on Abt. 1786 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He died on Abt. 1836 in Cherokee Nation?. Children of Rosanna Lineberry and
John Bennett are: i.
Daniel Bennett, B: Bet. 1808-1812 in Guilford
County, North Carolina, D: Bet.
1808-1812 in Guilford County, North Carolina. ii.
Emanuel Bennett, B: Bet. 1808-1812 in Guilford
County, North Carolina, D: Bet.
1808-1812 in Guilford County, North Carolina. iii.
Sarah Bennett, B: Bet. 1813-1815 in Guilford
County, North Carolina, D: Aft. 1893,
M: Abt. 1831 in Tennessee. iv.
Emily Bennett, B: Bet. 1815-1817 in Guilford
County, North Carolina, D: 13 Jan 1876 in Maries County, Missouri, M: Abt.
1834 in Tennessee. v.
Mary "Polly" Bennett, B: Bet. 1817-1819
in Guilford County, North Carolina, M:
1833 in Tennessee. vi.
Jeremiah Bennett, B: 19 Jan 1819 in Guilford
County, North Carolina, USA, D: Aft.
1892 in O'Fallon Twp., St. Clair Co., Illinois, M: 29 Oct 1840 in St. Clair
County, Illinois. vii.
John Bennett, B: 1821 in Guilford County, North
Carolina, USA, D: Bef. 1892. viii.
Eliza Bennett, B: Bet. 1823-1825 in Tennessee, M:
19 Oct 1848 in St. Clair County, Illinois. iX William Bennett, B: Bet. 1822-1824, D:
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Tracing our own family’s paths of migration can prove
crucial in identifying previous generations and eventually, figuring out
where and how they arrived in the “New World” as well as where they
eventually settled. Knowing the network of trails American
pioneers traveled can help you guess where to start looking. The trail map(s) provided below may assist
you in understanding the routes that our direct ancestors of this family may
have taken to find new homes and opportunities in the vast area now
encompassed by the United States. During the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries hundreds of thousands
of Europeans made the
perilous ocean voyage to America. For many it was an escape from economic
hardship and religious persecution.
For most it was an opportunity to start over, own their own land, and
make a better future for their descendents.
Immigration records show a number of people bearing the name of Leyonberger, Lineberger, or one of its variants, as arriving in North America between the 17th and
20th centuries. Some of
these immigrants were: Hans Leyenberger, came to America in 1735 on the ship Billander Oliver; In 1739 Fraus Leyenberger arrived in America on
the Ship Robert and Alice as
well as and Nicholas Leinberger who came over that
same year on the ship Snow
Betsy. Use
the following links to find more early
immigrants with this surname: $ Search Ancestry.com Immigration
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Philadelphia,
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evidence is usually defined as the best available to prove
the fact in question, usually in an original document or record. Secondary
evidence is in essence all that evidence which is inferior in its
origin to primary evidence. That does not mean secondary evidence is always
in error, but there is a greater chance of error. Examples of this type of evidence would be a
copy of an original record, or oral testimony of a record’s contents. Published genealogies and family histories
are also secondary evidence. Classifying
evidence as either primary
or secondary does not tell anything about its accuracy or ultimate
value. This is especially true of
secondary evidence. Thus it is always
a good idea to ask the following questions: (1) How far removed from the
original is it, (when it is a copy)?; (2) What was the reason for the
creation of the source which contains this evidence?; and (3) Who was
responsible for creating this secondary evidence and what interest did they
have in its accuracy? SOURCE: Greenwood, Val D., The Researcher’s Guide
to American Genealogy, 2nd edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 21202, 1990, pgs. 62-63 |
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the web, as well as to individual family trees, origin and surname meaning if
known, and many other related genealogy resources. |
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SURNAME
FINDER provides easy access to
free and commercial resources for 1,731,359 surnames. On each surname
specific "finder" page, you can search a variety of online
databases all pre-programmed with your surname. |
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Use ALL
SURNAMES GENEALOGY to get access to find your surname
resources . There are almost 1300 links in this
directory. |
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Linkpendium Surnames - Web sites, obituaries, biographies,
and other material specific to a surname. Cyndi's List - Surnames, Family Associations & Family Newsletters
Index - Sites or resources dedicated to specific, individual
family surnames. FamilySearch.org
- Family History and Genealogy Records - The
largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records
in the world. Top Genealogical Websites - These mighty roots resources compiled by “Family Tree
Magazine”, will give you the power to bust through research brick walls and
find answers about your ancestors—all from your home computer. SurnameDB
Free database of surname meanings - This site
SurnameDB.Com contains a large FREE to access database (almost 50,000
surnames) on the history and meaning of family last names. Public Profiler /
World Names - Search for a Surname to view its Map and
Statistics. |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you will find bibliographies, family histories and books about names. In addition, there are texts that pertain
to ethnic
and religion groups, history, geography as well as other books
that will assist you with your research. Research Library – Table of Contents Go directly to the collection for Names |
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During our research we have collected images
and photographs that are of general interest to a particular family. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. If you have any photographs or other images
relating to this ancestral family we
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Use the following LINKS to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this family. |
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Use the power of
Google™ to find more interesting images about this topic. A Click on this
button will link you to the Google Images Search page. |
Enter the topic you are
searching in the box and click “Search Images”. At the “Images” display
page you will see the image, as well as the website of which it is
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Snail Mail: Fred USA |
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