Descendants of Nicholas Leyberger (Lybarger)
of the Palatinate of the Rhine

Generation #2

Nicholas (¹Nicholas) Lybarger

Research Note: Dates of birth for Nicholas, Sr. s/o Nicholas and Nicholas , Jr. from the Lybarger Cemetery are dubious. Did Nicholas, Sr. b. 1739 have son Nicholas, Jr. b. 1753 at age 14?

Nicholas Lybarger was born c. 1733 in Brenschelbach, Lower Palatinate, Germany. Nicholas immigrated 8/27/1739 with family aboard the Snow Betsie to Philadelphia PA, settling in York Co PA. And by 6/1741 Nicholas and family settled in Conewago Twp, Lancaster (now York) Co PA, west of the Susquehanna, on the extreme edge of civilization where brothers George and Ludwig were born.

Sometime after the Christening of John Ludwig in January of 1744 and by 3/1754, the family continued their migration south down the Great Wagon Road toward the Potomac River in Maryland. [Lybarger Migration Map]

In about 1758 in Frederick Co MD, Nicholas married Mary Ann Lybarger b. c. 1738. In about 1765 and after the death of their father, Nicholas and the extended family migrated up Wills Creek from Ft. Cumberland MD into Bedford Co PA. 

Nicholas settled on Willis Creek about halfway to the town of Bedford and purchased/ recorded land by 1772. And in 1776, Nicholas along with his son Henry served in CPT Paxton's 4th Company, 1st Battalion, Bedford County Militia during the Revolutionary War.

Nicholas and Mary Ann lived their lives on their farm near Madley PA, raising at least seven children. Why aren't there many records for the Lybarger family in Bedford county prior to 1772?  Bedford county wasn't formed until 1771, and there wasn't a local Lutheran church until 11/1805. We know that residents of Willis Creek had to periodically run south to the protection of Ft. Cumberland to evade Indian depredations. Reasonable conjecture leads to the belief that the Lybarger family commuted back to Maryland to attend a Lutheran church where births, deaths, and baptisms were registered.

Nicholas died 3/1808 in Bedford Co PA. Mary Ann reportedly died in 1826 in Bedford Co PA. Nicholas and Mary Ann would have been buried on the family farm. However, the Lybarger families of Madley were removed from their initial burial sites and re-interred 11/11/1927 in Lybarger Lutheran Church Cemetery, Madley PA.

Nicholas Lybarger PVT 4 Co, 1 Batt PA Militia Revolutionary War 1739 + 1808

• Born c. 1733 Brenschelbach, Lower Palatinate, Germany

• Immigrated 8/27/1739 with family aboard the Snow Betsie to Philadelphia PA

• Migrated by 6/1741 w/ family to York Co PA

• Migrated by 3/1754 with family to Frederick (now Allegany) Co MD

• 1750 Cumberland Co split from Lancaster Co PA

• 1754 Ft. Cumberland MD established

• 1758 Ft. Raystown (now Ft. Bedford) PA established

• Married c. 1758 in Frederick (now Allegany) Co MD to Mary Ann Lybarger b. c. 1738

• Migrated c. 1765 to Bedford Co PA

• 1768 Civilian settlement at Ft. Bedford

• 1771 Bedford Co split from Cumberland Co PA

• 1773 Cumberland Valley TWP, Bedford Co Tax List: Nicholas Lybarger

• 1776 Revolutionary War: 4th Co, 1st Bn Bedford Co Militia

• 1778 Cumberland Valley Twp, Bedford Co PA Tax List: Nicklos Liberger

• 1790 Bedford Co PA Census

• 5/1794 Allegany Co MD Church Record

• 1800 Bedford Co PA Census

• 7/3/1803 Bedford Co PA Record: Will of Nicholas Lybarger

• Died 3/1808 Bedford Co PA

• Mary Ann died 1826 Bedford Co PA

• Both are buried in Lybarger Lutheran Church Cemetery, Madley PA

    Children

    1. Nicholas Lybarger

• Born c. 1758 Frederick (now Allegany) Co MD

• 1776 Revolutionary War Militia for Bedford Co PA

• Married 1783 in Bedford Co PA to Christiana Reid b. c. 1763 in New Jersey

• 1800 Bedford Co PA Census: LIBARRIGER, Jr Nicholas

• Migrated 1803 to Erie Co PA

• Died 2/16/1836 Erie Co PA

• Gravestone located in Lybarger Cemetery, Madley PA

    2. Henry Lybarger b. 12/28/1759 Frederick (now Allegany) Co MD

    3. George Lybarger

• Born c. 1762 Frederick (now Allegany) Co MD

• Died Knox Co OH

    4. Ludwick Lybarger

• Born c. 1763 Frederick (now Allegany) Co MD

• Married c. 1785 in Bedford Co PA to Elizabeth Amrine (sister of Henry Amrine) b. c. 1765 Bedford Co PA

• 1800 Bedford Co PA Census: LIBERRIGER Ludwick

• 1820 Bedford Co PA Census: LIABERGER Ludwick

• Died after 1820 Bedford Co PA

    5. Margaret Lybarger

• Born c. 1764 Frederick Co MD

• Married c. 1791 in Pennsylvania to Henry Amrine (brother of Elizabeth Amrine) b. c. 1760 Bedford Co PA

• Died 3/27/1855 Ridge Twp, Wyandot Co OH

    6. Mary Lybarger

• Born 5/8/1765 Bedford Co PA

• Married 3/31/1789 in Bedford Co PA to Elias Miller b. 5/4/1763 Loudoun Co VA

• Died 7/27/1833 Pennsylvania

    7. Elizabeth Lybarger

• Born c. 1766 Bedford Co PA

• Married c. 1786 Bedford Co PA to Abraham Miller b. 1765 Loudon Co VA

• Died c. 1847 Washington Co PA

Generation #3