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98. Leonard Groninger was
born on 29 Mar 1726 in Kuchen, Württemberg, Germany. He died about 1788
in White Deer Twp, Northumberland, Pa. !BIRTH-PARENTS: Protestant Parish Records,
Kuchen, Württemberg, Germany; 1559-1808;FHL-FILM # 1658778;pp ;Staatsarchiv,
Stuttgart, Germany: NOTE: Photocopy of microfilmed baptism record in files of
R. D. Chroninger, Maryville, MO; NOTE: A note in the margin of baptism record
indicates that Leonard moved to Pennsylvania.
!IMMIGRATION: Ralph B. Strassburger, PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS; ;Vols 1-3,
Pennsylvania German Society, 1934; Vol 1, pp 420-422, Vol 2 pp 478-481; Public
library, Maryv ille, Mo. NOTE: Photocopies of pages in files of R. D. Chroninger,
Maryville, MO; Came on ship "Lydia", from Rotterdam, 9 or 19 Oct, 1749.
He married an Elizabeth Swartz about 1753 !NOTE: A definitive
marriage record for Leonard has yet to be located.The one for Leonard Groninger and Elisabeth ___________ listed in"Central Pennsylvania Marriages" by Charles Adam Fi sher, Part VII - Marriages of some Pennsylvania Soldiers, etc. could have been have an incorrect year due to an error by the compiler [PA 26]
NOTE: At an Orphan's Court held at Easton in and for the County of Northampton the twenty-second day of December 1761. "A petition of Abraham Swartz one of the children of Jacob Swartz deceased .... in 1759..... Intestate leaving a widow Katherine and eleven children viz: Jacob Sophia, wife of David Marsh, Elizabeth, wife of Leonard Groninger, Susannah, wife of Henry Van Pool, Margaret and the Petitioner all of Age and George John Katherine Mary and Philip under age........." This information presents documented evidence that Leonard's wife was Elizabeth Swartz.
!DEATH: Death information from Administration of Estate accountrecords, 1805-1810,
Westmorela nd Co., PA; NOTE: Photocopy of page inpossession of R. D. Chroninger,
Maryvile, MO, [PA 12] . Data fromRussell Warner - 1987