PVT Daniel Henry Leister

1758 - 1846  (88 years)

• Name	Daniel Henry Leister
  Title	PVT
  Birth	14 Feb 1758	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Aug 1846	Westminster, Carroll, MD
  Burial	Westminster, Carroll, MD
  	St. John's (Leister's) Luth.Ch. Cem., Westminster, Carroll Co., MD
  Person ID	I5470	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Johann Nicholas Leister,   b. 5 Jul 1731   d. 18 Jan 1805, MD (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Drollinger,   b. 16 Jan 1734, Ellmendingen, Pfortzheim, Baden, Germany d. 1823, Westminster, Carroll, MD (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Christina Orendorf,   b. Apr 1758   d. 10 Mar 1829, Carroll County, MD (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	1786
  Children	1. Anna Maria Leister,   b. 26 Feb 1788, Carroll County, MD d. 1813, Westminster, Carroll, MD (Age 24 years)   2. Margaret Barbara Leister,   b. 17 Jun 1790   3. Rachel Leister,   b. 31 May 1793, MD d. 11 Feb 1859, Westminster, Carroll, MD (Age 65 years)   4. Rebecca Leister,   b. 11 Jan 1797   d. Bef 1810 (Age < 12 years)   5. Henry Leister,   b. 29 Nov 1799, Carroll County, MD d. 18 Feb 1866, Carroll County, MD (Age 66 years)   6. Hannah Leister,   b. 29 Apr 1802   d. 17 May 1888, Carroll County, MD (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Feb 1758 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Death - 7 Aug 1846 - Westminster, Carroll, MD Burial - - Westminster, Carroll, MD  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel's gravestone in Leister Church Cemetery near Westminster reads: "AN HUMBLE TRIBUTE to the memory of Daniel Leister who departed this life on the 7th day of August 1846 aged 88 Yrs. 5Mo. & 19 days. His funeral text chosen by himself. But go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of this day. Danl 12th Ch. 13th V." According to L. Spencer Leister, Daniel was a Private in Captain Lewis Farmer's Company of the Regiment of Riflemen in the services of the Province of Pennsylvania commanded by Col. Samuel Miles, Esq. Capt. Farmer's company of 79 men was quartered at Marcus Hook near Philadelphia in June 1776. Col. Miles's Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment and the Pennsylvania Battalion of Musketry under Colonel Atlee were "embodied" strictly for the defense of the Province of Pennsylvania. On March 5, 1776 the House resolved to levy 1,500 men, officers included, to serve until January 1778. 1,000 of these were to be riflemen. Nearly the whole of the regiment was made up in six weeks and was composed largely of Pennsylvania Germans. Daniel had surveyed in 1807 and took out a patent in 1812 on a 204-acre parcel of land he called "Spring Garden". The Leister's Church (St. John's Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Leister's Church Road, near Westminster, MD) are part of this patent, which was donated to the church by his son Henry. (Herbert LaMar Leister) The regiment was created by a resolution passed on 5 March 1776 by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the purpose of defending the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and it was to consist of 1,000 men, armed with rifles, who were to be enlisted until 1 January 1778. There were to be two battalions of 78-man companies, one battalion commanded by Lt. Colonel James Piper, who died in September 1776 after being wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Long Island, and the other battalion to be commanded by Lt. Colonel Daniel Brodhead. After the heavy casualties of the Battle of Long Island, Lt. Colonel Brodhead became acting commander of the remnants of both Miles?s Regiment and the Pennsylvania State Battalion of Musketry, and they were consolidated into a single battalion. The major of the 1st Battalion of the regiment was Ennion Williams; John Patton was the major of the 2nd Battalion until 25 October 1776, when he was transferred to the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment.