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Ebenezer, Georgia

Plan of Ebenezer, Georgia. Lachner, laborer, Saltzburger, arrived February 1735/6.

Lachner, Martin, born 1712, husbandman, Saltzburger, arrived 2 December 1741. Wife, Barbara, born 1719.

Lachnere, Gertrude, spiniser, Saltzburger.

Lackner, Martin, born ca 1710 Effingham County, Georgia, died 12 November 1766 Effingham County, the son of Martin Lackner and his wife, Barbara Huesler. Martin married Catherine Barbara Heuseler and had child:

1. Barbara Lackner born 19 December 1756 Effingham County, Georgia.

Lacy, Roger, the son of Elizabeth Lacy who arrived in the colony on 14 January 1733/4, Deceased 1 August 1734. Roger arrived 1 February 1733/4 and settled at Thunderbolt where he died on 3 August 1738. Granted 500 acres 21 December 1732. Apparently, his plantation did not survive, as he was made a Captain at Augusta. His wife married again to Theophilus Hetherington and they quit the colony to go to Carolina where she died in 1740. To his brothers: James and Theophilus, he left a guinea to buy a ring. Sister: Grace was bequeathed 20 pds. Sterling to buy her mourning. Wife: Mary, was bequeathed all the rest of his estate.

Landfelder, Veit., husbandman, Saltzburger, arrived 28 December 1734. He died 13 February 1768, buried in the town cemetery. His wife, Ursula, died 31 May 1768, aged 51 years, less 30 months.

Larkner, Tobias, husbandman, Saltzburger, arrived 12 March 1733/4. Dead 13 Apr 1734.

Lastinger, Johannes was born 21 June 1733 Langenaltheim, Germany, the son of Johann Georg Lastinger (born 1681, died 2 September 1753 Langenaltheim, Germany), who was the son of Valentin Lastinger and his wife, Margaretha Schlegel. Johann George had Johann George, born 30 July 1706 Langenaltheim, Germany, died 10 June 1738; and Johannes born 21 June 1733. Johannes married Anna Barbara Huber 29 September 1767. Children:

1. Hanna Lastinger was born 25 August 1768. Johann Georg Lastinger was born 24 November 1776.
2. Andreas Lastinger, twin, was born 12 February 1778.
3. Elizabeth, twin, was born 12 February 1778.
4. Mary Lastinger was born 22 May 1780. Other children listed: Barbara, Abner, David, Tabitha and Sarah. Lavery, William died 1733 and bequeathed his personal estate to Paul Cheeswright. To John West of the Darby Ward (Savannah), he bequeathed a town lot and garden lot, as well as 45 acres. To Thomas Tipet, his red great coat and to Edward Johnson, carpenter, a pair of shoes.
   
   Lawley, Richard, came with the orignal Frederica settlemen. His wife was assaulted by Captain Gascoigne in December of 1738, and died eight months later. He ran a store at Frederica, specializing in iron goods, and some of his iron goods were used by Oglethorpe during the 1739-1740 invasion of Augustine. By April of 1740 he had returned to England.
   
   Lee, Francis of Sunbury deeded Lots No. 247 and 248 in Sunbury, 70 feet in width and 130 feet in depth to Mary Holzendroff, wife of Frederick, a sadler of Sunbury.
   
   Lee, Thomas. Thomas Lee petitioned for Freehold Lott in Holland Tything Percival Ward. To his wife, Mary Ann, he bequeathed his two horses, and Negroes (Affa, Diana, Clarris and Bob) and other estate items. Brother: William. Sisters: Ann and Rebecca Lee. Brother: William. Father-in-law: William Fox. Friend: John McLuer. Godson: Isaac Weddall a tract of 300 acres near the lands of Luke Mann.
   
   Lee, Thomas, Sr. came to Georgia as a Trust servant for ten years, having embarked May 14, 1735.

   "Whereas at a meeting of this Board on the 24th day of February 1741 a young lad apprentice to Thomas Bayley was appointed to set the Psalm Tunes in Divine Service for which he was allowed ten shillings a quarter during the absence of Thomas Lee, the late Clerk, who was then in public service at the South-ward..And the said Thomas Lee being returned to this place married and settled on a lott lately granted him and requested to be reinstated in said office. We thought it would be doing a greater good to grant his request who is a sober hard working man than to give the salary to the said Bayley's apprentice which we well knew the lad himself would have no good o f the master taking, what was allowed before, to himself. Whereupon the said Thomas Lee was again appointed into the Office of Clerk and injoined to do all duties thereto appertaining."

   After his servitude, in February of 1759 he was granted 200 acres in Augusta on Williams Creek about 50 miles from Augusta and 40 miles from the mouth of the Little River. Colonial Deed Book C-I, page 396-397, Isaac and Mary Trippe, cordwainer, Savannah, to Thomas Lee, blacksmith, Savannah, Indenture for Bargain and Sale, dated May 21, 1759, 100 acres in Newport District, bounded northeast by Lachlan McIntosh. In December of 1760 he possessed 200 acres above Augusta and was ordered to vacate his land by proclamation because of the menacing Indians in that area. He then petitioned for 300 acres, 35 miles above Augusta, where James Mathews formerly had a small settlement. In October of 1770, Thomas Lee was granted 400 acres in St. Phillips Parish, Chatham Co. Apparently, Thomas Lee, once an indentured servant (1734-1745), was a rather successful farmer, having over 900 acres of land at his death. In his LWT dated 2/11/1778, Savannah, he left his wife,Ann, Negroes servants: Alfa, Diana, Clarissa and Bob. Sisters, Ann and Rebecca Lee. He also named his brother, William Lee, to whom he bequeathed 650 acres in St. Philips Parish. Later, William Lee, late of Barbardoes, petitioned on 4 February 1755 for 1800 acres of land, stating that he had a wife and two children, and three servants and 28 negroes on his property. By his brothers will (Thomas), he was left two lots in St. Philips Parish containing 650 acres. Deed Book C-I, Colonial Deeds, William Lee, Gentleman,Savannah to James and Elizabeth Rutherford, silvers of Savannah, July 18, 1755, a Town Lot in Savannah, Slopes Tything, Percival Ward, No. 3, and five acres, garden lot, west of town; 44 acres and 7/8 acre called farm lot. Wife, Charity, who died August 29, 1799, Richmond Co., Ga. Lee, Rebecca, sister to Thomas Lee, Sr., left by him in his Will, two tickets in the land lottery. Children as follows:
   1. Thomas Lee, Jr. in April 1772, Thomas Lee, Jr. petitioned that his brother, John Lee, had obtained 300 acres in St. Phillips Parish which was elapsed and that his said brother was now dead. Therefore, Thomas Lee, Jr. prayed for this land (reserved for 12 months).
   2. John Lee, petitioned in November of 1771 for 250 acres in St. Phillips Parish, Chatham Co., near the land of Thomas Lee, Jr., stating that he not been in the province and never had land granted him; granted 400 acres in March of 1771 at Queensborough, having a wife and five children; deceased by 1772.
   Lemcke, Rev. and his wife, Hannah Catherine, had Children:
   1. Timothus Lemcke born ca 1752 married Joannah.
   2. Salome Lemcke, born ca 1750 married Daniel Weitman.
   3. Hannah born ca 1754 married (1) Jacob Wisenbaker (2) Joseph Tribble who was dead in 1798 and (3) William Dupuis on 20 June 1805. Rev. Lemcke died 4 April 1768, aged 48, and was greatly mourned and honored. His wife, Hannah Catherine, died 9 February 1776. The home of Mrs. Dupuis was located on the road leading from Savannah to Augusta, adjoining the lands of William Kennedy, James Porter, etc.
   
   
   Lester, John, September 1759 petitioned for a land grant, stating that "he was lately settled in the province and had obtained no land, was desirous of a grant of land for cultivation for a wife and child." He was granted 200 acres near Mt. Pleasant whereon he had already begun a settlement, adjoining the lands lately granted to Benjamin Goldmire; also granted 150 acres 3 December 1760, St. Matthews Parish.
   
   Lester, John from Exeter, Great Britain, Gentlemen of Savannah, was the son of John Lester of Exeter, hosier (deceased before 1761). Apparently he still had holdings in England, because he bequested his brother, Henry of Exeter, a farm called Coombes in the Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, near Exeter in the County of Devon, as well as all of his other real estate in Great Britain.
   
   Levally, John, Sr., a shoemaker from Charing Cross in London, coming to Georgia with his wife, Anne, and daughter, Mary. They apparently had another child by 1743. John, Jr. became a freeholder in Frederica (Lot 9 South).
   
   Levally, John, Jr., wife Anne, daughter Mary, son John. He was a shoeMarker from Charing Cross. “He was among the original settlers, but his wife and children had to be left at Gravesend because they had smallpox; recovering, they were sent on their way. By 1740, he had quit the colony for Carolina.
   
   Lewis, Abraham, planter. Bequeathed his entire estate to be divided among his brothers and sister: Joseph, Judah, Elijah, and Demmes, with brother, Isaac’s share to be given him at the discretion of his executors.
   
   Liemberger, Christian Israel, married Appollonia Dauner 28 August 1764 in Effingham Co. the Inventory of his Estate dated 18 July 1791.
   
   Linn, William was granted 100 acres in Wrightsborough on 3 July 1770 by Sir James Wright; sold for 20 pounds Sterling on 8 May 1774 to Joshua Perkins.
   
   Loop, Thomas, wheelwright from Monmouth Street, London. Wife, Agnese died February 1736-7. After the death of his wife, he resided in a hut with some soldiers.
   
   Louch, Thomas, butcher, only in the colony a short while, as he announced his intentions to go to Georgia with wife and child in January of 1741-2, but had left Frederica by July of 1743.
   
   Love, James was a cabinet maker, having a house in Savannah and town lot which adjointed the lot of Noble Wimberly Jones, as well as a five-acre garden lot and forty-five acre farm lot. He leased the Savannah town lot to William Wright, a goldsmith. Wife: Elizabeth. Mentioned half of a Savannah town lot held by his wife and Mrs. Jane Blyth (the wife of Peter Blyth), as co-heirs of their late father, John Evans, deceased. To his son, Walter, he bequeathed two tracts of land containing 250 acres each in St. Matthew’s Parish. Children:
   1. John Love.
   2. Walter Love.
   Loyd, Thomas, planter. Wife: Patience. Lived on a plantation of 300 acres, with a 100-acre tract adjoining Margaret Proctor. Children:
   1. John Loyd.
   2. Elizabeth Loyd.
   3. Thomas Loyd.
   4. Samuel Loyd.
   5. Francis Loyd.
   6. Samuel Loyd.
   7. Jane Loyd.
   8. Patience Loyd.
   Lupton, John was first married to Joanna, as she received a land grant on 6 January 1764 in St. John’s Parish, and he received one on 25 April 1767. After Joanna died, he married Susannah, the daughter of Benjamin Baker. Estate was divided between his sister, Elizabeth Lupton; nephew, William McDowell (son of John and Lucretia McDowell); nieces and nephews, William McGee, Elizabeth Conner and Benjamin Johnston (the children of Ann Johnston), Mary and Elizabeth Grace (daughters of William and Hannah Grace), Sarah Hauskins and friend, Benjamin Baker. John Lupton had another sister, Rebecca, who married William Baker (his second marriage) on 1 February 1735. Rebecca died May 1767.