Rev. John Philip Leydich ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: 2S42-62F.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Bean's History of Montgomery County. ⁴
REV. JOHN PHILIP LEYDICH came to America in 1748. He was accompanied by his wife, Maria Catharina (maiden name Hammichhaus), his two children, Franz Leydich and Elizabeth Leydich, and by two sisters of his wife, one of whom afterwards married Caspar Achenbach, and the other Andreas Sassaman.

Having been settled as pastor of the Falkner Swamp and affiliated Reformed congregations, Pastor Leydich at once looked about him for a suitable property for a home. On the 16th of October 1749, he bought of Conrad Frick, of Germantown, a tract of one hundred and five acres in Frederick Township. This was the tract bought, on May 1, 1728, by Ludwig Engelhard, of Andrew Frey, and sold by him, on November 2, 1748, to Conrad Frick. It was a suitable spot for the young minister's home, in the midst of his largest congregation, upon the banks of Swamp Creek.

Mr. Leydich labored as pastor of this congregation until 1765, when he was succeeded by Rev. Nicholas Pomp; but he lived here until the close of his life. A number of his descendants are residents of the township at this time.

Rev. John Philip Leydich and Maria Catharine, his wife, had born to them the following children:

1) Franz, born in Holland, March 26, 1745
2) Elizabeth, born in Holland, October 10, 1746, married Alexander Dieffenderffer
3) Leonhard, married Catharine Nyce, daughter of Zacharias Nyce
4) Philip, married Rosina Bucher, daughter of George Diedrich Bucher
5) Maria Magdalena, married John Nyce
6) Catharine born April, 1753, married Philip Miller, died, August, 1823
7) Sophia married Gabriel Schuler.

Rev. Mr. Leydich and his wife are buried at Leidig's graveyard, in Frederick Township. The stone erected to mark his resting-place bears these words:

JOHANN PHILIP LEYDICH
Reformierter Brediger
war goboren, 1715,
den 28 April,
ist gestorben 14 January 1784,
ist alt 69 yahr
den 2 Tim. um 2 ten Cap. vers. 3.
Leide dich als ein guter
Streiter Jesu Christi.

2. Residence: in Frederick Twp., Montgomery, PA. ^{1 2 3}

3. He immigrated on 15 Sep 1748 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ³

John married Maria Catharina Hammichhaus. (Maria Catharina Hammichhaus was buried in Frederick Twp.: Leidig's Graveyard, Montgomery, PA ⁴.)