Any info on Abraham Lebeau, d. pre 1708, Alsace?
Hello, I recently found that my family name was Lebeau, and that the earliest ancestor I could find via Internet records was my grgrgrgrgrgrgrgrandfather, Abraham Lebeau, who died prior to 1708 in the Alsace region. Doing some rough estimates as to his age based on the birth year of his son, John Lebeau b. 1683, I figure he was probably born about 1663 or earlier. Does anyone have experience with tracing records earlier than this? Or does anyone have any information about Abraham Lebeau or his ancestors? His son was probably born around Aisne. Our branch settled in Pennsylvania between 1710 and 1734, and the spelling changed to Lebo and eventually Leppo. Thanks very much!
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Re: Any info on Abraham Lebeau, d. pre 1708, Alsace?
John:
I too have an Abraham Lebeau, from Picardy, France. He left the Guise area around 1685 with the revocation of the Edit of Nanes. I don't know where he went from there, but in 1704 he and his two sons, Jean and Anton arrived at Friedrichsdorf, Germany. A small French Huguenot community a few miles outside of Frankfurt.
While a resident of Pennsylvania I found Pierre Lebeau arriving in Philly around 1709. Always wondered if he was related.
Let me know if we have a match!
Al
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The 1685 date would be about right for my Abraham, but the rest doesn't look like a match, except for the Huguenot background. I'll let you know if I find anything that suggests otherwise, but so far it looks like two different people.
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John:
Would be interested in what you find. I'll do the same.
Al
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Actually, I goofed. My Abraham Lebeau would have been born ca. 1640 - don't have a location. His son John (Jean) Lebeau (Lebo) was born about 1683 -probably in Alsace, and married Judith Hanotiaux (born London, England before 1690) about 1705. Their son John Abraham (Lebo spelling?) was born about 1708 in Palatinate (Alsace, Germany), and apparently they immigrated together to Berks County, PA. John (Johan) Abraham had a son Johan (John) Adam LEPPO (b. 1753), who had a son Simon (b. 1795), whose son Simon Petrus (b. 1830, Simon Peter LEPPO), had Ezra Arba (AKA Izri Arbra) LEPPO (b. 1858), my great-grandfather. His son David Elmer Leppo was my grandfather, and his son Melvin Edgar Leppo was my father.
The connections between the Lebeau, Lebo, and Leppo spellings apparently bounced around a bit, as did Johan and John for first names. Most of the stuff I found has Lebeau becoming Lebo with Abraham's son John. After that it seems to stay as Lebo except for a few references to records spelling it Leppo. In my line, it looks like the change to Leppo was with John Adam Leppo, or his son Simon. Some of the records I turned up online missed the second marriage of Johan Abraham to Mary Schreiver, which was my branch and led to the Leppo spelling in our particular line, although it appears that the same spelling changes turned up in other Lebo/Leppo lines.
I'd sure be interested in going farther back than Abraham Lebeau, but my trail seems to go cold there - barring a trip to France or turning up other records online.
Best of luck in your search, Al !
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Re: Any info on Abraham Lebeau, d. pre 1708, Alsace?
After re-reading your post, it occurs to me it's possible we have a match after all. I can't explain Abraham having a son Anton, though - I haven't found a record of the name, but Jean could possibly be the same Jean, or John. The locations could be possible. Don't know about Pierre, but John (or Jean) had a son Peter (French spelling Pierre), and they would have settled in the Berks County, PA area, near Philadelphia. Peter also had a son, Peter.
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Jon:
I check out my Abraham and I estimate his date of birth around 1674 and that of his son Jean at 1691.
Looking at the dates perhaps my Abraham is the son of your Abraham. Seems to me back in those days they named their sons after biblical people and the first son after the father and the remaining sons of brothers.
Al
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Re: Any info on Abraham Lebeau, d. pre 1708, Alsace?
Where in PA are your Lebo, Lebeau, Leppo relatives from? Mine are from Bridgeville (Pittsburgh). They also came from Alsace. My GGGMo was Mary Cecelia Lebo, daughter of Louis Lebo. I have gleaned more, further back, but would like confirmation. Thank you,Pat Macy
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Jon,
It appears that we have a shared lineage, starting with John Adam Leppo (1753-1816) and his marriage to Catharine Snider (d:~1816). Were you able to find any information on Abraham LeBeau in Alsace?
-Adam Yates Chicago, IL
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Re: Any info on Abraham Lebeau, d. pre 1708, Alsace?
Hello Jon Leppo, I'm Bob Leppo. My sister Patti is working on our family tree on Geni and noticed my 8th grandpa is Abraham Lebo from France, so it seems we're related.
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