References:
B. H. Holcomb, Petitions
for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals, Vo. III: 1752-1753; 1997, p.
210: The Petition of Hendrick Lybrand humbly setting forth that the
petitioner came into this province form Germany on the Encouragement given here
to foreign Protestants and shipt himself and his Family on board the Ship
Elizabeth bound from Rotterdam to this Port and has payed his passage money as
appears by the Inclosed Discharge of Mr. John McCall, he is now Desirous to be a
subject of his Majesty King George and to Live in this Province he has a wife
and three children viz Christian aged 23 years Simon 18 and Maria Magarata 16
years for whom nor yet for himself has any Land been granted, prays to run out
250 acres of Land free of Charges and that he may have his most Gracious
majestys Bounty. Cha’s Town, the 18th day of March 1853, Hen:
Lybrand. The prayer thereof was granted.
Johann Heinrich Liebbrand was born about 1700 in
Kleiningersheim, Bietigham, Germany to his parents, Mathias Liebbrand and his
wife, Margaretha. Johann Heinrich Lybrand married on 14
November
1724 in Germany, Catharina Weiss born about 1700. All
children born in Germany.
Family of Johann
Heinrich Lybrand and Catharina Weiss
I. Johann Jacob Lybrand born 2
March 1725/26, died 7 December 1795 Kleiningersheim, Bietigham, Germany; married
18 April 1752 in Germany, Maria Margaretha Feydinger born about
1730.
II. Johann Christian Lybrand
born 8 October 1728 and died in Lexington District, SC. Came with his parents to
South Carolina, listed as 23 years of age.
A. Christopher Lybrand born
1756
1. Christopher Lybrand born
1773 married Barbara ________ born about 1775
a. Levi Lybrand born 1 January
1811, died 21 August 1881.
B. Joseph Lybrand born about
1759
C. Henry Lybrand born about
1799 Hollow Creek, SC. He married before 1799 in SC to
Mary
Barbara Ballentine born about 1789 Lexington District, SC and died
after 1811 in Lexington
District, SC.
a. George Lybrand born 1799 SC
died 1848 SC
b. Sallie Adaline Lybrand born
3 September 1803 Lexington County, SC, died 3 December 1868 Lexington County,
SC. She married about 1829 in Lexington County, SC to Jacob Unger born 26 July
1788 Germany and died 11 July 1846 Lexington County, SC; both buried in Family
Cemetery, Lake Murray with memorials at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Irmo,
SC.
c. Kesiah Lybrand born 4 June
1808 Lexington County, SC, died 7 September 1873 Lexington County, SC; married
about 1827 in Lexington County, SC to William Haltiwanger born 23 June 1803
Irmo, SC and died 7 September 1878 in Irmo, SC.
d. Christina Lybrand born
1811 Lexington County, SC; married about 1829 to Jacob Wingard
born 1806 Lexington County, SC and died 1881 SC.
D. John Lybrand born about
1769 Hollow Creek, SC. He married in 1805 in Lexington County, SC to Nancy
Anna Benay born 1768 in Lexington County, SC.
1. Henry Lybrand born 1783
Lexington County, SC. He married about 1800 in Lexington County, SC to Nancy
Ballentine born about 1785 Lexington County, SC.
a. Henry Lybrand born 1808 SC,
died Shelby County, AL; married about 1833 in SC to Anna
________ born about 1815 SC, died Shelby County, AL.
b. Sarah Lybrand born 1811
Lexington County, SC; died Bush Creek, SC; married about 1822
SC to William F. Fulmer born 20 December 1801 Lexington County,
SC, died 1880-89, son of
Aberhart (or Abraham) Fulmer and Mary Susanna Summer.
2. Joseph Lybrand born 1785,
died 8 September 1876, married 15 November 1800, Mary Magdalina (Magdelene) or
Molly Wessinger born 29 November 1780 Lexington County, SC and died in 8 October
1872. She was a daughter of Matthias Wessinger and Lydia Ann Smith.
a. John D. Lybrand died in
AR.
b. Jacob Lybrand born about
1807 Lexington County, SC died 1873 Jefferson County, AR. He married about 1832
in Lexington County, SC to Nancy Taylor born about 1813 Lexington County, SC and
died 1881 Jefferson County, AR.
c. Mathias Lybrand born 6
January 1814 died 26 October 1841
d. Emily Ann or Annie Lybrand
born 20 April 1816 Lexington County, SC, died 27 February
1891 Lexington County, SC. She married 20 November 1836 in
Lexington County, SC to William Lewis Taylor born 12 May 1815 Lexington County,
SC, died 12 July 1877 Lexington County, SC; son of Garrett Taylor and Mary Lee.
e. Jemima Caroline Lybrand
born 5 January 1820, died 19 December 1841; buried Nazareth Lutheran Church,
Lexington, SC.
f. Mary Ann Lybrand born 31
October 1821, died 7 December 1909; married Andrew Jackson Clark born 28 October
1818, died 24 December 1892, son of Cornelius Clark and Nancy Lee. Both
buried Clark Family Cemetery.
g. Julia Ann Lybrand born 30
May 1824, died 3 May 1914; married (as his 2nd wife) Jeremiah Hook born 24
January 1814, died 21 February 1898, son of George Philip Hook and Elizabeth
Sharp. Both buried Nazareth Lutheran Church, Lexington, SC.
h. Catherine Barbara Lybrand
born 9 July 1829, died about 31 August 1919; married 1) George Moore and married
2) Col. Alfred Mims born 13 November 1828, died 2 December 1894. Catherine
and Alfred Mims were buried at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gilbert,
SC.
3. William Lybrand born 1787
Lexington County, SC. He married about 1808 in Lexington County, SC to Barbara
Sease born 1793 Lexington County, SC, daughter of John Mark Sease and Nancy
Shirer.
a. Lewis Lybrand born 20 May
1811 Lexington County, SC, died 3 December 1878; married about 1832 in Lexington
County, SC to Emily Baker born 3 November 1811 Lexington County, SC, died 6
February 1899, daughter of Samuel Baker and Catherine Gartman Kyzer. Both
buried in Family Cemetery on old homestead. (Cedar Grove, p. 186,
188).
b. Harriet Lavinia Lybrand
born 1827 Lexington County, SC, died about 1861 Coosa County,
Al;
married about 1848 in Coosa County, AL to Jacob Kelly born April
1816 Lexington County, SC
and died about 1901 in Coosa County, AL.
4. John N. (Jack) Lybrand, Jr.
born 1 May 1791 Lexington County, SC, died 1864 SC. He married about 1814
Lexington County, SC to Sarah Elizabeth Fulmer born 6 May 1795 in Dutch Fork,
SC, died March 1865; daughter of Aberhart (or Abraham) Fulmer and Mary Susanna
Summer. (Colonial Ancestors Fulmer of SC, p. 80)
a. Martha Rutha Lybrand born
9 September 1814 Bear Creek, Lexington County, SC, died 27
August 1914 SC; married Emmanuel Derrick born 19 April 1806 died 6
April 1895; son of Andrew Derrick and Catherine Hiller. Both buried in Family
Cemetery on his old home place in Lexington County, near Chapin, SC on the Old
Lexington Hwy.
b. David Delano Lybrand born
24 October 1817 Bear Creek, Lexington County, SC, died 27
December 1888 Van Zant County, TX; married 1) 6 December 1838 in
SC to Ann Elizabeth Stingley born 23 July 1823 SC died 20 September 1839 SC in
childbirth (Information on her marriage comes from her mothers’ bible. Her
mother was Ann Barbara Derrick Stingley, the entry is dated 5 August
1863); he married 2) before 1856 in Lexington County, SC to Mary Elizabeth
Jeffreys born 18 February 1830 SC, died Van Zant County, TX. He is buried
in Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Van Zant County, TX.
c. Joshua Lybrand born 20
July 1820 Newberry County, SC, died CSA; married before 1856 to Mary E. Frazier
born about 1825.
d. Westley Allen Lybrand born
9 January 1823 Newberry County, SC, died 11 April 1908 New Holland, Aiken
County, SC; married about 1839 in Aiken County, SC to Sarah (Sallie) Elizabeth
Derrick born 11 February 1826 Aiken County, SC, died 25 May 1907 SC; daughter of
Andrew Derrick and Catherine Hiller. Both buried New Holland Lutheran
Church Cemetery, Aiken County, SC. (Macedonia Lutheran Church History, p.
28)
e. Mary Ann Elizabeth Lybrand
born 20 July 1825 Newberry County, SC, died 18 August 1919 SC; married about
1844 in SC to Jeremiah Hilliard Rauch born 23 May 1818 SC, died 1850-59.
She was buried in the Rauch-Lybrand Graveyard #45, later moved to St. Peter's
(Piney Woods) Lutheran Church, Chapin, SC.
f. Lucinda Caroline Lybrand
born 27 February 1828 Newberry County, SC, died 1886; married 18 February 1847
in SC to Elias Frick born about 1820 SC. She was buried beneath the waters of
Lake Murray and has a memorial marker at Mt. Horeb Lutheran Church Cemetery,
Chapin, SC.
g. Louisa Celinda Lybrand born 9 December 1830 SC, died 5 March
1933; married 17 December
1846 in SC to Henry Mathias Wessinger born 20 October 1826
Lexington County, SC, died 26
June 1862 in the Battle of Hilton Head, SC (CSA). Both buried in
the Henry Wingard Cemetery
near St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Chapin, SC.
h. Chaney Francis Lybrand born
17 August 1833 SC died 1928; married about 1856 to 1) Jessie
Ballentine born about 1840 SC. She married 29 October 1857
to 2) Jacob Francis Koon III born
16 March 1833, died 1871 (from wound received during service in
CSA) (two children from this
marriage) and she married 3) William Franklin Koon born 25
November 1839, died 8 February
1921 (brother to Jacob Francis Koon III). Jacob and William
Franklin Koon were buried in the
Jake Koon Family Cemetery.
i. John Noah Lybrand born 20
September 1836 SC, died 1 December 1862 (CSA)
5. Annie Lybrand born about
1796 Lexington County, SC, married Elijah Hendrix.
6. Isaac Lybrand born 1796
Lexington County, SC, died 1861 AR; married about 1821 in Lexington County, SC
to Anna Barbara Wessinger born 19 August 1804 Lexington County, SC, daughter of
Uriah George Wessinger and Elizabeth (Betsy) Derrick.
a. Martin Lybrand married
Anna Sophia Arehart
b. Abram Luther Lybrand born
12 February 1832
c. Nancy Catherine Lybrand
born 10 May 1834
d. James Nathaniel Lybrand
born 15 August 1836
e. Jacob
Lybrand
f. Isaiah
Lybrand
g. Emerline
Lybrand
h. Mary Ann
Lybrand
III. Maria Catharina Lybrand
born 20 August 1731
IV. Simon Lybrand born 29 July
1734. Came with parents to South Carolina listed as 18 years of
age.
V. Ambrosius Lybrand born 29
July 1734
VI. Maria Margaretha Lybrand
born 26 May 1737. Came with parents to South Carolina listed as 16 years
of age.
Please forward all
questions, corrections, and additions
for this Lybrand Bio to
the Corresponding Editor: Cathy Price,
E-Mail:
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