Johannes Philip Liebrich
(January 15, 1702 - September 17, 1785)

Johannes Liebrich was born in Mannheim, Germany, on January 15, 1702 (or 1696, depending on which document you believe). He arrived in Philadelphia on September 25, 1754, on the ship "Adventure" from Hamburg, Germany.

John and his wife, Catharine Hansin, had (at least) five children, including a son, John Philip Nicholas Liebrich, born in 1748, and four daughters. The first daughter was Apollonia, who married Valentine Gardner; the second was Mary Elizabeth, who married Daniel Newman on December 15, 1775; the third, Hannetta, who married Charles Wilsbach, and the fourth, Margaret, who married Daniel Briligam.

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Birth Year Events (1702)

Queen Anne's War

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(1702-1746)

1703
St. Petersburg established

1707
Scotland and England unite as Great Britain

1709
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1730
Anna Ivanovna becomes Empress of Russia

1732
G. Washington,
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1735
Joseph Priestley born
Harrison invents the chronometer
John Adams born Rubber discovered by Chas. Marie

1736
James Watt born

1737
Luigi Galvani born

1738
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1740
Univ. of Penn. founded

1742
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1743
Thos. Jefferson born

1745
Alessandro Volta born
E.J. von Kleist invents the capacitor