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Leonard SHRYOCK [203] ^{1 3 4}

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Ancestry. com : <eflotte@neurosurgery.umsmed.edu> :
He had 7 children.
Resided Hagerstown, MD. Served in French and Indian Wars, 1755 to Sept. 12, 1759 at Quebec; and in the Revolution as 2nd Lieut., Capt. Fackler's Co. Militia, Washington Co., Md., Commisioned Jan. 15, 1777.
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From Family genealogy of William Morris, Kackley, & Shryock <http://www.gbnf.com/genealog2/kackley/html/notes.HTM#NI01742> as researched by Cathy Babbs <mailto:cbabbs@worthlink.net> :
Born on the Shryock homestead, 'Toddy'
IGI gives christening of John Leonard Shreyack, son of John Shreyack, 12 May 1738, Christ Lutheran Church, York, York Co., PA
Trinity Lutheran Church Records, volume i, Smith and Weiser, 1988, p.25, notation copied from the York register. Joh. Leonhardt, son of Johannes Schreyack. born 1738, 26 Jan. crossed out, chr 1738, 12 Mar. sponsors Joh. Leonhardt Billmeyer and wife Anna Huidekoper genealogy (pub 1931) gives birth as Jan 26, 1737/38 at Manchester Twp., Lancaster Co., PA and death as 2 Feb 1782, at Hagerstown
DAR file # 384894, 1949, Sally James "Revolutionary Records of Maryland" by Brumbaugh, Washington Co., MD, signers of the oath of loyalty include Shryach, Leonard and John; Shryock, Henry, Fackler, Michael; Heiskell, Frederick
Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, p.626 : Leonard Shryock (1738-82) served with the King's army in French and Indian War, 1755-59, at the taking of Quebec: settled at 'Toddy' near Elizabethtown (Hagerstown, MD.: sank the first tanyard in Hagerstown, 1762: commd. 2d Lt., Capt Michael Fackler's Militia from Washington Co., MD., 1777: farmer and landowner: m. 1765, Maria Margaretha Streiter (b. 1746: Rev John Phillip Streiter from Germany in the 'St. Andrew Galley', 1737, to Phila., finally located near Harpers Ferry, Va., Lutheran minister, m. Anna Julianna, dau of Phillip Gottfried Wittmann, from Germany in the 'Hope', 1733) DAR Patriot Index, 1966, p.615 : SHRYOCK, Leonard, 2Lt MD b. 1-2-1738 d. 1/2-12-1782 m. Maria Margareta Streiter "Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800" lists that Leonard Shryock's estate was inventoried in 1782 in Berkeley Co., VA The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, p. 5, lists Michael Fackler as guardian for Henry Shryock, orphan of Leonard Shryock, on 19 Mar 1782. It does not list who was guardian for the other children.
Merged General Note: from Ted Flotte Resided Hagerstown, MD. Served in French and Indian Wars, 1755 to Sept. 12, 1759 at Quebec; and in the Revolution as 2nd Lieut., Capt. Fackler's Co. Militia, Washington Co., Md., Commisioned Jan. 15, 1777.
Revolutionary War Lookups by Betty Pax, echapman@compuserve.com shows he was born in PA and that he served as 2nd Lt in MD Found in DAR PATRIOT INDEX - CENTENNIAL ADDITION, PG 2660: Leonard: b. 1/2/1738 PA d 1782 MD m. Maria Margareta Streiter 2Lt MD. DBShryock@aol.com says he was born Jan 2, 1737/38 and d. Jan 2, 1782??
We have birth and death as nr Hagerstown, Md and GenForum by Duane Shryock has Yorktown, PA
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Other source : "The Compendium of American Genealogy, 1600s-1800s" Listed in: Volume IV Page number: 626" : first name = Hans Johannes

Leonard married Maria Margaretha STREITER [204] [MRIN: 76], daughter of Johann Philip STREITER Rev. [193] and Anna Juliana WHITTMANN [195], about 1765 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA.^{1 2 3} (Maria Margaretha STREITER [204] was born on 17 Apr 1745 in Hoppenville, PA ^{2 4} and died about 1785 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA ².)