John M. Lease ¹

  General Notes:

Note: Family TreeMaker, Vol.7, Tree 4579 shows John Lease, Jr., b.

1802-1831 in Oley Twp, PA. Married Catherine Hartman, daughter of Jacob Hartman and Unknown Schum. This tree shows one child, Hannah Emmaline "Emma" Lease, b. 31 Oct, 1853, Oley Twp. Hannah "Emma" married James Wesley Wiest, 27 May 1877 in Oley Twp, son of Daniel Wiest and Sarah Schneider. Tree also shows John Lease, Jr's parents as: John Lease and Maria Melot. This information has been confirmed via census, and death and estate records.

The 1880 Census Soundex for Pennsylvania lists the following: Leas, Emma age 31, born in PA. Living at 366 N. River St., Reading PA children: Annie (daughter) age 10; William (son) age 5; Emma (daughter) age 3.

No husband listed.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: U.S. Census, 1870, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

• Residence: U.S. Census, 1880, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.

John married Catherine Hartman on 19 Feb 1843 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. (Catherine Hartman was born on 16 May 1812 in Pennsylvania, USA, died on 4 Dec 1888 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA and was buried in Friedens Church Cemetery, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA.)