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Welcome to The Lingenfelter Family Tree Web Site. This is Fifteen generations of the Lingenfelter family history. The more info I find, the more I need to know. I am very happy to share my research and I hope you find the information it contains both interesting and informative. Please remember this info is just a starting point and is always work in progress. Updates, comments, pictures, and corrections are always welcome. Take a look around and don't forget to sign the guest book. I sure hope you enjoy our site and history. I suggest you visit often.
An earlier mention of the name Lingenfelter (Junker Lingenfeld) dates back to the year 1043, Junker meaning land owner. There is no certainty or knowledge of a connection to our family line. But it is interesting to observe that near Czechoslovakia and at the foot of the Bohemian Mountain Forrest, in Bavaria, is the ruins of an ancient castle in Burglengenfeld,Bavaria, Germany. The castle in on the River Naab, about 10 miles north of Regensburg. At about 1100 the occupants were of the name Lingenfeld. In the year 1439 Konrad Van Lingenfeld would over see the Castle of Gommersheim.
Two versions are given concerning the naming of the town. The long expanse of farm land from the outskirts of Germersheim to the Heiligenstein Heights was called langes feld = Langenfield = Lengenfield =Lingenfeld, which surely is related. The other version appears in a Pastor's memorial book of 1747, came from the family name of Junker Lingenfeld.
The Lingenfelter can be traced back to Palastinate, Germany. Those earliest ancestors lived and died in the Palatinate, a political province in Germany, to the west of the Rhine, adjoining France.
From the early 17th century, Lingenfelters are recorded as having lived in Palatinate, Germany. The specific locale is west of the Rhine River, embracing a cluster of villages such as Steinweiller and Lingenfeld. Anstat was given the name Lingenfelder (Man from Lingenfeld ) when he moved west from Lingenfeld to the vicinity of Steinweiler. This area is known as Alsace Lorraine. It is a disputed area that has been held by France and German. The village is surely related in some manner to the family, has a very old history. Immigration to the new world in the mid 18th Century was a most serious undertaking. The trip down the Rhine River took 4-6 weeks. Once in Holland, they were detained 5-6 weeks. From Holland, they traveled to a port in England. There was more waiting and red tape, for the Brittish were in charge of immigration to the New World. The real misery began as the long voyage over seas to ports in the New World like Phiadelphia.
This began the Lingenfelter's of America. On record is the marriage of John George Lingenfelter daughter Eva Margaretha Lingenfelter to Valentine Adams on February 15,1752 in Steinweiler, Germany. In the courthouse at Frederick,Maryland is a deed, dated January31,1753, in which John George Lingenfelter buys a partial of land in Frederick, Maryland. These two dates pinpoint the Lingenfelter's move to America. From Maryland, some moved to West Virginia, others east to Pennsylvania, while still others pioneered in the wilderness of Kentucky, near Levington. Many others moved on to "greener pastures."
Another line of Lingenfelter's came thru Montgomery Co., NY and can be seen in "Other stories" listed below but not confirmed.
The following tells of the Lingenfelter family in greater detail. It is confined to information that is known, with fair certainly, to be true. Thanks to all Lingenfelter researcher's for their help and hard work.
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