3. Joseph, son of Christopher, of whom nothing is
known eith certainty; but it is thought that he cross over into New
Jersey, where it is known that persons of the name lived in last and early
part of the present century, and where some of them may perhaps still be
found.
4. Barbara, and V., her sister, of whom nothing further
is known than that they went to Philadelphia, where they kept a "cake shop"
when last heard from.
The date of the death of the first wife of Christopher
has not been ascertained, but it is most probable that she is buried at
Haycock church.
We have now more certain information in the marriage
and baptismal registers of the old German church of Goshenhoppen--now Bally
Montgomery county, Pa.-which was the missionary center for the central
eastern part of the State form before the middle of the last century.
All these entries are sign by Rev. John Baptist de Ritter, S. J.
These had frequently to be taken on fly-leaves on the missions, and in
this way some of them are, doubtless, lost; and the handwriting of
the entries that remain is often almost illegible, and contains omissions.
But-copies of such as refer to our families are now in possesion of the
writer. The first entry is that of the second marriage of Christopher,
and reads:
"1766,9th
May, in the church at Goshenhoppen mission, I join Christopher Lambin,
widower, to Mary Anne Wanner."
The woman's name is almost illegible, buy is given as nearly as can be
deciphered. In some entries she is call Anne Mary. Of the children
of the second marriage there were :
James
(probably Jacob) This name is not in this book but is in register : born
June 19,1767
George
Jacob (name in register) born November
11, 1768: who went by the name of Jacob.
He Married a Miss Phillips, most probably in Adams county, where he had
a family, and moved to Allegheny city in the early part of the present
century, where he died, and where some of his descendants lived until lately,
who call themselves Lampton, because Lambing was "to Dutch". ( Our
family tradition has it, that, this is my anscestor)
7. Anne
Margaret ( in register), born January 19, 1771, who married a Jacob
Fried, and had two daughters; but that is all that is known of her.
8. Catherine
(in register), born 26 September, 1772, of whom nothing more is known.
9. John
(in register), born 19 April, 1774. He married Barbara Kohl, daughter
of Micheal Kohl, of whom later on, most probably in Adams county, and about
the year 1799, and moved to Armstrong county, near Saltsburg, about 1823,
where he died, date uncertain, leaving two sons, John and Anthony, and
perhaps other children.
1) John, who married and moved to Cherry Tree, Indiana
county, where he raised a family.
2) Anthony, who married and remained near Saltsburg,
where some of his descendants are still to be met with.
10. Matthew-
the grandfather of the writer. The entry in the register reads:
"1776, at Haycock I baptized Matthew, legitimate son of Christopher Lambin
or Langbein and Anne, united in lawful wedlock, born 12 April, 1776."
Of him later on.
A gap occurs in the register at this place, but tradition
has it that there were two other children
about whom nothing has been preserved, and by placing them here, it will
both fill the gap, and account for tradition. ( Micheal,
born April 3, 1781, in register not in book, and James,
mention above).
11. Nicholas
(in register), born December 19, 1784, the youngest of the family.
He was a hatter, and moved to Albany in 1806, since which time nothing
has been heard of him; but there are descendants of Christopher living
in Canada, south of the St. Laurence, who would appear to of this branch
of the family. They spell their name Lampeng. (Nicholas,
stay in Bucks county, Pa., and died in 1829. I have a record of his
estate settlement, dated 1829, to testify to that fact, click
here to see Nicholas Lambing estate records. His wife was name
Margaret, and he had 7 children, 4 of whom where minors, when , he died,
and nothing more is known about him, at present).
Christopher Lambing lived to the age of 99 years
and 2 days, and died either in 1816 or 1817,
( Date of Date in 1812. Click
here if you wish to see a copy, of his estate settlement. This is
a large jepeg file 137 kb) at his home,
and was buried in the church-yard at Haycock. When the writer vivsited
the site of the old home, he met and talk with a very old, but intelligent
man , who, when a small boy, was at Christopher's funeral. His wife
survived him, but the date of her death is not known; and in death she
was laid by his side. But the place was mark with a simple flagstone,
without inscription, and it is impossible to distinguish it from the other
spots where "the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." To return
to Matthew.