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Rebecca (Lee Lees Leigh) French 1682–1739 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: September 1682

Birth Location: Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Death Date: bef. 08 February 1739/40

Death Location: prob. Connecticut

Father: Lt War

Mother: Mehitable ⭐️

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Rebecca (Lee Lees Leigh) French was born in 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, the child of Lt William Leigh Pequot War And Mehitable Ruscoe. Rebecca (Lee Lees Leigh) French passed away in 1739 in prob. Connecticut.

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Biography

  • Rebecca (Lee Lees Leigh) French was born in 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, the child of Lt William Leigh Pequot War And Mehitable Ruscoe.
  • Rebecca (Lee Lees Leigh) French passed away in 1739 in prob. Connecticut.

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Rebecca French's Ancestors

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Rebecca French
1682–1739
Birth Place: Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Parents
Lt William Leigh ⭐️ Pequot War
1655–1702
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Mehitable (Ruscoe) ⭐️
1662–1702
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Grandparents
Hugh (Leigh) ⭐️
1630–1683
Connecticut
Margaret (Hall) ⭐️
1633–1683
York, Yorkshire, England
John (Ruscoe) ⭐️
1623–1702
Billericay, Essex, England
Rebecca (Beebe) ⭐️
1630–1672
Broughton, Northhamptonshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Rebecca French's Timeline

2 Records

1682
September 1682
Birth of Rebecca (Lee Lees Leigh) French in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
1739
bef. 08 February 1739/40
Age 57
Death of Rebecca (Lee Lees Leigh) French in prob. Connecticut
prob. Connecticut

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: September 1682
    Event Place: Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: bef. 08 February 1739/40
    Event Place: prob. Connecticut

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