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William Leech 1729–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 June 1729

Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1 August 1778

Death Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Thomas Leech

Mother: Mary Rivers

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Moore

Children(s):

William Leech was born in 1729 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Thomas Leech And Mary Rivers. William Leech married Elizabeth Moore. William Leech passed away in 1778 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • William Leech was born in 1729 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Thomas Leech And Mary Rivers.
  • William Leech married Elizabeth Moore.
  • William Leech passed away in 1778 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Children(s)

William Leech's Ancestors

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William Leech
1729–1778
Birth Place: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Thomas Leech
1685–1762
Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Rivers
1690–1762
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Tobias (“Toby” William Leach Leech Deleche) 3rd
1652–1726
Cheltenham, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England
Esther ("Hester") Ashmeade
1660–1726
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Shadlock Rivers
–1727
Bermuda ?
Great-Grandparents
Tobias Sr
1623–1698
Joane Hawlinge
1620–1675
Captain Ashmeade
1624–1676
Mary (QUAKER)
1620–1688
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Deleche
1603–1651
Elizabeth Grynshaw
1600–1636
William III
1603–1699
Jane Freeman
1604–1675
John Ashmead
1600–1649
Mary Latham
1595–1677
Robert Milton
1588–1668
Anne Kerbie
1596–1647

William Leech's Timeline

3 Records

1729
24 June 1729
Birth of William Leech in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
1751
4 September 1751
Age 22
William Leech was married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Data is already there, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Data is already there, Pennsylvania, USA
1778
1 August 1778
Age 49
Death of William Leech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 June 1729
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 September 1751
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Data is already there, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 August 1778
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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