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William LEAKE, Jr.

William LEAKE, Jr.

Male 1753 - 1814  (61 years)


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  • Name William LEAKE 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 1753 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1783  Caswell Co., North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Laborer 
    Event-Misc 17 Sep 1783  Caswell Co., North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    State of North Carolina.
    To the Sheriff of Casewell County, Greeting
    You are hereby commanded to take the bodies of James and William Leake (laborers) if to be found in your bailiwick and them safely keep so that you have them before the Justices of our County Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the County of Caswell at the Court House in said county on the 3rd Monday in December to answer Abraham Perkins a plea of Trespass on the case damage Fifteen Pounds specie. Herein fail not, and have them there this wait. Witness Arch. Murphey Clerk of our said Court at office the 17th Day of September 1783. s/A. Murphey Clerk 
    LEAKE James & William
    LEAKE James & William
    Arrest warrant.
    Death 27 Oct 1814 
    Person ID I00238  Gedcom081
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2012 

    Father William LEAKE, Sr.,   b. 1730   d. 02 Apr 1816 (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Providence BRYANT,   b. 27 Aug 1731   d. 1825 (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 1752 
    Family ID F104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha SIMMONS,   b. 2 Sep 1754, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1826, Clinton, Laurens Co., SC, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 24 Mar 1782  Caswell Co., SC, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Type: Civil 
    • From NC Marriage Bonds: 1741-1868
      Groom: William Junr Leak
      Bride: Martha Simmons
      Bond Date: 24 Mar 1782
      Bond #: 000016513
      Level Info: NC Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
      ImageNum: 007254
      County: Caswell
      Record #: 01 173
      Bondsman: William Leak, S
      Witness: Ald Murphey, Clerk of Court
      The SC Magazine of Ancestral Research
      SCMAR, Volume XII
      Number 3, Summer, 1984
      Laurens County Estate Book A-1 (Continued from Vol. XI, p.151)
    Children 
     1. Sarah LEAKE,   b. 1783   d. 25 May 1839 (Age 56 years)
     2. William Armstead LEAKE,   b. 1788   d. 28 Apr 1860 (Age 72 years)
     3. Moses Asbury LEAKE,   b. 1790   d. 27 Jun 1835 (Age 45 years)
    +4. John Simmons LEAKE,   b. 17 Jun 1792, Caswell Co., NC, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1849, Cartersville, Bartow Co., GA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +5. Thomas Simmons LEAKE,   b. 1797, Laurens Co., SC, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1865, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2013