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1. | Thomas LEGGATT, III was born 28 Sep 1763, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts (son of Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth MORRIS); died 13 Feb 1807, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17. Thomas married Deborah VOSE 16 Apr 1783, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts by Rev. John Rodgers. Deborah was born 23 Dec 1762, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died 8 Jan 1843, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17. [Group Sheet] Children:
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2. | Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Jr. was born 7 Oct 1734, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts (son of Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Sr. and Magdelane DUPREE); died 13 Jul 1807, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts - Parylectic; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17. Thomas married Mary Elizabeth MORRIS 20 Apr 1760, Leominster, Worchester, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Charles MORRIS and Mary READ) was born 27 Mar 1742, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 26 Feb 1766, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Mary Elizabeth MORRIS was born 27 Mar 1742, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of Charles MORRIS and Mary READ); died 26 Feb 1766, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17.
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4. | Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Sr. was born 27 Feb 1706, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England; died 1 Apr 1745, Battle of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Missing at sea, his body was never found.. Thomas married Magdelane DUPREE 14 Jan 1731, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Magdelane was born 14 May 1708, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 1 Apr 1777, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] |
5. | Magdelane DUPREE was born 14 May 1708, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 1 Apr 1777, Massachusetts.
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6. | Charles MORRIS was born 8 Jun 1711, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of Charles MORRIS and Esther RAINSTHORPE); died 17 Nov 1781, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Notes: Charles Morris was a surveyor, and under the direction of Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts he surveyed Nova Scotia in 1745 with a view toward British colonization. His survey was sent to the Board of Trade and Plantations in England. A copy of it is preserved in Halifax. In 1749, in conjunction with the military engineer John Bruce, he laid out the town of Halifax. In 1755 he was appointed to the Governor's Council. He was the first Surveyor General of the province and was also Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. His funerary hatchment is on the wall of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Halifax. He was married to Mary Read, the daughter of John Read, the Attorney General of Massachusetts. Charles married Mary READ 1730, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John READ) was born 14 Apr 1716, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; died 12 Mar 1782, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Old Burying Ground (St. Pauls), Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] |
7. | Mary READ was born 14 Apr 1716, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (daughter of John READ); died 12 Mar 1782, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Old Burying Ground (St. Pauls), Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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12. | Charles MORRIS was born 1675, Bristol, England (son of Charles MORRIS); died 8 Nov 1730, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Notes: Charles Morris came to Boston in 1676, and lived in the Roxbury section of Boston. Charles married Esther RAINSTHORPE 5 Sep 1700, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Esther was born 1676, London, England; died 12 Sep 1755, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] |
13. | Esther RAINSTHORPE was born 1676, London, England; died 12 Sep 1755, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
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14. | John READ was born 29 Jan 1679, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut; died 17 Feb 1749, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Notes: Master of Arts of Harvard in 1697, lived first at Redding, Connecticut, but after 1722 in Boston. In 1723 he was appointed Attorney General of Massachusetts.
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