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Thomas LEGGATT, III

Male 1763 - 1807  (43 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 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:
    1. Thomas Charles LEGATE was born 18 Jun 1783, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 18 Mar 1846, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois - (a very cool town - Ed).
    2. Deborah LEGATE was born 23 Jun 1784, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 25 Feb 1823.
    3. William Morris LEGATE was born 06 Nov 1785, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 18 Jun 1863, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    4. Elizabeth LEGATE was born 31 Mar 1787, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 14 Mar 1842, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois.
    5. Samuel LEGATE was born 01 Jan 1790, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 23 Nov 1863, Madison, Madison, Illinois.
    6. John LEGATE was born 28 May 1791, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    7. Henry LEGATE was born 29 Oct 1793, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 22 Apr 1795, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17.
    8. Henry LEGATE was born 14 May 1795, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 24 Sept 1825, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts - Hip complaint; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17.
    9. Franklin LEGATE was born 24 Jan 1797, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 8 Sep 1799 of Dysentery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    10. Charles Franklin LEGATE was born 13 Oct 1802, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 14 Jan 1874, Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin.

Generation: 2

  1. 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]


  2. 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.
    Children:
    1. Mary LEGGATT was born 8 Jan 1762, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 17 Feb 1841, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    2. 1. Thomas LEGGATT, III was born 28 Sep 1763, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 13 Feb 1807, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17.
    3. Elizabeth Dorothy LEGGATT was born 05 Jan 1766, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 04 Aug 1766, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17.


Generation: 3

  1. 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]


  2. 5.  Magdelane DUPREE was born 14 May 1708, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 1 Apr 1777, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Bond LEGGETT was born 7 Oct 1734, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 6 Jan 1812, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. 2. Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Jr. was born 7 Oct 1734, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 13 Jul 1807, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts - Parylectic; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17.
    3. Mary LEGGETT was born 23 Jul 1737, Leominster, Worchester, Massachusetts; died 1737, In infancy.
    4. Robert LEGGETT was born 26 Jul 1742, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 1810, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts.

  3. 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]


  4. 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.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Charles MORRIS was born 31 Dec 1731, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 26 Jan 1802, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. John MORRIS was born 1736, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    3. William MORRIS was born 19 Feb 1736, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    4. Hezekiah MORRIS was born 11 Mar 1738, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    5. 3. Mary Elizabeth MORRIS 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.
    6. Alexander MORRIS was born 21 Mar 1743, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    7. Francis MORRIS was born 21 Dec 1746, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    8. Samuel MORRIS was born 12 Jun 1748, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    9. James Rainsthorpe MORRIS was born 20 May 1750, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    10. Sarah MORRIS was born 23 Dec 1757, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 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]


  2. 13.  Esther RAINSTHORPE was born 1676, London, England; died 12 Sep 1755, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Sarah MORRIS was born 7 May 1701, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    2. Ann MORRIS was born 23 Sep 1702, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    3. Esther MORRIS was born 30 Jun 1704, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 12 Jul 1704, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Old Sextons Bills Cemetery/King's Chapel Burying Ground.
    4. Mary MORRIS was born 15 Jun 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 24 May 1730, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    5. Dorothy MORRIS was born 15 Oct 1708, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    6. 6. Charles MORRIS was born 8 Jun 1711, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 17 Nov 1781, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    7. James MORRIS was born 30 Sep 1713, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    8. John MORRIS was born 8 Dec 1715, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    9. Eliza MORRIS was born 3 Feb 1718, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

  3. 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.

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary 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.