Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Sr.

1706 - 1745  (39 years)

• Name	Thomas Balch LEGGETT
  Prefix	Captain
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	27 Feb 1706	Yarmouth, Hampshire, England
  Christening	24 Aug 1706	Sutton, Cambridgeshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jun 1745	Battle and Siege of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Burial	Missing at sea, his body was never found. Eleven days later, the French surrendered.
  Notes	Thomas' son Thomas Leggatt Jr. married the daughter of Charles Morris, Mary Elizabeth Morris, Captain William Morris LeGate married Deborah Morris, and Thomas Charles Morris IV married Elizabeth Bond Leggett, so the Morris and LeGate familes were very intertwined.
  Person ID	I938	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Magdalin DUPEE,   b. 7 Dec 1714, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1 Apr 1777, Legate Hill, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1731	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Bond LEGGETT,   b. 7 Oct 1734, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 6 Jan 1812, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 77 years) + 2. Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Jr.,   b. 4 Oct 1734, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 13 Jul 1807, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts - Paralytic - date 4 Mar 1807 also seen (Age 72 years)   3. Mary LEGGETT,   b. 23 Jul 1737, Leominster, Worchester, Massachusetts d. 1737, In infancy + 4. Robert LEGGETT,   b. 26 Jul 1742, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 1810, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F23191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2018

  
  

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  Seige of Louisbourg, 1745 Image depicts the landing of some two thousand British troops on 11 May, 1745. The French finally surrendered on 28 June, 1745.