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     Sarah Leete was born on 13 November 1734 at Durham, Middlesex County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Leete and Rachel Champion.

     Sarah Leete was born on 16 December 1677 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of John Leete and Mary Chittenden.

     Solomon Leete was born in September 1722 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of William Leete and Hannah Stone. Solomon Leete married Zipporah Stone, daughter of Samuel Stone and Mercy Rowlee, on 1 January 1746 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. Solomon Leete died on 6 September 1803 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT.

     Solomon Leete was born on 3 December 1746 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of Solomon Leete and Zipporah Stone. Solomon Leete married Hannah Norton, daughter of Daniel Norton and Sarah Bradley, on 3 November 1772 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. Solomon Leete was a Private, andserved in Lieut. Lee's Guilford Gurards, during the Revolutionary War. He died in 1822 at Tioga County, NY, USA.

     Susannah Leete was born on 19 March 1719 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Benjamin Leete and Rachel Champion.

     Tamar Leete was born on 21 July 1726 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Benjamin Leete and Rachel Champion.

     Temperance Leete was born on 20 February 1729 at Branford, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Leete and Rachel Champion.

     Thomas Leete was born on 3 April 1749 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of Solomon Leete and Zipporah Stone. Thomas Leete married Anna Norton, daughter of Daniel Norton and Sarah Bradley, on 30 June 1773 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. Thomas Leete died on 27 May 1830 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 81.

     Timothy Leete was born on 27 September 1739 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of Roland Gideon Leete and Mercy Dudley. Timothy Leete died in 1792 at Granville, Hampden County, MA, USA.

     Wealthy Elizabeth Leete was born on 1 November 1808 at Milton, Chittenden County, VT, USA. Age 42, born VT at the 1850 census of Howard, Winnebago, IL.¹ She was the daughter of Miles Leete and Elizabeth (Betsey) Hubbard. Wealthy Elizabeth Leete married Apollos P. Goodwin, son of Benjamin Goodwin and Abigail Hutchinson, circa 1831 at NY, USA. Wealthy Elizabeth Leete died on 7 June 1869 at Durand, Winnebago County, IL, USA, at age 60.² She was buried at Oakland Cemetery, at Durand, Winnebago County, IL, USA, .

     William Leete was born in 1612 at Diddington, Huntingdonshire County, England. Talcott does not give a birth location.¹ He was the son of John Leete and Anna Shute. William Leete married Anna Payne on 16 April 1638 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ William Leete married Sarah Rutherford on 7 April 1670 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. William Leete married Mary Newman circa 1674 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. William Leete died on 16 April 1683 at Hartford, Hartford County, CT, USA. He was buried at Ancient Burial Grounds, at Hartford, Hartford County, CT, USA, .

     The following was copied from records of the Connecticut State Library:

Governor of the Colony of New Haven, 1661-1665.
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683
Born: ca. 1613, Dodington, Huntingdonshire, England
College: Possibly studied law at Cambridge University
Political Party: None
Offices: Clerk in Bishop's Court at Cambridge, England
Justice of the Peace, Guilford, Connecticut, 1642
Guilford Town Clerk, 1639-1662
Magistrate, Guilford, 1651-1658
Deputy, New Haven Colony General Court, 1643-1649
Commissioner, New Haven Colony, 1655-1658
Deputy Governor, New Haven Colony, 1658-1661
Governor, New Haven Colony, 1661-1665
Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683
Died: April 16, 1683, Hartford, Connecticut
William Leete was born about 1613 in Dodington, Huntingdonshire, England, the son of John Leete and Anne Shute, daughter of Robert Shute, a judge of the king's court. His grandfather's legal experience may have influenced William to go into the practice of law. He became registrar for the Bishop of Ely's Court at Cambridge, England, which was investigating the activities of the Puritans, and became converted to Puritan beliefs. In May 1639, he, with his wife, Ann, and their young child, left England for Quinnipiac (New Haven) with the Rev. Henry Whitfield.
Leete was an original planter (settler) of Guilford, being one of the 25 who signed the covenant of the Whitfield Company on June 1, 1639 and among those who purchased Indian lands in 1639 and 1641. On June 19, 1643 he became one of the seven founders of the First Congregational Church of Guilford. In that year he also served as a representative from Guilford to a meeting in New Haven that led to the formation of the New Haven Colony.
William Leete's civic service continued through the following years. He served as Guilford Town Clerk for 22 years and was Magistrate of Guilford from 1651 to 1658. He was one of the Deputies from Guilford to the General Court of the New Haven Colony for every session between 1643 and 1649, and was Deputy Governor of the New Haven Colony from 1658 to 1661. While Leete was serving as Deputy Governor and Chief Magistrate of the New Haven Colony, royal agents sought his assistance in capturing Edward Whalley and William Goffe, two former English judges known as "regicides", wanted by King Charles II for signing the death warrant of his father, Charles I. Leete cooperated enough to avoid charges of obstructing justice but not enough to insure the capture of the fugitives.
William Leete became acting Governor of the New Haven Colony when Governor Francis Newman died on November 18, 1660. He was officially elected Governor of the New Haven Colony in May of 1661. In 1662, John Winthrop gained a charter from the Crown for the Connecticut Colony granting it lands from the Pawcatuck River westward to the "South Sea" (i.e., Pacific Ocean). The charter also merged the New Haven Colony with the Connecticut Colony. Neither colony had legal status). Leete initially protested to the United Colony commissioners in Boston. Many residents of the New Haven Colony were so upset by the union that they left for a new settlement at Newark, New Jersey. Lands were laid out for Leete there, but by the summer of 1663 he had begun to work towards the union of the New Haven and Connecticut Colonies. He ultimately chose to remain in Connecticut.
In October 1664, prior to the absorption of the New Haven Colony by the Connecticut Colony, William Leete received a provisional appointment as an Assistant to the Connecticut General Court. His efforts to insure that unification was done "in a righteous & amicable way" and willingness to serve in the unified colony's government helped dispel the concerns of many unhappy residents of the New Haven Colony. As a reward for his efforts in the unification, Leete was granted 300 acres "for a farme" by the Connecticut General Court in 1667.
Leete was reelected Assistant yearly until he was elected Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony in May 1669. He assumed some of the duties of Governor when Governor John Winthrop went to Boston to attend meetings of the New England colonies and more of the duties later as Winthrop's health began to fail. At Winthrop's death in 1676, Leete became Governor of the Colony and was requested by the General Assembly to move to Hartford "to attend the occasions of the country as governor." There he faced issues related to the recent wars with Native Americans, adjustments to the border with Rhode Island, and the planning of countermeasures against New York Governor Edmond Andros' efforts to encroach on Connecticut's sovereignty.
William Leete married three times. While still in England, he married Ann Payne, daughter of Rev. John Payne of Southhoe on August 1, 1636. She bore him ten children and died on September 1, 1668. He then married Sarah, the widow of Henry Rutherford, on April 7, 1670. She died on February 10, 1673/4. His third wife was Mary, widow of Francis Newman (a governor of the New Haven Colony) and of Rev. Nicholas Street. She survived Governor Leete by a few months, dying on December 13, 1683. There were no children by the last two marriages.
Following his election as Governor of the Connecticut Colony, William Leete moved from Guilford to Hartford. He is buried in Hartford's Ancient Burial Ground. Leete's Island in Branford/Guilford is named for him.
According to the Genealogy on William Leete,² he sailed from England on the ship St. John, commanded by Capt. Russell, and arrived at New Haven, between July 10 and 15th, 1639. He was one of the signers of the Plantation Covenant on 1 June, 1639 and when the group decided on Guilford, he was one of the six selcted to buy the land and sign the contract.²

     William Leete was born on 24 March 1671 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of Andrew Leete and Elizabeth Jorden. William Leete married Hannah Stone on 12 February 1699 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. William Leete died on 26 January 1736 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 64.

     William Leete was born circa 1640 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of William Leete and Anna Payne. William Leete died on 1 June 1687 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT.¹

     Margaret Leetsch was born on 10 April 1872 at NE, USA.¹ She married Edwin George Oatman, son of Gilbert Edwin Oatman and Ophelia Adelaide La Selle, circa 1897 at NE. Margaret Leetsch died on 13 January 1953 at Lawrence, Nuckolls County, NE, USA, at age 80.¹ She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, at Lawrence, Nuckolls County, NE, USA, .

     Jacob Michael Leffler was born on 23 July 1937 at Indianapolis, Marion County, IN, USA. He married Ellen Collier on 18 September 1982 at Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Jacob Michael Leffler died on 17 September 2006 at Zionsville, Boone County, IN, USA, at age 69. He was buried at Zionsville Cemetery, at Zionsville, Boone County, IN, USA, .

     Ira Martin Leiter was born on 19 May 1864 at Orange Twp, Ionia County, MI, USA.¹ He married Viola Evalena Denslow, daughter of Jerome Henry Denslow and Asenath Savage, on 22 June 1890 at Sherman, Isabella County, MI, USA. Ira Martin Leiter died on 7 December 1944 at Alma, Gratiot County, MI, USA, at age 80.¹ He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, at Weidman, Isabella County, MI, USA, .

     Mardi Ann Lentz was born on 5 January 1931 at Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI, USA. Public Records and Bushong Genealogy. She married Jack Caswell Rowsey at MI, USA, on 31 January 1953.¹

     She was an elementary school teacher.

     Nellie Evelyn Leonard was born on 11 March 1891 at NY, USA. Birth date and location comes from 1930 census. She married Ira Melancthon Bush at NY in 1901. Married 9 years at the 1910 census.. Nellie Evelyn Leonard died on 7 December 1946 at Newfane, Niagara County, NY, USA, at age 55.¹ She was buried at Budd Cemetery, at Cambria, Niagara County, NY, USA, .

     Julia Ann LeRoy was born on 20 September 1832 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. She married Benjamin L. Krum at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, on 11 July 1851. Julia Ann LeRoy died on 17 March 1865 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, at age 32.

     Mary LeRoy was born in 1871 at NY, USA. Age 9 at the 1880 census of Oswego, NY. She married John Quirk at NY circa 1895.

     Nancy Leroy was born on 14 February 1814 at Neversink, Sullivan County, NY, USA.¹ She married Nicholas Johnson at Neversink, Sullivan County, NY, circa 1838. She married Joshua Francis (James) Hotchkin at Sullivan County, NY, USA, in 1848. Nancy Leroy died on 18 February 1867 at Neversink, Sullivan County, NY, at age 53.¹ She was buried at Hodge Cemetery, at Neversink, Sullivan County, NY, USA, . She is buried with her first husband and children..

     Nancy had a first marriage to Nicholas Johnson, her maiden name is not known. Information on her birth comes from Charles LeRoy, cleroy@bigfoot.com.

     Sarah Ann Leroy was born on 21 October 1857 at Bradley, Sullivan County, NY, USA. She married James Bonnell, son of Daniel Reynolds Bonnell and Sophia Hardenburgh, on 5 April 1881 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. Sarah Ann Leroy died on 10 March 1923 at Bradley, Sullivan County, NY, at age 65.

     Bernadine L. LeSeney is the daughter of C. Samuel LeSeney and Alta M. Franklin.

     C. Samuel LeSeney was born in 1896 at MI, USA. He married Alta M. Franklin, daughter of Charles L. Franklin and Amy L. Williams, in 1917 at MI.

     Myrna A. LeSeney is the daughter of C. Samuel LeSeney and Alta M. Franklin.

     Ruth I. LeSeney is the daughter of C. Samuel LeSeney and Alta M. Franklin.

     Judy Lester married Neil Austin Hotchkin, son of Charles Towne Hotchkin and Mary Amelia DeHart, circa 1953.

     She married Unknown Hotchkin circa 1988.

     She married Stanley Max Hotchkin at Jackson County, MI, USA, on 26 July 1980.¹

     Lemyra E. Levagood was born in April 1866 at MI, USA. Age 63 at the 1930 census. 1900 census. She married Edward H. Hendrick at MI on 30 June 1885. Wedding witnessed bu Hiram M. Bearss and Milinda Bearss. Married by Thomas T. Ware, JP..¹ Lemyra E. Levagood appeared on the census of 1930 at Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA, USA. The census lists the family as: Age 63, widow, living with son Roy and next door to son James A lbert..