Abraham Leasure, I

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY PHIL LASHER: Abraham's dates are b. 1695 d. 1785 in Bedford County. Some accounts have him living as late as 1790 but all have him as died in Bedford County. Also most Rev soldiers filed for a pension between 1785 and 1790 but Abraham did not.

The government veterans grave locator lists only two Leasure's in Unity cemetery (both Abraham b. 1713 d. 1803 & brother Georgeb. 1728 d. 1809 attached.) Abraham b. 1713 d. 1803 and his wife Margaret b. 1715 d. 1818 both died and were buried on their farm Westmoreland County, near the present site of the Westmoreland county fair grounds. Their bodies were moved at a later date to the unity cemetery, and buried next to his brother George.

I am still looking for Abrahams records at the national archives and if they are ever found I will let you know where he is buried but we can be sure it is not in Unity cemetery.

• **** THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY BRENT MILLER @ FAG SOURCE:Per your request for source info, birth date (1695) is from U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry.com) ; death date is from Family Data Collection-Death (Ancestry.com)as well as documented research by Mr. Charles Leasure Sarver for his application for membership in U.S. Sons of the American Revolution and Huguenot Society. Born: 1695 - France Died: 1785 - Westmoreland County, PA, USA
  • *** THE PICTURES OF THE HEADSTONES TO THE RIGHT ARE OF ABRAHAM'S SON, ABRAHAM (GEORGE'S BROTHER). THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF ABRAHAM LESOUER AND HIS WIFE MARGARETTE IS UNKNOWN.
    • ** THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY PAMELA SPETLA @ FAG: Abraham came from Novarri, France in 1754. He was a French Huguenot. Abraham was married to Margarette. The original spelling of his name was LeSouer or LeSueur. This information was provided & written in a paper by my Grandfather, Harry Fisher Kohl.
      • * 7/13/2015 - THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY JENNIFER MADDOX @ FAG (#48301488) She is showing Abraham's birthplace as Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, not France. I have asked her for documentation.

All above Ref: - THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY PHIL LASHER: Abraham's dates are b. 1695 d. 1785 in Bedford County. Some accounts have him living as late as 1790 but all have him as died in Bedford County. Also most Rev soldiers filed for a pension between 1785 and 1790 but Abraham did not.

The government veterans grave locator lists only two Leasure's in Unity cemetery (both Abraham b. 1713 d. 1803 & brother Georgeb. 1728 d. 1809 attached.) Abraham b. 1713 d. 1803 and his wife Margaret b. 1715 d. 1818 both died and were buried on their farm Westmoreland County, near the present site of the Westmoreland county fair grounds. Their bodies were moved at a later date to the unity cemetery, and buried next to his brother George.

I am still looking for Abrahams records at the national archives and if they are ever found I will let you know where he is buried but we can be sure it is not in Unity cemetery.

• **** THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY BRENT MILLER @ FAG SOURCE:Per your request for source info, birth date (1695) is from U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry.com) ; death date is from Family Data Collection-Death (Ancestry.com)as well as documented research by Mr. Charles Leasure Sarver for his application for membership in U.S. Sons of the American Revolution and Huguenot Society. Born: 1695 - France Died: 1785 - Westmoreland County, PA, USA
  • *** THE PICTURES OF THE HEADSTONES TO THE RIGHT ARE OF ABRAHAM'S SON, ABRAHAM (GEORGE'S BROTHER). THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF ABRAHAM LESOUER AND HIS WIFE MARGARETTE IS UNKNOWN.
    • ** THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY PAMELA SPETLA @ FAG: Abraham came from Novarri, France in 1754. He was a French Huguenot. Abraham was married to Margarette. The original spelling of his name was LeSouer or LeSueur. This information was provided & written in a paper by my Grandfather, Harry Fisher Kohl.
      • * 7/13/2015 - THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY JENNIFER MADDOX @ FAG (#48301488) She is showing Abraham's birthplace as Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, not France. I have asked her for documentation.

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ID: I27119 Name: Abraham LEASURE Sex: M Birth: BET 1670 AND 1695 in Near Basel, Switzerland Death: ABT 1785 in Bedford or Upper Dauphin, PA Burial: Unity Cemetery, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., PA

Note: Abraham came from Novarri, France in 1754. He was a French Huguenot. Abraham was married to Margarette. The original spellig of his name was LeSouer or LeSueur

We can show that all his sons served in the same unit from Upper Dauphin Co., Pa., as did he in the Revolution. All his sons received their Revolutionary War bounty property in Westmoreland County except for Benjamin who became Lasher. The Westmoreland property can be traced to the bounty property given to the vary unit from Upper Dauphin Co., Pa., that they all served in.

Rev. A. Stapleton one of the first pastors in Westmoreland county wrote:

BIOGRAPHY: Rev. A. Stapleton, in his memorial of the Huguenots in America, gives the following concerning the Leasure family: "The Leasure family is both ancient and honorable, and was originally seated in the Province of Navarre, France. At the Revocation a branch of this family was compelled to flee to Switzerland for safety, and from whence came Abraham Leasure, who arrived in America in 1754, and located in upper Dauphin County, Pa., where the family name is still extant. A son of the immigrant located in Westmoreland County, Pa., where his descendants became prominent, notably Gen. Daniel Leasure, a distinguished officer of the Civil War ." (Stewart's History)

Thanks Phil Lasher

Father: Pierre LESUEUR b: ABT 1669 in Switzerland Mother: Jeanne DROUOT b: ABT 1671 in Basel, Switzerland

Marriage 1 MARGARETTE b: ABT 1691 in France Married: 1713 Children Has No Children Abraham LEASURE b: BET 1712 AND 1713 in Basel, Switzerland Has No Children Peter LEASURE b: ABT 1719 in Basel, Switzerland Has No Children Margaret LEASURE b: ABT 1725 in Basel, Switzerland Has Children George LEASURE b: 3 NOV 1728 in Basel, Switzerland Has No Children John LEASURE b: 1731 in Basel, Switzerland

There is much confusion and controversy both in regard to the place of Abrahams birth (Ancestry; Neatherlands, others France and findagrave; Switzerland) and, secondly, his father (Ancestry; Abraham, Our Family; Pierre, My Heritage; Jean Francois)