Abraham Leasure, II Lieut.

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Abraham Leasure, II Lieut.

Also Known As: "Lasher"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Death: March 15, 1803 (91)
Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Leasure, I and Anna Margarette Leasure
Husband of Jane Margaret Leasure
Father of Daniel Leasure, Sr., Rev. War Vet.; Pvt. John Leasure, Rev. War Vet.; Pvt. Abraham Leasure, III Rev. War Vet.; Elizabeth Clever; Margaret Summy and 4 others
Brother of Margaret Leasure; Peter Leasure; Matthias Leasure; George Leasure, Sr., Rev. War Vet.; Thomas Leasure and 2 others

Managed by: Jennifer Sue Corl
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About Abraham Leasure, II Lieut.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA. DAR Ancestor # A068105



Leasure, — The Leasure family is both ancient and honorable, and was originally seated in the province of Navarre. 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 1754, and located in upper Dauphin county, where the family name is still extant. A son of the immigrant located in Westmoreland county where his descendants became prominent, notably General Daniel Leasure, a distinguished officer of the Civil war.

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Married: Margaret Marshall in 1733

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Abraham Leasure, II Lieut.'s Timeline

1712
February 13, 1712
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
1758
1758
York County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
1760
May 13, 1760
York County, Pennsylvania, United States
1763
August 26, 1763
Fourteen Mile Run, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
1764
August 26, 1764
Westmoreland County, PA, United States
1798
December 31, 1798
1798
Age 85
Unity, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
1803
March 15, 1803
Age 91
Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
March 1803
Age 91
NOT Unity Cemetery, United States
1814
1814
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States