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About Capt. Thomas Leigh
CAPT THOMAS LEIGH of Portsmouth, b Stone-leigh, Parish of Stonely, Warwick, England ca 1735, d 1815. Thomas and Martha are bur at Old Fields Cem (Leigh Family Recs, CFAA). Thomas came to this country prior to 1765 and was perhaps the builder of Leigh Pond for the water-powered mills at Lower Falls, S Berwick. The old family home built in 1726 still stands on Vine St in S Berwick, and has an historical marker.
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- 497 The Association Test of 1776 471 men signed the oath, 31 were loyal to the King. "... Thomas Leigh. Joseph Leigh. ..."
- From http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Berwick::me::890...: seeking information on the Leigh Family of So Berwick, Maine. Captain Thomas Leigh of Portsmouth b abt 1735 in England. Married Martha Chadbourne of So Berwick, Maine in 1769. Sea captain sailed West Indies, signed the Association Test of 1776 in Portsmouth, NH. Brother Joseph Leigh of Portsmouth, NH, commissary in Revolutionary War. Brother John Leigh in English Navy returned to England at start of Revolutionary War. Captain Thomas Leigh possibly died in the Almshouse in Portmouth even tho his son Major Thomas Leigh was prominent in So Berwick, Maine.
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Capt. Thomas Leigh's Timeline
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1735
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Stone-leigh, Parish of Stonely, Warwickshire, England
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April 13, 1773
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Berwick, Maine
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1773
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South Berwick, York , Maine
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January 10, 1780
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Portsmouth, Rockingham , New Hampshire, United States
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1815
Age 80
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Berwick, York, Maine, United States
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1815
Age 80
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Old Fields Cemetery, Berwick, York, Maine, United States
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- 1765
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Vine St, South Berwick, York, Maine, United States of America
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