Daniel Leeman

Daniel Leeman

Birth: June 9, 1755, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine

Death: circa July 4 1812, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine

Revolutionary War Veteran

Father: John Leeman, b. January 28, 1724, York, York County, Maine; d. December 18, 1792 (68), Maine

Mother: Elizabeth Pilsbury, b. 15 January 1729, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife: Martha Gray, b. Oct 15, 1756, Pownalborough, Lincoln, Maine; daug. of Francis Gray and Marcy Brookings

Children:

• Martha Leeman, b. 1782, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; d. 14 May 1849, Dresden, Lincoln, Maine; m. 21 Aug 1800, Edgecomb, ME, Josiah Gorham.
• Abigail Leeman Light, b. 1784, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; d. Dec 7,1858, Edgecomb; m. 07 May 1807, Waldoboro, ME, Andrew Light (Leicht)

Notes:

1790 census for Edgecomb area: Dan'l Leman with a family of 1 free males 16 and up; 2 free males less than 16; 4 all free white females in Edgecomb

1810 census: Daniel with a family of 7, now in Newcastle - with one male who is aged 45+; and 6 females: 1 - 45+, 1 - 26-45, 2 - 16-26, and 2 - 10-16.

Revolutionary War:

• Revolutionary War Pension: Veteran: Daniel Leeman; Pensioner: Martha Leeman; Service: Massachusetts; Pension Number: W. 24519. - Publication: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files NARA M804. Publisher: NARA; National Archives Catalog ID: 300022; National Archives Catalog Title: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900. Record Group: 15. Roll: 1544. - fold3.com
• Leeman, Daniel, Newton (also given Woolwich). Private, Capt. John Wiley's co., Col. Michael Jackson's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 10, 1777 to December 31, 1779; residence Newton ; term 3 years ; also, Capt. John Bayley's co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; enlisted March 11, 1777 ; service to May 26, 1777, 2 mos. 21 days ; also, Capt. Peirce's co., Col. Jackson's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to March 10, 1780 ; residence Woolwich ; also Capt. Benjamin Lemont's co., Col. McCobb's regt. ; enlisted May 20, 1781 ; service to Dec. 1, 1781, 6 mos, 10 days near Penobscot. ~ Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War: A compilation from the archives, prepared and published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in accordance with chapter 100, resolves of 1891, Volume 9, p. 650. ebook, free

Sources:

Letter from Kathleen from Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME

Lincoln County Maine VR, compiled by Christine Huston Dodge in the mid-1900s

MyHeritage Family Trees - Cook-Hoar Web Site, managed by Shirley Cook-Hoar

Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war - https://archive.org/stream/massachusettssolklsumass#page/650/mode/2up

GEDCOM Source

@R-2146013911@ Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4762726&pid=...