Hon. Andrew Leete

The Honorable Andrew Leete (1643-1702) was the SON of Governor William Leete (1613-1683) & Anne Payne (1621-1668) not the son of William Leete Jr. (1645-1687) as shown in some un-researched trees. William Leete Jr (1645-1687) was the younger BROTHER of Andrew. Understandable confusion has existed as both Governor William and William Jr have the same name.

"On Sept. 12, 1666, (Gov.) William Leete wrote to Governor John Winthrop asking him (4 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. vii, p. 558) to try to gain Mr. Jordan’s consent to intermarriage of Jordan’s daughter Elizabeth to Leete’s son Andrew. Geneology of Connecticut Families. Volume 2 Page 340.

Speaking of Andrew Leete note the following from the same reference: “In a letter written by him (Thomas Jordan) to Mr Leete, from England, he gives his house to Andrew Leete, who had married his daughter Elizabeth Jordan, June 1, 1669.

"On Mch. 25, 1674, a letter was shown the townsmen of Guilford, fromThomas Jordan to Gov. Leete, authorizing the recording of Jordan’s land to Andrew Leete, with the condition that ‘should he bury her and take another wife,’ after his death the land ‘should go to the children of my daughter, or for want of heirs of her body to my lawful heirs.’"

" In 1706, William Leete and Caleb Leete were administrators of their grandfather ‘Mr Thomas Jordan dec’d late of old England,’ part of whose land had been laid out first to Mr William Leete and Mr Thomas Jordan in common and never divided. His grandchildren were, besides William and Caleb, Samuel, Dorothy, Abigail and Mercy Leete.” Geneology of Connecticut Families. Volume 2. p. 340.

Andrew, therefore, was the son of Governor William Leete & Anne Payne. He was the brother of William Leete Jr and husband to Elizabeth Jordan. Their children were William, Caleb, Samuel, Dorothy, Abigail & Mercy Leete. William and Caleb served as executors of their maternal grandfather’s will and American lands.

3. Hon. Andrew Leete, son of Gov. fm, m. June 1, 1669, Elizabeth Jordan, dau. of Thomas and Dorothy Jordan. He succeeded in a good degree to the position of his father, in managing the affairs of the town and to some extent of the Colony. In 1677 he was elected to the honorable office of Assistant in the Connecticut Colony, and was annually re-elected till his death. It was while holding this office ' that he became principally instrumental in secreting and preserving the charter of the Colony during the usurpation of the government by Major Andross. For a season the charter was kept in his house at Guilford. His residence was on the northwest corner of Guilford Green, on what is now the Tuttle Place. He died aged 59, Oct. 31, 1702. His wife died March 4, 1701.

19. William, b. Mar. 24, 1671, m. Hannah Stone. 20. Caleb, Dec. 10, 1673, m. Mary Hubbard. 21. Samuel, 1677, m. Hannah Graves. 22. Dorothy, 1680, m. John Hopson. 23. Abigail, 1683, m. Abraham Bradley. 24. Mercy, 1688, m. Samuel Hooker. 

Source: "The Family of William Leete, One of the First Settlers of Guilford, Connecticut and Governor of New Haven and the Connecticut Colonies.” Edited by Alvin Talcott.

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Andrew Leete BIRTH 1643 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 31 Oct 1702 (aged 58–59) Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL Village Green Cemetery Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map MEMORIAL ID 161800031 · View Source

The following is from A History of the Plantation of Menunkatuck and of the Original Town of Guilford, Connecticut, by Ralph Dunning Smyth and Bernard Christian Steiner, 1897 edition, page 472.

Andrew Leete, son of the Governor, possessed a liberal portion of the excellencies of his father. He was early appointed commissioner, or justice of the peace, and had principal concern in managing the affairs of the town. In 1677 he was elected an assistant in the colony, and was annually re-elected until his death, October 31, 1702. He is said to have had the principal agency in recovering the charter of the colony during the time Major Andross usurped the government, and to have kept it for a season in his house here. He appears to have been a man of infirm health, most of his life subject to fits of epilepsy, which impaired his usefulness. For a number of years he was one of the Justices of the County Court for new Haven County. He married a daughter of Thomas Jordan, Esq., one of the principal settlers, and after the return of his father-in-law to England about 1660, occupied his estate and dwelling house on the northwest corner of the Green.

Supplied by his 8th great-grandson (4886444)

Parents William Leete, 1611–1683 Anna Payne Leete, 1621–1668

Spouse Elizabeth Jordan Leete, 1645–1701 (m. 1669)

Siblings John Leete, 1639–1692 John Leete, 1640–1692 Abigail Leete Woodbridge, 1643–1710 William Leete, 1645–1687 Caleb Leete, 1651–1673 Gratiana Leete, 1653–1683 Peregrine Leete, 1657–1658 Joshua Leete, 1659–1660 Anna Leete Collins, 1661–1747

Children William Leete, 1671–1736 Caleb Leete, 1673–1760 Samuel Leete, 1677–1751 Dorothy Leete Hopson, 1680–1715 Abigail Leete Stone, 1683–1767 Mercy Leete Hooker, 1688–1751 Mary Elliot Hooker, 1688–1771

Inscription

Although this person was likely interred in Guilford's original village cemetery (now the commons and public park in downtown Guilford), no surviving gravestone was known in 1818 when all gravestones at the Village Green, but not the people's remains, were dispersed to other town cemeteries. Gravesite Details Time and weather had erased the location of this grave when the cemetery was moved

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161800031/andrew-leete

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