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About John Lea, III
- 'The ancestry and posterity of John Lea, of Christian Malford (1906)
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- http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/48/mode/1up
- THE ANCESTRY OF JOHN LEA OF CHRISTIAN MALFORD, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND.
- The pedigree which follows has been constructed with all possible care from the evidences in hand, and every precaution taken to avoid making any statement not actually borne out by the evidences.
- It will be understood of course that the first three generations as given are tentative merely, but the author's belief in the extreme probability of these named as representing the true descent must be his excuse for placing them here. Future investigations may confirm or disprove these three generations.
- http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestryposterit00leaj#page/51/mode/1up
- FOUR PROVED GENERATIONS.
- Children of GEORGE and SARAH (WELDEN) LEA.
- LII JOHN LEA6 (George,5 Baldwyn,4 Baldwyne,3 John,2 John1) son of George and Sarah (Welden) Lea, was of Christian Malford, married before 1654 to Joane . . . . . * She was witness to the will of Eleanor Gingle, 1 Oct. 1660. The date of her death is unknown. He was buried 7 Mch. 1685 at Christian Malford.
- * From the appearance of two entirely new names to the family in the two younger children of John and Joan Lea, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the Christian names of Joan's parents were respectively Daniel and Lucy — which may some day prove a clue to the family name. This is the only family name of a wife in the direct line for more than three hundred years which is unknown, and special, though fruitless, efforts have been made to discover it.
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- LXIV JOHN LEA7 (John,6 George,5 Baldwin,4 Baldwyn,3 John,2 John1) son of John and Joane ( . . . . . ) Lea, probably born about 1661-2, but not bapt. until 12 July 1674. The AMERICAN EMIGRANT, he was a woolstapler, removed to Gloucester, became a Quaker. He married 1 Feb. 1697-8 at Gloucester Friends' Meeting, Hannah, widow of Joseph Webb of Ashleworth, Glouc, and daughter of Samuel and Mary (Whitcombe) Hopton of Painswick, Glouc. He had a son Isaac Lea, born at Gloucester 15 Jan. 1698-9, received certificate from Nailsworth Quarterly Meeting 27 Aug., no year given, but it seems probable that it was 1699, and that he accompanied William Penn on his second voyage, in the ship "Canterbury" sailing from Cowes in the Isle of Wight 9 Sept. 1699 and arriving in Pennsylvania 1 December. — See American Section.
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- POSTERITY OF JOHN LEA.
- FIRST GENERATION.
- 1 JOHN LEA,1 the founder of the family in America whose genealogy is given in the following pages, was of Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England. He is No. XXV (THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ERROR IN THE BOOK, AS JOHN LEA IS NO. LXIV; NO. XXV IS FOR THOMAS LEA, SON OF BALDWYN AND JOANE(VENNERSTONE) LEA.) in the Pedigree given in the English Section of this work, where an account of his forebears will he found. He was the son of John and Joane ( . . . . . ) Lea, born about 1661 and baptized at Christian Malford on the 12 July 1674.
- So far as has been ascertained . . . . Little is known of his personal history except that he was a wool stapler and, probably for that reason, removed to Gloucestershire (the chief centre of that industry being then about the Cotswold Hills) prior to the time of his f marriage, which took place at the Gloucester Monthly Meeting in England 1st of 12 mo. (called February) 1698, his wife being Hannah the daughter of++ Samuel and Mary (Whitcombe) Hopton (b. about 1665) and widow of§ Joseph Webb of Gloucester.
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- John Lea died at Springfield 10 mo (December) 27th 1726. His decease is alluded to by his old friend and fellow Preacher, Thomas Chalkley, as follows: . . .
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- His f will dated 10 mo 25th 1726 and proved Feb. 28th 1726/7 gives bequests to his wife Hannah and children Isaac, John and Hannah Bonsall. Executors son Isaac Lea and friends Samuel and William Levis.
- Hannah Lea his widow after his death removed to Darby, Pa., where she resided with her son-in-law Joseph Bonsall and where she died September 24th 1735. Her Will, dated 9 mo 16th 1734, was proved Oct. 17th 1735.++ Legacies to sons Isaac and John Lea, and daughter Hannah Bonsall, daughters Hannah Allen and Mary Pilkington, grandchildren by son Joseph Webb decd, and Mary his wife, Hannah, Joseph and Sarah Webb, grandchildren by Edward Pilkington and daughter Mary, Thomas, Mary, Hannah, Sarah Ann and Edward. Executors son-in-law Joseph Bonsall and son John Lea.
- Children of JOHN and HANNAH (HOPTON) LEA.
- 2 ISAAC LEA.2
- 3 HANNAH LEA.2
- ' 4 JOHN LEA.2
- 4a RACHEL LEA,2 b. 7 Aug. 1709 at Concord. She was never married and probablv died an infant. Was certainly deceased in 1726.
- SECOND GENERATION.
- 2 ISAAC LEA2 (John1) eldest son of John and Hannah (Hopton) Lea was born at Gloucester in England 15 Jany. 1699 OS. and came to Pennsylvania an infant with his parents. In 1721 he requested a . . .
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- Isaac Lea married at Christ Church in Philadelphia 29 Dec. 1721 Sarah, dau. of Walter and Rebecca (Fearne) Fawcett* of Chester, b. 10 May 1702, d. at Wilmington, Del. 1800 at the age of 98 years. f
- Sarah Lea is present, but not Isaac, at the wedding of her grand-daughter Margaret Lea and James Marshall in 1772, and his death probably occurred between these years. The Quaker Records in Wilmington at this period are in a deplorable condition, as are likewise the Wills of the Register's office of Newcastle County, and neither his Will nor the grant of Letters of Administration can be found.
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- 3 HANNAH LEA2 (John1) dau. of John and Hannah (Hopton) Lea, b. Concord, Pa. 16 Nov. 1705, m. Springfield, Pa. 22 June 1726 Joseph son of Obadiah and Sarah\ (Bethell) Bonsall f of Darby, 25 May 1703, she d. 13 Dec. 1763, and he remarried to Sarah (Howe) wid. of Richard Bonsall, but appears to have left no issue by her. Joseph Bonsall was first Secretary of the Darby Library established in 1743 and which was the first Library in the County. His will dated 8 Dec. 1763 was prov. 19 Dec. of the same year.
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- ' 4 JOHN LEA2 (John1) son of John and Hannah (Hopton) Lea, b. Concord, Pa. 13 Sept. 1707, m. 1st Chester, Pa. 18 Nov. 1736, Hannah, dau. of Jacob and Sarah (Jones) Edge,* b. 18 Aug. 1713, d. 24 Feb. 1750-1; m. 2nd Providence,! Pa. 7 May 1752, Mary, dau. of John and Abigail ( . . . . . ) Yarnall and wid. of Thomas Pennell. He d. Chester, Pa. 8 Apr. 1759. His Will, dated 12 Apr. 1759, was proved 1 May of the same year. His widow, who is named as sole Executrix, remarried 1763 to Jonas Preston, by whom she had issue Jonas Preston M.D., founder of the Preston Retreat in Philadelphia.
- ' Child of JOHN and HANNAH (EDGE) LEA.
- 20 JACOB LEA,3 b. Chester, Pa. 5 Jany. 1741), d. there 10 Jany. 1756-7.
- ' Children of JOHN and MARY (YARNALL) LEA.
- 21 HANNAH LEA.3
- 22 ANN LEA.3
- 23 THOMAS LEA.3
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John Lea, III's Timeline
| 1707 |
September 13, 1707
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Concord Township,Chester County,Pennsylvania
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| 1753 |
March 31, 1753
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Chester County,Pennsylvania
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| 1755 |
April 14, 1755
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Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Crown Colony
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| 1757 |
May 22, 1757
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Chester, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Proprietary Colony
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| 1759 |
April 8, 1759
Age 51
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Chester Borough,Chester County,Pennsylvania
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