Martha Leigh

Children with first wife (BVR, 212), surname CHADBOURNE:

            ii.           MARTHA, b 26 Apr 1744; bpt 30 Apr 1744 (NEHGR 82:312); d 19 July 1834, age 89 (gs, Old Fields); m 1 Oct 1769 (NEGHR, 83:11) 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.

Children, surname Leigh: 1. Major Thomas, b 1773, d 1831 (Chase Charts, 1858); m 7 Jan 1813 Nancy Baker of Limerick, b 24 Oct 1788, d S Berwick 22 Oct 1853 (gs, Old Fields), dau of John and Salome (Drury) Baker, 4 ch. A Mary B Leigh, d 17 Mar 1815, and a John B Leigh, d 17 Feb 1826 age 14 mos, are bur in Old Fields, unknown. 2. Mary, b ca 1773 (Chase Charts, 1858), d 12 Apr 1831, age 58 (gs), probably unm. 3. Martha, bpt Portsmouth NH 10 Jan 1780, d Furnessville IN 1863, m 25 July 1798 Capt William Furness, son of Robert (NEHGR 82:16), 2 ch.

The Furness family (Robert) owned property next to Judge Chadbourne in 1762. Martha inherited the "garden house", a small property adjacent to the "Stevens house" on Liberty St.

Notes

From http://genforum.genealogy.com/me/messages/27485.html

Capt. Thomas and Martha Chadbourne Leigh had three children, Thomas buried in Old Fields Cemetery of his parents, a Mary I know little about yet, and Martha, who married William H. Furnase/Furness. When Martha Leigh Furness's son and daughter-in-law (Benjamin Chadbourne Leigh Furness and Mary Roberts Furness) both died young, Martha went to her Furness grandchildren in Furnessville IN, where she is buried with them. Grandson Edwin Leigh Furness married Louisa Graves of ME, buried in Furnessville, but whose parents Nathaniel and Louisa Emery Graves, are in Weskeag Village Cemetery at S. Thomaston ME.

Links

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