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Note: Buried at Lehigh Cemetery in Elmwood Township; Gravestone gives DOB of 4 August 1794; Pvt., Connecticut Militia, War of 1812, G.A.R Marker. Families of Early Guilford, CT just has under Edward Leete, son of Allen "Samuel, of Chester, Conn. and Illinois" Obituary: IN MEMORIAM Samuel M. Leet Died at his home at Lehigh, Elmwood township, on Thursday morning, Feb. 9th, 1882, at 9 o'clock, Mr. Samuel M. Leet, aged 87 years. Samuel M. Leet, the subject of this sketch, was born in Chester, Connecticut, Sept. 3, 1794, being a lineal descendant, by first son all the way down, of William Leet, who was sent by the crown of England, in 1638, with a charter to form the Colony of New Haven, remaining its Governor or Lieutenant Governor continuously until the Province of Connecticut was formed, when he was appointed by the home government provisional Governor of the Province, which office he continued to hold until his death, at the advanced age of 84 years. And it is a fact worthy of mention that every one of these first sons in this lineal descent, according to the record, lived to be over 80 years of age, except one who was accidently drowned at the age of 55 years. During the War of 1812 with England Samuel M. Leet entered the army, to fight the battles of his country, for which service he subsequently received from the Government a land warrant, and a few years ago Congress having passed an Act, giving pensions to all the soldiers of the War of 1812, Mr. Leet was placed on the pension list, the avails of which was amply sufficient to supply all his simple wants. Mr. Leet was married March 31st, 1818, to Ann Atwood, in the town of Jefferson, NY, by whom he had 7 children, five of whom survive him, who, by their industry and prudence [which seems inherited], are comfortably situated, some of them rich, which gave "Uncle Samuel" much comfort in his private life. Mr. Leet had the rare accomplishment in these days of minding his own business. In his dealings honorable, upright, and just, he gave no occasion for disagreements or misunderstandings, living in peace and harmony with his neighbors. Some three years ago, I think, Mr. Leet received severe injuries from a fall, which thenceforth confined him to his house, and almost entirely to his room, and about three weeks ago he received another fall, breaking a thigh bone and receiving other injuries, from the effects of which he rapidly sank, with but little apparent pain, except at times, when Death, the silent messenger, brought him his release. He departed this life Thursday morning, Feb. 9th, 1882, two months and ten days after the death of his wife, in the 88th year of his age.
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