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Note: Continuation of the line of Thomas13-g3Le1, Section One Begin generation four
* 31-g4Le7 Thomas4 Leggett, (Thomas3, Gabriel2, Gabriel1)
born January 17, 1755 at Stillwater, New York
died October 10, 1843 at New York City
1st married May 6, 1781 to Mary Haight
born November 2, 1762
died November 26, 1804
parents Samuel Haight and Rebecca Fowler, of Flushing, L.I.
2nd married March 11, 1808 to Mary Underhill
born Aug 14, 1770
died April 27, 1849
buried Old Quaker cemetery, Town of Schuylerville, N.Y.
Children (Leggett) 13: 6 boys, 7 girls
73-g5Le7 Samuel5
74-g5Le7 Joseph5
75-g5Le7 Charlotte5
76-g5Le7 William5 Haight
77-g5Le7 Mary5 (May)
78-g5Le7 Thomas5 Haight
79-g5Le7 Anna5
80-g5Le7 Elizabeth5
81-g5Le7 Rebecca5
82-g5Le7 James5 S.
83-g5Le7 Mary5
and by his 2nd wife
84-g5Le7 Elizabeth5
85-g5Le7 Jacob5 U.
Thomas4 resided in Westchester until 1836, when he removed to New York City. His son is quoted:
"Thomas4 Leggett died October 10, 1843 and was followed to the grave by the greatest number of carriages and persons that ever was seen in this country or that probably will ever again be convened for a similar occasion."
It is apparent that Thomas4 owned land in the Stillwater area near that of his brothers for some time, and that the old Salisbury place north of Wilbur's ravine, was the original property of Thomas4 Leggett. the ",York" on the tax rolls of 1789 mean that he was a resident of New York City.
On the tax rolls of Stillwater May 20, 1789 there is the following entry:
Property Tax
Thomas Leggett, York R £15 P £- s 2 p 8
Thomas4, around 1823 had a farm at Bemus' Heights, just east of Stillwater, N.Y. It was farmed by the husband of his niece, Rebecca60-g5Le5, daughter of Isaac22-g4Le5. After five years Rebecca60-g5Le5 and her husband, Andrew3 Dorland bought the farm and settled there.
Source:
Richard Donald Leggett
Leaves of the Leggett Lineage, Leggett Genealogy, Section 7, page 1.
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At a Special Term Part II of the Supreme Court of the State of New York held in and for the County of New York at the County Court House in said County, on the 11th day of May, 1910.
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Present: Hon Edward B. Whitney, Justice
Ordered that ... show cause before this Court at a Special Term Part I thereof to be held at the County Court House in the County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on the 10th day of June, 1910, at 10:30 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted...
SUPREME COURT
New York County
IN THE MATTER
OF
The Application for the appointment of a Trustee to execute the Power of sale remaining unexecuted, conferred by the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Leggett, deceased, upon the executors thereof.
Petition of Francis Tiffany Perry.
The petition of Francis Tiffany Perry respectfully shows to the court:
First: That your petitioner is a great-great grandson of Thomas Leggett, late of Westchester County, State of New York, deceased, and is a direct descendant of Charlotte L. Fox, one of the beneficiaries named in his will and testament, as hereinafter set forth.
Second: That your petitioner is informed and believes that said Thomas Leggett departed this life on or about the 10th day of October, 1843, leaving a last will and testament and two codicils thereto, all of which were duly proved and admitted to probate by the Surrogate of the County of Westchester on the 2nd day of November, 1843, and duly recorded in the Office of the said Surrogate in Liber Z of Wills, page 45, as follows:
WILL.
I, Thomas Leggett, of West Farms in Westchester County, do make my last will and testament as to all my real and personal estate at the time of my death in form and manner following:
Imprimis: I direct all my just debts to be paid and my just demands to be collected and in discharging this duty I authorize my executors to make compromise where they shall judge it expedient to release the debtors without compromise when they shall be satisfied of their inability to pay, and to submit all disputes and difficulties to arbitration.
Item Second: To my wife Mary I give all my household furniture, beds and bedding, plate and other chattels of every kind forming part of my housekeeping establishment. Also I give to her during her natural life, my original homestead at West Farms in Westchester County, comprising the house and about fifty acres of land originally belonging to it, or the yearly annuity of five hundred dollars per annum in lieu thereof whenever she shall choose to leave the said homestead and release the same from her life interest, such annuity to commence at her making such choice, and release to be paid quarterly and rateably up to her decease. Also I give her the further yearly annuity of fifteen hundred dollars to commence from my decease to be paid quarterly and rateably up to the time of her death, upon condition, however, as to all the above bequests to her that she shall take the same in lieu of dower in all my estate, and upon condition also that she provide in such manner as she shall think fit a comfortable maintenance for my son Jacob U. Leggett during her life at such place as she may think best.
Third: I authorize and direct my executors and the survivors and survivor of them in case my son Jacob shall survive his mother to provide in such manner as they shall think fit a comfortable maintenance for him at such place as they may think fit, during his life, and to defray the expense thereof out of my estate as hereinafter expressed.
Fourth: To Phebe Leggett, daughter of my deceased brother Isaac Leggett, I give an annuity of one hundred dollars per annum to commence at my decease, to be paid quarterly and until she shall attain the age of twenty-one years or depart this life under that age, and I also give her a legacy of five hundred dollars on her attaining that age.
Fifth: I authorize and direct my executors and the survivors and survivor of them to advance to my brother Gabriel Leggett such sums as in their judgment shall be requisite for his comfortable maintenance and support during his life.
Sixth: I charge all the preceding legacies, annuities and provisions in favor of my wife, my son Jacob, my niece Phebe Leggett and my brother Gabriel Leggett upon the rents and income of my real estate within the City and County of New York and not upon my personal estate.
Seventh: As to all my real estate within the City and County of New York, I give the same to my executors, the survivors or survivor of them, as joint tenants, to have and to hold the same until the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, upon trust, to let the same from time as they shall think fit and to receive the rents, issues and profits thereof, and out of the same to defray all the expenses chargeable upon such property, of taxes, assessments, insurance, repairs, alterations and improvements, as they shall deem expedient, including the building of any of my houses or stores which they may think fit thus to improve, and also to defray all the aforesaid charges thereupon and the balance to divide at the end of every year after my decease between and amongst my children Samuel, Joseph, Charlotte, wife of William W. Fox, William H., Thomas, Ann, wife of Samuel F. Mott, Rebecca, wife of George S. Fox, Mary, wife of Thomas Pearsall, and Elizabeth, in equal shares, and on their respective deaths to their children and next of kin respectively. And on the arrival of the year Eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, I give the said real estate in the City and County of New York, subject, however, to the said charges thereon, to my said children in this item above named, in equal shares and to their heirs and assigns forever, subject to the powers following, namely: I authorize my executors, and the survivors and survivor of them, with their successors, as hereinafter provided, to be appointed, to divide my estate in the said City and County of New York among my said children, providing my surviving children shall agree thereto, or, if my executors and the survivors or survivor and such successors as aforesaid, shall think it more expedient, then I authorize, empower and direct them to sell my real estate in the City and County of New York at public or private sale and to divide the proceeds of such real estate according to the aforesaid disposition thereof, and to execute conveyances upon such sale which shall be valid to vest the title in the purchaser, but the said charges upon this part of my estate are to be first secured in such manner as the said persons making such sale shall deem best and the rents of the said real estate from the time when a sale is hereby authorized until a sale or division is made, I give to my executors to be distributed and divided among the persons to whom I give the land and its proceeds in the same proportions.
Eighth: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real and personal, I direct my executors to divide into six equal shares and I give one of said shares to my son William H. Leggett and one to my son Thomas Leggett, Junior, to them respectively, and to their heirs, executors, administrators forever. One share I give to my executors, the survivors and survivor of them, as joint tenants and to their heirs forever, upon trust, during the life of my son Joseph Leggett to receive the rents, issues and income thereof and after defraying all charges upon the said shares to apply as much of the said rents, issues and income as shall be necessary to the support and maintenance of my said son Joseph and his family to be paid to him or otherwise as they shall think most proper from time to time and the balance, if any, to pay over to his children who shall be living at my decease, investing the shares for such as shall be minors to be paid to them respectively on coming of age and upon the death of my said son Joseph then to convey and pay over to his children the said share so held by them in trust, giving one equal part on such conveyance and payment to the issue of any of his children deceased, and if he shall die without leaving any descendants then I give the same to the other five children named in this present item of my will. I give the three remaining shares of my said estate to my three daughters Rebecca, wife of George S. Fox, Mary, wife of Thomas Pearsall, and Elizabeth Leggett, one share to each, excepting and subject, however, to the deduction of eight thousand dollars from each share which three sums of eight thousand dollars, I give to my executors in trust as hereinafter expressed, to have and to hold the said shares to my said daughters respectively, and to their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever. And for the purpose of dividing my said real estate, I give my executors and the survivor and their survivors and their successors, as aforesaid, the power of selling the same in their discretion at public or private sale, and of conveying the same in fee simple.
Ninth: I direct my executors to invest separately each of the said sums of eight thousand dollars and to keep the same invested either in a purchase of real estate or in a mortgage thereof, and to receive the income and interest thereof, and to pay over during the life of my said daughter Rebecca, the interest and income of one of the said investments to her, to her sole and separate use exclusively of any husband and upon her own receipt from time to time, and on her death the principal shall be given to her children or if no children then living, to her next of kin and in like manner to pay over the income and interest of the other two investments to my said other daughters Mary and Elizabeth respectively during life to their sole and separate use as aforesaid exclusively of their husbands and upon their own receipts from time to time, and upon their deaths respectively the principal to go to their children or if no children then living, to their next of kin.
Lastly, I appoint my sons William H. Leggett and Thomas Leggett, Junior, and my son-in-law George S. Fox, Executors of this Will and Trustees of the trusts thereof, and I authorize the survivors and survivor of them as often as any of their number may be taken away by death, to nominate one of my sons, sons-in-law, or grandsons to supply his place who shall thenceforth be a trustee with such survivors for all the trusts of this will and be invested with every estate, interest, power, authority and discretion which are herein given to my executors and proper conveyances and instruments shall be executed for this purpose, and so from time to time as often as vacancies among the original or succeeding trustees shall occur. And also I authorize my executors and trustees for the time being to improve any part of my real estate, at the expense of the same, and I give to them power to appoint an agent and agents from time to time for the management of my estates under their direction. And I require all my children and all who shall claim under this will or who shall be affected by it, to submit all difficulties which may arise between them in relation to it, to arbitration and not to go to law and I earnestly charge upon all my children the duty of aiding and assisting my wife in the management of my son Jacob, and in the use of every proper means, by advice and persuasion to direct him in the path of rectitude, to keep him from the way of evil communications and to watch over him for good.
And I declare and publish this will written on the annexed and present sheets to be my only last will and testament and have unto the preceding sheet set my hand and hereunto my hand and seal, this twenty-fourth day of first month in the year of our Lord, On thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
THOS. LEGGETT (L. S.)
Subscribed, signed and published by Thomas Leggett as his last will this 24th day of January, A. D. 1834, in our presence, who at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses with our places of residence. The clause interlined in Line 20, 21, of page 3, being altered before execution.
DANIEL LORD, Jr., 91 Franklin St., New York.
W. H. DRAKE, No. 115 Hudson St., New York.
FIRST CODICIL.
I, Thomas Leggett, of West Farms, in Westchester County, do make this Codicil to my last will bearing date the twenty-fourth day of first month, in the year of Our Lord, Eighteen hundred and thirty-four.
First: I direct the annuity of Fifteen hundred dollars given to my wife in item second of my said will to be increased to Twenty-five hundred dollars and with this alteration confirm the said item in every other particular.
Item: In relation to the item Seventh of my said will I direct that the trust therein declared as herein modified shall endure, during the life of my wife, during which period and until the sale of the property, the rents and profits shall be received by my executors and their successors in trust and the balance after defraying the annuities, charges and expenses in the said item expressed shall be applied yearly by my executors to the use of the persons in that item expressed, to be entitled thereto, leaving out my daughter Elizabeth, deceased, and on the death of my wife I give the lands in the said item mentioned (including what Elizabeth would have taken if living) in the same manner as if therein directed or expressed, to be done on the arrival of the year eighteen hundred ands fifty-eight, and with the alterations herein expressed, I do in all other respects confirm the said item of my will.
Item: In relation to Item Eighth of my said will as my daughter Elizabeth hath departed this life and I have concluded to place my daughters Charlotte and Ann on an equality with my other daughters, under the said item, I do therefore will and direct that the estate disposed of, in item Eighth aforesaid be divided into seven shares instead of six, one of the shares I give to my daughter Charlotte, wife of William W. Fox, and another of the shares I give to my daughter Ann, wife of Samuel F. Mott, excepting and subject to the deducting of eight thousand dollars from each share, which two sums of Eight thousand dollars, I give to my executors in trust for my said daughters Charlotte and Ann respectively upon trust in their behalf respectively, exactly similar to the trust in relation to the similar sums given in trust in relation to the similar sums given in trust for my other daughters, and in all other respects I confirm the said item Eighth which shall take effect as if Elizabeth had been originally omitted, and Charlotte and Ann originally named therein.
Item: I authorize and direct my executors to make a provision out of my residuary estate for my faithful colored servant woman Rose, for her life not to exceed the rate of One hundred and fifty dollars per annum to be computed from my decease and to be applied by my executors in such manner as they may think fit to her use and comfort.
Item: The appointment of my executors shall not release, vary or affect any indebtedness or accounts, between me and any of them.
Last. In all respects not hereby altered, I declare the said will and this present codicil together to contain and express my last will and testament.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of first month in the year of Our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and forty.
THOS. LEGGETT (L. S.)
Signed, sealed and declared as a codicil to his will by Thomas Leggett this 30th day of January, A. D. 1840, in our presence subscribing at his request and in his presence, our names and places of residence.
SUSAN LORD, ) 26 Beach Street,
DANIEL LORD, Jr., ) New York City.
PHEBE L. LORD, 26 Beach Street, New York City.
SECOND CODICIL.
I, Thomas Leggett, of West Farms, Westchester County, do make this Codicil to my last will and testament, namely:
I appoint my son-in-law Samuel F. Mott to be an executor of my last will and testament in connection with the other executors therein named.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as, and for a codicil making part of my last will and testament, this third day of Seventh month (July) in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
THOS. LEGGETT (L. S.)
Signed and declared by Thomas Leggett to be a codicil of his last will and testament in our presence subscribing at his request this third day of Seventh month, A. D. 1843.
JOSEPH WALKER.
DAVID GRISCOM.
ROBERT REYNOLDS.
That thereafter letters testamentary were duly issued by order of the said Surrogate to William H. Leggett, Samuel F. Mott, Thomas Leggett, Jr., and George S. Fox, the executors appointed in and by said will and codicils, and they thereupon duly qualified as such executors and entered upon the discharge of the duties of their said office; that all of the said executors have long since departed this life, as is hereafter more particularly set forth, and that on the 11th day of April, 1866, the daughter of the testator, Rebecca L. Fox, and her daughter, Anna Schell, were duly appointed by the Surrogate of the County of Westchester, administratrices of the Estate of the said Thomas Leggett, with the will annexed, and duly qualified as such, and entered upon the discharge of their duties and acted as such administratrices together until the death of the said Rebecca L. Fox on the 14th day of April, 1878, and thereafter the said Anna Schell was the sole surviving administratrix with the will annexed of the goods, chattels and credits left unadministered of said Thomas Leggett, deceased, until her death on the 5th day of January, 1905.
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Third: That your petitioner is informed and believes that said Thomas Leggett, at the time of his death, was seized and possessed of some right, title or interest in the northerly half of the bed of an old road in the Borough of the Bronx, of the City of New York, known as "Landing Road," which extended from the old Hunt's Point Road, so-called, to Leggett's Creek and also in the Westerly half of the bed of certain parts of said Hunt's Point Road; that your petitioner is unable to state the approximate value of said right, title or interest in said real estate, except that your petitioner is informed and believes that the same is worth approximately the sum of Fifteen hundred dollars; that at the date of the execution of the will of the said Thomas Leggett and at the date of his death, the said "Landing Road" and Hunt's Point Road were located in Westchester County as then constituted, and not in the City or County of New York as they were then constituted, and that the provisions of the residuary clause of the will of said testator affect the said interest of the said testator in the said real property; that upon the death of the testator's son, said Thomas Leggett, Jr., to wit, on August 1st, 1865, the last surviving executor of said will of Thomas Leggett, deceased, the trust power conferred by said Thomas Leggett upon the executors of his last will and testament devolved upon this court, and that said trust power, insofar as it relates to the real estate hereinabove mentioned, remains wholly unexecuted, and in order to protect the interests of your petitioner and of all the other beneficiaries of the said residuary clause, and to have the said right, title and interest in said real estate owned by said Thomas Leggett at the time of his death, sold and conveyed for the benefit of the persons now entitled to the proceeds of the sale thereof under the said will, it is proper and necessary that some suitable and proper person should be appointed by the court to execute, under the direction of the court, the trust power, as aforesaid, conferred by the will of Thomas Leggett upon the executors of said will, and to sell and convey the right, title and interest which said Thomas Leggett had at the time of his death in the real estate hereinabove mentioned, and to convert the proceeds of such sale into cash, and to divide the said proceeds, less the expenses incident to the sale of said property and his administration in the premises, to and among the parties entitled thereto.
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From:
The Application for the appointment of a Trustee to execute the Power of sale remaining unexecuted, conferred by the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Leggett, deceased, upon the executors thereof.
Petition and Order to Show Cause.
FERRISS, ROESER & STORCK,
Attorneys for Petitioner,
165 Broadway,
New York City
THE REPORTER CO., WALTON, N. Y.
N. Y. Office, Charles Watson Russell,
253 Broadway, Room 205, 'Phone 5909 Barclay
1910
At a Special Term Part II of the Supreme Court of the State of New York held in and for the County of New York at the County Court House in said County, on the 11th day of May, 1910.
Electronically transcribed, February 2003, by David John Leggett, b. 1961, 4th great grandson of Thomas Leggett, 1755-1843.
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Today I will tell something of funerals. Among the Quakers there was no ostentation. So rigid were they that no kind of mark was allowed to be placed on the grave. A large plot of ground was selected in North Street, this was on the East side of the Bowery, and had the name of Houston Street been continued, it was just a continuation [a reference to Houston Street Friends’ Burying Ground]. No sort of ornaments or tree, the dead beginning at one corner were laid side by side with no reference to family - just as they were brot to be buried so that after awhile no one knew where the beloved form was laid. This order of things grew from Friends’ view that the spirit only of those gone should dwell with us and no worship of the body. At one time one young man by the name of Jenkins put up a very small brownstone with the name and date of his wife’s death. It was removed. Again it was set up and Friends objected greatly but let it remain. After many years of deliberation it was permitted to put up head stones two feet high and plain but now monuments are allowed. [Thy great] Grandfather William Haight Leggett [1789-1863] had a plot in Friends’ Burying Ground [but not in Houston Street; rather in the Friends' Cemetery in Flatbush, Brooklyn] and was buried there; also [thy great] grandmother Margaret Leggett. The name is I think Woodlawn perhaps three miles from Harlem [a reference to Woodlawn Cemetery, their eventual resting place; William was moved there from Flatbush in 1867, according to Woodlawn records. Margaret was buried at Woodlawn upon her death in 1878]. There was very little ceremony at the funeral - a pine coffin often unpainted, I do not know if my father was thus encased, I will ask my brother Valentine. Generally a concerned friend had some words to say with perhaps a prayer offered. The plainest to be called hearse, with no pall bearers, the dead was carried to the quiet home - the [thy?] old great great grand, Thomas Leggett [1755-1843, father of William H.] lies in the yard of the very ancient Quaker Meeting House at West Chester near West Chester Creek this stands [originally adjacent to, but now part of St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Westchester, Bronx, any building is now gone; Thomas lies in the "Friends Burial Place" perhaps always part of St. Peter's yard, but bought by the Quakers next door]- and his old slave Rose ...........lies at his feet by his request, a faithful woman indeed. The Quakers liberated their slaves at a very early date but as a rule they remained in the family rearing their children there.
Eliza (Seaman) Leggett, writing to a grandson in 1888
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Thomas Leggett’s stone is a modest one, of white marble measuring approximately 5-3/8 inches thick by 18-1/4 inches wide and 15 inches high on the sides, with a top that arches up in the middle 1-1/2 inches more. Across the top in 1-1/2 inch block letters raised above the surface is the name "THOMAS LEGGETT". On the front, inscribed in 1 inch thick-and-thin letters with serif are the particulars in a style the old Quaker would have certainly approved:
Born 1st Month 17th 1755
Died 10th Month 10th 1843
Aged 88 years 8 months
& 23 days.
Source:
Visits to the Churchyard at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church,
Westchester, The Bronx, New York City
David J. and Julia H. C. Leggett
1995-1996
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FROM THE 2000-2002 NEW YORK CITY LEGGETT TOMBSTONE PROJECT
Six granite markers placed by David John Leggett and John Milton Leggett:
I. AT THE OCTAVE OF ALL SAINTS':
Four 2' x 3' x 4" gravestones in the Bronx, the first one in Drake Park, the next two in St. Peter's Church Yard, Westchester, the last in the William H. Leggett Plot, Woodlawn Cemetery, were placed in November 2001, the one in Woodlawn on the 5th, and the remaining three on the 6th;
II. ON CHRISTMAS EVE:
2. Two smaller reference stones (1' x 2' x4") in the Pittsburgh area, the first in the William T. Leggett / Corbett Plot, Homewood Cemetery, the last in the Joseph Baltzell Showalter / Leggett Plot, North Cemetery, Butler, were placed on the 24th of December, referring to the New York City stones and to each other.
Below is the inscription on the Thomas Leggett stone at St. Peters:
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THOMAS LEGGETT
Born 1st Month 17th 1755
Died 10th Month 10th 1843
Aged 88 years 8 months
& 23 days.
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HIS FOREFATHERS REST IN THE BURYING GROUND ON HUNT’S POINT NOW KNOWN AS DRAKE PARK;
SOME DESCENDANTS IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY, LOT NUMBER 522-523, SECTION 9, SPRING LAKE.
A. D. 2001, J. M. L. +
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Leaves of the Leggett Lineage
Authorities:
ï Chicago Daily Tribune; Dec 31, 1903 - EXTRA; Jan 1, 1904; Jan 2, 1904
ï David40c-g10Le7 John Leggett, research on the line of Gabriel4-g1Le1 Leggett
ï Detroit Free Press; Feb 10, 1900; May 8, 1955
ï Detroit Institue of Arts, Feb, 2001
ï Durkee's Epiteths, Vol 4
ï Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, N.Y.; Copied from the manuscript record of the Rev. Theodore60-g7Le14 A. Leggett, with additions by A. Hatfield, Jr., New York 1913
ï Leggett Family, compiled by Larry and Kathy McCurdy
ï National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, The; Vol. XI; New York James T. White & Company, 1909
ï New York Daily Tribune; Aug 4, 1849
ï New York Evening Post; Aug 4, 1849
ï New York Times; as listed
ï Randall, C. Corydon, Rev. Dr., personal files, and research
ï Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston, by Stone
ï Saratoga County, New York, History of ; with Illustrations, Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, reprinted 1979 (org 1878)
ï Who Was Who in America, Vol. 1 1897-1942; Chicago, U.S.A., The A.N. Marquis Company, 1942
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From page 243-244 of “The Old Merchants of New York City”
In 1798 New York was afflicted with burglars. One
night Mr. Thomas Leggett heard an outcry, in his im-
mediate neighborhood. " Murder ! " " thieves ! " was
called, and " help " invoked. He rushed out of his own
house, and ran across the way, where he saw a light in
the store through the chinks of the door, which latter
he promptly stove in. He saw three burglars. Two
were upon the owner of the store, who was down on
the floor. A third was coming towards the door. Mr.
Leggett seized him, wheeled about, and jammed him
against the wall with his back, and thus held him.
Another burglar rushed at Mr. Leggett, but he seized
him with his hands, and held him fast. The rear bur
glar drew a penknife, and commenced stabbing ; but he
made a mistake, and stabbed his confederate No. 2, that
Mr. Leggett was holding on to, while keeping the other
fast against the wall. He was relieved from his disa-
greeable situation by his neighbor, Alderman Theophi-
lus Beekman, who came to his assistance, and the fel-
lows were secured (save burglar No. 3, who escaped,)
and afterwards taken to prison, tried, convicted and ex-
ecuted.
Mr. Leggett, in common with all the followers of
George Fox and William Penn, was opposed to capital
punishment. He was often heard to say that he was
glad that he had not been obliged to appear as a wit-
ness against the two burglars whom he was mainly in-
strumental in capturing. (He was absent from the city
at the time of their trial, thinking there was sufficient
evidence of their guilt for their conviction without his
testimony — particularly as one of them was a young
offender whom he believed had been seduced to the com-
mittal of the deed by his more hardened companion.)
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<b>Thomas Leggett
</b>Birth 17 Jan 1755
Death 10 Oct 1843 (aged 88)
Burial Saint Peters Episcopal Churchyard Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Memorial ID 29209817
HIS FOREFATHERS REST IN THE BURYING GROUND ON HUNTS POINT NOW KNOW AS DRAKE PARK. SOME DESCENDANTS IN WOODLAWN CEMETERY LOT # 522-523 SECT 9 -SPRING LAKE
AD 2001-JML
WILL BE RESEARCHING MORE INFO ON THIS FAMILY
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More under Mary Haight and the marriage notes for Thomas Leggett and Mary Haight.
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