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Note: as the last of the seven children of Gabriel (E-3) and Susan Kilbourne. He was baptized at St. Mary`s on May 2, 1637 (seven months before Oliver Cromwell and his wife Elizabeth had their daughter Frances baptized there). In 1657 Gabriel (E-4) received twenty pounds by his father`s will. No further mention of this Gabriel appears in the Ely records. After the Restoration of Charles II in 1661, many who had benefited from the Commonwealth and who were likely to be punished by the reinstated Bishop Wren sought greater economic opportunity in the American colonies. According to a handwritten note on the back of a portrait of Thomas Leggett [(1755-1843)] (A-4), painted in 1843, Gabriel arrived in New York [New Amsterdam, until 1664] in 1661.
Details concerning Gabriel (E-4, A-1) can be found in Theodore A. Leggett`s Early Settlers of West Farms, including his will (p. 16). Theodore Leggett speculates that, on his way to Westchester County, New York, Gabriel came via the Barbadoes and was part of an English colonizing effort on the eastern edge of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. However, the records definitely show that Gabriel was in Ely at the time Theodore Leggett speculates that he may have been in the Barbadoes, circa 1638. [Actually, Theodore Leggett does not speculate that Gabriel went to Barbados; he estimated his birthdate in Essex about 1635, close in date, if the wrong place. But he knew Gabriel was too young to have been in Barbados c. 1638]
Source:
THE ENGLISH ORIGINS OF THE GABRIEL LEGGETT FAMILY
Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, New York
Researched by Dorothy Corbett Wertz, Ph.D. Boston University,
School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985
Compiled by the Rev. John Milton Leggett, Trinity Episcopal Church, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1986
Electronically scanned, formatted and annotated thus [ ] by his son, David John Leggett, 13 February 2000
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1. GABRIEL1 LEGGETT born probably in Essex County, England, in 1635; came to Westchester County, N.Y., about 1670-76; [N.B. THEODORE A. LEGGETT IS HERE IN ERROR. IN 1985, IT WAS PROVEN THAT GABRIEL LEGGETT CAME FROM ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, WHERE HE WAS BAPTIZED AT ST. MARY THE VIRGIN ON 7 MAY 1637; FURTHERMORE, HE ARRIVED IN AMERICA IN 1661. SEE ABOVE.] resided at West Farms; was a land owner and merchant; he died at West Farms, before July, 1700, and was probably buried in the family graveyard on Hunt's Point. He was married, presumably at West Farms, about 1676, to Elizabeth Richardson of West Farms. She was born at ------, about 1656; died at West Farms, -------, 1724, and was probably buried in the graveyard on Hunt's Point; she was a daughter of John Richardson, one of the original patentees of the Manor of West Farms, and his wife Martha.
In a book entitled Narrative of Major Abraham Leggett of the Army of the Revolution, it is stated that Gabriel1 was born in England in 1635. (Major Abraham Leggett was a son of John3, William2, Gabriel1, was quite a distinguished man of his day, and was vice-president of the Society of the Cincinatti, and he may have known the exact date of his great-grandfather's birth, although it has not been possible to verify his statement.) The records of lands owned by Gabriel1 and his will have been given on a previous page, aslo such data as is known concerning Elizabeth Richardson, Gabriel's wife.
The exact order of the birth of the children of Gabriel1 and Elizabeth is not known, but such dates as are known, and guided by the order in which they are mentioned in Gabriel's will, it should be given as above. In the census for the town of Westchester, 1698, we find "Gabriel Leaggatt, wife Elesebath, children John, Thomas, william, amry, sarah, alce, Elesabath;" from this it seems likely that Gabriel2 was not born until 1698.
I find no further record of any of the daughters, excepting Martha, who married William Davenport.
Gabriel1 Leggett died before July 1700; the exact date is not known, and the date of probate of his will is not given, but the will recorded just before his bears the date of June 28, 1700, and the one following July ---, 1700, placing the date of his death probably only a short time previous to July, 1700.
Source:
Early Settlers of West Farms Westchester County, N.Y.
Copied from the manuscript record of the late Theodore A. Leggett
With additions by A. Hatfield, Jr.
Edition of one hundred copies, New York, 1913, pp. 27-28:
Original sources:
Leggett, Major Abraham, Narrative of Major Abraham Leggett of the Army of the Revolution.
New York Historical Society Collections, Abstract of Wills, vol. I pp. 64, 93.
New York Surrogate's Office, Wills, Liber. 1-2, pp. 260, 335
New York Colonial Manuscripts, vol. 42, p. 60 "Census of the Town of Westchester, 1698," in
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 38, pp. 129-135.
Bolton, R., History of County of Westchester, vol. I p. 446.
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"Deed to the South Bronx," 1666:
Richard Nicolls Esq.E
Governour Generall under his Royall Highnefs James Duke of York and Albany &c of all his territoryes in America; To all to whom thefe Prefents shall come, sendeth greeting. Whereas there is a certain Tract or Parcell of Land within this Government Scituate, lying and being heare unto and within the Limitts of the Towne of Weftchester, uppon ye maine, being Bounded tothe Eaft by the River commonly Called by the Indyans Aquehung; otherwife Bronckx River, extend-ing to the midst of the said River to the north by the markt Trees and by a Piece of Hafsock meadow weftward by a little Brooke called by the natives Sackwrahung and Southward by the Sound or Eaft-River including within itt a certaine neck of Land called Quinnahung; which said Parcell or Tract and Neck of land with the Appurtenances together with Commonage and Liberty for Range of Horfes and--Cattle as far as they pleafe into the woods hath heretofore beene Joyntly Purchafed of the Indyen Proprietors by Edward Jefsop and John Richardson, of Weftchefter aforesaid and due Sattisffaction hath been by them been Given for the Same as by the Deed Remaining uppon Record more at large doth and may appeare Now itt being mutually agreed uppon by both the aforesaid Joynt Purchas.Ers that an equall Divifion shall be made of the said Parcell or Tract of Land and Appertenances between them the said Edward Jefsop and John Richardson their Heires and Afsignes; and to the end the said Lands may be the better manured and Planted for a further Confirmation unto each and either of them, in their Pofsession and Enjoyment of the Premisses--Know yee that by vertue of the Commifsion and Authority unto mee Given by his Royall Highnefs I have Ratifyed Confirmed and Granted and by thefe Presents do Ratify Confirm and Grant unto John Richardfon Aforesaid his heires and Afsignes the moyety or one half of the aforesaid Parcell or Tract of land and---Premifses together with the moyety or one half of all the woods Meadows Paftures Commonage marshes waters Rivers or Lakes theire unto belonging with theire and every of theire appurtenances and of every part and Parcell thereof. To have and to hold the said moyety or one half of the said parcell or Tract of Land Common=aye and premifses with all and singular their Appurtenances to the said John Richardfon his heires and Afsigns unto the proper ufe and behoofe of the said John Richardfon his heires and Afsigns for ever Hee or they---Rendring and Paying such Dutyes and acknowledgments as now are or hereafter shall be Constituted and---Eftablisht by the lawes of this Government under the Obedience of his Royall Highnefse his Heires and--Succefsors Given under my hand and Seale, at Fort James in New Yorke on the Island of Manhatans the 25th day of Aprill in the Eighteenth Year of his Majesties Reigne Annoq Domini 1666 Richard Nicolls
Recorded by order ot the Govenour the day and yeare above written Matthias Nicolls Sear;E
The original: ink on paper, handwritten, approximately 12-3/4" H x 16-1/4" W.
The sheet was folded in half once up and down, then in half twice crosswise.
Strips of paper have been glued to the back to reinforce these very worn folds.
The sheet has other folds and wrinkles, but legibility remains excellent.
On the back appears: Copy
Governour Nicholls Grant
Of Land at the West Farms---
to John Richardfon 25 th
April 1666 No 2
Transcribed 24 February 1996, by David John Leggett, Arlington, Virginia,
Eighth great grandson of the above mentioned John Richardson, whose daughter,
Elizabeth Richardson (1656-1724) married Gabriel Leggett (1637-1700) in 1676.
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Will of Gabriel Leggett [probated July 1700]
In the name of God, Amen, the 16th day of April in the yeare of our Lord God 1697, I Gabriel Leggett of the West Farms of Westchester, in the County of Westchester, and Province of New York, yoeman, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, do make, and ordain this my last will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul in to the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and for my body I commend it to the earth to be buried in a christian like manner att the discretion of my Executrix nothing doubting butt att the General resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and forme. Imprimus, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth all my household goods. Item. I will that all my debts which are justly due from me to any person or persons whatsoever be first paid out of my living stock of creatures of what kind so ever. Item. I will, give and bequeath unto my son John Leggett my house and outhouses, orchard, land and the meadow in the Planting Neck and meadow by the yard side, and is that messuage or tenement which Thos. Williams dwells upon, and was formerly my ffather in law John Richardsons, together with fifty acres of woodland, to him, his heirs, and assignes forever.
Item. I will and bequeath unto my son Thomas Leggett my now dwelling house and orchard and outhouses with the land and meadow which I bought of John fferguson, Senior, and Robert Manning together with fifty acres of woodland lying within the bounds of said pattent and is the one moyty or half of one hundred acres with his brother John, (I say) to my said son Thomas to him, his heirs, and assignes forever. Item. I give and beaqueath to my son William Leggett one hundred acres of woodland and five acres of meadow lying behind the field within the bounds of our pattent together with all the undivided meadow which shall fall to my sheir as also my house and home lott with an orchard thereon lying in the town of Westchester aforesd to him, his heirs and assigns forever, and I will, order and ordaine that after my decease the aforesaid housen and outhousen, lands and meadows with all and singular the appurtenances before mentioned shall be entered into and upon by my three sons as aforesaid after the decease of my wife but not sooner, unless in case of her remarriage as is here after provided. And I do declare my beloved wife Elizabeth Leggett to be sole executrix of this my last will and testament and to succeed me in possession of all and singular the house and housing, lands and meadows before expressed for and in the behalf of my three sons, John, Thomas, and William Leggett aforesd.
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Leggett my little negro boy. Item. I will and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Leggett twenty pounds. Item. I will and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Leggett twenty pounds. I will and bequeath unto my daugter Alice Leggett twenty pounds. Item. I will and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Leggett twenty pounds, which is in all eighty pounds to be paid out of my living, provided, that if any of my daughter should dye then her legacy shall fall to her surviving sisters, equally to be divided between them.
Item. It is my will and pleasure, an I do so order and appoint that notwithstanding what is herein befor exprest that no legacy shall be paid nor any alteration be made in my estate during my said wife`s natural life, but that all things continue in the same condition in her possession and enjoyment for her necessary subsistence whilst she lives, and my take into the house with her or putt into the other messuage or tenements which of my said children she please for the better management of her affairs, always provided due care to be taken that nothing be wasted or embezzled of my estate by whom she admits into any or either of the said houses. But if my wife shall marry after my decease, that then and for such case my three sons shall enter end possess what I have before bequeathed to them. Also provided that if either of my daughters should marry and my wife consent that then she shall forthwith pay the legacy as I before bequeathed without further delay. Lastly I devise, authorize, and appoint my trusty and well beloved friends Samuel Haight of fflushing and Saml Palmer to be my executors in trust to see that this my last will and testament punctually performed and fulfilled. In witness whereof I, the said Gabriel Leggett have hereunto put my hand and seal the day and year above written.
I also will and bequeath unto my son John Leggett my thirty acres of pasture land adjoining to the orchard which I bequeathed to him above.Gabriel Leggett (Seal)
Witnesses
Willliam Barnes, Joseph Haviland, Edward Collier
Recorded N.Y. Surrogate`s Office, N.Y. Wills, Liber II., pg. 25
Source:
Early Settlers of West Farms Westchester County, N.Y.
Copied from the manuscript record of the late Theodore A. Leggett
With additions by A. Hatfield, Jr.
Edition of one hundred copies, New York, 1913, pp. 16-17.
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Information on Drake Park, burial place of Gabriel Leggett, on New York City`s (Parks and Recreation Commission) website http://nycparks.completeinet.net/
http://nycparks.completeinet.net/search_result.php
http://nycparks.completeinet.net/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6331
JOSEPH RODMAN DRIVE [sic] PARK
2.49 acres
The property of Joseph Rodman Drake Park in the Hunts Point area of the Bronx was once the site of a Weckquaesgeek Indian village called Quinnahung, meaning "a long high place" or "the planting neck." During the Revolutionary War, George Washington`s continental troops passed through this plot in their retreat from Long Island. In the late 17th century, Thomas Hunt (for whom the Hunt`s Point neighborhood is named) acquired this property and built his stone mansion, the Grange.
The Hunt mansion served as a childhood haven for Joseph Rodman Drake. Born on August 7, 1795, Joseph Rodman Drake was a descendant of Sir Francis Drake, a 16th century navigator who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. Joseph Rodman Drake was a gifted young poet who praised the natural beauty of the Bronx in his verse. In 1813 Drake abandoned a career in business and began studying medicine with local doctors. That year he met and immediately befriended fellow poet Fitz-Greene Halleck. From March to July 1819, they collaborated on "The Croaker Papers." This series of humorous poems lampooning City officials was published in the New York Post.
Although he worked as a physician, Drake is best known as the celebrated author of poems including "The Culprit Fay" and "The American Flag." When he died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-five on September 21, 1820, Drake was laid to rest in the Hunt family burial ground at the Grange. Halleck wrote the epitaph on Drake`s tombstone: "Green be the turf above thee; Friend of my better days; None knew thee but to love thee; Nor named thee but to praise." Drake`s daughter compiled and published his works in October 1835.
The burial ground of the Hunt mansion consists of about fifty markers including names such as Hunt, Leggett, and Willettall families associated with the settlement and development of the Bronx. The streets near the cemetery are named for prominent poets including Drake, Halleck, (John Greenleaf) Whittier, and (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow. In 1905 the cemetery was saved from destruction by local literary enthusiasts. Four years later, Parks acquired the property.
The park was named in honor of Joseph Rodman Drake in 1915. That year the Bronx Society of Arts and Science installed a seven-foot marble shaft inscribed with Halleck`s words to mark Drake`s grave. The Society placed another tablet in Drake`s honor near the Lorillard Snuff Mill in the New York Botanical Garden. A 1934 survey at the site shows a stone dwelling, a metal garage, and a tool shed standing in the vicinity of the burial ground in 1934. These features were no longer in place when a major renovation was undertaken in 1953. At that time, an iron picket fence was installed around the cemetery, benches were placed along the paths and cinder sidewalks were built along the perimeter. In 1962 the timber curbs around the cemetery were replaced with concrete. Even as the surrounding neighborhood has grown more industrial, the pastoral beauty of the Joseph Rodman Drake Park endures.
March, 1999
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What the Rev`d Theodore A. Leggett in Early Settlers (p. 6-8) says of the old Leggett burying ground on Hunt`s Point:
The sites of old Richardson homestead and Gabriel Leggett`s, as well as those of later generations, have all an absorbing interest to me; nor less so the old graveyard on Hunt`s Point. Inside the gateway lies a flat stone engraved: "Private Cemetery for the families of Thomas Hunt, Cornelius Willet and John Leggett." ... Since the yard contains many Hunt graves, that of the poet Joseph Rodman Drake, and others, I imagine that originally there were two yards, separated probably by a fence, for the Leggett graves are by themselves. The old stones are very rude. There was at that time not a headstone cut in the whole Province, all such stones, as in old Trinity, New York, were imported from England or Holland. These old gravestones, therefore, are rough slabs, and at first I thought they were without inscription of any kind, but after several visits I found that sunken beneath the surface of the ground were the initials rudely carved. I have heard my mother say that grandfather Leggett wished to be buried in "an old yard at West Farms." Grandmother, however, had him placed in the Quackenbos vault. Near the old graveyard is the burying place of the slaves of the Leggett family and other families, containing a good many irregular shaped headstones. I have often heard, and the wills which I will later record, show that there were a good many slaves owned by the family. ... Gabriel was no doubt buried in the old yard on Hunt`s Point; I think I can make out his initials on one of the oldest stones.
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Bronx Historical Society has a 1905 inventory of the stones in the Hunt`s Point burying ground, as follows (corrections and additions to conform to what I saw on the ground in August 2000 made in boldfaced bracketed type, David John Leggett):
[Handwritten across top of page:]
Westchester Co. Cemeteries Vol. #5
found in the New York State Library.
85.
#232. West Farms, Westchester County, New York; Hunt Family Cemetery at Hunt`s Point; 1729 -
1892; 39 stones; many rough stones here, now illegible; neglected; no longer used; copied
Tues. 10 Oct. 1905; by William A. Eardeley; assisted by Mr. Robert B. Miller of Brooklyn,
New York.
1. Bartow Andrew A______; died _____ 1861; aged 88;
no more dates
2. Mary; his wife; died _____ 1861; aged 89;
no more dates
3. Beales Levi I ______; died 5 Apr. 1846; aged 31-5-11
4. Dixon Sarah; died 12 Sept. 1852; no age
5. Drake Joseph R. ______ ; (M.D.); died 21 Sept. 1820; aged 25; note - this is Joseph
Rodman Drake, the poet - "None knew him but to love him,
Nor named him but to praise." 6. Eve Mary Francis; died 4 Jan. 1850; aged 57-6-17;
wife of Thomas G______ Mantle
Fleming see Talman 29 7. Goodyear Eliza; relict of Thaddeus; born 1 Jan. 1788; died 12 April 1830; daughter of C____ W____
and Jane Van Ranst
8. Hunt Christian[a]; wife of Robert; died 12 Dec. 1749; aged 41-11-17
9. Thomas; died 4 July 1808; aged in his 81 st. year; (or in 80 th. year); " He possessed the
cardinal virtues in an eminent degree. He was temperate, [patient,] brave and just. The solid rock shall sink beneath, The iron hand of time, But virtue dwells with Immortality."
10. Hannah [H]; wife of Thomas; died 15 Sept. 1812; aged 72; [I wait for the Lord, My
soul...]
11. Richard; died 21 Jan. 1840; aged 59-9-0; youngest son of Thomas and "Milicent"
12. Elizabeth; wife of Richard L_______; died 10 Mch. 1837; aged 56; daughter of Henry and
Lydia Tice
13. Capt. Thomas; died 29 Oct. 1739; aged 73
14. Elizabeth; wife of Capt. Thomas; died 27 Apr. 1729; aged 57
15. Sarah; died aged 70; no date
16. Margaret; died aged 80; no age
17. Eliza; died aged 90; no date
15 per 17 are the daughters of the "late Thomas [Hunt]"
86.
#232. West Farms, Westchester County, New York; Hunt Family Cemetery at Hunt`s Point.
Hunt see Tal(l)man 28 18. Leaycraft Willett; born 2 Feb. 1795 "Westfarm", New York; died 22 Oct. 1796; aged 0-8-20; son of
Willett and Elizabeth
19. Leggett Robert; died 20 June 1846 (or 1816); aged 18-9-0
20. Nancy; died 18 Aug. 1852; aged 58-8-13
21. Ebenezer; died 5 Dec. 1833; aged about 70 years
22. Mary; died 1 Sept. 1851; aged 82
21 and 22 are on the same face of the monument
23. Cornalia; died 28 Feb. 1820; aged 28
19 per 23 are on a monument
Mantle see Eve 6 24. Morthier D______ B [no; P]_______; died 19 Jan. 1807; aged 32;
"Virtue is beloved in this life,
And rewarded in the life to come."
25. Pond Francis William; died 30 Dec. 1835; aged 2-3-19; son of Theron and Mary
Tice see Hunt 12 26. Tillon[no;Tillou] Frances; died 5 Mch. 1837; aged 0-17-2
27. Caroline Matilda; died 4 Oct. 1825; aged in her 33 rd. Year
28. Tallman Henry Alfred; born New York 23 Dec. 1798; died New York 16 Mch. 1859; aged 60; son
of Peter and Sarah (Hunt)
29. Talman Cornalia; daughter of Peter and Sarah (Hunt); born 30 Nov. 1789; died 5 Apr. 1857; aged
68; wife of John Boyce Fleming
30. Hannah; wife of Isaac [Talman]; died 26 Feb. 1819; aged 56; daughter of Thomas Hunt
["Sacred to the memory of...Who departed this life...Blessed are they that die in the
Lord."]
Van Ranst see Goodyear 7 31. Van Ranst John; died 9 Oct. 1828; aged in his 43 rd. year; son of Cornelius W______ and Jane
87.
#232. West Farms, Westchester County, New York; Hunt Family Cemetery.
32. Van Ranst Jane; wife of Cornelius W______; died 5 May 1793; aged 30-5-1
33. Cornelius Willett; died 8 Feb. 1834; aged 9-7-27; son of C______ W______ and Eleanor
34. Ward no more legible
35. Winship no more legible
36. Willett Cornelius; died 4 May 1731; aged 75
37. Elizabeth; his wife; died 14 May 1792; aged 74-1-1
38. Whitehead William; died 12 May 1892; aged in his 31 st. year; son of W______ and Elizabeth
39. Willett Elizabeth; died 19 June 1772; aged 27-3-0; daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth
"Behold and See as you Pass By,
As you are Now so Once was I,
As I am Now you Soon will Be
Prepare for Death and Follow Me."
The oldest stone is #14. Elizabeth Hunt - 27 Apr. 1729.
The latest stone is #38. William Whitehead - 12 May 1892.
The un-published extended notes on this Hunt Family, possessed by the copyist, will be given in a later volume in this series.
This copy finished Wed. 27 May 1914.
LotLL:
4-g1Le1 Gabriel1 Leggett
born ca 1635-37, probably in Ely, Cambridgeshire Co., England
died before July, 1700, at West Farms
buried probably at the family graveyard on Hunt's Point
married ca 1676, Elizabeth Richardson of West Farms
born ca 1656
died ca 1724
parents John Richardson and Martha Mead
Children (Leggett), 9: 4 boys, 5 girls
2-g2Le1 John2
3-g2Le1 Thomas2
4-g2Le1 Martha2
5-g2Le1 Mary2
6-g2Le1 Sarah2
7-g2Le1 William2
8-g2Le1 Alice2
9-g2Le1 Elizabeth2
10-g2Le1 Gabriel2
Gabriel1 came to Westchester Co., N.Y., about 1661 and resided at West Farms; was a land owner and merchant. One account states that he went to New Amsterdam ca1640 and on to West Farms in 1661. Elizabeth was daughter of John Richardson, one of the original patentees of the Manor of West Farms.
There is much written of this man in public records which make it clear that his distinctive features were his own personal courage and his violent spirit.
The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol III 1928, ed by Frederick A. Virkus, pg 670
LEGGETT (Legat), Gabriel (1638-98), from Eng. to the Barbados, thence to New Amsterdam, ca 1640; West Farms (now part of greater New York), 1661; became patentee of a large estate on Hunt's Point, also called Leggett's Point; m Elizabeth, dau. John Richardson, an original Patentee of West Farms.
In a book entitled, Narrative of Major Abraham4 Leggett of the Army of the Revolution(a) it is stated that Gabriel1 was born in England in 1635. (Maj. Abraham23-g4Le5 Leggett was the son of John3, William2, Gabriel1, was quite a distinguished man of his day, and was vice-president of the Society of the Cincinnati(b) , [Formed by the Officers of the American Army of the Revolution] and he may have known the exact date of his great-grandfather's birth, although it has not been possible to verify his statement.)
The exact order of birth of the children of Gabriel1 and Elizabeth is not known, but such dates as are known, and are guided by the order in which they are mentioned in Gabriel's1 will. In the census for the town of Westchester, 1698, we find "Gabriel1 Leaggatt, wife Elesebath, children John2-g2Le1, Thomas3-g2Le1, William7-g2Le1, Mary5-g2Le1, Sarah6-g2Le1, Alice8-g2Le1, Elesabath9-g2Le1:" from this it seems likely that Gabriel10-g2Le1 was not born until 1698. I find no further record of any of the daughters, except Martha4-g2Le1, who married William Davenport.
Gabriel1 Leggett died before July, 1700; the exact date is not known, and the date of probate of will is not given, but the will recorded just before his death, bears the date of June 28, 1700, and the one following July, 1700, placing the date of his death probably only a short time previous to July, 1700.
Will of Gabriel1 Leggett
...
See above for text. LotLL's repeat of the will is omitted here for lack of data entry space.
I have in full the wills of all the Johns, my line, they are very long and dispose of a good deal of property and many slaves.
There is no mention in Gabriel's1 will of a son Gabriel10-g2Le1. He speakes of "my three sons"; but there was a fourth son and it is he who was the progenitor of your line. He was born during interregnum of making the will, 1697 and his father's death, 1700. This will appear by the following: -
Liber 4, W.T. Sec. pg 151 contains deed of gift by which Elizabeth, widow of Gabriel1 Leggatt of West Farms conveys to her son William7-g2Le1 in consideration of fifty acres of land, being the rear part of Lot No. 11 and also six acres adjoining the meadow of John2-g2Le1 Leggatt, deceased, reserving the right of way for Gabriel10-g2Le1 , a brother of William7-g2Le1 . Deed dated January 14, 1714.
The following will of Thomas3-g2Le1 Leggatt (abstract of it) shares the same. Will dated September 7, 1707, proved April 13, 1708.
"I give full power to my beloved mother, Elizabeth Leggett, whom I have made executrix of my last will and testament to dispose of all my lands and meadows lying on the West Farms which my father, Gabriel1 Leggitt, gave me, as she shall see cause, she having the advice of William Nichols Esq., Mr. Richard Alsop of Masby Kiels, and Mr. John Lawrence of Hellsgate.
But my will and mind is that what the said estate be sold for shall be put out for the use, benefit and behalf of my brother Gabriel10-g2Le1 Leggitt, when he shall come of age or to his heirs lawfully begotten and if the said lands and meadows be not disposed of before my said brother Gabriel10-g2Le1 comes of age, my will and mind is that ye said lands and meadows be to him and his heirs lawfully begotten; and if the said Gabriel10-g2Le1 dye without issue, then I give my said lands and meadows, or what it was disposed for unto my brother William7-g2Le1 etc. else etc. to sisters, Sarah5-g2Le1 1 , Alice8-g2Le1 , Elizabeth9-g2Le1 , Martha4-g2Le1 wife of William Davenport. - - -"
- - - Appointed his mother and his friends, William Nicholls of Istet, Richard Alsop and Cap. John Lawrence, executors.
Among numerous items of public records, I select these:
"Deed by Elizabeth Leggett, wife of Gabriel10-g2Le1 Leggett conveys to her son William7-g2Le1 etc.
Elizabeth Leggett of West Farms, widow etc. to her daughter Mary5-g2Le1 Leggett gives ". . .unto said Mary5-g2Le1 Leggett, her heirs and assigns forever, my two negro children born of the body of Hannah my negro woman and of the issue of the body of Robin, my Indian slave, the boy being named Abram and the girl named Jenney". Dated April 2, 1705."
More under wife Elizabeth Leggett
Note: 8. Gabriel (E-4, A-1) Leggett (Gabriel E-3, Thomas E-2, Gabriel E-1), w
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