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Note: h son of Gabriel (E-3) and Susan Kilbourne, was baptized in St. Mary's on May 20, 1632. He and his wife Ann Hasell had three children. The parish records of 1649-1660 have not survived, so we do not have birth dates for the first two children. William (E-4) died June 22, 1665, preceded by his wife Ann who had died on November 1, 1664, four days after giving birth to a child who died.
The Ely Leggetts lived in the shadow of one of England`s most spectacular cathedrals. In 673 St. Etheldreda founded a community in Ely which then became a Christian monastic center. The Romanesque Cathedral was begun in 1081 and was not finished until 1189. The Norman decor suffered during the English Reformation, especially in the Lady Chapel where the heads of the statues were knocked off and much stained glass was destroyed. When Henry VIII dissolved the old monastic community and ownership in 1539, he placed the Bishop, Dean, and Chapter in control.
Children (Leggett), 1 son and 1 daughter and 1 unnamed child
i. Catherine b. --- d. ---
ii. William b. ---- d. ----
iii. an unnamed child b. ---- d. October 28, 1664
Will of William Leggatt of Ely, 1665 (on file: Shire Hall, Cambridge)
In the name of God, Amen. I William Leggatt of Ely in the Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge, yeoman, being very weak of body but of good and perfect memory praised be God this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord God 1665 do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following. In primis I give and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my maker hoping through the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ my loving saviour to receive pardon of all my sins and my body to be buried at the disposition of my executor hereafter named in Christianlike burial. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Katherine Leggatt all of my customary messuages and tenements holden of the manor of Ely Portal and being in Ely within the street named Tiff`s Lane. The house abbutting upon Cow Lane I give unto her and her heirs forever after the decease of Susannah Leggatt my Mother, provided always that if my daughter aforementioned shall depart this natural life without issue of her body lawfully begotten then it is my will that the messuages and tenements aforesaid I do give and bequeath unto William Leggatt my son and to his heirs forever, but if my son William shall depart this life before he shall have any heirs or issue lawfully begotten of his body then it is my will and testament I do give and bequeath the said tenements and messuages unto John Leggett my brother and his heirs forever. All the rest of my goods and chattels I do give and bequeath unto William Leggatt my son whom I make and appoint Executor of this my last will and testament he paying my debts and discharging my funeral expenses and the division of my said goods and chattels to be equally between William Leggatt my son and Katherine Leggatt my daughter and I do desire and appoint my brother [in law] Edward Hasell and Robert Piggott my kinsman to be signatories of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have put my hand and seal the day and year above witnessed. William Leggatt published and dated and sealed In the presence of
John Poole William Harper Thomas Molsopp
Proved July 6, 1665. John Leggatt appointed executor during the minority of William Leggett
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 thusly [ ] by his son, David John Leggett, 13 February 2000
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Gabriel did happen to have a brother, William, who died in Ely at the age of 33; he had three children, two of which might have left descendants:
LotLL, 1-6
3-g1Le1 William1 Leggett, (Reference to this son is found only in the work of Theodore Leggett's work)
born ca 1630s
In an earlier paper version of LotLL, he is listed as:
William1 Leggett, (John Ped XIX), (as yet I have no information on this line, if one exists)
Note: 7. William (E-4) Leggett (Gabriel E-3, Thomas E-2, Gabriel E-1), fourt
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