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Note: otLL (6-3) shows considerably more, but the record is still confused, especially as to his children. LotLL shows two marriages; but nothing concerning a Eunice Haight, widow of a Leggett, could this be a third? (There were already two other Haight marriages among Gabriel's brothers, sisters by the names of Mary and Miriam.) According to T.A. Leggett, p. 65-66, a Eunice Haight did indeed marry Wilson Leggett (20 April 1785-1819, in my father's handwriting), (on 24 August 1809, again in my father's handwriting). Wilson was the son of Charles Leggett (1762-1834). Eunice was a generation younger than Gabriel, (probably at least 40 years younger) as Wilson was Gabriel's first cousin, once removed. DJL
Continuation of the line of Thomas17-g3Le1, Section 1
Begin generation four
* 26-g4Le6 Gabriel4 Leggett, (Thomas3, Gabriel2, Gabriel1)
born September 1, 1743
died March 23, 1838 (94 years, 6 months, 1 day)
1st married December 17, 1778 to Bridget Allen at the Easton Friends Meeting
born August 20, 1742
died February 16, 1813
parents Jedediah Allen and Penelope Tripp, of Dartmouth, Mass
2nd married December 11, 1816 to Rachel Lawrence
parents John and Gemina Lawrence
Children (Leggett) (?): ß There are probably other children
by his first wife
50-g5Le6 Rebecca5
51-g5Le6 Naomi5
Gabriel4 Leggett settled on a farm at Stillwater, Saratoga Co., New York, about 1776. Jedediah was the son of Increase and Rachel Allen. Penelope was the daughter of Othneil Tripp.
Bridget's first husband was Stephen Potter, married December 8, 1759. Bridget and Stephen had at least one daughter, Elizabeth, she was raised in the household of her stepfather Gabriel4.
In a list of Grantors of Deeds, 1806, Saratoga Co., N.Y., we find Gabriel Leggett, wife Bridget, of Stillwater, which is evidently Gabriel4.
On the tax rolls of Stillwater May 20, 1789 there is the following entry:
Property Tax
Gabriel Leggett R £30 P £12 s 7 p 5
On January 28, 1795 at the wedding of George Davis and Nancy Mead among the witnesses were: Isaac30-g4Le6 Leggett, Gabriel4 Leggett, wife Bridget, and Charles36-g4Le8 Leggett .
Saratoga County, New York, History of ; with Illustrations, Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, reprinted 1979 (org 1878)
These were established very early 1765-1770. A log meeting-house was erected before the War of the Revolution, south of Quaker Springs. The founders of the organization were Gabriel4 Leggett, Isaac30-g4Le6 Leggett, Tibbett Soule, Thomas Wilbur, Fones Wilbur, George Davis, David Shepherd, John Walker, and others. Gabriel4 and Isaac30-g4Le6 were brothers their farms close to the present (1878) location of the George Weston farm.
The deed for the site of the meeting-house bears date October 16, 1793, and conveys the title from John R. Bleecker to William Barker and Isaac30-g4Le6 Leggett, as trustees. Isaac30-g4Le6 Leggett was the first minister, and continued in that capacity for many years.
He was a man of eminent worth, and withal possessing a decided turn for the pleasant and even humorous side of life. Taken prisoner by the Indians in the early times, he conducted himself with such hilarity, and played such pranks with the young Indians, tripping them up and pushing them into the water, that he escaped all severe treatment, and was not long after released. After the death of Isaac30-g4Le6 Leggett, several ministers for a few years spoke in the meetings until about 1820, when Andrew3 Dorland was generally recognized as minister of the society.
OUR COUNTRY and ITS PEOPLE, A Descriptive and Biographical Record of SARATOGA COUNTY, New York, 1899; pages 38,86,95
Leggett, Isaac30-g4Le6 & Gabriel4, settled in Stillwater, but their farm extended into Saratoga. They were founders of the Society of Friends here.
Stillwater 1783-1800 - Isaac30-g4Le6 & Gabriel4 Leggett, brothers, were here during and probably before the war. They resided near each other, north of Wilbur's ravine.
Saratoga 1783-1800 - Society of Friends, a religious society - On October 16, 1793, John R. Bleecker sold to Isaac30-g4Le6 Leggett and William Barker, as trustees, a site for a meeting house. The first minister of this society was Isaac30-g4Le6 Leggett, who served many years, until about 1820.
The record of his marriages and children is pieced together from records of the Friends Records, and is probably not complete.
Authorities:
ï Bible Records of Mary E. Leggett
ï Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island, compiled by Edith King Wilson from the mss. of Jacob Titus Bowne and various other sources. Bowne & Co., Inc., New York, 1987
ï Census for New York State, Saratoga County, Saratoga Township; 1850
ï Collins, James Leggett, Personal papers.
ï Craig, Michael P.; Personal files and research on the Bowne Family
ï Death Certificate, Thomas Haight Leggett
ï Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, N.Y.; Copied from the manuscript record of the late Rev. Theodore60-g7Le14 A. Leggett, with
additions by A. Hatfield, Jr., New York 1913.
ï Federal census records.
ï International Genealogical Index, 1988 edition
ï Leggett, Richard39-g10Le16 Donald; Personal papers.
ï Martin, George B.; Personal papers.
ï New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vols. 3, pg 49
ï New York Times, as listed
ï OUR COUNTRY and ITS PEOPLE, A Descriptive and Biographical Record of SARATOGA COUNTY, New York, 1899; pages 38,86,95
ï Saratoga County, New York, History of ; with Illustrations, Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, reprinted 1979 (org 1878)
ï Saratoga County, Ballston Spa, Surrogate Records,
ï Saratoga County Historian, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
ï Saratoga Friends Meeting records
ï SARATOGA, The, Vol 4, No. 2; 1987, 2nd Qtr; pub by Valley Quarterlies, Arthur C.M. Kelly, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
ï They Were Here Too, by Jane Betsey Welling, Vol III 1851-1870; pub 1971
ï Visitors to the Saratoga Battle Grounds, 1780-1880, by William L. Stone
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Leslie Barbara Potter, lbp@axs2000.net, 20 May 2001:
Dear David,
I have some genealogy trivia for you. I have "met" one of Bridget Allen Potter Leggett's Potter descendants. When
Marge Fish game me the information on Bridget Allen's eight children by
Stephen
Potter, I could not help wondering if Gabriel Leggett might not been married
before also.
The children of Bridget Allen and Stephen Potter are:
Children:
1. Allen Potter (1760) m. Mary Hart
2. Mary, (1762) m. Ephriam Fish
3. Martha, (1764) m. Michael Mead
4. Penelope (1766) Twin m. Richard Salisbury
5. Desiah (1766) Twin m. Charles Devol, Westport Mass
6. Nathaniel (1768) m. Susan Hunt (d.1795)
7. Brigdet (1770) m. James Rowland
8. Elisabeth. (1772) m. Jacob Wright.
After Stephen Potter died, she married Gabriel Leggett and had two more
children, 1. Benjamin Leggett and 2. Joseph Leggett.
The bottom line is that the descendants of Bridget Allen Potter Leggett and
Gabriel Leggett have a bunch of "half" cousins who are descendants of the
children from Bridget's first marriage. (How else do you describe the
child of
your parent's half-brother or half-sister?)
I am making progress, slowly but surely, on the documenting the colonial
population of the Saratoga Patent. Eventually, I hope to publish my data base
as a community history. I am working with a retired Saratoga County
surveyor.
So our book will also have maps showing the plats of each of the colonial
farms
within the Saratoga Patent.
I hope all is going well in preparation for the arrival of your second
descendant and you and your wife experience a minimum of sibling rivalry.
Catch you later,
Barbara
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1790 United States Federal Census
Gabriel Leggit
State: NY Year: 1790 County: Albany Roll: M637_6 Township: Stillwater Page: 50 Image: 0321 Who is this, then?
Gabriel Legget
State: NY Year: 1790 County: Dutchess Roll: M637_6 Township: Fishkill Page: 79 Image: 0187 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1800 United States Federal Census
Legget, Gabriel
State: New York Year: 1800 County: Saratoga Roll: M32_27 Township: Stillwater Page: 45 Image: 88 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
1810 United States Federal Census
Legget, Gabriel
State: New York Year: 1810 County: Saratoga Roll: M252_35 Township: Page: 189 Image: 221 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywashin/easton.htm
Some Quaker Marriages, Easton, NY
Full text of marriages available on LDS microfilm.
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LEGGETT-POTTER, 1778
Gabriel LEGGETT, son of Thomas of Saratoga, Albany County and Mary, his wife and Bridget POTTER, daughter of Jedian ALLEN, late of Dartmouth, deceased and Tenel, his wife, married in Saratoga (Easton) Meeting 17th day, 12th month, 1778. Witness:
Alice HOXSIE Katherine COOK Isaac LEGGETT Ebenezer COOK
Zebulon HOXSIE Job WHIPPLE Rebecca LEGGETT Mary WELLS
Benjamin STARBUCK Daniel CORNELL Benjamin COOK William TRIP
Judith FOLGER Lydia COOK Samuel HALL Rufus HALL
Abraham HOXSIE Benjamin GREEN
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From: Leggett, David
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 10:41 AM
To: 'Azetter@aol.com'
Cc: dickjanenospot@webtv.net
Subject: RE: page 294 Sylvester's History of Saratoga County
I'm thinking this is my 4th great grandfather Thomas, but one can't be sure, I don't think, anyway.
________________________________________
From: Azetter@aol.com [mailto:Azetter@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:57 PM
To: Leggett, David
Cc: dickjanenospot@webtv.net
Subject: page 294 Sylvester's History of Saratoga County
This Thomas just MUST have an estate in New York City,
don't you think????
Or did he die poor and get buried in an unmarked grave
in the Town of Saratoga????
Curious minds want to know.......
Alice
My transcription of the pertinent part of the PDF, DJL:
...
A list of the inhabitants of Stillwater, together with the valuation of the real and personal estate of each person, taken the 20th of May, 1789.
...
Property. Tax.
R. P.
L L s. d.
...
Gabriel Leggett 30 12 7 5
Thomas Leggett, York 15 2 8
...
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From: Azetter@aol.com [mailto:Azetter@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:59 PM
To: Leggett, David
Cc: dickjanenospot@webtv.net
Subject: page 290 Sylvester's History of Saratoga County
My transcription of the pertinent part of the PDF, DJL:
...
Gabriel Leggett and Isaac Leggett were brothers, and were pioneers before the Revolutionary war. Gabriel's homestead was the present place of George Weston and Isaac, in the same neighborhood. It is understood that the old Salisbury place, north of Wilbur's ravine, was the original property of Thomas Leggett, whose name appears on the assessment-roll of 1789, marked "York,"-meaning, it is supposed, resident in New York. That home is a venerable relic of old times.
...
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Indeed, all three, Gabriel, Isaac and Thomas, were brothers, and were in Upstate New York prior to the Revolution, but only Gabriel and Isaac were permanently there. Thomas maintained his residence in Westchester County.
Descendants of Thomas Leggett
1 Thomas Leggett b: 03 June 1721 in West Farms, Westchester Co. NY d: 1785 in West Farms, N.Y.
.... 2 Gabriel Leggett b: 01 September 1743 in West Farms, Westchester County, New York d: 23 March 1838
.... 2 Samuel Leggett b: 10 February 1743/44 d: Abt. 1841
.... 2 Martha Leggett b: 10 October 1746 d: 16 June 1834 in Westchester, Co., N.Y.
.... 2 Joseph Leggett b: 17 October 1748 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., New York d: 25 September 1803 in New York City
.... 2 Isaac Leggett b: 12 September 1752 in West Farms, Westchester County, New York d: 28 May 1823
.... 2 Thomas Leggett b: 17 January 1755 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y. d: 10 October 1843 in West Farms, NY
.... 2 Mary Leggett b: 21 October 1757 d: in Harrison, Westchester Co., N.Y.
.... 2 Embree Leggett b: 17 April 1760
.... 2 Hannah Leggett b: 10 October 1763
.... 2 Abigail Leggett b: 31 March 1769
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-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Potter [mailto:lbp@axs2000.net]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 3:16 PM
To: Alice Zetterstrom; Leggett, David
Subject: Leggett Deeds
Importance: High
Hi Alice and David,
While looking for something else, I found some Leggett deeds. So for
what they are worth, I shall send them your way.
I am still going to have to hunt for Benjamin Leggett's 1790 Mortgage.
More Later,
Barbara
Gabriel Leggett and Briget, his wife, to Ephraim Annable Great Lott #17
SCDB E page 299 1802
This Indenture made this thirty-first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred two (1802) by and between Gabriel Leggett and Bridget Leggett both Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and State of New York of the first part and Ephrian Annable of said Stillwater of said County and state WITNESSETH that the said parties of the first part for in consideration of five hundred ten ($510.50) dollars and fifty cents current money of the United States to them in hand paid before the ensealing and delivery hereof by Ephriam Annable aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained and sold and by these presents the grant bargained sell convey and confirm to him said party of the second part end to his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land in Stillwater aforesaid containing 20 acres and a half situate and Stillwater aforesaid being a part of a lot of land No. 17 in Saratoga patent of the grand division of said patent and bounded as follows (viz) beginning at a stake and stones on the road leading from said Gabriel Leggett's house to Saratoga and runs from thence northeasterly by said road 40 rods to a walnut tree that is crotced from thence Westwardly by the northwardly line of said patent or Stillwater seventy-seven rods and a half to a chestnut tree marked standing near to the dwelling house of Isaac Annable from thence Southwardly on said Ephraim Annable's east line forty 940)rods a stake and stones thence eastwardly eighty-eight (88)rods to the place of the beginning with all and singular hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appurtaining....
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Note: T.A. Leggett knew virtually nothing about Gabriel save his birthdate. L
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