 1703 - Abt 1750 (46 years)
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| Name |
John Leedom |
| Birth |
3 Oct 1703 |
South Milford, Yorkshire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
9 Aug 1743 |
Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania |
| written 7 years before his death |
| Death |
Abt Aug 1750 |
Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania |
| Notes |
- Named as John Leatham, son of Richard Leatham, in a transcription of his Sherburn-in-Elmet birth record. The actual record has additional information:
John ye son of Richard Leatham of South Milford Quaker born October 3: 1703
Records of Middletown MM, Bucks Co PA dated 6 Mar 1731, show that John was "Complained of for Marriage to one not a member."
American Weekly Mercury, 19 Oct 1732:
Philadelphia, Octob. 12, 1732
Whereas Susannah the Wife of John Leadam of Hampton Township in Bucks County, has Eloped from her said Husband, these are therefore to forewarn all Persons not to trust the said Susannah Leadam on any pretence whatsoever, for He will pay no Debts by her Contracted.
- Escaping Matrimony: A Documentary History of Eloping Spouses in Colonial America by Antonio T. Bly, p. 242
In his own will John's last name was spelled 'Leedam'. He wrote it on 9 Aug 1743, prior to the births of his three youngest children. All his personal estate was left to "Susanah my Dearly beloved wife" as well as "five pounds per anom during her widowhood". He left all his real estate to his three sons, "John, Sammuel, and Allijah" and to his two daughters, "Ann and Hannah", he left twenty pounds each, to be paid by his sons when the youngest came of age. The witnesses were named as Nicholas Tucker, Thomas Pritchard and Thomas Hillborn.
He apparently died about Aug 1750 as his widow, "Susanna Yeats Late Susanah Leadam the widow of John Leadam" stated in a Bucks County Orphans Court petition in the 11 Dec 1754 that "she hath been a widow four Years and four months".
A Bucks County Orphan's Court session dated 15 Mar 1758 brought a petition by John's son John, the surname spelled as 'Leydom' throughout. John the son stated that his father had made his will in 1743 nominating Cuthbert Hayhurst and Benjamin Cutler the sole Executors. Hayhurst had since died and Cutler, "the surviving Executor appearing too easy and neglectful in an affair of such moment", John requested the court appoint guardians to take proper care of the estate. As petitioner, John would have been older than 21 years and he stated that "Sam'l and Elijah, under 21 years, Benja., Wm, & Mary had been born since the will was made". The court appointed Evan Jones and William Paxson to review and in Mar 1759 their report was read and filed. They found there was £21, 15, 10 remaining in the hands of "Benjamin Cutler Executor of John Leadum, late of Southampton Deceased" and the court then confirmed the report and the accounting.
The court ordered John Gregg and Ezra Croasdale be Guardians to William and Mary Leydom. Elijah Leydom then appeared, being about 14 years old, and prayed that John Gregg be appointed his Guardian and it was so ordered. Benjamin Leydom next appeared and prayed the Court to appoint Ezra Croasdale to be his Guardian and it, too, was so ordered.
No mention is made of Ann or Hannah as Ann, aged about 23 had been married in 1754 and Hannah about 19 years old.
I have been unable to find birth records for any of John and Susannah's children save William. His birth date, however, is only provided by Sarah Eachus in The Leedom Family and no source is given.
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| Person ID |
I42 |
Ives-Leedom |
| Last Modified |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Father |
Richard Leedom, b. Bef 30 Jul 1665, Milford, Yorkshire, England d. 1744, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 78 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah Pease, b. 20 Nov 1675, Fishlake, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1 Dec 1738, poss Bucks Co, Pennsylvania (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Dec 1701 |
Sherburn in Elmet, Yorkshire, England |
| Family ID |
F19 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Susanna Lancaster d. Between Dec 1754 and Mar 1758, Cheltenham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Marriage |
Aft 21 Feb 1730 |
Burlington Co, New Jersey [2, 3] |
- Date of License, found in Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey: Vol. XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800
Family Search gives the county of marriage as Monmouth in a transcription of the record. (Unfortunately, no image is provided!)
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| Children |
| | 1. John Leedom, b. Bef Mar 1734, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 29 Apr 1818, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 84 years) |
| | 2. Ann Leedom, b. Abt 1735, prob Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. Bef 6 Mar 1812, Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 77 years) |
| | 3. Samuel Leedom, b. Abt 1738, prob Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. Bef 8 Apr 1816, Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 78 years) |
| | 4. Hannah Leedom, b. 1739, prob Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 31 Aug 1811, Middletown Twp, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 72 years) |
| | 5. Elijah Leedom, b. 1741, prob Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. Bef 21 Sep 1764, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 23 years) |
| | 6. Benjamin Leedom, b. 1743, prob Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. Aft Mar 1796, Northampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 53 years) |
| | 7. William Leedom, b. 1 Apr 1746, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania d. 18 Sep 1803, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 57 years) |
| | 8. Mary Leedom, b. Abt 1748, prob Bucks Co, Pennsylvania d. 3 Nov 1820, Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F18 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Mar 2023 |
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| Sources |
- [S17] Vital Records, Birth record, 1891.
- [S577] Edited by William Nelson, New Jersey Marriage Records 1665-1800, ((Paterson, N. J., The Press Printing and Publishing Company, 1900)), p. 237.
- [S17] Vital Records, Marriage record, 1891.
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