 1746 - 1803 (57 years)
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| Name |
William Leedom |
| Birth |
1 Apr 1746 |
Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1790 |
Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania |
| PA |
- William Ledom - 2 males over 16, 2 males under 16, 4 females.
Immediate next listing is Joseph Pritchard: 3-3-2 (possible brother to William's wife Lydia?)
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| Death |
18 Sep 1803 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1] |
| Burial |
Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2] |
| Notes |
- A 1758 Bucks County Orphan's Court petition appointed John Gregg and Ezra Croasdale as guardian of William and Mary 'Leydom' who were under fourteen years of age.
A William Ledom is listed in 1790 Cheltenham Head of Household census. There are 2 men over 16, 3 males under 16 and 4 women. I currently know only of four children, 3 sons and a daughter, listed in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Birth Index.
Listed immediately below William is Joseph Pritchard with 3 men over 16, 3 under 16 and 2 women. Perhaps Joseph is a brother to William's wife Lydia.
This may also be the William Leedom in the 1800 Abington, Montgomery Co census, aged 45 or older and alone in the household though why he is alone is unknown as Lydia outlived him by many years.
The Abington MM marriage certificate names WIlliam as the "son of John Leedom, late of Southampton in the County of Bucks & Province aforesaid, Deceased, & of Susanna his wife". Lydia is named as "daughter of Thomas Prichard and Mary his wife late of the same Place aforesaid". They married 13 Apr 1768 at Abington Meeting.
The first signers of their marriage certificate after the bride and groom were Mary Pritchard, Susanna Pritchard, John Leedom, Samuel Leedom, Benjamin Leedom, Ann Craft, and the last unreadable name.
Their children were: Isaac, b. 10 Jan 1769; Mary, b. 12 Apr 1771; William, b. 4 Sep 1773; Jonathan, b. 27 Dec 1775. - Abington MM records
William and Lydia were described as "of Southwark in the County of Philadelphia" in the 1800 marriage certificate of their son Jonathan.
Morning Chronicle 24 Sep 1803
Died, On Monday, the 19th inst., after an illness of four days, William Leedom, Sen. for many years a respectable inhabitant of Abington, Montgomery county, and lately of Pennsylvania.
(Arch Street Meeting House burial records give his date of death as 18 Sep 1803.)
Poulson's Daily Advertiser 20 Sep 1803
Yesterday evening, after an illness of four days, William Leedom, Senr., for many years a respectable inhabitant of Abington, Montgomery county, and lately of this city. In him his family have lost an upright and steady friend and society a useful citizen.
On 9 Nov 1803 his wife Lydia relinquished her right to administration of her husband's estate to her two sons, William and Jonathan, and son-in-law William Jones. The inventory was taken by Benjamin Jones and submitted 24 Nov 1803.
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| Person ID |
I223 |
Ives-Leedom |
| Last Modified |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Father |
John Leedom, b. 3 Oct 1703, South Milford, Yorkshire, England d. Abt Aug 1750, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania (Age 46 years) |
| Mother |
Susanna Lancaster d. Aft Dec 1754, Cheltenham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Marriage |
Aft 21 Feb 1730 |
Burlington Co, New Jersey |
| Family ID |
F18 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lydia Prichard, b. Abt 1743, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 8 Jan 1840, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 97 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Apr 1768 |
Abington MM, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Isaac Leedom, b. 10 Jan 1769, Cheltenham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 7 Sep 1785, Abington Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Age 16 years) |
| | 2. Mary Leedom, b. 12 Apr 1771, Abington Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 14 Jul 1846, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 75 years) |
| | 3. William Leedom, b. 4 Sep 1773, Abington Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 14 Jul 1819, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 45 years) |
| | 4. John Leedom d. 1 May 1782, Cheltenham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| | 5. Jonathan Leedom, b. 27 Dec 1775, Abington Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 17 Dec 1848, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F448 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Oct 2014 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Burial - - Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Sources |
- [S125] Sara A.L. Eachus, Leedom Family, (Dorrance & Co. 1982), CS71 .L4815 1982.
- [S17] Vital Records, Burial record, 1891.
- [S17] Vital Records, Marriage record, 1891.
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