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LEIGHTON, Moses Worcester

Male 1817 - 1890  (72 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  LEIGHTON, Moses Worcester was born on 23 Feb 1817 (son of LEIGHTON, Thomas Parritt and WORCESTER, Miriam); died in 1890.

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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  LEIGHTON, Thomas Parritt was born in 1759 in Narraguagus, ME (son of LEIGHTON, Samuel and BUNKER, Dorcas); died on 28 Feb 1855 in Crowley Island, ME; was buried in Perry, ME.

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    GRID=30011616

    Thomas married WORCESTER, Miriam about 1793 in Narraguagus, ME. Miriam (daughter of WORCESTER, Deacon Moses Sr. and NORWOOD, Jude Judith) was born in 1771 in Columbia, ME; died in Jul 1859 in Addison, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  WORCESTER, Miriam was born in 1771 in Columbia, ME (daughter of WORCESTER, Deacon Moses Sr. and NORWOOD, Jude Judith); died in Jul 1859 in Addison, ME.

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    Children:
    1. LEIGHTON, Enoch was born in 1794; died on 11 Feb 1853 in at sea.
    2. LEIGHTON, Eli Forbes was born on 28 May 1796 in Columbia, ME; died on 10 Jun 1862 in Eastport, ME.
    3. LEIGHTON, Robert Barton was born in 1798 in Columbia, ME; died in 1865 in Indian River, ME; was buried in Addison, ME.
    4. LEIGHTON, Lucy Worcester was born in 1801; died in Jul 1880.
    5. LEIGHTON, Nahum Hill was born in 1803 in Addison, ME; died on 13 Mar 1867 in Addison, ME; was buried in Jonesport, ME.
    6. LEIGHTON, John Coffin was born on 27 Jan 1805 in Columbia, ME; died on 15 Feb 1873 in Addison, ME.
    7. LEIGHTON, Curtis McKenzie was born in 1807; died on 6 May 1865.
    8. LEIGHTON, Daniel McKenzie was born in 1810 in Addison, ME; died on 6 Feb 1889 in Boston, MA.
    9. LEIGHTON, Barnabas Beal was born in 1814; died on 2 Apr 1892.
    10. 1. LEIGHTON, Moses Worcester was born on 23 Feb 1817; died in 1890.
    11. LEIGHTON was born in 1819; died in 1821.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  LEIGHTON, SamuelLEIGHTON, Samuel was born on 20 Dec 1729 in Dover, NH (son of LEIGHTON, Thomas and CHESLEY, Susannah); died on 21 Mar 1812 in Columbia, ME.

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    • Residence: 1763, Majabigwaduce (Castine), ME
    • Milit-Beg: 1775

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    "About 1760 two brothers, Thomas and Samuel Leighton, came from Falmout h, Me., to the Narraguagus river." (Centennial Historical Sketch of the T own of Columbia, by Levi Leighton, Esq.) He was with his father and with him settled first at Gouldsboro. Shortl y after, he was the pioneer settler at Columbia, then No. 12 and 13 During the Revolutionary War, and he was in Capt. Francis Shaw's Co. fo r four months defending the coast; then under Capt. Thomas Parritt in J une 1777; in Capt. Henry Dyer's detachment in Aug. and Sept. 1777, serv ing at Machias; in Capt. John Hall's Co. at Majabagaduce in Aug. 1779 a nd again under Capt. Henry Dyer in 1780

    Samuel married BUNKER, Dorcas on 13 Oct 1755 in Falmouth, ME. Dorcas (daughter of BUNKER, Zachariah and VARNEY, Deborah) was born in 1734 in Dover, NH; was christened on 13 Nov 1744 in Dover, NH; died about 1799 in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  BUNKER, Dorcas was born in 1734 in Dover, NH; was christened on 13 Nov 1744 in Dover, NH (daughter of BUNKER, Zachariah and VARNEY, Deborah); died about 1799 in Columbia, ME.

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    Children:
    1. LEIGHTON, Theodore was born in 1757 in Falmouth, ME; died before 1790 in Narraguagus, ME.
    2. LEIGHTON, Dorcas was born about 1759 in Falmouth, ME; died before 1799; was buried in Gouldsboro, ME.
    3. LEIGHTON, Susanna was born about 1761 in Castine, ME; died in 1821 in Addison, ME.
    4. LEIGHTON, Isaac was born on 25 Feb 1763 in Castine, ME; died on 20 Jan 1836 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Columbia, ME.
    5. LEIGHTON, Esther was born about 1764 in Columbia, ME; died after 1840.
    6. 2. LEIGHTON, Thomas Parritt was born in 1759 in Narraguagus, ME; died on 28 Feb 1855 in Crowley Island, ME; was buried in Perry, ME.
    7. LEIGHTON, Phineas was born in 1768 in Steuben, ME; died on 16 Oct 1857 in Perry, ME.
    8. LEIGHTON, Hannah was born on 31 Jul 1770 in Steuben, ME; died on 23 Feb 1862 in Columbia, ME.
    9. LEIGHTON, Deborah was born about 1773 in Steuben, ME; died before 1883 in ME.
    10. LEIGHTON, Sarah was born about 1776 in Steuben, ME; died after 1790.
    11. LEIGHTON, John Coffin was born in 1780 in Steuben, ME; died between 1850 and 1859 in Cherryfield, ME.

  3. 6.  WORCESTER, Deacon Moses Sr. was born on 6 Sep 1742 in Berwick, ME; was christened on 9 Sep 1744 in Berwick, ME (son of WORCESTER, Thomas and SPINNEY, Ann); died on 21 Aug 1807 in Columbia, ME.

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    He moved to Pleasant River, Me., some time after May 2, 1763, as on this date he witnessed a deed from Gowen Wilson to Joseph Wilson at Falmouth or vicinity. He was living in Pleasant River on May 2, 1769 when he served as one of the appraisers of personal estate of Gowen Wilson. He is credited with several periods of service during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted Sept. 9, 1775, in Capt. Francis Shaw´s Co. and served 4 mos., 1 day, Company stationed at Gouldsborough, No. 4 Narraguagus (Cherryfield, Me.) and Pleasant River for the defense of the sea coast. He also enlisted Aug. 9, 1777, in Capt. Reuben Dyer´s Comp. Raised for the expedition against St. Johns, N.S., continued in service at Machias for its defense, and dismissed on Dec. 6, 1777. He also entered into service again on Oct. 27, 1780 in Capt. Sullivan´s Company, ordered out by Col. John Allen to protect the inhabitants of Frenchmans Bay. Discharged on Nov. 14, 1780 He first married around 1764. Although the name of his first wife eludes genealogists, it could have been Judith or Jude Norard or possibly Norwood, according to family historians, because a granddaughter was named Judith Norard and the name appears again in the Davis-Grant family of Cherryfield, ME. "Moses Worcester came from Old York on or before 1775. He married Susanna Knowles of Addison, in 1802. He settled in that part of Columbia known as Saco. Children: Amos, Lenoard, Moses, Molly, Judy, Hannah and Deborah. He was a long time deacon of the Baptist church."

    Moses married NORWOOD, Jude Judith in 1764 in Columbia, ME. Jude (daughter of NORWOOD, Capt. William and WOODBURY, Judith) was born on 16 May 1738 in Gloucester, MA; died in 1790 in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  NORWOOD, Jude JudithNORWOOD, Jude Judith was born on 16 May 1738 in Gloucester, MA (daughter of NORWOOD, Capt. William and WOODBURY, Judith); died in 1790 in Columbia, ME.

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    Children:
    1. WORCESTER, Rev. Moses Jr. was born before 10 Feb 1765 in Columbia, ME; died on 13 Oct 1855 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Columbia, ME.
    2. WORCESTER, Mary was born on 28 Feb 1767 in Columbia, ME; died on 8 Oct 1844 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Columbia, ME.
    3. WORCESTER, John was born in Mar 1769 in Columbia, ME; died on 24 Dec 1858 in Columbia, ME.
    4. 3. WORCESTER, Miriam was born in 1771 in Columbia, ME; died in Jul 1859 in Addison, ME.
    5. WORCESTER, Annie was born in 1773 in Columbia, ME; died on 24 Jun 1812.
    6. WORCESTER, Martha was born in 1775 in Columbia, ME; died on 29 Jun 1808 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Jul 1808 in Columbia Falls, ME.
    7. WORCESTER, Eunice was born in 1780 in Columbia, ME; died in CA 1828 in Trescott, ME.
    8. WORCESTER, Joseph was born about 1782 in Columbia, ME; died in 1823 in Columbia, ME.
    9. WORCESTER, Lucia was born in 1785 in Columbia, ME; died in Sep 1850.
    10. WORCESTER, Isaac was born in 1785 in Columbia, ME; died in 1823 in Springfield, ME.
    11. WORCESTER, Priscilla was born in 1789 in Columbia, ME; died on 2 Dec 1846 in Cherryfield, ME; was buried in Cherryfield, ME.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  LEIGHTON, Thomas was born in 1696 in Dover, NH (son of LEIGHTON, John Sr. and CROMWELL, Sarah); died on 16 Jan 1763 in Gouldsboro, ME.

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    • Occupation: farmer & cordwainer
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    He was a farmer and cordwainer. Served as sergeant in Capt. Thomas Millett's company||and was listed as lieutenant in Capt. Ichabod Tibbett's company of scouts on 24 May 1744 His sons Thomas, Samuel and Theodore were among those||on the Penobscot||petitioning for land grants there. Unsuccessful, they moved further east to Gouldsboro, taking up land not yet legally open to settlement

    Thomas married CHESLEY, Susannah about 1718 in Dover, NH. Susannah (daughter of CHESLEY, Thomas and HUNTRESS, Ann) was born in 1696 in Dover, NH; died on 9 Jan 1786 in Gouldsboro, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  CHESLEY, Susannah was born in 1696 in Dover, NH (daughter of CHESLEY, Thomas and HUNTRESS, Ann); died on 9 Jan 1786 in Gouldsboro, ME.

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    Children:
    1. LEIGHTON, John was born on 27 Jun 1719 in Dover, NH; died in 1778 in Barrington, NH.
    2. LEIGHTON, Sarah was born on 10 Aug 1721 in Dover, NH; and died.
    3. LEIGHTON, Dorothy was born on 18 Oct 1723 in Dover, NH; died on 11 Aug 1801 in Mount Vernon, ME.
    4. LEIGHTON, Thomas was born on 13 Nov 1725 in Dover, NH; died on 9 Mar 1813 in Steuben, ME.
    5. LEIGHTON, George was born on 18 Nov 1727 in Dover, NH; died on 13 Feb 1807 in Falmouth, ME.
    6. 4. LEIGHTON, Samuel was born on 20 Dec 1729 in Dover, NH; died on 21 Mar 1812 in Columbia, ME.
    7. LEIGHTON, Cpl. Gideon was born on 14 Feb 1731 in Dover, NH; died on 13 Feb 1807 in Falmouth, ME.
    8. LEIGHTON, Joseph was born on 23 Apr 1733 in Dover, NH; died on 14 Jun 1803 in Cumberland, ME.
    9. LEIGHTON, Elizabeth was born on 11 Mar 1737 in Dover, NH; died in 1768 in Wolfeboro, NH.
    10. LEIGHTON, Theodore was born on 22 Mar 1739 in Dover, NH; died on 9 May 1817 in Cherryfield, ME.
    11. LEIGHTON, Susanna was born on 6 Dec 1742 in Dover, NH; died in 1794 in Cherryfield, ME.
    12. LEIGHTON, Olive was born in 1744 in Dover, NH; died in 1745 in Barnstead, NH.
    13. LEIGHTON, Elizabeth was born on 25 Aug 1750 in Barrington, NH; died in 1848 in Steuben, ME.

  3. 10.  BUNKER, Zachariah was born on 25 Feb 1707 in Dover, NH (son of BUNKER, John and FIELD, Dorcas); died on 1 Jul 1750 in Dover, NH.

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    • Death: Abt 1757

    Zachariah married VARNEY, Deborah between 1730 and 1734. Deborah (daughter of VARNEY, Joseph and ROBINSON, Abigail) was born in 1709 in Dover, NH; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  VARNEY, Deborah was born in 1709 in Dover, NH (daughter of VARNEY, Joseph and ROBINSON, Abigail); and died.

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    • Living: 1756

    Children:
    1. 5. BUNKER, Dorcas was born in 1734 in Dover, NH; was christened on 13 Nov 1744 in Dover, NH; died about 1799 in Columbia, ME.

  5. 12.  WORCESTER, Thomas was born on 26 Jan 1716/7 in Berwick, ME (son of WORCESTER, Thomas and HAM, Sarah); died about 1747 in Berwick, ME.

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    Thomas married SPINNEY, Ann on 20 Jan 1738 in Kittery, ME. Ann (daughter of SPINNEY, John and SHEPARD, Patience) was born on 12 Apr 1719 in Kittery, ME; died about 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  SPINNEY, Ann was born on 12 Apr 1719 in Kittery, ME (daughter of SPINNEY, John and SHEPARD, Patience); died about 1813.

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    Children:
    1. WORCESTER, Richard was born on 8 Jul 1741 in Berwick, ME; died on 21 Aug 1807 in Columbia, ME.
    2. 6. WORCESTER, Deacon Moses Sr. was born on 6 Sep 1742 in Berwick, ME; was christened on 9 Sep 1744 in Berwick, ME; died on 21 Aug 1807 in Columbia, ME.

  7. 14.  NORWOOD, Capt. WilliamNORWOOD, Capt. William was born on 4 Apr 1708 in Gloucester, MA; died on 1 Feb 1781 in Lanesville, MA; was buried in Gloucester, MA.

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    GRID=52448055

    William married WOODBURY, Judith. Judith was born on 12 Jul 1710 in Gloucester, MA; died on 19 Jul 1775 in Gloucester, MA; was buried in Gloucester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  WOODBURY, JudithWOODBURY, Judith was born on 12 Jul 1710 in Gloucester, MA; died on 19 Jul 1775 in Gloucester, MA; was buried in Gloucester, MA.

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    GRID=52447958

    Children:
    1. 7. NORWOOD, Jude Judith was born on 16 May 1738 in Gloucester, MA; died in 1790 in Columbia, ME.


 

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