LEIGHTON, Thomas b. 1696 Dover, NH d. 16 Jan 1763 Gouldsboro, ME

Puffer Genealogy

1696 - 1763 (67 years)

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Name	LEIGHTON, Thomas
Birth	1696	Dover, NH
Gender	Male
Occupation	farmer & cordwainer
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Death	16 Jan 1763	Gouldsboro, ME
Person ID	I37410	Puffers
Last Modified	10 Apr 2017

Father	LEIGHTON, John Sr., b. Abt 1673, Dover, NH d. Abt 1718, Dover, NH (Age 45 years)
Mother	CROMWELL, Sarah, b. Abt 1668, Dover, NH d. 1754, Dover, NH (Age 86 years)
Family ID	F10975	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family CHESLEY, Susannah, b. 1696, Dover, NH d. 9 Jan 1786, Gouldsboro, ME (Age 90 years)

Marriage Abt 1718 Dover, NH

Children

	1. LEIGHTON, John, b. 27 Jun 1719, Dover, NH d. 1778, Barrington, NH (Age 58 years)
	2. LEIGHTON, Sarah, b. 10 Aug 1721, Dover, NH d. Yes, date unknown
	3. LEIGHTON, Dorothy, b. 18 Oct 1723, Dover, NH d. 11 Aug 1801, Mount Vernon, ME (Age 77 years)
	4. LEIGHTON, Thomas, b. 13 Nov 1725, Dover, NH d. 9 Mar 1813, Steuben, ME (Age 87 years)
	5. LEIGHTON, George, b. 18 Nov 1727, Dover, NH d. 13 Feb 1807, Falmouth, ME (Age 79 years)
	6. LEIGHTON, Samuel, b. 20 Dec 1729, Dover, NH d. 21 Mar 1812, Columbia, ME (Age 82 years)
	7. LEIGHTON, Cpl. Gideon, b. 14 Feb 1731, Dover, NH d. 13 Feb 1807, Falmouth, ME (Age 75 years)
	8. LEIGHTON, Joseph, b. 23 Apr 1733, Dover, NH d. 14 Jun 1803, Cumberland, ME (Age 70 years)
	9. LEIGHTON, Elizabeth, b. 11 Mar 1737, Dover, NH d. 1768, Wolfeboro, NH (Age 30 years)
	10. LEIGHTON, Theodore, b. 22 Mar 1739, Dover, NH d. 9 May 1817, Cherryfield, ME (Age 78 years)
	11. LEIGHTON, Susanna, b. 6 Dec 1742, Dover, NH d. 1794, Cherryfield, ME (Age 51 years)
	12. LEIGHTON, Olive, b. 1744, Dover, NH d. 1745, Barnstead, NH (Age 1 year)
	13. LEIGHTON, Elizabeth, b. 25 Aug 1750, Barrington, NH d. 1848, Steuben, ME (Age 97 years)

Family ID F10987 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Apr 2024

Notes

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