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Leedom

• Leedom family - in Yorkshire, England & PA; records of Leedoms in Yorkshire England, the marriage of Richard Leedom to Hannah Pease and the arrival of Richard Leedom in Bucks Co PA in 1712 with his two sons, John and William.
   
• John Leedom - Older son of Richard Leedom and Hannah Pease, born in Yorkshire about 1703, died in Bucks Co PA before 9 May 1750, and some of his descendants.
   
• William Leedom - Younger son of Richard Leedom and Hannah Pease, born in Yorkshire about 1705, died in Bucks Co PA before 21 Sep 1743, and some of his descendants
   
• John Leedom of Ireland - Parents unknown, John is supposed to have arrived in Bucks Co PA in 1744 from Ireland (the same year Richard Leedom died). Families of John Leedom and Letitia Jones' nine children delineated.
  
  
• Thomas Leedom - Leedoms in Lancaster, Berks Co PA that are not yet connected to the Bucks Co families.
  
  

Pennsylvania families

• Bond - Joseph Bond family from Yorkshire ENG, arrived in Philadelphia PA about 1710. Son Joseph m. Esther Jeanes 27 Oct 1750
   
• Butler & Moore - John Butler and Samuel Moore, Chester Co PA c. 1785 and later
   
• Dungan - William Dungan and Frances Latham, England to Rhode Island with many descendant connections to Leedoms
   
• Hoopes - Robert and Jane Hoopes in Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire ENG, 16th century through to their descendants who arrived in Philadelphia in 1683 and some of the family to 1826
   
• Jaudon - Pierre Jaudon and Ann Conte, Protestant Huguenots from France, married in England in 1700, settled in Philadelphia PA
   
• Jeanes - William Jeanes, d. 1747, believed to have arrived in NY and later settled in Abington, Philadelphia PA
   
• McCue - Samuel McCue and Ann Wayne, married before 1724 in Ireland, settled in Chester PA
   
• Nace - Tobias Nace, b. 1797 PA m. Deborah Wiltsey, b. 1798 NJ: daughter Anna Elizabeth Nace 1m. (poss) Christopher Conroy, 2m. Robert Williamson
   
• Pease - Early 16th and 17th century Pease families in Yorkshire ENG
   
• Staats - Peter Staats, b. Jul 1663 in NY and later settled in Bucks Co PA
   
• Steel(e) - Brothers William, b. 1758, and Robert, b. 1762, of Chester PA and marriages to Butler and Bishop families
   
• Taggart - George Corson Taggart, b. prob 1869 and Daniel Leedom Taggart, b. 1848, both of Philadelphia PA
   
• Wayne - Richard Wayne of Derbyshire ENG in the mid 15th century and nine generations to Anthony Wayne of Chester PA
   
• Wiltsey - Deborah Wiltsey, b. 1798 in NJ

Virginia & Tennessee families

• Crowell - Johan Michael Grauel, b. 1683 Pfalz GER emigrated to Berks PA. Descendants migrated to MD, VA and TN where Robert Craig Crowell m. Sara Ann O'Dell in 1871
   
• O'Dell - Abraham O'Dell, b. 1781 d. 1854, Pulaski Co VA; still searching for a record of his wife

Netherlands families

• deMaster - Pieter deMeester, d. 1780 Zeeland NL, whose 2G grandson Pieter settled in Cedar Grove WI in 1850
   
• duMez - Jean duMez, born in France and d. 1684, family emigrated to Zeeland NL and later to Cedar Grove WI in 1848
   
• Duenk - Hendrik Duenk, b. Sep 1668 Gelderland NL, whose 2G grandson Evert Jan Duenk arrived in Cedar Grove WI in 1847 
   
• Huenink - Garrit Jan Huinink, b. 1748 Gelderland NL, whose family later emigrated to Cedar Grove WI in 1869
   
• Hyink - Geert Hijink, b. abt 1595 in Huppel, Winterswijk, Gelderland NL
   
• Lubbers - Johannes Lubbers, b. 1790 Gelderland NL, whose son Arend emigrated in 1855 to Town of Holland WI.

Marcia Lubbers Leedom - remembering a special moment with my mother

• Van der Jagt - Jacob Van Der Jagt, b. abt 1570 NL, and seven generations to Cornelius who arrived in NY in 1849 and later settled with his family in Cedar Grove WI

 

??? Deadends & mysteries

• Brick walls - any and all clues appreciated!
   
• Mystery Leedoms - Records I have found for Leedoms that I have been unable to connect with my known Leedom families
  
   

Bookshelf

Excerpts from genealogies and histories mentioning Leedoms

• Book excerpts - Part I 
  
  Chronicle of the Yerkes Family With Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families - Yerkes, Craft, Leedom
  The Descendants of James Carrell and Sarah Dungan, His Wife - Carrell, Dungan, Leedom, Lefferts
  A Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye Families - Ely, Leedom
  The Lancaster Family - Lancaster, McCarty, Leedom
  Family History of Jeremiah Fenton - Fenton, Leedom
   
• Book excerpts - Part II 
  
  Colonial Families of Philadelphia - Shoemaker, Leech, Jenks, Tyson
   
• Book excerpts - Part III
  
  Colonial Families of Philadelphia - Kirk, Lukens, Savery, Carncross
  Genealogy of the Smedley Family - James, Norbury, Cox
  The Longstreth Family Records - Longstreth, Fussell
   
• Book excerpts - Part IV
  
  McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families - Hunter, Parry, Thomas, Levis, Mendenhall, Taylor
  Long Island Genealogies - Walton, Titus 
  Joseph Paull and some of his Descendants - Paull, Craft 
  Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel Roberts Moore - Moore, Biles
   
• Book excerpts - Part V
  
  History of Bucks County - Richard Leedom and the Black Bear tavern
  History of Delaware County - Haverford Township
   
• Book Excerpts - Part VI
  The Emigrant Churchman in Canada - Richard Leedom's death at Niagara Falls
  Recollections of a '49er
  Wilson and Allied Families - Alfred Rudolph Justice
  Our Family Ancestors - Thomas Maxwell Potts

 

Wills and Inventories

• John Leedom - (1703-1750) Bucks Co PA
• William Leedom - (1705-1743) Bucks Co PA
• Richard Leedom - (1739-1825) Bucks Co PA
• William Jeanes - (d. 1747) Bucks Co PA
• Samuel McCue - (d. 1777) Chester Co PA
• James Steel - (d. 1742) Philadelphia PA

 

Will Abstracts

Pennsylvania will extracts from Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Chester counties

• A - E    F - I    J - L    M - S    T - Z
   
• Ellis, Hoopes, Hunter, James, Jeanes, Leedom, Roberts, Staats, Steel, Twining, Wayne
  and many more...

 

Cemetery Records

Pennsylvania

• Armstrong Co
  • Sherrett Cemetery - (very partial - only 6 people so far!)
• Bucks Co
  • Dutch Reformed Church of North and Southampton - Churchville (complete)
• Delaware Co
  • Haverford Friends Burial Ground (Hicksite) - Haverford (complete)
    A - G     H - L     M - Z
  • Haverford Friends Burial Ground (Orthodox) - Haverford (complete)
  • Newtown Friends Graveyard - Newtown (partial) 
  • Radnor Friends Burial Ground - Radnor (complete)

Wisconsin

• Sheboygan Co
  • Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery - Cedar Grove (partial)
  • Oostburg Cemetery - Town of Holland (partial)
  • Presbyterian Cemetery - Cedar Grove (partial)
  • Union Cemetery - Cedar Grove (partial)
    
• St. Croix Co
  • Baldwin Cemetery - unnamed cemetery (partial) south of town

   

Quaker records

• Yorkshire ENG - Quarterly Meeting births and deaths (partial, Pease & Leatham)

• Abington, Montgomery PA - Quarterly Meeting records, (partial) 

 

Newspaper records

          Philadelphia area marriage, death and real estate notices and articles

• 1741 - 1849 
• 1850 - 1869 
• 1870 -         
   

Land Records

• IN, MO, OH, PA, VA - Abstracts of land transactions for Leedom and O'Dell families

 

Civil War information

• Leedom - Regimental service information for Leedoms in PA, OH, MO, TN and MD

• O'Dell - Regimental service information for O'Dells in VA

 

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