Toby Leech IV (1680 - abt. 1727)

Born 22 Sep 1680 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

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Died about 16 Mar 1727 at about age 46 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Toby Leech IV was a William Penn fleet passenger.

Toby was born in 1680. He was the son of Toby Leech and Esther Ashmead.^[1]

“Toby Leach son of Toby and Esther Leech was bound yd 22 9 mon 1680”^[2]

Tobias married Hester, maiden name unknown. After his death she m2 Joseph Duffield, whose wife had d 1736. Hannah d bef 19 Oct 1748 when Letters of Administration were issued.

He was mentioned in his father Toby’s Will proved in 1726 as Toby Junr..^[3]

He passed away about 1727. “Leech, Toby 376 March 16, 1727”^[4]

Will Précis

Name: Toby Leech

Role: Decedent

Residence Place: Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia Co.

Will Date: 23 Mar 1726

Will Proved Date: 19 Apr 1727

Title: Yeoman

Comments: Leech, Toby. Chestenham Township, Philadelphia County. Yeoman. March 23, 1726. Sons Toby, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Wife Hannah. Richard Hill, Thomas Graves and Daniel Street mentioned. Daughters: Rebecca, Dorothy, Hester, Sarah, Hannah and Mary; John Junior son of brother John Leach, brother Isaac -lot in Philadelphia near John Oxley's lot. This will is not signed. Executors: Brothers Isaac and Jacob and friend Richard Martin, renounced July 7, 1727. No witnesses.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FRG6%2F1537%2F0%2F0042&parentid=TNA%2FRG6%2FBAP%2F1691301 RG6/1537; Description GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Gloucester: Cheltenham; Record set England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841
2. ↑ https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FRG6%2F1190%2F0%2F0074&parentid=TNA%2FRG6%2FBAP%2F1624682 England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841
3. ↑ Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Will Index, 1682-1819 E: 10
4. ↑ Index to the Deaths Mentioned in the American Weekly Mercury, 1724-1746 Page number 136; Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I
5. ↑ Philadelphia County Wills, 1682-1819. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900. D:462

• PA Wills

LEECH, TOBY. Chestenham Township, Philadelphia County. Yeoman. March 23, 1726. April 19, 1727. D. 462. Sons Toby, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Wife Hannah. Richard Hill, Thomas Graves and Daniel Street mentioned. Daughters: Rebecca, Dorothy, Hester, Sarah, Hannah and Mary; John Junior son of brother John Leach, brother Isaac (lot in Philadelphia near John Oxley's lot). (This will is not signed). Executors: Brothers Isaac and Jacob and friend Richard Martin, renounced June 7, 1727.

• Chronicle of the Yerkes Family with Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families by Josiah Granville Leach, Publisher J P Lippencott, 1894, pg 205-211, https://books.google.com/books?id=Ow8fAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Find A Grave, Tobias "Toby" Leech, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99154138/tobias-leech