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- Gov. William LeeteEst 1613 - 1683
- H. Gov. William LeeteEst 1613 - 1683
- W. Sarah _____Bef 1621 - 1673
m. 7 Apr 1670
- H. Gov. William LeeteEst 1613 - 1683
- W. Mary _____Est 1615 - 1683
m. Aft 22 Apr 1674
Facts and Events
| Name |
Gov. William Leete |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Est 1613 |
Doddington, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Marriage |
1 Aug 1636 |
Hail Weston, Huntingdonshire, Englandto Anne Payne |
| Marriage |
7 Apr 1670 |
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah _____ |
| Marriage |
Aft 22 Apr 1674 |
After death of her second husband.
to Mary _____ |
| Unknown? |
|
Q1767209? |
| Death[1][2][3] |
16 Apr 1683 |
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Burial[1] |
|
Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
Public Offices
- Clerk in Bishop's Court at Cambridge, England
- Justice of the Peace, Guilford, Connecticut, 1642
- Guilford Town Clerk, 1639-1662
- Magistrate, Guilford, 1651-1658
- Deputy, New Haven Colony General Court, 1643-1649
- Commissioner, New Haven Colony, 1655-1658
- Deputy Governor, New Haven Colony, 1658-1661
- Governor, New Haven Colony, 1661-1665
- Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1676-1683
Bibliography
- Garrity, John A. and Mark C. Carnes, eds. American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, s.v. "Leete, William" [CSL call number GIS Ref CT 213 .A68 1999].
- Leete, Edward L. The Descendants of William Leete. Second edition. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers, 1934 [CSL call number CS 71 .L486 1934].
- Leete, Edward L., compiler. The Family of William Leete. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor, Printers, 1884 [CSL call number CS 71 .L486 1884].
- Leete, Joseph. The Family of Leete. London: Blades, East & Blades, Printers, 1906 [CSL call number CS 439 .L4 1906].
- National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. X. New York: James T. White & Company, 1900, s.v. "Leete, William" p. 322 [CSL call number E 176 .N27].
- Norton, Frederick Calvin. The Governors of Connecticut. Hartford: Connecticut Magazine Co., 1905 [CSL call number HistRef F 93 .N 88 1905].
- Raimo, John W. Biographical Dictionary of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors 1607-1789. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1980 [CSL call number E 187.5 .R34].
- Steiner, Bernard Christian. Governor William Leete and the Absorption of New Haven Colony by Connecticut. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891 [CSL call number E 172 .A60 1891].
Further Reading
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Leete, in Connecticut State Library
Sep 1999. - ↑ "Bradstreet's Journal", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
8:332 [dup 9:51].
1683.
"Not long after in ye same month [April] dyed the Hon/ble W'm Leet Gov'r of Connecticott in ye 72 or 73 year of his age. Tho: he was Ancient, yet had it pleased god he might have continued many years. His death is an awful breach espec. at this juncture."
- ↑ "New England Chronology", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
8:19.
[Derived from a volume of Interleaved Almanacks, which belonged to Judge Sewall"]
""Apl. 16. 1683. Wm. Leit, Esq. Gov. Con't. Col. dyed."
- Leete, Joseph, and John Corbet Anderson. The Family of Leete. (London: Blades, East & Blades, printers, 1906)
128.
[From Visitation of Huntingdonshire, 1613]
Johannes Leete de Dodington, in com. Hunt. 1 filius, jam supstes 1613.
[married to] Anna, filia Rob'ti Shute, Justic de Banco Regis.
[son] Willielms Leete, filius et haeres, aet. demid' Anni et amplius 1613.
[From Visitation HuntingdonShire of 1684]
William Leete, eldest son, Governour of Harford in New England, now living 1684 as is supposed, aet. 71
[married to] Anne, daur. of John Payne, Minister of Southoe in Co. Hunt.
- William Leete, in Find A Grave.
- William Leete, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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