"5 Samuel Leffingwell, the youngest son of Lt. Thomas Leffingwell the first, of Norwich, was born probably at Saybrook, and died in Dec. 1691. Very likely the breaking up at Saybrook, following the Indian troubles which led to the settlement of Norwich, may account for the omission of this name on the Saybrook records. Tradition, however, has uniformly made him the son of the first Thomas Leffingwell. He married Nov. 16, 1687, Hannah Dickenson, daughter to Thomas and Hannah (Crow) Dickenson of Hatfield, and granddaughter to Nathaniel and Anne Dickenson, who were in Wethersfield, Conn., as early as 1637. His wife died Feb. 22, 1690-1, very shortly after the birth of her first son. That he was a man of good standing in Norwich is evinced by the local records of the town."
