Person:William Leeds (3)

Capt. William Leeds

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m. Abt 1660

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Capt. William Leeds
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1620	Kent, England
Immigration^[1]	1658	came with William Claiborne to Kent Island
Military^[1]	1660	Kent Island, MarylandCaptain of a Military Company
Marriage	Abt 1660	Kent, Maryland, United Statesto Unknown
Will^[1]	18 Oct 1676	Talbot, Maryland, United States
Death`^?`		Wade's Point Plantation, Bay Hundred, Talbot county, Maryland
Probate^[1]	1 Dec 1688	Talbot, Maryland, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Captain William Leeds, in Spencer, Richard Henry. Thomas family of Talbot County, Maryland: and allied families. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1914)
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... His [Timothy Leed's] son, Captain William Leeds, came to Kent Island, with William Claiborne, in 1658, and where he was Captain of a Military Company in 1660. In April 1661, he was one of the Burgesses from Kent County, in the Lower House of Assembly. On 14 Jun 1661, he was appointed on of "Ye Worshipful Commissioners and Justices of the Peace," for Kent County, his colleagues being Robert Vaughn, William Coursey, Thomas Bradnox, Seth Foster and James Ringgold. He also represented Talbot County as a Burgess in the Lower House of Assembly, in 1669. His will is dated 18 October 1676, and probated 1 December 1688, in which he mentions his sons William, Michael, Edward and John Leeds. ...