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Hon. Andrew LEETE

Male 1643 - 1702  (59 years)


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  • Name Andrew LEETE  [1, 2] 
    • He succeeded in a good degree to the position of his father, in managing the affairs of the town and to some extent of the Colony. In 1677 he was elected to the honorable office of Assistant in the Connecticut Colony, and was annually reelected until his death. It was while holding this office that he became principally instrumental in secreting and preserving the Charter of the Colony during the usurpation of the government by Major Andross. For a season the charter was kept in his house at Guilford. he was a member of the General Court of Conn. that granted the Charter to Yale College. [1]
    Prefix Hon. 
    Birth 1643  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Oct 1702  Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I73237  Main Tree
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2016 

    Father Gov. William LEETE,   b. Abt 1611, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1683, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Anna PAYNE,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1668 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1636  Hail-Weston, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Family ID F29550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth JORDAN   d. 4 Mar 1701, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1669  [1, 2] 
    Children 
    +1. William LEETE,   b. 24 Mar 1671, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1736, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Caleb LEETE,   b. 10 Dec 1673, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Dec 1760 (Age 86 years)
    +3. Samuel LEETE,   b. 1677, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1751, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
     4. Dorothy LEETE,   b. 1680  [Birth]
     5. Abigail LEETE,   b. 1683   d. 16 Apr 1767, Guilford, New Haven County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
     6. Mercy LEETE,   b. 1688, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1751, Kensington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F29672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Oct 1702 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5691] Edward L. Leete, Guilford, Conn. 1884 2nd ed - 1934, "The Descendants of William Leete" One of the Founders of Guilford, Conn. President of the Federation of Colonies and Governor of New Haven and Connecticut Colonies, (New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., Printers).

    2. [S4793] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. II.

    3. [S5689] Ancestry.com: Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars Pedigrees.


  

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