LEECH Family - my brick wall - any help welcomed !

[bpking]

  I have come to a complete brick wall with my research for this family - I can only positively go back to 1859! - and would welcome any help or comments.

My GGF is Walter George Leech b.17.9.1867 in Grundisburgh.  I have his siblings and parents - John Leech and Mary Ann Long - and this is as far as I can confidently trace them back.

John Leech and Mary Ann Long married in 1859 and their first child was also born in 1859 in Grundisburgh.  They appear on the 1861 and 71 censuses, John stating he was born in Swilland and Mary Ann in Debenham.  I cannot find either of their births/baptisms.

I have the marriage cert for John and Mary Ann - their fathers are stated as James Leech (thatcher) and John Long (deceased).

On the 1851 census for Suffolk, the only John Leech of the right age (also born in Swilland) is living at home with his family and his father is William!  I cannot find Mary Ann at all.

There is a Leech family living in Grundisburgh in 1851 of which a James Leech (thatcher) is the head and the right age range but I cannot prove that this is John's dad.  This family had their childen baptised at the baptist chapel in Grundisburgh but John is not listed as one of their children on the baptist records.

The fact that John and Mary Ann married in a register office in 1859 and had all their children baptised in Grundisburgh church in one fell swoop, when their oldest child was 16, makes me wonder if they were baptists and then had a change of faith around 1876 when their children were baptised?

This is all I have to go on and am going round in circles  .

If anyone has any thoughts on where I can look next I'd be really grateful.

Thanks for looking

Anne 


 

Hello Anne

Walter George LEECH married into my WRIGHT family through his wife Ada Croxson BURROWS, daughter of Sarah Ann Burrows nee WRIGHT.

Brenda King

[bille]

Hi   
My Leach family come from Swilland,
William 1856 Henry 1827

This William below is  my 3 G Grandfather
William Leach 45 Thatcher
Bathsheba do. 45
John do. 20 ag lab
James do. 15 ag lab
Henry do. 14
Alfred do. 12
Mary do. 11
 Would love to find his parets or siblings if you, or any one out there can help

Thanks and living in hope

Billie

[annes]

hi Billie

At one time I thought this was my family too - the John b.~1823 matched my (elusive) John.  However once I'd obtained my John's marriage certificate, he names his father as James, so this ruled out this line of thought.

At the time though I did do some research into William and Bathsheba so maybe the following might be of some use to you (sadly no longer any use to me).

William Leech m. Bathsheba Day
2nd December 1816 at Otley Suffolk

Children of William and Bathsheba:
William - bap 12 Oct 1817 Otley
Samuel bap 21 May 1820 Otley
John bap 22 Sept 1822 Swilland
james bap 15 June 1823 Swilland
Henry bap15 Oct 1826 Swilland
Alfred bap 24 Aug 1828 Swilland
Mary Ann bap 6 June 1830 Swilland


Regards
Anne

[annes]

Also some notes on William:

William Leech s/o Samuel and Jemima Leech (Late Goodroom)
Baptised 5th October 1794 Clopton Suffolk

Samuel Leech m. Jemima Goodroom
5th November 1793 Clopton Suffolk
Banns: 20, 27 Oct & 3rd Nov 1793

Jemima Goodroom d/o William and Sarah Goodroom (late Goddard)
Baptised 12th February 1775 Redlingfield Suffolk

And Bathsheba:

Bathsheba Day d/o William and Mary Day (late Goldsmith)
Born 16 Oct 1789, bap 19 October 1789 Saxtead Suffolk

William Day m. Mary Goldsmith
29th August 1774 at Saxtead Suffolk

[bille]

Hi

Thanks for the info, Ann
only like you I'm now not to sure if they are my family I have a Sam/Percy Leach b1888/1893
got a birth cert it says Warwick father William mother Elizabeth Blake, so I assumed this was my Grandfather as on his marr cert it says father John Leach Miller the only miller I found was William & Elizabeth which ties in with birth

On  Census , some say William  some John found a Elizabeth Studd marr John Leach but not a Blake Leach marr just Studd John Leach, so now I'm lost!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can any one HELP PLEASE

[bille]

Hi again
Yes I'm still stuck with my Leach family and even more confused 
 
Can you please tell me where you got the information from for the data below, as I have Bathsheba's mother as Susannah/Susan Mendlesham from FamilySearch.org, 

William Leech s/o Samuel and Jemima Leech (nee; Goodroom)
Baptised; 5th October 1794 Clopton Suffolk

Samuel Leech m. Jemima Goodroom
5th November 1793 Clopton Suffolk
Banns: 20, 27 Oct & 3rd Nov 1793

Jemima Goodroom d/o William and Sarah Goodroom (late Goddard)
Baptised 12th February 1775 Redlingfield Suffolk


Wife of William: Bathsheba Day :

Bathsheba Day d/o William and Mary Day (late Goldsmith)
Born 16 Oct 1789, bap 19 October 1789 Saxtead Suffolk

William Day m. Mary Goldsmith
29th August 1774 at Saxtead Suffolk


The person I am looking for is John/William Leach marr Elizabeth Blake
 father might now be Samuel son of William & Bathsheba

Can anyone help before I go complety mad 

[annes]

Dear Billie

1.
All my information I have taken from original parish registers at the Suffolk Records Office.

2.
I looked for Bathsheba's baptism in the Saxtead records because on the 1851 census she states her birthplace as Saxtead.

3.
The entry on familysearch.org that you refer to (d/o Susan Day) has Bathsheba as being baptised on 8.5.1779 - this would make her 72 on the 1851 census when in fact she was 57.  However, I do accept that the 1789 baptism in Saxtead is not exact either, but it is closer 1794. 

4.
As I said higher up in this thread, I have discovered that William and Bathsheba are not actually my family, so I am not using this information in my tree now, so therefore I am not actively pursuing nor constantly checking these facts.

5.
Like all family history research, you do have to check out all information for yourself, and at the end of the day, go with what you think is right.

Best regards
Anne

[bille]

Thanks Ann 
I wasn't being unfriendly,  I thought I'd made a huge mistake and that there were two Bathsheba's

Sorry if I offended you in asking how you found  BDM, but I always include  the source for reference, and I will verify for myself.
 
Hope you find your family links soon
Best of luck with your research  & thanks for your help

Billie

[bille]

Ann
Sorry to bother you again 

I don't suppose you could let me have copies of the entries if I paid for them and for posting or maybe  if you could email them please

Regards
Billie