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65. Levi Leach (Married Sarah Noble (66) about 1788 in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family Search)

Born: About 1766 in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont (Source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) of Ephraim Leach (129) & Dorothy Bennett (130). Lawrence Leach of Salem, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants by F. Phelps Leach, Copyright 1924, lists two Levis, one of which might be Levi (#65). One Levi was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire and is listed on page 49 of that document: Levi of Isaac, of Josiah, of Samuel, of Giles, of Lawrence. According to Leach, Leech, DeLeche Family website, this Levi was born in 1785, married Rachel Meade in 1834, and died in 1855 in Iowa. This Levi would not be the correct Levi if the 1788 to wedding date to Sarah Noble is correct. Also, Amos( #33) is not listed as one of his children. The other Levi listed in Phelps Leach's book, listed on page 55, was born in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts: Levi of Levi, of Timothy, of John, of Giles, of Lawrence. An LDS source says this Levi was born about 1772. That would make him about 16 when he married Sarah if marriage date of 1788 is correct. There were no Levi Leaches born in Pownal, Vermont listed in the Phelps Leach document. [Note: Susan Leach Snyder (#2) suspects that Levi's father was Amos Leach. There was an Amos Leach living in Pownal in 1766. Perhaps that was Levi's father. Levi's wife's father Josiah Nobel (#131) was also living in Pownal in 1766. Both Amos and Josiah were two of the 185 petitioners who signed a document sent to King George III. Since both men would have known each other, their children would have likely known each other. (Source: "On the Spot in Pownall.")

 

Died: ?

 

[His siblings, include

Amos Leach Jr. ( Married: An Amos married Helind or Hetind Pepper at New Fairfield by Hubble on 12 April 1787. Amos was in Fairfield Co. in 1790 at 1-0-3 between Dan Pepper and Willliam Gould.) Born: ? Died: ?

Bennett Leach: (Married: Betsy Dutcher, daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeh Dutcher at her father's house on 17 March 1805) Born: ? Died: before 1828, per will of his father-in-law, Cornelius Dutcher.

Rachel Leach: (Married: John Nichols) Born: ? Died: Before 15 January 1816 when her father's will was written.

Lois Leach: (Married: ____ Culver) Born:? Died: ?

Lydia Leach: (Married: Latten Soule, son of Nathan and Sarah (Birdsall) Soule) Born: 1765 Died: ?.

Hannah Leach: (Married: ____ Thomas) Born: ? Died: ?

Dimmis Leach: (Married: Jonathan Ellis) Born: 1 March 1778 Died: 13 May 1825, age 47-2-13 and is buried in the South Dover Ground.

Mercy Leach: (Married: ____ Barnes) Born: ? Died: ?

Zerviah Leach: ( Married: ____ Marsh) Born: ? Died: ? )

Reference for above: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York, An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, New york 12569, 2003, pages 911-919.

 

Miscellaneous:

He lived at Somers, New York (Westchester County), arriving between 1790 and 1800.

A Levi Leach was in Stephentown, Westchester Co., NY in 1800. A Levi Leach was in Batavia, Genesee Co., NY in 1810 , age 16-26.

Levi and Sarah had 10 children: Amos (#33), Noble, Luman (Lyman) (Leman), Olive, Elihu (Elihue), Mercy, Harvey, Martin, Almon, and Tryphena (Tryiphena). (Source of these names is a genealogy study conducted by descendent of Amos Leach, Russell Leach (3), June 1975. [Note: The Smith/Noble Family Tree posted on ancestry.com December 21, 2007 lists only five children: Elihu, Harvey, Lyman, Noble, and Tryphenut. It does not include Amos, and the spellings of some of Amos' siblings do not agree with research done by Russell Leach (3).] [Source of green is the family Bible, dated 1834 and information from Jackie <JessJackie@aol.com> . This source confirmed the spelling of Amos, Noble, Harvey, and Tryphena and added Olive, Mercy, Martin, and Harion to Russell Leach's list].

Dr. White's Journal (of Somers, New York) shows that Dr. White visited Levi from 1807 to 1810. (Source : Letter dated 28 October 2008 from Florence S. Oliver, Town Historian of Somers, Westchester County, New York to Susan Snyder #3)

The New York Census of 1800 lists a Levi Leach as living in Westchester County. The information is listen in the NY 1800 Federal Census Index as a part of the Federal Population Schedule, p. 128. The township or other info is listed as 41010-01010-00. His ID # is NYS1a1955775. In 1800, the census for Levi listed four males under 10, one between 10 and 16, and one between 26 and 45 (probably the head of the house), one female between 10 and 16, and one between 26 and 45 (probably the wife of the head.) [Source: Florence S. Oliver, Town of Somers, New York Historian]

The source of the following information in purple is a letter written to Mr. Otto. E. Koegel, President, Somers, N.Y. Historical Society by Kent W. Leach of Ann Arbor, Michigan [Kent (deceased) was 1st cousin of Russell Leach (#3)], dated 27 August 1969).

"In 1810, there was still only one Leach listed in all Westchester County and that was stil Levi (this time spelled Levy). It was interesting to note that in 1800 Levi Leach was listed on these census records as coming from the area of Stephentown, Westchester County. In 1810, he was listed as of Somers, Westchester County, N.Y. A study of Somers revealed to me that Stephentown was called Stephen Town in 1787/8 & 1789. Then in 1800 it was called Stephentown and in 1808 it was called Somers. In 1820, Levi Leach disappeared from the Somers census records but Amos Leach appeared (also one Elizer Leach appeared). Amos Leach also appeared in 1830 (but 1830 Elizer Leach was not listed.) (At both times the age range distribution of Amos's children fit the right categories with the information that I had about my Amos's children). Since Amos moved to Ohio in 1834 I was naturally interested in seeing whether the Amos Leach of Somers appeared on the census records of Somers in 1840. He did not. Now, I'm trying to find out for certain whether the Amos Leach of Somers was indeed the Amos that migrated to Ohio in 1834. Circumstantial evidence points in the direction that he was. (But, if in some cemetery around Somers there are graves for Ann Elizer Leach, Ephram Leach, and Patty Jane Leach, then I would know that it was the right Amos)."

"Also, it is interesting to note that in the 1830 census records there was listed, in addition to the children and the husband & wife, one adult male in the category or age range (70 to 80 yrs. of age). Could this male have been Amos's father? ? And could it, by chance, be Levi (or Levy)?"

"I am wondering, of course, whether there is a grave for Levi Leach somewhere in a cemtery near Somers. (And how about Elizer? note: Amos's first born was a daughter who was given as a middle name-- Elizer)."