First Generation

1. Philip Leek (Knight) ^{1 2} was born in 1611 in Leake, England ² and died in May 1676 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ².

Documented events in his life were:

1. Census; 1669; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ³.

2. Inventory Taken; 10 Jun 1676; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁴. £188-07-07

Philip married Joan Ackley ^{1 2}. (Joan Ackley was born about 1620 in England ² and died in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ².)

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. Ebenezer Leek ^{1 5} was born before 12 Sep 1647 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ¹, was baptized on 12 Sep 1647 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵ and died on 10 Jul 1726 in NY ¹.

   3 M    ii. Philip Leek ^{1 5} was born on 26 Aug 1646 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ^{1 5} and died on 24 Sep 1717 in NY ¹.

Documented events in his life were:

1. CR - Baptism; 26 Aug 1646; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵. Philip Leek, son of Philip Leek - father's name taken from the town records.

2. Census; 1669; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ³.

3. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 10 Jun 1676; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁴. Listed in father's probate records.

   4 M    iii. Thomas Leek ^{1 5} was born before 12 Jan 1648/49 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ¹, was baptized on 12 Jan 1648/49 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵ and died in 1719 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ¹.

Documented events in his life were:

1. CR - Baptism; 21 Jan 1647/48; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵. Thomas, son of Philip Leek - father's name taken from the town records.

2. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 10 Jun 1676; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁴. Listed in father's probate records.

3. Residence; 1685; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁶. Listed among the Proprietors in 1685.

   5 F    iv. Mary Leek ^{1 5} was born on 16 Jun 1651 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ^{1 5} and was baptized on 16 Jun 1651 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵.

Documented events in her life were:

1. CR - Baptism; 16 Jun 1651; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵. Mary, daughter of Philip Leek - father's name taken from the town records. Town Records gives birth date as 16 Jun 1652 [?]

2. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 10 Jun 1676; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁴. Listed in father's probate records as Mary, wife of John Davis

   6 F    v. Joanna Leek ^{1 5} was born on 22 Jan 1656/57 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ^{1 5}, was baptized on 28 Mar 1658 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵ and died in May 1676 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.

Documented events in her life were:

1. VR - Birth; 22 Jan 1657/58; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵. Birth date from town records.

2. CR - Baptism; 28 Mar 1658; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵. Johana, daughter of Sister Leek, wife of Philip Leek.

3. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 10 Jun 1676; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁴. Listed in father's probate records.

Second Generation (Children)

Documented events in his life were:

1. CR - Baptism; 12 Sep 1647; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁵. Eleazar, son of Philip Leek - father's name taken from the town records.

2. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 10 Jun 1676; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ⁴. Listed in father's probate records.

3. Town Office; 5 Apr 1698; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁷. Constable

4. Town Office; 4 Apr 1699; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁷. Constable

5. Town Office; 2 Apr 1700; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁷. Constable

6. Will; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ^{8 9}. From Abstracts of Wills Vol III, 1730-1744:
Page 186.--In the name of God, Amen. I, EBENEZER LEEK, of the town of East Hampton, in Suffolk County, cooper, being in good health. I leave to my wife Hannah all my lands and tenements in East Hampton, during her life; And after her decease to my son Recompence Leek. I leave to my sons, Stephen and Ichabod, 5 shillings each. I leave to my daughters, Hannah Alien and Aylce Smith and Abigail Woodruff, each 5 shillings. All the rest of my estate I leave to my son Recompence, and I make him executor. "My will is that my son Recompence shall maintain his mother honorable, so long as she shall live."
Dated March 19, 172 2/3. Witnesses, Joseph Osborne, Eliakim Conkling, John Davis. Proved, before Brinley Silvester, Esq., July 3, 1734.

Ebenezer married Hannah Baker ¹⁰, daughter of Thomas Baker and Alice Dayton, between 1672-1673. (Hannah Baker was born on 26 Jun 1650 in East Hampton, Long Island, NY ¹⁰.)

Documented events in her life were:

1. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁸. Left all land & tenements in East Hampton in her husband's will.

Children from this marriage were:

   7 F    i. Alice Leek ¹¹ was born about 1664 in Connecticut.

Documented events in her life were:

1. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁸. Legacy of 5 shillings in father's will as Aylce Smith.

Alice married Jonathan Smith ^{14 15}, son of Jonathan Smith and Martha Bushnell, on 25 Dec 1695 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ^{12 13}. (Jonathan Smith was born on 20 Nov 1664 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT ^{14 15} and died on 8 Apr 1735 in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT ¹⁴.)

Documented events in his life were:

1. VR - Birth; 20 Nov 1664; Wethersfield, co Essex, ENG ¹⁵.

Documented events in their marriage were:

1. VR - Marriage; 25 Dec 1695; Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ^{12 13}.

   8 M    ii. Ebenezer Leek ¹ was born in 1674 ¹ and died on 4 Apr 1702.

   9 M    iii. Thomas Leek ¹ was born after 1675 ¹ and died on 17 Apr 1702.

   10 M    iv. Phillip Leek ¹ was born about 1678 ¹ and died on 6 Apr 1712.

   11 M    v. Stephen Leek ¹ was born in 1685 ¹ and died on 14 May 1753 in Little Eggharbor, Burl Co., NJ.

Documented events in his life were:

1. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁸. Legacy of 5 shillings in father's will.

   12 M    vi. Ichabod Leek ¹ was born after 1682 ¹.

Documented events in his life were:

1. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁸. Legacy of 5 shillings in father's will.

   13 M    vii. Recompence Leek ¹ was born about 1688 in East Hampton, Long Island, NY and died on 9 Nov 1749 in Cumberland Co., NJ.

Documented events in his life were:

1. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁸. Legacy in father's will of all land and tenements after mother's death. Charged to 'maintain his mother honorable, so long as she shall live." Executor.

   14 F    viii. Hannah Leek ¹ was born after 1683 ¹.

Documented events in her life were:

1. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁸. Legacy of 5 shillings in father's will as Hannah Alien.

2. VR - Marriage; 4 May 1698; Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ^{12 13}. Married Thomas Allin

3. VR - Birth of Child; 6 Mar 1698/99; Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ¹². Birth of Hannah Allin, daughter of Thomas & Hannah

4. VR - Birth of Child; 26 Sep 1702; Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ¹². Birth of Thomas Allin, son of Thomas & Hannah

5. VR - Birth of Child; 12 Aug 1707; Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ¹². Birth of Elesebeth Allin, daughter of Thomas & Hannah.

6. VR - Death of Spouse; 3 Dec 1733; Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT ¹². Death of Deacon Thomas Allin.

   15 F    ix. Abigail Leek ¹ was born after 1684 ¹.

Documented events in her life were:

1. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 19 Mar 1722/23; East Hampton, Long Island, NY ⁸. Legacy of 5 shillings in father's will as Abigail Woodruff.

1. Ancestors of Adelia (Adele) Mary Hedges, (Edward Denne, 22 Valley Crest Road, Lebanon, NJ 08833, 973-642-1440, eddenne@injersey.com).

2. Ancestors of George Elliott Remington III, (Dee McGrath Remington, 21416 N 33rd Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85027, dremin15@cybertrails.com).

3. 1669 Census, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, (on line at http://www.altlaw.com/edball/nhav1669.txt).

4. Alcorn, Mrs. Winifred, Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book I, Part I, 1647-1687, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 81, April 1927, p 121-135).

5. White, Henry, transcriber, Baptisms in the Church in New Haven, Conn., during the Ministry of Rev. John Davenport, from Nov 1639 to Nov 1666, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 9, October 1855, p 357). p 360.

6. Bradley, Charles William, Secretary of State, Connecticut, The Names of the Proprietors of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1685, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 1, April 1847, p 157).

7. Henry P. Hedges, History of East Hampton, New York, (Sag-Harbor, NY 1897). p 115.

8. The New York Historical Society, Abstracts of Wills Vol III 1730-1744, (1894.) p 150.

9. Orville B. Ackerly, Early East Hampton Wills, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 55, April 1901, p 201).

10. Baker, Frank, The Ancestry of Samuel Baker , of Pleasant Valley, Steuben County, New York, With Some of His Descendants (Spans 1614-1908), (Chicago, 1914). p 5.

11. Darryl Boyd, (http://www.geocities.com/~boydsplace/).

12. Parsons, Samuel H, transcriber, Record of the Births, Marriages & Deaths of the First Proprietors of Lands in Middletown, CT, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 14, January 1860, p 63 & subsequent).

13. Clemens, William Montgomery, American Marriage Records before 1699, (Pompton Lakes, NJ: Biblio Co., 1926.)

14. Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139).

15. Hinman, R. R., Records of Wethersfield, Connecticut, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 15, Jul 1861, p 241 & subsequent).

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