William Leedom

Notes:

THe Last Will and Testament of William Leedom, Proved 11th Sept 1743.
In the name of God, Amen, This Eleventh Day of September Anno Domini 1743, I William Leadam, of Southampton Township in the County of Bucks, Yeoman, being sick and very weak in body but of perfect and sound Mind, Memory and Understanding thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body knowing that it is appointed for men once to Die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, first and principally I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executors herein after named nothing doubting but that in the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such Worldly Estates wherewith it shall please God to bless me with I Give and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form
Item I Will that my Just Debts and funeral expenses be all duly Discharged and maid by my Executors out of my personal Estate
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Sarah all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my personal Estate to her Heirs and Assigns forever.Item Whereas I am to pay unto my Honoured father Richard Leadam the Yearly Sum of five pounds by even and equal portions on the Sixteenth Day of November and on the Sixteenth Day of May, Yearly During the Term of his natural Life I do charge my sd. Beloved Wife Sarah with the payment thereof and that she may be enabled to pay the same and to maintain, educate and bring up my Children Richard Leadam William Leadam and that whereof she is now pregnant if it please God that it be Born alive I do Give and Bequeath unto her that Mesuage and Tracts of Land whereon I now Dwell Scituate in Southampton aforsd to be by her and her assigns freely enjoyed and protected during the Term of her Natural Life and after her Decease I Give and Bequeath the same unto my before mentioned three children or to such as shall Lawfully represent them in Case either or any of them shall be then Dead to be equally Divided between them share and share alike to them their Heirs and Assigns forever.
Item Whereas I am able to pay unto my sd. Honoured father the Sum of fifteen pounds Yearly During the Term of his Natural Life by even and equal portions on theTwenty fifth Day of September and on the Twenty fifth Day of March I do likewise charge my sd. Beloved Wife Sarah with the payment thereof and that she may be enabled to pay the same I do Give unto her that Mesuage Plantation and Tract of Land Scituate in Southampton aforsd. Now in the Tenure and Occupation of Samuel McGraudy Containing Two hundred and twenty five Acres to be by her and her Assigns freely enjoyed and protected During the Natural Life of my father and after at the Decease of my sd. Father I will that my Executors shall have the Care and disposal of the sd. Mesuage Plantation and Tract of Land and receive and take the rents and profits thereof from and immediately after the Decease of my father untill my Eldest Son Richard shall attain unto his full age of Twenty one years and if it shall so happen the the child whereof my sd. Beloved Wife is now pregnant be a Son That then I Give and Bequeath the sd. Last mentioned Mesuage Plantation and Tract of Land unto my sd. Three Children to be equally Divided between them share and share alike to them their Heirs and Assigns forever and also all Rents Issuing from the sd. Land after the Decease of my sd. father to be Divided between them as aforesd. But if it shall so happen that the sd. Child whereof my sd. Wife is now pregnant shall be a Daughter that then I Give and Bequeath the same Mesuage Plantation and Tract of Land unto my two sons Richard Leadam and William Leadam to be equally Divided between them to their Heirs and Assigns forever and then I do give and bequeath unto the sd. Daughter the full Sum of fifty pounds Current Money of Pensilvania to be paid out of the Rents of the said Lands and the Remainder of the sd. Rents I Give and bequeath unto my sd. Two sons equally between them to them their Heirs and Assigns forever.
I do Nominate Constitute and Appoint my sd. Beloved Wife Sarah and my Trusty friend James Arbuckle of Southampton aforesd. My true and Lawful Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke and Disallow and utterly Disannul all other and former Wills Legacies and Bequests Executed by me heretofore Willed Bequeathed or named Ratifying and Confirming this to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced
And Declared by the sd. William Leadam
William Leedom [signature]
As his Last Will and Testament in
the presence of us the Subscribers
Nicholas Tucker
Thomas Justice [his mark]
John McGraudy [his mark]
John Harte

William married Sarah Philips in Jan 1738/9 in Abington. Sarah was born in SEPT 1711 in Alverthorp,Abington, Pennsylvania, America; died on 9 Jun 1789 in Abington, Pa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Leedom was born on 9 Nov 1739 in Richboro, Northampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Jul 1825 in Narthampton, Bucks County, Pennsyvania; was buried in 1825 in Wrightstown MM Cemetery, Burks County.
2. William Leedom was born on 29 Nov 1741 in Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
3. Thomas Leedom was born on 3 May 1743/4 in Southampton Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 30 Jul 1665, Sherburn In Elmet, Yorkshire

Notes:

Richard Leedom (Leedham), emigrating from England in 1712, requested a certificate to remove himself and his family from York, England MM (copy of certificate in book, p. 5), certificate signed 4d, 2 mo 1712 (4 Apr 1712). Certificate received at Middletown, PA MM 3 Dec 1714. York certificate signed by: George Stabler, William White junr, William White, Robert Adam, John, Nehemiah Morley, Marmaduke Boone, Edward Stabler, Timothy Hudson, John Rowland, Thomas Hammond, Stephen Thompson, William Cocksha (?), Thomas Etherington (?), Robert Ward, Joseph Todd
Records of Middletown MM show that on 1 Dec 1738, Richard and his son William applied for certificate of removal to Abington MM. It was granted Mar 1739. As there is no mention of Hannah, she had presumably died by then. In 1740 Richard is reported to Abington MM as having married a second time without approval of the meeting and was removed from the roll.
Richard's second wife's name appears to be Mary, referred to in two advertisements in the Pennsylvania Gazette dated 1742 and 1743 under the name Richard Leadame:
14 Dec 1742 Leadame, Richard of Philadelphia will not pay debts contracted in future by his wife Mary. (The notice was withdrawn on 21 Dec.)
17 Mar 1743 Leadame, Richard - his wife Mary abuses him so much that he cannot live with her; he will not pay debts contracted by her in future.
In "Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, PA", edited by Ellwood Roberts, the entry on Dr. Joseph Leedom states that he is a descendant of Richard Leedom who emigrated from Micklefield, England in 1712.
Manuscripts of the History of the Scott Family, Page 77, [Historical Southern Families CD] has this interesting note. A transcription is printed of the Certificate of Removal for Abraham Scott from Monthly Mens' Meeting at Woodhall, Cumberland, England dated 22nd day, 6th month 1722. It is followed with a list of names of persons accompanying him on his voyage to Philadelphia. Among them is named "Richard Leedham, from York, 2-4-1712". Dates next to other names range from 1701 to 1717 and appear to refer to certificate dates. The date with Richard Leedham is, in fact, the date of his Certificate of Removal from York Monthly Meeting. Though the text accompanying the Scott list is not completely clear it seems as if this shows at least one return trip to England for Richard Leedham.

Archive:
The Leedom Family Tree (FG1/16)

Richard married Hannah Pease on 7 Oct 1701 in Sherborn, Yorkshire. Hannah (daughter of William Pease and Mary) was born on 20 Nov 1675 in Sherborn In Elmet, Yorkshire, England; died in C1738. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 30 Apr 1648, Farnham, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

From "The Leedom Family" by Sara A. L Eachus: John's wife, name unknown, died in 1707 as written in William and Sarah Phipps Leedom's bible.
Also from the same: The book "Suffering Quakers", Vol. II, pub. in London, Luke Hinde, 1753, p. 618 records:
John Leatham, 1664, for being at a meeting was fined and had goods taken from him, 4 pds, 4S. Robert Leatham, 1664, and Thomas Webster were taken at a meeting and committed to York Castle for ten days. Sarah Leatham: on the 12th of December, 1664, Rebecca Smith, Alice Hill, and Sarah Leatham were committed to prison by Justice Blythman for ten days for refusing to give securities for their good behavior. At the same session they had the Oath of Allegiance tendered them, and for refusing to take it were committed to prison.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 26 Jan 1647/8, Fishlake, Yorkshire, England

William married Mary in 1666. Mary was born in C1646 in (in/of) Fishlake, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Ellend Steel on 16 Aug 1645 in St Oswalds, Farnham, Yorkshire, England. Ellend was born in C1620 in Farnham, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 10 Aug 1615, Fishlake, Yorkshire, England

Nicholas married Miss Butler. Miss was born in C1615 in (in/of) Fishlake, Yorkshire, England; died in 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]