William Leedom

1705 - 1743  (38 years)

• Name	William Leedom
  Born	1705	Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1743
  Person ID	I11767	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard Leedom,   b. 1665, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1744, Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, America  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Hannah Pease,   b. 20 Nov 1675, Sherborn In Elmet, Yorkshire, England ,   d. C1738  (Age 62 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1701	Sherborn, Yorkshire
  Family ID	F3779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Philips,   b. SEPT 1711, Alverthorp,Abington, Pennsylvania, America ,   d. 9 Jun 1789, Abington, Pa  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	Jan 1738/9	Abington
  Children	1. Richard Leedom,   b. 9 Nov 1739, Richboro, Northampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Jul 1825, Narthampton, Bucks County, Pennsyvania  (Age 85 years)   2. William Leedom,   b. 29 Nov 1741, Southampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania   3. Thomas Leedom,   b. 3 May 1743/4, Southampton Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F3778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S343] Sarah Ann (Leedom) Eachus Author of "The Leedom Family".