Elias Legate

Male 1709 - Aft 1761  (~ 52 years)


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  • Name Elias Legate 
    Birth ~1709  Tyrrell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 22 Aug 1761  Tyrrell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I32081  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2018 

    Father John Leggett,   b. ~1683, Lower Norfolk, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~1741, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Agnes LNU 
    Marriage Y  [4
    Family ID F11685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah LNU 
    Marriage 1729  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Elias Legett,   b. ~1734, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Paulding County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F11684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Elias Leggett I
      Born about 1709 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Son of John Leggett and Agnes Leggett
      Brother of James Leggett [half], Abner Leggett [half], David Leggett [half] and Absalom Leggett [half]
      Husband of Sarah (UNKNOWN) Leggett — married 1729 [location unknown]
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Father of Elias Legett II, William Leggett and Jeremiah Reading Leggett
      Died after 22 Aug 1761 in Tyrrell County, North Carolina
      Profile manager: John Woolard Find Relationship private message [send private message]
      Leggett-218 created 20 May 2013 | Last modified 12 Dec 2017
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      Biography
      Elias Leggett lived in Tyrrell County, North Carolina in the mid to late 18th century. The county was formed in 1729 from Bertie, Chowan, Currituck, and Pasquotank Counties.

      Elias wrote his will on August 22, 1761 and signed it with his mark. In that will, the family name was written three times as Legett and four times as Leggett. Bequests made in the will are as follows ...

      "I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Sarah a feather beed and furniture to the same belonging all the pewter to me belonging and an iron pot two whelles a pair of cards and one chest three choice cowes and calves and two year old stears if to be found after my decease and all my he hoggs that is about a year old at my decease ...
      "... unto my eldest son William Legett five shillings lawfull money of Great Britain to be used out of my Estate ...
      "... unto my son Elias Legett one cow and calf besides his owne and all my wearing cloths and working tools ...
      "... to my son Jeremiah Legget all the money that shall be raised by ye sale of my plantation and Riding Horse and my Bible ...
      "... unto Mary Ann Harrison the daughter in law of Thomas Jones money sufficent to by two likly cows and calves if she or he certain Attorney comes in ye term of ten years if not to be equally divided amoungst my four daughters ...
      "... The remander of my Estate after my just debts and funeral charges is paid to be equally divided amoungst my four daughters and the Legacyes left to my three children now from home if he or they or any of them should not returne in ten years or lawfull Attorney in their behalf then his or their part to be equally divided between my three daughters now at home likewise my Will and Desire is that all the money that shall or may be reased out of my Estate my be put out to principal interest at the duretion of my brother James Legget whome I ordain and appoint my whole and lawfull Executor and furthermore that my daughter under age may be bound out at ye discreetion of my Executor till they are sixteen years of age and my son Jeremiah Legget should likewise be bound out his discretion till he twenty one years of age."
      Sources
      North Carolina County Formations at [1].
      Tyrrell County, NC Will Book 1, p. 22: August 22, 1761 Will of Elias Legett [Leggett]; full transcript available at [2].
      Acknowledgments
      Thank you to David Beard for creating WikiTree profile Legett-4 through the import of Beard _ Lenerville Family Tree1.GED on Apr 11, 2013.

      Thank you to John Woolard for creating WikiTree profile Leggett-218 through the import of JWtemp.GED on May 19, 2013.

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