James Leech^{[1, 2, 3]}

1769 - 1822  (52 years)

• Name	James Leech
  Birth	15 Nov 1769	Lancaster County,,,Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	09 Jan 1822	Rockbridge County,,,Virginia
  Person ID	I5852	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	John Leech,   b. 01 Apr 1739, Ireland,,, d. 16 Feb 1820, Rockbridge County,,,Virginia (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Martha McComb,   b. 1744   d. 19 Jun 1804, Rockbridge County,,,Virginia (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1761	Pennsylvania,,,
  Family ID	F3041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Steele,   b. 10 Dec 1782   d. Bef 07 Nov 1821 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1800	Rockbridge County,,,Virginia   [2]
  Family ID	F2601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2005

  
  

• Notes

  James Leech was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents in 1778 to Rockbridge County, Virginia. There he married Isabelle Stelle, born Dec 10, 1782. He became a prosperous farmer, owning a large tract of land on North Buffalo Creek, Rockbridge County. One account says that John Leech, Sr. and his sister, Agnes (leech) Lackey were Natives of Armagh County, Ireland. *********************************************************** A copy of the Will of James Leech, Sr. is published in the Ochiltree Book, p320. *********************************************************** The record of the children of James and Isabelle Leech was taken from the old Family Bible of John Steele Leech of Rockbridge County, Virginia, copied on Nov 1, 1831 and recorded in the Ochiltree Book. ***********************************************************

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Clementine (Brown) Railey, House of Ochiltree, (Bulletin Printing Company, Sterling, Kansas, 1916 @NS989251@ @NS989252@). [S71] VM, Family Group Sheets for Leech Family. [S132] Don McCarty, Manor, TX, McCarty-Smith GEDCOM file.