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John Thomas (Thomas) Leighton

• Geboren ca. 1804 - England
• Verstorben

Eltern

• John Leighton
• ?? ?? †

Heiraten und Kinder

• Verheiratet im Jahre 1836, Amherstburg, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada, mit Mary Christine Wright 1820- ihre Kinder
  • Phillip Leighton ca 1839-1862
  • William Leighton ca 1841-1862
  • Robert Leighton 1849-1932
  • Thomas Alva Leighton 1851-1938

Geschwister

• Mary Leighton ca 1800-ca 1823
• Henry Leighton 1802-

Halbbrüder und-schwestern

Von s Seite John Leighton

mit Ann Posten ca 1778- Arabella Leighton 1819-1900 Sarah Leighton 1823-1901 Ann Leighton 1826-

Notizen

Hinweis zur Person

Just guessing that John Thomas is the son of John by a first wife and that he was born about 1804 in England. Other researchers have him born about 1802 in either England or Colchester Twp, Upper Canada.

Information from Ron Buchanan, Buchanan of Essex, Ontario, Canada, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

In 1851 two Leighton boys were living with two of Mary Christine's brothers, which suggests both John and Mary Christine were no longer living (John is the right age to be Philip):

1851 personal census, Colchester, Essex Co., ON, p. 65:
Wright Peter, M, Married, 46, born T Colchester, Ep Church, Farmer;
Elizabeth, F, Married, 45, born T Colchester, Methodist;
...;
Lighton John, M, Single, 12, born T Colchester, Methodist;
...

1851 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 7:
Wright Theodore, M, Married, 35, born Up Canada, W Methodist, Farmer;
Arabelah, F, Married, 33, born Up Canada, W Methodist;
...;
Lighton Robert, M, 5, born U States, W Methodist.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, p. 593-594:
Thomas L. Wright, one of the prominent representative farmers of Colchester South, County Essex, belongs to one of the old pioneer families, the founder of which was Henry Wright...
     Philip Wright, the grandfather of Thomas L. Wright, was born Jan. 5, 1775, at Rutland, Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Grosse Ile, later to Malden, where he married a Miss Dowler, who died leaving one daughter, Anna, born March 30, 1796, who became the wife of Capt. John McCormick. Philip Wright married (second) Delilah Malott, born June 30, 1786, on Grosse Ile, and to them came these children: ... Mary Christine, born Oct. 16, 1820, married Thomas Leighton and died at Wyandotte, Michigan; ...

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