Jeremiah LEIGHTON b. 21 May 1793 Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 1 Mar 1884 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1793 - 1884 (90 years)

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Name	Jeremiah LEIGHTON
Birth	21 May 1793	Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
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Military	1814	, , Maine, United States [2]
War of 1812
He was drafted at Falmouth for three months' service in 1814, and was in Capt. Watson Rand's Co. at Fort Sumner and Fort Preble (MA Mil. 1812-4, 225).
Census	1820	Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States [4]
Household of Jeremiah Leighton with 1 male under 10 years (George), 1 male 26-45 (Jeremiah), and 1 female 16-26 (Sarah).
Census	1830	Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States [5]
Household of Jeremiah Leighton with 2 males under 5 years (Charles & Henry), 1 male from 5-10 (Joseph), 1 male from 10-15 (George), 1 male from 30-40 ( Jeremiah), 1 female from 5 -10 (Ann Marie), and 1 female from 30-40 (Sarah).
Census	1840	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [6]
Ward 7, Household of: Jeremiah Leighton with 1 male under 5 years (Willard), 2 males from 5 -10 ( Algernon & Ichabod), 2 males from 10-15 (Charles & Henry) , 1 male from 15-20 (Joseph), 1 male from 20-30 (George), 1 male from 40-50 (Jeremiah), 1 female from 5-10 (Esther), 1 female from 15-20 (Ann Marie), 1 female from 40-50 (Sarah). 1 person employed in Agriculture.
Census	1850	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [1]
Ward 7 1) Jere^h. Leighton, age 47, m, Joiner, born in ME) 2) Sarah Leighton, age 52, f, born in Me 3) John Trenholm, age 26, m, Tailor, born in Germany; immigrated 1847; Convict 4) Ann Trenholm, age 26, f, born in Me 5) Sarah E Trenholm, age 4, f, born in Me 6) Evelina Trenholm, age 2, f, born in Me 7) Esther Leighton, age 19, f, born in Me 8) Ichabod Leighton, age 17, m, born in Me 9) Algernon Leighton, age 15, m, born in Me
Occupation	1850	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [1, 2]
Joiner
Ward 7; Household of Jereh. Leighton, age 47 (Joiner born in ME) with Sarah Leighton 52 (born in ME), Esther Leighton 19 (born in ME), Ichabod Leighton 17 (born in ME) and Algernon Leighton 15 (born in ME); John Trenholm 26 (Tailor born in Germany; immigrated 1847; Convict ), Ann Trenholm 26 (born in ME), Sarah E Trenholm 4 (born in ME), and Evelina Trenholm 2 (born in ME).
Property	Between 1851 and 1855	, , Maine, United States [2]
Bounty land granted
He applied for bounty land 8 Jan. 1851, and again--while living at Lisbon--on 16 Mar. 1852, receiving warrant #48.618; he applied again 21 Mar. 1855 for additional bounty land, and was given warrant #28.555.
Census	1860	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [7]
1) Jeremiah Leighton, age 67, m, House Carpenter, $100 personal estate, b. Maine 2) Sarah Leighton, age 68, f, b. Maine
Census	1870	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [8]
1) Leighton, Jeremiah, age 77, m, w, Joiner, born in Maine 2) _______, Sarah, age 74. f. w. Keeping house, born in Maine 3) Boyden, Edwin, age 38, m, w, Seaman, Real Estate $2000, Personal $500, born in Massachusetts 4) ______, Esther L., age 39, f. w. Keepin house, born in Maine
Military	4 Apr 1871	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [2]
Pension Application NA-MSR #4557
On 4 Apr. 1871, aged 78 of Portland, he applied for a pension (NA-MSR #4,557).
Census	1880	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [9]
18[?] Morning Street 1) Boyden, Edwin, w, m, age 47, Married, Grocer, 12 months unemployed, born in Massachusetts as were both parents 2) ______, Esther L., w, f, age 49, Wife, Married, Keeping House, born in Maine as were both parents 3) ______, Addie L., w, f, age 9, Daughter, Single, At School, born in Maine, father born in Mass., mother born in Me. 4) Leighton, Jeremiah, w, m, age 87, Father-in-Law, Widowed, Carpenter, Rupture, born in Maine, father born in Mass., mother born in Me. 5) _______, Ichabod W., w, m, age 47, Brother-in-Law, Married, Blacksmith, born in Maine as were both parents
Reference Number	WT Leighton-119
Death	1 Mar 1884	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [2, 3, 10]
	Jeremiah Leighton, 1 Mar 1884, Portland, Maine, Death Record (pp1-2)
	Jeremiah Leighton 1884 Death Record p1
	Jeremiah Leighton 1884 Death Record p2
Burial	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [10, 11]
	Jeremiah Leighton 1884 Headstone, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine Inscription: Jeremiah Leighton Died Mar. 1st 1884 Æt. 90yrs. 9ms. & 9 days. Plot: Sec-A Lot-764 Grv-12
	Jeremiah Leighton 1884 Headstone
Person ID	I4145	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	8 Nov 2022

Father	Joseph LEIGHTON, b. 23 Apr 1733, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. 14 Jun 1803, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 70 years)
Mother	Hannah WILSON, b. 4 Feb 1760, Kittery, York, Maine, United States d. Aft 1820, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 60 years)
Marriage	13 Dec 1792	Kittery, York, Maine, United States
Family ID	F1408	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah T. FIELD, b. 26 Feb 1796, Windham, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 2 May 1872, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 76 years)

Marriage 30 Dec 1818 Windham, Cumberland, Maine, United States [2, 3, 12]

Children

+	1. George F. LEIGHTON, b. 6 Apr 1820, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 9 May 1896, Deering, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 76 years)
	2. Joseph LEIGHTON, b. 10 Jun 1821, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 19 Jul 1882, Mount Vernon, Kennebec, Maine, United States (Age 61 years)
+	3. Ann Maria LEIGHTON, b. 1 Jun 1823, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. Aft 7 Jun 1900 (Age 77 years)
	4. Dorcas LEIGHTON, b. 1825, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 1827, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 2 years)
	5. Henry LEIGHTON, b. 24 Feb 1827, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 25 Nov 1852, Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 25 years)
	6. Charles H. LEIGHTON, b. 19 Nov 1828, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 15 Oct 1849, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 20 years)
+	7. Esther Louisa LEIGHTON, b. 2 Feb 1831, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 19 Dec 1893, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 62 years)
+	8. Ichabod Wilson LEIGHTON, b. 16 Mar 1833, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 11 Mar 1892, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 58 years)
+	9. Algernon Sidney LEIGHTON, b. 16 May 1835, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. Aft 20 Aug 1905 (Age 70 years)
	10. Willard B. LEIGHTON, b. 11 Jun 1838, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 17 Apr 1843, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 4 years)
	11. Margaret Ellen LEIGHTON, b. 9 Dec 1840, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 4 Sep 1842, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 1 year)

Family ID F1418 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 7 Jul 2017

Event Map

	Birth - 21 May 1793 - Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Military - War of 1812 - 1814 - , , Maine, United States
	Marriage - 30 Dec 1818 - Windham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Census - 1820 - Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Census - 1830 - Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Census - 1840 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Census - 1850 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Occupation - Joiner - 1850 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Property - Bounty land granted - Between 1851 and 1855 - , , Maine, United States
	Census - 1860 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Census - 1870 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Military - Pension Application NA-MSR #4557 - 4 Apr 1871 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Census - 1880 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Death - 1 Mar 1884 - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
	Burial - - Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I4145&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Jeremiah LEIGHTON."

Sources

[S1656] Maine, Cumberland County, 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2005), M432, roll M432_252, Portland Ward 7, p. 238, dwelling 220, family 298, Jereh or Jerel Leighton, accessed 5 Feb 2009
[S1642] Perley M. Leighton, A Leighton Genealogy, Decendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, New Hampshire, 2, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989.), 1: 121-122.
[S1657] Farquharson, Christine, Farquharson Jenot Family Tree., (http://cajenot.tribalpages.com/ : 26 May 2011), accessed 23 Oct 2013), Jeremiah Leighton
[S1731] Maine, Cumberland County, 1820 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), M33, roll M33_34, Falmouth, p. 485, Image 75, line 32, Jeremiah Leighton, accessed 2008
[S1732] Maine, Cumberland County, 1830 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), M19, roll 46, Falmouth, p. 203, line 5, Jeremiah Leighton, accessed 2008
[S1709] Maine, Cumberland County, 1840 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), M704, roll 137, Portland Ward 7, p. 122, line 5, Jeremh. Leighton, accessed 2008.
[S1660] Maine, Cumberland County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), M653, roll M653_436, Portland, p. 196, dwelling 1103, family 1602, Jeremiah Leighton, accessed 7 Mar 2009
[S356] Maine, York County, 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https//www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2003), M593, roll M593_541, York, p. 461A, dwelling 337, family 498, 499, Jeremiah Leighton, accessed 29 Jun 2010
[S1850] Maine, Cumberland County, 1880 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T9, roll 478, Portland, enumeration district (ED) 44, p. 12C, dwelling 173, family 209, Edwin Boyden, accessed 2 Jul 2010
[S2036] "Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922." Database and images., (Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2010.), (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Sep 2017); Jeremiah Leighton, 1 Mar 1884; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 65.
[S1075] "Find a Grave Memorials." Database and images., (Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com : 2019.), (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 Nov 2014); Jeremiah Leighton (1793-1884) Memorial #118625868; citing Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
[S1656] Maine, Cumberland County, 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2005), M432, roll M432_252, Portland Ward 7, p. 238, dwelling 220, family 298, Jereh or Jerel Leighton