Thomas LEIGHTON b. 1696 Dover, , New Hampshire, d. 16 Jan 1763 Gouldsboro, Lincoln, Maine,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1696 - 1763 (67 years)

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Name	Thomas LEIGHTON [1]
Birth	1696	Dover, , New Hampshire, [2]
Gender	Male
_UID	F651566D8582E14687D45FDC51AD154425B1
Occupation	farmer and cordwainer [2]
Death	16 Jan 1763	Gouldsboro, Lincoln, Maine, [2]
Person ID	I4191	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	7 May 2024

Father	John LEIGHTON, b. Abt 1673, Dover, Old Norfolk, Massachusetts, d. Abt 1718, Dover, , New Hampshire, (Age ~ 45 years)
Mother	Sarah CROMWELL, b. 1668, Dover, Old Norfolk, Massachusetts, d. 1754, Dover, , New Hampshire, (Age 86 years)
Marriage	1695
Family ID	F1405	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Susannah CHESLEY, b. Abt 1696, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. 19 Jan 1786, Gouldsboro, Lincoln, Maine, United States (Age ~ 90 years)

Marriage 1718 Dover, , New Hampshire, [2]

Children

+	1. John LEIGHTON, b. 1719, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. 1778, Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States (Age 59 years)
	2. Sarah LEIGHTON, b. 10 Aug 1721, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Dorothy LEIGHTON, b. 18 Oct 1723, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Thomas LEIGHTON, b. 13 Nov 1725, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. 1813 (Age 87 years)
+	5. George LEIGHTON, b. 1727, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. Aft 1817 (Age 91 years)
	6. Samuel LEIGHTON, b. 1729, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. 1812 (Age 83 years)
	7. Gideon LEIGHTON, b. 14 Feb 1730/31, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States d. 10 Jun 1776, Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States (Age 45 years)
+	8. Joseph LEIGHTON, b. 23 Apr 1733, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. 14 Jun 1803, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 70 years)
	9. Elizabeth LEIGHTON, b. 1737, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Theodore LEIGHTON, b. 22 Mar 1738/39, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. Aft 15 Sep 1821 (Age 82 years)
	11. Susannah LEIGHTON, b. 6 Dec 1742, Dover, , New Hampshire, d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F1406 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 16 Mar 2023

Event Map

Birth - 1696 - Dover, , New Hampshire,

Marriage - 1718 - Dover, , New Hampshire,

Death - 16 Jan 1763 - Gouldsboro, Lincoln, Maine,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I4191&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Thomas LEIGHTON."

Sources

[S2233] "Public Member Tree," database with images, Ancestry Corporate, Rootsweb , ((http://sites.rootsweb.com : 1997-)), accessed 11 Feb 2019), "George Huntress of Bloody Point (Now Newington), New Hampshire and Some of His Descendants and My Own Ancestors" by Paul Huntress, profile for Thomas Leighton (abt 1696-bef 1763); Last updated: 18 Nov 2012.
[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: 34.