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married Catherine Maria Leggett, whose
ancestral record is herewith appended.
(IV) Sarah R., daughter of William M.
and Catherine Maria (Leggett) Allen,
was born October 7, 1848, and became the
wife of Charles Denison Belden, as stated
above.
(The Leggett Line).
This name, which is sometimes spelled
with only one "t," is derived from the
Latin legatus, meaning a legate or ambas-
sador.
(I) Gabriel Leggett was born in 1635,
probably in County Essex, England, and
about 1670-76 came to Westchester
county. New York. His home was at
West Farms, and he was a landowner and
merchant. He married, about 1676, Eliz-
abeth, daughter of John and Martha Rich-
ardson, the former, one of the original
patentees of the Manor of West Farms.
Gabriel Leggett died at some time prior
to July, 1700.
(II) John, eldest son of Gabriel and
Elizabeth (Richardson) Leggett, married
Cicily, daughter of Thomas Hunt, who
was a son-in-law of Edward Jessup. The
original grant of Hunt's Point was to
Hunt and Jessup.
(II) Gabriel (2), youngest child of Gabriel
(i) and Elizabeth (Richardson)
Leggett, was bom in 1697 or '98, at West
Farms, and in his latter years moved to
West Patent of North Castle, Westches-
ter county. He was a landowner and held
the office of alderman. He married (first)
Bridget , and (second) in 1765,
Mary Wiggins, who died before 1781. He
married (third) in 1782, Sarah Brown,
and his death occurred at West Farms, in
April, 1786.
(III) Thomas, son of Gabriel (2) and
Bridget ( ) Leggett, was born June
3. 1 72 1, at West Farms. Prior to the Rev-
olutionary War he bought a farm at Stillwater,
Saratoga county, New York, where
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most of his children were born. At the
time of the battle of Saratoga, the dwell-
ing and outbuildings, which were of logs,
were within the Hessian redoubt, and at
the approach of Burgoyne the family
crossed the river to Easton, Washington
county. Mr. Leggett married Mary Embree,
who was born in 1723, and he and
his family were the first of the name to be
enrolled in the Society of Friends. They
were founders of a Friends' Society at
Stillwater.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
and Mary (Embree) Leggett, was born
January 17, 1755. and, with his brother
Isaac, was taken prisoner by the British
and carried to the camp at Schuylerville,
but escaped and returned home. Thomas
Leggett lived in Westchester until 1836,
when he removed to New York City. He
married (first) in 1781, Mary, born in
1762, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca
Haight, of Flushing, Long Island. He
married (second) in 1808, Mary Under-
bill, who died in 1849. Mr. Leggett died
in New York, October 10, 1843.
(V) William Haight, son of Thomas
(2) and Mary (Haight) Leggett. was
born April 15, 1789, and was a merchant
in New York City, a man of wealth for his
day and generation. His home was at
Rosebank, West Farms. He married, in
1814, at the Brick Presbyterian Church,
New York City, Margaret Wright, and
his death occurred December 22, 1863.
(VI) Catherine Maria, daughter of
William Haight and Margaret (Wright)
Leggett, became the wife of William M.
Allen (see Allen line).
WILCOX, Robert Mead,
Financier.
As vice-president and cashier of the
Greenwich National Bank, no other in-
troduction is necessary, nor would be.