Thomas Landreth (abt. 1710 - 1800)

Born about 1710 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (McKindley) Landreth — married 1732 in Montgomery, Patrick, Virginia

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1800 at about age 90 in Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born about 1710 in Scotland. He was the son of William Oliver Landreth and Margaret (Brown) Landreth. He married Martha (McKindley) Landreth 1732 in Virginia. He is believed to have died 18 Jun 1800, in Ft. Defiance, Augusta Co., Virginia.

Family

Father: William Oliver Landreth

Mother: Margaret (Brown) Landreth

Child: Thomas Landreth

Marriage:

Date: before 1710

Place: Scotland

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Landreth

Wife: Martha (McKindley) Landreth

Child: [[Landreth-48|Benjamin Ray Landreth Sr.

Child: [[Landreth-49|Thomas Landreth

Child: [[Landreth-43|William Landreth

Child: [[Landreth-25|John Emmet Landreth

Child: [[Landreth-46|Samuel Landreth

Child: [[Landreth-11|Nathaniel Landreth

Marriage:

Date: 1732

Place: Virginia

Sources

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Terry Orville Landrith

• Data Supplied by Terry Orville Landrith, Recipient: John Buck, Jr., Author Address: 3475 North Andes - Flagstaff, Arizona - 86004 - (602) 774-2457, Recipient Address: 1779 Middlehurst Road - Cleveland Heights, Ohio -Publication: This data was supplied on various dates

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• THOMAS LANDRETH Compact Disc #127 Pin #4269737

Sex: M Event(s) Birth: abt 1700 Parents Father: OLIVER LANDRETH Disc #127 Pin #4269463 Marriage(s) Spouse: MCKINLEY Disc #127 Pin #4269740 Notes: None Sources: None

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• Thomas Landreth

Birth 1710 Scotland
Death 1800 (aged 89–90) Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Believed to be buried here where he lived and had children baptized.

Married first name unknown McKindley/McKinley/MacKinley.

Children:
1 Nathaniel settled in Alleghany NC
2 William of Alleghy County NC, Rev war Vet for Montgomery/Grayson County Va.
3 Benjamin Ray born in Borders Scotland.

His lineage as we know it now:
Father Oliver Landreth b. 1672 of Scotland,
Grdpa Cuthbert Landreth b. 1630 of England,
Great grdpa Patrick Landreth of England.

NOTES
I have not been able to come up with any resource to show a link between Patrick and Cuthbert and I have spent a lot of time looking.
Genealogy is all about providing evidence of relationships and I don't see any in this case.
I have found a Cuthbert(1)/Oliver(2) record from a Transcript of the Norham Parish Register. Baptism Oliver son of Cuthbert Landreth in Shorswood (Shoreswood) Dec 8th 1672.
From the same source Baptism Cuthbert(3) son of Oliver(2) Landreth of Shorewood 4 February 1706.
Then I have a Thomas(4) son of Cuthbert(3?) baptized 30 Dec 1746 in Lowick. This is my branch of the Landreths as Thomas married Catherine Hall in Lowick on 9 June 1776 and they moved back to Norham where they had at least two children, Thomas and John.
I have tried to find the records for the Landreths that moved to Canada/USA and I can't pin down which of the lines they might be descended from as there was several Landreth families in the general area and in Berwickshire.
I put together a spreadsheet of Baptisms and Marriages for Landreths from Scotland and Northern England from about 1641 to 1890.
It is not complete but gives an idea as to their numbers and location. You are more than welcome to a copy
Jack

Patrick is not a name used in the family
anon.

Like you, I've decided to pick the LANDRETH line up again after many years and I find all your comments very interesting.
I have been unsuccessful at finding any additional information on the line through Internet sources and have also found multiple versions of the earliest generations of the line from Patrick.
I originally used the 23rd addition of "Forebears and Descendants of Landreth Pioneers" by Eugene Landreth, published in 1996 to lay out the line Patrick (1) Cuthbert (2) Thomas (3) Nathaniel (4) Solomon (5) Isaac (6) b. 1822 VA for the line that I'm tracing.
I thought I was doing well until I saw a compelling version of the line posted at http://www.swinneyplace.com/Landreth-Page.htm - referencing the 24th version of the book I listed above.
So, somewhere someone has missed a generation or has a son's name wrong. Let me know if you ever figure out those earlier generations for sure, or find ancestors of Patrick (1).
LeAnn

My earliest traceable Landreth ancestor is John, who died 20 Feb 1765 at age 75 in Langton (now Gavinton), Berwick, near Duns.

Three children with wife Margaret Boston appear in the Langton parish register: David, baptized Jan 1732; James, baptized 29 Jul 1736, and Helen, baptized 9 Sep 1738.

The register, which begins in late 1730, does not include daughter Ann, born about 1725-1730, and there could be additional earlier children. (Ann Landreth's relationship can be inferred from the presence of John Landreth, David Landreth, and members of the Boston family as witnesses at the baptisms of her children in Langton and Duns.)

In a Langton Parish Kirk Session 18 Oct 1747, it was reported that “John Landreth keeps bad company in his House. The Sess. appointed Mr. Mod[erator] to speak to the said John Landreth about that affair.” On Oct 25, “The Mod[erator] reported to the Sess. what he had spoken to John Landreth concerning the above affair and got satisfying answer.”

A George Landreth was buried in Jan 1732 in Langton, but his age at death and relationship to John are unknown.

I have extracted a list of entries from the Duns parish register in which Landreths appear as baptized children, parents, or witnesses, from 1621-1769.

harwood

After a break a several years I am finally getting back into my research of my Landreth side of the family.
My main interest is documentation of the early history of the Landreth name and I was wondering if someone has perhaps found out anything new or should I say old.
I would like to share some of the things that I have been working on.
Many of the Landreth, Landrath, Landrith, etc, family histories make reference to our family coming from Flanders to Berwick Upon Tweed around 1070 at the request of the Scottish King or Queen. I can find no supporting documentation to support this in either Scottish history or the History of Berwick upon Tweed. That would be during the reign of Malcolm III, just after Macbeth and Berwick was a village at that point in time.
However, it is well documented that Alexander III, (1249 – 1286) did invite a colony of Flemish merchants to set up business in Berwick Upon Tweed and built the Redhall for them on Woolmarket street. Berwick, in no small part by the efforts Fleming merchants, become one of the most prosperous towns in Britain, through its wool and salmon exports.
One of the conditions was that the Flemish merchants would provide men at arms for the defense of the town.
This was put to the test in 1296 when Berwick was invaded by the English under Edward I (the bad guy in Braveheart).
The Redhall was the last to fall and was bitterly defended by a body of about 30 Flemings who died when the hall was put to flame.
(There is an excellent account of this in a book entitled “History of Berwick Upon Tweed” by Frederick Sheldon available as a PDF file from Google Books). Between 7000 to 10,000 town’s people were slaughtered, and Berwick became a minor seaport and was re-peopled with English traders and Scots who had sworn allegiance to the king.
It has been reported that a Landr(e)th survived the battle and was one of the signatures of the Ragman Rolls and this Landreth is our common ancestor. The names on the Ragman Rolls of both 1291 and 1296 are well documented and there is no Landreth or similar in either Rolls.
The first occasion I could find of any Landreth reference in any Scottish documentation is not until 1611, where a Marion Landreth married a Thomas Cranstoun in Kelso.
The Landreth name appears several times in the marriage and christening records for the 16 and 1700’s within a 10 mile radius and shows up in the English records in Shoreswood in 1674, Cuthbert, at the Christening of daughter Margaret at Norham, still within the 10 miles.
With respect to the Patrick Landreth who also shows up in most family histories, he does appear in the “Surnames of Scotland” by Black, taken from the records of baron of the court of Stitchel (1655-1807).
No imformation on him except he was from Coldstream and had sons George and James, but no mention of a Cuthbert fathered by Patrick.
I would love to hear from anyone with documentation from that period that would fill in any of the gaps and I have lots more information on the early Landreths if anyone is interested.
Regards,
Jack

Family Members
Spouse: Martha McKindley Landreth 1712–1800

Children
Thomas Landreth 1730–1801
Benjamin Ray Landreth 1740–1808
William Landreth 1742–1801
Nathaniel Landreth 1760–1836

Burial: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, US

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