John
Leigh
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of John (De Legh) Legh
and Alice (Alcock) Leigh
Brother of
Richard Leigh
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ralph Leigh
Died about
at about age 65
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Sep 2016
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Biography
See father's and son's profiles. Not much seems to be known about John himself. He was a younger brother of Roger Legh of Ridge, in Cheshire, but his son established himself near London.
Ormerod adds him to the family on the authority of Collins.
Sources
- Ormerod https://books.google.be/books?id=yIY1AQAAMAAJ&vq=legh&pg=PA765
- https://archive.org/details/surreyarchaeolog51surruoft
- https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/154/mode/2up
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- JD Venable
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B588064
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