Samuel Leighton (1729 - 1812)

Born 20 Dec 1729 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Bunker) Leighton — married 13 Oct 1755 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1812 at age 82 in Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

"About 1760, two brothers, Thomas Leighton and Samuel Leighton, came from Falmouth to this River. Samuel settled, as nearly as I can learn, on the lot now in possession of Richard P. Willey [now Cherryfield]. His sons were Theodore Leighton, Isaac Leighton, Parritt Leighton and Phineas Leighton." [Leighton Genealogy of Narraguagus Valley Maine] The Narraguagus Valley : Some Account of its Early Settlement and Settlers page 8

Samuel Leighton came from Dover to Falmouth ME in the 1750s, to Castine by 1761, to Gouldsboro, then to "Narraguagus" {Cherryfield}, and finally between 1778-84 to Columbia [PR 1784; COL 1790-1810]; served in the Revolutionary War several times. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, page 284

Revolutionary War Service

"Laighton, Samuel, Township No. 4. Private, Capt. Henry Dyer's detachment from Col. Benjamin Foster's (Lincoln Co.) Regt. ; enlisted Aug. 15, 1777; discharged Aug. 22 (also given Sept. 22), 1777; service, 7 days; detachment marched to Machias at sundry times when British ships lav in that harbor; roll sworn to at Gouldsborough; also, same detachment; enlisted Sept. 17, 1777; discharged Oct. 2, 1777; service, 15 days ; detachment marched to Machias at sundry times when British ships lay in that harbor ; roll sworn to at Gouldsborough."

Private Samuel Leighton served with Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Leighton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A069390.

Leighton, Samuel DAR Ancestor A069390 Served as a Private Massachusetts Militia with Lieut. Thomas Parrat and Captain Henry Dyer as per Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors Vol. 9, PP 413, 664. His Birth: 12-20-1729 Dover, New Hampshire; His Death: 3-21-1812 Columbia, Washington, Maine District, MA Spouse: Dorcas Bunker. ^[1]

" With his father, he was at Majorbagaduce in 1763 ... and with him settled first at Gouldsboro. Shortly after, was the pioneer settler at Columbia, then No. 12 and 13. ...." page 56 A Leighton genealogy: descendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, New Hampshire

Sources

• 1886_The Narraguagus Valley : Some Account of its Early

Settlement and Settlers by James Alphonso Milliken https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3e5e/04d00ca6609c122d0103bd4eec64521677a6.pdf

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 July 2018), "Record of Leighton, Samuel", Ancestor # A069390.Meehan-411

• Leighton Genealogy of Narraguagus Valley, Maine

https://accessgenealogy.com/maine/leighton-genealogy-of-narraguagus-valley-maine.htm

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64J3-8L4?cc=1542861&wc=MJ7K-VZ9%3A1042637201 : 21 May 2014), 004244258 > image 5008 of 5101; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

• https://www.accessgenealogy.com/maine/leighton-genealogy-of-narraguagus-valley-maine.htm

• Tibbetts, Leonard F; Lamson, Darryl Byron, Early Pleasant River families of Washington County, Maine, published 1997. Reference page 284

See also:

• Source: S-1432818870 Repository: #R-1581955056 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0 Repository: R-1581955056
• Source: S-1432834255 Repository: #R-1581955056 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=35284013&pid=27

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Leighton-468 created through the import of Leighton Family Tree.ged on Jan 28, 2012 by Glen Perry. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Glen and others.