Need valid sources that show that Lea was ever his name.Comments on William Lea

Question

On 5 Nov 2021 Mary Gresham wrote on Lea-59:

Does anyone have a valid source that Col. William Leigh changed his name to Lea? I only see documents with the spelling of Leigh. What sources do we have that show he had nine children? Names of those children? Thanks for the help, Mary

Answer 1

In the book below (page 303) there's a William Lea of Charles City County in 1654 transporting 10 people. I suppose this must be the father of Colonel Leigh?

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000005095363&view=1up&seq=343&skin=2021

But spelling - Lea, Lee, Leigh - was pretty arbitrary and haphazard.

Comments

This is not the same person as Col. William Leigh who married Mary Greene and patented land in 1642. Thanks for trying. Mary