Abigail (Dudley) Leet (1780 - 1879)

Born 27 Jan 1780 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Anson G Leet — married 1799 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1879 at age 99 in Point Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, USA

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Obituary

From the Jamestown Daily Journal: ^[1]

"Leet -- At Point Chautauqua, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 2nd, 1879, Mrs. Abigail Leet, relict of Captain Anson Leet, aged 99 years.

Mrs. Leet (Abigail Dudley) was born in Guilford, Conn., Jan. 27, 1780, being thus at the time of her death, but a few days past her 99th birthday, and probably the oldest person in the county. In 1799, at the age of 19 years, she was married to Anson Leet, also a native of Guilford. Soon after their marriage they came west, settling in Herkimer county, where they resided for about ten years. In the spring of 1811, Capt. Leet and his two brothers, with their families, came to Chautauqua County, the two brothers settling in Pennsylvania, and the Capt. in the town of Stockton. In 1817 he bought 69 acres of land on the east side of the Lake, including the present Point Chautauqua, and building a log hut, settled down for life. His death occurred in 1843. Mrs. Leet has lived in the same locality ever since, making a continuous residence at Leet's Point, or Point Chautauqua as it is now called, of 62 years. Of their ten children nine are still living, and with the exception of the youngest daughter, all are Chautauquans. Jonathan, the oldest, born in 1800, and consequently 79 years of age, resides at Westfield; Simeon at Ellery; Timothy born in 1803, died many years ago; Lewis, lives in Ellington Center; Eliza, wife of Nehemiah Herrick, lives at Dexterville; Caroline, with her husband William Vorce, is at Westfield; Maria, wife of John Mason, at Dewittville; Franklin and William both still reside at the Point, and Mary, the youngest, 59 years of age, is the wife of Henry Barnhart, of Schoolcraft, Michigan."

Sources

1. ↑ "Death of an Old Resident of Chautauqua." Jamestown Daily Journal. Jamestown, NY. Published 6 February 1879.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQC-L9MT : 21 September 2019), Abigail Dudley, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833261.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCT5-FJ4 : 23 December 2020), Abigail Leet in household of William Leet, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6SL-2GF : 3 March 2021), Abigal Leet in household of William Leet, E.D. 2, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing p. 8, line #35, family #81, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 479,634.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWH-N91 : 18 February 2021), Abigail Leet in entry for William Leet, 1860.
• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNF-FFLR : 8 March 2021), Abigal Leet in household of Willian Leet, District 02, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 23, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
• "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNJ5-5YY : 18 February 2021), Abigail Leet in household of William Leet, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing p. 12, line 19, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 479,643.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV2-BF7Y : 5 March 2021), Abigail Dudley Leet, ; Burial, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States of America, Dewittville Cemetery; citing record ID 23952340, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.