John
"Johannes"
Leake
aka Leak, Leyk, Leick
Born about in Germantown, Columbia, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Johannes Freet Leick
and Anna Catherina Laurie
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Gordon
— married
11 Jun 1793 in Prince William, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Died
at about age 66
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jul 2017
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Biography
John was born about 1750, Christened the 1st of April in Germantown, New York at the Reformed Church. He passed away in 1816.
Sources
- Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1567-1945 (Johannes Leyk)
Christening date 1 April 1750 Reformed Church, Germantown, Columbia, NY
- "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2H5-MGN : 12 December 2014), Johannes Leick, 01 Apr 1750; citing REFORMED CHURCH,GERMANTOWN,COLUMBIA,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 974.739 G2 V26G.
- Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s Details: Name John Leeke Event Living Year 1783 Province New Brunswick Source Esther Clark Wright, The Loyalists of New Brunswick, Lancelot Press, Hantsport, NS, 1981.Volume/Page 300
- New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 Transcript Residence date: 1774 Residence place: Cumberland County, NJ Web Address search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=njcen&h=18191813&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
John Leek appears on a list of names of officers and men of the 2nd Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers, who received grants of land in King’s County, New Brunswick. Dated 14 July 1784
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Jim Leek
I have two Y-DNA matches to descendants of John Leake AKA Johannes Leick, but I have not found a paper genealogy connection or common ancestor. My earliest Leek line ancestor was William Leek, born in New York City in 1797. I believe that his father was Henry Leek, born in 1764 in New York and died in 1833 in New York City. I think he was the Henry Leek who married Catherine Wilsey on June 22, 1793.
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