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Biography
James was born about 1709, probably the son of James Ledlie and Isabel Darragh of Carnan townland in the parish of Arboe, county Tyrone, Ireland.[1]
Research notes
The estimated year of birth is based on birth order, James' elder brothers including William (born c.1705) and John (born c.1707); subject to:
Family historian, Ledlie Irwin Laughlin (1888–1977), wrote, "It seems all but certain that a James Ledlie who lived at Dromore, Arboe Parish, was also a son of James and Isabel."
Sources
↑ Laughlin, Ledlie I. Joseph Ledlie and William Moody: Early Pittsburgh Residents: Their Background and Some of Their Descendants. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1961. “James, Son of John Ledlie, Sr., and His Children,” (pp. 8–9); and gravestone inscription for James Ledlie, who died in January 1750, aged 79 years (pg. 175).
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