Patience (Leigh) Purser
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Patience (Leigh) Purser (abt. 1685 - 1733)

Patience Purser formerly Leigh aka Lee
Born about in Warwick County, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , [half] and
Wife of — married after 17 Jul 1716 in North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of and
Died at about age 48 in Beaufort County, North Carolinamap
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Biography

She was born about 1685 and was the daughter of James Leigh. In 1728 she was mentioned in the last Will of her father James Leigh. [1]

Patience Leigh married after 1715 in North Carolina to Robert Purser. She passed away on 10 May 1733. Her husband died in Bath County before 11 Sep 1733, having written his will the same day that his wife is listed as having died.[2] From an abstract of her husband's will we learn the names of their children:

  1. Richard Purser (heir of Ecrepint plantation on South Dividing Creek)
  2. James Purser
  3. Benjamin Purser
  4. Mary Purser


Research Notes

Sources

  1. ↑ Abstract of North Carolina Wills 1663-1760 for James Leigh, 1728 Bath County, North Carolina which mentions daughter Patience (Leigh) Purser.
  2. ↑ Grimes, J Bryan compiler. Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760: Purser, Robert. Bath County, North Carolina. 10 May 1733/11 Sep 1733. 1967, p. 304. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.




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Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760, Leigh, James
Abstract of Wills, 1690-1760, Leigh, James


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Fann-206 Porter Fann
It's odd that Moses doesn't appear in Robert Purser's will. Other researchers have suggested that Patience and Robert also had a son who they named Robert, but as is apparent from the will abstract, these were the children:
  1. Richard Purser (heir of Ecrepint plantation on South Dividing Creek)
  2. James Purser
  3. Benjamin Purser
  4. Mary Purser

If needed, I can upload an image of the abstract page onto Robert's profile.

posted by Porter Fann
N Gauthier
Lee-17000 and Leigh-1512 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents
posted by N Gauthier

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