William was born in 1745 in Bywell to Henry and Mary. [1]
He married Mary Richardson in his home village in 1769 and they appear to have had five children together. According to one of the baptism records (Margarets) they were living at Jockey Hall.
He passed away in 1797.
Sources
↑ "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W88N-QX2M : 23 December 2019), Henry Leighton in entry for William Leighton, 1745.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: