Lea wills in Brereton cum Smethwick

Date: 1600 to 1850
Location: Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Surname/tag: Lea

Précis of wills detailing relationships mentioned ( from digital images of their wills on the findmypast website)

James Lee, yeoman, 1703

wife Ellen

daughters Margaret, Martha and Mary

son John

late brother Thomas Lea of Pentrage in Staffordshire (May have mentioned the girls in his will)^[1] A Thomas Lea was buried in Penkridge, Staffordshire on 13 Jun 1703^[2]

Thomas Lea, yeoman, 1774

son Thomas Lea

wife Elizabeth

son in law John Sunderland

daughter Martha Sunderland

daughter Elizabeth Lea

daughter Mary Booth who married son in law John Booth [Jorder?]

grandson Thomas Toeston

Theophilus (Leah) Lea (bef.1738-1814), farmer, 1814^[3]

daughter Mary Lea (1765-)

William (Leah) Lea (bef.1737-bef.1817)

daughter Mary Lea (bef.1762-bef.1833)

daughter Elizabeth Lea (bef.1764-bef.1828)

daughter Martha Lea (bef.1775-1797), her son William Lea

daughter Ann (Lea) Webb (1765-) and son-in-law Thomas Webb

son Joseph Lea

son John Lea (bef.1772-1842)

James Lea (abt.1770-1842), 1842

son Thomas Lea (bef.1801-1857) of Cranage

son William Lea (bef.1806-) of Brereton cum Smethwick

daughter Ann (Lea) Wood (1799-)

daughter Elizabeth (Lea) Wood (1803-)

daughter Martha (Lea) Taylor (bef.1795-)

daughter Mary (Lea) Barratt (bef.1807-)

Elizabeth Lea, widow, 1895

grandchildren Harriet Alice Lea, Mary Elizabeth Lea

daughter Harriet Lea

Other wills indexed but unavailable to view online, or no longer exist

1704 James Lea, yeoman ^[4]

13 Sep 1802 William Lea, farmer adm^[5]

1818 William Lea, farmer^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FCHS%2F748106942
2. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FBUR%2F796564
3. ↑ https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FCHS%2F748061044
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/recordsocietyfo01chesgoog/page/n138/mode/2up?q=Lea :
5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/indextowillsadmi62ches/page/228/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Lea
6. ↑ http://databases.cheshirearchives.org.uk/RecordOfficeWillEPayments/details.aspx?id=19907