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People named Philip Leek

Below are 9 people with the first name Philip and the last name Leek. Try the Leek Family page if you can't find a particular Collaborative Biography in your family tree.

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9 Philip Leek Biographies

Philip was the immigrant ancestor who came to America. All of his children , except John, lived to maturity, married and had children. During a New Haven village census in 1661, he listed his age as 50 years without mentioning the exact month and day he was born. He also served in the New Haven local militia ( of interest as this writer has come across many known descendants of Philip Leek and his wife who served in the military here in America.) . The relationship of this Philip Leek to this writer is eight times great grandfather.
More often than not, this Philip Leek did not have a title at the end of his name to separate him from his father. Like many people in colonial Connecticut, the exact date when Philip was baptized at the New Haven Congregational Church is unknown. He wed in New Haven, Ct. after 1671 to Elizabeth Dayton and had 6 children. He moved to East Hampton, L.I., N.Y. after 1692. His relation to this writer would be 7 times great granduncle.
Philip wed in 1860 in Babylon, N.Y. to Ophelia Corwin and had 2 children.
Records are not all in agreement on the spelling of Philip's surname. Some spell it Leeke. He wed on March 1,1797 in East Hampton, L.I., N.Y. to Ruth Ryder and had 7 children.
A rarity amongst the descendants of Philip Leek ( 1611-1676) with the Leake, Leek, or Leeke surname where one has the same month and day of birth as this writer.
Philip wed about 1768 in Bedford, N.Y. to Eleanor Miller and had 5 children. Three of the children will be men- tioned here as known info on them is scarce: Mary Leake, b. ca. 1768 in Bedford, N.Y. and did marry; Eleanor Leake, b. ca. 1772 in Bedford, N.Y.; & John Leake, b. ca. 1774 in Bedford, N.Y.
This Philip Leek did not have a title at the end of his name to separate him from his father.
This Philip Leek did not always have a title at the end of his surname to separate him from his father. He wed about 1692 in East Hampton, N.Y. to Deborah Conklin and had 5 children.
Most records on this Philip Leek do not list a title of any kind to separate him from his father. He wed on Aug.11,1736 in East Hampton, L.I., N.Y. to Mary Wiggins and had 7 children.
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