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15. OAKLEY
LEIGH (I) (est 1640 - bur 6 Mar 1709 St Peter's).
Father: 8.
RICHARD LEIGH (II)
56. Richard LEIGH
(VI) (chr 5 Dec 1671 St Peter's - ?)
57. Dorothy LEIGH (chr 22 Mar 1673 St Peter's - ?)
59. Charles LEIGH (II) (chr 14 Feb 1679 St Peter's - ? 16 Apr 1757 Llanarthney), gent, dyer
60. Lucius LEIGH (chr 11 Apr 1680 - bur 29 Aug 1680 both
St Peter's)
Like the three LEIGH boys who were probably named for their wealthy cousin CHARLES
LLOYD, this Lucius was likely named for Charles' elder brother who became Sir
Lucius LLOYD. Both were unfortunate, as this infant died within five months and
Sir Lucius died by his own hand as a young man.
61. Nash LEIGH (chr 21 Apr 1682 - bur 23 Apr 1682 both
St Peter's)
Interestingly, the long tradition of LEIGH use of the NASH name (presumably in
honor of
ELIZABETH NASH's father living in 1597) had already begun with
RICHARD
III's son Richard Nash I LEIGH born before 1671. It continued until at least 1864,
when the 7X-great-grandson of RICHARD NASH, i.e.
103.
SAMUEL LEIGH in Utah, named a son
Edmund Nash LEIGH. The tradition also continued in Wales with the
4X-great
grandson of RICHARD NASH (see
41.
WILLIAM I in 1762)
and with a 6X-great-grandson (see
87. Vicar WILLIAM III LEIGH
in about 1827).
62. Sheldon LEIGH (chr 29 Apr 1684 St Peter's - ?)
Apparently named after his great-grandparents of the English SHELDON family of
DOROTHY OAKLEY, he may have moved to England, or died young. Nothing more was
found of him. 63. JOHN LEIGH
(II) The first name of OAKLEY LEIGH (I)'s wife is nowhere given, though her
family is very well documented and she is twice clearly identified in
the Edwardes pedigree as the wife of OAKLEY LEIGH, so there can be no
doubt of her family relation. The awkwardness of referring to her as NN
made me speculate on a possible name, so I chose the otherwise unknown "Margaretta
Leigh" who was buried at St Peter's within the possible time frame of
OAKLEY's wife. Also, the name "Margaretta" appeared in the Bishop's
Transcripts of Abergwili, where the PRICHARD family had lived earlier in
the century. The question mark indicates the speculative nature of her
Christian name, but not her family status. ?MARGARETTA PRICHARD has our longest and most interesting pedigree, which extends back to Welsh royalty in the 9th century. See the PRICHARD ANCESTRY. OAKLEY LEIGH (I)'s inventory, dated 4 May 1710, makes clear that he was a dyer, as his estate included "one old Dyeing ffurnace and one Blew vatt." He also left "Eight old Leather Chaires, ffourteen Small pewter Dishes and Twenty five old pewter plates, one fowling piece [a gun], and Two old Mares." Unfortunately OAKLEY's will has not survived, but his eldest son Charles must have inherited the dyer's works, because he was later identified as "Carolus Leigh dyer" when he signed the Administration Bond for Richard LEIGH, minor son of Charles' late cousin JONATHAN LEIGH, who died in 1717. We found nothing of a wife or children, and presumably Charles (II) died at the home of his sister ELIZABETH in Capel Dewi. Sources: GG, Adv Carm (Film no.104351); St Peter's Collocation of Names (Film no.104504); Llanarthney Bishop's Transcripts (Film no.105151); Abergwili Bishop's Transcripts (Film no.105125); OAKLEY LEIGH (I)'s inventory (NLW SD/1711/19 I); Administration Bond for Richard LEIGH (IV), minor (NLW SD/1717/22 B).
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