Lt. Thomas Leffingwell and Mary White

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Husband Lt. Thomas Leffingwell ¹

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           Born:  - Croxhall, England
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           Died: 1710 1
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Wife Mary White ¹

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           Died: 6 Feb 1711
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Children

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1 M Ens. Thomas Leffingwell ²

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           Born: 27 Aug 1649 - Saybrook, Middlesex Co, CT 2
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           Died: 8 Mar 1723 - Norwich, New London Co, CT 2
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         Spouse: Mary Bushnell (1654-1745) 2
           Marr: 1672

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2 M Nathaniel Leffingwell ³

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3 M Samuel Leffingwell ³

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4 F Mary Leffingwell ⁴

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           Died: 31 Mar 1745 4
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         Spouse: Joseph Bushnell (1651-1746) 5
           Marr: 28 Nov 1673 4

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General Notes: Husband - Lt. Thomas Leffingwell

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Thomas Leffingwell, usually mentioned with the military prefix of Serg., Ensign, or Lieut., denoting the rank he held in the train-bands after he came to Norwich, was a native of Croxhall, England, and one of the earliest planters of Saybrook. In his testimony before the Court of Commission at Stonington, in 1705, he says he was acquainted with Uncas, in the year 1637, and was knowing to the assistance rendered by the Sachem to the English, then and ever after, during his life. It may be inferred from this, that he was personally engaged in the Pequot war. He also belonged to Capt. Denison's volunteer company of English and Mohegans, during Philip's war. Only three of his sons have been traced, viz: Thomas, Nathaniel and Samuel.
The staff of the venerated Lieutenant, brought with him from his native place in 1637, and bearing his initials on its silver head, is in the possession of one of his descendants, N. L. Shipman, Esq.
Lieut. Leffingwell, was one of the last survivors of the proprietors. He had lived to see a great alteration take place in the nine miles square, since he first viewed it from the Mohegan heights. The dwellings of upright, intelligent, and industrious men, were scattered at intervals, over the surface; the pleasant meadows upon the banks of the rivers, were reclaimed and cultivated, the uplands were cleared for grazing, the rocky pastures were clothed with flocks, and extensive fields in the suburbs, now comprised in other towns, were planted with wheat and Indian corn. The wilderness and solitary place had blossomed as the rose.

1 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 33.

2 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 29.

3 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985).

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 192.

5 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 191.