Capt. Daniel Leasure and Elizabeth Ryan

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Husband Capt. Daniel Leasure ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1767 1
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         Father: Abraham Leasure (1733-1805) 1 2 3
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Wife Elizabeth Ryan ¹

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            AKA: Margaret Leasure 2
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1 F Mary Leasure ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: James Martin (      -      ) 2

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2 M Abraham Leasure ^{1 2}

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3 M George Leasure ^{1 2}

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4 M John Leasure ^{1 2}

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5 M William Leasure ^{1 4}

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           Born: Abt 1800
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         Spouse: Sarah Trauger (      -Bef 1906) 5

         Spouse: Margaret Heck (      -      ) 2

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6 F Elizabeth Ryan Leasure ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: William Chambers (1796-1851) 1 2 6
           Marr: Abt 1821

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7 M Jesse Leasure ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Daniel Leasure

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Sewickley, Westmoreland Co, PA

He was the youngest son of his father and lived on a part of the tract located by his father, what was later known as the Andrew Giffin farm. Before he was of age he was made captain of a company, and continued in that position until fifty years of age.
He served as captain of a company in the Indian war of 1790.
He enlisted and reported for service at Pittsburgh as a lieutenant in a light-horse company in 1812, but was discharged.

He spent his entire life in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and died at upwards of seventy years of age. He owned about three hundred acres of the homestead, was a prosperous farmer, and an active member of the Presbyterian church, serving for many years in the capacity of elder. [HWC 1906 III, 379]

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Ryan

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She was of French-Irish descent.
When a young girl, was in the fort at Hannastown when it was attacked by Indians in 1782, and run pewter spoons into bullets for the use of those who were besieged.

She had a narrow escape from an Indian who came to the house during the absence of the men with intent to harm. Mrs. Leasure, however, was successful in placing the Indian under the influence of a bottle of whisky and thus kept him helpless until the return of the men.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 605.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 379.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 265.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 6, 379.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 6.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 63.