Samuel Leffingwell: Ancestry Family Tree Genealogy

Generation: 1

Samuel Leffingwell was born in in Saybrook, CT (son of Thomas Leffingwell and Mary White); died in Dec 1691 in Norwich, New London, CT.

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Samuel married Hannah Dickenson on 16 Nov 1687 in Connecticut. Hannah died on 22 Feb 1691 in Norwich, New London, CT. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Thomas Leffingwell was born in 1624 in White Colne, County Essex, England (son of Thomas Leffingwell); died in 1710.

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Notes:

||||Ensign, or Lieutenant, Leffingwell has made a place in history, as so many books give testament to.
Thomas played a very important role in what is often referred to as the War for the Relief of Uncas. Chief Uncas of the Mohegan tribe, a valuable asset to the Colonists, was involved ina tribal war with a competing group of Indians. On a slab at the site of Uncas' old main fort, "Shantok", is written:

Here stood the fort of
Uncas
Sachem of the Mogegans
and friend of the English
Here in 1645 when besieged
by the Narragansetts
he was relieved by
the bravery of
Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell
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Erected by the Colonial Dames
1898
(See Burpee's History of Connecticut, Vol. II, p.597)

Leffingwell built and operated the Leffingwell Inn, a "house of public entertainment" sometime shortly after 1700 (See Trilogy, pp. 177-178). The house still stands at 348 WashingtonStreet, and has been proclaimed the oldest in Norwich. In fact, George Washington, on April 8, 1776, "partook of the Hospitalities of Leffingwell Inn". In additon to the Inn, Thomas hadpaper and fulling mills, and a store that sold "lamb's gloves, sattin, cambricks and stuff shose; lute strings, palongs and humhums".
It was noted in Trilogy that the Leffingwell house may have been built onto the old Backus residence; local historians say the house was built by Stephen Backus.

Thomas married Mary White. Mary (daughter of Edward White and Martha (unknown)) was born about 1627 in Kent, England; died on 6 Feb 1711 in Norwich, New London, CT. [Group Sheet]

Mary White was born about 1627 in Kent, England (daughter of Edward White and Martha (unknown)); died on 6 Feb 1711 in Norwich, New London, CT.

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||||Please note that the author cannot, at this time, positively show that Edward and Martha are the parents of Mary.

Children:

Mary Leffingwell was born in in Saybrook, CT; and died.
1. Samuel Leffingwell was born in in Saybrook, CT; died in Dec 1691 in Norwich, New London, CT.
Thomas Leffingwell was born about 1652 in Saybrook, CT; and died.
Nathaniel Leffingwell was born on 11 Dec 1656 in Saybrook, CT; died on 20 Sep 1697 in Norwich, New London, CT.

Generation: 3

4.
Thomas Leffingwell and died.
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2. Thomas Leffingwell was born in 1624 in White Colne, County Essex, England; died in 1710.

6.	Edward White was born about 1593 in Kent, England; and died. Other Events: _UID: 60B7EFCC72074A58B4880EA16A7C5AF91162 Immigration: 1635, New England, on 'Abigail', from Cranbrook, Essex Edward married Martha (unknown). Martha was born about 1596 in Kent, England; and died. [Group Sheet]

Martha (unknown) was born about 1596 in Kent, England; and died.

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Immigration: 1635, New England, ship 'Abigail'

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Martha White was born about 1625 in Kent, England; and died.
3. Mary White was born about 1627 in Kent, England; died on 6 Feb 1711 in Norwich, New London, CT.