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William LEEDS
Set As Default Person -
Name William LEEDS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 18 Aug 1754 St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
From PR data, transcribed by KFHS on CD 24
Shows William son of Edmund and Elizabeth LEEDS
I have no plans to continue the family further back and so have down little investigation into the LEEDS family. I can see on Ancestry trees those that show parents for William show a different couple. However, I can also see that this is based on assuming the William living in Woodchurch in 1841 was the son of this William. There was another William living in Brabourne who is a 'better fit' and who others also take to be the son of this William!
Hence I think it most likely that the baptism in Mersham is that of this William.
Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown Buried 12 Apr 1806 St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England
- Must have died before 1835, if the 1835 burial is his wife's, as her will shows she died a widow.
From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
"April 12. William Leeds - buried - Affid:"
Person ID I19783 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Mar 2024
Family Jane HIGHSTEAD, bap. 19 Dec 1762, St. Martin’s Church, Aldington, Kent, England
, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 72 years) Banns of marriage From 9 Feb 1783 to 23 Feb 1783 St. Mary’s Church, Smeeth, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
Banns of marriage to 2 Mar 1783 St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
Married 4 Mar 1783 St. Mary’s Church, Smeeth, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
"No. 3 William Leedes of the Parish
of Mersham and Jane Histed of this Parish were
Married in this Church by Banns
this fourth Day of march in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and eighty three By me E Norwood Rector of Sevington
This Marriage was solemnized between Us Willm. Leeds, Jane Highsted [both signed]
In the Presence of Thomas Leeds, John Woodland [both signed]"
They had 8 daughters and 3 sons baptised in Mersham between 1783 and 1802.
Children10 children Last Modified 28 Mar 2024 Family ID F7764 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)


