Captain Samuel Leech was the third son of Isaac Leech by his wife Rebecca Hall. He married 18 February 1768, Ann Stewart. He was the first of his family to depart from the faith of the Episcopal Church. His change of religious faith was probably due to his step-father Richard Treat.
Samuel Leech was a farmer and prominent citizen of Cheltenham Township, where he resided on an estate which was devised to him by his father. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence for Philadelphia County in 1775, and was in service in the Revolution as captain of a company in the Third Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Benjamin McVaugh. His death is thus mentioned in the Advertiser of 29 May 1822:
"Departed this life, on the morning of the 27th inst. Mr. SAMUEL LEECH, of Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, in the 87th year of his age. The deceased was a man much esteemed by all who knew him, and his remains were followed to the grave by a numerous and respectable concourse of his fellow citizens"
Bio from Chronicles of the Yerkes Family by Josiah Granville Leach
Samuel Leech was a farmer and prominent citizen of Cheltenham Township, where he resided on an estate which was devised to him by his father. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence for Philadelphia County in 1775, and was in service in the Revolution as captain of a company in the Third Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Benjamin McVaugh. His death is thus mentioned in the Advertiser of 29 May 1822:
"Departed this life, on the morning of the 27th inst. Mr. SAMUEL LEECH, of Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, in the 87th year of his age. The deceased was a man much esteemed by all who knew him, and his remains were followed to the grave by a numerous and respectable concourse of his fellow citizens"
Bio from Chronicles of the Yerkes Family by Josiah Granville Leach
Captain Samuel Leech was the third son of Isaac Leech by his wife Rebecca Hall. He married 18 February 1768, Ann Stewart. He was the first of his family to depart from the faith of the Episcopal Church. His change of religious faith was probably due to his step-father Richard Treat.
Samuel Leech was a farmer and prominent citizen of Cheltenham Township, where he resided on an estate which was devised to him by his father. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence for Philadelphia County in 1775, and was in service in the Revolution as captain of a company in the Third Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Benjamin McVaugh. His death is thus mentioned in the Advertiser of 29 May 1822:
"Departed this life, on the morning of the 27th inst. Mr. SAMUEL LEECH, of Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, in the 87th year of his age. The deceased was a man much esteemed by all who knew him, and his remains were followed to the grave by a numerous and respectable concourse of his fellow citizens"
Bio from Chronicles of the Yerkes Family by Josiah Granville Leach
Samuel Leech was a farmer and prominent citizen of Cheltenham Township, where he resided on an estate which was devised to him by his father. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence for Philadelphia County in 1775, and was in service in the Revolution as captain of a company in the Third Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Benjamin McVaugh. His death is thus mentioned in the Advertiser of 29 May 1822:
"Departed this life, on the morning of the 27th inst. Mr. SAMUEL LEECH, of Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, in the 87th year of his age. The deceased was a man much esteemed by all who knew him, and his remains were followed to the grave by a numerous and respectable concourse of his fellow citizens"
Bio from Chronicles of the Yerkes Family by Josiah Granville Leach
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