Elizabeth “Betsy” Brockman Leak (1802-1872)

Elizabeth “Betsy” Brockman Leak

Birth

21 Jul 1802

Virginia, USA

Death

1 Mar 1872 (aged 69)

Polk County, Iowa, USA

Burial

Spry Cemetery

Camp Township, Polk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map

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ELIZABETH "BETSY" BROCKMAN was born on 21 July 1802 in Virginia, probably in Orange County, and died on 1 March 1872 in Camp township, Polk County, Iowa. She was the daughter of ANDREW BROCKMAN (1774-1837) and his wife EMILIA "MILDRED" BROCKMAN (1772-1857).

Elizabeth married ELISHA LEAK 19 December 1820 in Boone County, Kentucky, the son of ROBERT LEAK and SUSANNAH LEAKE. Elisha was born in 1791 in Culpepper County, Virginia, and died on 22 February 1845 in Montgomery County, Indiana.

Children of ELIZABETH BROCKMAN and ELISHA LEAK are:

i. JAMES LEAK, b. 1821, Boone County, Kentucky; d. 1842.

ii. LUCY LEAK, b. 1823, Boone County, Kentucky; d. 1845; m. ALEXANDER HIPES.

iii. ELIZA ANN LEAK, b. 5 December 1824, Boone County, Kentucky; d. 22 July 1873, Polk County, Iowa; m. AQUILLA WILEY SAMPSON, 1848, Montgomery County, Indiana; b. 26 January 1824, Fleming County, Kentucky; d. 19 June 1898, Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska.

iv. ROBERT LEAK, b. 1827; d. 1849.

v. JOHN LEWIS LEAK, b. 1828, Union, Montgomery County, Indiana; d. 29 November 1866, California; m. EVALINE LEACH, 24 December 1850, Indiana; b. 1834.

vi. MADELINE LEAK, b. 1831, Union, Montgomery County, Indiana; d. 1907; m. JOHN F. GREEN, 1856.

vii. EMILIA "EMALINE" LEAK, b. 21 August 1833, Union, Montgomery County, Indiana; d. 25 November 1928; m. PHILLIP HEZEKIAL BURCH, 11 November 1868, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; b. 1823, Barren County, Kentucky; d. 1886, Marion County, Iowa.

viii. ANDREW JACKSON LEAK, b. 1835, Union, Montgomery County, Indiana; d. 1904.

ix. SARAH JANE LEAK, b. 7 Nov 1837, Union, Montgomery County, Indiana; d. 3 Sep 1911; m. GEORGE LEWIS ROBERTSON, 21 March 1871, Waukee, Iowa.

x. ELIZABETH B. LEAK, b. 1841, Union, Montgomery County, Indiana; d. 1 March 1880, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; m. JOHN HALDERMAN, 8 January 1872, Polk County, Iowa; b. June 1823, Centre County, Pennsylvania; d. 15 November 1908, Fillmore, California.