Captain Samuel Legg, Esq., (ca. 1640-10 Jan 1705/6) is the son of the immigrant John Legge (ca. 1610-5 Jan 1673/4) and Elizabeth Melinda Cole (abt 1608-abt 1698). Samuel was a Mariner out of Boston. Upon his death, he was buried in the Granary Burial Ground in Boston; however, some years later another person was buried over him in the same grave.
Samuel's father, John Legge, of London, arrived with the Winthrop Fleet as an indentured servant of John Humphries (one of the main leaders of the expedition). He settled first in Lynn, MA; he was declared a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 5 May 1635; and he pursued the career of a Mason. John and Elizabeth had four known children: Samuel, John, Daniel, and Ann Mary.
Samuel married Deliverance Sandys (b. abt 1647) about the year 1668. They had seven known children:
1. Samuel Legg, b. 16 Mar 1668/9
2. Sabella Legg, b. 2 Sep 1672
3. Patience Legg, b. 29 Aug 1676
4. Isabella Legg, b. 1677
5. Daniel Legg, b. 1682
6. John Legg, b. 16 Jan 1682/3, d. Mar 1761
7. Elizabeth Legg, b. 29 Oct 1684
∼SAMUEL, eldest child of John & Elizabeth Legge, was born about 1642 (deposed aged 37 years, 1 August 1679. He married by 1669 Deliverance _____ (first child b. Boston 16 March 1669). Deliverance's widowhood in 1720 coincided with one of Samuel Sewall's many widowhoods, but Madam Winthrop pronounced that she would not do.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Samuel's father, John Legge, of London, arrived with the Winthrop Fleet as an indentured servant of John Humphries (one of the main leaders of the expedition). He settled first in Lynn, MA; he was declared a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 5 May 1635; and he pursued the career of a Mason. John and Elizabeth had four known children: Samuel, John, Daniel, and Ann Mary.
Samuel married Deliverance Sandys (b. abt 1647) about the year 1668. They had seven known children:
1. Samuel Legg, b. 16 Mar 1668/9
2. Sabella Legg, b. 2 Sep 1672
3. Patience Legg, b. 29 Aug 1676
4. Isabella Legg, b. 1677
5. Daniel Legg, b. 1682
6. John Legg, b. 16 Jan 1682/3, d. Mar 1761
7. Elizabeth Legg, b. 29 Oct 1684
∼SAMUEL, eldest child of John & Elizabeth Legge, was born about 1642 (deposed aged 37 years, 1 August 1679. He married by 1669 Deliverance _____ (first child b. Boston 16 March 1669). Deliverance's widowhood in 1720 coincided with one of Samuel Sewall's many widowhoods, but Madam Winthrop pronounced that she would not do.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Captain Samuel Legg, Esq., (ca. 1640-10 Jan 1705/6) is the son of the immigrant John Legge (ca. 1610-5 Jan 1673/4) and Elizabeth Melinda Cole (abt 1608-abt 1698). Samuel was a Mariner out of Boston. Upon his death, he was buried in the Granary Burial Ground in Boston; however, some years later another person was buried over him in the same grave.
Samuel's father, John Legge, of London, arrived with the Winthrop Fleet as an indentured servant of John Humphries (one of the main leaders of the expedition). He settled first in Lynn, MA; he was declared a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 5 May 1635; and he pursued the career of a Mason. John and Elizabeth had four known children: Samuel, John, Daniel, and Ann Mary.
Samuel married Deliverance Sandys (b. abt 1647) about the year 1668. They had seven known children:
1. Samuel Legg, b. 16 Mar 1668/9
2. Sabella Legg, b. 2 Sep 1672
3. Patience Legg, b. 29 Aug 1676
4. Isabella Legg, b. 1677
5. Daniel Legg, b. 1682
6. John Legg, b. 16 Jan 1682/3, d. Mar 1761
7. Elizabeth Legg, b. 29 Oct 1684
∼SAMUEL, eldest child of John & Elizabeth Legge, was born about 1642 (deposed aged 37 years, 1 August 1679. He married by 1669 Deliverance _____ (first child b. Boston 16 March 1669). Deliverance's widowhood in 1720 coincided with one of Samuel Sewall's many widowhoods, but Madam Winthrop pronounced that she would not do.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Samuel's father, John Legge, of London, arrived with the Winthrop Fleet as an indentured servant of John Humphries (one of the main leaders of the expedition). He settled first in Lynn, MA; he was declared a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 5 May 1635; and he pursued the career of a Mason. John and Elizabeth had four known children: Samuel, John, Daniel, and Ann Mary.
Samuel married Deliverance Sandys (b. abt 1647) about the year 1668. They had seven known children:
1. Samuel Legg, b. 16 Mar 1668/9
2. Sabella Legg, b. 2 Sep 1672
3. Patience Legg, b. 29 Aug 1676
4. Isabella Legg, b. 1677
5. Daniel Legg, b. 1682
6. John Legg, b. 16 Jan 1682/3, d. Mar 1761
7. Elizabeth Legg, b. 29 Oct 1684
∼SAMUEL, eldest child of John & Elizabeth Legge, was born about 1642 (deposed aged 37 years, 1 August 1679. He married by 1669 Deliverance _____ (first child b. Boston 16 March 1669). Deliverance's widowhood in 1720 coincided with one of Samuel Sewall's many widowhoods, but Madam Winthrop pronounced that she would not do.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
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