{"id":6442,"date":"2015-11-19T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=6442"},"modified":"2018-11-12T16:00:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T21:00:55","slug":"vitals-george-sr-mary-leslie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/?page_id=6442","title":{"rendered":"Vitals: George, Sr. & Mary Leslie*"},"content":{"rendered":"

George<\/strong>\u00a0Willocks, Sr. (1736-1821) b. Scotland, Northern Ireland or Eastern PA; r. Cumberland Co. & West Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., PA (son of James, Jr. & Janet Hutchison Leslie) Served as deputy constable for\u00a0Common Pleas Court of New London Twp. 1767 when he got in trouble for not turning over confiscated property to the court.
\n-military: 1777 drafted into the PA Militia; son William served for him as was possible under the law
\n-burial: Bull Creek Cemetery, West Deer Twp.<\/a>, reportedly next to Rev. Abraham Boyd (See cemetery for GPS) The “Book of Sessions,” which was kept by Rev. Abraham Boyd during his 31 years of service in the Bull Creek Presbyterian Church, records the death of George Leslie Sr. in 1821 at age 85.<\/p>\n

Mary<\/strong>\u00a0S. Alsop (c.1719\/40-after 1804) nothing is known except on deed within Chester Co. 1758-78 and on Bull Creek church role 1804. Tombstone not found although some family may be in lot with large family marker.<\/p>\n

Marriage: before 1757 when George is removed from “freeman’s” list<\/p>\n

Children: exact names & birth order uncertain<\/p>\n

1. John<\/strong> (1758- \u00a0)
\n2. William,<\/strong>\u00a0Sr. (1759-1850) b. New London Twp., Chester Co., PA; r. Cumberland Co., East Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., & West Deer Twp. (named for uncle, father’s brother) (m. Elizabeth Davidson#; 7 children)
\n-military: Revolutionary War, Chester Co. Militia \u00a01776-1779
\n3. George, Jr<\/strong>.<\/a> (1761\/9-1821) b. New London Twp.; r. Cumberland Co. & West Deer Twp. (m. Jane\u00a0Guilliford – our line) died possibly the same year as his father during the great Typhoid Fever outbreak
\n-buried: Bull Creek Cemetery, WDT
\n4. Alexander<\/strong> (1762?- \u00a0 ) b. New London Twp.; r. Cumberland Co. & West Deer Twp.
\n5. Mary<\/strong> (1763-1857)
\n6. James<\/strong> (1763-1830) b. New London Twp.; r. Cumberland Co. & West Deer Twp. (named for uncle, father’s brother)
\n7. Samuel<\/strong> (1765- \u00a0) b. New London Twp.; r. Cumberland Co. & West Deer Twp.<\/p>\n

*other spellings include Lessly<\/p>\n

#some confuse this Elizabeth with our Elizabeth, wife of William Gray<\/p>\n

Documentation:<\/p>\n

Rev. Abraham Boyd. Book of Sessions.<\/em>\u00a0Bull Creek Presbyterian Church. 1800-1805<\/p>\n

Chester Co., PA. tax lists & land records.<\/p>\n

Cumberland Co., PA. tax lists<\/p>\n

Record of Oath of Allegiance to the United States, 1777<\/p>\n

Allegheny Co., PA. Census 1790, 1810, & 1820<\/p>\n

Allegheny Co. tax list 1791<\/p>\n

History of Allegheny Co., PA\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Various\u00a0Ancestry.com\u00a0<\/em>Public Member Family Trees & other sources<\/p>\n

RETURN TO OUR LESLIE FAMILY TREE<\/a><\/p>\n

Last revised 11\/12\/18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George\u00a0Willocks, Sr. (1736-1821) b. Scotland, Northern Ireland or Eastern PA; r. Cumberland Co. & West Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., PA (son of James, Jr. & Janet Hutchison Leslie) Served as deputy constable for\u00a0Common Pleas Court of New London Twp. 1767 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3905,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6442"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8783,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6442\/revisions\/8783"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-gen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}