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Gideon Leighton

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Gideon Leighton Veteran

Birth
Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
10 Jun 1776 (aged 45)
Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
Plot
1A-1--22
Memorial ID
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Age 45yrs.
Family Trees give his parents as Thomas Leighton and Susanna Chesley.
Gideon married Abigail Titcomb, daughter of William Titcomb and Jane Emmons, in 1761 at Dover, NH.

Gideon Leighton was Cpl under Capt Samuel Hayes during the Rev War.
He was killed by a falling timber while in 1761 at Dover, NH, while dismanteling a saw mill. He is buried in Otis.

Gideon and Abigail's children:
Stephen Leighton 1763 – 1824
Joseph Leighton 1766 – 1837
Andrew Leighton 1767 –
Levi Leighton 1773 – 1821

Citations
[S73] Unknown author, Vital Records of Dover NH.. Patsy Lawler Husson, Family Tree.
[S44] Unknown author, Leighton Geneology. Patsy Lawler Husson, Family Tree.
NOTE:
Cemetery canvass showed "at least 40 additional gravesites in this area marked only by fieldstones."
Age 45yrs.
Family Trees give his parents as Thomas Leighton and Susanna Chesley.
Gideon married Abigail Titcomb, daughter of William Titcomb and Jane Emmons, in 1761 at Dover, NH.

Gideon Leighton was Cpl under Capt Samuel Hayes during the Rev War.
He was killed by a falling timber while in 1761 at Dover, NH, while dismanteling a saw mill. He is buried in Otis.

Gideon and Abigail's children:
Stephen Leighton 1763 – 1824
Joseph Leighton 1766 – 1837
Andrew Leighton 1767 –
Levi Leighton 1773 – 1821

Citations
[S73] Unknown author, Vital Records of Dover NH.. Patsy Lawler Husson, Family Tree.
[S44] Unknown author, Leighton Geneology. Patsy Lawler Husson, Family Tree.
NOTE:
Cemetery canvass showed "at least 40 additional gravesites in this area marked only by fieldstones."


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