William Leas 1
- Born: 27 Mar 1745, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA 2
- Marriage (1): Catherine Brown in Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church, Latimore, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died: Abt 1822, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA about age 77 3 4
- Buried: Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church Cemetery, Latimore, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
General Notes:
Marriage per Lower Bermudian Church record.
The following information was provided by Kathryn Leas Stuart:
Witness (27 Jan 1764):
Office (9 Apr 1774):
Office (11 Jun 1777):
Office (21 Mar 1778): Colonial Records of Pennsylvania in Volume XI: Minutes of
the Council of Safety for the State of Pennsylvania shows that the Council met
on Saturday, March 21, 1778.
The Minutes record, "The application of Twenty-three inhabitants of the Town of
York, in the County of York, praying that Jacob Eichelberger (who was elected
with Will'm Leas, Esq'r on the 10th March last;) & also Mich'l Hahn of the Town
of York aforesaid, may be appointed and Commissioned to be Justices of the Peace
for the said County of York, being now read and considered; thereupon,
Ordered - that Jacob Eichelberger be appointed & Commissioned to be a Justice of
the Peace for the County of York."
Commissioned to be one of three Justices of the Peace for the County of York.
William married Catherine Brown in Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church, Latimore, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA. (Catherine Brown died on an unknown date.)
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