Thomas V's diary has been transcribed and appears elsewhere on this site. The diary is full of quarrels with his brothers over his father's will. He got along much better with his wife's family.

     
Children of THOMAS LEIR and JANE JEKYLL are:

i.

JANE ELIZABETH7 LEIR, d. 1871, Unmarried.

Notes for JANE ELIZABETH LEIR: According to Gilbert Leir: Jane's will stipulated that any heir must take the name Leir. The first inheritor after she died in 1871 was her sister Mary who had married a Wilkins, headmaster of King Edward's School in Bath; Mary survived until 1876. The last of the Wilkins-Leirs died in 1922, and that was when Gilbert Leir's grandfather, Edmund Jekyll, took over at Weston. Gilbert Leir has a photocopy of the deed-poll by which Edmund took the name Leir. In one of Margaret Shuffrey's letters from Jane Elizabeth to Thomas Macie Leir, Jane says that Jaggards looked deserted and melancholy. Margaret agreed when she visited Jaggards.

ii.

ANNE LEIR, d. 1877, Unmarried.

Notes for ANNE LEIR: TL V did not leave all to his eldest son Thomas Macie Leir 1795-1864. Three unmarried daughters controlled Weston until the death of sister Anne in 1877. Meanwhile another daughter, Mary, had married Rev Edward Wilkins, ?-1876, and under Anne's will their son Edward Wilkins inherited, on condition he took the name Leir. Hence the Wilkins-Leirs. - Gilbert Leir

iii.

HELEN LEIR, d. April 7, 1850, Unmarried.

Notes for HELEN LEIR:

iv.

WEBB LEIR.

Notes for WEBB LEIR:

12.	v.		THOMAS MACIE LEIR, b. November 19, 1795; d. November 26, 1864.
13.	vi.		MARY LEIR, b. 1799; d. 1880.
	vii.		JOHN MACIE LEIR, b. 1804; d. 1849, osp age 44.

Notes for JOHN MACIE LEIR:

11. WILLIAM⁶ LEIR (THOMAS IV⁵, THOMAS III⁴, THOMAS II³, THOMAS I², RICHARD¹) was born September 10, 1768, and died December 23, 1863. He married HARRIOTT MARRIOTT April 4, 1804, daughter of RANDOLPH MARRIOTT and ELIZABETH WILSON. She was born 1782, and died April 4, 1843.

Notes for WILLIAM LEIR:
Raised the roof in 1862 - Hugh Leir

Notes for HARRIOTT MARRIOTT:
Royal blood entered the family with Harriott. Her ancestry is traced back in detail to King Edward III of England, in a book by Joseph Foster: "Our Noble and Gentle Families of Royal Descent" pub. Hazell, Watson & Viney, London 1883.

Harriot Marriot may be the 4th daughter of Randolph Marriott

     
Children of WILLIAM LEIR and HARRIOTT MARRIOTT are:

14.	i.		REV. WILLIAM7 MARRIOTT-LEIR, b. April 17, 1805; d. May 5, 1891.
15.	ii.		HARRIOTT MARY LEIR, d. December 23, 1871.
	iii.		ELIZABETH LEIR.

Notes for ELIZABETH LEIR: Great Aunts of Ringwall House (with the great ring curls?) - Hugh Leir

iv.

CHARLOTTE LEIR.

Notes for CHARLOTTE LEIR: Great Aunts of Ringwall House (with the great ring curls?) - Hugh Leir

v.

MARIANNE LEIR, d. 1875; m. REVERAND JOHN BURROW, April 13, 1852; d. 1873, osp.

Notes for REVERAND JOHN BURROW: son of Archdeacon of Gibralter

16.	vi.		SOPHIA LEIR.
	vii.		EMMA FRANCES LEIR, m. REV. LEWIS CHARLES DAVIES, October 25, 1854; d. 1876, osp.

Notes for EMMA FRANCES LEIR: Great Aunts of Ringwall House (with the great ring curls?) - Hugh Leir Built the school at Ditcheat in memory of her father, William Leir

Notes for REV. LEWIS CHARLES DAVIES: Cousin of a Marriott

	viii.		HESTER LEIR, d. 1869; m. WILLIAM FREDERICK ROBINSON, 1838; d. 1868, osp.
17.	ix.		CHARLES MARRIOTT LEIR, b. April 2, 1812; d. January 12, 1864.