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Descendants of Richard Leir


Generation No. 7


12. THOMAS MACIE7 LEIR (THOMAS V6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born November 19, 1795, and died November 26, 1864. He married ANNE COLLARD 1822, daughter of JOHN COLLARD. She was born 1798, and died December 25, 1863.

Notes for THOMAS MACIE LEIR:
Thomas Leir V's diary speaks of his son, Thomas Macie Leir, being educated at Rugby.
- - - Gilbert Williams-Leir (February 3, 2003)

Margaret says TML that he was not banished by his mother - she was most upset that he had gone there amongst 'such a base society'. The Jane Leir letter to her son in Dec 1838 indicated her sorrow that they would not be at Weston and Jaggards at Christmas.
- - - Anthony Leir-Shuffrey

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.
Robin Leir-Nicolson's (RLN) research indicates that TML may have had a
relationship with a Diana Ham - a name mentioned in his will. Recent perusal
of RLN records seem to suggest that TML's son died whilst staying with Thomas
Ham Macie Leir. The latter was the sole executor for the former. I am hoping
that I can soon go to Southampton and examine Census returns for 1891 which
COULD give a birth place for THML. And thus a birth certificate MIGHT be
forthcoming.
The descendants of THML are what RLN call the Leirs of
Southampton, not those born from Ann Collard.
RLN has evidence to suggest that another Leir -
possibly a son from Ann Collard lived in Southampton for a while.
--February 6, 2000


     
Children of THOMAS LEIR and ANNE COLLARD are:
18. i.   ANNE HELEN8 JEKYLL-LEIR.
19. ii.   JANE ELIZABETH JEKYLL-LEIR, d. 1883.
  iii.   CHARLES KINGTON-LEIR, m. MARY ANNE SHUTE ADAMS.
  iv.   MARIA JEKYLL-LEIR, d. November 30, 1869; m. WILLIAM SEAMAN, 1850.
20. v.   THOMAS MACIE KINGTON-LEIR, b. August 3, 1823; d. September 22, 1891, Southampton.
  vi.   HENRY KINGTON-LEIR, b. 1830; d. September 17, 1851, caelebs. aged 21.
21. vii.   ISABELLA CATHERINE LEIR, b. 1835; d. May 29, 1875.
  viii.   THOMAS HAM MACIE LEIR, b. Clifton, Bristol.


13. MARY7 LEIR (THOMAS V6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born 1799, and died 1880. She married REV. REV. EDWARD WILKINS 1833. He was born 1795, and died 1876 in aetat 81.

Notes for MARY LEIR:

Notes for REV. REV. EDWARD WILKINS:
Gilbert Leir has some Leir silver and a pewter tankard with the boar and arrow on the lid, and an inscription that records the E. Wilkins stroked the Trinity Hall boat in the "Four-oar'd Races 19th Nov, 1858" Seven boats started; no statement on who won.
     
Children of MARY LEIR and REV. WILKINS are:
  i.   ELIZABETH FRANCES8 WILKINS-LEIR.
  ii.   MARY PRESTON WILKINS-LEIR, m. CAPT. KING.
  iii.   ANNOTTE WILKINS-LEIR, m. WILKINSON.
  iv.   EDWARD JOHN PAUL WILKINS-LEIR, b. 1835.
  Notes for EDWARD JOHN PAUL WILKINS-LEIR:
Assumed by Royal Licence the Arms and the name Leir in Addition to Wilkins in 1881.
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14. REV. WILLIAM7 MARRIOTT-LEIR (WILLIAM6 LEIR, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) was born April 17, 1805, and died May 5, 1891. He married MARY ANNE LANGFORD 1840, daughter of ED. LANGFORD. She was born May 15, 1814, and died May 6, 1889.

Notes for REV. WILLIAM MARRIOTT-LEIR:
Last Rector to live in The Priory

The Marriotts owned Ringwell House the other Major house in Ditcheat besides the priory.

     
Children of WILLIAM MARRIOTT-LEIR and MARY LANGFORD are:
  i.   RICHARD LANGFORD8 LEIR-CARLETON, b. August 22, 1841; d. Bet. 1931 - 1933, osp.; m. HENRIETTA ANNE CARLETON, 1887; d. March 2, 1925.
  Notes for RICHARD LANGFORD LEIR-CARLETON:
Assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Carleton.


  Notes for HENRIETTA ANNE CARLETON:
The story goes back to a Guy Carleton, who commanded the British Army in Canada, and later was in government, during the period 1766 to 1796, from the American Revolution until the French Revolution, both of which led to fighting in Canada. He did so well that George III made him Baron Dorchester. A century later, the fourth Baron had no heir, and the title went to his second cousin, Henrietta Anne Carleton, who became Baroness Dorchester; she married Major-General Richard Langford Leir, and they hyphenated the name to Leir-Carleton. This was her second marriage, in 1887. If Guy Carleton had not done so well, there would be no such place as Canada, and the US would be twice the size. His family is traced back to Baldwin de Carleton, "who was settled at Carleton, near Penrith, Cumberland, at the Conquest". Carleton County and Carleton University in Ottawa get their names from Guy Carleton.

-from Burke's Peerage, under "Dorchester".
- courtesy of Gilbert Leir (January 31, 2000)


22. ii.   REV. CHARLES EDWARD LEIR, b. September 3, 1842; d. January 26, 1959.
23. iii.   WILLIAM LEIR, b. December 31, 1844.
24. iv.   CONSTANCE MARY LEIR, b. 1846.


15. HARRIOTT MARY7 LEIR (WILLIAM6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) died December 23, 1871. She married GEORGE AUGUSTUS WOODFORDE August 8, 1832, son of PARSON WOODFORDE. He died December 23, 1877.
     
Children of HARRIOTT LEIR and GEORGE WOODFORDE are:
  i.   SONA8 WOODFORDE.
  ii.   SONB WOODFORDE.
  iii.   SONC WOODFORDE.
  iv.   SOND WOODFORDE.
  v.   SONE WOODFORDE.
  vi.   DAUGHTERA WOODFORDE.
  vii.   DAUGHTERB WOODFORDE.
  viii.   DAUGHTERC WOODFORDE.
  ix.   DAUGHTERD WOODFORDE.


16. SOPHIA7 LEIR (WILLIAM6, THOMAS IV5, THOMAS III4, THOMAS II3, THOMAS I2, RICHARD1) She married MAJOR CHARLES DAWE April 23, 1833 in eloped. He was born 1789, and died March 3, 1870.

Notes for SOPHIA LEIR:
Need page 51 of Joseph Foster: "The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle
Families", published by Hazell, Watson & Viney, London, 1883.


Notes for MAJOR CHARLES DAWE:
Need page 51 of Joseph Foster: "The Royal Lineage of Our Noble and Gentle
Families", published by Hazell, Watson & Viney, London, 1883.

     
Children of SOPHIA LEIR and CHARLES DAWE are:
25. i.   EDMUND MARRIOTT8 DAWE, b. Devonshire; d. Age 79.
  ii.   SONB DAWE.
  iii.   SONC DAWE.
  iv.   HESTER DAWE.
26. v.   CORNELIA DAWE, b. England; d. April 25, 1925, Old Peoples Home, New Plymouth, NZ.
  vi.   DAUGHTERC DAWE.
  vii.   DAUGHTERD DAWE.
  viii.   DAUGHTERE DAWE.

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