Brief Life History of James
When James Leckie was born about 1693, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Leckie, was 27 and his mother, Jean Rae, was 24. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Margaret Lindsay.
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- James Leckie, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Leekie in entry for John Leekie, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Leckie in entry for Alexander Leckie, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in the parish of Gargunnock, in Stirlingshire, so called from Gaelic leac ‘flagstone’ + the locative suffix -ach (i.e. ‘place of flagstones’).
Americanized form of Polish Łęcki.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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