Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Leach was born in 1780, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Andrew Leach, was 27 and her mother, Hannah Hobart, was 22. She married William Ritchey on 24 December 1801. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 26 October 1821, in her hometown, at the age of 41, and was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Jeanney Leach, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Jane Leach, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Jeanney Leach, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1778–1835 Male
1780–1821 Female
Children (8)
1802–1826 Female
1804–1881 Male
1806–1832 Male
1808–1829 Male
1811–1860 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1753–1820 Male
1758–1837 Female
Siblings (10)
1780–1821 Female
1780–1863 Female
1782– Female
1783–1828 Male
1783–1861 Male
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 1
1783 · A Free America
Age 3
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 14
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a physician, from Middle English leche, lache ‘physician’ (Old English lǣce ‘leech; physician, blood-letter, surgeon’). The name refers to the medieval medical practice of bleeding, typically by applying leeches to a patient. The surname is recorded in the late 14th-century Poll Tax Returns for men whose occupation is stated as medicus ‘physician’, or occasionally spicer (spicers acted as apothecaries), but some men named le Leche have unrelated occupations including cultor ‘cultivator, farm laborer’, which suggests that leche could refer to an amateur ‘medicine man’ who supplied folk remedies.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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