When Saripta Leake was born in 1805, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Josiah Leake, was 26 and her mother, Susanna Appling, was 21. She married Jesse Terry Simmons on 15 December 1825, in Stokes, Pitt, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died from 1838 to 1840, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 35.
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English:
habitational name from Leake (Lincolnshire), East and West Leake (Nottinghamshire), Leek (Staffordshire), Leck (Lancashire), Leak (NorthYorkshire), or Leak Hall in Cumberworth (West Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English lece or Old Scandinavian lœkr, both meaning ‘brook’. See also Like .
possibly also a nickname from Middle English lek ‘leek’ (Old English lēac), perhaps for a grower or seller of leeks.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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