Betsey Dyer Leighton

5 January 1811–28 December 1878 (Age 67)
Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States

The Life Summary of Betsey Dyer

When Betsey Dyer Leighton was born on 5 January 1811, in Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States, her father, Johnathan Leighton, was 41 and her mother, Hannah Dyer, was 39. She married Oliver Gray Randall on 20 April 1836. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada in 1871. She died on 28 December 1878, in Milltown, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 67.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Gray Randall
1809–1884
Betsey Dyer Leighton
1811–1878
Marriage: 20 April 1836
Lydia Maria Randall
1837–1897
Lydia Marie Randall
1837–1897
Mary Leonette Randall
1854–1855
Sophronia S. Randall
1838–1839
Edward Grandville Randall
1845–1855
Ella Frances Randall
1848–1849

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 April 1836
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1812
    Age 1
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1820
    Age 9
    Maine is the 23rd state.
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 19
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called Leighton or Layton. Most, as for example those in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Shropshire, are named with Old English lēac ‘leek’ + tūn ‘settlement’, but Layton in Durham derives from Old English ge-lād ‘road’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English pronunciation of Leighton is usually /lɛ:tən/ or /leitən/ (also spelled Layton and Leaton ), but it can also be heard as /laitən/ or as /li:tən/ (also spelled Leaton ), and occasionally as /lɛtən/ (spelled Letton ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Layton
    Slayton
    Leaton
    Laughton
    Letton

    Sources (1)

    • Betsey Randal in household of Oliver Randal, "Canada Census, 1871"

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