Brief Life History of John
John Leach was born on 2 February 1778, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He had at least 1 son with Mary.
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- John Leach in entry for Eliza Leach, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910"
- John Leech in entry for John Leech, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Leach in entry for Eliza Leach, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (3)
1815
Age 37
1823
Age 45
1825 · Museum of Lancashire
Age 47
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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