Elisabeth Leishman was born about 1770, in Peeblesshire, Scotland. She married Alexander Newlands in November 1800, in West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 10 February 1851, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Scottish (Stirlingshire): occupational name for a maker of leashes, from Middle English and Older Scots lese, leise, lech(e), lesh(e) ‘a leash for holding a coursing hound or watchdog’, also ‘a thong for securing a hawk’, + man. The name would be synonymous with Lesmaker, Leshmaker, attested in early 15th-century Durham.
Perhaps also a Scottish variant of Leachman .
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