Brief Life History of Richard
Richard Leigh was born on 28 July 1678, in Deane, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the son of William Liegh and ?. He married Jane Buck on 8 October 1719, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He was buried in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Richard Liegh, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Leigh in entry for Mary Leigh, "England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996"
- Richard Leigh, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places (in at least sixteen counties, but especially Leigh in Lancashire) named either with the nominative case of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ (see Lee ) or with lēage, a late dative form of this word (see Lye ).
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 李, based on its Cantonese pronunciation. See Li 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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