Andrew Leach

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
1901 census, Goulbourn

Died:
Smiths Falls death register

John married Mary Jane Graham in 1849. Mary was born on 15 Aug 1823; died on 29 Dec 1906 in Montague Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Died:
Montague death register

Notes:

Married:
Founding Families of Beckwith

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William Henry Leech
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199437622
• _FGRAVE: 199437622

Notes:

Died:
Luke Leach (son of William & Elizabeth)
Born: Jul 4, 1825 (Beckwith Twp)
Died: Sep 28, 1902 (Brockville, Ont)
Interred: Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Ont.

Contributor: Bruce Leach (50416173)

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William Henry Leach & Elizabeth Lemmex

William Henry Leach (1780-1878) was born in Enniscorthy, Wexford County, Ireland in 1780.
He was the second son of William Leach & Anne Edwards and the oldest son to eventually
immigrate to Canada (his brothers George & James remained in Ireland). He married Elizabeth
"Betsy" Lemmex in Ireland on Apr 16, 1804.
Elizabeth Lemmex (1786-1874), the daughter of John Lemmex Sr. (1770-1832) & Ida
Solman, was also born in Wexford County, Ireland.. A plaque in the memory of John Lemmex
Sr. and his wife as two of the many Wexford Irish settlers who arrived in Beckwith Township in
June 1819 can be found in the cemetery in Franktown, Ont.
There is some confusion as to Elizabeth's maiden name (as it is not shown on her tombstone).
There have been some references to Lummex, Lumax, as well as Lummox, perhaps because of
a gentleman named Thomas Lummox, who settled on Lot 6, Concession 8 in 1822.
Their first four children (John, Edith, Ann, Thomas) were born in Ireland ... all in Wexford
County except for John who was born in Carlow. In 1819, William was awarded a sealed grant
by the Crown King George IV to 100 acres in Beckwith Twp, Lanark County in Upper Canada. In
June of that year, he, his wife Elizabeth and their four children arrived in Canada (Port of
Quebec) aboard the British frigate "Maria". Likely joining them at that time was Thomas Leech
(1793-1852) and his wife Frances Cooke (1792-1879) as well as another William Leach (1792-
1857) & his wife Harriet Hawkins (1795-1871). William Henry's exact relationship to both
Thomas & the other William remains a mystery.
William Henry's sister Susan Leech (1788-1873) & her husband James Lucas (1782-1844)
arrived in Canada in 1815. His brother Samuel Leech, his sisters Elizabeth & Esther (with
husband William Willis) as well as his widowed mother Anne Edwards arrived in Beckwith in
1820.
When the family arrived in Canada, their family name was spelt "Leech". The change to "Leach"
probably happened quickly as most records after 1822 showed the latter spelling. The family
settled on lot 12 on the ninth concession of Beckwith. In 1822, they built their permanent
residence and it today stands as the oldest house in Beckwith Twp.
William & Elizabeth had another seven children (James, Henry, William, Luke, Elizabeth, Robert
& Keziah) after their arrival in Canada ... all were born between 1820 to 1833 in Beckwith Twp.
William Henry died on Jan 31, 1878. Elizabeth passed away several years earlier on Apr 16,
1874. Both are buried in the public cemetery at Franktown, Ont. (just north of Smiths Falls) ...
plots 240 & 241.

Sources ... Willis cemetery records from Franktown Public Cemetery; census records of Beckwith, April 1820, 1842
and 1851; parish records maintained in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa)

Contributor: Janice Lynn Lewis (50121802)

William married Elizabeth "Betsy" Lemmex on 16 Apr 1804 in Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of John Lemmex, Sr. and Ida Solman) was born in 1791 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland; died on 16 Apr 1874 in Franktown, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Apr 1874 in Franktown Public Cemetery, Franktown, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Betsy Lemmex
• Name: Elizabeth Lomax
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187789632
• _FGRAVE: 187789632

Notes:

Buried:
Inscription
ELIZABETH
Wife of William LEACH
Died Apr 18, 1874
Aged 83 Yrs.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207204762
• _FGRAVE: 207204762

Notes:

Died:
William Henry Leach died in battle at Vinegar Hill Wexford County Ireland Casualties for the United Irishmen have been variously reported, with estimates ranging from 400 to around 1,200.

Buried:
Unknow gravesite. Lost at War, Specifically: Battle of Vinegar Hill United Irishmen have been variously reported, with estimates ranging from 400 to around 1,200.

William married Anne Edwards. Anne (daughter of Henry Llewelyn Edwards and Elizabeth Hicks) was born on 15 Jun 1752 in Wexford, County Wexford, Leinster Province, Ireland; died in 1827 in Bedford Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, canada; was buried in Franktown Public Cemetery, Franktown, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205978942
• _FGRAVE: 205978942

Notes:

Died:
Beloved wife of William Henry Leach, I killed in battle Vinegar Hill
Birth 1750 Death June 1798 of Husband.
Emigrated to Beckwith on the brig "Maria" and settled on Concession 9, Lot 12NE.

John married Ida Solman. Ida was born in County Wexford, Leinster Province, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]