Major Abraham Leggett aka Legate
Birth: 3 Jan 1755 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Death: 16 Jan 1842
Burial: New York, , New York
DAR
Service: NEW YORK Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1-3-1755 WEST FARMS WESTCHESTER CO NEW YORK
Death: 1-16-1842 NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
Pension Number: *S42859
Service Source: *S42859; LEGGETT,, NARR OF MAJ ABRAHAM LEGGETT, PP 10-29; ROBERTS NY IN THE REV, P 55; HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFF OF CONT ARMY, P 346
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, COL SWARTWOUT, CAPT SWARTWOUT; COL LEWIS DUBOYS, CAPT HENRY GODWIN;
2) POW
Note:
Source: New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, July 1913. Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, N.Y.
Buried in the Houston Street Pres. Churchyard, N.Y.C.
DAR Patriot Index: Abraham: b 1-3-1755 d 1-16-1842 m (1) Rebecca Morgan (2) Catherine Wyley Lt NY
From pages 51, 52 of West Farms:
Abraham Leggett was born at West Farms, Jan. 3,1775; his father, John Leggett, died when Abraham was five years of age, and when his mother returned to Newtown, L. I., in 1762, he went to live with his grandfather, William Leggett. On the death of William Leggett in 1763 he went to his uncle Abraham's home, where he remained until fourteen years of age. He was then apprenticed to Phineas Hunt, and later to Samuel Van Black, to learn the trade of blacksmith.
When the trouble began between the Colonies and England, Abraham Leggett took an active part in Westchester County politics. He, with Thomas Hunt, Col. Lewis Norris, and nine others were the gentlemen addressed by the New York Commitee relative to appointmentof delegates to a convention of the county, for the election of deputies to the Colonial Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. He served as ensign, later as lieutenant, when the war began; raised a company for Capt. James Horton, March 13, I776; was in the battles of Brooklyn, Harlem Heights, White Plains and Fort Montgomery. When Fort Montgomery was taken by the British he was taken prisoner and was confined in the old City Hall on Wall Street, and later in the old Provost in the Park, where he suffered great privation and hardship. He remained a prisoner until 1781 when he was exchanged. Later, he rejoined the army and served until the end of the war.
After the Revolution, Major Abraham Leggett removed to Charleston, S. C; from there to Savannah, Georgia, Rtld about 1805 returned to New York City, where he resided until his death in 1842. Major Leggett was an original member of the New York Society of the Cincinnali, and served as its vice-president from 1838 until his death in 1842.
At the request of his children, Major Leggett began a history of his life and Revolutionary experiences, a few years before his death, which was published with editorial noles by Charles Bushnell, in 1865, under the title of "Narrative of Abraham Leggett." (RCL note: I have a copy of this text.)
William Leggett (No. 131), son of Major Abraham Leggett was a well known writer, and was editor, with William Cullen Bryant, of the New York Evening Post for a number of years. Educated at Georgetown College, D. C., Leggctt was appointed a midshipman in the United Ststes Navy in 1822, but finding a literary life more to his taste, resigned his commission in 1826 and returned to New York. In 1828 he was made editor of the Critic, a weekly journal which was afterwards united with the New York Mirror. He became one of the editors of the Evrning Post in 1829 and remained with the Post until ill health forced him to resign in 1836. He sought to regain his health by rest and travel in Europe, but without success, and returning to America, died at his home in New Rochelle, May 29, 1839. His published works include: Leisure Hours at Sea, a volume of poems written while in the navy, Tales by a Country School-Master, a collection of his articles which had appeared in the Mirror and other magazines; Sketches at Sea; and many other poems and sketches. He was an earnest advocate of the rights of free discussion and strongly denounced those who mobbed the abolitionists in 1835. His editorial work on the Post was of a very high order, his articles being exceptionally vigorous and direct. Mr, Sedgwick, in his Editorials of the Evening Post, says of him: His reading was extremely copious and his style most vlgorous and manly. : Nothing could be in greater contrast with the vehemence of his writings than the mildness and courtesy of his social life. Mr. Leggett was intimately associated with Bryant in his work on the Post, and an editorial by Bryant at the time of his resignation shows the high esteem which Bryant had for him and for his talents, an esteem which is further emphasized in Bryant's later editorial and poem on his death. In his early death the world at large, as well as his many friends and admirers, sustained an irreparable loss.
Father: John Leggett b: 4 Feb 1733 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Mother: Sarah Alsop b: in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Married: 1) Rebecca Morgan b: 7 Jun 1758 in Huntington, Long Island, New York
Married: 29 May 1777
Children
1. Elizabeth Leggett b: 1 Apr 1778
2. Rebecca Leggett b: 10 Jun 1780
Married: 2) Catherine Wylie b: 22 Jul 1762 in New Rochelle, , New York
Married: 3 Jan 1784
Children
1. Abraham Alsop Leggett b: 23 Oct 1785 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
2. Mary Norwood Leggett b: 1 Aug 1788 in Savannah, , Georgia
3. Sarah Wiley Leggett b: 23 Aug 1790 in Savannah, , Georgia
4. Sarah Leggett b: 15 Dec 1792 in Savannah, , Georgia
5. Louisa Leggett b: 13 Mar 1795 in Savannah, , Georgia
6. Jane Leggett b: 26 Jul 1797 in Savannah, , Georgia
7. William W. Leggett b: 15 Nov 1799 in Savannah, , Georgia
8. William Leggett b: 30 Apr 1801 in Savannah, , Georgia
9. Catherine Wiley Leggett b: 19 Mar 1804 in Savannah, , Georgia
Birth: 3 Jan 1755 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Death: 16 Jan 1842
Burial: New York, , New York
DAR
Service: NEW YORK Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1-3-1755 WEST FARMS WESTCHESTER CO NEW YORK
Death: 1-16-1842 NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
Pension Number: *S42859
Service Source: *S42859; LEGGETT,, NARR OF MAJ ABRAHAM LEGGETT, PP 10-29; ROBERTS NY IN THE REV, P 55; HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFF OF CONT ARMY, P 346
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, COL SWARTWOUT, CAPT SWARTWOUT; COL LEWIS DUBOYS, CAPT HENRY GODWIN;
2) POW
Note:
Source: New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, July 1913. Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, N.Y.
Buried in the Houston Street Pres. Churchyard, N.Y.C.
DAR Patriot Index: Abraham: b 1-3-1755 d 1-16-1842 m (1) Rebecca Morgan (2) Catherine Wyley Lt NY
From pages 51, 52 of West Farms:
Abraham Leggett was born at West Farms, Jan. 3,1775; his father, John Leggett, died when Abraham was five years of age, and when his mother returned to Newtown, L. I., in 1762, he went to live with his grandfather, William Leggett. On the death of William Leggett in 1763 he went to his uncle Abraham's home, where he remained until fourteen years of age. He was then apprenticed to Phineas Hunt, and later to Samuel Van Black, to learn the trade of blacksmith.
When the trouble began between the Colonies and England, Abraham Leggett took an active part in Westchester County politics. He, with Thomas Hunt, Col. Lewis Norris, and nine others were the gentlemen addressed by the New York Commitee relative to appointmentof delegates to a convention of the county, for the election of deputies to the Colonial Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. He served as ensign, later as lieutenant, when the war began; raised a company for Capt. James Horton, March 13, I776; was in the battles of Brooklyn, Harlem Heights, White Plains and Fort Montgomery. When Fort Montgomery was taken by the British he was taken prisoner and was confined in the old City Hall on Wall Street, and later in the old Provost in the Park, where he suffered great privation and hardship. He remained a prisoner until 1781 when he was exchanged. Later, he rejoined the army and served until the end of the war.
After the Revolution, Major Abraham Leggett removed to Charleston, S. C; from there to Savannah, Georgia, Rtld about 1805 returned to New York City, where he resided until his death in 1842. Major Leggett was an original member of the New York Society of the Cincinnali, and served as its vice-president from 1838 until his death in 1842.
At the request of his children, Major Leggett began a history of his life and Revolutionary experiences, a few years before his death, which was published with editorial noles by Charles Bushnell, in 1865, under the title of "Narrative of Abraham Leggett." (RCL note: I have a copy of this text.)
William Leggett (No. 131), son of Major Abraham Leggett was a well known writer, and was editor, with William Cullen Bryant, of the New York Evening Post for a number of years. Educated at Georgetown College, D. C., Leggctt was appointed a midshipman in the United Ststes Navy in 1822, but finding a literary life more to his taste, resigned his commission in 1826 and returned to New York. In 1828 he was made editor of the Critic, a weekly journal which was afterwards united with the New York Mirror. He became one of the editors of the Evrning Post in 1829 and remained with the Post until ill health forced him to resign in 1836. He sought to regain his health by rest and travel in Europe, but without success, and returning to America, died at his home in New Rochelle, May 29, 1839. His published works include: Leisure Hours at Sea, a volume of poems written while in the navy, Tales by a Country School-Master, a collection of his articles which had appeared in the Mirror and other magazines; Sketches at Sea; and many other poems and sketches. He was an earnest advocate of the rights of free discussion and strongly denounced those who mobbed the abolitionists in 1835. His editorial work on the Post was of a very high order, his articles being exceptionally vigorous and direct. Mr, Sedgwick, in his Editorials of the Evening Post, says of him: His reading was extremely copious and his style most vlgorous and manly. : Nothing could be in greater contrast with the vehemence of his writings than the mildness and courtesy of his social life. Mr. Leggett was intimately associated with Bryant in his work on the Post, and an editorial by Bryant at the time of his resignation shows the high esteem which Bryant had for him and for his talents, an esteem which is further emphasized in Bryant's later editorial and poem on his death. In his early death the world at large, as well as his many friends and admirers, sustained an irreparable loss.
Father: John Leggett b: 4 Feb 1733 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Mother: Sarah Alsop b: in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Married: 1) Rebecca Morgan b: 7 Jun 1758 in Huntington, Long Island, New York
Married: 29 May 1777
Children
1. Elizabeth Leggett b: 1 Apr 1778
2. Rebecca Leggett b: 10 Jun 1780
Married: 2) Catherine Wylie b: 22 Jul 1762 in New Rochelle, , New York
Married: 3 Jan 1784
Children
1. Abraham Alsop Leggett b: 23 Oct 1785 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
2. Mary Norwood Leggett b: 1 Aug 1788 in Savannah, , Georgia
3. Sarah Wiley Leggett b: 23 Aug 1790 in Savannah, , Georgia
4. Sarah Leggett b: 15 Dec 1792 in Savannah, , Georgia
5. Louisa Leggett b: 13 Mar 1795 in Savannah, , Georgia
6. Jane Leggett b: 26 Jul 1797 in Savannah, , Georgia
7. William W. Leggett b: 15 Nov 1799 in Savannah, , Georgia
8. William Leggett b: 30 Apr 1801 in Savannah, , Georgia
9. Catherine Wiley Leggett b: 19 Mar 1804 in Savannah, , Georgia
Major Abraham Leggett aka Legate
Birth: 3 Jan 1755 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Death: 16 Jan 1842
Burial: New York, , New York
DAR
Service: NEW YORK Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1-3-1755 WEST FARMS WESTCHESTER CO NEW YORK
Death: 1-16-1842 NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
Pension Number: *S42859
Service Source: *S42859; LEGGETT,, NARR OF MAJ ABRAHAM LEGGETT, PP 10-29; ROBERTS NY IN THE REV, P 55; HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFF OF CONT ARMY, P 346
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, COL SWARTWOUT, CAPT SWARTWOUT; COL LEWIS DUBOYS, CAPT HENRY GODWIN;
2) POW
Note:
Source: New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, July 1913. Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, N.Y.
Buried in the Houston Street Pres. Churchyard, N.Y.C.
DAR Patriot Index: Abraham: b 1-3-1755 d 1-16-1842 m (1) Rebecca Morgan (2) Catherine Wyley Lt NY
From pages 51, 52 of West Farms:
Abraham Leggett was born at West Farms, Jan. 3,1775; his father, John Leggett, died when Abraham was five years of age, and when his mother returned to Newtown, L. I., in 1762, he went to live with his grandfather, William Leggett. On the death of William Leggett in 1763 he went to his uncle Abraham's home, where he remained until fourteen years of age. He was then apprenticed to Phineas Hunt, and later to Samuel Van Black, to learn the trade of blacksmith.
When the trouble began between the Colonies and England, Abraham Leggett took an active part in Westchester County politics. He, with Thomas Hunt, Col. Lewis Norris, and nine others were the gentlemen addressed by the New York Commitee relative to appointmentof delegates to a convention of the county, for the election of deputies to the Colonial Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. He served as ensign, later as lieutenant, when the war began; raised a company for Capt. James Horton, March 13, I776; was in the battles of Brooklyn, Harlem Heights, White Plains and Fort Montgomery. When Fort Montgomery was taken by the British he was taken prisoner and was confined in the old City Hall on Wall Street, and later in the old Provost in the Park, where he suffered great privation and hardship. He remained a prisoner until 1781 when he was exchanged. Later, he rejoined the army and served until the end of the war.
After the Revolution, Major Abraham Leggett removed to Charleston, S. C; from there to Savannah, Georgia, Rtld about 1805 returned to New York City, where he resided until his death in 1842. Major Leggett was an original member of the New York Society of the Cincinnali, and served as its vice-president from 1838 until his death in 1842.
At the request of his children, Major Leggett began a history of his life and Revolutionary experiences, a few years before his death, which was published with editorial noles by Charles Bushnell, in 1865, under the title of "Narrative of Abraham Leggett." (RCL note: I have a copy of this text.)
William Leggett (No. 131), son of Major Abraham Leggett was a well known writer, and was editor, with William Cullen Bryant, of the New York Evening Post for a number of years. Educated at Georgetown College, D. C., Leggctt was appointed a midshipman in the United Ststes Navy in 1822, but finding a literary life more to his taste, resigned his commission in 1826 and returned to New York. In 1828 he was made editor of the Critic, a weekly journal which was afterwards united with the New York Mirror. He became one of the editors of the Evrning Post in 1829 and remained with the Post until ill health forced him to resign in 1836. He sought to regain his health by rest and travel in Europe, but without success, and returning to America, died at his home in New Rochelle, May 29, 1839. His published works include: Leisure Hours at Sea, a volume of poems written while in the navy, Tales by a Country School-Master, a collection of his articles which had appeared in the Mirror and other magazines; Sketches at Sea; and many other poems and sketches. He was an earnest advocate of the rights of free discussion and strongly denounced those who mobbed the abolitionists in 1835. His editorial work on the Post was of a very high order, his articles being exceptionally vigorous and direct. Mr, Sedgwick, in his Editorials of the Evening Post, says of him: His reading was extremely copious and his style most vlgorous and manly. : Nothing could be in greater contrast with the vehemence of his writings than the mildness and courtesy of his social life. Mr. Leggett was intimately associated with Bryant in his work on the Post, and an editorial by Bryant at the time of his resignation shows the high esteem which Bryant had for him and for his talents, an esteem which is further emphasized in Bryant's later editorial and poem on his death. In his early death the world at large, as well as his many friends and admirers, sustained an irreparable loss.
Father: John Leggett b: 4 Feb 1733 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Mother: Sarah Alsop b: in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Married: 1) Rebecca Morgan b: 7 Jun 1758 in Huntington, Long Island, New York
Married: 29 May 1777
Children
1. Elizabeth Leggett b: 1 Apr 1778
2. Rebecca Leggett b: 10 Jun 1780
Married: 2) Catherine Wylie b: 22 Jul 1762 in New Rochelle, , New York
Married: 3 Jan 1784
Children
1. Abraham Alsop Leggett b: 23 Oct 1785 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
2. Mary Norwood Leggett b: 1 Aug 1788 in Savannah, , Georgia
3. Sarah Wiley Leggett b: 23 Aug 1790 in Savannah, , Georgia
4. Sarah Leggett b: 15 Dec 1792 in Savannah, , Georgia
5. Louisa Leggett b: 13 Mar 1795 in Savannah, , Georgia
6. Jane Leggett b: 26 Jul 1797 in Savannah, , Georgia
7. William W. Leggett b: 15 Nov 1799 in Savannah, , Georgia
8. William Leggett b: 30 Apr 1801 in Savannah, , Georgia
9. Catherine Wiley Leggett b: 19 Mar 1804 in Savannah, , Georgia
Birth: 3 Jan 1755 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Death: 16 Jan 1842
Burial: New York, , New York
DAR
Service: NEW YORK Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1-3-1755 WEST FARMS WESTCHESTER CO NEW YORK
Death: 1-16-1842 NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK
Pension Number: *S42859
Service Source: *S42859; LEGGETT,, NARR OF MAJ ABRAHAM LEGGETT, PP 10-29; ROBERTS NY IN THE REV, P 55; HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFF OF CONT ARMY, P 346
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT, COL SWARTWOUT, CAPT SWARTWOUT; COL LEWIS DUBOYS, CAPT HENRY GODWIN;
2) POW
Note:
Source: New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, July 1913. Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, N.Y.
Buried in the Houston Street Pres. Churchyard, N.Y.C.
DAR Patriot Index: Abraham: b 1-3-1755 d 1-16-1842 m (1) Rebecca Morgan (2) Catherine Wyley Lt NY
From pages 51, 52 of West Farms:
Abraham Leggett was born at West Farms, Jan. 3,1775; his father, John Leggett, died when Abraham was five years of age, and when his mother returned to Newtown, L. I., in 1762, he went to live with his grandfather, William Leggett. On the death of William Leggett in 1763 he went to his uncle Abraham's home, where he remained until fourteen years of age. He was then apprenticed to Phineas Hunt, and later to Samuel Van Black, to learn the trade of blacksmith.
When the trouble began between the Colonies and England, Abraham Leggett took an active part in Westchester County politics. He, with Thomas Hunt, Col. Lewis Norris, and nine others were the gentlemen addressed by the New York Commitee relative to appointmentof delegates to a convention of the county, for the election of deputies to the Colonial Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. He served as ensign, later as lieutenant, when the war began; raised a company for Capt. James Horton, March 13, I776; was in the battles of Brooklyn, Harlem Heights, White Plains and Fort Montgomery. When Fort Montgomery was taken by the British he was taken prisoner and was confined in the old City Hall on Wall Street, and later in the old Provost in the Park, where he suffered great privation and hardship. He remained a prisoner until 1781 when he was exchanged. Later, he rejoined the army and served until the end of the war.
After the Revolution, Major Abraham Leggett removed to Charleston, S. C; from there to Savannah, Georgia, Rtld about 1805 returned to New York City, where he resided until his death in 1842. Major Leggett was an original member of the New York Society of the Cincinnali, and served as its vice-president from 1838 until his death in 1842.
At the request of his children, Major Leggett began a history of his life and Revolutionary experiences, a few years before his death, which was published with editorial noles by Charles Bushnell, in 1865, under the title of "Narrative of Abraham Leggett." (RCL note: I have a copy of this text.)
William Leggett (No. 131), son of Major Abraham Leggett was a well known writer, and was editor, with William Cullen Bryant, of the New York Evening Post for a number of years. Educated at Georgetown College, D. C., Leggctt was appointed a midshipman in the United Ststes Navy in 1822, but finding a literary life more to his taste, resigned his commission in 1826 and returned to New York. In 1828 he was made editor of the Critic, a weekly journal which was afterwards united with the New York Mirror. He became one of the editors of the Evrning Post in 1829 and remained with the Post until ill health forced him to resign in 1836. He sought to regain his health by rest and travel in Europe, but without success, and returning to America, died at his home in New Rochelle, May 29, 1839. His published works include: Leisure Hours at Sea, a volume of poems written while in the navy, Tales by a Country School-Master, a collection of his articles which had appeared in the Mirror and other magazines; Sketches at Sea; and many other poems and sketches. He was an earnest advocate of the rights of free discussion and strongly denounced those who mobbed the abolitionists in 1835. His editorial work on the Post was of a very high order, his articles being exceptionally vigorous and direct. Mr, Sedgwick, in his Editorials of the Evening Post, says of him: His reading was extremely copious and his style most vlgorous and manly. : Nothing could be in greater contrast with the vehemence of his writings than the mildness and courtesy of his social life. Mr. Leggett was intimately associated with Bryant in his work on the Post, and an editorial by Bryant at the time of his resignation shows the high esteem which Bryant had for him and for his talents, an esteem which is further emphasized in Bryant's later editorial and poem on his death. In his early death the world at large, as well as his many friends and admirers, sustained an irreparable loss.
Father: John Leggett b: 4 Feb 1733 in West Farms, Westchester, New York
Mother: Sarah Alsop b: in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Married: 1) Rebecca Morgan b: 7 Jun 1758 in Huntington, Long Island, New York
Married: 29 May 1777
Children
1. Elizabeth Leggett b: 1 Apr 1778
2. Rebecca Leggett b: 10 Jun 1780
Married: 2) Catherine Wylie b: 22 Jul 1762 in New Rochelle, , New York
Married: 3 Jan 1784
Children
1. Abraham Alsop Leggett b: 23 Oct 1785 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
2. Mary Norwood Leggett b: 1 Aug 1788 in Savannah, , Georgia
3. Sarah Wiley Leggett b: 23 Aug 1790 in Savannah, , Georgia
4. Sarah Leggett b: 15 Dec 1792 in Savannah, , Georgia
5. Louisa Leggett b: 13 Mar 1795 in Savannah, , Georgia
6. Jane Leggett b: 26 Jul 1797 in Savannah, , Georgia
7. William W. Leggett b: 15 Nov 1799 in Savannah, , Georgia
8. William Leggett b: 30 Apr 1801 in Savannah, , Georgia
9. Catherine Wiley Leggett b: 19 Mar 1804 in Savannah, , Georgia
Family Members
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