LEEMAN, LEAMAN, LEEMING
Robert Leeming of Gammersgill,
Yorkshire England was married to Dorothy Render and had six children. Robert (age 51) left England with his son Robert Jr. (age 17) and came to Canada aboard the Ship Albion.
The ship left Hull, England on March 14, 1774 carrying 184 passengers
and 9 crew. A 150 ton ship designed for only 75 passengers, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 6, 1774. It would seem that the two Leeming men were unaccompanied but there is reason
to believe that they were two of a party of five with Joshua Gildart and others.
Robert Sr & Jr settled
on the Coverdale River (so named because Robert lived on the Coverdale
River in Gammersgill, England) at Five Points. Building his log cabin on the Colpitts Settlement Rd. near the third driveway on the left by a small brook, where the remains of several mills can be
seen. His original grant was for 300 acres, extending from the river east, which included the Five
Points Baptist Church property and the Cemetery property. There is a home still on the property
built in 1847 by John Leeman and is a heritage home.
Robert Jr. married Ann in
1780 and had 12 children
Simon
lived at home.
James
settled in Coverdale on lands where Riverview started.
Robert
111 lived near Leaman Hill, Old Fredericton
Road.
Isabella
stayed in the Coverdale area.
Thomas
settled in Nixon Settlement.
Ann lived
in the Parish of Hillsborough.
Elizabeth stayed in the Coverdale area.
Daughter
(Mrs James Day) stayed in the Coverdale Area.
William
settled in Nixon Settlement.
Mary lived
in the Parish of Moncton.
Jane moved
to Pollett River near the Glades.
John inherited
the property at Five Points.
Today we have Leemans and
Leamans, all related, and each holding on to the spelling of their name. In my case my Grandfather was Rufus Leeman;
my father was John Leaman.
From their small beginnings
the Leamans now are from Halifax, to B.C. and from Mass. to California all related.
There are many Leemings in
Ontario (original spelling) but even by DNA testing we have not as yet determined any connection
to our line, yet they too have descended from Yorkshire ancestors.
Submitted by Walter Leaman;
contact: sshadbolt@rogers.com
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