My Doreys originated in Jersey, a Channel Island; the earliest known are from 1690. Philip Cyrus Dorey, my great-great-grandfather, married Margaret Leet in 1829 in Arichat, Nova Scotia. Margaret was a descendant of William Logan Leete, who was a descendant of William the Lion, King of Scotland 1165–1214. This page holds my ancestors from Margaret Leet to William the Lion.
I have an Acrobat version of the book The Family of William Leete compiled by Edward L. Leete and published in 1884. The book has 183 pages and was digitized by Google. It is interesting, but contains errors.
Apparently Leete, through his mother, Anna Shute, was also descended from Charlemagne. The International Society of the Descendants of Charlemagne claim Leete is a "gateway ancestor." Charlemagne was Charles I "The Great" (747–814) King of France, 768–814.
This record is a compilation of "information" published by others. It is my intent to be accurate but, as I have few first-hand records, I am susceptible to the errors of others. I apologize for any errors you may discover; please let me know and I will gladly correct them.
On May 2, 2009 I published here a compilation of the ancestors of Margaret Leet with emphasis on the women whose surnames disappeared in history. I am grateful for the assistance of Viola M. (Fraser) James who started me on this epic and has guided my work with great attention to detail and verified facts. She has researched this family for over 20 years.
This is the familial relationship between William Logan Leete and his great-great-great-grandaughter Margaret Leete, wife of Philip Cyrus Dorey.
| 1- | William Logan Leete (1613–1683) born Dodington, Huntingtonshire, England; died Hartford, CT.
[I understand mine is the only record of William's middle name. That fact, or possibly factoid, originated with my father,
who is no longer availble for an account.]
After Anne Payne died, William remarried twice: Sarah Rutherford (1670) and Mary Street. He was a founder of Guilford, CT in 1639 and a governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1676–1683. |
| s- | Anne Payne (1621–1668) baptized 1621 Southhoe, England; married 1638; couple had nine children in all.
Daughter of Rev. John Payne of Southhoe. |
| 2- | Andrew Leete (1643–1702) born Guilford, CT; died Guilford, CT. |
| s- | Elizabeth Jordan (1650–1704) married 1669 Guilford, CT; died Guilford, CT; couple had six children in all.
Parents: Thomas and Dorothy Jordan. |
| 3- | Samuel Leete (1677–1751) born Guilford, CT; died Guilford, CT. |
| s- | Hannah Graves (1699–1770) born Guilford, CT; died Guilford, CT; married 1723 Guilford, CT; couple had six children in all.
Parents: Joseph and Margaret Graves. |
| 4- | Andrew Leete (1731–1808) born 11-6-1731 Guilford, CT; died Guysborough Intervale, NS where he was buried 5-28-1808.
Andrew had seven children in all, one (Jared) by his first wife and six by his second wife. He immigrated to Guysborough Intervale, Nova Scotia in Summer 1786, as a Loyalist, where he continued as a farmer. All children but his eldest son immigrated with him and his wife Submit. He was granted some land by the province of Nova Scotia and bought other properties. At his death he divided 1178 acres in 8 parcels in Guysborough and Manchester among his descendants. By the end of his life Andrew spelled his surname without the final "e." |
| s- | Esther Blachley (1742– ) born and died in Guilford, CT; married Andrew Leete 5-12-1763 Guilford (first wife). Parents: Joseph Blachley and Esther Collins. Divorced by husband for desertion on 5-14-1769; his divorce petition was dated 8-28-1769 in Guilford. |
| s- | Submit Doud (1742–1804) born 11-8-1742 East Guilford, CT; died 10-4-1804 Guysborough Intervale, NS.
Her parents were Janna Doud (1707–1792) and Desire Cornwell (1711– ).
Submit married twice. On 2-8-1764 she married Minard Cockard, of New York. They had one child: Cassandra Cockard. On 8-30-1773 she filed a petition in Guilford to divorce Minard after he left for Boston in April 1767 with no subsequent contact or support. Submit resumed her maiden name of Doud. (Divorce was unusual in those days, especially for women.) On 10-7-1773 Submit married Andrew Leete. NOTE: This family is mentioned on a number of websites, often with erroneous data. My information is based on photocopies of the original records. |
| 5- | Andrew Leet (1776–1865) born Guilford, CT; died 1-16-1865 Guysborough Intervale, NS age 89. |
| s- | Mary MacPherson (1780–1873) born New York; married 12-7-1800 Guysborough, NS;
bur. 5-29-1873 Guysborough Intervale, NS; couple had 12 children in all.
Her parents were James and Mary MacPherson.
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| 6- | Margaret Leet (1809– ) born Guysborough Intervale, NS. |
| s- | Philip Cyrus Dorey (1799–1863) born St. Lawrence, Jersey; died Arichat, NS; married 1829 Guysborough, NS. |
This is the familial relationship between William I and William Logan Leete. William I was also an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II of England and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Mr. Leete died in Hartford, CT on April 16, 1683 while the Governor of Connecticut Colony.
| 1- | William I the Lion, King of Scotland (1143–1214), son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Adelaide de Warenne (Warren), daughter of Henry I King of England. Huntington was the son of Maude, the grand niece of William the Conqueror; related to Macbeth. William had 5 legitimate children and 5 illegitimate children. He died 12-4-1214 in Stirling, Scotland. |
| s- | Ermengarde de Beaumont (died 1233) Married 1186; daughter of Richard, Viscount of Belloment.
Note: At least one source claims the mother of Isabel was Isabel Avenal (born about 1145), daughter of Richard Avenal and Sybil de Vasognes. |
| 2- | Isabel of Scotland (born about 1150 or 1170 or 1165); her mother may have been Isabel Avenal (there are accounts both ways); the difficulty is that William apparently had two daughters named Isabel. |
| s- | Robert de Ros, Magna Carta Surety, Knight Templar (1177–1226; second husband) born Helmsley (aka Hamlake), Yorkshire, England; married 1191 Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.
Parents: Everard de Ros (born about 1204) and Roese Trussebut (Rose Trusbut).
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| 3- | Sir William de Ros (1193–1264) |
| s- | Lucy Fitz Piers (about 1124–1266)
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| 4- | Sir Robert de Ros (1235–1285) 1st Lord Ros of Helmsley |
| s- | Isabel d'Aubigny (1235–1301) daughter of William, Lord of Belvoir and Isabel.
Had 5 children: William, Robert, Isabel, Joan, and Mary.
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| 5- | William de Ros, 1st Baron of Helmsley (1255–1316) A metal fragment of a shield decoration with his heraldic arms was found at what is believed to be the 1298 camp of Edward I of England, aka Longshanks. Edward fought the Battle of Falkirk on July 22, 1298 against William Wallace, aka Braveheart, in a major engagement in the First War of Scottish Independence. William de Ros was with Edward and fought at the Battle of Falkirk. "He was continually employed in the Scotch Wars, till his death. In 1291 he was, for a short time, among the candidates for the throne of Scotland, by virtue of his descent from William the Lion, King of Scotland." |
| s- | Maud Vaux (or Matilda de Vaux) (born about 1261) Married in 1287. The De Vaux family was descended from
Robert De Vaux who came over from Normandy with William I of England.
Had children: William, John, Thomas, George (probably), Agnes, Alice, and Margaret (possibly).
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| 6- | Agnes de Ros (1287–1328) |
| s- | Pain de Tibetot, 1st Baron of Tibetot (also spelled Tybetot) (1279–1314)
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| 7- | John de Tibetot, 2nd Baron of Tibetot (1313–1367) |
| s- | Elizabeth Aspall (born about 1318)
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| 8- | Sir Pain de Tibetot (born about 1348) Younger son of his father's second wife, was knighted about 1386. Died soon after March 21, 1412/1413. |
| s- | Agnes Wrothe (born about 1358) Daughter of John Wrothe and Nether Wallop Buckland. Died before 1413.
Children: John and Elizabeth.
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| 9- | Elizabeth de Tibetot |
| s- | Sir John Daneys (born 1375) Children: Robert, Jane, and Elizabeth.
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| 10- | Elizabeth Daneys (born about 1415) |
| s- | William Haselden (also spelled Hasilden) (1411–1480) Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
Son and heir of Thomas Hasilden and his wife Elizabeth Colville. Children: John, George, and Richard.
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| 11- | John Heselden (born about 1448) Died before 1505. |
| s- | Elizabeth Cheney (born about 1446) Daughter of John Cheney, Knight of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, and Elizabeth
Rempston. Children: Francis, Anthony, Katherine, and Grace.
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| 12- | Anthony Haselden |
| s- | Jane Marshall
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| 13- | Beatrice Haselden |
| s- | Robert Freville (died 1521; apparently there is some doubt of Robert's wife, may not be Beatrice)
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| 14- | Thomasine Freville (Ann Thomasine Margaret Freville) (born about 1474) |
| s- | Christopher Burgoyne (born 1470)
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| 15- | Thomasine Burgoyne (born 1537) |
| s- | Robert Shute (1528–1590)
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| 16- | Anne Shute (1580–1650) |
| s- | John Leete (1575–1648) born Dodington, England; father Thomas Leete (1569–1616) born Oakington;
mother Maria Slade born Rushton, married 1568, died 1610. John and Anne had 3 children: William, John, and Ann.
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| 17- | William Logan Leete (1613–1683) born Dodington, England; died Hartford, CT |
Note the information on these websites is not necessarily correct. It is also possible that info on one site disagrees with info on another site. Use caution!
William I the Lion
William Logan Leete
Please contact me with corrections and additions or if you're a relative!
Revision: 10-3-2009.