Generations 1 - 2 of Joseph & Rachel (Ryan) Leisure

Descendants of Joseph and Rachel (Ryan) Leisure
Generation 1

1.        JOSEPH1 LEISURE was born in 1730. He died in 1838 in Garrard, Kentucky. He married (1) RACHAL RYAN before 1772. She was born before 1757 in Halifax, Virginia. She died in 1817 in Garrard, Kentucky (probably). He married (2) ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY on 09 Jan 1817 in Garrard, Kentucky.

Joseph LEISURE and Rachal RYAN had the following children:

i.            JOHN2 LEISURE was born in 1772 in Frederick, Maryland. He died in 1851 in Rush, Indiana. He married ANN HARDIN on 09 Oct 1821.

ii.          JOSEPH LEISURE was born about 1775 in Frederick, Maryland. He died in Garrard, Kentucky. He married SARAH PHILLIPS on 02 Jun 1813 in Garrard, Kentucky.

3.                      iii. NATHAN LEISURE was born on 03 Mar 1777 in Frederick, Maryland. He died on 23 May 1865 in Rush, Indiana. He married SARAH IRVIN in 1804 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, daughter of Joseph IRVIN and Sallie LEWIS. She was born on 31 May 1784 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia. She died on 27 Dec 1876 in Rush, Indiana.

iv.        THOMAS J. LEISURE was born about 1780. He died on 03 May 1818 in Rush, Indiana.

3.                      v. WILLIAM LEISURE was born in 1784 in Virginia. He died in 1865 in Garrard, Kentucky. He married MARY STANTON on 27 Jan 1824 in Garrard, Kentucky. She was born about 1798 in Kentucky.

vi.        KEZIAH LEISURE was born about 1786 in Virginia (probably). She died.

vii.       RACHEL LEISURE was born about 1791. She died after 1824. She married ALFRED PIERCE on 12 Feb 1824 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died after 1824.

4.                      viii. MARY LEISURE was born about 1792 in Garrard, Kentucky. She married (1) FLEMING STAUNTON. He was born about 1790. He died. She married (2) JOHN LEWIS on 20 Apr 1814 in Garrard, Kentucky. He was born in 1750 in North Carolina. He died in 1819 in Garrard, Kentucky.

Generation 2
2.        NATHAN2 LEISURE (Joseph1) was born on 03 Mar 1777 in Frederick, Maryland. He died on 23 May 1865 in Rush, Indiana. He married SARAH IRVIN in 1804 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, daughter of Joseph IRVIN and Sallie LEWIS. She was born on 31 May 1784 in Staunton, Augusta, Virginia.

She died on 27 Dec 1876 in Rush, Indiana.

Notes for Nathan LEISURE:

According to the Rush County History Book, Nathan was of English descent.

Nathan Leisure of Rush County purchased 80 acres in Rush County, Indiana from the U.S. Government on 12 Aug 1834. description: E 1/2 SW Sec. 4 Twp 14N Range 9E. Certificate No. 12983.

Notes for Sarah IRVIN:

According to the HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT by Brant & Fuller; 1888, page 512 , Sarah was of Irish descent.

Nathan LEISURE and Sarah IRVIN had the following children:

5.                      i. WILLIAM R.3 LEISURE was born about 1804 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died after 1880 in Howard, Indiana. He married LUCINDA FRESH on 14 Nov 1827 in Boyle, Kentucky (Was Lincoln). She was born on 25 Apr 1809 in Kentucky. She died on 09 Mar 1869 in Indiana.

6.                      ii. JOSEPH P. LEISURE was born on 21 Feb 1806 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died on 08 Jun 1891 in Rush, Indiana. He married DORINDA T. FRESH on 08 Nov 1836 in Lincoln, Kentucky. She was born in Feb 1811 in Kentucky. She died on 09 Feb 1875 in Rush, Indiana.


Generation 2 (con't)
7.                      iii. GEORGE WASHINGTON LEISURE was born on 03 Jun 1809 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died on 28 Mar 1896 in Rush, Indiana. He married LUCINDA MYERS on 08 Oct 1829 in Garrard, Kentucky, daughter of Michael MYERS and Christena POPE. She was born on 27 Jul 1810 in Boyle, Kentucky (Was Lincoln). She died on 13 Aug 1890 in Rush, Indiana.

8.                      iv. THOMAS JEFFERSON LEISURE was born on 05 Mar 1811 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died on 03 May 1848 in Garrard, Kentucky. He married SUSAN HOUSE on 19 May 1830 in Garrard, Kentucky. She was born on 07 Mar 1812 in Culpeper, Virginia. She died on 17 Aug 1897.

9.                      v. JAMES MADISON LEISURE was born on 16 Nov 1814 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died on 14 Jan 1903 in Jefferson, Iowa. He married MARGARET SNIDER on 25 Sep 1834 in Rush, Indiana. She was born on 09 Oct 1814 in Holmes, Crawford, Ohio. She died on 08 Mar 1899 in Jefferson, Iowa.

vi.        MARY LEISURE was born about 1815 in Garrard, Kentucky. She died in Rush, Indiana. She married WILLIAM HUSTON.

vii.       KASAN LEISURE was born in 1817 in Garrard, Kentucky. She died on 21 Jul 1843 in Rush, Indiana. She married WILLIAM ROGERS on 28 Sep 1836 in Rush, Indiana.

10.                  viii. JOHN HENRY LEISURE was born on 16 Jun 1820 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died on 27 Dec 1851 in Rush, Indiana. He married ELSA SWAIN on 13 Aug 1838. She was born in 1815 in Ohio. She died on 16 Nov 1868 in Rush, Indiana.

11.                  ix. RACHEL LEISURE was born on 21 Mar 1822 in Garrard, Kentucky. She died on 28 Mar 1857 in Rush, Indiana. She married SAMUEL GRUELL on 31 Mar 1840 in Rush, Indiana.

3.        WILLIAM2 LEISURE (Joseph1) was born in 1784 in Virginia. He died in 1865 in Garrard, Kentucky. He married MARY STANTON on 27 Jan 1824 in Garrard, Kentucky. She was born about 1798 in Kentucky.

William LEISURE and Mary STANTON had the following children:

i.            ELIZABETH3 LEISURE was born in 1828 in Garrard, Kentucky.

13.                  ii.     JOSEPH LEISURE was born in 1829 in Garrard, Kentucky. He married SARAH

UNKNOWN in Garrard, Kentucky. She was born about 1823 in Garrard, Kentucky.

iii.         ALEXANDER LEISURE was born in 1831 in Garrard, Kentucky.

iv.        SELEMMA LEISURE was born in 1833 in Garrard, Kentucky.

v.          GEORGE LEISURE was born in 1834 in Garrard, Kentucky.

vi.        WILLIAM LEISURE was born in 1836 in Garrard, Kentucky.

13.                  vii. FRANCIS MARION LEISURE was born in Aug 1838 in Garrard, Kentucky. He married RUTH ANNA POWELL. She was born in 1863. She died in 1900 in Rushville, Rush, Indiana.

viii.     NATHANIAL LEISURE was born in 1840 in Garrard, Kentucky.

ix.        CHARLOTTE LEISURE was born. She died before 1850 in Garrard, Kentucky. She married M. ROBERT HUBBARD on 04 Dec 1837 in Garrard, Kentucky.

4.        MARY2 LEISURE (Joseph1) was born about 1792 in Garrard, Kentucky. She married (1) FLEMING STAUNTON. He was born about 1790. He died. She married (2) JOHN LEWIS on 20 Apr 1814 in Garrard, Kentucky. He was born in 1750 in North Carolina. He died in 1819 in Garrard, Kentucky.

Fleming STAUNTON and Mary LEISURE had the following children:

i.            JANE THOMPSON3 STAUNTON was born on 21 Sep 1830 in Garrard, Kentucky. She died on 04 Jan 1905 in Rockbridge, Greene, Illinois.

ii.          MARY ELIZABETH STAUNTON was born on 18 Nov 1832 in Garrard, Kentucky. She died on 07 Jun 1914. She married JOSEPH MCQUERRY on 24 Dec 1849 in Garrard, Kentucky. He was born on 19 Dec 1821 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died on 05 Apr


Generation 2 (con't)
1893.

John LEWIS and Mary LEISURE had the following children:

i. MARY E LIZABETH3 L EWIS was born in 1815 in Garrard, Kentucky. She died on 06 Mar 1895 in Carrollton, Greene, Illinois.

ii.          JESSE CAIN LEWIS was born on 13 Sep 1817 in Garrard, Kentucky. He died on 02 Dec 1893 in Greene, Illinois.