George Fox Leggett1,2,3
M, b. 14 July 1829, d. 31 August 1887
| Father | William Haight Leggett b. 15 Apr 1789, d. 23 Dec 1863 |
| Mother | Margaret Peck Wright b. 16 Jan 1794, d. 16 Apr 1878 |
George Fox was born on Tuesday, 14 July 1829 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, at the family home at 521 Broadway. He married Charlotte F. Macy on 13 December 1852 at the home of Charles Macy, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, and William F. Allen was reading. 18 June 1860, the U.S. Federal Census listed George, living in the home of his parents at the City, County & State of New York. Enumerated in this household were William H. Leggett [70 New York], his wife: Margaret [64 New York], son: George F. [30 New York-clerk], George's wife: Charlotte M. [25 New York], Phebe Leggett [35 New York], Mary Nelson [16 New York], Sarah Leggett [6 New York], & domestics: Ann Meridan [30 Ireland], Mary O'Neill [30 Ireland], & Mary McCullough [25 Ireland]. Value of property $5,000 for William & $500.00 for George F.4 30 June 1870, George and Charlotte was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at the City, County & State of New York. Enumerated in this household were Charles Macy [61 Massachusetts-banker], his wife: Sarah [61 New York], son: Charles [29 New York], son-in-law: George Fox Leggett [40 New York-paints], Georg's wife, Charlotte [36 New York], Sarah Leggett [17 New York], domestics: Sarah Gooden [45 New Jersey], Rebecca Nelson [28 Pennsylvania], Matilda Willaim[19 New York], Maria Williams [24 Maryland], & George Watson [13 Maryland].5 7 June 1880, George and Charlotte was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at East 17th Street in the City, County & State of New York. Enumerated in this household were Sarah E. Macy [72 New York], son-in-law: George F. Leggett [50 New York], daughter [George's wife]: Charlotte [44 New York], granddaughter, Sarah Leggett [26 New York], daughter: Margaret Thinrey [38 New York], granddaughters: Char S. Thinrey [22 New York] & May Thinrey [19 New York]. George is a real estate agent.6 George departed this life on Wednesday, 31 August 1887 in Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York.
LEGGETT.- On Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Fallsburg, N. Y., George F. Leggett, in the 59th year of his age.
Funeral services at the residence of his son-in-law, Edward D. Thurston, 113 East 29 th-st., on Saturday morning, Sept. 3, at 10 o'clock.
LEGGETT.-At Fallsburg, N. Y., after a short illness, GEORGE F. LEGGETT, of this city. Notice of funeral hereafter. [Obituaries from the Clapp family Bible - handwritten: 1887]
LEGGETT.- On Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Fallsburg, N. Y., George F. Leggett, in the 59th year of his age.
Funeral services at the residence of his son-in-law, Edward D. Thurston, 113 East 29 th-st., on Saturday morning, Sept. 3, at 10 o'clock.
LEGGETT.-At Fallsburg, N. Y., after a short illness, GEORGE F. LEGGETT, of this city. Notice of funeral hereafter. [Obituaries from the Clapp family Bible - handwritten: 1887]
Family | Charlotte F. Macy b. 6 Sep 1833, d. 24 Jun 1927 |
Citations
- [S91] Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution, Old Bible and Other Genealogical Records, Volume 5: page 102; Volume 3: page 38.
- [S349] Roeser, & Storck Ferriss, Petition & Order To Show Cause In The Matter Of The Application For The Appointment Of A Trustee To Execute The Power Of Sale Remaining Unexecuted Conferred By The Last Will & Testament Of Thomas Leggett, Deceased, THIRD: A son, GEORGE F. LEGGETT, who died August 31st, 1887 without having exercised the power of appointment conferred upon him in and by the said will of his said father, and leaving him surviving his daughter, Sarah L. Thurston, his only child and heir at law, who resides at Number 113 East 29th Street, Borough of Manhattan, City and County of New York.
- [S106] Howland Delano Perrine, The Wright Family of Oysterbay, L.I. with the ancestry of and descent from Peter Wright and Nicholas Wright, 1423-1923, page 170 - George Fox, b. Jany. 14, 1829, d. Sept I, 1887, in. Charlotte Leggett Macy, of N. Y. City, Dec 1.3, 1852, b. Sept. 6, 1833 (living 1923). (Macy Family, S. J. Macy, 1868, p. 71.) Issue: Sarah Fox, b. Sept. 30, 1853, d. Dec. 1, 1914, an. Edward Day Thurston, of N. Y. City, Nov. 11, 1880, b. Mch. 4, 1851, had issue.
- [S675] 1860 United States Federal Census: City, County & State of New York - 18th Ward, Enum. Dist. 2 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
- [S676] 1870 United States Federal Census: City, County & State of New York - 18th Ward, Enum. Dist. 4, sheet 37, line 12 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
- [S677] 1880 United States Federal Census: City, County & State of New York - Enumeration District 70, sheet 30, line 10 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.