Martha Leggett

     Martha was born on Monday, 10 October 1746 in West Farms, Westchester County, New York. Martha married James Pierce in 1767 in Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York. James and Martha had children: Elizabeth [1768-9/25/1846] [m. Jesse Cox], Thomas [10/30/1844] [m. Martha], Caroline [ca. 1773], Mary [1778-7/12/1835], Sarah [1778-11/12/1841], Isaac [12/14/1780-6/07/1860], Anna [3/07/1783] [m. 1/19/1826 Elijah Washburn], Joseph 5/12/1785-12/03/1858] m. 10/14/1812 Hannah Sutton], Abigail [1788-4/10/1847] & Melissa [8/08/1791-7/31/1828] [m. Arron Sutton]. Martha's husband, James, died on 15 March 1831 in Mount Pleasant leaving her a widow. Martha departed this life on Monday, 16 June 1834 in Mount Pleasant at age 87 years, 8 months and 6 days. She is buried in Chapaqua Friends Burying-ground. She was buried at Westchester County in the Chappaqua Friends Burying Ground.