Samuel LEETE

Samuel married Hannah GRAVES on 28 Nov 1723 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Hannah was born on 30 Oct 1699 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 26 Mar 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andrew LEETE was born on 6 Nov 1731.

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He succeeded in a good degree to the position of his father, in managing the affairs of the town and to some extent of the Colony. In 1677 he was elected to the honorable office of Assistant in the Connecticut Colony, and was annually reelected until his death. It was while holding this office that he became principally instrumental in secreting and preserving the Charter of the Colony during the usurpation of the government by Major Andross. For a season the charter was kept in his house at Guilford. he was a member of the General Court of Conn. that granted the Charter to Yale College.

Andrew married Elizabeth JORDAN on 1 Jun 1669. Elizabeth died on 4 Mar 1701 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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