Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Robert Leete
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1. Robert Leete was born about 1525 in Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England; died before 17 Feb 1598. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England
Notes:
"[H]e was granted a degree of Bachelor of Arts [...] 1544-5, Master of Arts in 1548. He was a Fellow of Saint John's College about 1545, and was so designated in a deed of 1551." [John Brooks Threlfall, citation details below.]
Robert married Alice Grundy on 6 Apr 1573. Alice was born about 1545; died after 17 Feb 1598. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Phebe Leete
was born before 20 Dec 1585; was christened on 20 Dec 1585 in Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England; died before 1644.
Generation: 2
2. Phebe Leete (1.Robert1) was born before 20 Dec 1585; was christened on 20 Dec 1585 in Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England; died before 1644.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Bef 1643
Phebe married George Parkhurst between 1611 and 1612. George (son of John Parkhurst and Sara) was born about 1588 in of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Phebe Parkhurst
was born before 29 Nov 1612; was christened on 29 Nov 1612 in St. Stephen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died before Aug 1688.
- 4. Mary Parkhurst
was born before 28 Aug 1614; was christened on 28 Aug 1614 in St. Lawrence, St. Mary-at-the-Quay parish, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died on 28 Mar 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
3. Phebe Parkhurst (2.Phebe2, 1.Robert1) was born before 29 Nov 1612; was christened on 29 Nov 1612 in St. Stephen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died before Aug 1688.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1688
Phebe married Thomas Arnold before 1 Mar 1640. Thomas was born about 1604; died in Sep 1674 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Richard Arnold
was born before 22 Mar 1642; was christened on 22 Mar 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Apr 1710 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
4. Mary Parkhurst (2.Phebe2, 1.Robert1) was born before 28 Aug 1614; was christened on 28 Aug 1614 in St. Lawrence, St. Mary-at-the-Quay parish, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died on 28 Mar 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Mary married Rev. Thomas Carter in 1638. Thomas died on 5 Sep 1684 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Samuel Carter
was born on 8 Aug 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1693.
- 6. Samuel Carter
Generation: 4
5. Richard Arnold (3.Phebe3, 2.Phebe2, 1.Robert1) was born before 22 Mar 1642; was christened on 22 Mar 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Apr 1710 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
Notes:
He served many terms as a deputy to the Rhode Island general assembly and as an assistant governor. On 6 May 1685 he was on a committee to draw up an address of congratulation to James II on his peaceable succession to the throne. On 22 Dec 1686 he was appointed a member of the council of Governor Andros (of the short-lived Dominion of New England). He was on the Providence town council 1700-01, and in 1707-08 was a speaker of the house of deputies.
Richard married Mary Angell after 24 Oct 1666. Mary (daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton) was born about 1646; died between 23 May 1685 and 21 Oct 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Thomas Arnold
was born on 24 Mar 1675 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 3 Feb 1727 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
- 7. Thomas Arnold
6. Samuel Carter (4.Mary3, 2.Phebe2, 1.Robert1) was born on 8 Aug 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1693.
Notes:
Graduate of Harvard, 1660; schoolteacher; town officer; later, minister at Lancaster and Groton.
Samuel married Eunice Brooks in 1672. Eunice (daughter of John Brooks and Eunice Mousall) was born on 10 Oct 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Abigail Carter
was born on 30 May 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Mar 1747 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
- 8. Abigail Carter