Rachel Leake

1743 - 1823  (79 years)

• Name	Rachel Leake  [1, 2]
  Birth	3 Oct 1743  [3]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate death	3 Jan 1823  [3]
  Death	30 Jan 1823  [4]
  Burial	30 Jan 1823	Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Daretown, Salem, New Jersey   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I39305	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Recompence Leek   d. Between 30 Mar 1749 and 16 Nov 1749, Fairfield, Essex, New Jersey
  Family ID	F23082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ambrose Whitaker,   b. 15 Dec 1730, New Jersey d. 5 Nov 1796, Gloucester County, New Jersey (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1772	Salem, Salem, New Jersey   [7, 8, 9]
  Notes	Also recorded on 3 Oct 1772 at Monmouth County, New Jersey (New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956, on familysearch.org).
  Children	+ 1. Oliver Whitaker,   b. 10 Sep 1775, New Jersey d. 11 Dec 1831, Gloucester County, New Jersey (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F23077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  She appears to have been Ambrose's third wife.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6996] Find a Grave page for Oliver S. Whitaker. [S7005] Walter Lee Sheppard, "Origin of the Bowers, Leeks and Crosthwaits of South Jersey." The American Genealogist 26:211, 1950. [S6998] Find a Grave page for Rachel Leake Whitacar. [S2699] New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, on ancestry.com. [S5024] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, on ancestry.com. [S6998] Find a Grave page for Rachel Leake Whitacar., place only. [S7001] New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985, on familysearch.org. [S3212] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXII: Marriage Records, 1665-1800 by William Nelson. Paterson, New Jersey: Press Printing and Publishing Company, 1900. [S7004] New Jersey, U.S., United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970, on ancestry.com.