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John Glenn

First American to orbit Earth

Henry Leeke Jr.

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of John Glenn — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 190 
  • Father:
  • Henry Leeke 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1711 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 16 Dec 1736 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Cassandra Ijams
  • Marriage Date:
  • from 13 Dec 1735 to 16 Dec 1736 
  • Marriage Location:
  • All Hallow's Church, Ann Arundel County, Maryland 
  • Child:

  Mary Leeke (Ahnentafel No:95 )

• Sources for Henry Leeke Jr.

  • ¹ Newman, Harry Wright, Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Vol. 1, Annapolis, Maryland: Published by the Author (1970), 295.
  • ² Orrell, Reverdy Lewin, III, Descendants of Richard Cheney of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Catonsville, Maryland: Reverdy Lewin Orrell, III (1997), 117.
  • ³ Reynolds, Ralph D., Iams of America: Landed Gentry of Maryland: Patriots, Pioneers, and Successful Americans, Morgantown, Pennsylvania: Masthof Press (1998), 12-13.