Box 1

Index/list of genealogical information contained in next four folders.

Narrative Genealogy compiled by Morris Evans Leeds, with preface dated 1947. Quotes many primary sources, including wills. Families include Leeds, Maule, Lake, Evans, Scull, Risley, Baldwin, Conard. This is a xerox copy of a typed original--copy made 6/5/1962.

Statistical Genealogy compiled by Morris Evans Leeds, containing complete lists of descendants for five of his great-great-grandfathers: Japheth Leeds (1710-1781), Thomas Maule (1720-1765), Joshua Baldwin (1721-1800), Edward Conard (1738-1824), and Isaac Evans (1732-1782). Descendants are numbered chronologically throughout the genealogy, and dates of birth and death are given wherever possible.

Coat of arms for Leeds family painted by Margaret J. Marshall. Short piece with biographical information about Margaret Marshall. Letter and newspaper clipping related to Leeds family coat of arms.

Letters about English origins of the Leeds family, some with transcriptions.

Photostat of 1687 almanac by Daniel Leeds. Photostat of will of Daniel Leeds. Letter from Francis R Taylor to Morris E. Leeds re: Daniel Leeds almanac and membership in Society of Friends. More information about Daniel Leeds.

Copy of will of Daniel Leeds (father of Barclay R. Leeds); letter from Leeds to Hannah Gillingham; Letter to Leeds from Japheth Leeds.

Correspondence with brothers Barclay and Lewis. Advertisement for teaching services and certificate of competency in languages.

Papers relating to other Daniel Leeds: A transcript of a letter about the possible son of the first Daniel Leeds. Text of a funerary reading (?) for a Daniel Leeds of the same era as his brother Japheth Leeds (1710-1781), Letter relating to finances and legal proof of will of Japhet [sic] Leeds, with Daniel Leeds as Executor.

Material related to various other Leeds family members, including Thomas and William. Includes correspondence re: research, contemporary copy of will of Japeth Leeds, commonplace book for Rebecca Lake Leeds (1799-1836) along with an accout of her death, and correspondence of Amelia Leeds (1820-1898).