One of my biggest brickwalls is no X00050: trying to find the parents of Joshua Leach (1775-1862). According to his gravestone he was born 9 November 1775 in Connecticut and died 3 February 1862 in Oakville, Ontario Canada.
He came to what is now Toronto in Upper Canada around 1797. It's been difficult trying to find his parents or anything from before 1797. The leading theory is that his parents are Joshua Leach (b. 1748) and Clarissa Pierson, because according to Lawrence Leach of Salem, Massachusetts and Some of His Desendants by F. Phelps Leach, they had a son named Joshua born before 1777 in Connecticut. It certainly does fit the time and location, but I haven't been able to either prove or disprove the case.
But now, there's more to the story. I have been notified that I have a DNA connection with a descendant of a Robert Leach 1735-1786 of New London, Connecticut. This Robert Leach is also descended from the same Lawrence Leach of Salem Massachusetts, but from a different branch. It's an interesting new development, that may help break down this brick wall!
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