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Leach Family History
Leach Genealogy & Family TreeLeach is an English name from Cheshire, England, where the family held a seat. It referred to someone who worked as a doctor, who often used the process of bloodletting with leeches in the Middle Ages. The earliest known ancestor--Edmund de Leche--was recorded in 1279.
Other spellings include "Leech," "Leche," "Leich," "Leitch," and "Leetch." Notable people with the surname include American baseball player Terry Leach (New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins), American football player Mike Leach (Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals), and British actor Archibald Leach, better known as Cary Grant (North by Northwest, Notorious, Charade). The first Leach to come to America was Lawrench Leach in Massachusetts in 1628.
Leach Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Eleanor Leach -- --, 1790 February 20, 1852 Virginia
- Lovina Leach -- --, 1765 December 0, 1830
- Robert Leach -- --, 1650 November 0, 1717 Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Edmund Leach -- --, 1610 December 0, 1649 England
- Margaret Leach -- --, 1613 December 0, 1635 England
Leach Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- John Leach -- --, 1629 December 0, 1671
- Horace Harold Leach -- --, 1895 December 0, 1964
- Sydney George Gabriel Leach -- --, 1888 March 0, 1963
- John Leach -- --, 1648 September 20, 1717 Massachusetts
- Richard Leach -- --, 1616 May 9, 1687
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