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“early” — died suddenly while children young. | ||
Elizabeth Leche | ||
Elizabeth Prenton (1764-) | ||
Mary Prenton (1766-) | ||
Charlotte Prenton (1768-) | ||
John Prenton (1770-1800) | ||
Attorney of Chester. Family seat [of one branch of Leches?] was Stretton Hall, Chester. Heir of a Major Leche(by reason of marriage to Elizabeth Leche??). Significance of this not clear, if he died young and she died before her benefactor, John L. [JCC] Leche family [different branch?] manor Carden Hall in SW Cheshire (near Tilston) burned to ground in Sep 1912. Their town housein Watergate St, Chester ( Old Leche House) now owned by City of Chester and Open to public. John Prenton was not a new name in Chester. Records show a John Prenton marrying Ales Bykerstaffe in St Oswald's Chester on 22 Jan 1587. There is a suburb of Chester called Prenton. |