(6) (2) SARAH LEEPER, SECOND NAMED IN THE IMPORTATION RECORDS, MARRIED JOHN SEAWRIGHT OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA. HE OWNED LANDS IN BOTH SECTIONS OF REV. JOHN CRAIG'S CONGRESSIONAL TINKLING SPRING AND AUGUSTA STONE MEETING HOUSE AREAS. CHILDREN: MARGAHET SEAWRIGHT WAS BAPTIZED BY REV. CRAIG, JULY 25, 1742. SHE WAS MARRIED TO SAMUEL McPHEETERS JAMES SEAWRIGHT WAS BAPTIZED BY REV. CRAIG, SEPTEMBER 22, 1744 ANNE SEAWRIGHT NAMED IN HER FATHER'S WILL ALONG WITH BROTHER JAMES, MARRIED A RANKIN. (3) JANE LEEPER, THIRD NAMED IN THE IMPORTATION RECORDS, MARRIED SAMUEL HENDERSON. HE OWNED LAND IN BEVERLY MANOR, ON THE MIDDLE AND NORTH RIVERS IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA. HE WAS AN EARLY MEMBER OF THE TINKLING SPRING MEETING HOUSE. HE WAS ONE OF SEVEN BROTHERS WHO MIGRATED TO THIS AREA. CHILDREN: JOHN HENDERSON WAS BAPTIZED BY REV. CRAIG JANUARY 30, 1743 MARGARET HENDERSON WAS BAPTIZED BY REV. CRAIG, MARCH 17, 1745 JAMES HENDERSON WAS BAPTIZED BY REV. CRAIG, MARCH 22, 1747 REBECCA HENDERSON WAS BAPTIZED BY REV. CRAIG, JUNE 4, 1749 JEAN HENDERSON WAS NAMED IN HUGH THOMPSON'S WILL IN 1757 SARAH HENDERSON - ANDREW HENDERSON - FLORENCE HENDERSON - ALEXANDER HENDERSON - DAVID HENDERSON - SAMUEL HENDERSON - WILLIAM HENDERSON (4) ANDREW LEEPER, FOURTH NAMED IN THE IMPORTATION RECORDS, MARRIED JANE (JEAN) THOMPSON, A DAUGHTER OF HUGH THOMPSON. IN HUGH THOMPSON'S WILL FOUR LEEPER CHILDREN ARE NAMED ANDREW AND JEAN SEPERATELY, HUGH AND ELIZABETH TOGETHER AS IF BROTHER AND SISTER. PRESUBABLY IN THIS FAMILY CHILDREN: ANDREW LEEPER JEAN LEEPER (5) JAMES LEEPER JR, FIFTH NAMED IN THE IMPORTATION RECORDS, MIGRATED TO HIS UNCLE (ROBERT) AND OLDER BROTHER (NICHOLAS) ON THE CATAWBA RIVER, AT SOUTH POINT IN THE PRESENT GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. SINCE HE IS THE ONE REMAINING LEEPER BROTHER OF SUFFICIENT AGE (WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF NICHOLAS) TO MARRY A DAUGHTER OF HUGH THOMPSON AND FATHER TWO CHILDREN BY 1757, HE MAY BE THE FATHER OF HUGH AND ELIZABETH LEEPER, NAMED ABOVE. AND IF HE WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA IN 1760 HE COULD NOT HAVE (LIKE ANDREW LEEPER AND BRYCE RUSSELL) ASSUMED PERSONAL RESPONSIBLITY FOR THE AFFAIRS OF A FAILING FATHER- IN-LAW. (SEE LYMAN CHALKEYS RECORDS OF AUGHSTA COUNTY, VA.(1745-1800 L-86) CHILDREN: HUGH LEEPER IS IN HUGH THOMPSON'S WILL 1757 ELIZABETH LEEPER IS IN HUGH THOMPSON'S WILL 1757 MATTHEW LEEPER, BORN MAY 27, 1755, DlED OCTOBER 12, 1849, (GASTON COUNTY HISTORY) SMITH GRAVEYARD IN BELMONT, N.C. JAMES LEEPER JR, (ACTUALLY JAMES 3RD) GASTON COUNTY HISTORY (6) GAWIN LEEPER, SIXTH NAMED IN THE IMPORTATION RECORDS, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN AUGUSTA COUNTY UNTIL 1778. HE SIGNED A LAND TITLE ALONE, WHICH MIGHT INDICATE HE IS STILL UNMARRIED. IN 1779 THE COUNTY RECORD SPEAKS OF HIM AS "LATE IN AUGUSTA". COULD RUTH THOMPSON HAVE BEEN THE WIFE OF JAMES LEEPER JR. MENTIONED ABOVE. Information as of 1968 and 1969 Re-typed 1980