Reverend Ralph Leigh

1689 - 1760  (71 years)

• Name	Ralph Leigh
  Title	Reverend
  Birth	1689	Blackrod, Lancashire, England
  Baptism	8 Sep 1689	St Katharine, Blackrod, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Rector of Ightham, 1725-60
  Death	May 1760	Gravesend, Kent, England
  Burial	29 May 1760	St Peter, Ightham, Kent, England   [2]
  Person ID	I1727	Henry Salt Family
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Leigh
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Ellen Leigh,   b. 1717   d. 21 Jan 1789, Gravesend, Kent, England (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2026

  
  

• Notes

  A former Rector, the Rev. Ralph Leigh, who held the benefice from 1724 till 1760 Ralph Leigh (1), MA. R. 3. 3 Feb. 1724. Resided till 3 years ago. See above. Now at Mr Joynes's at Gravesend. 70. Dead, May, 1760. (1) (1671-1760), of Blackrod, Lancs, m. Brasenose 1710, BA 1714, MA (Kings) 1722, R. Ightham, 1725-50. The Speculum of Archbishop Thomas Secker, 1995, p. 286 In his Will* he refers "to my son in law Joseph Joynes and to Ellen Joynes his wife... " *England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, probate date: 3 June 1760 M.A. from KING'S, 1722. S. of Robert, of Blackrod, Lancs. Bapt. there, Sept. 8, 1689. p1='Matriculation: the formal admission of a student into the University as distinguished from his admission into a College. It occurred in each of the three terms, Lent, Easter, Michaelmas.';//-->Matric. from Brasenose College, Oxford, Feb. 28, 1709-10, age 19; B.A. (Oxford) 1714. Subscribed for deacon's orders (Bristol) Mar. 12, 1715-6. R. of Ightham, Kent, 1725-60. (Al. Oxon.; E. Axon.) - Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900

  
  

• Sources

  [S523] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. [S529] Kent Burials.