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LEETE, Tempest

LEETE, Tempest

Male 1794 - 1861  (67 years)   Has no ancestors but 24 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name LEETE, Tempest 
    Birth 1794  Wendy-Cum-Shingay, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Nov 1861  Wendy, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 5 Nov 1861  Wendy, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1989  Edgoose
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2026 

    Family 1 CHAMBERLAIN, Bithiah,   b. 1828, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1885, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 22 Oct 1855  St. Pancras, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. LEETE, Tempest,   b. 2 Jul 1856, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Englansd Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1930 (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 DICKASON, Hannah,   b. 1792, Abington Pigotts, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1846 (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Between 1814 and 1816 
    Children 
     1. LEETE, Simeon,   b. 1816, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. LEETE, Hannah,   b. 1818, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. LEETE, Emma,   b. 1820, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. LEETE, Edwin,   b. 1822, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. LEETE, Julia,   b. 1824, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. LEETE, Thomas,   b. 1826, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. LEETE, John,   b. Between 1828 and 1829, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. LEETE, Robert,   b. 1829, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1909, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     9. LEETE, Mary Anne,   b. 1832, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. LEETE, Martha,   b. Between 1834 and 1835   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • TEMPEST LEETE 1794-1861

      Tempest, son of Simeon and Elizabeth LEETE, was baptised at Wendy, Cambridgeshire, on 20 April 1794.

      He and his family were living at High Street, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, at the time of the 1841 census. He was of independent means. All the children were at home with the exception of Hannah (who married in 1838) and Emma, and all the family were born in Cambridgeshire.
      (HO107/63/9)

      From the 1851 census of Laurences Cottage, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire:
      *Tempest LEETE, widower, aged 56, proprietor of houses and annuitant, born at Shengay Gate, Cambridgeshire;
      Julia LEETE, daughter, aged 26, married, born at Great Morden, Cambridgeshire;
      Alfred LEETE, grandson, aged 6, scholar, born at Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire;
      Francis LEETE, grandson, aged 3, scholar, born at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire;
      George COVINGTON, servant, aged 16, errand boy, born at Great Morden, Cambridgeshire.
      (HO107/1707/547b)

      Herbert LEETE, aged 28 and married, was lodging at Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire.
      (HO107/1708/297/7)

      From the 1861 census of Bedford Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire:
      *Tempest LEETE, head, aged 66, retired farmer, born at Shingay, Cambridgeshire;
      Bithiah LEETE, wife, aged 33, born at Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire;
      Frances LEETE, daughter, aged 11 (from a previous marriage?), scholar, born at Guilden Morden;
      Reuben LEETE, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Guilden Morden;
      Tempest LEETE, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Hitchin.
      (RG9/819/70/26)

      "LEETE Tempest. 7 January. The Will of Tempest LEETE late of Hitchin in the County of Hertford Gentleman deceased who died 5 November 1861 at Hitchin aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of Bithiah LEETE of Porch-terrace Bedford Road Hitchin aforesaid Widow the Relict the sole Executrix.
      Effects under £300."
      (National Probate Calendar 1862)

      Tempest LEETE "late of Cold Harbour in this Parish" died on 5 November 1867 and was buried in Steeple Morden churchyard.

      NOTES & QUERIES:
      Tempest LEETEs were born in 1851, 1853 and 1856.
      (GRO September Q 1851 Royston &c 6 576)
      (GRO March Q 1853 Royston 3a 194)
      (GRO September Q 1856 Hitchin 3a 211)

      See also 'The Family of Leete' by Joseph Leete 1905.

      Information on the children of Tempest LEETE's second marriage came from Tom Leete (e-mail: tleete@ucsd.ed).

      (revised 31.03.2013)



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