George Leaf ^{1 2 3 4}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1810 in Pottsgrove Twp., Montgomery, PA. ³ In 1810 the household of George Leaf was listed with:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 3 sons
16-25 (1785-1794) = 1 son
26-44 (1766-1784) = 1 father George
Females (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 1 daughter
16-25 (1785-1794) = 1 daughter
26-44 (1766-1784) = 1 mother.

2. Census in 1820 in Pottsgrove Twp., Montgomery, PA. ⁶ The 1820 census recorded George Leafe with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Commerce: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 10
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 14
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 14.

3. Book: The Centennial Celebration, 1776-1876, at Pottstown, PA: articles about George Leaf, 4 Jul 1876.
From page 46:
With the opening of the year 1800, the principal male residents of Pottsgrove were Joseph Potts (father of the late Henry Potts,) Thomas Potts, ...George Leaf, ...

By an act of the Legislature, approved August 29, 1810, the Pottstown Library Company was established; Wm. Thompson, George Leaf, Wm. Mintzer, John Boyer, Francis Potts, Jesse Ives, James Rees, Robert McClintock, and othters, being its corporators.

From page 55:
A company was chartered by the Legislature, by act of March 11, 1815, to erect a bridge over the Schuylkill at Pottstown. The first president of the company was Samuel Baird, and the first treasurer George Leaf. The bridge cost about $14,000, of which the state subscribed $3,000, by acti fo March 26th, 1821.
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4. Book: History of Montgomery County, PA, 1884. ⁷
The Pottstown Library Company, incorporated August 21, 1810, formed a library which was continued until about 1850, when it died out. The charter member of the Library Company were: Samuel Baird, George Leaf, Thomas R. Brooke, Francis R. Potts, (more in book)...
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5. Book: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, 1904. ⁸
George Leaf (grandfather) was a native of Montgomery county. He was a general merchant and owned property in the county. Both he and his wife whose maiden name was Leonard died in the prime of life leaving a family of ten children. The children were reared and cared for by their aunt Anna Leonard whose parents were Quakers.

6. Book: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, 1904. ¹
Rev. Edmund Leaf, D. D., was a native of Pottstown, where he was born in 1818. He died at Birdsboro, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1890. He was a rector of St. Gabriel's Episcopal church at Douglassville from 1844 to 1876. His father, George Leaf, was a pioneer merchant of Pottstown, and died there in 1823. His children: George, Thomas, William, Harlan, Edmund, Mary, Anna, Julia, Elizabeth. Mary married Thomas Boyd. Elizabeth married Daniel H. Beecher, for many years a prominent merchant of Pottstown. Edmund was the last survivor of the family.

George married Elizabeth Leonard, daughter of George Leonard and Anna Walker. (Elizabeth Leonard was born in Jan 1780 in , , PA,⁹ died on 30 Aug 1824 in , Montgomery, PA ¹⁰ and was buried in Sep 1824 in Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ⁹.)