Young-Leech Family Burial Ground
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Young-Leech Family Burial Ground

Also known as Gaul Burying Ground , Leech Family Burial Ground , William Young's Burying Ground

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions 52nd Street and Kingsessing Avenue
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19143 United States
    Coordinates: 39.94051, -75.21641
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The Young-Leech Family Burial Ground was established by German immigrant William Young Sr., who arrived in Philadelphia in 1744. On November 23, 1753, Ann Christiana, his eldest daughter, married John Leech and the whole family — William Young, Sr., William Young, Jr., Catherine Young and Mr. and Mrs. John Leech — moved to Kingsessing. Later, on March 21, 1755, William Young, Sr., and his two children William, Jr., and Catherine moved to a farm of 50 acres of woodland at Kingsessing, purchased at £5 per acre of Captain Collis, of Blockley, thus becoming neighbors of botanist John Bartram, founder of Bartram's Garden.


Interestingly, William Young Jr., like John Bartram and his son William, also became a botanist. While traveling to England he received the title of "Queen's Botanist" to Charlotte, wife of King George III, who herself was an amateur botanist. John and Ann Leech built and began to keep the Rising Sun Inn (known later as the Sorrel Horse Tavern) nearby.


Interments in the old family burial ground were removed ca. 1910 to Bethany Section, Arlington Cemetery, by undertaker Eugene Leech, a descendant.

The Young-Leech Family Burial Ground was established by German immigrant William Young Sr., who arrived in Philadelphia in 1744. On November 23, 1753, Ann Christiana, his eldest daughter, married John Leech and the whole family — William Young, Sr., William Young, Jr., Catherine Young and Mr. and Mrs. John Leech — moved to Kingsessing. Later, on March 21, 1755, William Young, Sr., and his two children William, Jr., and Catherine moved to a farm of 50 acres of woodland at Kingsessing, purchased at £5 per acre of Captain Collis, of Blockley, thus becoming neighbors of botanist John Bartram, founder of Bartram's Garden.


Interestingly, William Young Jr., like John Bartram and his son William, also became a botanist. While traveling to England he received the title of "Queen's Botanist" to Charlotte, wife of King George III, who herself was an amateur botanist. John and Ann Leech built and began to keep the Rising Sun Inn (known later as the Sorrel Horse Tavern) nearby.


Interments in the old family burial ground were removed ca. 1910 to Bethany Section, Arlington Cemetery, by undertaker Eugene Leech, a descendant.

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