The winter he turned 3, his father, his only brother, a sister, & his Leigh grandfather all died.30,31 The family left Hayne, but William's widow continued their previous tenancies of Stokes, Salters, Maynes & Carters in Ottery St Mary. She relinquished her occupancy of Stokes about 1899, but remained proprietor and occupier of the other properties until John took over as occupier about 1817.32 From 1824 John became occupier also of Knowle & Trowhill in Salcombe Regis till 1830,33 and he was at Harcombe, Sidbury, from 1825,34 ending the tenancies in Ottery on his mother's death.31,32 1841 Census: Sidbury Parish 208/4 (p 53 0f CD)- Harcombe; John Leigh, enumerator, signs on 11 June 1841. Harcombe (p 49 of CD):
John Leigh, 50, Farmer, Y
Mary Do, 35. Y
Henry Do, 16, Y
Thomas Do, 11, Y
Ann Wood, 18, F.S., Y18
Was parish enumerator for Sidbury in 1851 Census (signs his name) (Is this a misprint for 1841?)28
"A stronger man than Donald Dinnie"; weighed 25 stone; "two ordinary men could fit into his trousers".1
Devon Record Office: Ottery St Mary Church Corporation: Catalogue Ref. 3327 A 
  Indentures
         FILE - Apprenticeship Indentures - ref.  3327 A/PO 67  - date: 1756 - 1759
            item: Sarah French apprenticed to Mr John Leigh for Mr Mundy's estate at Tipton - ref.  3327 A/PO 67/23  - date: 1756
            item: Thomas Sheppard apprenticed to John Leigh, yeoman - ref.  3327 A/PO 67/57  - date: 1758
         FILE - Apprenticeship indentures - ref.  3327 A/PO 68  - date: 1760 - 1769
            item: Elizabeth Liddon apprenticed to Mr John Leigh on Mrs Mundys estate at Tipton - ref.  3327 A/PO 68/55  - date: 1769
         FILE - Apprenticeship indentures - ref.  3327 A/PO 69  - date: 1780-1789
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            item: Eleanor Fry, 10, apprenticed to Mr John Leigh for Mr Mundy's estate - ref.  3327 A/PO 69/13  - date: 1781
         FILE - Apprenticeship indentures - ref.  3327 A/PO 73  - date: 1810 - 1817
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            item: William Amor, 8, apprenticed to John Leigh for Brooms and Bendings - ref.  3327 A/PO 73/43  - date: 1815
            item: Ann Knight, 13, apprenticed to John Leigh, yeoman, for an estate called Waxway - ref.  3327 A/PO 73/62  - date: 181729
Devon Record Office: PUBLIC OFFICE - ref. 516M-0/O
Guppy family of Sidbury, Devon
   Devon Record Office: Parish
      FILE - Devon Record Office - ref.  516M-0/O/28  - date: 1858
         [from Scope and Content] Lease for 14 years of a messuage called Poors Land in Ven Ottery. Reverend Henry Fellows, vicar, John Guppy, John Leigh, George White and Thomas Griffin, feoffees of Sidbury, to Thomas Yelverton of Ven Ottery. 5 November 1858.29
Sidbury churchyard:
John & Mary, plot E2; granite headstone, the following inscription is on the grave:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN LEIGH WHO DIED OCTOBER 17TH 1861 AGED 71 YEARS. 
ALSO MARY WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED MARCH 24TH 1879 AGE 73 YEARS35 (=77?)
1851 Census: 
JOHN LEIGH 61farmer 120acres  OTTERY ST MARY
MARY ANN  48                              DITTO
HENRY          U24                            DITTO
THOMAS       U21                          DITTO
HENRY SNELL   U24 farm lab        FARWAY
FRANCIS            U18 farm lab        SIDMOUTH
         HARCOMBE SIDBURY HONITON36
1861 Census
Piece: RG9/1379 Place: Ottery St Mary -Devon Enumeration District: 0
Civil Parish: Sidbury Ecclesiastical Parish: Sidbury
Folio: 34 Page: 11 Schedule: 60 
LEIGH John Head M M 71 Farmer 150 Acres 3men 1 Boy Devon - Ottery St Mary 
LEIGH Mary Wife M F 59 Farmers Wife Devon - Ottery St Mary
LEIGH Henry Son U M 33 Farmers Son Devon - Ottery St Mary
 Page: 34/12
LEIGH Thomas Son U M 28 Farmers Son Devon - Ottery St Mary
PERRY Maria Servnt U F 18 House Maid Devon - Sidbury
BAILEY William Servnt U M 15 Farm Servant Devon - Sidbury
RICHARDS George Servnt - M 13 Farm Servant Devon - Sidbury20