The Children of James Leask and Jane Sinclair

As I said in an earlier post, I like other Leask researchers made the assumption that all the older Leasks in the Windham area were probably siblings.  This changed when I discovered Abram Leasks wife Mary was also a Leask.  Robert was her brother.  As a result I moved Laura, (who died in 1890 in Windham) from the James/Jane family to the George/Mary family with her siblings Robert and Mary. 

I am just going to touch on the information I have for each of the siblings.  John Cardiff and Tony Gotts sites, as well as Ancestry have quite a bit of information concerning the descendants of the different siblings. 

Name	Birth	Married	Died	Emigrated
Samuel	C1816	Ontario	Ontario	Bef1852
Abram	1817	Shetland	Ontario	1848
Nelly	C 1820	Shetland	D 1825	Shetland
Marion	1823	Shetland	Ontario	Bef1850
James	1826	Shetland		No info
Nellie	1829	Shetland	Ontario	1857
John	1836	Shetland		No info
Ellen	1837	Shetland	Ontario	1856
William	1840	Shetland		No info

             (all born in Sheltand)

I recently reviewed the Register of Deaths in Burra in 1825 and came across what I believe is another child of James and Jane.

Nelly Leisk (a child of about 5 years) in Minn died 15 Sept and was buried 17th Sept. in the churchyard of Burra.

In Marion Goodlet’s obit it states she was the 3^rd child and 2^nd daughter of James & Jane Leask.  As you can see from the above list 5 year old Nelly fits into the gap between Abram and Marion, but this leaves Samuels place in the family in doubt.  He could also be a son of George & Mary Leask, or another Leask relative.