It seemed like it was originally LeSueur and then over time, changed, in some of the families. The connection on my side is John Lesure, b. 1722/23, whose father is Philip Lesure and whose grandfather is listed as Nicholas LeSuer. John married Sarah White in 1748/49. Are you connected with those? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] responses > I have a question for Diane or Tom or anyone else who might know. Is the > name Lesure a corruption of Le Sueur? I had never heard that before. I have > a collateral line of Lesure in MA and a collateral line of Le Sueur in VA -- > but I never would have connected the two as being the same name. Is anyone > sure about this? Just curious! > Sue > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Don't know Diane. My data doesn't go back that far. However, it is food for thought and a little more research one of these days. Tom Pratt Diane Bentfield wrote: > > It seemed like it was originally LeSueur and then over time, changed, in > some of the families. The connection on my side is John Lesure, b. 1722/23, > whose father is Philip Lesure and whose grandfather is listed as Nicholas > LeSuer. > > John married Sarah White in 1748/49. > > Are you connected with those? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:59 PM > Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] responses > > > I have a question for Diane or Tom or anyone else who might know. Is the > > name Lesure a corruption of Le Sueur? I had never heard that before. I > have > > a collateral line of Lesure in MA and a collateral line of Le Sueur in > VA -- > > but I never would have connected the two as being the same name. Is > anyone > > sure about this? Just curious! > > Sue > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB