Joseph England (1680-1748) was born at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He married Margaret Orbell in 1710.

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Gideon Thomas Lease (1825-1893)--son of Daniel (d.1840) and grandson and great-grandson of William Jr. and William Sr.--married Elizabeth Jane Sponseller in 1848, and lived in Frederick County, Maryland. Descendants lived in Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, California and elsewhere.

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