Michael Sørensen Leigh

1656 - 1710  (54 years)

• Name	Michael Sørensen Leigh
  Birth	1656	København, København, Sjælland, Denmark
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Mar 1710	Tveit, Vest-Agder, Norway
  Person ID	I36125	Master
  Last Modified	2 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Christina Sophia Seehuusen,   b. 20 Jul 1663, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway d. 1700, Skien, Telemark, Norway (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1684	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
  Children	1. Elisabeth Leigh,   b. 1685   d. 1710 (Age 25 years) + 2. Johanna Margaretha Michelsdatter Leigh,   b. 12 Sep 1691, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway d. 11 May 1766, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway (Age 74 years)   3. Morten Michelsen Leigh,   b. 1692   d. 1760 (Age 68 years)   4. Christina Marie Leigh,   b. 1695   d. 1696 (Age 1 year)   5. Dorothea Sophia Leigh,   b. 1700   d. 1767 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F8617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 1656 - København, København, Sjælland, Denmark Marriage - 17 Nov 1684 - Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway Death - 20 Mar 1710 - Tveit, Vest-Agder, Norway  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Michael Sørensen Leigh, born 1656 in Copenhagen, died 1710, was a Danish-Norwegian theologian and author, Master of Philosophy in 1684. Leigh was the principal of the cathedral schools in Stavanger and Kristiansand and published a number of scholarly theological writings. He became best known for his hymns and devotional books in Danish, including God's Children's Glory (1680), Gilead's Salve (1682) translated into Swedish by Anna Catharina Wefverstedt (1754), and the Preach collection The Sigh of Zion and the Consolation of Jesus (1697). Leigh was born 1656 in Copenhagen, became a student in 1675, a bachelor in 1676 and a master in philosophy in 1684. As a student he participated in a number of disputations where he showed great energy when it came to unfolding theology's positions in relation to philosophy and cognition. This also marked his desire to be a learned man. Leigh was appointed vice-rector at Stavanger Cathedral School in 1683 and rector in 1684. The rector's position also included the income from Malde (now Madla) parish, for which Leigh was thus responsible. There was modest teaching activity at the cathedral school, and he mainly used his time for theological writing. In addition, he married into one of the city's rich families, and this gave him the opportunity to maintain a vacancy even without large official incomes. In 1697, Leigh was appointed associate professor at the cathedral school in Kristiansand, but conditions there were, if possible, even worse than in Stavanger. Leigh remained in his old position for another couple of years while he waited for one of the priestly vocations for the position of associate professor to become vacant. It was not until 1699 that he moved to Tveit parish, for which he had the income and responsibility. In practice, it seems that Leigh had little to do as an associate professor. He lectured in theology a couple of times a week at Kristiansand Cathedral School, but the students were very few. Thus, it was especially Tveit parish call that became his responsibility. However, one of his students, the later principal of Christiania Cathedral School Jacob Rasch, praises Leigh for his learning and skill. He was mainly able to continue his theological writing in Kristiansand.