Condense the key points of William Martin Leggett's early life, in chronological order in a comma separate list.

Born on 15 December 1808, probably in the Bowery district of the city of New York,[2] William Martin Leggett grew up amid the forests and farms of Sussex Vale on the Kennebecasis River, New Brunswick, British North America. His parents – Joseph Regan Leggett and Mary, née Martin – both teachers, took charge of the so-called Indian Academy there, later establishing a school at their home Lansdale Cottage.[3] Both had their verse published in provincial newspapers, and William's maternal aunt Rachel Martin was also a teacher and poet.

William was educated by his parents. His own verse began appearing as early as 1827 and when his anthology The Forest Wreath was published in 1833 he was hailed as a prodigy.[4] He followed his parents into teaching but in 1835 turned from his Anglican upbringing to become a missionary in the Wesleyan Church, serving at posts in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the island of Montserrat, West Indies, where he witnessed the devastating earthquake of 8 February 1843.[5] In 1839 at Bathurst, New Brunswick, William married Mary Ann Stevens, the daughter of devout Wesleyans. She bore him three children, only one of whom survived infancy.[6] William's second volume of verse, Sacred Poetry By a Wesleyan Minister, appeared in 1840.[7] In 1845 he left for England to pursue a career in letters, at which point he disappears from Canadian records. 
Born on 15 December 1808, his first verse appeared in 1827, first anthology published in 1833, becomes a missionary in the Wesleyan Church in 1835, married Mary Ann Stevens in 1839, witnessed the earthquake in Montserrat on 8th February 1843, second volume of verse published in 1840, leaves for England in 1845