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HOPESTILL LELAND (1653–1729), son of Henry Leland and Margaret Badcock
ABIGAIL HILL (1658–1689), daughter of John Hill and Hannah Unknown
Hopestill Leland was born on 15 November 1653. [1] Deacon Hopestill Leland died on 19 August 1727 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [1][2] He married first Abigail Hill on 5 November 1678 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [1][3] He married second Patience Holbrook on 2 February 1691 in Sherborn. [2][4] Patience, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Holbrook, was born on 27 January 1669/70 in Medfield. [3] Patience, the widow of Deacon Hopestill, died on 5 October 1740 in Sherborn. [2]
Norfolk County was formed in 1793, so references are to the current locations of towns.
Henry is buried in the Old South Cemetery in Sherborn. [5]
Abigail, the daughter of John and Hannah Hill, was born on 2 February 1657/8. [1] Abigail, the wife of Hopestill, died on 5 October 1689 in Sherborn. [1][2]
Abigail's father referred to the heirs of his daughter Abigail Leland in his will of 10 December 1717. [1]
Hopestill was a selectman in Sherborn for ten years. [6]
Hopestill Leland of Sherborn made his will on 18 August 1729. He left his wife Patience all of his indoor and movable goods for her lifetime. He left his sons Henry, Hopestill, John, William, and Joseph and his daughter Abigail, the wife of Lieutenant John Bullard, ten shillings each, saying that he had previously provided for them. He left his daughter Margaret Leland land that he had gotten from his wife in Sherborn, near a place called Dunstable, land in Holliston and 100 pounds. He noted that he had previously given his son Isaac half his farm and he gave the other half to his son Joshua. He also gave them the rest of his land and his husbandry tools, on the condition that they care for their mother, and named them his executors. He signed his will with a feeble signature. His son Isaac presented the will to the probate judge on 8 September. Henry and John objected to the will, saying that their father was dying when he made it and not in his right mind. Probate took place on 13 October 1729, with Henry agreeing and John continuing to object. [7]
Children of Hopestill Leland and Abigail Hill: Births recorded in Sherborn [2]
i. Ensign Henry Leland was born on 22 February 1679. Ensign Henry Leland died on 29 October 1732, age 52, in Sherborn. [2] He married Mary Unknown. Mary, the widow of Henry, died on 16 October 1760, age 75, in Sherborn. [2] Henry and Mary are buried in the Sherborn Center Cemetery in Sherborn. [5]
According to her Find a Grave entry, Mary was the daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Hamant) Morse, born on 5 March 1685 in Medfield. [5]
ii. Hopestill Leland was born on 4 August 1681. He died on 7 June 1760 in Sherborn. [2] He married Mary Bullard on 24 February 1701/2 in Sherborn. [2] Mary, the daughter of Benjamin Bullard and Elizabeth Ellis, was born on 20 February 1683 in Sherborn. [2] She died on 8 May 1758 in Sherborn. [2]
On 13 June 1760 bond was posted on the estate of Hopestill Leland of Sherborn, who had died intestate. His estate papers refer to his widow and presumed children, Daniel Leland, Ruth Perry, Rachel Death, Mary [illegible], Silence Ames, Experience Fairbanks, Sarah Leland, and Abigail Fisk, deceased. [7]
iii. Abigail Leland was born on 17 February 1683. The widow Abigail died on 30 November 1761 in Medway. [8] She married Lieutenant John Bullard on 7 January 1701/2 in Sherborn. [2] John, the brother of Abigail's sister-in-law Mary Bullard, was born on 7 March 1677-8 in Medfield. [3] Lieutenant John Bullard died on 10 January 1754 in Medway. [8] He is buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [5]
iv. John Leland was born on 11 October 1687 in Sherborn. He died on 7 January 1759. He married first Abigail Badcock. He married second Sarah (Morse) Bullard.
Children of Hopestill Leland and Patience Holbrook: Births recorded in Sherborn [2]
v. Deacon William Leland was born on 11 February 1692. He died on 18 March 1742/3 in Sherborn. [2] He married Mehitable Breck on 16 March 1715/6 in Sherborn. [2] She is probably the daughter of John and Mehitable Breck, born on 10 October 1698 in Sherborn. [2] She is also probably the widow Mehitable who died on 7 or 9 August 1780 in Sherborn. [2]
vi. Eleazer Leland was born on 18 April 1695. He died on 6 May 1717 in Sherborn. [2] He is buried next to his father in the Old South Cemetery in Sherborn. [5]
vii. Joseph Leland was born on 9 May 1698. Joseph Leland, Sr. died on 18 February 1786 in Sherborn. [2] He married Esther Thurston on 17 May 1721 in Sherborn. [2] Esther was probably the daughter of Thomas and Esther Thurston, born on 21 June 1700 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [9] She died on 25 October 1759 in Sherborn. [2]
viii. Isaac Leland was born on 2 June 1701. He died on 29 April 1766 in Sherborn. [2] He married first Mary Unknown. [10] He married second Abigail Mason. [10]
Isaac is referred to as a husbandman of Sherborn in the settlement of his father's estate. [7]
ix. Joshua Leland was born on 5 May 1705. He died on 17 May 1772 in Sherborn. [2] He married Ruth Morse on 21 June 1732 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [2] Ruth, the daughter of James Morse and Ruth Sawin, was born on 22 February 1712/3 in Sherborn. [2]
Joshua is referred to as a husbandman of Sherborn in the settlement of his father's estate. [7]
x. Margaret Leland was born on 27 December 1708. She died on 10 December 1775 in Medway. [8] She married John Carpenter of Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 29 October 1730 in Sherborn. [2] He died on 17 October 1776 in Medway. [8]
All of Hopestill's children were farmers or the wives of farmers. [10]
Endnotes:
1. J. Gardner Bartlett, "John Hill of Dorchester, Mass., and His Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 58 (1904): 157–68.
2. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).
LELAND Births, 53–58, 60–63 Abigail, d. of Hopestil and Abigail, Feb. 17, 1l683 Marriages, 145–51 Abigail, and John Bullard, Jan. 7, 1701-2
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Deaths, 209–13 Abigail, w. Hopestill, Oct. 5, 1689 BRECK Births, 17 Mehetable, d. of John and Mehetabell, Oct. 10, 1698 BULLARD Births, 20 Mary, d. Benjamin and Elizabeth, Feb. 20, 1683 |
3. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England History Genealogical Society, 1903).
LELAND Marriages: 154 Hopestill and Abigaell Hill, Nov. 5, 1678. BULLARD Births: 26 John, s. Benjamin and Elizabeth, Mar. 7, 1677-8 |
HOLBROOK Births, 36 Patience, d. Thomas and Margarete, Jan. 27, 1669-70. MORSE Births, 68–69 Ruth, d. James and Ruth, Feb. 22, 1712-3 Marriages, 156 Jeams and Ruth Sawin, Jan. 5, 1708 [No intention recorded] |
4. "New England Marriages to 1700," digitized books, AmericanAncestors, originally published as Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2: 939.
LEALAND, Hopestill (1655-1729) & 2/wf Patience HOLBROOK (-1740), dau Thomas; 2 Feb 1691; Sherborn {Sherborn Hist. 162; Leland 9; Thurston (1892) 363; Hill (,1) 44, 46 has Patience Rice; Holman Ms: Holbrook 4; Warner-Harrington 403; McIntire Anc. 85}
5. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 October 2023), memorial pages for
Hopestill Leland (15 Nov 1655–19 Aug 1729), Memorial ID 29674722 and Eleazer Leland (8 Apr 1695–16 May 1717), Memorial ID 29726680, citing Old South Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, MA; maintained by Jonathan Bare (contributor 46982268).
Ens Henry Leland (22 Feb 1680–29 Oct 1732), Memorial ID 27424628, citing Sherborn Center Cemetery; maintained by Marina Williams (contributor 46998654).
Lieut John Bullard Sr. (7 Mar 1678–10 Jan 1754), Memorial ID 61355841, citing Prospect Hill Cemetery, Millis, Norfolk County, MA; Maintained by Jonathan Bare.
6. Abner Morse, Genealogical Register of the Inhabitant of ... Sherborn and Holliston (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1856).
7. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, cases 14,000, 14,001.
8. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England History Genealogical Society, 1905).
BULLARD Deaths, 293 Abigail, wid., Nov. 30, 1761 John, Lt., Jan. 10, 1754 |
CARPENTER Deaths, 296 John, Oct. 17, 1776 [in 72d y. G.R.1] Margaret, w. John, Dec. 10, 1775 [in 69th y. G.R.1] |
9. Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910).
THURSTON
Births, 198
Esther, d. of Thomas and Esther Thurston, June 21, 1700
10. Sherman Leland, The Leland Magazine (Boston: Wier & White, 1850).
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