Generation 1

HENRY LELAND (abt 1625 - 1680) of Medfield and Sherborn

Parents:

Henry Leland was born in England about 1625. [Ref] He died on 4 Apr 1680 in Sherborn. [Ref, p. 72] He married Margaret Badcock, [Ref] the sister of Robert Badcock of Milton. [Ref, p. 72]

Henry paid 3 shillings as part of Medfield's contribution to Harvard College in 1678. [Ref]

He lived first in Dorchester. [Ref, p. 72] In 1654 he became one of the first settlers of Sherborn. [Ref, p. 72]

Henry wrote his will on 27 Mar 1680. [Ref] He mentions his wife Margaret, his son Eleazer, Bethia Twitchell (to whom he left 40 shillings when she came of age), his oldest son Hopestill, his daughter Experience Colburne, his son Ebenezer, his brother Brazier, his son Eleazer, his brother Robert Badcock. [Ref]

Henry came to America in 1652. [Ref]

Children of Henry Leland and Margaret Badcock:

1. Hopestill Leland was born in May 1653 in Medfield.
2. Dea. Hopestill Leland was born on 15 Nov 1655. He died in 1729. He married first Abigail Hill. He married second Patience Holbrook.
3. Experience Leland was born on 16 May 1656. [Ref says 1654][Ref] She died in 1708. [Ref] She married John Colburn [Ref] in 1672. [Ref, p. 72] John and Experience had seven children. [Ref]
4. Ebenezer Leland was born on 2 Jan 1657/8 [Ref says 15 Jan 1657] in Medfield. [Ref] He died in 1742. [Ref] He married first Deborah Unknown. He married second Mary Hunt. [Ref] Ebenezer had ten children. [Ref]
5. Eleazer Leland was born on 16 Jul 1660. [Ref] He died in 1703. [Ref] He married Sarah Unknown. [Ref]

Generation 2

DEA. HOPESTILL LELAND (1655-1729) of Sherborn

Parents: Henry Leland and Margaret Badcock

Hopestill Leland was born on 15 Nov 1655 [Ref][Ref says 1653] in Medfield. [Ref] He died on 19 Aug 1729 [Ref] in Sherborn. [Ref][Ref gives only the year] He married first Abigail Hill [Ref] on 5 Nov 1678 [Ref] in Medfield. [Ref] She died on 5 Oct 1689 in Sherborn. [Ref] He married second Patience Holbrook. [Ref]

Hopestill wrote his will on 18 Aug 1729. He described himself as a yeoman of Sherborn. He was quite solicitous of his wife Patience: he left her for her lifetime all his moveable and household goods, his "quick flock" and a comfortable room in his house. He left 10 shillings to his sons Henry, Hopestill, John and William and to his daughter Abigail, the wife of Lieut. John Bullard. He says that he previously provided for them. He left his son Joseph one-third of his lands at New Sherborn, saying that he also had been previously provided for. He left his daughter Margaret 15 acres near Dunstable Meadown in Sherborn that he got from his wife, 36 acres near Bald Hill in Holliston and 100 pounds. He left his sons Isaac and Joshua his farm, the rest of his land and his husbandry tools. He charged them with taking care of their mother, keeping cows for her and providing her with a gentle horse to ride. [Ref]

Children of Hopestill Leland and Abigial Hill:

1. Henry Leland was born in 1679. [Ref] He died in 1732. [Ref] He married Mary Unknown. [Ref]
2. Dea. Hopestill Leland was born in 1681. [Ref] He died in 1760. [Ref] He married Mary Bullard. [Ref]
3. Abigail Leland was born in 1683. [Ref] She married Lieut. John Bullard. [Ref]
4. John Leland was born in 1687. He died in 1759 in Holliston. He married Abigail Badcock .

Children of Hopestill Leland and Patience Holbrook:

1. Wiliam Leland was born in 1692. [Ref] He died in 1743. [Ref] He married Mehitable Brek. [Ref]
2. Eleazer Leland was born in 1695. [Ref] He died in 1696. [Ref]
3. Joseph Leland was born in 1698. [Ref] He died in 1776. [Ref] He married Esther Thurston. [Ref]
4. Isaac Leland was born in 1701. [Ref] He died in 1766. [Ref] He married first Mary Unknown. [Ref] He maried second Abigail Mason. [Ref]
5. Joshua Leland was born in 1705. [Ref] He died in 1772. [Ref] He married Ruth Morse [Ref] on 21 Jun 1732 in Holliston. [Ref]
6. Margaret Leland was born in 1708. [Ref] She married John Carpenter. [Ref]

Generation 3

JOHN LELAND (1687-1759) of Sherborn and Holliston

Parents: Dea. Hopestill Leland and Abigail Hill

John Leland was born on 11 Oct 1687 in Sherborn. [Ref][Ref gives only the year] He died on 7 Jan 1759 [Ref, p. 5] in Holliston. [Ref][Ref gives only the year] He married Abigail Badcock [Ref][Ref, p. 3] on 10 May 1710 in Sherborn. [Ref]

Children of John Leland and Abigail Badcock: All of the children were born in that part of Sherburne that became Holliston. [Ref]

1. Samuel Leland was born on 3 May 1711 [Ref gives only the year] in Sherborn. [Ref] He died in 1783. [Ref] He married Dinah White. [Ref] He was a farmer in Holliston. [Ref] Samuel and Dinah had six children. [Ref]
2. John Leland was born in 1713. [Ref] He died in 1786 in Leominster. [Ref] He married first Lydia Leland [Ref] He married second Sarah Bullard. [Ref] He was a farmer in Holliston. [Ref] When he was old, he went to live with his son in Leominster. [Ref] John had six children. [Ref]
3. Abigail Leland was born in 1716. She died in 1745. She married Isaac Johnson.

Generation 4

ABIGAIL LELAND (1716 - 1745)

Parents: John Leland and Abigail Badcock [Ref, p. 36]

Abigail Leland was born on 28 Mar 1716 [Ref, p. 36][Ref only gives the year] in Sherborn. [Ref] She died on 23 Aug 1745 [Ref, p. 36][Ref gives the year] in Holliston. [Ref] She married Isaac Johnson [Ref] on 15 Feb 1736 [Ref, says 1737, p. 36] in Holliston. [Ref]

References

Appleton, William S., The Family of Badcock of Massachusetts, Boston, D. Clapp & Son, 1881.

Bartlett, Gardner, John Hill of Dorchester, Mass., 1633, and Five Generations of His Descendants, Boston, Lew C. Hill, 1904.

Johnson, Paul Franklin and Frank Leonard Johnson, Genealogy of Capt. John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Commonwealth Press, Los Angeles, 1951.

Leland, Sherman, Leland Magazine or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and His Descendants, Bostonn, Wier and White, 1850

Pulsifer, David, trans., "Records of Boston," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2, 1948, 76-80, 188-191, 274-276; 3, 1849, 48-40, 136-127, 247-248; 4, 1850, 181-184, 267-274, 359-360; 5, 1850, 97-8, 243-244; 6, 1851, 380-381; 7, 1852, 159-162, 283-284; 8, 37-40; 8, 347-9; 11, 1857, 330.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.