Some Descendants of Benoni Learned (Isaac, William) and Sarah Wright of Sherborn

  1. Hannah Learned was born on 10 Sep 1690 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. Benoni and Sarah] She married Capt. James Leland on 10 Sep 1690 [LF, pp. 21-22] in Watertown. [MVRS]
    Hannah is referred to as Hannah Lealand, wife of James, in her father's will of 12 Jan 1737. [LF, pp. 309-310]
  2. Elizabeth Learned was born on 28 Apr 1694 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. Benoni and Sarah] She married Dea. Timothy Leland [GRSH, pp. 161-169] on 27 Jan 1709/10 [LF, pp. 21-22] in Sherborn. [MVRS]
    Elizabeth is referred to as Elizabeth Lealand, wife of Timothy, in her father's will of 12 Jan 1737. [LF, pp. 309-310]
  3. Edward Learned was born on 2 Dec 1705 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. Benoni and Sarah] He is presumably the Capt. Edward Learned who died on 9 Sep 1775 in Sherborn. [MVRS] He married first Sarah Leland on 25 Dec 1728 in Sherborn. [MVRS] She died on 17 Mar 1735/6 in Sherborn. [MVRS, w. Edward] He married second Abigail Moor of Sudbury on 173(9?) in Sherborn. [MVRS] She died on 22 Sep 1745 in Sherborn. [MVRS, w. Edward] He married third Sarah Pratt on 25 Aug 1748 in Newton. [MVRN][MVRS, Sarah of Newton] Sarah appears to be the widow of Dr. Henry Pratt who died on 13 or 20 Aug 1745 in Newton. [MVRN] Henry and Sarah had a son recorded in Newton on 14 Feb 1745/6. [MVRN]
    On 18 Oct 1742, Sarah Leland's father's uncle Ebenezer's estate owed Edward Learned ten shillings for digging his grave. [LM, p. 15]
    1. Edward Learned was born on 18 Jul 1749 in Sherborn. [MVRS] Edward, Jr. married Sarah Pratt on 13 May 1773 in Sherborn. [MVRS] Sarah was the daughter of Gershom and Abigail (Rice) Pratt. [UDHA] She was born on 10 May 1748 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
      1. Mary Learned was born about 1780. She married Seth Harding after 9 Nov 1805 (int.) [UDHA]
        Mary is an ancestor of Leka I, King (Claimant) of Albania. See her husband's entry.

References

MVRS Baldwin, Thomas W., comp., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston, Stanhope Press, 1911.
MVRN Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Salem, Essex Institute, 1918.
LF Learned, William Law, The Learned Family, Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1882.
LM Leland, Sherman, Leland Magazine or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and His Descendants, Boston, Wier and White, 1850.
GRSH Morse, Abner, A Genealogical Register of the Inhabitants and History of the Towns of Sherborn and Holliston, Boston, Damrell and Moore, 1856.
UDHA Reitwiesner, William Adams, "A Hitherto Unnoted Descendant of Henry Adams of Braintree: Leka I, King (Claimant) of Albania," The American Genealogist 53, 1977, 18-20.

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