Some Descendants of Rev. Hopestill Leland (Dea. Hopestill, Henry) and Mary Bullard of Sherborn

  1. Daniel Leland was born on 24 Apr 1702 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. Hopestill and Mary]
  2. Daniel Leland was born in 1707 in Sherborne. [LM] He died on 11 Nov 1764 in Sherborn. [MVRS] He married Mary Death on 25 May 1737 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
    1. Rachel Leland was born on 26 Feb 1737 in Sherborn. [MVRM] She died on 5 Sep 1815. [Ref] She married first Capt Moses Adams. [GHHA, p. 525] Moses was the son of Daniel and Sarah (Sanford) Adams. [Ref] He was born on 4 Aug 1731. [Ref] He died on 5 Sep 1815. [Ref] She married second Joseph Metcalf. [GHHA, p. 525] Rachel and Capt. Moses are buried together in the Evergreen Cemetery in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Click here to see a photo of their gravestone.
      1. Hephzibah Adams was born on 16 Oct 1758 in Medway. [GHHA, p. 525] She died on 10 Mar 1842 and is buried in the North Orange Cemetery in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Ref] Hephzibah Adams of Medway married Elisha Johnson on 29 May 1777. [MVRH, int. 10 May 1777 in Holliston][GHHA, p. 525]
    2. Daniel Leland was born on 8 Jan 1742/3 in Sherborn. [MVRS] He died on 14 Dec 1834, age 93 years, 10 months and 22 days [!], in Holliston. [MVRH] He married Sybil Eames of Medway on 11 Dec 1766 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
      1. Capt. Lemuel Leland was born on 6 Jun 1780 in Holliston. [MVRH] He married Clarissa Perry on 21 Dec 1803 in Holliston. [MVRH]
        1. Levina Leland was born on 12 May 1809 in Holliston. [MVRH] Levina, the daughter of Capt. Lemuel and Clarissa Leland and wife of Willard B. Johnson, died on 7 May 1835 in Holliston. [MVRH] She married Willard Bemis Johnson of Smithfield, Rhode Island on 11 Apr 1832 in Holliston. [MVRH]
  3. Rachel Leland was born on 28 May 1715 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. Hopestill and Mary] She married Henry Death on 9 Mar 1735/6 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
  4. Esther Leland was born on 2 Jun 1717 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. Hopestill, Jr. and Mary]
  5. Mary Leland was born on 7 May 1720 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. Hopestill and Mary]
  6. Experience Leland was born on 21 Jun 1721 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. Hopestill, Jr. and Mary]
  7. Sarah Leland was born on 31 May 1722 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. Hopestill and Mary]

References

GHHA Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants: also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, unknown, Adams, 1898.
MVRS Baldwin, Thomas W., comp., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston, Stanhope Press, 1911.
MVRH New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Boston, Stanhope Press, 1908.
LM Leland, Sherman, Leland Magazine or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and His Descendants, Boston, Wier and White, 1850.
MVRM Woods, Henry Ernest, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Boston, Stanhope Press, 1905.

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