Some Descendants of William Leland (Dea. Hopestill, Henry) and Mehitable Breck of Sherborn

  1. Eleazer Leland was born on 18 Dec 1717 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. William and Mehitable] He married Mary Lovett on 10 Mar 1742/3 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
  2. Asa Leland was born on 1 Nov 1719 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. William and Mehitable] He died on 26 Nov 1736 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. William and Mehitable]
  3. William Leland was born on 3 Jan 1724/5 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. William and Mehitable] He died on 30 Jan 1762 in Sherborn. [MVRS] He married Jemima Daniel [LM, p. 251][GRSH, pp. 161-169] of Medway on 16 May 1750 in Sherborn. [MVRS] She married second Caleb Greenwood [GRSH, pp. 161-169] on 11 Apr 1765 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
    1. Barak Leland was born on 24 Mar 1756 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. William and Jemima] He died on 8 Dec 1833, age 78, in Sherborn. [MVRS] He married Sarah Prentice [LM, p. 251] on 5 Aug 1779 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
      1. Walter Leland was born on 9 May 1787 [GCJJ, p. 140] in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. Barak and Sarah] He married [his second cousin] Hannah Johnson on 19 Jun 1814 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
  4. Simon Leland was born on 21 Aug 1730 in Sherborn. [MVRS, s. William and Mehitable] He died on 10 May 1790 in Sherborn. [MVRS] He married first Hannah Partridge. [LM, p. 251] on 7 Mar 1750/1 in Sherborn. [MVRS] She died on 10 Feb 1754 in Sherborn. [MVRS, w. Simon] He married second Martha Bullard [GRSH, pp. 161-169] on 9 Dec 1756 in Sherborn. [MVRS]
    1. Hannah Leland was born [GCJJ, p. 68, only the year] on 24 Jan 1758 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. Simon and Martha] She died on 18 Mar 1822 [GCJJ, p. 68] in Sherborn. [MVRS] She married Nathan Johnson on 8 Oct 1778 [GCJJ, p. 68] in Sherborn. [MVRS]
  5. Abigail Leland was born on 7 Apr 1734 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. William and Mehitable] She died on 4 Dec 1736 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. William and Mehitable]
  6. Abigail Leland was born on 24 Sep 1737 in Sherborn. [MVRS, d. William and Mehitable] She died unmarried at age 70. [GRSH, pp. 161-169]

References

MVRS Baldwin, Thomas W., comp., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston, Stanhope Press, 1911.
GCJJ Johnson, Paul Franklin and Frank Leonard Johnson, Genealogy of Capt. John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Commonwealth Press, Los Angeles, 1951.
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.

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