4. RICHARD LEACH (Lawrence'), of Salem, Mass., born in 1618, died at Rial-side (Leach farm), 9 May, 1687; will was probated 25 Nov. 1687; bequeathed to wife Sarah; son John; daughters Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Collins; Mary, wife of Benjamin Ireson, Hannah & Rachel; Joseph, Sarah and John Herrick, children of daughter Sarah; and young Pasho Foote, now with him. 10. i. His wife Sarah, daughter of Amme Fuller was admitted to the first church at Salem, 1 Sept. 1648. He had a grant of land at Salem, near that of his brother John, in 1639; was a member of the first church 1648; freeman, 1665; Lieut., 1675, and Captain two years later of the militia and his Lieut, was Nathaniel Putnam, grandfather of Samuel and of Daniel who graduated at Harvard College, 1687. Samuel and Daniel were cousins of General Israel and Brig. Gen. Rufus Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. Children all born at Rial-side (Leach farm), and baptized at first church of Salem: ii. 11. iii. iv. V. vi. John, bapt. 3 July, 1648. Sarah, bapt. 6 Apr. 1652. Elizabeth, bapt. 27 Sept. 1653; m. 19 Sept. 1677, Benjamin Collins, son of Henry Collins who came on the ship "Abigail", 1635; they settled at Lynn. Mary, bapt. 3 July, 1654; m. 1 Aug. 1680, Benjamin Ireson, son of Edmond Ireson who came on the "Abigail," 1635. She was accused of witchcraft in 1692 but never tried; residence at Lynn, Mass. Richard, bapt. 15 Apr. 1656. vii. Hannah, bapt. 3 Sept. 1661. 5. JAMES' LEACH (Lawrence1), weaver at Great Island, Portsmouth, N. H., was probably born at Salem, Mass. His will dated 14 Jan. 1696, was proved 30 June, 1697. He married twice: first Jane, daughter of Thomas and Agnes Turpin; secondly Jane, widow of Walter Michemor, and probably daughter of Alexander Bachiler merchant of Portsmouth, and Ann his wife. Mrs. Bachiler's will dated 5 Nov. 1660, and probated 26 June, 1661, bequeath's to James Leach, his wife and 4 children; probably children by second marriage. Mr. Leach was a weaver at Great Island, Portsmouth. He owned the Island now called Leach Island. Grand Juryman, 1654-5; took oath of allegiance and was sworn Constable 27 June, 1656; and was Tythingman in 1678. 26 July, 1660, he sued Richard Cummings (former partner of Walter Michemor), for the profits of a voyage about 11 years since. 13 Dec. 1699, his sons James and John, sold to George Huntress, the land which was granted to him by the town of Portsmouth. 12. ii. 13. ii. iii. iv. V. 14. vi. Children (perhaps others:) Thomas, b. 1652; d. 1732. James, b. 1654; d. 12 Sept. 1726. Pew occupant 1693. John, conveyed land to George Huntress 13 Dec. 1699. 6. GILES LEACH (Lawrence 1), of West Bridgewater, Mass., born at Salem 1632, was living 1705. He married at Weymouth, Mass., 20 Jan. 1656-7, Anne Nokes who was living at Braintree, with Dea. Bass' family at the time of their marriage. He owned sixteen acres of land at Weymouth in 1663, moved to and settled in Bridgewater in 1664, where he became entitled, by purchase, to one of the fifty-six shares of the thousands of acres of land bought in 1645 of the old Indian chief, Massasoit (King Philip's father), by Capt. Miles Standish, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth, for the use of the fifty-six original proprietors. In the first mention of him in the Bridgewater records he is styled "Goodman", which fact suggests that he was then a prominent and esteemed member of the Bridgewater church, and head man of the 4th seat by the pulpit. His residence was in the immediate vicinity of Satucket Pond, the haunt of King Philip and his tribe, and he was on friendly terms with them. Mitchell's History of Bridgewater gives the following Children and says: "perhaps they had others". 15. i. ii. 16. iii. 17. iv. 18. v. 19. vi. 20. vii. Sarah, b. at Weymouth, 1656-7. Elizabeth, b. at Weymouth, 1662; m. John Emerson, 1693. David, b. at West Bridgewater, Mass. John, b. at West Bridgewater, in 1665. 3RD GENERATION ROBERT LEACH (Robert, Lawrence'), of Manchester, Mass., born there 1650, died there in 1717. He married twice: first in 1678, Sarah... ; secondly in 1684, Hannah..... He was a soldier in King Philip's War (Bodge p. 157-139); Selectman 1687, 88, 91, 94, 96, 98, 1700, 1701, 2, 3, 4, and 1705. "He and his nephew Samuel were on a committee chosen 5 Dec. 1715 to look out for a minister to preach at Manchester. As the result of this action, Rev. Ames Cheever, a grandson of the celebrated Ezekiel Cheever, was ordained 4 Oct. 1716. The church was organized on 7 Nov., of the same year”. During his term of office, as selectman in 1700, for £3 19s a deed of the town of manchester was obtained from the Indiar (Acknowledged at Salem 18 Dec. 1700). Children by first wife, born at Manchester: 423. iii. Children by second wife, born at Manchester: Hannah, b. 1685; m. No. 29. 24. iv. John, b. 1687-8. Mary, b. 1690-1. Elizabeth, b. 1692-3; d. 4 Oct. 1713. Ann, b. 23 May, 1696; m. 16 Dec. 1715, Joseph Pitman. Charles, b. 7 Oct. 1702. 8. SAMUEL LEACH (Robert, Lawrence'), born at Manchester, Mass. 1655, died there 14 Oct. 1696. He married twice: first in 1672, Arabella, daughter of John and Arabella Norman, who died in 1681; secondly, Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Norman) Baldwin; niece of his first wife. He was on the committee to distribute the common land, in 1690; was Selectman in the town of Manchester in 1681, 82, 86 and 90. In the former year he and his brother Robert petitioned for relief, in favor of that town, from the expenses of supporting worship, and they "came into a church state by themselves", in 1716. He was a planter; left an estate of £695. His son Richard inherited the homestead; it was the one on which Robert' settled in 1636. After Richard's death it was inherited by his son Benjamin, and after his death, by his son Benjamin, who, in 1790, tore down the original house (built by Robert'), and in 1791 erected another a short distance from the place where it stood. In 1903 this house was moved back to the site of the old one, and remodeled by the present owner, Hon. Henry Clay' Leach. 9. JOHN LEACH (John, Lawrence') born at Salem, Mass., and bapt. at first church, 19 Nov. 1648. 31. i. He appears on a list of grantees and claimants of Narraganset, No. 5 New Bedford etc., Boston, "soldier grantee John Leach; claimant, John's son John". (Bodge's King Philip's War, p. 431) Children born at Wenham, Mass. Richard." Mary, d. 4 Apr. 1696. Deborah, d. 24 May, 1696. ii. iii. 32. iv. Mercy. 10. SERGT. JOHN' LEACH (Richard, Lawrence'), born in 1647, at Rial-side (Leach farm); bapt. 3 July, 1648, at Salem first church; died 5 Mar. 1711. He married 20 May, 1667 Elizabeth Flint, who died 8 Feb. 1719, daughter of Thomas and Ann Flint of Salem. "He was in Capt. Daniel Henchman's Co., Lieut. Philip Curtis, served from 2 Nov. and was credited 30 Nov. 1675 with £1, 19s 04d; also in Capt, Samuel Mosley's Co., credited with military service under Capt. Mosley, 10 Dec. 1675 with £4, 19s, 04d, and 29 Feb. 1675-6 with £2, 4s, 00d." (Bodge's King Philip's War, pp. 55, 71, 72.) 35. i. 36. ii. 37. iii. 38. iv. 39. v. 40. vi. vii. Children born at Salem, Mass., (Rial-side). 41. viii. 11. Elizabeth, b. 1 Dec. 1668. Sarah, b. 31 Aug. 1673. Lydia, b. 12 Jan Jan. 1691; m. 13 July, 1708, Benj. Honton. SARAH LEACH (Richard, Lawrence'), of Salem, Mass., bapt. at first church 6 Apr. 1652; died 1674. She married 7 Feb. 1665, Joseph Herrick, Esq., bapt. at first church 6 Aug. 1645; died at Salem, 4 Feb. 1717-18. He married three times: secondly Mary Endicott, grandlaughter of Gov. Endicott; thirdly the widow of Capt. George March. He was son of Henry and Edith (Larkin), daughter of Mr. Hugh Larkin. His father came to Salem in the fleet with Lawrence' Leach and became a large landed proprietor. His estate is historically known as "Cherry Hill". Joseph was one of the leading men of Salem. Upham in his history of "Salem Witchcraft," says of him: "He was a man of great 12. firmness, and dignity of character, and in addition to the care and management of his large farm was engaged in foreign commerce. As he bore the title of Governor he had probably been in command of a military port or perhaps of a West Indian District. He was in the Narraganset fight. It illustrates the state of affairs at this time, that this eminent citizen, a large land-owner engaged in prosperous mercantile pursuits and who had been abroad, was in 1692, when 47 years old a Corporal in the village company. Children born at Salem, (surname Herrick): ii. iii. Benjamin, b. 1 Jan. 1669-70; d. at Salem, 7 Feb. 1669-70. John, b. 25 Jan. 1670-1; d. 1742; m. Ann dau. of Josiah and iv. Sarah, b. 4 May, 1674. THOMAS LEACH (James, Lawrence'), of New London, Ct., probably born at Portsmouth, N. H., 1652; died 1732, at New London, Conn. He went to New London in 1680; married three times: First Abigail Haughton, daughter of Richard and Katherine (Charlet) Haughton, by whom he had "three children". She died soon after her daughter Sarah was born; secondly Mary, daughter of Clement and Frances (Wiley) Minor, born 1664, and thirdly in 1706, Mary, widow of John Croker. 13 Children born in New London, 3 by first wife 10 by the last two (all born before 1719). There were six sons. 13. JAMES LEACH (James, Lawrence1), of Windham, Ct., was born 1654, probably at Portsmouth, N. H.; died 12 Sept. 1726, at Windham, Conn. His will dated Sept. 1726 is on record at Willimantic, the county seat of Windham Co. His son Amos is named as executor. His wife Mary died 12 May, 1745, at Windham, Conn. |