Samuel Leach (1662 - bef. 1729)

Born 2 Oct 1662 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Husband of Mary (Byram) Leach — married about 1704 in New England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 11 Nov 1729 before age 67 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Biography

Samuel Leach was born in 1662 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England, to Giles Leach and Anne Nokes.^[1]

He married in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to Mary Byram, a daughter of Dr. Nicholas Byram and Susanna Shaw.^[1]

He was a soldier in King Philip's War.^[1]

He died sometime before 11 November 1729.^[1]

Samuel and Mary Leach had the following children:

1. Seth Leach, at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[1]
2. Mary Leach, b. 1689, m. Isaac King.
3. Elijah Leach b. bef 1694, at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[1]
4. Susanna Leach, b. 1701.
5. Samuel Leach b. abt 1702, at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[1]
6. Josiah Leach, b. 1704, at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Leach, Fayette Phelps, Lawrence Leach of Salem, Massachusetts: and Some of His Descendants: Vol 1, (The Messenger Press, St. Albans, Vermont, 1924-1926), Page 12 (Hathitrust.org). Samuel dates and family info.)

See also:

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQY-T5T : 4 December 2014), Samuel Leach, 02 Oct 1662; citing WEYMOUTH,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• Leach Family Record, Descendants of Lawrence Leach of Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1898 by Samuel Chessman

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cdailey/Leach.htm