John Leland (1787 - 1873)

Born 2 Jun 1787 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sylvia Leland — married 22 Mar 1807 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Loretta B. (Otto) Leland — married 8 Aug 1858 in Farmers Valley, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1873 at age 86 in Farmers Valley, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

John was born to Daniel and Sibbel Eames Leland in Holliston on June 2, 1787.^[1]

John married his distant cousin Sylvia Lealand (born to Oliver and Abigail Leland) in Holliston on Mar. 22, 1807.^[2]

John & Sylvia had, in Holliston:^[3]

• Sylvia, b. Jan. 23, 1809, married Asa T. Darling, Dec. 5, 1834
• Harriett, b. Jan. 15, 1811, married Eliphalet Chamberlain of Sherborn, intentions posted in Holliston Mar. 10, 1832, married in Sherbord, Apr. 25, 1832^[4]
• Allen Bainbridge, b. Jan. 27, 1813

Little record of this family in Holliston after 1813, suggesting they removed elsewhere, until:

Sylvia died Dec. 25, 1846, age 58, of consumption, in Philadelphia. John outlived her, as she is listed in death as "w. of John."^[5]

In addition to children Sylvia and Harriett shown above, "The Leland Magazine" indicates that John and Sylvia had the following other children:

• Charlotte, b. 1807, married John S. Fales
• Juliet, b. 1814, married Lawson Lovering
• Abigail, b. 1816, married Calvin Bridge
• Jackson M., b. 1818, married Elizabeth Pinkney
• Charles, b. 1820
• Ambrose, b. 1821
• Sybil, b. 1823, married John Jones
• Hellen L., b. 1825
• John, b. 1828
• Gustavus A., b. 1830
• Note that "The Leland Magazine" does not name Allen Bainbridge as one of their children.

"The Leland Magazine" indicates that John and his family left Holliston, Massachusetts and settled in West Haverford, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia). And, in fact, John is found in the 1840 U.S. Census of Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, an area adjacent to West Haverford and near Philadelphia. It is at this location that John's wife Sylvia passed away in 1846.

Sometime after the death of Sylvia, John left the Philadelphia area and settled in Farmer's Valley, McKean County, Pennsylvania. On August 8, 1858 the local newspaper notes his marriage to "Lauretta B. Otto". They had no children.

John is found in the 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census of Keating, McKean County, Pennsylvania and he passed away there on June 24, 1873.

Sources

1. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 94.
2. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 233.
3. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the year 1850, pp. 92-95, 235-236.
4. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 113
5. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 330.

• Obituary Leland Capt John, 5 May 1904, Smethport McKean Pa, Smethport McKean Miner Hamlin Memorial Library access thru smethport.newspaperarchive.com by robinderue
• Otto Lauretta marriage 8-14-1858 McKean Citizen, 14 Aug 1858, Smethport, McKean County, Pa, Marriage notice Smethport McKean Citizen Hamlin Memorial Library access through smethport.newspaperarchive.com by robinderue
• The Leland Magazine, or a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland and his Descendants, By Sherman Leland, Boston, Printed by Wier & White, 1850; Pages 197 and 199; https://archive.org/details/lelandmagazineor00lela/page/198/mode/2up
• Find A Grave Memorial; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79691030/john-leland